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CHIRP Radio writesCHIRP Radio Weekly Voyages (Apr 10 - Apr 16)
Upcoming Events:
- Wednesday April 12: CHIRP Radio welcomes Ron Gallo to Schubas
- Saturday April 15: White Mystery's 15th Anniversay Show at House of Vans
- Friday April 21: CHIRP Radio welcomes U.S. Girls to Lincoln Hall
- Monday April 24: CHIRP Music Book Club discusses Hit Girls by Jen Larson at Roscoe Books
- Thursday April 27: CHIRP Radio welcomes Shana Cleveland of La Luz to the Old Town School of folk Music
- Thursday April 27: CHIRP Radio welcomes Tanukichan to Sleeping Village
- Saturday April 29: Chicago Humanities presents Miranda July on Art in all its Forms with Carrie Brownstein at First United Methodist Church at the Chicago Temple
- Sunday April 30: Chicago Humanities presents Hebru Brantley in Conversation at the Chicago History Museum
- Saturday May 6: Chicago Humanities Epiphany Center for the Arts Pass
- Sunday May 7: CHIRP Radio welcomes Fever Ray to The Salt Shed
- Tuesday May 9: CHIRP Radio and the Chicago Humanities Festival welcome The Microphones and Mount Eerie to the Old Town School of Folk Music
- Wednesday May 10: CHIRP Radio welcomes Goth Babe to the Salt Shed
CHIRP Radio writesCHIRP Radio Weekly Voyages (Apr 3 - Apr 9)
Upcoming Events:
- Thursday April 6: CHIRP Radio welcomes Model/Actriz to The Empty Bottle
- Wednesday April 12: CHIRP Radio welcomes Ron Gallo to Schubas
- Saturday April 15: White Mystery's 15th Anniversay Show at House of Vans
- Friday April 21: CHIRP Radio welcomes U.S. Girls to Lincoln Hall
- Monday April 24: CHIRP Music Book Club discusses Hit Girls by Jen Larson at Roscoe Books
- Thursday April 27: CHIRP Radio welcomes Shana Clevland of La Luz to the Old Town School of folk Music
- Saturday April 29: Chicago Humanities presents Miranda July on Art in all its Forms with Carrie Brownstein at First United Methodist Church at the Chicago Temple
- Sunday April 30: Chicago Humanities presents Hebru Brantley in Conversation at the Chicago History Museum
CHIRP Radio writesCHIRP Radio Weekly Voyages (Mar 20 - Mar 26)
Upcoming Events:
- Wednesday March 22: CHIRP Radio welcomes Andy Shauf to Thalia Hall
- Sunday March 26: STEAM Traditional Irish Instrumental Ensemble & Ben Calvert (sponsored by CHIRP Radio and Rendezvouz Arts)
- Wednesday March 29: First Time: First Break at Martyrs'
- Sunday April 2: CHIRP Radio welcomes Ezra Collective to Lincoln Hall
- Wednesday April 12: CHIRP Radio welcomes Ron Gallo to Schubas
- Friday April 21: CHIRP Radio welcomes U.S. Girls to Lincoln Hall
- Monday April 24: CHIRP Music Book Club discusses Hit Girls by Jen Larson at Roscoe Books
CHIRP Radio writesCHIRP Radio Weekly Voyages (Mar 13 - Mar 19)
Upcoming Events:
- Saturday March 18: Big Blue presents New Now at SXSW (sponsored by CHIRP Radio and Topo Chico)
- Sunday March 19: CHIRP and Liar's Club present The Late Night Vendor Market
- Wednesday March 22: CHIRP Radio welcomes Andy Shauf to Thalia Hall
- Sunday March 26: STEAM Traditional Irish Instrumental Ensemble & Ben Calvert (sponsored by CHIRP Radio and Rendezvouz Arts)
- Wednesday March 29: First Time: First Break at Martyrs'
- Sunday April 2: CHIRP Radio welcomes Ezra Collective to Lincoln Hall
KSanders writesThe 95th Annual Academy Awards - A Breakdown of Possible Winners
by Kyle Sanders
Have you ever seen the 1927 film Wings? Probably not, and no, unlike MASH, it was not a movie that spawned a long-running TV sitcom of the same name.
Wings is a romantic action-war motion picture from the Silent Era, about two World War I rival combat pilots who fall in love with the same woman. Notable for its realistic air combat sequences, risque use of nudity, and a hotly debated onscreen kiss between two men, it also won the very first Oscar for Best Picture at the inaugural Academy Awards ceremony.
Smash-cut to ninety-five years later, and who among us could say they're familiar with this movie? Unless you're a film aficionado (like yours truly), you're more likely unaware of its existence. Hell, there are other titles from that year that have resounded a lot longer than Wings' Best Picture win, such as The Jazz Singer, Metropolis, and Sunrise (another Academy Award winner that year, receiving the now-defunct award for "Unique and Artistic Picture").
I guess you could say winning an Oscar doesn't always guarantee a film's greatness--only time can determine a film's longevity in the cinematic canon of artistic merit.