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Ear Taxi Festival
Celebrating Chicago's vibrant and booming contemporary classical music scene! 350+ musicians 88 composers 25 ensembles 54 world premieres5 sound installations artist receptionsforums 2-day marathon Visit now-is.org for a hour-by-hour event listing information.
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OneBeat 2016 Fellows + Underground System
Guided by this years theme of Musical Migrations, this show will feature beautiful new pieces inspired by discussions of migration, cultural movement and the current global refugee crises. This penultimate performance will be presented by all 25 OneBeat fellows, with very special local guests. OneBeat’s performance will be followed by Underground System, the Brooklyn, NY born female-fronted group of modern afrobeat deconstructionists, a singularly original and undeniably...
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Richard Pinhas / Wume
French experimental composer + Baltimore-based electronics duo + local ambient drone noisers. Richard Pinhas is a legendary and influential French experimental composer, known both for his solo work and for his band Heldon. A pivotal figure in the international development of electronic rock music, Pinhas’ stature in France is analogous to Tangerine Dream’s in Germany: the father figure of an entire musical movement. The pioneering, aggressive...
Find out more »Abdu Ali / Joy Postell / Kaycee Ortiz, Presented by Chances Dances and The Empty Bottle
9 PM // $8 advance, $10 // 21+ Abdu Ali Joy Postell Kaycee Ortiz CHANCES DANCES! DJs Cqqchifruit, Hijo Pródigo & Nina Ramone Chances Dances, a queer dance party and collective dedicated to building safer spaces in Chicago,and The Empty Bottle bring to you an evening of the smoothest, dopest jams. Headlining this evening is ABDU ALI. Erected from the ghettos of Baltimore, ABDU ALI...
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