BEGIN:VCALENDAR PRODID:-//Trumba Corporation//Trumba Calendar Services 0.11.8917//EN VERSION:2.0 CALSCALE:GREGORIAN X-WR-CALNAME:Soleil's To-Dos! X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/Chicago METHOD:PUBLISH BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Chicago BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 TZNAME:CST DTSTART:20071104T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=11;BYDAY=1SU END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:CDT DTSTART:20070311T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=3;BYDAY=2SU END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Dawoud Bey: Harlem USA LOCATION:Art Institute of Chicago\, 111 South Michigan Avenue\, Chicago\, IL 60603 DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20120521T103000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20120521T170000 X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE URL:http://www.artic.edu/aic/exhibitions/exhibition/dawoudbey X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="Event Type";ID=21;TYPE=number:www.so-LAZE.com X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="Event image";ID=40;TYPE=Image:http://www.even tactions.com/i/DgCHP6yM6NVBwzwhXPk4V5PY.jpg X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="To-Do!";ID=191;TYPE=MultiLine:In 1979 African American photographer Dawoud Bey (born 1953) held his first solo exhibition at the Studio Museum in Har lem\, showing a suite of 25 photographs titled Harlem USA. Bey ha d been in residence at that museum for one year\, and he had made the su rrounding neighborhood a subject of study since 1975. Though raised in Q ueens\, Bey's family had roots in Harlem\, and it was a youthful visit t o the exhibition Harlem on My Mind at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in 1969\, that had given Bey his determination to become an artist. \n\nHarlem USA\, which has never been shown complete since the St udio Museum exhibition\, appears fresh today partly in its manifest diff erence from much of Bey’s later work. The prints are not large\, not in color\, and do not come in multiple parts\; the subjects are not all ado lescents\, and they do not “sit” for the artist but were found by him on the street. And yet all these photographs are sensitively composed and radiate an emphasis on calm and dignity that would become hallmarks of B ey’s approach. Like August Sander\, Bey wanted to show the “types” of Ha rlem’s citizenry: the barber\, the patrician\, the church ladies\, the h ip youth. He was searching for a way to combine the specificity of photo graphy\, which only knows how to record details\, with the diversity of Harlem\, a neighborhood as varied as any in the country. And he wanted t o do this without courting stereotypes. \n\nThanks to the efforts of mor e than 20 patrons\, led by Leadership Advisory Committee members Anita B lanchard and Les Coney\, the complete vintage set of Harlem USA h as been acquired by the Art Institute. A further five photographs from t hat time\, never before printed or exhibited\, will be donated by Bey to the museum this fall. Addiitonal complements to this exhibition are a s election of permanent collection works in Gallery 10 curated by Bey as w ell as a career survey of Bey’s work presented at the Renaissance Societ y at the University of Chicago from May 13 through June 24.\n\nDawoud Be y is a professor of art and was named Distinguished College Artist at Co lumbia College Chicago\, where he has taught since 1998. Bey studied at the School of Visual Arts in New York and holds an MFA in photography fr om Yale University. His work has been the subject of a retrospective exh ibition at the Walker Art Center (1995) and a four-year traveling exhibi tion\, called Class Pictures\, mounted by Aperture and first shown in 20 07 at the Addison Gallery of American Art. X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="Miscellaneous Info";ID=194;TYPE=MultiLine:A c atalogue accompanies the exhibition with images of the entire photograph ic series and essays by Matthew S. Witkovsky\, Richard and Ellen Sandor Chair and Curator\, Department of Photography\, and Sharifa Rhodes-Pitt s\, author of the monograph Harlem Is Nowhere. X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="Price";ID=195;TYPE=SingleLine:$18\; Members\, Free! X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="Other Times To-Do It";ID=408;TYPE=SingleLine: May 2–September 9\, 2012 X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="Image Credit";ID=10750;TYPE=SingleLine:Dawoud Bey. A Boy in Front of the Loews 125th St. Movie Theatre\, Harlem\, NY\, 1976 DTSTAMP:20120317T220314Z DESCRIPTION:Open Thursdays until 8pm. CATEGORIES:Art/Exhibit UID:http://uid.trumba.com/event/99223919 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Bodies (Opening Night) LOCATION:The Greenhouse Theater Center \, 2257 N Lincoln Ave.\, Chicago\, IL DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20120521T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20120521T210000 X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE URL:http://www.mpaact.org X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="Event Type";ID=21;TYPE=number:www.so-LAZE.com X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="Event image";ID=40;TYPE=Image:http://www.even tactions.com/i/DgAdYfi7PHjP3n3peytyu8fw.jpg X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="To-Do!";ID=191;TYPE=MultiLine:Written By: Car la Stillwell\nDirected By: Chuck Smith\n\nThe church is a place of faith and refuge\, salvation and hope\, support and nurturing. The religion o ils the machine\, but it's the people—the Reverend\, his wife\, the deac ons and the sisters--who makes sure that it runs. But\, the New Light Mi ssionary Baptist Church with church heads the Rev. Joseph Black and his wife Corena Black are different. When it comes to dealing with family\, well it's a bit more complicated. The reverend's brother Calvin has enco untered a few troubles. Ten Years ago his marriage ended abruptly leavin g him to raise his young daughter alone. As questions of his sexuality b egin to surface\, Rev. Joseph thinks the answer is for his brother to ma rry a woman from the church\, but Corena\, begins to think there are oth er questions to be asked and she finds herself confronting the lengths s he'll go to maintain her niece's well-being. X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="Price";ID=195;TYPE=SingleLine:$30 X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="Ticket Link";ID=5895;TYPE=SingleLine:Purchase Tickets! X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="Other Times To-Do It";ID=408;TYPE=SingleLine: May 11 – June 24\, 2012 X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="Venue Info";ID=117;TYPE=MultiLine:Late seatin g at this Greenhouse Theater stage is awkward - so arrive on time! DTSTAMP:20120518T134224Z CATEGORIES:Theater UID:http://uid.trumba.com/event/100051795 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Dawoud Bey: Picturing People LOCATION:Renaissance Society Bergman Gallery (Cobb Hall 418)\, 5811 S. El lis Avenue\, Chicago\, Illinois 60637\, (773) 702-8670 DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20120522T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20120522T170000 X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE URL:http://www.renaissancesociety.org/site/Exhibitions/Intro.Dawoud-Bey. 626.html X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="Event Type";ID=21;TYPE=number:www.so-LAZE.com X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="Event image";ID=40;TYPE=Image:http://www.even tactions.com/i/DgDLfhxfc5pMNw6Q6e0yHhH-.jpg X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="To-Do!";ID=191;TYPE=MultiLine:Since 1975\, Ch icago-based photographer Dawoud Bey< /a> has developed a body of work distinguished for its commitment to por traiture as means for understanding contemporary social circumstances. R anging from chance street encounters to studio portraits\, Bey has inves tigated a range of methods to find increased engagement with his subject s\, and the resulting candor and expression such images convey. The Rena issance Society is pleased to present a career survey of Bey’s work\, in cluding a new chapter of Strangers/Community featuring portraits of individuals from Hyde Park\, Chicago\, home to both the University of Chicago and the artist. The exhibition will be accompanied by a catalog ue including new scholarly essays\, and is being slated to travel. X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="Price";ID=195;TYPE=SingleLine:Free! X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="Other Times To-Do It";ID=408;TYPE=SingleLine: May 13 – June 24\, 2012 X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="Image Credit";ID=10750;TYPE=SingleLine:Dawoud Bey - Rudy Nimocks and Lindsay Atnip\, Hyde Park\, Chicago\, 2012 DTSTAMP:20120503T191048Z CATEGORIES:Art/Exhibit UID:http://uid.trumba.com/event/99804540 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Rashid Johnson - Message To Our Folks LOCATION:Museum of Contemporary Art\, 220 East Chicago Ave\,\, Chicago\, I L 60611\, (312) 280-2660 DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20120522T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20120522T200000 X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE URL:http://www.mcachicago.org/ X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="Event Type";ID=21;TYPE=number:www.so-LAZE.com X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="Event image";ID=40;TYPE=Image:http://www.even tactions.com/i/DgACoQ5LWe%2AJvyDh8bC6B2ch.jpg X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="To-Do!";ID=191;TYPE=MultiLine:Rashid Johnson: Message to Our Folks\, the first major solo exhibition for Johnson\, wh o is a preeminent artist in the post-media generation. A former Chicagoa n and alumni of the MCA’s UBS 12 x 12 exhibition series\, Johnson explor es the complexities and contradictions of black identity\, rooted in his individual experience\, through photographs\, sculptures\, videos\, ins tallations\, and paintings. X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="Miscellaneous Info";ID=194;TYPE=MultiLine:Thi s exhibition is organized by Julie Rodrigues Widholm\, MCA Pamela Alper Associate Curator\, and includes thirteen years of Johnson’s work with a n emphasis on major works from the last five years. Throughout his work \, Johnson evokes shared cultural memories by referencing creative and in tellectual black figures whose impact has transcended black communities. The exhibition fosters a dialogue by inviting viewers' free association s with familiar figures -- such as W.E.B. DuBois\, Sun Ra\, Miles Davis \, and Public Enemy -- and everyday objects that appear in the work\, inc luding plants\, mirrors\, rugs\, record\nalbums\, CB radios\, shea butte r\, and books. The title of the exhibition is based on a 1969 album by t he avant-garde group Art Ensemble of Chicago\, who performed with a vari ety of found percussive objects and spanned musical styles to radically redefine the rules of jazz. X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="Price";ID=195;TYPE=SingleLine:$12\; Students & Seniors\, $7\; Members\, Free! X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="Other Times To-Do It";ID=408;TYPE=SingleLine: April 14 - August 5\, 2012 X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="Image Credit";ID=10750;TYPE=SingleLine:Rashid Johnson: Death by Black Hole "The Crisis"\, 2010 DTSTAMP:20120415T231311Z CATEGORIES:Art/Exhibit UID:http://uid.trumba.com/event/99515603 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Dawoud Bey: Harlem USA LOCATION:Art Institute of Chicago\, 111 South Michigan Avenue\, Chicago\, IL 60603 DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20120522T103000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20120522T170000 X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE URL:http://www.artic.edu/aic/exhibitions/exhibition/dawoudbey X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="Event Type";ID=21;TYPE=number:www.so-LAZE.com X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="Event image";ID=40;TYPE=Image:http://www.even tactions.com/i/DgCHP6yM6NVBwzwhXPk4V5PY.jpg X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="To-Do!";ID=191;TYPE=MultiLine:In 1979 African American photographer Dawoud Bey (born 1953) held his first solo exhibition at the Studio Museum in Har lem\, showing a suite of 25 photographs titled Harlem USA. Bey ha d been in residence at that museum for one year\, and he had made the su rrounding neighborhood a subject of study since 1975. Though raised in Q ueens\, Bey's family had roots in Harlem\, and it was a youthful visit t o the exhibition Harlem on My Mind at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in 1969\, that had given Bey his determination to become an artist. \n\nHarlem USA\, which has never been shown complete since the St udio Museum exhibition\, appears fresh today partly in its manifest diff erence from much of Bey’s later work. The prints are not large\, not in color\, and do not come in multiple parts\; the subjects are not all ado lescents\, and they do not “sit” for the artist but were found by him on the street. And yet all these photographs are sensitively composed and radiate an emphasis on calm and dignity that would become hallmarks of B ey’s approach. Like August Sander\, Bey wanted to show the “types” of Ha rlem’s citizenry: the barber\, the patrician\, the church ladies\, the h ip youth. He was searching for a way to combine the specificity of photo graphy\, which only knows how to record details\, with the diversity of Harlem\, a neighborhood as varied as any in the country. And he wanted t o do this without courting stereotypes. \n\nThanks to the efforts of mor e than 20 patrons\, led by Leadership Advisory Committee members Anita B lanchard and Les Coney\, the complete vintage set of Harlem USA h as been acquired by the Art Institute. A further five photographs from t hat time\, never before printed or exhibited\, will be donated by Bey to the museum this fall. Addiitonal complements to this exhibition are a s election of permanent collection works in Gallery 10 curated by Bey as w ell as a career survey of Bey’s work presented at the Renaissance Societ y at the University of Chicago from May 13 through June 24.\n\nDawoud Be y is a professor of art and was named Distinguished College Artist at Co lumbia College Chicago\, where he has taught since 1998. Bey studied at the School of Visual Arts in New York and holds an MFA in photography fr om Yale University. His work has been the subject of a retrospective exh ibition at the Walker Art Center (1995) and a four-year traveling exhibi tion\, called Class Pictures\, mounted by Aperture and first shown in 20 07 at the Addison Gallery of American Art. X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="Miscellaneous Info";ID=194;TYPE=MultiLine:A c atalogue accompanies the exhibition with images of the entire photograph ic series and essays by Matthew S. Witkovsky\, Richard and Ellen Sandor Chair and Curator\, Department of Photography\, and Sharifa Rhodes-Pitt s\, author of the monograph Harlem Is Nowhere. X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="Price";ID=195;TYPE=SingleLine:$18\; Members\, Free! X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="Other Times To-Do It";ID=408;TYPE=SingleLine: May 2–September 9\, 2012 X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="Image Credit";ID=10750;TYPE=SingleLine:Dawoud Bey. A Boy in Front of the Loews 125th St. Movie Theatre\, Harlem\, NY\, 1976 DTSTAMP:20120317T220314Z DESCRIPTION:Open Thursdays until 8pm. CATEGORIES:Art/Exhibit UID:http://uid.trumba.com/event/99223920 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Angels in America: Millennium Approaches and Perestroika LOCATION:Court Theatre\, 5535 S. Ellis Avenue\, Chicago\, IL 60637\, (773) 753-4472 DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20120522T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20120522T220000 X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE URL:http://www.courttheatre.org/season/show/angels_in_america_millennium _approaches_and_perestroika/ X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="Event Type";ID=21;TYPE=number:www.so-LAZE.com X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="Event image";ID=40;TYPE=Image:http://www.even tactions.com/i/DgDIxxTBXlq3OFfCK5Vfe82U.jpg X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="To-Do!";ID=191;TYPE=MultiLine:By Tony Kushner \nDirected by Charles Newell\n\n“The Great Work Begins.” The year is 1985: Ronald Reagan has just been reelected to a second term\, and t he deadly AIDS epidemic is at its height in New York City. Tony Kushner’ s two-part epic historical drama captures the lives of the HIV-positive Prior\; Louis\, his lover who abandons him\; Joe\, a closeted gay Mormon \; his Valium-addicted wife Harper\; Roy Cohn\, a notorious lawyer from the McCarthy hearings\, dying of AIDS\; Belize\, his African-American nu rse\; Hannah\, Joe’s mother from Utah\; and the Angel\, a terrifyingly b eautiful herald of the apocalypse. As these characters discover\, confro nt\, and seduce each other during a time of death\, hypocrisy\, and tumu ltuous change\, Kushner summons a restless pastiche of the historical an d the supernatural\, the theological and the political—all told with sur ging theatricality by a company of eight actors. Having directed Kushner ’s Caroline\, or Change and The Illusion\, Court’s Artisti c Director Charles Newell will direct Millennium Approaches and a newly-revised Perestroika in repertory performance\, giving Cour t audiences the unique opportunity to experience Kushner’s Pulitzer Priz e-winning magnum opus in its magnificent entirety. X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="Soleil's Take";ID=116;TYPE=MultiLine:In case you didn't catch it\, this play takes place in two parts. If you choose to see both parts on the same day\, be sure to take advantage special dining options that Court has arranged for you! X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="Price";ID=195;TYPE=SingleLine:$45-65 X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="Ticket Link";ID=5895;TYPE=SingleLine:Purchase Tickets! X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="Other Times To-Do It";ID=408;TYPE=SingleLine: March 30 – June 3\, 2012 DTSTAMP:20120328T205512Z DESCRIPTION:Matinee: Saturdays\, 3pm\; Sundays\, 2pm CATEGORIES:Theater UID:http://uid.trumba.com/event/99363582 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Black Enterprise Entrepreneur Conference & Expo LOCATION:Hilton Chicago \, 720 South Michigan Ave\, Chicago\, IL 60605 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20120523 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20120524 X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:TRUE URL:http://www.blackenterprise.com X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="Event Type";ID=21;TYPE=number:www.so-LAZE.com X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="Event image";ID=40;TYPE=Image:http://www.even tactions.com/i/DgA2Bfk%2AtFHHP0cI5fonbMIq.png X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="To-Do!";ID=191;TYPE=MultiLine:Midwest Entrepr eneurs Summit\, presented by Black Enterprise and The BOSS Network desig ned to provide Chicago professionals with more insight on how to build a nd maintain their personal and business brands\, while simultaneously ex posing and giving them access to network with nearly 100 of the Windy Ci ty's top key influencers.\n\nThe BOSS Network in conjunction with Black Enterprise join forces to present a powerful summit featuring a panel an d host of who’s who in Chicago’s influencer community.\n\nReceive free p ersonal invite to the Private VIP Midwest Entrepreneurs Summit when you register for the Black Enterprise Conference + Expo. X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="Miscellaneous Info";ID=194;TYPE=MultiLine:View the full program! X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="Price";ID=195;TYPE=SingleLine:$695\; Single D ay\, $195\; Awards Dinner Only\, $250 X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="Discounts";ID=11719;TYPE=MultiLine:Save $100 with Discount Code BSSNTW X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="Ticket Link";ID=5895;TYPE=SingleLine:Register Today! DTSTAMP:20120402T235802Z CATEGORIES:Prof. Dev./Networking UID:http://uid.trumba.com/event/99428419 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Dawoud Bey: Picturing People LOCATION:Renaissance Society Bergman Gallery (Cobb Hall 418)\, 5811 S. El lis Avenue\, Chicago\, Illinois 60637\, (773) 702-8670 DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20120523T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20120523T170000 X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE URL:http://www.renaissancesociety.org/site/Exhibitions/Intro.Dawoud-Bey. 626.html X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="Event Type";ID=21;TYPE=number:www.so-LAZE.com X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="Event image";ID=40;TYPE=Image:http://www.even tactions.com/i/DgDLfhxfc5pMNw6Q6e0yHhH-.jpg X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="To-Do!";ID=191;TYPE=MultiLine:Since 1975\, Ch icago-based photographer Dawoud Bey< /a> has developed a body of work distinguished for its commitment to por traiture as means for understanding contemporary social circumstances. R anging from chance street encounters to studio portraits\, Bey has inves tigated a range of methods to find increased engagement with his subject s\, and the resulting candor and expression such images convey. The Rena issance Society is pleased to present a career survey of Bey’s work\, in cluding a new chapter of Strangers/Community featuring portraits of individuals from Hyde Park\, Chicago\, home to both the University of Chicago and the artist. The exhibition will be accompanied by a catalog ue including new scholarly essays\, and is being slated to travel. X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="Price";ID=195;TYPE=SingleLine:Free! X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="Other Times To-Do It";ID=408;TYPE=SingleLine: May 13 – June 24\, 2012 X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="Image Credit";ID=10750;TYPE=SingleLine:Dawoud Bey - Rudy Nimocks and Lindsay Atnip\, Hyde Park\, Chicago\, 2012 DTSTAMP:20120503T191048Z CATEGORIES:Art/Exhibit UID:http://uid.trumba.com/event/99804541 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Rashid Johnson - Message To Our Folks LOCATION:Museum of Contemporary Art\, 220 East Chicago Ave\,\, Chicago\, I L 60611\, (312) 280-2660 DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20120523T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20120523T170000 X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE URL:http://www.mcachicago.org/ X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="Event Type";ID=21;TYPE=number:www.so-LAZE.com X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="Event image";ID=40;TYPE=Image:http://www.even tactions.com/i/DgACoQ5LWe%2AJvyDh8bC6B2ch.jpg X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="To-Do!";ID=191;TYPE=MultiLine:Rashid Johnson: Message to Our Folks\, the first major solo exhibition for Johnson\, wh o is a preeminent artist in the post-media generation. A former Chicagoa n and alumni of the MCA’s UBS 12 x 12 exhibition series\, Johnson explor es the complexities and contradictions of black identity\, rooted in his individual experience\, through photographs\, sculptures\, videos\, ins tallations\, and paintings. X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="Miscellaneous Info";ID=194;TYPE=MultiLine:Thi s exhibition is organized by Julie Rodrigues Widholm\, MCA Pamela Alper Associate Curator\, and includes thirteen years of Johnson’s work with a n emphasis on major works from the last five years. Throughout his work \, Johnson evokes shared cultural memories by referencing creative and in tellectual black figures whose impact has transcended black communities. The exhibition fosters a dialogue by inviting viewers' free association s with familiar figures -- such as W.E.B. DuBois\, Sun Ra\, Miles Davis \, and Public Enemy -- and everyday objects that appear in the work\, inc luding plants\, mirrors\, rugs\, record\nalbums\, CB radios\, shea butte r\, and books. The title of the exhibition is based on a 1969 album by t he avant-garde group Art Ensemble of Chicago\, who performed with a vari ety of found percussive objects and spanned musical styles to radically redefine the rules of jazz. X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="Price";ID=195;TYPE=SingleLine:$12\; Students & Seniors\, $7\; Members\, Free! X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="Other Times To-Do It";ID=408;TYPE=SingleLine: April 14 - August 5\, 2012 X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="Image Credit";ID=10750;TYPE=SingleLine:Rashid Johnson: Death by Black Hole "The Crisis"\, 2010 DTSTAMP:20120415T231311Z CATEGORIES:Art/Exhibit UID:http://uid.trumba.com/event/99515604 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Dawoud Bey: Harlem USA LOCATION:Art Institute of Chicago\, 111 South Michigan Avenue\, Chicago\, IL 60603 DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20120523T103000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20120523T170000 X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE URL:http://www.artic.edu/aic/exhibitions/exhibition/dawoudbey X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="Event Type";ID=21;TYPE=number:www.so-LAZE.com X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="Event image";ID=40;TYPE=Image:http://www.even tactions.com/i/DgCHP6yM6NVBwzwhXPk4V5PY.jpg X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="To-Do!";ID=191;TYPE=MultiLine:In 1979 African American photographer Dawoud Bey (born 1953) held his first solo exhibition at the Studio Museum in Har lem\, showing a suite of 25 photographs titled Harlem USA. Bey ha d been in residence at that museum for one year\, and he had made the su rrounding neighborhood a subject of study since 1975. Though raised in Q ueens\, Bey's family had roots in Harlem\, and it was a youthful visit t o the exhibition Harlem on My Mind at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in 1969\, that had given Bey his determination to become an artist. \n\nHarlem USA\, which has never been shown complete since the St udio Museum exhibition\, appears fresh today partly in its manifest diff erence from much of Bey’s later work. The prints are not large\, not in color\, and do not come in multiple parts\; the subjects are not all ado lescents\, and they do not “sit” for the artist but were found by him on the street. And yet all these photographs are sensitively composed and radiate an emphasis on calm and dignity that would become hallmarks of B ey’s approach. Like August Sander\, Bey wanted to show the “types” of Ha rlem’s citizenry: the barber\, the patrician\, the church ladies\, the h ip youth. He was searching for a way to combine the specificity of photo graphy\, which only knows how to record details\, with the diversity of Harlem\, a neighborhood as varied as any in the country. And he wanted t o do this without courting stereotypes. \n\nThanks to the efforts of mor e than 20 patrons\, led by Leadership Advisory Committee members Anita B lanchard and Les Coney\, the complete vintage set of Harlem USA h as been acquired by the Art Institute. A further five photographs from t hat time\, never before printed or exhibited\, will be donated by Bey to the museum this fall. Addiitonal complements to this exhibition are a s election of permanent collection works in Gallery 10 curated by Bey as w ell as a career survey of Bey’s work presented at the Renaissance Societ y at the University of Chicago from May 13 through June 24.\n\nDawoud Be y is a professor of art and was named Distinguished College Artist at Co lumbia College Chicago\, where he has taught since 1998. Bey studied at the School of Visual Arts in New York and holds an MFA in photography fr om Yale University. His work has been the subject of a retrospective exh ibition at the Walker Art Center (1995) and a four-year traveling exhibi tion\, called Class Pictures\, mounted by Aperture and first shown in 20 07 at the Addison Gallery of American Art. X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="Miscellaneous Info";ID=194;TYPE=MultiLine:A c atalogue accompanies the exhibition with images of the entire photograph ic series and essays by Matthew S. Witkovsky\, Richard and Ellen Sandor Chair and Curator\, Department of Photography\, and Sharifa Rhodes-Pitt s\, author of the monograph Harlem Is Nowhere. X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="Price";ID=195;TYPE=SingleLine:$18\; Members\, Free! X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="Other Times To-Do It";ID=408;TYPE=SingleLine: May 2–September 9\, 2012 X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="Image Credit";ID=10750;TYPE=SingleLine:Dawoud Bey. A Boy in Front of the Loews 125th St. Movie Theatre\, Harlem\, NY\, 1976 DTSTAMP:20120317T220314Z DESCRIPTION:Open Thursdays until 8pm. CATEGORIES:Art/Exhibit UID:http://uid.trumba.com/event/99223921 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Involuntary. Loss(y). Privacy. LOCATION:Blanc Gallery\, 4445 S. King Drive\, Chicago\, IL 60653\, (773) 95 2-4394 DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20120523T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20120523T150000 X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE URL:http://blancchicago.com X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="Event Type";ID=21;TYPE=number:www.so-LAZE.com X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="Event image";ID=40;TYPE=Image:http://www.even tactions.com/i/DgByoYqLq1fPYc-tXoZclNhZ.jpg X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="To-Do!";ID=191;TYPE=MultiLine:BLANC Gallery i s pleased to present “Involuntary. Loss(y). Privacy\,” a two-person exhi bition featuring Chicago artists\, Stephen Flemister and Julian Williams .\n\n“Involuntary. Loss(y). Privacy” is a timely compilation of drawings \, paintings and mixed media that looks at the ways in which we are unin tentionally identified/identifiable by data that is collected\, captured and stored on the internet. Recent events in the national news media re mind us of just how powerful a single fleeting image and profile can be in determining whether one is labeled menace or martyr. Stephen Flemiste r and Julian Williams are deeply invested in using portrait painting as a vehicle for exploring this duality. Both artists start with digital im agery of unknown Black subjects pulled from Department of Corrections mu g shots as their source material but arrive at very different conceptual places in the work produced.\n\nThe exhibitionʼs title centers on Ameri can societyʼs increasing willingness to give up the right to control per sonal information via the Internet and social media. In information tech nology\, lossy compression is a term that refers to a data encoding proc edure that minimizes the amount of data that is needed to make an image file legible. Each time a file is compressed\, data is discarded and res olution is lost. For this exhibition however\, lossy has taken on many d ifferent meanings for Flemister and Williams: Loss of self\; a loss of i nnocence\; the reduction of a person down to a vague likeness\; an ident ity that is unrecognizable\, minimized\, and mistaken.\n\nStephenʼs work combines printmaking\, encaustic\, collage and mixed media into his acr ylic and oil painting process to build layered surfaces that are as comp lex as his subjects. He is interested in issues of surveillance\, anonym ity and the ubiquity of imagery available for public consumption. Stephe n combs through public databases looking for images that seem familiar e ither through personal memory or imagined reality.\n\nJulian has created 15 portraits\, the Englewood Boys Series\, which vividly re-imagines th e missing details of grainy black and white Illinois Department of Corre ctions mug shots of young Black males. His choice of watercolor for the paintings highlights the stark contrast between the delicacy of the medi um and the harshness of the subject matter. Julianʼs approach calls into question the seeming objective quality of the photograph. The series ha s taken on a particularly personal tone as the impact of black male inca rceration has directly effected members of his family. He used painting as a way to process his thoughts on the subject. X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="Miscellaneous Info";ID=194;TYPE=MultiLine:"Stephen Flemister" We will l ook at this era in history as “The End of Print”? The loss of books prin ted on paper\, hand written letters\, official documents being stored as archival records\; Tangible proof. How is yesterday’s tactile history b eing translated into tomorrow’s impalpable future? Are printed and hand- marked objects really timeless?\n\nMy interest with digital information is the look at technology as our primary source for knowledge\, the new “library”. It seems that just by virtue of existing in an online search \, the results are usually accepted as ‘truth’. While digital archives ar e growing exponentially\, they expose only fragments of our individual i dentities. We are losing information literally as a low resolution image is compressed to be viral. In this way\, public image databases and the personal visual profiles they generate challenge ideas about who we tru ly are.\n\nI use surveillance videos\, and public monitoring systems as tools for source material. For this work\, I’ve selected\, from among ot her things\, public incarceration photos from the various correctional f acilities. These faces\, familiar through memory or relationship\, are a ltered to call into question ideas about the known and the unknown. My a im is to use this latest body of work to trouble the waters and blur the lines between the private and the public\, the profile and the individu al. \n\n"Julian Williams" The desire to do this Englewood Boys series grew out of my experiences deal ing with my son’s incarceration and association with the juvenile detent ion system as a teenager. In that time\, his mother and I made many vis its to him that made us feel as if were locked in as well. Each trip wou ld make us more and more angry that our son had put himself and us in th at situation.\n\nWhile my son is no longer incarcerated\, it was a haunt ing experience that left a lasting impression. After a while\, I felt th at the best way for me to deal with these demons was to make art! Being in the studio allowed me to act as my own therapist in my quest for emot ional healing.\n\nI collected public data images from the Internet of bo ys and men who’d committed crimes and who looked like my son. I wasn’t i nterested in their names or alleged crimes\, only whether or not their l ook engaged me. I wanted to study their psychology solely through portra iture. I selected watercolor as the medium to explore the facial terrain of the perpetrators and later expanded my portrayals to include wooden pedestal boxes. It was important to translate the experience of what it’ s like to become a disjointed profile\, a repetitive anonymous image\, seemingly lost and in a world separate from the choices and steps that l ed to that circumstance. X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="Price";ID=195;TYPE=SingleLine:Free! X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="Other Times To-Do It";ID=408;TYPE=SingleLine: May 11 - July 21\, 2012 X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="Image Credit";ID=10750;TYPE=SingleLine:Julian Williams DTSTAMP:20120515T110353Z DESCRIPTION:Open on Saturday by appointment only. CATEGORIES:Art/Exhibit UID:http://uid.trumba.com/event/99998861 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Revisiting Chicago: City on the Make LOCATION:Blackstone Branch Library\, 4904 S Lake Park Ave\, Chicago\, IL 6 0615 DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20120523T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20120523T190000 X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE URL:www.friendsofblackstone.wordpress.com X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="Event Type";ID=21;TYPE=number:www.so-LAZE.com X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="Event image";ID=40;TYPE=Image:http://www.even tactions.com/i/DgAPKGXNR3d%2A1lqGPffwTSpv.jpg X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="To-Do!";ID=191;TYPE=MultiLine:First published in 1951\, Nelson Algren’s Chicago: City on the Make was scorned by the Chicago establishment because of its gritty portrayal of the city. Bill Savage discusses his annotations to the 60th anniversary edition of this provocative work providing historic photos and updated info. As the cit y moves into a new era with a new mayor\, does the picture still hold tr ue? \n\nSavage\, a native Chicagoan\, teaches at Northwestern University and has written extensively on Algren. X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="Price";ID=195;TYPE=SingleLine:Free! X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="Venue Info";ID=117;TYPE=MultiLine:Blackstone Library is the oldest branch library in the city of Chicago. DTSTAMP:20120516T224300Z CATEGORIES:Author/Artist Event UID:http://uid.trumba.com/event/100000719 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Deeply Rooted Mature H.O.T. Women Dance Intensive LOCATION:Deeply Rooted Dance Theater\, 17 N. State St.\, 19th Floor\, Chic ago\, IL 60602\, (312) 795-9777 DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20120523T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20120523T200000 X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE URL:http://www.deeplyrootedproductions.org X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="Event Type";ID=21;TYPE=number:Learn To-Do It at www.so-LAZE.com X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="Event image";ID=40;TYPE=Image:http://www.even tactions.com/i/DgD23U24TffSQ-PDDHnkhrsN.jpg X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="To-Do!";ID=191;TYPE=MultiLine:Workshops are d esigned to strengthen the body\, challenge the mind\, and nourish the so ul through a synergy of modern\, ballet\, and jazz dance techniques. Cre ated specifically for mature women who want to become physically and spi ritually engaged in dance\, participants practice dance technique\, lear n choreography\, and perform in the culminating show on June 2nd (option al). Minimum enrollment of 10 students. X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="Soleil's Take";ID=116;TYPE=MultiLine:As part of my 2007 “exploration of creativity” mission\, I decided to enroll in the Mature H.O.T. (Health-conscious\, Optimistic and Triumphant) Women d ance class with Deeply Rooted Productions. I expected to get a good work out and maybe acquire some grace\, but the surprising part was the sense of freedom and the spiritual nurturing that I received. The classes (th ey had to add a second class because of overwhelming interest!) met once a week for two hours and was comprised of women aged from maybe 30 – 65 . Each week was a beautiful and uplifting experience as I witnessed wome n of various sizes and shapes proudly move their bodies and become even more comfortable with themselves. Our instructors\, who addressed us as “dancers” (yes\, I am now a dancer!) from day one\, were men who embodie d grace and positivity and provided constant affirmations. The experienc e was so much more than I expected and I look forward to taking it again ! Hopefully\, they'll offer it on a Saturday morning . . . X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="Miscellaneous Info";ID=194;TYPE=MultiLine:Cul minates with a performance on June 2 - participation is optional. For m ore information\, contact Info@DeeplyRootedProduc tions.org. X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="Price";ID=195;TYPE=SingleLine:Tuition $200 X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="Drop-Ins Permitted";ID=10614;TYPE=Boolean:Yes X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="Drop In Cost";ID=10615;TYPE=Currency:$50 X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="Ticket Link";ID=5895;TYPE=SingleLine:Register Now! X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="Other Times To-Do It";ID=408;TYPE=SingleLine: Wednesdays\, April 11 – June 2\, 2012 DTSTAMP:20120410T003021Z CATEGORIES:Fitness/Athletic/Sporting UID:http://uid.trumba.com/event/99504523 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Jazz'n On the South Side f/ Robert Irving\, III LOCATION:eta Creative Arts Foundation\, 7558 S South Chicago Avenue \, Chi cago\, IL 60619 \, (773) 752-3955 DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20120523T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20120523T220000 X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE URL:http://www.charlesheathpresents.com X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="Event Type";ID=21;TYPE=number:www.so-LAZE.com X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="Event image";ID=40;TYPE=Image:http://www.even tactions.com/i/DgBsNCuXQ6nvv5R2RB8locV4.jpg X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="To-Do!";ID=191;TYPE=MultiLine:A native of Chi cago\, Robert Baabe Irv ing was one of a group of young Chicago musicians who in the late ‘7 0s and early ‘80s formed the nucleus of Miles Davis’ recording and touri ng bands. It was Irving’s composition “Space” (performed by him and his talented Chicago-based group) that captured Davis' interest. That led to Miles inviting him and the Chicago musicians to New York in 1979 for hi s first recording sessions in several years. As it turned out\, Irving’s music served as the impetus and motivation for the jazz great to resume his largely dormant (1974 to 1979) musical journey. Miles used the soun d and direction as a catalyst to propel himself into the last phase of h is life and career (1979 to 1991). X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="Miscellaneous Info";ID=194;TYPE=MultiLine: What is Jazz on the South Side?\n\nIt is not just another set by ano ther promoter. Charles Heath presents Jazz on the South Side\, brings th e best and puts it right in your backyard! Why travel far from home and spend more than you have to when you can get some of Chicago's best jazz right around the corner? \n\nFood and cash bar available. X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="Price";ID=195;TYPE=SingleLine:$10 X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="Other Times To-Do It";ID=408;TYPE=SingleLine: Wednesdays DTSTAMP:20120508T114922Z CATEGORIES:Live Music UID:http://uid.trumba.com/event/99693368 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:CANCELED - The Experience with Rebecca Ferguson DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20120523T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20120523T220000 X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="Event image";ID=40;TYPE=Image:http://www.even tactions.com/i/DgAoeciCaLuIX6wpiOxs19er.jpg X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="To-Do!";ID=191;TYPE=MultiLine:**Rebecca br oke her leg around May 10th\, so her US tour has been delayed. The Expe rience will be rescheduled - you may opt to retain your ticket for the l ater date or request a refund.\n\nInterview. Mini-Performance. CD Si gning.\n\nJoin us for The Ultimate In-Store" with England's platinum rec ording artist\, Rebecca Fergus on for her FIRST Chicago appearance! X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="Soleil's Take";ID=116;TYPE=MultiLine:Rebecca doesn't really have much of a bio\, as she went from non-performing and completely unknown to a UK Platinum phenom in just a year thanks to her 10-week run on X Factor! When I first heard of this To-Do \, I visited her website to listen to her music as I worked (as I often do). Next thing I knew\, I was waist-deep in her X Factor YouTube video s from start to finish - a marathon that kept me up 'til 3am! The judge s gushed\, as did I\, as I watched her blossom. She seems sweet as pie and has a voice that is reminiscent of both Macy Gray and Adele. On thi s\, her debut\, album\, she wrote or co-wrote all of the songs. I am re ally looking forward to this To-Do and the evolution of Re becca! X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="Miscellaneous Info";ID=194;TYPE=MultiLine:You will receive Rebecca Ferguson's first CD\, Heaven when you hand in your ticket at the door. X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="Price";ID=195;TYPE=SingleLine:$21 X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="Ticket Link";ID=5895;TYPE=SingleLine:Purchase Tickets! DTSTAMP:20120521T104724Z CATEGORIES:Author/Artist Event UID:http://uid.trumba.com/event/99594040 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:The Marvin Gaye Story (Opening Week) LOCATION:Black Ensemble Theater Cultural Center\, 4450 N. Clark Street \, Chicago\, Illinois\, (773) 769-4451 DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20120523T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20120523T213000 X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE URL:http://blackensembletheater.org/ X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="Event Type";ID=21;TYPE=number:www.so-LAZE.com X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="Event image";ID=40;TYPE=Image:http://www.even tactions.com/i/DgD-MKZrs5EN10zRkjtP-jig.jpg X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="To-Do!";ID=191;TYPE=MultiLine:The Marvin G aye Story (Don’t Talk About My Father Because God Is My Friend)\n\nM arvin Pentz Gaye Jr. is considered to be one of the greatest talents to come out of the Motown dynasty\, with a career spanning over three decad es. His sound began with Doo Wop in the ‘50s\, and moved to Rhythm and Blues in the ‘60s\, political awareness in the ‘70s\, and sophisticated soul in the ‘80s. Some of his greatest contributions include “I Heard I t Through The Grapevine\,” “What’s Going On\,” and “Inner City Blues\,” as well as numerous hits from his partnership with Tammi Terrel such as “All I Need To Get By\,” “Ain’t No Mountain High Enough\,” and “If This World Were Mine.” He was also the winner of two Grammy Awards including Best Vocal Performance for “Sexual Healing” in 1983. \n \nMarvin Gaye’s life was plagued with depression and drug addiction and ended in traged y on April 1\, 1984 when he was shot and killed by his own father. The M arvin Gaye Story will reveal his struggles while also honoring his vast contributions to the music industry and the world. To many\, Marvin Gay e represents the ability to face the worst of life’s adversities and sti ll accomplish great success. This Black Ensemble Theater production wil l embrace this sentiment and celebrate a legacy of beautiful music that will last forever. X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="Miscellaneous Info";ID=194;TYPE=MultiLine:“Wi th The Marvin Gaye Story (Don’t Talk About My Father Because God Is My F riend)\, BE is producing our first World Premiere since moving into our new home earlier this year\, and the development process has been an exc iting one. Throughout the process\, I have conducted vast research whic h included working with Jan Gaye (who was the second wife of Marvin Gaye and mother of Nona and Frankie Gaye) helping give ample attention to hi s story with honor and accuracy\,” says Jackie Taylor. “We have assembl ed a fantastic team of cast and designers\, including Rashawn Thompson\, a product of BE’s educational outreach program\, who will be starring a s Marvin Gaye\, along with some of BE’s seasoned ensemble. We are also using projections\, designed by Mike Tutaj\, throughout the production t o create a sense of time\, place and relevancy of Marvin’s messages in t oday’s world.” X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="Price";ID=195;TYPE=SingleLine:$55-65 X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="Ticket Link";ID=5895;TYPE=SingleLine:Purchase Tickets! X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="Other Times To-Do It";ID=408;TYPE=SingleLine: May 11 – July 29\, 2012 DTSTAMP:20120426T231024Z DESCRIPTION:Matinees: Saturdays & Sundays 3pm CATEGORIES:Theater UID:http://uid.trumba.com/event/99711171 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:My Kind of Town LOCATION:TimeLine Theatre Company\, 615 W. Wellington Ave.\, Chicago\, IL 60657 \, (773) 281-8463 DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20120523T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20120523T213000 X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE URL:http://www.timelinetheatre.com X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="Event Type";ID=21;TYPE=number:www.so-LAZE.com X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="Event image";ID=40;TYPE=Image:http://www.even tactions.com/i/DgDl%2A4Qol%2Ahx85P-PeEdwB%2A0.jpg X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="To-Do!";ID=191;TYPE=MultiLine:My Kind of T own puts a human face on the police torture scandal that has plagued Chicago for more than three decades. Veteran investigative journalist J ohn Conroy covered the story\, challenging public indifference to become one of the leading voices drawing attention to the charges. My Kind of Town is his passionate\, groundbreaking new drama revolving around one i mprisoned man's fight for justice\, inspired by the stories of numerous victims\, police officers\, prosecutors and families whose lives have be en poisoned by the allegations. With interlocking storylines that humani ze the play's issues of corruption and responsibility\, My Kind of To wn sets the stage for a new conversation about today's culture of la w and order. X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="Price";ID=195;TYPE=SingleLine:Wednesdays - Fr idays\, $32\; Saturdays & Sundays\, $42 X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="Ticket Link";ID=5895;TYPE=SingleLine:Purchase Tickets! X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="Other Times To-Do It";ID=408;TYPE=SingleLine: May 1 - July 29\, 2012 X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="Venue Info";ID=117;TYPE=MultiLine:THERE WILL BE NO LATE SEATING. Seating is general admission. House opens 30 minute s prior to the performance. We encourage all ticket holders to arrive at least 15 minutes prior to curtain time. DTSTAMP:20120501T212027Z DESCRIPTION:4pm Matinee on Saturdays CATEGORIES:Theater UID:http://uid.trumba.com/event/99776905 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:World Music Wednesdays: Juanito Pascual LOCATION:Old Town School of Folk Music \, 4544 North Lincoln\, Chicago\, I llinois\, (773) 728-6000 DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20120523T203000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20120523T230000 X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE URL:http://www.OldTownSchool.org X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="Event Type";ID=21;TYPE=number:www.so-LAZE.com X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="Event image";ID=40;TYPE=Image:http://www.even tactions.com/i/DgAoJapvc%2AYd0WMiSUNQzEsg.jpg X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="To-Do!";ID=191;TYPE=MultiLine:National Public Radio calls Juanito Pascual one of the hottest flamenco guitarists to emerge in recent years. Don' t miss this explosive evening featuring Pascual's original compositions \, the passion of flamenco song and dance\, sizzling percussion and soul- stirring Gypsy violin.\n\n" . . . when the musicians engaged in impassio ned cross-fire\, the heat index broke all records" - The Village Voic e X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="Soleil's Take";ID=116;TYPE=MultiLine:View more World Music Wednesdays To-Dos ! X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="Miscellaneous Info";ID=194;TYPE=MultiLine:Wor ld Music Wednesdays is a free community series that explores the rich di versity that exists in the Chicago community and runs year round (47 Wed nesdays). World Music Wednesdays will present music\, dance and culture of Africa\, Europe\, Asia\, The Middle East and The Americas. Tickets are free\, but reservations are strongly recommended. Call us at (773) 728-6000 to secure your seats! X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="Price";ID=195;TYPE=SingleLine:Suggested Donat ion\, $5 X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="Ticket Link";ID=5895;TYPE=SingleLine:Purchase T ickets! X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="Venue Info";ID=117;TYPE=MultiLine:What a stim ulating facility this is! The energy is palpable before you even reach the door. Old Town School offers a very diverse range of performances i n a family-friendly environment. Seating in the main theater (the Conce rt Hall) manages intimacy\, despite its large capacity. First floor sea ting offers both cabaret- and auditorium-style seating. Even in the sec ond floor balcony\, you’ll be right in the thick of the action. Food an d beverages are available for sale – and can be taken into the theater! Cheap\, metered parking is available across the street. For informatio n about classes\, performances and more\, visit their website. DTSTAMP:20120325T195556Z CATEGORIES:Live Music UID:http://uid.trumba.com/event/89892924 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Black Enterprise Entrepreneur Conference & Expo LOCATION:Hilton Chicago \, 720 South Michigan Ave\, Chicago\, IL 60605 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20120524 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20120525 X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:TRUE URL:http://www.blackenterprise.com X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="Event Type";ID=21;TYPE=number:www.so-LAZE.com X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="Event image";ID=40;TYPE=Image:http://www.even tactions.com/i/DgA2Bfk%2AtFHHP0cI5fonbMIq.png X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="To-Do!";ID=191;TYPE=MultiLine:Midwest Entrepr eneurs Summit\, presented by Black Enterprise and The BOSS Network desig ned to provide Chicago professionals with more insight on how to build a nd maintain their personal and business brands\, while simultaneously ex posing and giving them access to network with nearly 100 of the Windy Ci ty's top key influencers.\n\nThe BOSS Network in conjunction with Black Enterprise join forces to present a powerful summit featuring a panel an d host of who’s who in Chicago’s influencer community.\n\nReceive free p ersonal invite to the Private VIP Midwest Entrepreneurs Summit when you register for the Black Enterprise Conference + Expo. X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="Miscellaneous Info";ID=194;TYPE=MultiLine:View the full program! X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="Price";ID=195;TYPE=SingleLine:$695\; Single D ay\, $195\; Awards Dinner Only\, $250 X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="Discounts";ID=11719;TYPE=MultiLine:Save $100 with Discount Code BSSNTW X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="Ticket Link";ID=5895;TYPE=SingleLine:Register Today! DTSTAMP:20120402T230845Z CATEGORIES:Prof. Dev./Networking UID:http://uid.trumba.com/event/99428420 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Dawoud Bey: Picturing People LOCATION:Renaissance Society Bergman Gallery (Cobb Hall 418)\, 5811 S. El lis Avenue\, Chicago\, Illinois 60637\, (773) 702-8670 DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20120524T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20120524T170000 X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE URL:http://www.renaissancesociety.org/site/Exhibitions/Intro.Dawoud-Bey. 626.html X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="Event Type";ID=21;TYPE=number:www.so-LAZE.com X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="Event image";ID=40;TYPE=Image:http://www.even tactions.com/i/DgDLfhxfc5pMNw6Q6e0yHhH-.jpg X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="To-Do!";ID=191;TYPE=MultiLine:Since 1975\, Ch icago-based photographer Dawoud Bey< /a> has developed a body of work distinguished for its commitment to por traiture as means for understanding contemporary social circumstances. R anging from chance street encounters to studio portraits\, Bey has inves tigated a range of methods to find increased engagement with his subject s\, and the resulting candor and expression such images convey. The Rena issance Society is pleased to present a career survey of Bey’s work\, in cluding a new chapter of Strangers/Community featuring portraits of individuals from Hyde Park\, Chicago\, home to both the University of Chicago and the artist. The exhibition will be accompanied by a catalog ue including new scholarly essays\, and is being slated to travel. X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="Price";ID=195;TYPE=SingleLine:Free! X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="Other Times To-Do It";ID=408;TYPE=SingleLine: May 13 – June 24\, 2012 X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="Image Credit";ID=10750;TYPE=SingleLine:Dawoud Bey - Rudy Nimocks and Lindsay Atnip\, Hyde Park\, Chicago\, 2012 DTSTAMP:20120503T191048Z CATEGORIES:Art/Exhibit UID:http://uid.trumba.com/event/99804542 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Rashid Johnson - Message To Our Folks LOCATION:Museum of Contemporary Art\, 220 East Chicago Ave\,\, Chicago\, I L 60611\, (312) 280-2660 DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20120524T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20120524T170000 X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE URL:http://www.mcachicago.org/ X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="Event Type";ID=21;TYPE=number:www.so-LAZE.com X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="Event image";ID=40;TYPE=Image:http://www.even tactions.com/i/DgACoQ5LWe%2AJvyDh8bC6B2ch.jpg X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="To-Do!";ID=191;TYPE=MultiLine:Rashid Johnson: Message to Our Folks\, the first major solo exhibition for Johnson\, wh o is a preeminent artist in the post-media generation. A former Chicagoa n and alumni of the MCA’s UBS 12 x 12 exhibition series\, Johnson explor es the complexities and contradictions of black identity\, rooted in his individual experience\, through photographs\, sculptures\, videos\, ins tallations\, and paintings. X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="Miscellaneous Info";ID=194;TYPE=MultiLine:Thi s exhibition is organized by Julie Rodrigues Widholm\, MCA Pamela Alper Associate Curator\, and includes thirteen years of Johnson’s work with a n emphasis on major works from the last five years. Throughout his work \, Johnson evokes shared cultural memories by referencing creative and in tellectual black figures whose impact has transcended black communities. The exhibition fosters a dialogue by inviting viewers' free association s with familiar figures -- such as W.E.B. DuBois\, Sun Ra\, Miles Davis \, and Public Enemy -- and everyday objects that appear in the work\, inc luding plants\, mirrors\, rugs\, record\nalbums\, CB radios\, shea butte r\, and books. The title of the exhibition is based on a 1969 album by t he avant-garde group Art Ensemble of Chicago\, who performed with a vari ety of found percussive objects and spanned musical styles to radically redefine the rules of jazz. X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="Price";ID=195;TYPE=SingleLine:$12\; Students & Seniors\, $7\; Members\, Free! X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="Other Times To-Do It";ID=408;TYPE=SingleLine: April 14 - August 5\, 2012 X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="Image Credit";ID=10750;TYPE=SingleLine:Rashid Johnson: Death by Black Hole "The Crisis"\, 2010 DTSTAMP:20120415T231311Z CATEGORIES:Art/Exhibit UID:http://uid.trumba.com/event/99515605 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Dawoud Bey: Harlem USA LOCATION:Art Institute of Chicago\, 111 South Michigan Avenue\, Chicago\, IL 60603 DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20120524T103000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20120524T170000 X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE URL:http://www.artic.edu/aic/exhibitions/exhibition/dawoudbey X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="Event Type";ID=21;TYPE=number:www.so-LAZE.com X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="Event image";ID=40;TYPE=Image:http://www.even tactions.com/i/DgCHP6yM6NVBwzwhXPk4V5PY.jpg X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="To-Do!";ID=191;TYPE=MultiLine:In 1979 African American photographer Dawoud Bey (born 1953) held his first solo exhibition at the Studio Museum in Har lem\, showing a suite of 25 photographs titled Harlem USA. Bey ha d been in residence at that museum for one year\, and he had made the su rrounding neighborhood a subject of study since 1975. Though raised in Q ueens\, Bey's family had roots in Harlem\, and it was a youthful visit t o the exhibition Harlem on My Mind at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in 1969\, that had given Bey his determination to become an artist. \n\nHarlem USA\, which has never been shown complete since the St udio Museum exhibition\, appears fresh today partly in its manifest diff erence from much of Bey’s later work. The prints are not large\, not in color\, and do not come in multiple parts\; the subjects are not all ado lescents\, and they do not “sit” for the artist but were found by him on the street. And yet all these photographs are sensitively composed and radiate an emphasis on calm and dignity that would become hallmarks of B ey’s approach. Like August Sander\, Bey wanted to show the “types” of Ha rlem’s citizenry: the barber\, the patrician\, the church ladies\, the h ip youth. He was searching for a way to combine the specificity of photo graphy\, which only knows how to record details\, with the diversity of Harlem\, a neighborhood as varied as any in the country. And he wanted t o do this without courting stereotypes. \n\nThanks to the efforts of mor e than 20 patrons\, led by Leadership Advisory Committee members Anita B lanchard and Les Coney\, the complete vintage set of Harlem USA h as been acquired by the Art Institute. A further five photographs from t hat time\, never before printed or exhibited\, will be donated by Bey to the museum this fall. Addiitonal complements to this exhibition are a s election of permanent collection works in Gallery 10 curated by Bey as w ell as a career survey of Bey’s work presented at the Renaissance Societ y at the University of Chicago from May 13 through June 24.\n\nDawoud Be y is a professor of art and was named Distinguished College Artist at Co lumbia College Chicago\, where he has taught since 1998. Bey studied at the School of Visual Arts in New York and holds an MFA in photography fr om Yale University. His work has been the subject of a retrospective exh ibition at the Walker Art Center (1995) and a four-year traveling exhibi tion\, called Class Pictures\, mounted by Aperture and first shown in 20 07 at the Addison Gallery of American Art. X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="Miscellaneous Info";ID=194;TYPE=MultiLine:A c atalogue accompanies the exhibition with images of the entire photograph ic series and essays by Matthew S. Witkovsky\, Richard and Ellen Sandor Chair and Curator\, Department of Photography\, and Sharifa Rhodes-Pitt s\, author of the monograph Harlem Is Nowhere. X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="Price";ID=195;TYPE=SingleLine:$18\; Members\, Free! X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="Other Times To-Do It";ID=408;TYPE=SingleLine: May 2–September 9\, 2012 X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="Image Credit";ID=10750;TYPE=SingleLine:Dawoud Bey. A Boy in Front of the Loews 125th St. Movie Theatre\, Harlem\, NY\, 1976 DTSTAMP:20120317T220314Z DESCRIPTION:Open Thursdays until 8pm. CATEGORIES:Art/Exhibit UID:http://uid.trumba.com/event/99223922 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Involuntary. Loss(y). Privacy. LOCATION:Blanc Gallery\, 4445 S. King Drive\, Chicago\, IL 60653\, (773) 95 2-4394 DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20120524T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20120524T150000 X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE URL:http://blancchicago.com X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="Event Type";ID=21;TYPE=number:www.so-LAZE.com X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="Event image";ID=40;TYPE=Image:http://www.even tactions.com/i/DgByoYqLq1fPYc-tXoZclNhZ.jpg X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="To-Do!";ID=191;TYPE=MultiLine:BLANC Gallery i s pleased to present “Involuntary. Loss(y). Privacy\,” a two-person exhi bition featuring Chicago artists\, Stephen Flemister and Julian Williams .\n\n“Involuntary. Loss(y). Privacy” is a timely compilation of drawings \, paintings and mixed media that looks at the ways in which we are unin tentionally identified/identifiable by data that is collected\, captured and stored on the internet. Recent events in the national news media re mind us of just how powerful a single fleeting image and profile can be in determining whether one is labeled menace or martyr. Stephen Flemiste r and Julian Williams are deeply invested in using portrait painting as a vehicle for exploring this duality. Both artists start with digital im agery of unknown Black subjects pulled from Department of Corrections mu g shots as their source material but arrive at very different conceptual places in the work produced.\n\nThe exhibitionʼs title centers on Ameri can societyʼs increasing willingness to give up the right to control per sonal information via the Internet and social media. In information tech nology\, lossy compression is a term that refers to a data encoding proc edure that minimizes the amount of data that is needed to make an image file legible. Each time a file is compressed\, data is discarded and res olution is lost. For this exhibition however\, lossy has taken on many d ifferent meanings for Flemister and Williams: Loss of self\; a loss of i nnocence\; the reduction of a person down to a vague likeness\; an ident ity that is unrecognizable\, minimized\, and mistaken.\n\nStephenʼs work combines printmaking\, encaustic\, collage and mixed media into his acr ylic and oil painting process to build layered surfaces that are as comp lex as his subjects. He is interested in issues of surveillance\, anonym ity and the ubiquity of imagery available for public consumption. Stephe n combs through public databases looking for images that seem familiar e ither through personal memory or imagined reality.\n\nJulian has created 15 portraits\, the Englewood Boys Series\, which vividly re-imagines th e missing details of grainy black and white Illinois Department of Corre ctions mug shots of young Black males. His choice of watercolor for the paintings highlights the stark contrast between the delicacy of the medi um and the harshness of the subject matter. Julianʼs approach calls into question the seeming objective quality of the photograph. The series ha s taken on a particularly personal tone as the impact of black male inca rceration has directly effected members of his family. He used painting as a way to process his thoughts on the subject. X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="Miscellaneous Info";ID=194;TYPE=MultiLine:"Stephen Flemister" We will l ook at this era in history as “The End of Print”? The loss of books prin ted on paper\, hand written letters\, official documents being stored as archival records\; Tangible proof. How is yesterday’s tactile history b eing translated into tomorrow’s impalpable future? Are printed and hand- marked objects really timeless?\n\nMy interest with digital information is the look at technology as our primary source for knowledge\, the new “library”. It seems that just by virtue of existing in an online search \, the results are usually accepted as ‘truth’. While digital archives ar e growing exponentially\, they expose only fragments of our individual i dentities. We are losing information literally as a low resolution image is compressed to be viral. In this way\, public image databases and the personal visual profiles they generate challenge ideas about who we tru ly are.\n\nI use surveillance videos\, and public monitoring systems as tools for source material. For this work\, I’ve selected\, from among ot her things\, public incarceration photos from the various correctional f acilities. These faces\, familiar through memory or relationship\, are a ltered to call into question ideas about the known and the unknown. My a im is to use this latest body of work to trouble the waters and blur the lines between the private and the public\, the profile and the individu al. \n\n"Julian Williams" The desire to do this Englewood Boys series grew out of my experiences deal ing with my son’s incarceration and association with the juvenile detent ion system as a teenager. In that time\, his mother and I made many vis its to him that made us feel as if were locked in as well. Each trip wou ld make us more and more angry that our son had put himself and us in th at situation.\n\nWhile my son is no longer incarcerated\, it was a haunt ing experience that left a lasting impression. After a while\, I felt th at the best way for me to deal with these demons was to make art! Being in the studio allowed me to act as my own therapist in my quest for emot ional healing.\n\nI collected public data images from the Internet of bo ys and men who’d committed crimes and who looked like my son. I wasn’t i nterested in their names or alleged crimes\, only whether or not their l ook engaged me. I wanted to study their psychology solely through portra iture. I selected watercolor as the medium to explore the facial terrain of the perpetrators and later expanded my portrayals to include wooden pedestal boxes. It was important to translate the experience of what it’ s like to become a disjointed profile\, a repetitive anonymous image\, seemingly lost and in a world separate from the choices and steps that l ed to that circumstance. X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="Price";ID=195;TYPE=SingleLine:Free! X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="Other Times To-Do It";ID=408;TYPE=SingleLine: May 11 - July 21\, 2012 X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="Image Credit";ID=10750;TYPE=SingleLine:Julian Williams DTSTAMP:20120515T110353Z DESCRIPTION:Open on Saturday by appointment only. CATEGORIES:Art/Exhibit UID:http://uid.trumba.com/event/99998862 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:The Marvin Gaye Story (Opening Week) LOCATION:Black Ensemble Theater Cultural Center\, 4450 N. Clark Street \, Chicago\, Illinois\, (773) 769-4451 DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20120524T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20120524T213000 X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE URL:http://blackensembletheater.org/ X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="Event Type";ID=21;TYPE=number:www.so-LAZE.com X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="Event image";ID=40;TYPE=Image:http://www.even tactions.com/i/DgD-MKZrs5EN10zRkjtP-jig.jpg X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="To-Do!";ID=191;TYPE=MultiLine:The Marvin G aye Story (Don’t Talk About My Father Because God Is My Friend)\n\nM arvin Pentz Gaye Jr. is considered to be one of the greatest talents to come out of the Motown dynasty\, with a career spanning over three decad es. His sound began with Doo Wop in the ‘50s\, and moved to Rhythm and Blues in the ‘60s\, political awareness in the ‘70s\, and sophisticated soul in the ‘80s. Some of his greatest contributions include “I Heard I t Through The Grapevine\,” “What’s Going On\,” and “Inner City Blues\,” as well as numerous hits from his partnership with Tammi Terrel such as “All I Need To Get By\,” “Ain’t No Mountain High Enough\,” and “If This World Were Mine.” He was also the winner of two Grammy Awards including Best Vocal Performance for “Sexual Healing” in 1983. \n \nMarvin Gaye’s life was plagued with depression and drug addiction and ended in traged y on April 1\, 1984 when he was shot and killed by his own father. The M arvin Gaye Story will reveal his struggles while also honoring his vast contributions to the music industry and the world. To many\, Marvin Gay e represents the ability to face the worst of life’s adversities and sti ll accomplish great success. This Black Ensemble Theater production wil l embrace this sentiment and celebrate a legacy of beautiful music that will last forever. X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="Miscellaneous Info";ID=194;TYPE=MultiLine:“Wi th The Marvin Gaye Story (Don’t Talk About My Father Because God Is My F riend)\, BE is producing our first World Premiere since moving into our new home earlier this year\, and the development process has been an exc iting one. Throughout the process\, I have conducted vast research whic h included working with Jan Gaye (who was the second wife of Marvin Gaye and mother of Nona and Frankie Gaye) helping give ample attention to hi s story with honor and accuracy\,” says Jackie Taylor. “We have assembl ed a fantastic team of cast and designers\, including Rashawn Thompson\, a product of BE’s educational outreach program\, who will be starring a s Marvin Gaye\, along with some of BE’s seasoned ensemble. We are also using projections\, designed by Mike Tutaj\, throughout the production t o create a sense of time\, place and relevancy of Marvin’s messages in t oday’s world.” X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="Price";ID=195;TYPE=SingleLine:$55-65 X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="Ticket Link";ID=5895;TYPE=SingleLine:Purchase Tickets! X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="Other Times To-Do It";ID=408;TYPE=SingleLine: May 11 – July 29\, 2012 DTSTAMP:20120426T231024Z DESCRIPTION:Matinees: Saturdays & Sundays 3pm CATEGORIES:Theater UID:http://uid.trumba.com/event/99711172 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Living Large In A Mini Kind Of Way LOCATION:The Viaduct\, 3111 N. Western Avenue\, Chicago\, IL\, (773) 819-58 62 DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20120524T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20120524T213000 X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE URL:http://teatroluna.org X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="Event Type";ID=21;TYPE=number:www.so-LAZE.com X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="Event image";ID=40;TYPE=Image:http://www.even tactions.com/i/DgCAt6wqoC%2A-xwRrhTm2UhTU.jpg X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="To-Do!";ID=191;TYPE=MultiLine:Chicago’s All-L atina Theatre continues its 11th season dedicated to issues of Immigrat ion\, Race\, and Borders with a story of two sets of Mexican-American s isters\; one assimilated into US mainstream culture\, the other still st ruggling with their immigration status. Mingling a sassy comedy with a t hought-provoking atypical immigration drama\, Obie Award-Winning Rodrigu ez illuminates pressing\, universal issues about identity and privilege. Based on a real-life story\, Luna brings its unique blend of humor and honesty to this hilarious and sharp exploration of the American Dream.\n \nLiving Large in a Mini Kind of Way is presented in English\, wi th a sprinkle of Spanish! X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="Price";ID=195;TYPE=SingleLine:$20\; Student & Seniors\, $15\; VIP (Includes 1 Free Drink)\, $40 X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="Ticket Link";ID=5895;TYPE=SingleLine: Purchase Tickets! X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="Other Times To-Do It";ID=408;TYPE=SingleLine: May 6 - June 17\, 2012 DTSTAMP:20120509T195526Z DESCRIPTION:3pm Matinee on Sundays\nReception to follow Plays Thursdays- Saturdays CATEGORIES:Theater UID:http://uid.trumba.com/event/99790910 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:My Kind of Town LOCATION:TimeLine Theatre Company\, 615 W. Wellington Ave.\, Chicago\, IL 60657 \, (773) 281-8463 DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20120524T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20120524T213000 X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE URL:http://www.timelinetheatre.com X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="Event Type";ID=21;TYPE=number:www.so-LAZE.com X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="Event image";ID=40;TYPE=Image:http://www.even tactions.com/i/DgDl%2A4Qol%2Ahx85P-PeEdwB%2A0.jpg X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="To-Do!";ID=191;TYPE=MultiLine:My Kind of T own puts a human face on the police torture scandal that has plagued Chicago for more than three decades. Veteran investigative journalist J ohn Conroy covered the story\, challenging public indifference to become one of the leading voices drawing attention to the charges. My Kind of Town is his passionate\, groundbreaking new drama revolving around one i mprisoned man's fight for justice\, inspired by the stories of numerous victims\, police officers\, prosecutors and families whose lives have be en poisoned by the allegations. With interlocking storylines that humani ze the play's issues of corruption and responsibility\, My Kind of To wn sets the stage for a new conversation about today's culture of la w and order. X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="Price";ID=195;TYPE=SingleLine:Wednesdays - Fr idays\, $32\; Saturdays & Sundays\, $42 X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="Ticket Link";ID=5895;TYPE=SingleLine:Purchase Tickets! X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="Other Times To-Do It";ID=408;TYPE=SingleLine: May 1 - July 29\, 2012 X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="Venue Info";ID=117;TYPE=MultiLine:THERE WILL BE NO LATE SEATING. Seating is general admission. House opens 30 minute s prior to the performance. We encourage all ticket holders to arrive at least 15 minutes prior to curtain time. DTSTAMP:20120501T212049Z DESCRIPTION:4pm Matinee on Saturdays CATEGORIES:Theater UID:http://uid.trumba.com/event/99776906 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Bodies (Opening Week) LOCATION:The Greenhouse Theater Center \, 2257 N Lincoln Ave.\, Chicago\, IL DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20120524T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20120524T220000 X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE URL:http://www.mpaact.org X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="Event Type";ID=21;TYPE=number:www.so-LAZE.com X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="Event image";ID=40;TYPE=Image:http://www.even tactions.com/i/DgAdYfi7PHjP3n3peytyu8fw.jpg X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="To-Do!";ID=191;TYPE=MultiLine:Written By: Car la Stillwell\nDirected By: Chuck Smith\n\nThe church is a place of faith and refuge\, salvation and hope\, support and nurturing. The religion o ils the machine\, but it's the people—the Reverend\, his wife\, the deac ons and the sisters--who makes sure that it runs. But\, the New Light Mi ssionary Baptist Church with church heads the Rev. Joseph Black and his wife Corena Black are different. When it comes to dealing with family\, well it's a bit more complicated. The reverend's brother Calvin has enco untered a few troubles. Ten Years ago his marriage ended abruptly leavin g him to raise his young daughter alone. As questions of his sexuality b egin to surface\, Rev. Joseph thinks the answer is for his brother to ma rry a woman from the church\, but Corena\, begins to think there are oth er questions to be asked and she finds herself confronting the lengths s he'll go to maintain her niece's well-being. X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="Price";ID=195;TYPE=SingleLine:$21-23 X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="Ticket Link";ID=5895;TYPE=SingleLine:Purchase Tickets! X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="Other Times To-Do It";ID=408;TYPE=SingleLine: May 11 – June 24\, 2012 X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="Venue Info";ID=117;TYPE=MultiLine:Late seatin g at this Greenhouse Theater stage is awkward - so arrive on time! DTSTAMP:20120518T133248Z CATEGORIES:Theater UID:http://uid.trumba.com/event/100051027 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Take Her to See the Maco Lights LOCATION:Luna Central\, 3914 N. Clark St. \, Chicago\, IL. 60613 DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20120524T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20120524T220000 X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE URL:http://www.prologuetheatreco.org/ X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="Event Type";ID=21;TYPE=number:www.so-LAZE.com X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="Event image";ID=40;TYPE=Image:http://www.even tactions.com/i/DgBiqgqHEcIzJ5oMB8pfQMBN.png X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="To-Do!";ID=191;TYPE=MultiLine:The Chicago pre miere of "Take Her to See the Maco Lights" follows a pair of young lover s to a dark railroad track where the past and the future converge. Drawi ng from folk history\, pop culture\, and America’s checkered past\, “Mac o Lights” weaves a ghostly love story with characters who are on a crash course to a certain stretch of overgrown railroad tracks in North Carol ina. \n\nBy Bekah Brunstetter\nDirected by Margo Gray X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="Price";ID=195;TYPE=SingleLine:$16-22 X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="Ticket Link";ID=5895;TYPE=SingleLine:Purchase Tickets! X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="Other Times To-Do It";ID=408;TYPE=SingleLine: May 10 - June 2\, 2012 DTSTAMP:20120521T163257Z CATEGORIES:Theater UID:http://uid.trumba.com/event/100010159 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Angels in America: Millennium Approaches and Perestroika LOCATION:Court Theatre\, 5535 S. Ellis Avenue\, Chicago\, IL 60637\, (773) 753-4472 DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20120524T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20120524T220000 X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE URL:http://www.courttheatre.org/season/show/angels_in_america_millennium _approaches_and_perestroika/ X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="Event Type";ID=21;TYPE=number:www.so-LAZE.com X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="Event image";ID=40;TYPE=Image:http://www.even tactions.com/i/DgDIxxTBXlq3OFfCK5Vfe82U.jpg X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="To-Do!";ID=191;TYPE=MultiLine:By Tony Kushner \nDirected by Charles Newell\n\n“The Great Work Begins.” The year is 1985: Ronald Reagan has just been reelected to a second term\, and t he deadly AIDS epidemic is at its height in New York City. Tony Kushner’ s two-part epic historical drama captures the lives of the HIV-positive Prior\; Louis\, his lover who abandons him\; Joe\, a closeted gay Mormon \; his Valium-addicted wife Harper\; Roy Cohn\, a notorious lawyer from the McCarthy hearings\, dying of AIDS\; Belize\, his African-American nu rse\; Hannah\, Joe’s mother from Utah\; and the Angel\, a terrifyingly b eautiful herald of the apocalypse. As these characters discover\, confro nt\, and seduce each other during a time of death\, hypocrisy\, and tumu ltuous change\, Kushner summons a restless pastiche of the historical an d the supernatural\, the theological and the political—all told with sur ging theatricality by a company of eight actors. Having directed Kushner ’s Caroline\, or Change and The Illusion\, Court’s Artisti c Director Charles Newell will direct Millennium Approaches and a newly-revised Perestroika in repertory performance\, giving Cour t audiences the unique opportunity to experience Kushner’s Pulitzer Priz e-winning magnum opus in its magnificent entirety. X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="Soleil's Take";ID=116;TYPE=MultiLine:In case you didn't catch it\, this play takes place in two parts. If you choose to see both parts on the same day\, be sure to take advantage special dining options that Court has arranged for you! X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="Price";ID=195;TYPE=SingleLine:$45-65 X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="Ticket Link";ID=5895;TYPE=SingleLine:Purchase Tickets! X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="Other Times To-Do It";ID=408;TYPE=SingleLine: March 30 – June 3\, 2012 DTSTAMP:20120328T205512Z DESCRIPTION:Matinee: Saturdays\, 3pm\; Sundays\, 2pm CATEGORIES:Theater UID:http://uid.trumba.com/event/99363583 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:In the Continuum LOCATION:Pegasus Players\, 4520 N. Beacon\, Chicago\, Illinois DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20120524T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20120524T220000 X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE URL:http://www.pegasusplayers.org X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="Event Type";ID=21;TYPE=number:www.so-LAZE.com X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="Event image";ID=40;TYPE=Image:http://www.even tactions.com/i/DgDyjRNN4WogKZN5wOhxMKJx.jpg X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="To-Do!";ID=191;TYPE=MultiLine:Written by Dana i Gurira and Nikkole Salter\nDirected by Ilesa Duncan\n\nNamed by The New York Times as one of the top ten plays of 2005\, In The Cont inuum follows the lives of Abigail and Nia\, one from South Central LA and the other from Harare\, Zimbabwe\, as each one learns that they h ave contracted HIV. As the story unfolds\, these two women take parallel and darkly comic journeys as they confront family and friends with thei r tragic news\, learning to navigate the new course set before them. X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="Price";ID=195;TYPE=SingleLine:$25 X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="Ticket Link";ID=5895;TYPE=SingleLine:Purchase Tickets! X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="Other Times To-Do It";ID=408;TYPE=SingleLine: May 16 - June 17\, 2012 DTSTAMP:20120518T011921Z CATEGORIES:Theater UID:http://uid.trumba.com/event/100039371 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:DLCTBL NYTZ LOCATION:Jerry's\, 1938 W Division St\, Chicago\, IL 60622 DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20120524T220000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20120525T020000 X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE URL:http://www.facebook.com/events/393370414026984/ X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="Event Type";ID=21;TYPE=number:www.so-LAZE.com X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="Event image";ID=40;TYPE=Image:http://www.even tactions.com/i/DgDaCoxhTACmqrsppR3oyytN.jpg X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="To-Do!";ID=191;TYPE=MultiLine:Chicago's First DJ & Dessert Themed Party!\n\nYour hosts Intertwine Chicago and Rare So ul Productions join D'lectable Music to give you a night like no other! Emcees\, DJs\, live percussionists\, an amazing bar with drink specials. \n\nArrive early to enjoy the SWEET NOTHINGS DESSERT & CHAMPAGNE OPEN BA R where D'lectable edibles are on hand with a spot of champagne - it's S WEET and it's OUR TREAT - until it's all D'voured! \n\nJevon Jackson & p ercussionist Frank Schaldenbrand kick the night off right!\n\nWe love to see you dancing . . . covered in chocolate syrup ♥ --sugar kisses! X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="Price";ID=195;TYPE=SingleLine:Free! DTSTAMP:20120426T142802Z CATEGORIES:Party UID:http://uid.trumba.com/event/99693652 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Black Enterprise Entrepreneur Conference & Expo LOCATION:Hilton Chicago \, 720 South Michigan Ave\, Chicago\, IL 60605 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20120525 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20120526 X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:TRUE URL:http://www.blackenterprise.com X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="Event Type";ID=21;TYPE=number:www.so-LAZE.com X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="Event image";ID=40;TYPE=Image:http://www.even tactions.com/i/DgA2Bfk%2AtFHHP0cI5fonbMIq.png X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="To-Do!";ID=191;TYPE=MultiLine:Midwest Entrepr eneurs Summit\, presented by Black Enterprise and The BOSS Network desig ned to provide Chicago professionals with more insight on how to build a nd maintain their personal and business brands\, while simultaneously ex posing and giving them access to network with nearly 100 of the Windy Ci ty's top key influencers.\n\nThe BOSS Network in conjunction with Black Enterprise join forces to present a powerful summit featuring a panel an d host of who’s who in Chicago’s influencer community.\n\nReceive free p ersonal invite to the Private VIP Midwest Entrepreneurs Summit when you register for the Black Enterprise Conference + Expo. X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="Miscellaneous Info";ID=194;TYPE=MultiLine:View the full program! X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="Price";ID=195;TYPE=SingleLine:$695\; Single D ay\, $195\; Awards Dinner Only\, $250 X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="Discounts";ID=11719;TYPE=MultiLine:Save $100 with Discount Code BSSNTW X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="Ticket Link";ID=5895;TYPE=SingleLine:Register Today! DTSTAMP:20120402T230845Z CATEGORIES:Prof. Dev./Networking UID:http://uid.trumba.com/event/99428421 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Dawoud Bey: Picturing People LOCATION:Renaissance Society Bergman Gallery (Cobb Hall 418)\, 5811 S. El lis Avenue\, Chicago\, Illinois 60637\, (773) 702-8670 DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20120525T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20120525T170000 X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE URL:http://www.renaissancesociety.org/site/Exhibitions/Intro.Dawoud-Bey. 626.html X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="Event Type";ID=21;TYPE=number:www.so-LAZE.com X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="Event image";ID=40;TYPE=Image:http://www.even tactions.com/i/DgDLfhxfc5pMNw6Q6e0yHhH-.jpg X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="To-Do!";ID=191;TYPE=MultiLine:Since 1975\, Ch icago-based photographer Dawoud Bey< /a> has developed a body of work distinguished for its commitment to por traiture as means for understanding contemporary social circumstances. R anging from chance street encounters to studio portraits\, Bey has inves tigated a range of methods to find increased engagement with his subject s\, and the resulting candor and expression such images convey. The Rena issance Society is pleased to present a career survey of Bey’s work\, in cluding a new chapter of Strangers/Community featuring portraits of individuals from Hyde Park\, Chicago\, home to both the University of Chicago and the artist. The exhibition will be accompanied by a catalog ue including new scholarly essays\, and is being slated to travel. X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="Price";ID=195;TYPE=SingleLine:Free! X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="Other Times To-Do It";ID=408;TYPE=SingleLine: May 13 – June 24\, 2012 X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="Image Credit";ID=10750;TYPE=SingleLine:Dawoud Bey - Rudy Nimocks and Lindsay Atnip\, Hyde Park\, Chicago\, 2012 DTSTAMP:20120503T191048Z CATEGORIES:Art/Exhibit UID:http://uid.trumba.com/event/99804543 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Rashid Johnson - Message To Our Folks LOCATION:Museum of Contemporary Art\, 220 East Chicago Ave\,\, Chicago\, I L 60611\, (312) 280-2660 DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20120525T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20120525T170000 X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE URL:http://www.mcachicago.org/ X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="Event Type";ID=21;TYPE=number:www.so-LAZE.com X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="Event image";ID=40;TYPE=Image:http://www.even tactions.com/i/DgACoQ5LWe%2AJvyDh8bC6B2ch.jpg X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="To-Do!";ID=191;TYPE=MultiLine:Rashid Johnson: Message to Our Folks\, the first major solo exhibition for Johnson\, wh o is a preeminent artist in the post-media generation. A former Chicagoa n and alumni of the MCA’s UBS 12 x 12 exhibition series\, Johnson explor es the complexities and contradictions of black identity\, rooted in his individual experience\, through photographs\, sculptures\, videos\, ins tallations\, and paintings. X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="Miscellaneous Info";ID=194;TYPE=MultiLine:Thi s exhibition is organized by Julie Rodrigues Widholm\, MCA Pamela Alper Associate Curator\, and includes thirteen years of Johnson’s work with a n emphasis on major works from the last five years. Throughout his work \, Johnson evokes shared cultural memories by referencing creative and in tellectual black figures whose impact has transcended black communities. The exhibition fosters a dialogue by inviting viewers' free association s with familiar figures -- such as W.E.B. DuBois\, Sun Ra\, Miles Davis \, and Public Enemy -- and everyday objects that appear in the work\, inc luding plants\, mirrors\, rugs\, record\nalbums\, CB radios\, shea butte r\, and books. The title of the exhibition is based on a 1969 album by t he avant-garde group Art Ensemble of Chicago\, who performed with a vari ety of found percussive objects and spanned musical styles to radically redefine the rules of jazz. X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="Price";ID=195;TYPE=SingleLine:$12\; Students & Seniors\, $7\; Members\, Free! X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="Other Times To-Do It";ID=408;TYPE=SingleLine: April 14 - August 5\, 2012 X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="Image Credit";ID=10750;TYPE=SingleLine:Rashid Johnson: Death by Black Hole "The Crisis"\, 2010 DTSTAMP:20120415T231311Z CATEGORIES:Art/Exhibit UID:http://uid.trumba.com/event/99515606 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Dawoud Bey: Harlem USA LOCATION:Art Institute of Chicago\, 111 South Michigan Avenue\, Chicago\, IL 60603 DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20120525T103000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20120525T170000 X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE URL:http://www.artic.edu/aic/exhibitions/exhibition/dawoudbey X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="Event Type";ID=21;TYPE=number:www.so-LAZE.com X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="Event image";ID=40;TYPE=Image:http://www.even tactions.com/i/DgCHP6yM6NVBwzwhXPk4V5PY.jpg X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="To-Do!";ID=191;TYPE=MultiLine:In 1979 African American photographer Dawoud Bey (born 1953) held his first solo exhibition at the Studio Museum in Har lem\, showing a suite of 25 photographs titled Harlem USA. Bey ha d been in residence at that museum for one year\, and he had made the su rrounding neighborhood a subject of study since 1975. Though raised in Q ueens\, Bey's family had roots in Harlem\, and it was a youthful visit t o the exhibition Harlem on My Mind at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in 1969\, that had given Bey his determination to become an artist. \n\nHarlem USA\, which has never been shown complete since the St udio Museum exhibition\, appears fresh today partly in its manifest diff erence from much of Bey’s later work. The prints are not large\, not in color\, and do not come in multiple parts\; the subjects are not all ado lescents\, and they do not “sit” for the artist but were found by him on the street. And yet all these photographs are sensitively composed and radiate an emphasis on calm and dignity that would become hallmarks of B ey’s approach. Like August Sander\, Bey wanted to show the “types” of Ha rlem’s citizenry: the barber\, the patrician\, the church ladies\, the h ip youth. He was searching for a way to combine the specificity of photo graphy\, which only knows how to record details\, with the diversity of Harlem\, a neighborhood as varied as any in the country. And he wanted t o do this without courting stereotypes. \n\nThanks to the efforts of mor e than 20 patrons\, led by Leadership Advisory Committee members Anita B lanchard and Les Coney\, the complete vintage set of Harlem USA h as been acquired by the Art Institute. A further five photographs from t hat time\, never before printed or exhibited\, will be donated by Bey to the museum this fall. Addiitonal complements to this exhibition are a s election of permanent collection works in Gallery 10 curated by Bey as w ell as a career survey of Bey’s work presented at the Renaissance Societ y at the University of Chicago from May 13 through June 24.\n\nDawoud Be y is a professor of art and was named Distinguished College Artist at Co lumbia College Chicago\, where he has taught since 1998. Bey studied at the School of Visual Arts in New York and holds an MFA in photography fr om Yale University. His work has been the subject of a retrospective exh ibition at the Walker Art Center (1995) and a four-year traveling exhibi tion\, called Class Pictures\, mounted by Aperture and first shown in 20 07 at the Addison Gallery of American Art. X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="Miscellaneous Info";ID=194;TYPE=MultiLine:A c atalogue accompanies the exhibition with images of the entire photograph ic series and essays by Matthew S. Witkovsky\, Richard and Ellen Sandor Chair and Curator\, Department of Photography\, and Sharifa Rhodes-Pitt s\, author of the monograph Harlem Is Nowhere. X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="Price";ID=195;TYPE=SingleLine:$18\; Members\, Free! X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="Other Times To-Do It";ID=408;TYPE=SingleLine: May 2–September 9\, 2012 X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="Image Credit";ID=10750;TYPE=SingleLine:Dawoud Bey. A Boy in Front of the Loews 125th St. Movie Theatre\, Harlem\, NY\, 1976 DTSTAMP:20120317T220314Z DESCRIPTION:Open Thursdays until 8pm. CATEGORIES:Art/Exhibit UID:http://uid.trumba.com/event/99223923 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Involuntary. Loss(y). Privacy. LOCATION:Blanc Gallery\, 4445 S. King Drive\, Chicago\, IL 60653\, (773) 95 2-4394 DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20120525T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20120525T150000 X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE URL:http://blancchicago.com X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="Event Type";ID=21;TYPE=number:www.so-LAZE.com X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="Event image";ID=40;TYPE=Image:http://www.even tactions.com/i/DgByoYqLq1fPYc-tXoZclNhZ.jpg X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="To-Do!";ID=191;TYPE=MultiLine:BLANC Gallery i s pleased to present “Involuntary. Loss(y). Privacy\,” a two-person exhi bition featuring Chicago artists\, Stephen Flemister and Julian Williams .\n\n“Involuntary. Loss(y). Privacy” is a timely compilation of drawings \, paintings and mixed media that looks at the ways in which we are unin tentionally identified/identifiable by data that is collected\, captured and stored on the internet. Recent events in the national news media re mind us of just how powerful a single fleeting image and profile can be in determining whether one is labeled menace or martyr. Stephen Flemiste r and Julian Williams are deeply invested in using portrait painting as a vehicle for exploring this duality. Both artists start with digital im agery of unknown Black subjects pulled from Department of Corrections mu g shots as their source material but arrive at very different conceptual places in the work produced.\n\nThe exhibitionʼs title centers on Ameri can societyʼs increasing willingness to give up the right to control per sonal information via the Internet and social media. In information tech nology\, lossy compression is a term that refers to a data encoding proc edure that minimizes the amount of data that is needed to make an image file legible. Each time a file is compressed\, data is discarded and res olution is lost. For this exhibition however\, lossy has taken on many d ifferent meanings for Flemister and Williams: Loss of self\; a loss of i nnocence\; the reduction of a person down to a vague likeness\; an ident ity that is unrecognizable\, minimized\, and mistaken.\n\nStephenʼs work combines printmaking\, encaustic\, collage and mixed media into his acr ylic and oil painting process to build layered surfaces that are as comp lex as his subjects. He is interested in issues of surveillance\, anonym ity and the ubiquity of imagery available for public consumption. Stephe n combs through public databases looking for images that seem familiar e ither through personal memory or imagined reality.\n\nJulian has created 15 portraits\, the Englewood Boys Series\, which vividly re-imagines th e missing details of grainy black and white Illinois Department of Corre ctions mug shots of young Black males. His choice of watercolor for the paintings highlights the stark contrast between the delicacy of the medi um and the harshness of the subject matter. Julianʼs approach calls into question the seeming objective quality of the photograph. The series ha s taken on a particularly personal tone as the impact of black male inca rceration has directly effected members of his family. He used painting as a way to process his thoughts on the subject. X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="Miscellaneous Info";ID=194;TYPE=MultiLine:"Stephen Flemister" We will l ook at this era in history as “The End of Print”? The loss of books prin ted on paper\, hand written letters\, official documents being stored as archival records\; Tangible proof. How is yesterday’s tactile history b eing translated into tomorrow’s impalpable future? Are printed and hand- marked objects really timeless?\n\nMy interest with digital information is the look at technology as our primary source for knowledge\, the new “library”. It seems that just by virtue of existing in an online search \, the results are usually accepted as ‘truth’. While digital archives ar e growing exponentially\, they expose only fragments of our individual i dentities. We are losing information literally as a low resolution image is compressed to be viral. In this way\, public image databases and the personal visual profiles they generate challenge ideas about who we tru ly are.\n\nI use surveillance videos\, and public monitoring systems as tools for source material. For this work\, I’ve selected\, from among ot her things\, public incarceration photos from the various correctional f acilities. These faces\, familiar through memory or relationship\, are a ltered to call into question ideas about the known and the unknown. My a im is to use this latest body of work to trouble the waters and blur the lines between the private and the public\, the profile and the individu al. \n\n"Julian Williams" The desire to do this Englewood Boys series grew out of my experiences deal ing with my son’s incarceration and association with the juvenile detent ion system as a teenager. In that time\, his mother and I made many vis its to him that made us feel as if were locked in as well. Each trip wou ld make us more and more angry that our son had put himself and us in th at situation.\n\nWhile my son is no longer incarcerated\, it was a haunt ing experience that left a lasting impression. After a while\, I felt th at the best way for me to deal with these demons was to make art! Being in the studio allowed me to act as my own therapist in my quest for emot ional healing.\n\nI collected public data images from the Internet of bo ys and men who’d committed crimes and who looked like my son. I wasn’t i nterested in their names or alleged crimes\, only whether or not their l ook engaged me. I wanted to study their psychology solely through portra iture. I selected watercolor as the medium to explore the facial terrain of the perpetrators and later expanded my portrayals to include wooden pedestal boxes. It was important to translate the experience of what it’ s like to become a disjointed profile\, a repetitive anonymous image\, seemingly lost and in a world separate from the choices and steps that l ed to that circumstance. X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="Price";ID=195;TYPE=SingleLine:Free! X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="Other Times To-Do It";ID=408;TYPE=SingleLine: May 11 - July 21\, 2012 X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="Image Credit";ID=10750;TYPE=SingleLine:Julian Williams DTSTAMP:20120515T110353Z DESCRIPTION:Open on Saturday by appointment only. CATEGORIES:Art/Exhibit UID:http://uid.trumba.com/event/99998863 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:The Archeologist and The Architect LOCATION:South Side Community Art Center\, 3831 S. Michigan Ave. \, Chicag o\, IL DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20120525T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20120525T220000 X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE URL:http://www.southsidecommunityartcenter.com X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="Event Type";ID=21;TYPE=number:www.so-LAZE.com X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="To-Do!";ID=191;TYPE=MultiLine:Soul 45 Archeol ogist DJ Ayana Contreras unearths rare grooves\n\nVisionary Jazz Archite ct Saxophonist David Boykin plans tomorrow's soundscape\n\nDavid Boykin Trio\, featuring Alex Wing on bass\, Marcus Evans on drums and David Boykin on saxophone X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="Price";ID=195;TYPE=SingleLine:$10 DTSTAMP:20120515T214302Z CATEGORIES:Live Music UID:http://uid.trumba.com/event/100012164 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Living Large In A Mini Kind Of Way LOCATION:The Viaduct\, 3111 N. Western Avenue\, Chicago\, IL\, (773) 819-58 62 DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20120525T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20120525T213000 X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE URL:http://teatroluna.org X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="Event Type";ID=21;TYPE=number:www.so-LAZE.com X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="Event image";ID=40;TYPE=Image:http://www.even tactions.com/i/DgCAt6wqoC%2A-xwRrhTm2UhTU.jpg X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="To-Do!";ID=191;TYPE=MultiLine:Chicago’s All-L atina Theatre continues its 11th season dedicated to issues of Immigrat ion\, Race\, and Borders with a story of two sets of Mexican-American s isters\; one assimilated into US mainstream culture\, the other still st ruggling with their immigration status. Mingling a sassy comedy with a t hought-provoking atypical immigration drama\, Obie Award-Winning Rodrigu ez illuminates pressing\, universal issues about identity and privilege. Based on a real-life story\, Luna brings its unique blend of humor and honesty to this hilarious and sharp exploration of the American Dream.\n \nLiving Large in a Mini Kind of Way is presented in English\, wi th a sprinkle of Spanish! X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="Price";ID=195;TYPE=SingleLine:$20\; Student & Seniors\, $15\; VIP (Includes 1 Free Drink)\, $40 X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="Ticket Link";ID=5895;TYPE=SingleLine: Purchase Tickets! X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="Other Times To-Do It";ID=408;TYPE=SingleLine: May 6 - June 17\, 2012 DTSTAMP:20120509T195526Z DESCRIPTION:3pm Matinee on Sundays\nReception to follow Plays Thursdays- Saturdays CATEGORIES:Theater UID:http://uid.trumba.com/event/99790911 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:De La Soul LOCATION:The Shrine\, 2109 S. Wabash Ave.\, Chicago\, IL\, (312) 753-5700 DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20120525T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20120526T020000 X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE URL:http://www.theshrinechicago.com/ X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="Event Type";ID=21;TYPE=number:www.so-LAZE.com X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="Event image";ID=40;TYPE=Image:http://www.even tactions.com/i/DgDy7Wsb%2Af2iDiF1%2AXJ3w8FW.jpg X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="To-Do!";ID=191;TYPE=MultiLine:Legendary hip-h op trio De La Soul will be in the house for The Shrine's 3 year anniversary party. Also featuring a li ve performance by Sidewalk Chalk . \n\nDe La Soul is an innovative hip-hop group from New York who ar e best known for introducing positivity into the genre\, when it was dom inated by intensity and machismo. They are best known for their eclectic sampling and quirky\, surreal lyrics\, and their contributions to the e volution of the jazz hop subgenre. They are the best known of the early alternative hip-hop acts. The members are Kelvin Mercer\, (Plug One)\, D avid Jude Jolicœur\, (Plug Two) and Vincent Mason\, (Plug Three). The th ree formed the group in 1987\, while still in high school. Since their f amous debut\, they have released a handful of excellent records\, establ ishing them as one of hip-hop's best ever groups.\n\nThere are many less ons that come from age and experience. When one discovers such a thing\, there's an inherent need to broadcast it to the world. This is that. Wi th an eclectic variety of ages and experiences\, Chicago based musicians Sidewalk Chalk are a force to be reckoned with. This emcee\, singer\, t rio of keys\, bass\, and drums\, horn section of trumpet and trombone\, and tap-dancer are the evolution of Hip-Hop\, Soul and Jazz superbly pac kaged into sounds that you've quite possibly never heard before. X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="Price";ID=195;TYPE=SingleLine:$20\; VIP\, $35 X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="Ticket Link";ID=5895;TYPE=SingleLine:Purchase Ticke ts! DTSTAMP:20120425T214041Z CATEGORIES:Live Music UID:http://uid.trumba.com/event/99685138 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Bodies (Opening Week) LOCATION:The Greenhouse Theater Center \, 2257 N Lincoln Ave.\, Chicago\, IL DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20120525T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20120525T220000 X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE URL:http://www.mpaact.org X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="Event Type";ID=21;TYPE=number:www.so-LAZE.com X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="Event image";ID=40;TYPE=Image:http://www.even tactions.com/i/DgAdYfi7PHjP3n3peytyu8fw.jpg X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="To-Do!";ID=191;TYPE=MultiLine:Written By: Car la Stillwell\nDirected By: Chuck Smith\n\nThe church is a place of faith and refuge\, salvation and hope\, support and nurturing. The religion o ils the machine\, but it's the people—the Reverend\, his wife\, the deac ons and the sisters--who makes sure that it runs. But\, the New Light Mi ssionary Baptist Church with church heads the Rev. Joseph Black and his wife Corena Black are different. When it comes to dealing with family\, well it's a bit more complicated. The reverend's brother Calvin has enco untered a few troubles. Ten Years ago his marriage ended abruptly leavin g him to raise his young daughter alone. As questions of his sexuality b egin to surface\, Rev. Joseph thinks the answer is for his brother to ma rry a woman from the church\, but Corena\, begins to think there are oth er questions to be asked and she finds herself confronting the lengths s he'll go to maintain her niece's well-being. X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="Price";ID=195;TYPE=SingleLine:$21-23 X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="Ticket Link";ID=5895;TYPE=SingleLine:Purchase Tickets! X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="Other Times To-Do It";ID=408;TYPE=SingleLine: May 11 – June 24\, 2012 X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="Venue Info";ID=117;TYPE=MultiLine:Late seatin g at this Greenhouse Theater stage is awkward - so arrive on time! DTSTAMP:20120518T133248Z CATEGORIES:Theater UID:http://uid.trumba.com/event/100051028 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Jamaica Farewell (Closing Week) LOCATION:Chopin Theatre\, 1543 West Division\, Chicago\, IL 60642\, (773) 2 78-1500 DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20120525T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20120525T220000 X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE URL:http://www.chopintheatre.com/ X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="Event Type";ID=21;TYPE=number:www.so-LAZE.com X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="Event image";ID=40;TYPE=Image:http://www.even tactions.com/i/DgB26DwTYVsFYnr2ua1S-ykZ.jpg X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="To-Do!";ID=191;TYPE=MultiLine:When Debra Ehrh ardt was an eighteen year old secretary in Kingston Jamaica\, she and he r passion for America bumped into a handsome CIA agent over a bowl of ox tail soup on her lunch break. It was during the turbulent seventies of t he Manley Era that she saw her chance. A pinhole of opportunity that she could squeeze through with the help of this love-struck American. She b egan a dangerous adventure that only the single minded passion of a teen age girl would chance. The boundary between bravery and foolishness blu rred as she became more desperate. When she agreed to smuggle a million US dollars in cash to a mysterious contact somewhere in Miami\, the agen t became her accomplice. Only he had no idea.\n\nRead more about Jamaica Farewell. X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="Soleil's Take";ID=116;TYPE=MultiLine:For Sole il's Take\, check out SunSpots: Jamaica F arewell! X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="Price";ID=195;TYPE=SingleLine:$35-45 X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="Ticket Link";ID=5895;TYPE=SingleLine:Purchase Tickets! X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="Other Times To-Do It";ID=408;TYPE=SingleLine: May 4-27\, 2012 DTSTAMP:20120518T212446Z CATEGORIES:Theater UID:http://uid.trumba.com/event/99610008 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:My Asian Mom LOCATION:Stage 773 \, 1225 W. Belmont \, Chicago\, IL 60657 \, (773) 327-52 52 DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20120525T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20120525T213000 X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE URL:http://www.stage773.com X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="Event Type";ID=21;TYPE=number:www.so-LAZE.com X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="Event image";ID=40;TYPE=Image:http://www.even tactions.com/i/DgC7Q-piEeE-QEwrV6i-uhg8.jpg X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="To-Do!";ID=191;TYPE=MultiLine:In celebration of Asian Pacific American Heritage month and\, of course\, Mother’s Day \, A-Squared Theatre Workshop presents My Asian Mom\, an evening of eight 10 minute one-act plays. X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="Price";ID=195;TYPE=SingleLine:$15\; Students \, Industry and Groups of Ten\, $13 X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="Ticket Link";ID=5895;TYPE=SingleLine:Purchase Tickets! X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="Other Times To-Do It";ID=408;TYPE=SingleLine: Fridays & Saturdays\, May 4-26\, 2012 DTSTAMP:20120418T215429Z CATEGORIES:Theater UID:http://uid.trumba.com/event/99608562 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Take Her to See the Maco Lights LOCATION:Luna Central\, 3914 N. Clark St. \, Chicago\, IL. 60613 DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20120525T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20120525T220000 X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE URL:http://www.prologuetheatreco.org/ X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="Event Type";ID=21;TYPE=number:www.so-LAZE.com X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="Event image";ID=40;TYPE=Image:http://www.even tactions.com/i/DgBiqgqHEcIzJ5oMB8pfQMBN.png X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="To-Do!";ID=191;TYPE=MultiLine:The Chicago pre miere of "Take Her to See the Maco Lights" follows a pair of young lover s to a dark railroad track where the past and the future converge. Drawi ng from folk history\, pop culture\, and America’s checkered past\, “Mac o Lights” weaves a ghostly love story with characters who are on a crash course to a certain stretch of overgrown railroad tracks in North Carol ina. \n\nBy Bekah Brunstetter\nDirected by Margo Gray X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="Price";ID=195;TYPE=SingleLine:$16-22 X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="Ticket Link";ID=5895;TYPE=SingleLine:Purchase Tickets! X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="Other Times To-Do It";ID=408;TYPE=SingleLine: May 10 - June 2\, 2012 DTSTAMP:20120515T160433Z CATEGORIES:Theater UID:http://uid.trumba.com/event/100010160 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:The Marvin Gaye Story (Opening Week) LOCATION:Black Ensemble Theater Cultural Center\, 4450 N. Clark Street \, Chicago\, Illinois\, (773) 769-4451 DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20120525T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20120525T220000 X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE URL:http://blackensembletheater.org/ X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="Event Type";ID=21;TYPE=number:www.so-LAZE.com X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="Event image";ID=40;TYPE=Image:http://www.even tactions.com/i/DgD-MKZrs5EN10zRkjtP-jig.jpg X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="To-Do!";ID=191;TYPE=MultiLine:The Marvin G aye Story (Don’t Talk About My Father Because God Is My Friend)\n\nM arvin Pentz Gaye Jr. is considered to be one of the greatest talents to come out of the Motown dynasty\, with a career spanning over three decad es. His sound began with Doo Wop in the ‘50s\, and moved to Rhythm and Blues in the ‘60s\, political awareness in the ‘70s\, and sophisticated soul in the ‘80s. Some of his greatest contributions include “I Heard I t Through The Grapevine\,” “What’s Going On\,” and “Inner City Blues\,” as well as numerous hits from his partnership with Tammi Terrel such as “All I Need To Get By\,” “Ain’t No Mountain High Enough\,” and “If This World Were Mine.” He was also the winner of two Grammy Awards including Best Vocal Performance for “Sexual Healing” in 1983. \n \nMarvin Gaye’s life was plagued with depression and drug addiction and ended in traged y on April 1\, 1984 when he was shot and killed by his own father. The M arvin Gaye Story will reveal his struggles while also honoring his vast contributions to the music industry and the world. To many\, Marvin Gay e represents the ability to face the worst of life’s adversities and sti ll accomplish great success. This Black Ensemble Theater production wil l embrace this sentiment and celebrate a legacy of beautiful music that will last forever. X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="Miscellaneous Info";ID=194;TYPE=MultiLine:“Wi th The Marvin Gaye Story (Don’t Talk About My Father Because God Is My F riend)\, BE is producing our first World Premiere since moving into our new home earlier this year\, and the development process has been an exc iting one. Throughout the process\, I have conducted vast research whic h included working with Jan Gaye (who was the second wife of Marvin Gaye and mother of Nona and Frankie Gaye) helping give ample attention to hi s story with honor and accuracy\,” says Jackie Taylor. “We have assembl ed a fantastic team of cast and designers\, including Rashawn Thompson\, a product of BE’s educational outreach program\, who will be starring a s Marvin Gaye\, along with some of BE’s seasoned ensemble. We are also using projections\, designed by Mike Tutaj\, throughout the production t o create a sense of time\, place and relevancy of Marvin’s messages in t oday’s world.” X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="Price";ID=195;TYPE=SingleLine:$55-65 X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="Ticket Link";ID=5895;TYPE=SingleLine:Purchase Tickets! X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="Other Times To-Do It";ID=408;TYPE=SingleLine: May 11 – July 29\, 2012 DTSTAMP:20120426T231024Z DESCRIPTION:Matinees: Saturdays & Sundays 3pm CATEGORIES:Theater UID:http://uid.trumba.com/event/99711173 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Angels in America: Millennium Approaches and Perestroika LOCATION:Court Theatre\, 5535 S. Ellis Avenue\, Chicago\, IL 60637\, (773) 753-4472 DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20120525T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20120525T220000 X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE URL:http://www.courttheatre.org/season/show/angels_in_america_millennium _approaches_and_perestroika/ X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="Event Type";ID=21;TYPE=number:www.so-LAZE.com X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="Event image";ID=40;TYPE=Image:http://www.even tactions.com/i/DgDIxxTBXlq3OFfCK5Vfe82U.jpg X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="To-Do!";ID=191;TYPE=MultiLine:By Tony Kushner \nDirected by Charles Newell\n\n“The Great Work Begins.” The year is 1985: Ronald Reagan has just been reelected to a second term\, and t he deadly AIDS epidemic is at its height in New York City. Tony Kushner’ s two-part epic historical drama captures the lives of the HIV-positive Prior\; Louis\, his lover who abandons him\; Joe\, a closeted gay Mormon \; his Valium-addicted wife Harper\; Roy Cohn\, a notorious lawyer from the McCarthy hearings\, dying of AIDS\; Belize\, his African-American nu rse\; Hannah\, Joe’s mother from Utah\; and the Angel\, a terrifyingly b eautiful herald of the apocalypse. As these characters discover\, confro nt\, and seduce each other during a time of death\, hypocrisy\, and tumu ltuous change\, Kushner summons a restless pastiche of the historical an d the supernatural\, the theological and the political—all told with sur ging theatricality by a company of eight actors. Having directed Kushner ’s Caroline\, or Change and The Illusion\, Court’s Artisti c Director Charles Newell will direct Millennium Approaches and a newly-revised Perestroika in repertory performance\, giving Cour t audiences the unique opportunity to experience Kushner’s Pulitzer Priz e-winning magnum opus in its magnificent entirety. X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="Soleil's Take";ID=116;TYPE=MultiLine:In case you didn't catch it\, this play takes place in two parts. If you choose to see both parts on the same day\, be sure to take advantage special dining options that Court has arranged for you! X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="Price";ID=195;TYPE=SingleLine:$45-65 X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="Ticket Link";ID=5895;TYPE=SingleLine:Purchase Tickets! X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="Other Times To-Do It";ID=408;TYPE=SingleLine: March 30 – June 3\, 2012 DTSTAMP:20120328T205512Z DESCRIPTION:Matinee: Saturdays\, 3pm\; Sundays\, 2pm CATEGORIES:Theater UID:http://uid.trumba.com/event/99363584 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:In the Continuum LOCATION:Pegasus Players\, 4520 N. Beacon\, Chicago\, Illinois DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20120525T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20120525T220000 X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE URL:http://www.pegasusplayers.org X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="Event Type";ID=21;TYPE=number:www.so-LAZE.com X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="Event image";ID=40;TYPE=Image:http://www.even tactions.com/i/DgDyjRNN4WogKZN5wOhxMKJx.jpg X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="To-Do!";ID=191;TYPE=MultiLine:Written by Dana i Gurira and Nikkole Salter\nDirected by Ilesa Duncan\n\nNamed by The New York Times as one of the top ten plays of 2005\, In The Cont inuum follows the lives of Abigail and Nia\, one from South Central LA and the other from Harare\, Zimbabwe\, as each one learns that they h ave contracted HIV. As the story unfolds\, these two women take parallel and darkly comic journeys as they confront family and friends with thei r tragic news\, learning to navigate the new course set before them. X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="Price";ID=195;TYPE=SingleLine:$25 X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="Ticket Link";ID=5895;TYPE=SingleLine:Purchase Tickets! X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="Other Times To-Do It";ID=408;TYPE=SingleLine: May 16 - June 17\, 2012 DTSTAMP:20120518T011921Z CATEGORIES:Theater UID:http://uid.trumba.com/event/100039372 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:My Kind of Town LOCATION:TimeLine Theatre Company\, 615 W. Wellington Ave.\, Chicago\, IL 60657 \, (773) 281-8463 DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20120525T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20120525T220000 X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE URL:http://www.timelinetheatre.com X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="Event Type";ID=21;TYPE=number:www.so-LAZE.com X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="Event image";ID=40;TYPE=Image:http://www.even tactions.com/i/DgDl%2A4Qol%2Ahx85P-PeEdwB%2A0.jpg X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="To-Do!";ID=191;TYPE=MultiLine:My Kind of T own puts a human face on the police torture scandal that has plagued Chicago for more than three decades. Veteran investigative journalist J ohn Conroy covered the story\, challenging public indifference to become one of the leading voices drawing attention to the charges. My Kind of Town is his passionate\, groundbreaking new drama revolving around one i mprisoned man's fight for justice\, inspired by the stories of numerous victims\, police officers\, prosecutors and families whose lives have be en poisoned by the allegations. With interlocking storylines that humani ze the play's issues of corruption and responsibility\, My Kind of To wn sets the stage for a new conversation about today's culture of la w and order. X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="Price";ID=195;TYPE=SingleLine:Wednesdays - Fr idays\, $32\; Saturdays & Sundays\, $42 X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="Ticket Link";ID=5895;TYPE=SingleLine:Purchase Tickets! X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="Other Times To-Do It";ID=408;TYPE=SingleLine: May 1 - July 29\, 2012 X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="Venue Info";ID=117;TYPE=MultiLine:THERE WILL BE NO LATE SEATING. Seating is general admission. House opens 30 minute s prior to the performance. We encourage all ticket holders to arrive at least 15 minutes prior to curtain time. DTSTAMP:20120501T211158Z DESCRIPTION:4pm Matinee on Saturdays CATEGORIES:Theater UID:http://uid.trumba.com/event/99776907 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Milonga (Global Dance Party): f/ TBD LOCATION:Old Town School of Folk Music \, Myron R. Szold Music & Dance Ha ll \, 4545 North Lincoln\, Chicago\, Illinois\, (773) 728-6000 DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20120525T203000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20120525T233000 X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE URL:http://www.OldTownSchool.org X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="Event Type";ID=21;TYPE=number:www.so-LAZE.com X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="Event image";ID=40;TYPE=Image:http://www.even tactions.com/i/DgBimhMr-eqvIwvjdq4uzXQu.jpg X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="To-Do!";ID=191;TYPE=MultiLine:This To-D o will be updated as information becomes available. Choose "Not ify me of changes" on the Other Event Action toolbar menu to rece ive automatic e-mail or mobile text updates about this To-Do! X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="Soleil's Take";ID=116;TYPE=MultiLine: See more Milonga dates! X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="Miscellaneous Info";ID=194;TYPE=MultiLine:The Global Dance Party is a new Friday series that offers an exciting oppor tunity for the Old Town School community to experiment with dance styles from around the globe. Each night will feature a dance class at 8:30 PM followed by two hours of dance music by dance bands and DJs. X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="Price";ID=195;TYPE=SingleLine:$10 X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="Ticket Link";ID=5895;TYPE=SingleLine:Purchase Tickets! X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="Venue Info";ID=117;TYPE=MultiLine:What a stim ulating facility this is! The energy is palpable before you even reach the door. Old Town School offers a very diverse range of performances i n a family-friendly environment. Seating in the main theater (the Conce rt Hall) manages intimacy\, despite its large capacity. First floor sea ting offers both cabaret- and auditorium-style seating. Even in the sec ond floor balcony\, you’ll be right in the thick of the action. Food an d beverages are available for sale – and can be taken into the theater! Cheap\, metered parking is available across the street. For informatio n about classes\, performances and more\, visit their website. DTSTAMP:20120325T205426Z CATEGORIES:Live Music UID:http://uid.trumba.com/event/99328626 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Black Enterprise Entrepreneur Conference & Expo LOCATION:Hilton Chicago \, 720 South Michigan Ave\, Chicago\, IL 60605 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20120526 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20120527 X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:TRUE URL:http://www.blackenterprise.com X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="Event Type";ID=21;TYPE=number:www.so-LAZE.com X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="Event image";ID=40;TYPE=Image:http://www.even tactions.com/i/DgA2Bfk%2AtFHHP0cI5fonbMIq.png X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="To-Do!";ID=191;TYPE=MultiLine:Midwest Entrepr eneurs Summit\, presented by Black Enterprise and The BOSS Network desig ned to provide Chicago professionals with more insight on how to build a nd maintain their personal and business brands\, while simultaneously ex posing and giving them access to network with nearly 100 of the Windy Ci ty's top key influencers.\n\nThe BOSS Network in conjunction with Black Enterprise join forces to present a powerful summit featuring a panel an d host of who’s who in Chicago’s influencer community.\n\nReceive free p ersonal invite to the Private VIP Midwest Entrepreneurs Summit when you register for the Black Enterprise Conference + Expo. 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DTSTAMP:20120402T230845Z CATEGORIES:Prof. Dev./Networking UID:http://uid.trumba.com/event/99428422 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Business & Entrepreneurial University LOCATION:IIT - Hermann Hall\, 3201 S State St\, Chicago\, IL 60616 DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20120526T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20120526T150000 X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE URL:http://www.websconnect.org X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="Event Type";ID=21;TYPE=number:www.so-LAZE.com X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="Event image";ID=40;TYPE=Image:http://www.even tactions.com/i/DgBXg0FQ2VvgJeW-X%2A3UAKmF.jpg X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="To-Do!";ID=191;TYPE=MultiLine:Focused worksho ps for the business of you! If you are an entrepreneur or soon to be th ese affordable\, educational seminars will help propel your business for ward. Seating is limited to 50 people. \n \nGuest speakers:\nPrincess Clark-Wendel: Business Financial Expert (featured on Fox Business News: http://​livelifeworryfree.com/)\n\nDaliah Saper: Saper Law - Law adivce for business owners (feature d on CNBC)\n \nTressa Thomas: ThYke Troupe - How to establish a 501(c)(3) (owner/actress)\n \nLatasha West: Extra Hands - Why you need a virtual assistant X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="Price";ID=195;TYPE=SingleLine:$25 X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="Discounts";ID=11719;TYPE=MultiLine:Join our Meet Up to receive discounts for all our events. X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="Ticket Link";ID=5895;TYPE=SingleLine:Purchase Tickets! DTSTAMP:20120521T165641Z CATEGORIES:Prof. Dev./Networking UID:http://uid.trumba.com/event/100070684 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Rashid Johnson - Message To Our Folks LOCATION:Museum of Contemporary Art\, 220 East Chicago Ave\,\, Chicago\, I L 60611\, (312) 280-2660 DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20120526T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20120526T170000 X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE URL:http://www.mcachicago.org/ X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="Event Type";ID=21;TYPE=number:www.so-LAZE.com X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="Event image";ID=40;TYPE=Image:http://www.even tactions.com/i/DgACoQ5LWe%2AJvyDh8bC6B2ch.jpg X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="To-Do!";ID=191;TYPE=MultiLine:Rashid Johnson: Message to Our Folks\, the first major solo exhibition for Johnson\, wh o is a preeminent artist in the post-media generation. A former Chicagoa n and alumni of the MCA’s UBS 12 x 12 exhibition series\, Johnson explor es the complexities and contradictions of black identity\, rooted in his individual experience\, through photographs\, sculptures\, videos\, ins tallations\, and paintings. X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="Miscellaneous Info";ID=194;TYPE=MultiLine:Thi s exhibition is organized by Julie Rodrigues Widholm\, MCA Pamela Alper Associate Curator\, and includes thirteen years of Johnson’s work with a n emphasis on major works from the last five years. Throughout his work \, Johnson evokes shared cultural memories by referencing creative and in tellectual black figures whose impact has transcended black communities. The exhibition fosters a dialogue by inviting viewers' free association s with familiar figures -- such as W.E.B. DuBois\, Sun Ra\, Miles Davis \, and Public Enemy -- and everyday objects that appear in the work\, inc luding plants\, mirrors\, rugs\, record\nalbums\, CB radios\, shea butte r\, and books. The title of the exhibition is based on a 1969 album by t he avant-garde group Art Ensemble of Chicago\, who performed with a vari ety of found percussive objects and spanned musical styles to radically redefine the rules of jazz. X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="Price";ID=195;TYPE=SingleLine:$12\; Students & Seniors\, $7\; Members\, Free! X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="Other Times To-Do It";ID=408;TYPE=SingleLine: April 14 - August 5\, 2012 X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="Image Credit";ID=10750;TYPE=SingleLine:Rashid Johnson: Death by Black Hole "The Crisis"\, 2010 DTSTAMP:20120415T231311Z CATEGORIES:Art/Exhibit UID:http://uid.trumba.com/event/99515607 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Dawoud Bey: Harlem USA LOCATION:Art Institute of Chicago\, 111 South Michigan Avenue\, Chicago\, IL 60603 DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20120526T103000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20120526T170000 X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE URL:http://www.artic.edu/aic/exhibitions/exhibition/dawoudbey X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="Event Type";ID=21;TYPE=number:www.so-LAZE.com X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="Event image";ID=40;TYPE=Image:http://www.even tactions.com/i/DgCHP6yM6NVBwzwhXPk4V5PY.jpg X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="To-Do!";ID=191;TYPE=MultiLine:In 1979 African American photographer Dawoud Bey (born 1953) held his first solo exhibition at the Studio Museum in Har lem\, showing a suite of 25 photographs titled Harlem USA. Bey ha d been in residence at that museum for one year\, and he had made the su rrounding neighborhood a subject of study since 1975. Though raised in Q ueens\, Bey's family had roots in Harlem\, and it was a youthful visit t o the exhibition Harlem on My Mind at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in 1969\, that had given Bey his determination to become an artist. \n\nHarlem USA\, which has never been shown complete since the St udio Museum exhibition\, appears fresh today partly in its manifest diff erence from much of Bey’s later work. The prints are not large\, not in color\, and do not come in multiple parts\; the subjects are not all ado lescents\, and they do not “sit” for the artist but were found by him on the street. And yet all these photographs are sensitively composed and radiate an emphasis on calm and dignity that would become hallmarks of B ey’s approach. Like August Sander\, Bey wanted to show the “types” of Ha rlem’s citizenry: the barber\, the patrician\, the church ladies\, the h ip youth. He was searching for a way to combine the specificity of photo graphy\, which only knows how to record details\, with the diversity of Harlem\, a neighborhood as varied as any in the country. And he wanted t o do this without courting stereotypes. \n\nThanks to the efforts of mor e than 20 patrons\, led by Leadership Advisory Committee members Anita B lanchard and Les Coney\, the complete vintage set of Harlem USA h as been acquired by the Art Institute. A further five photographs from t hat time\, never before printed or exhibited\, will be donated by Bey to the museum this fall. Addiitonal complements to this exhibition are a s election of permanent collection works in Gallery 10 curated by Bey as w ell as a career survey of Bey’s work presented at the Renaissance Societ y at the University of Chicago from May 13 through June 24.\n\nDawoud Be y is a professor of art and was named Distinguished College Artist at Co lumbia College Chicago\, where he has taught since 1998. Bey studied at the School of Visual Arts in New York and holds an MFA in photography fr om Yale University. His work has been the subject of a retrospective exh ibition at the Walker Art Center (1995) and a four-year traveling exhibi tion\, called Class Pictures\, mounted by Aperture and first shown in 20 07 at the Addison Gallery of American Art. X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="Miscellaneous Info";ID=194;TYPE=MultiLine:A c atalogue accompanies the exhibition with images of the entire photograph ic series and essays by Matthew S. Witkovsky\, Richard and Ellen Sandor Chair and Curator\, Department of Photography\, and Sharifa Rhodes-Pitt s\, author of the monograph Harlem Is Nowhere. X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="Price";ID=195;TYPE=SingleLine:$18\; Members\, Free! X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="Other Times To-Do It";ID=408;TYPE=SingleLine: May 2–September 9\, 2012 X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="Image Credit";ID=10750;TYPE=SingleLine:Dawoud Bey. A Boy in Front of the Loews 125th St. Movie Theatre\, Harlem\, NY\, 1976 DTSTAMP:20120317T220314Z DESCRIPTION:Open Thursdays until 8pm. CATEGORIES:Art/Exhibit UID:http://uid.trumba.com/event/99223924 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Mole de Mayo 2012 LOCATION:Peoria Street & 16th Street\, Chicago\, Illinois DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20120526T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20120526T210000 X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE URL:http://www.eighteenthstreet.org X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="Event Type";ID=21;TYPE=number:www.so-LAZE.com X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="Event image";ID=40;TYPE=Image:http://www.even tactions.com/i/DgCcwxQqxqZHabs6iIuKUDdX.jpg X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="To-Do!";ID=191;TYPE=MultiLine:Chicagoans cele brate this year’s Fourth annual Mole de Mayo outdoor festival. The event is being organized by ESDC\, the Eighteenth Street Development Corporat ion\, a non-profit organization that has served the Pilsen Community for over 35 years. \n\nThe Mole cook off will include awards in two categor ies\; Best Mole Award and the People’s Choice Award.\n\nMEXICAN WRESTLER S!!! LUCHADORES!!\n* Luchadores GALLI : (Sat 6pm-8pm) (Sun 4pm-6pm)\n\nC asero Mole: Teresa Marcial\, Mole Oaxaqueno X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="Miscellaneous Info";ID=194;TYPE=MultiLine:9:3 0pm - Fire Dancers\n8:30pm - Sone s de Mexico\, 2-time Grammy nominee\n7:25pm - Malafacha (reggae\, ska)\n6:20pm - Fandanguero (son cubano\, folk)\n4:35pm - Jugo de Mango (cumbia\, rock )\n3:40pm - Son Mudanza (son jarocho)\n2:50pm - Hurakan (Aztec Ambience)\n2pm - Phero (hiphop)\n1pm - Food & Fire (Rock)\nNoon - Mariachi de l a Orozco (Youth Mariachi Band) X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="Price";ID=195;TYPE=SingleLine:Free! X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="Other Times To-Do It";ID=408;TYPE=SingleLine: May 26-27\, 2012 DTSTAMP:20120516T130413Z CATEGORIES:Festivals UID:http://uid.trumba.com/event/100012481 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Dawoud Bey: Picturing People - Gallery Walkthrough LOCATION:Renaissance Society Bergman Gallery (Cobb Hall 418)\, 5811 S. El lis Avenue\, Chicago\, Illinois 60637\, (773) 702-8670 DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20120526T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20120526T170000 X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE URL:http://www.renaissancesociety.org/site/Exhibitions/Intro.Dawoud-Bey. 626.html X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="Event Type";ID=21;TYPE=number:www.so-LAZE.com X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="Detail image";ID=3052;TYPE=Image:http://www.e ventactions.com/i/DgDE326gUoYieOr8wzoS-jx2.jpg X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="Event image";ID=40;TYPE=Image:http://www.even tactions.com/i/DgDLfhxfc5pMNw6Q6e0yHhH-.jpg X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="To-Do!";ID=191;TYPE=MultiLine:Darby English is Associate Professor of Art History at the University of Chicago\, where he has ta ught modern and contemporary art and cultural studies since 2003. He is also affiliated faculty in the Department of Visual Arts\; the Center fo r Gender Studies\; and\, the Center for the Study of Race\, Politics\, a nd Culture. English is the author of How to See a Work of Art in Total Darkness (MIT Press\, 2007) and co-editor of Kara Walker: Narratives of a Negress (MIT Press\, 2003\; republished Rizzoli\, 2007). He has received grants and awards from the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts/Creative Capital Foundation\, the College Art Association\, the Getty Research Institute\, the National Humanitie s Center\, and the Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute. \n\nThis e vent will take place in the gallery. X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="Soleil's Take";ID=116;TYPE=MultiLine:The gall ery walkthrough begins at noon and probably lasts 1-2 hours. X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="Miscellaneous Info";ID=194;TYPE=MultiLine:Sin ce 1975\, Chicago-based photographer Dawoud Bey has developed a body of work distinguished for its commi tment to portraiture as means for understanding contemporary social circ umstances. Ranging from chance street encounters to studio portraits\, B ey has investigated a range of methods to find increased engagement with his subjects\, and the resulting candor and expression such images conv ey. The Renaissance Society is pleased to present a career survey of Bey ’s work\, including a new chapter of Strangers/Community featurin g portraits of individuals from Hyde Park\, Chicago\, home to both the U niversity of Chicago and the artist. The exhibition will be accompanied by a catalogue including new scholarly essays\, and is being slated to t ravel. X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="Price";ID=195;TYPE=SingleLine:Free! X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="Other Times To-Do It";ID=408;TYPE=SingleLine: May 13 – June 24\, 2012 X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="Image Credit";ID=10750;TYPE=SingleLine:Dawoud Bey - Rudy Nimocks and Lindsay Atnip\, Hyde Park\, Chicago\, 2012 DTSTAMP:20120503T202145Z CATEGORIES:Art/Exhibit UID:http://uid.trumba.com/event/99804544 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Living Large In A Mini Kind Of Way LOCATION:The Viaduct\, 3111 N. Western Avenue\, Chicago\, IL\, (773) 819-58 62 DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20120526T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20120526T213000 X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE URL:http://teatroluna.org X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="Event Type";ID=21;TYPE=number:www.so-LAZE.com X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="Event image";ID=40;TYPE=Image:http://www.even tactions.com/i/DgCAt6wqoC%2A-xwRrhTm2UhTU.jpg X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="To-Do!";ID=191;TYPE=MultiLine:Chicago’s All-L atina Theatre continues its 11th season dedicated to issues of Immigrat ion\, Race\, and Borders with a story of two sets of Mexican-American s isters\; one assimilated into US mainstream culture\, the other still st ruggling with their immigration status. Mingling a sassy comedy with a t hought-provoking atypical immigration drama\, Obie Award-Winning Rodrigu ez illuminates pressing\, universal issues about identity and privilege. Based on a real-life story\, Luna brings its unique blend of humor and honesty to this hilarious and sharp exploration of the American Dream.\n \nLiving Large in a Mini Kind of Way is presented in English\, wi th a sprinkle of Spanish! X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="Price";ID=195;TYPE=SingleLine:$20\; Student & Seniors\, $15\; VIP (Includes 1 Free Drink)\, $40 X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="Ticket Link";ID=5895;TYPE=SingleLine: Purchase Tickets! X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="Other Times To-Do It";ID=408;TYPE=SingleLine: May 6 - June 17\, 2012 DTSTAMP:20120509T195526Z DESCRIPTION:3pm Matinee on Sundays\nReception to follow Plays Thursdays- Saturdays CATEGORIES:Theater UID:http://uid.trumba.com/event/99790912 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Bodies (Opening Week) LOCATION:The Greenhouse Theater Center \, 2257 N Lincoln Ave.\, Chicago\, IL DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20120526T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20120526T220000 X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE URL:http://www.mpaact.org X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="Event Type";ID=21;TYPE=number:www.so-LAZE.com X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="Event image";ID=40;TYPE=Image:http://www.even tactions.com/i/DgAdYfi7PHjP3n3peytyu8fw.jpg X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="To-Do!";ID=191;TYPE=MultiLine:Written By: Car la Stillwell\nDirected By: Chuck Smith\n\nThe church is a place of faith and refuge\, salvation and hope\, support and nurturing. The religion o ils the machine\, but it's the people—the Reverend\, his wife\, the deac ons and the sisters--who makes sure that it runs. But\, the New Light Mi ssionary Baptist Church with church heads the Rev. Joseph Black and his wife Corena Black are different. When it comes to dealing with family\, well it's a bit more complicated. The reverend's brother Calvin has enco untered a few troubles. Ten Years ago his marriage ended abruptly leavin g him to raise his young daughter alone. As questions of his sexuality b egin to surface\, Rev. Joseph thinks the answer is for his brother to ma rry a woman from the church\, but Corena\, begins to think there are oth er questions to be asked and she finds herself confronting the lengths s he'll go to maintain her niece's well-being. X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="Price";ID=195;TYPE=SingleLine:$21-23 X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="Ticket Link";ID=5895;TYPE=SingleLine:Purchase Tickets! X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="Other Times To-Do It";ID=408;TYPE=SingleLine: May 11 – June 24\, 2012 X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="Venue Info";ID=117;TYPE=MultiLine:Late seatin g at this Greenhouse Theater stage is awkward - so arrive on time! DTSTAMP:20120518T133248Z CATEGORIES:Theater UID:http://uid.trumba.com/event/100051029 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Jamaica Farewell (Closing Week) LOCATION:Chopin Theatre\, 1543 West Division\, Chicago\, IL 60642\, (773) 2 78-1500 DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20120526T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20120526T220000 X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE URL:http://www.chopintheatre.com/ X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="Event Type";ID=21;TYPE=number:www.so-LAZE.com X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="Event image";ID=40;TYPE=Image:http://www.even tactions.com/i/DgB26DwTYVsFYnr2ua1S-ykZ.jpg X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="To-Do!";ID=191;TYPE=MultiLine:When Debra Ehrh ardt was an eighteen year old secretary in Kingston Jamaica\, she and he r passion for America bumped into a handsome CIA agent over a bowl of ox tail soup on her lunch break. It was during the turbulent seventies of t he Manley Era that she saw her chance. A pinhole of opportunity that she could squeeze through with the help of this love-struck American. She b egan a dangerous adventure that only the single minded passion of a teen age girl would chance. The boundary between bravery and foolishness blu rred as she became more desperate. When she agreed to smuggle a million US dollars in cash to a mysterious contact somewhere in Miami\, the agen t became her accomplice. Only he had no idea.\n\nRead more about Jamaica Farewell. X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="Soleil's Take";ID=116;TYPE=MultiLine:For Sole il's Take\, check out SunSpots: Jamaica F arewell! X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="Price";ID=195;TYPE=SingleLine:$35-45 X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="Ticket Link";ID=5895;TYPE=SingleLine:Purchase Tickets! X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="Other Times To-Do It";ID=408;TYPE=SingleLine: May 4-27\, 2012 DTSTAMP:20120510T005554Z CATEGORIES:Theater UID:http://uid.trumba.com/event/99610009 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:My Asian Mom LOCATION:Stage 773 \, 1225 W. Belmont \, Chicago\, IL 60657 \, (773) 327-52 52 DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20120526T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20120526T213000 X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE URL:http://www.stage773.com X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="Event Type";ID=21;TYPE=number:www.so-LAZE.com X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="Event image";ID=40;TYPE=Image:http://www.even tactions.com/i/DgC7Q-piEeE-QEwrV6i-uhg8.jpg X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="To-Do!";ID=191;TYPE=MultiLine:In celebration of Asian Pacific American Heritage month and\, of course\, Mother’s Day \, A-Squared Theatre Workshop presents My Asian Mom\, an evening of eight 10 minute one-act plays. X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="Price";ID=195;TYPE=SingleLine:$15\; Students \, Industry and Groups of Ten\, $13 X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="Ticket Link";ID=5895;TYPE=SingleLine:Purchase Tickets! X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="Other Times To-Do It";ID=408;TYPE=SingleLine: Fridays & Saturdays\, May 4-26\, 2012 DTSTAMP:20120418T215429Z CATEGORIES:Theater UID:http://uid.trumba.com/event/99608563 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Take Her to See the Maco Lights LOCATION:Luna Central\, 3914 N. Clark St. \, Chicago\, IL. 60613 DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20120526T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20120526T220000 X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE URL:http://www.prologuetheatreco.org/ X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="Event Type";ID=21;TYPE=number:www.so-LAZE.com X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="Event image";ID=40;TYPE=Image:http://www.even tactions.com/i/DgBiqgqHEcIzJ5oMB8pfQMBN.png X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="To-Do!";ID=191;TYPE=MultiLine:The Chicago pre miere of "Take Her to See the Maco Lights" follows a pair of young lover s to a dark railroad track where the past and the future converge. Drawi ng from folk history\, pop culture\, and America’s checkered past\, “Mac o Lights” weaves a ghostly love story with characters who are on a crash course to a certain stretch of overgrown railroad tracks in North Carol ina. \n\nBy Bekah Brunstetter\nDirected by Margo Gray X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="Price";ID=195;TYPE=SingleLine:$16-22 X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="Ticket Link";ID=5895;TYPE=SingleLine:Purchase Tickets! X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="Other Times To-Do It";ID=408;TYPE=SingleLine: May 10 - June 2\, 2012 DTSTAMP:20120515T160433Z CATEGORIES:Theater UID:http://uid.trumba.com/event/100010161 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:The Marvin Gaye Story (Opening Week) LOCATION:Black Ensemble Theater Cultural Center\, 4450 N. Clark Street \, Chicago\, Illinois\, (773) 769-4451 DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20120526T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20120526T220000 X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE URL:http://blackensembletheater.org/ X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="Event Type";ID=21;TYPE=number:www.so-LAZE.com X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="Event image";ID=40;TYPE=Image:http://www.even tactions.com/i/DgD-MKZrs5EN10zRkjtP-jig.jpg X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="To-Do!";ID=191;TYPE=MultiLine:The Marvin G aye Story (Don’t Talk About My Father Because God Is My Friend)\n\nM arvin Pentz Gaye Jr. is considered to be one of the greatest talents to come out of the Motown dynasty\, with a career spanning over three decad es. His sound began with Doo Wop in the ‘50s\, and moved to Rhythm and Blues in the ‘60s\, political awareness in the ‘70s\, and sophisticated soul in the ‘80s. Some of his greatest contributions include “I Heard I t Through The Grapevine\,” “What’s Going On\,” and “Inner City Blues\,” as well as numerous hits from his partnership with Tammi Terrel such as “All I Need To Get By\,” “Ain’t No Mountain High Enough\,” and “If This World Were Mine.” He was also the winner of two Grammy Awards including Best Vocal Performance for “Sexual Healing” in 1983. \n \nMarvin Gaye’s life was plagued with depression and drug addiction and ended in traged y on April 1\, 1984 when he was shot and killed by his own father. The M arvin Gaye Story will reveal his struggles while also honoring his vast contributions to the music industry and the world. To many\, Marvin Gay e represents the ability to face the worst of life’s adversities and sti ll accomplish great success. This Black Ensemble Theater production wil l embrace this sentiment and celebrate a legacy of beautiful music that will last forever. X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="Miscellaneous Info";ID=194;TYPE=MultiLine:“Wi th The Marvin Gaye Story (Don’t Talk About My Father Because God Is My F riend)\, BE is producing our first World Premiere since moving into our new home earlier this year\, and the development process has been an exc iting one. Throughout the process\, I have conducted vast research whic h included working with Jan Gaye (who was the second wife of Marvin Gaye and mother of Nona and Frankie Gaye) helping give ample attention to hi s story with honor and accuracy\,” says Jackie Taylor. “We have assembl ed a fantastic team of cast and designers\, including Rashawn Thompson\, a product of BE’s educational outreach program\, who will be starring a s Marvin Gaye\, along with some of BE’s seasoned ensemble. We are also using projections\, designed by Mike Tutaj\, throughout the production t o create a sense of time\, place and relevancy of Marvin’s messages in t oday’s world.” X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="Price";ID=195;TYPE=SingleLine:$55-65 X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="Ticket Link";ID=5895;TYPE=SingleLine:Purchase Tickets! X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="Other Times To-Do It";ID=408;TYPE=SingleLine: May 11 – July 29\, 2012 DTSTAMP:20120426T231024Z DESCRIPTION:Matinees: Saturdays & Sundays 3pm CATEGORIES:Theater UID:http://uid.trumba.com/event/99711174 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Angels in America: Millennium Approaches and Perestroika LOCATION:Court Theatre\, 5535 S. Ellis Avenue\, Chicago\, IL 60637\, (773) 753-4472 DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20120526T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20120526T220000 X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE URL:http://www.courttheatre.org/season/show/angels_in_america_millennium _approaches_and_perestroika/ X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="Event Type";ID=21;TYPE=number:www.so-LAZE.com X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="Event image";ID=40;TYPE=Image:http://www.even tactions.com/i/DgDIxxTBXlq3OFfCK5Vfe82U.jpg X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="To-Do!";ID=191;TYPE=MultiLine:By Tony Kushner \nDirected by Charles Newell\n\n“The Great Work Begins.” The year is 1985: Ronald Reagan has just been reelected to a second term\, and t he deadly AIDS epidemic is at its height in New York City. Tony Kushner’ s two-part epic historical drama captures the lives of the HIV-positive Prior\; Louis\, his lover who abandons him\; Joe\, a closeted gay Mormon \; his Valium-addicted wife Harper\; Roy Cohn\, a notorious lawyer from the McCarthy hearings\, dying of AIDS\; Belize\, his African-American nu rse\; Hannah\, Joe’s mother from Utah\; and the Angel\, a terrifyingly b eautiful herald of the apocalypse. As these characters discover\, confro nt\, and seduce each other during a time of death\, hypocrisy\, and tumu ltuous change\, Kushner summons a restless pastiche of the historical an d the supernatural\, the theological and the political—all told with sur ging theatricality by a company of eight actors. Having directed Kushner ’s Caroline\, or Change and The Illusion\, Court’s Artisti c Director Charles Newell will direct Millennium Approaches and a newly-revised Perestroika in repertory performance\, giving Cour t audiences the unique opportunity to experience Kushner’s Pulitzer Priz e-winning magnum opus in its magnificent entirety. X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="Soleil's Take";ID=116;TYPE=MultiLine:In case you didn't catch it\, this play takes place in two parts. If you choose to see both parts on the same day\, be sure to take advantage special dining options that Court has arranged for you! X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="Price";ID=195;TYPE=SingleLine:$45-65 X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="Ticket Link";ID=5895;TYPE=SingleLine:Purchase Tickets! X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="Other Times To-Do It";ID=408;TYPE=SingleLine: March 30 – June 3\, 2012 DTSTAMP:20120328T205512Z DESCRIPTION:Matinee: Saturdays\, 3pm\; Sundays\, 2pm CATEGORIES:Theater UID:http://uid.trumba.com/event/99363585 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:In the Continuum LOCATION:Pegasus Players\, 4520 N. Beacon\, Chicago\, Illinois DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20120526T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20120526T220000 X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE URL:http://www.pegasusplayers.org X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="Event Type";ID=21;TYPE=number:www.so-LAZE.com X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="Event image";ID=40;TYPE=Image:http://www.even tactions.com/i/DgDyjRNN4WogKZN5wOhxMKJx.jpg X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="To-Do!";ID=191;TYPE=MultiLine:Written by Dana i Gurira and Nikkole Salter\nDirected by Ilesa Duncan\n\nNamed by The New York Times as one of the top ten plays of 2005\, In The Cont inuum follows the lives of Abigail and Nia\, one from South Central LA and the other from Harare\, Zimbabwe\, as each one learns that they h ave contracted HIV. As the story unfolds\, these two women take parallel and darkly comic journeys as they confront family and friends with thei r tragic news\, learning to navigate the new course set before them. X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="Price";ID=195;TYPE=SingleLine:$25 X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="Ticket Link";ID=5895;TYPE=SingleLine:Purchase Tickets! X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="Other Times To-Do It";ID=408;TYPE=SingleLine: May 16 - June 17\, 2012 DTSTAMP:20120518T011921Z CATEGORIES:Theater UID:http://uid.trumba.com/event/100039373 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:My Kind of Town LOCATION:TimeLine Theatre Company\, 615 W. Wellington Ave.\, Chicago\, IL 60657 \, (773) 281-8463 DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20120526T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20120526T220000 X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE URL:http://www.timelinetheatre.com X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="Event Type";ID=21;TYPE=number:www.so-LAZE.com X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="Event image";ID=40;TYPE=Image:http://www.even tactions.com/i/DgDl%2A4Qol%2Ahx85P-PeEdwB%2A0.jpg X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="To-Do!";ID=191;TYPE=MultiLine:My Kind of T own puts a human face on the police torture scandal that has plagued Chicago for more than three decades. Veteran investigative journalist J ohn Conroy covered the story\, challenging public indifference to become one of the leading voices drawing attention to the charges. My Kind of Town is his passionate\, groundbreaking new drama revolving around one i mprisoned man's fight for justice\, inspired by the stories of numerous victims\, police officers\, prosecutors and families whose lives have be en poisoned by the allegations. With interlocking storylines that humani ze the play's issues of corruption and responsibility\, My Kind of To wn sets the stage for a new conversation about today's culture of la w and order. X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="Price";ID=195;TYPE=SingleLine:Wednesdays - Fr idays\, $32\; Saturdays & Sundays\, $42 X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="Ticket Link";ID=5895;TYPE=SingleLine:Purchase Tickets! X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="Other Times To-Do It";ID=408;TYPE=SingleLine: May 1 - July 29\, 2012 X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="Venue Info";ID=117;TYPE=MultiLine:THERE WILL BE NO LATE SEATING. Seating is general admission. House opens 30 minute s prior to the performance. We encourage all ticket holders to arrive at least 15 minutes prior to curtain time. DTSTAMP:20120501T211158Z DESCRIPTION:4pm Matinee on Saturdays CATEGORIES:Theater UID:http://uid.trumba.com/event/99776908 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Bike the Drive LOCATION:Grant Park - Butler Field\, Columbus & Jackson\, Chicago\, Illino is DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20120527T053000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20120527T120000 X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE URL:http://www.BikeTheDrive.org X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="Event Type";ID=21;TYPE=number:www.so-LAZE.com X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="Event image";ID=40;TYPE=Image:http://www.even tactions.com/i/DgC7xL6FEDrwX096M1bFmjtT.gif X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="To-Do!";ID=191;TYPE=MultiLine:Ride your bike on Chicago’s famous Lake Shore Drive\, car-free courtesy of the Chicagol and Bicycle Federation and the City of Chicago. Start/Finish and festiva l at Jackson Street\, east of Columbus Drive. Helmets Required. For more information\, visit www.bikethedrive.org or call (312) 427-3325 ext. 25 1. \n\nNew digs\nOur festival will move to Butler Field in Grant Park\, home of the Petrillo Music Shell\; and our start location will no w be on Jackson Street east of Columbus Drive.\n\nRocking festival\nWe welcome the famous Beatles tribute band\, American English\, to ou r festival stage from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. Goose Island Brew Pub will offe r a choice of three delicious breakfast options for just $7. X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="Miscellaneous Info";ID=194;TYPE=MultiLine:All proceeds support the Chicagoland Bicycle Federation's efforts to make t he region more bicycle-friendly. In fact\, 86 cents out of every dollar raised goes directly back into bicycling advocacy efforts. We're a 501(c )3 non-profit that has been making bicycling better in Chicagoland for m ore than 20 years. Please visit www.biketraffic.org to learn more about our mission and work X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="Price";ID=195;TYPE=SingleLine:$45-58 X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="Ticket Link";ID=5895;TYPE=SingleLine:Register Today! DTSTAMP:20120506T231634Z CATEGORIES:Fitness/Athletic/Sporting UID:http://uid.trumba.com/event/78052152 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Rashid Johnson - Message To Our Folks LOCATION:Museum of Contemporary Art\, 220 East Chicago Ave\,\, Chicago\, I L 60611\, (312) 280-2660 DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20120527T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20120527T170000 X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE URL:http://www.mcachicago.org/ X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="Event Type";ID=21;TYPE=number:www.so-LAZE.com X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="Event image";ID=40;TYPE=Image:http://www.even tactions.com/i/DgACoQ5LWe%2AJvyDh8bC6B2ch.jpg X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="To-Do!";ID=191;TYPE=MultiLine:Rashid Johnson: Message to Our Folks\, the first major solo exhibition for Johnson\, wh o is a preeminent artist in the post-media generation. A former Chicagoa n and alumni of the MCA’s UBS 12 x 12 exhibition series\, Johnson explor es the complexities and contradictions of black identity\, rooted in his individual experience\, through photographs\, sculptures\, videos\, ins tallations\, and paintings. X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="Miscellaneous Info";ID=194;TYPE=MultiLine:Thi s exhibition is organized by Julie Rodrigues Widholm\, MCA Pamela Alper Associate Curator\, and includes thirteen years of Johnson’s work with a n emphasis on major works from the last five years. Throughout his work \, Johnson evokes shared cultural memories by referencing creative and in tellectual black figures whose impact has transcended black communities. The exhibition fosters a dialogue by inviting viewers' free association s with familiar figures -- such as W.E.B. DuBois\, Sun Ra\, Miles Davis \, and Public Enemy -- and everyday objects that appear in the work\, inc luding plants\, mirrors\, rugs\, record\nalbums\, CB radios\, shea butte r\, and books. The title of the exhibition is based on a 1969 album by t he avant-garde group Art Ensemble of Chicago\, who performed with a vari ety of found percussive objects and spanned musical styles to radically redefine the rules of jazz. X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="Price";ID=195;TYPE=SingleLine:$12\; Students & Seniors\, $7\; Members\, Free! X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="Other Times To-Do It";ID=408;TYPE=SingleLine: April 14 - August 5\, 2012 X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="Image Credit";ID=10750;TYPE=SingleLine:Rashid Johnson: Death by Black Hole "The Crisis"\, 2010 DTSTAMP:20120415T231311Z CATEGORIES:Art/Exhibit UID:http://uid.trumba.com/event/99515608 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Dawoud Bey: Harlem USA LOCATION:Art Institute of Chicago\, 111 South Michigan Avenue\, Chicago\, IL 60603 DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20120527T103000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20120527T170000 X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE URL:http://www.artic.edu/aic/exhibitions/exhibition/dawoudbey X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="Event Type";ID=21;TYPE=number:www.so-LAZE.com X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="Event image";ID=40;TYPE=Image:http://www.even tactions.com/i/DgCHP6yM6NVBwzwhXPk4V5PY.jpg X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="To-Do!";ID=191;TYPE=MultiLine:In 1979 African American photographer Dawoud Bey (born 1953) held his first solo exhibition at the Studio Museum in Har lem\, showing a suite of 25 photographs titled Harlem USA. Bey ha d been in residence at that museum for one year\, and he had made the su rrounding neighborhood a subject of study since 1975. Though raised in Q ueens\, Bey's family had roots in Harlem\, and it was a youthful visit t o the exhibition Harlem on My Mind at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in 1969\, that had given Bey his determination to become an artist. \n\nHarlem USA\, which has never been shown complete since the St udio Museum exhibition\, appears fresh today partly in its manifest diff erence from much of Bey’s later work. The prints are not large\, not in color\, and do not come in multiple parts\; the subjects are not all ado lescents\, and they do not “sit” for the artist but were found by him on the street. And yet all these photographs are sensitively composed and radiate an emphasis on calm and dignity that would become hallmarks of B ey’s approach. Like August Sander\, Bey wanted to show the “types” of Ha rlem’s citizenry: the barber\, the patrician\, the church ladies\, the h ip youth. He was searching for a way to combine the specificity of photo graphy\, which only knows how to record details\, with the diversity of Harlem\, a neighborhood as varied as any in the country. And he wanted t o do this without courting stereotypes. \n\nThanks to the efforts of mor e than 20 patrons\, led by Leadership Advisory Committee members Anita B lanchard and Les Coney\, the complete vintage set of Harlem USA h as been acquired by the Art Institute. A further five photographs from t hat time\, never before printed or exhibited\, will be donated by Bey to the museum this fall. Addiitonal complements to this exhibition are a s election of permanent collection works in Gallery 10 curated by Bey as w ell as a career survey of Bey’s work presented at the Renaissance Societ y at the University of Chicago from May 13 through June 24.\n\nDawoud Be y is a professor of art and was named Distinguished College Artist at Co lumbia College Chicago\, where he has taught since 1998. Bey studied at the School of Visual Arts in New York and holds an MFA in photography fr om Yale University. His work has been the subject of a retrospective exh ibition at the Walker Art Center (1995) and a four-year traveling exhibi tion\, called Class Pictures\, mounted by Aperture and first shown in 20 07 at the Addison Gallery of American Art. X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="Miscellaneous Info";ID=194;TYPE=MultiLine:A c atalogue accompanies the exhibition with images of the entire photograph ic series and essays by Matthew S. Witkovsky\, Richard and Ellen Sandor Chair and Curator\, Department of Photography\, and Sharifa Rhodes-Pitt s\, author of the monograph Harlem Is Nowhere. X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="Price";ID=195;TYPE=SingleLine:$18\; Members\, Free! X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="Other Times To-Do It";ID=408;TYPE=SingleLine: May 2–September 9\, 2012 X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="Image Credit";ID=10750;TYPE=SingleLine:Dawoud Bey. A Boy in Front of the Loews 125th St. Movie Theatre\, Harlem\, NY\, 1976 DTSTAMP:20120317T220314Z DESCRIPTION:Open Thursdays until 8pm. CATEGORIES:Art/Exhibit UID:http://uid.trumba.com/event/99223925 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Mole de Mayo 2012 LOCATION:Peoria Street & 16th Street\, Chicago\, Illinois DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20120527T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20120527T210000 X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE URL:http://www.eighteenthstreet.org X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="Event Type";ID=21;TYPE=number:www.so-LAZE.com X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="Event image";ID=40;TYPE=Image:http://www.even tactions.com/i/DgCcwxQqxqZHabs6iIuKUDdX.jpg X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="To-Do!";ID=191;TYPE=MultiLine:Chicagoans cele brate this year’s Fourth annual Mole de Mayo outdoor festival. The event is being organized by ESDC\, the Eighteenth Street Development Corporat ion\, a non-profit organization that has served the Pilsen Community for over 35 years. \n\nThe Mole cook off will include awards in two categor ies\; Best Mole Award and the People’s Choice Award.\n\nMEXICAN WRESTLER S!!! LUCHADORES!!\n* Luchadores GALLI : (Sat 6pm-8pm) (Sun 4pm-6pm)\n\nC asero Mole: Teresa Marcial\, Mole Oaxaqueno X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="Miscellaneous Info";ID=194;TYPE=MultiLine:9pm - Fire Dancers \n8pm - Cumbia Mac hin from San Diego\n7pm - Buya (bomba puertorriqueña) \n6pm - Son del Viento (son jarocho) \n4pm - Luciano Antonio Trio (bossa\, samba) \n3pm - Caupolican (Folk)\n2p m - Sol Azul (rock) X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="Price";ID=195;TYPE=SingleLine:Free! X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="Other Times To-Do It";ID=408;TYPE=SingleLine: May 26-27\, 2012 DTSTAMP:20120515T221933Z CATEGORIES:Festivals UID:http://uid.trumba.com/event/100012482 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Dawoud Bey: Picturing People LOCATION:Renaissance Society Bergman Gallery (Cobb Hall 418)\, 5811 S. El lis Avenue\, Chicago\, Illinois 60637\, (773) 702-8670 DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20120527T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20120527T170000 X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE URL:http://www.renaissancesociety.org/site/Exhibitions/Intro.Dawoud-Bey. 626.html X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="Event Type";ID=21;TYPE=number:www.so-LAZE.com X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="Event image";ID=40;TYPE=Image:http://www.even tactions.com/i/DgDLfhxfc5pMNw6Q6e0yHhH-.jpg X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="To-Do!";ID=191;TYPE=MultiLine:Since 1975\, Ch icago-based photographer Dawoud Bey< /a> has developed a body of work distinguished for its commitment to por traiture as means for understanding contemporary social circumstances. R anging from chance street encounters to studio portraits\, Bey has inves tigated a range of methods to find increased engagement with his subject s\, and the resulting candor and expression such images convey. The Rena issance Society is pleased to present a career survey of Bey’s work\, in cluding a new chapter of Strangers/Community featuring portraits of individuals from Hyde Park\, Chicago\, home to both the University of Chicago and the artist. The exhibition will be accompanied by a catalog ue including new scholarly essays\, and is being slated to travel. X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="Price";ID=195;TYPE=SingleLine:Free! X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="Other Times To-Do It";ID=408;TYPE=SingleLine: May 13 – June 24\, 2012 X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="Image Credit";ID=10750;TYPE=SingleLine:Dawoud Bey - Rudy Nimocks and Lindsay Atnip\, Hyde Park\, Chicago\, 2012 DTSTAMP:20120503T192155Z CATEGORIES:Art/Exhibit UID:http://uid.trumba.com/event/99804545 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:My Kind of Town LOCATION:TimeLine Theatre Company\, 615 W. Wellington Ave.\, Chicago\, IL 60657 \, (773) 281-8463 DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20120527T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20120527T160000 X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE URL:http://www.timelinetheatre.com X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="Event Type";ID=21;TYPE=number:www.so-LAZE.com X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="Event image";ID=40;TYPE=Image:http://www.even tactions.com/i/DgDl%2A4Qol%2Ahx85P-PeEdwB%2A0.jpg X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="To-Do!";ID=191;TYPE=MultiLine:My Kind of T own puts a human face on the police torture scandal that has plagued Chicago for more than three decades. Veteran investigative journalist J ohn Conroy covered the story\, challenging public indifference to become one of the leading voices drawing attention to the charges. My Kind of Town is his passionate\, groundbreaking new drama revolving around one i mprisoned man's fight for justice\, inspired by the stories of numerous victims\, police officers\, prosecutors and families whose lives have be en poisoned by the allegations. With interlocking storylines that humani ze the play's issues of corruption and responsibility\, My Kind of To wn sets the stage for a new conversation about today's culture of la w and order. X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="Price";ID=195;TYPE=SingleLine:Wednesdays - Fr idays\, $32\; Saturdays & Sundays\, $42 X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="Ticket Link";ID=5895;TYPE=SingleLine:Purchase Tickets! X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="Other Times To-Do It";ID=408;TYPE=SingleLine: May 1 - July 29\, 2012 X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="Venue Info";ID=117;TYPE=MultiLine:THERE WILL BE NO LATE SEATING. Seating is general admission. House opens 30 minute s prior to the performance. We encourage all ticket holders to arrive at least 15 minutes prior to curtain time. DTSTAMP:20120501T211530Z DESCRIPTION:4pm Matinee on Saturdays CATEGORIES:Theater UID:http://uid.trumba.com/event/99776909 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Bodies (Opening Week) LOCATION:The Greenhouse Theater Center \, 2257 N Lincoln Ave.\, Chicago\, IL DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20120527T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20120527T170000 X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE URL:http://www.mpaact.org X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="Event Type";ID=21;TYPE=number:www.so-LAZE.com X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="Event image";ID=40;TYPE=Image:http://www.even tactions.com/i/DgAdYfi7PHjP3n3peytyu8fw.jpg X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="To-Do!";ID=191;TYPE=MultiLine:Written By: Car la Stillwell\nDirected By: Chuck Smith\n\nThe church is a place of faith and refuge\, salvation and hope\, support and nurturing. The religion o ils the machine\, but it's the people—the Reverend\, his wife\, the deac ons and the sisters--who makes sure that it runs. But\, the New Light Mi ssionary Baptist Church with church heads the Rev. Joseph Black and his wife Corena Black are different. When it comes to dealing with family\, well it's a bit more complicated. The reverend's brother Calvin has enco untered a few troubles. Ten Years ago his marriage ended abruptly leavin g him to raise his young daughter alone. As questions of his sexuality b egin to surface\, Rev. Joseph thinks the answer is for his brother to ma rry a woman from the church\, but Corena\, begins to think there are oth er questions to be asked and she finds herself confronting the lengths s he'll go to maintain her niece's well-being. X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="Price";ID=195;TYPE=SingleLine:$21-23 X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="Ticket Link";ID=5895;TYPE=SingleLine:Purchase Tickets! X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="Other Times To-Do It";ID=408;TYPE=SingleLine: May 11 – June 24\, 2012 X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="Venue Info";ID=117;TYPE=MultiLine:Late seatin g at this Greenhouse Theater stage is awkward - so arrive on time! DTSTAMP:20120518T133248Z CATEGORIES:Theater UID:http://uid.trumba.com/event/100051030 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:In the Continuum LOCATION:Pegasus Players\, 4520 N. Beacon\, Chicago\, Illinois DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20120527T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20120527T170000 X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE URL:http://www.pegasusplayers.org X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="Event Type";ID=21;TYPE=number:www.so-LAZE.com X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="Event image";ID=40;TYPE=Image:http://www.even tactions.com/i/DgDyjRNN4WogKZN5wOhxMKJx.jpg X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="To-Do!";ID=191;TYPE=MultiLine:Written by Dana i Gurira and Nikkole Salter\nDirected by Ilesa Duncan\n\nNamed by The New York Times as one of the top ten plays of 2005\, In The Cont inuum follows the lives of Abigail and Nia\, one from South Central LA and the other from Harare\, Zimbabwe\, as each one learns that they h ave contracted HIV. As the story unfolds\, these two women take parallel and darkly comic journeys as they confront family and friends with thei r tragic news\, learning to navigate the new course set before them. X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="Price";ID=195;TYPE=SingleLine:$25 X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="Ticket Link";ID=5895;TYPE=SingleLine:Purchase Tickets! X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="Other Times To-Do It";ID=408;TYPE=SingleLine: May 16 - June 17\, 2012 DTSTAMP:20120518T011921Z CATEGORIES:Theater UID:http://uid.trumba.com/event/100039374 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:The Marvin Gaye Story LOCATION:Black Ensemble Theater Cultural Center\, 4450 N. Clark Street \, Chicago\, Illinois\, (773) 769-4451 DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20120527T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20120527T170000 X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE URL:http://blackensembletheater.org/ X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="Event Type";ID=21;TYPE=number:www.so-LAZE.com X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="Event image";ID=40;TYPE=Image:http://www.even tactions.com/i/DgD-MKZrs5EN10zRkjtP-jig.jpg X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="To-Do!";ID=191;TYPE=MultiLine:The Marvin G aye Story (Don’t Talk About My Father Because God Is My Friend)\n\nM arvin Pentz Gaye Jr. is considered to be one of the greatest talents to come out of the Motown dynasty\, with a career spanning over three decad es. His sound began with Doo Wop in the ‘50s\, and moved to Rhythm and Blues in the ‘60s\, political awareness in the ‘70s\, and sophisticated soul in the ‘80s. Some of his greatest contributions include “I Heard I t Through The Grapevine\,” “What’s Going On\,” and “Inner City Blues\,” as well as numerous hits from his partnership with Tammi Terrel such as “All I Need To Get By\,” “Ain’t No Mountain High Enough\,” and “If This World Were Mine.” He was also the winner of two Grammy Awards including Best Vocal Performance for “Sexual Healing” in 1983. \n \nMarvin Gaye’s life was plagued with depression and drug addiction and ended in traged y on April 1\, 1984 when he was shot and killed by his own father. The M arvin Gaye Story will reveal his struggles while also honoring his vast contributions to the music industry and the world. To many\, Marvin Gay e represents the ability to face the worst of life’s adversities and sti ll accomplish great success. This Black Ensemble Theater production wil l embrace this sentiment and celebrate a legacy of beautiful music that will last forever. X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="Miscellaneous Info";ID=194;TYPE=MultiLine:“Wi th The Marvin Gaye Story (Don’t Talk About My Father Because God Is My F riend)\, BE is producing our first World Premiere since moving into our new home earlier this year\, and the development process has been an exc iting one. Throughout the process\, I have conducted vast research whic h included working with Jan Gaye (who was the second wife of Marvin Gaye and mother of Nona and Frankie Gaye) helping give ample attention to hi s story with honor and accuracy\,” says Jackie Taylor. “We have assembl ed a fantastic team of cast and designers\, including Rashawn Thompson\, a product of BE’s educational outreach program\, who will be starring a s Marvin Gaye\, along with some of BE’s seasoned ensemble. We are also using projections\, designed by Mike Tutaj\, throughout the production t o create a sense of time\, place and relevancy of Marvin’s messages in t oday’s world.” X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="Price";ID=195;TYPE=SingleLine:$55-65 X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="Ticket Link";ID=5895;TYPE=SingleLine:Purchase Tickets! X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="Other Times To-Do It";ID=408;TYPE=SingleLine: May 11 – July 29\, 2012 DTSTAMP:20120426T231102Z DESCRIPTION:Matinees: Saturdays & Sundays 3pm CATEGORIES:Theater UID:http://uid.trumba.com/event/99711175 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Jamaica Farewell (Closing Week) LOCATION:Chopin Theatre\, 1543 West Division\, Chicago\, IL 60642\, (773) 2 78-1500 DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20120527T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20120527T180000 X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE URL:http://www.chopintheatre.com/ X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="Event Type";ID=21;TYPE=number:www.so-LAZE.com X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="Event image";ID=40;TYPE=Image:http://www.even tactions.com/i/DgB26DwTYVsFYnr2ua1S-ykZ.jpg X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="To-Do!";ID=191;TYPE=MultiLine:When Debra Ehrh ardt was an eighteen year old secretary in Kingston Jamaica\, she and he r passion for America bumped into a handsome CIA agent over a bowl of ox tail soup on her lunch break. It was during the turbulent seventies of t he Manley Era that she saw her chance. A pinhole of opportunity that she could squeeze through with the help of this love-struck American. She b egan a dangerous adventure that only the single minded passion of a teen age girl would chance. The boundary between bravery and foolishness blu rred as she became more desperate. When she agreed to smuggle a million US dollars in cash to a mysterious contact somewhere in Miami\, the agen t became her accomplice. Only he had no idea.\n\nRead more about Jamaica Farewell. X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="Soleil's Take";ID=116;TYPE=MultiLine:For Sole il's Take\, check out SunSpots: Jamaica F arewell! X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="Price";ID=195;TYPE=SingleLine:$35-45 X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="Ticket Link";ID=5895;TYPE=SingleLine:Purchase Tickets! X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="Other Times To-Do It";ID=408;TYPE=SingleLine: May 4-27\, 2012 DTSTAMP:20120510T005554Z CATEGORIES:Theater UID:http://uid.trumba.com/event/99610010 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Living Large In A Mini Kind Of Way LOCATION:The Viaduct\, 3111 N. Western Avenue\, Chicago\, IL\, (773) 819-58 62 DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20120527T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20120527T200000 X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE URL:http://teatroluna.org X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="Event Type";ID=21;TYPE=number:www.so-LAZE.com X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="Event image";ID=40;TYPE=Image:http://www.even tactions.com/i/DgCAt6wqoC%2A-xwRrhTm2UhTU.jpg X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="To-Do!";ID=191;TYPE=MultiLine:Chicago’s All-L atina Theatre continues its 11th season dedicated to issues of Immigrat ion\, Race\, and Borders with a story of two sets of Mexican-American s isters\; one assimilated into US mainstream culture\, the other still st ruggling with their immigration status. Mingling a sassy comedy with a t hought-provoking atypical immigration drama\, Obie Award-Winning Rodrigu ez illuminates pressing\, universal issues about identity and privilege. Based on a real-life story\, Luna brings its unique blend of humor and honesty to this hilarious and sharp exploration of the American Dream.\n \nLiving Large in a Mini Kind of Way is presented in English\, wi th a sprinkle of Spanish! X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="Price";ID=195;TYPE=SingleLine:$20\; Student & Seniors\, $15\; VIP (Includes 1 Free Drink)\, $40 X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="Ticket Link";ID=5895;TYPE=SingleLine: Purchase Tickets! X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="Other Times To-Do It";ID=408;TYPE=SingleLine: May 6 - June 17\, 2012 DTSTAMP:20120509T195526Z DESCRIPTION:3pm Matinee on Sundays\nReception to follow Plays Thursdays- Saturdays CATEGORIES:Theater UID:http://uid.trumba.com/event/99790913 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:The New Generation of Soul Blues f/ Theo Huff LOCATION:Old Town School of Folk Music \, (Myron R. Szold Music & Dance H all)\, 4545 North Lincoln\, Chicago\, Illinois\, (773) 728-6000 DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20120527T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20120527T203000 X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE URL:http://www.oldtownschool.org X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="Event Type";ID=21;TYPE=number:www.so-LAZE.com X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="Event image";ID=40;TYPE=Image:http://www.even tactions.com/i/DgAEgBWmIm0l9iU1jq6JA2bG.jpg X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="To-Do!";ID=191;TYPE=MultiLine:Joined by frien ds and local masters of soul\, Chicago blues torchbearer Theo Huff brings his effortless gr oove\, cocksure flamboyance and sassy churchiness to the Old Town stage. X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="Soleil's Take";ID=116;TYPE=MultiLine:View the entire series! X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="Miscellaneous Info";ID=194;TYPE=MultiLine: Chicago Blues: An Urban Experience (Curated by Barry Dolins)\nOld To wn School of Folk Music hosts a six-week series dedicated to presenting authentic blues programs celebrating the history and tradition that made Chicago the Blues Capital of the World. The series coincides with Chic ago’s blues season leading up to the world famous Chicago Blues Festival . The program was curated by Barry Dolins\, and is designed to commemora te significant icons and traditions that represent blues history in Chic ago. Each concert will begin with a short conversation with the artist d iscussing their influences and history. X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="Price";ID=195;TYPE=SingleLine:$15 X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="Ticket Link";ID=5895;TYPE=SingleLine:“The Great Work Begins.” The year is 1985: Ronald Reagan has just been reelected to a second term\, and t he deadly AIDS epidemic is at its height in New York City. Tony Kushner’ s two-part epic historical drama captures the lives of the HIV-positive Prior\; Louis\, his lover who abandons him\; Joe\, a closeted gay Mormon \; his Valium-addicted wife Harper\; Roy Cohn\, a notorious lawyer from the McCarthy hearings\, dying of AIDS\; Belize\, his African-American nu rse\; Hannah\, Joe’s mother from Utah\; and the Angel\, a terrifyingly b eautiful herald of the apocalypse. As these characters discover\, confro nt\, and seduce each other during a time of death\, hypocrisy\, and tumu ltuous change\, Kushner summons a restless pastiche of the historical an d the supernatural\, the theological and the political—all told with sur ging theatricality by a company of eight actors. Having directed Kushner ’s Caroline\, or Change and The Illusion\, Court’s Artisti c Director Charles Newell will direct Millennium Approaches and a newly-revised Perestroika in repertory performance\, giving Cour t audiences the unique opportunity to experience Kushner’s Pulitzer Priz e-winning magnum opus in its magnificent entirety. X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="Soleil's Take";ID=116;TYPE=MultiLine:In case you didn't catch it\, this play takes place in two parts. If you choose to see both parts on the same day\, be sure to take advantage special dining options that Court has arranged for you! X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="Price";ID=195;TYPE=SingleLine:$45-65 X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="Ticket Link";ID=5895;TYPE=SingleLine:Purchase Tickets! X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="Other Times To-Do It";ID=408;TYPE=SingleLine: March 30 – June 3\, 2012 DTSTAMP:20120328T205843Z DESCRIPTION:Matinee: Saturdays\, 3pm\; Sundays\, 2pm CATEGORIES:Theater UID:http://uid.trumba.com/event/99363586 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Sunday Jazz\, f/ Eric Schneider LOCATION:Room 43\, 1043 E 43rd St\, Chicago\, IL 60653-3034 DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20120527T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20120527T233000 X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE URL:http://www.hydeparkjazzsociety.com X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="Event Type";ID=21;TYPE=number:www.so-LAZE.com X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="Event image";ID=40;TYPE=Image:http://www.even tactions.com/i/DgDTpHWB8vTivV1CC6PoAkR6.jpg X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="To-Do!";ID=191;TYPE=MultiLine:Eric Schneider was born and rais ed in the Chicago area. After graduating from the University of Illinois and four years of extensive touring with Earl Fatha' Hines and two year s with Count Basie and his Orchestra (recording with both)\, Eric return ed to Chicago and embarked on a richly diverse career that blends studio work\, concert performances and jazz festivals\, both in and out of tow n.\n\nHe's in constant demand on clarinet and saxophone by small groups and big bands that need a soloist who possesses both erudition and passi on. Along the way he's worked with the who's who of jazz. He walks in th e footsteps of the giants while expressing a vision that is entirely his own. By choice he's scaled back on traveling\, but offers for extended touring are given special consideration if golf or skiing can be incorpo rated in the trip. X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="Miscellaneous Info";ID=194;TYPE=MultiLine:Fou nded by James W. Wagner\, the Hyde Park Jazz Society is committed to the encouragement\, promot ion\, and expansion of jazz performance in the greater Hyde Park communi ty and mid-south side\, as well as to the education of young jazz musici ans and expansion of the jazz listening audience. X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="Price";ID=195;TYPE=SingleLine:$10\; Students \, $5 X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="Other Times To-Do It";ID=408;TYPE=SingleLine: Sundays - View the entire schedule! DTSTAMP:20120517T200151Z CATEGORIES:Live Music UID:http://uid.trumba.com/event/89906145 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Dawoud Bey: Harlem USA LOCATION:Art Institute of Chicago\, 111 South Michigan Avenue\, Chicago\, IL 60603 DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20120528T103000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20120528T170000 X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE URL:http://www.artic.edu/aic/exhibitions/exhibition/dawoudbey X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="Event Type";ID=21;TYPE=number:www.so-LAZE.com X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="Event image";ID=40;TYPE=Image:http://www.even tactions.com/i/DgCHP6yM6NVBwzwhXPk4V5PY.jpg X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="To-Do!";ID=191;TYPE=MultiLine:In 1979 African American photographer Dawoud Bey (born 1953) held his first solo exhibition at the Studio Museum in Har lem\, showing a suite of 25 photographs titled Harlem USA. Bey ha d been in residence at that museum for one year\, and he had made the su rrounding neighborhood a subject of study since 1975. Though raised in Q ueens\, Bey's family had roots in Harlem\, and it was a youthful visit t o the exhibition Harlem on My Mind at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in 1969\, that had given Bey his determination to become an artist. \n\nHarlem USA\, which has never been shown complete since the St udio Museum exhibition\, appears fresh today partly in its manifest diff erence from much of Bey’s later work. The prints are not large\, not in color\, and do not come in multiple parts\; the subjects are not all ado lescents\, and they do not “sit” for the artist but were found by him on the street. And yet all these photographs are sensitively composed and radiate an emphasis on calm and dignity that would become hallmarks of B ey’s approach. Like August Sander\, Bey wanted to show the “types” of Ha rlem’s citizenry: the barber\, the patrician\, the church ladies\, the h ip youth. He was searching for a way to combine the specificity of photo graphy\, which only knows how to record details\, with the diversity of Harlem\, a neighborhood as varied as any in the country. And he wanted t o do this without courting stereotypes. \n\nThanks to the efforts of mor e than 20 patrons\, led by Leadership Advisory Committee members Anita B lanchard and Les Coney\, the complete vintage set of Harlem USA h as been acquired by the Art Institute. A further five photographs from t hat time\, never before printed or exhibited\, will be donated by Bey to the museum this fall. Addiitonal complements to this exhibition are a s election of permanent collection works in Gallery 10 curated by Bey as w ell as a career survey of Bey’s work presented at the Renaissance Societ y at the University of Chicago from May 13 through June 24.\n\nDawoud Be y is a professor of art and was named Distinguished College Artist at Co lumbia College Chicago\, where he has taught since 1998. Bey studied at the School of Visual Arts in New York and holds an MFA in photography fr om Yale University. His work has been the subject of a retrospective exh ibition at the Walker Art Center (1995) and a four-year traveling exhibi tion\, called Class Pictures\, mounted by Aperture and first shown in 20 07 at the Addison Gallery of American Art. X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="Miscellaneous Info";ID=194;TYPE=MultiLine:A c atalogue accompanies the exhibition with images of the entire photograph ic series and essays by Matthew S. Witkovsky\, Richard and Ellen Sandor Chair and Curator\, Department of Photography\, and Sharifa Rhodes-Pitt s\, author of the monograph Harlem Is Nowhere. X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="Price";ID=195;TYPE=SingleLine:$18\; Members\, Free! X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="Other Times To-Do It";ID=408;TYPE=SingleLine: May 2–September 9\, 2012 X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="Image Credit";ID=10750;TYPE=SingleLine:Dawoud Bey. A Boy in Front of the Loews 125th St. Movie Theatre\, Harlem\, NY\, 1976 DTSTAMP:20120317T220314Z DESCRIPTION:Open Thursdays until 8pm. CATEGORIES:Art/Exhibit UID:http://uid.trumba.com/event/99223926 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Dawoud Bey: Picturing People LOCATION:Renaissance Society Bergman Gallery (Cobb Hall 418)\, 5811 S. El lis Avenue\, Chicago\, Illinois 60637\, (773) 702-8670 DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20120529T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20120529T170000 X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE URL:http://www.renaissancesociety.org/site/Exhibitions/Intro.Dawoud-Bey. 626.html X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="Event Type";ID=21;TYPE=number:www.so-LAZE.com X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="Event image";ID=40;TYPE=Image:http://www.even tactions.com/i/DgDLfhxfc5pMNw6Q6e0yHhH-.jpg X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="To-Do!";ID=191;TYPE=MultiLine:Since 1975\, Ch icago-based photographer Dawoud Bey< /a> has developed a body of work distinguished for its commitment to por traiture as means for understanding contemporary social circumstances. R anging from chance street encounters to studio portraits\, Bey has inves tigated a range of methods to find increased engagement with his subject s\, and the resulting candor and expression such images convey. The Rena issance Society is pleased to present a career survey of Bey’s work\, in cluding a new chapter of Strangers/Community featuring portraits of individuals from Hyde Park\, Chicago\, home to both the University of Chicago and the artist. The exhibition will be accompanied by a catalog ue including new scholarly essays\, and is being slated to travel. X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="Price";ID=195;TYPE=SingleLine:Free! X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="Other Times To-Do It";ID=408;TYPE=SingleLine: May 13 – June 24\, 2012 X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="Image Credit";ID=10750;TYPE=SingleLine:Dawoud Bey - Rudy Nimocks and Lindsay Atnip\, Hyde Park\, Chicago\, 2012 DTSTAMP:20120503T191048Z CATEGORIES:Art/Exhibit UID:http://uid.trumba.com/event/99804546 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Rashid Johnson - Message To Our Folks LOCATION:Museum of Contemporary Art\, 220 East Chicago Ave\,\, Chicago\, I L 60611\, (312) 280-2660 DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20120529T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20120529T200000 X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE URL:http://www.mcachicago.org/ X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="Event Type";ID=21;TYPE=number:www.so-LAZE.com X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="Event image";ID=40;TYPE=Image:http://www.even tactions.com/i/DgACoQ5LWe%2AJvyDh8bC6B2ch.jpg X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="To-Do!";ID=191;TYPE=MultiLine:Rashid Johnson: Message to Our Folks\, the first major solo exhibition for Johnson\, wh o is a preeminent artist in the post-media generation. A former Chicagoa n and alumni of the MCA’s UBS 12 x 12 exhibition series\, Johnson explor es the complexities and contradictions of black identity\, rooted in his individual experience\, through photographs\, sculptures\, videos\, ins tallations\, and paintings. X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="Miscellaneous Info";ID=194;TYPE=MultiLine:Thi s exhibition is organized by Julie Rodrigues Widholm\, MCA Pamela Alper Associate Curator\, and includes thirteen years of Johnson’s work with a n emphasis on major works from the last five years. Throughout his work \, Johnson evokes shared cultural memories by referencing creative and in tellectual black figures whose impact has transcended black communities. The exhibition fosters a dialogue by inviting viewers' free association s with familiar figures -- such as W.E.B. DuBois\, Sun Ra\, Miles Davis \, and Public Enemy -- and everyday objects that appear in the work\, inc luding plants\, mirrors\, rugs\, record\nalbums\, CB radios\, shea butte r\, and books. The title of the exhibition is based on a 1969 album by t he avant-garde group Art Ensemble of Chicago\, who performed with a vari ety of found percussive objects and spanned musical styles to radically redefine the rules of jazz. X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="Price";ID=195;TYPE=SingleLine:$12\; Students & Seniors\, $7\; Members\, Free! X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="Other Times To-Do It";ID=408;TYPE=SingleLine: April 14 - August 5\, 2012 X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="Image Credit";ID=10750;TYPE=SingleLine:Rashid Johnson: Death by Black Hole "The Crisis"\, 2010 DTSTAMP:20120415T231311Z CATEGORIES:Art/Exhibit UID:http://uid.trumba.com/event/99515609 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Dawoud Bey: Harlem USA LOCATION:Art Institute of Chicago\, 111 South Michigan Avenue\, Chicago\, IL 60603 DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20120529T103000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20120529T170000 X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE URL:http://www.artic.edu/aic/exhibitions/exhibition/dawoudbey X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="Event Type";ID=21;TYPE=number:www.so-LAZE.com X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="Event image";ID=40;TYPE=Image:http://www.even tactions.com/i/DgCHP6yM6NVBwzwhXPk4V5PY.jpg X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="To-Do!";ID=191;TYPE=MultiLine:In 1979 African American photographer Dawoud Bey (born 1953) held his first solo exhibition at the Studio Museum in Har lem\, showing a suite of 25 photographs titled Harlem USA. Bey ha d been in residence at that museum for one year\, and he had made the su rrounding neighborhood a subject of study since 1975. Though raised in Q ueens\, Bey's family had roots in Harlem\, and it was a youthful visit t o the exhibition Harlem on My Mind at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in 1969\, that had given Bey his determination to become an artist. \n\nHarlem USA\, which has never been shown complete since the St udio Museum exhibition\, appears fresh today partly in its manifest diff erence from much of Bey’s later work. The prints are not large\, not in color\, and do not come in multiple parts\; the subjects are not all ado lescents\, and they do not “sit” for the artist but were found by him on the street. And yet all these photographs are sensitively composed and radiate an emphasis on calm and dignity that would become hallmarks of B ey’s approach. Like August Sander\, Bey wanted to show the “types” of Ha rlem’s citizenry: the barber\, the patrician\, the church ladies\, the h ip youth. He was searching for a way to combine the specificity of photo graphy\, which only knows how to record details\, with the diversity of Harlem\, a neighborhood as varied as any in the country. And he wanted t o do this without courting stereotypes. \n\nThanks to the efforts of mor e than 20 patrons\, led by Leadership Advisory Committee members Anita B lanchard and Les Coney\, the complete vintage set of Harlem USA h as been acquired by the Art Institute. A further five photographs from t hat time\, never before printed or exhibited\, will be donated by Bey to the museum this fall. Addiitonal complements to this exhibition are a s election of permanent collection works in Gallery 10 curated by Bey as w ell as a career survey of Bey’s work presented at the Renaissance Societ y at the University of Chicago from May 13 through June 24.\n\nDawoud Be y is a professor of art and was named Distinguished College Artist at Co lumbia College Chicago\, where he has taught since 1998. Bey studied at the School of Visual Arts in New York and holds an MFA in photography fr om Yale University. His work has been the subject of a retrospective exh ibition at the Walker Art Center (1995) and a four-year traveling exhibi tion\, called Class Pictures\, mounted by Aperture and first shown in 20 07 at the Addison Gallery of American Art. X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="Miscellaneous Info";ID=194;TYPE=MultiLine:A c atalogue accompanies the exhibition with images of the entire photograph ic series and essays by Matthew S. Witkovsky\, Richard and Ellen Sandor Chair and Curator\, Department of Photography\, and Sharifa Rhodes-Pitt s\, author of the monograph Harlem Is Nowhere. X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="Price";ID=195;TYPE=SingleLine:$18\; Members\, Free! X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="Other Times To-Do It";ID=408;TYPE=SingleLine: May 2–September 9\, 2012 X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="Image Credit";ID=10750;TYPE=SingleLine:Dawoud Bey. A Boy in Front of the Loews 125th St. Movie Theatre\, Harlem\, NY\, 1976 DTSTAMP:20120317T220314Z DESCRIPTION:Open Thursdays until 8pm. CATEGORIES:Art/Exhibit UID:http://uid.trumba.com/event/99223927 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:The Reel Film Club: The Return (El Regreso) LOCATION:Landmark Cinema\, 2828 North Clark Street\, Chicago\, IL 60654\, ( 312) 431-1330 DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20120529T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20120529T213000 X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE URL:http://www.latinoculturalcenter.org X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="Event Type";ID=21;TYPE=number:www.so-LAZE.com X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="Event image";ID=40;TYPE=Image:http://www.even tactions.com/i/DgAb1qH%2Aefsc4UKuzb6%2AYVmk.jpg X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="To-Do!";ID=191;TYPE=MultiLine:Costa Rica\, 20 11\, 95 min.\nDirector: Hernán Jiménez\nSpanish with subtitles\n \nAfter living ten years in the US\, Antonio returns to Costa Rica where he is forced to deal with the realities he ran away from. Unable to escape\, h e is confronted with everything he has desperately struggled to put in t he past: broken family\, an ailing father\, a violent country and long l ost friends. X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="Miscellaneous Info";ID=194;TYPE=MultiLine:Rec eption\, Film Screening and Networking\n6pm: Wine and Hors d'oeuvres\n7p m: Movie Screening X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="Price";ID=195;TYPE=SingleLine:$20\; 2 for $30 X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="Ticket Link";ID=5895;TYPE=SingleLine:Purchase Tic kets! X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="Other Times To-Do It";ID=408;TYPE=SingleLine: Last Tuesdays DTSTAMP:20120517T201523Z CATEGORIES:Film UID:http://uid.trumba.com/event/97280029 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Angels in America: Millennium Approaches and Perestroika (Closin g Week) LOCATION:Court Theatre\, 5535 S. Ellis Avenue\, Chicago\, IL 60637\, (773) 753-4472 DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20120529T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20120529T220000 X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE URL:http://www.courttheatre.org/season/show/angels_in_america_millennium _approaches_and_perestroika/ X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="Event Type";ID=21;TYPE=number:www.so-LAZE.com X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="Event image";ID=40;TYPE=Image:http://www.even tactions.com/i/DgDIxxTBXlq3OFfCK5Vfe82U.jpg X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="To-Do!";ID=191;TYPE=MultiLine:By Tony Kushner \nDirected by Charles Newell\n\n“The Great Work Begins.” The year is 1985: Ronald Reagan has just been reelected to a second term\, and t he deadly AIDS epidemic is at its height in New York City. Tony Kushner’ s two-part epic historical drama captures the lives of the HIV-positive Prior\; Louis\, his lover who abandons him\; Joe\, a closeted gay Mormon \; his Valium-addicted wife Harper\; Roy Cohn\, a notorious lawyer from the McCarthy hearings\, dying of AIDS\; Belize\, his African-American nu rse\; Hannah\, Joe’s mother from Utah\; and the Angel\, a terrifyingly b eautiful herald of the apocalypse. As these characters discover\, confro nt\, and seduce each other during a time of death\, hypocrisy\, and tumu ltuous change\, Kushner summons a restless pastiche of the historical an d the supernatural\, the theological and the political—all told with sur ging theatricality by a company of eight actors. Having directed Kushner ’s Caroline\, or Change and The Illusion\, Court’s Artisti c Director Charles Newell will direct Millennium Approaches and a newly-revised Perestroika in repertory performance\, giving Cour t audiences the unique opportunity to experience Kushner’s Pulitzer Priz e-winning magnum opus in its magnificent entirety. X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="Soleil's Take";ID=116;TYPE=MultiLine:In case you didn't catch it\, this play takes place in two parts. If you choose to see both parts on the same day\, be sure to take advantage special dining options that Court has arranged for you! X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="Price";ID=195;TYPE=SingleLine:$45-65 X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="Ticket Link";ID=5895;TYPE=SingleLine:Purchase Tickets! X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="Other Times To-Do It";ID=408;TYPE=SingleLine: March 30 – June 3\, 2012 DTSTAMP:20120328T205614Z DESCRIPTION:Matinee: Saturdays\, 3pm\; Sundays\, 2pm CATEGORIES:Theater UID:http://uid.trumba.com/event/99363587 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Dawoud Bey: Picturing People LOCATION:Renaissance Society Bergman Gallery (Cobb Hall 418)\, 5811 S. El lis Avenue\, Chicago\, Illinois 60637\, (773) 702-8670 DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20120530T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20120530T170000 X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE URL:http://www.renaissancesociety.org/site/Exhibitions/Intro.Dawoud-Bey. 626.html X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="Event Type";ID=21;TYPE=number:www.so-LAZE.com X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="Event image";ID=40;TYPE=Image:http://www.even tactions.com/i/DgDLfhxfc5pMNw6Q6e0yHhH-.jpg X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="To-Do!";ID=191;TYPE=MultiLine:Since 1975\, Ch icago-based photographer Dawoud Bey< /a> has developed a body of work distinguished for its commitment to por traiture as means for understanding contemporary social circumstances. R anging from chance street encounters to studio portraits\, Bey has inves tigated a range of methods to find increased engagement with his subject s\, and the resulting candor and expression such images convey. The Rena issance Society is pleased to present a career survey of Bey’s work\, in cluding a new chapter of Strangers/Community featuring portraits of individuals from Hyde Park\, Chicago\, home to both the University of Chicago and the artist. The exhibition will be accompanied by a catalog ue including new scholarly essays\, and is being slated to travel. X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="Price";ID=195;TYPE=SingleLine:Free! X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="Other Times To-Do It";ID=408;TYPE=SingleLine: May 13 – June 24\, 2012 X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="Image Credit";ID=10750;TYPE=SingleLine:Dawoud Bey - Rudy Nimocks and Lindsay Atnip\, Hyde Park\, Chicago\, 2012 DTSTAMP:20120503T191048Z CATEGORIES:Art/Exhibit UID:http://uid.trumba.com/event/99804547 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Rashid Johnson - Message To Our Folks LOCATION:Museum of Contemporary Art\, 220 East Chicago Ave\,\, Chicago\, I L 60611\, (312) 280-2660 DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20120530T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20120530T170000 X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE URL:http://www.mcachicago.org/ X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="Event Type";ID=21;TYPE=number:www.so-LAZE.com X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="Event image";ID=40;TYPE=Image:http://www.even tactions.com/i/DgACoQ5LWe%2AJvyDh8bC6B2ch.jpg X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="To-Do!";ID=191;TYPE=MultiLine:Rashid Johnson: Message to Our Folks\, the first major solo exhibition for Johnson\, wh o is a preeminent artist in the post-media generation. A former Chicagoa n and alumni of the MCA’s UBS 12 x 12 exhibition series\, Johnson explor es the complexities and contradictions of black identity\, rooted in his individual experience\, through photographs\, sculptures\, videos\, ins tallations\, and paintings. X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="Miscellaneous Info";ID=194;TYPE=MultiLine:Thi s exhibition is organized by Julie Rodrigues Widholm\, MCA Pamela Alper Associate Curator\, and includes thirteen years of Johnson’s work with a n emphasis on major works from the last five years. Throughout his work \, Johnson evokes shared cultural memories by referencing creative and in tellectual black figures whose impact has transcended black communities. The exhibition fosters a dialogue by inviting viewers' free association s with familiar figures -- such as W.E.B. DuBois\, Sun Ra\, Miles Davis \, and Public Enemy -- and everyday objects that appear in the work\, inc luding plants\, mirrors\, rugs\, record\nalbums\, CB radios\, shea butte r\, and books. The title of the exhibition is based on a 1969 album by t he avant-garde group Art Ensemble of Chicago\, who performed with a vari ety of found percussive objects and spanned musical styles to radically redefine the rules of jazz. X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="Price";ID=195;TYPE=SingleLine:$12\; Students & Seniors\, $7\; Members\, Free! X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="Other Times To-Do It";ID=408;TYPE=SingleLine: April 14 - August 5\, 2012 X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="Image Credit";ID=10750;TYPE=SingleLine:Rashid Johnson: Death by Black Hole "The Crisis"\, 2010 DTSTAMP:20120415T231311Z CATEGORIES:Art/Exhibit UID:http://uid.trumba.com/event/99515610 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Dawoud Bey: Harlem USA LOCATION:Art Institute of Chicago\, 111 South Michigan Avenue\, Chicago\, IL 60603 DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20120530T103000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20120530T170000 X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE URL:http://www.artic.edu/aic/exhibitions/exhibition/dawoudbey X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="Event Type";ID=21;TYPE=number:www.so-LAZE.com X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="Event image";ID=40;TYPE=Image:http://www.even tactions.com/i/DgCHP6yM6NVBwzwhXPk4V5PY.jpg X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="To-Do!";ID=191;TYPE=MultiLine:In 1979 African American photographer Dawoud Bey (born 1953) held his first solo exhibition at the Studio Museum in Har lem\, showing a suite of 25 photographs titled Harlem USA. Bey ha d been in residence at that museum for one year\, and he had made the su rrounding neighborhood a subject of study since 1975. Though raised in Q ueens\, Bey's family had roots in Harlem\, and it was a youthful visit t o the exhibition Harlem on My Mind at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in 1969\, that had given Bey his determination to become an artist. \n\nHarlem USA\, which has never been shown complete since the St udio Museum exhibition\, appears fresh today partly in its manifest diff erence from much of Bey’s later work. The prints are not large\, not in color\, and do not come in multiple parts\; the subjects are not all ado lescents\, and they do not “sit” for the artist but were found by him on the street. And yet all these photographs are sensitively composed and radiate an emphasis on calm and dignity that would become hallmarks of B ey’s approach. Like August Sander\, Bey wanted to show the “types” of Ha rlem’s citizenry: the barber\, the patrician\, the church ladies\, the h ip youth. He was searching for a way to combine the specificity of photo graphy\, which only knows how to record details\, with the diversity of Harlem\, a neighborhood as varied as any in the country. And he wanted t o do this without courting stereotypes. \n\nThanks to the efforts of mor e than 20 patrons\, led by Leadership Advisory Committee members Anita B lanchard and Les Coney\, the complete vintage set of Harlem USA h as been acquired by the Art Institute. A further five photographs from t hat time\, never before printed or exhibited\, will be donated by Bey to the museum this fall. Addiitonal complements to this exhibition are a s election of permanent collection works in Gallery 10 curated by Bey as w ell as a career survey of Bey’s work presented at the Renaissance Societ y at the University of Chicago from May 13 through June 24.\n\nDawoud Be y is a professor of art and was named Distinguished College Artist at Co lumbia College Chicago\, where he has taught since 1998. Bey studied at the School of Visual Arts in New York and holds an MFA in photography fr om Yale University. His work has been the subject of a retrospective exh ibition at the Walker Art Center (1995) and a four-year traveling exhibi tion\, called Class Pictures\, mounted by Aperture and first shown in 20 07 at the Addison Gallery of American Art. X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="Miscellaneous Info";ID=194;TYPE=MultiLine:A c atalogue accompanies the exhibition with images of the entire photograph ic series and essays by Matthew S. Witkovsky\, Richard and Ellen Sandor Chair and Curator\, Department of Photography\, and Sharifa Rhodes-Pitt s\, author of the monograph Harlem Is Nowhere. X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="Price";ID=195;TYPE=SingleLine:$18\; Members\, Free! X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="Other Times To-Do It";ID=408;TYPE=SingleLine: May 2–September 9\, 2012 X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="Image Credit";ID=10750;TYPE=SingleLine:Dawoud Bey. A Boy in Front of the Loews 125th St. Movie Theatre\, Harlem\, NY\, 1976 DTSTAMP:20120317T220314Z DESCRIPTION:Open Thursdays until 8pm. CATEGORIES:Art/Exhibit UID:http://uid.trumba.com/event/99223928 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Involuntary. Loss(y). Privacy. LOCATION:Blanc Gallery\, 4445 S. King Drive\, Chicago\, IL 60653\, (773) 95 2-4394 DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20120530T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20120530T150000 X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE URL:http://blancchicago.com X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="Event Type";ID=21;TYPE=number:www.so-LAZE.com X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="Event image";ID=40;TYPE=Image:http://www.even tactions.com/i/DgByoYqLq1fPYc-tXoZclNhZ.jpg X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="To-Do!";ID=191;TYPE=MultiLine:BLANC Gallery i s pleased to present “Involuntary. Loss(y). Privacy\,” a two-person exhi bition featuring Chicago artists\, Stephen Flemister and Julian Williams .\n\n“Involuntary. Loss(y). Privacy” is a timely compilation of drawings \, paintings and mixed media that looks at the ways in which we are unin tentionally identified/identifiable by data that is collected\, captured and stored on the internet. Recent events in the national news media re mind us of just how powerful a single fleeting image and profile can be in determining whether one is labeled menace or martyr. Stephen Flemiste r and Julian Williams are deeply invested in using portrait painting as a vehicle for exploring this duality. Both artists start with digital im agery of unknown Black subjects pulled from Department of Corrections mu g shots as their source material but arrive at very different conceptual places in the work produced.\n\nThe exhibitionʼs title centers on Ameri can societyʼs increasing willingness to give up the right to control per sonal information via the Internet and social media. In information tech nology\, lossy compression is a term that refers to a data encoding proc edure that minimizes the amount of data that is needed to make an image file legible. Each time a file is compressed\, data is discarded and res olution is lost. For this exhibition however\, lossy has taken on many d ifferent meanings for Flemister and Williams: Loss of self\; a loss of i nnocence\; the reduction of a person down to a vague likeness\; an ident ity that is unrecognizable\, minimized\, and mistaken.\n\nStephenʼs work combines printmaking\, encaustic\, collage and mixed media into his acr ylic and oil painting process to build layered surfaces that are as comp lex as his subjects. He is interested in issues of surveillance\, anonym ity and the ubiquity of imagery available for public consumption. Stephe n combs through public databases looking for images that seem familiar e ither through personal memory or imagined reality.\n\nJulian has created 15 portraits\, the Englewood Boys Series\, which vividly re-imagines th e missing details of grainy black and white Illinois Department of Corre ctions mug shots of young Black males. His choice of watercolor for the paintings highlights the stark contrast between the delicacy of the medi um and the harshness of the subject matter. Julianʼs approach calls into question the seeming objective quality of the photograph. The series ha s taken on a particularly personal tone as the impact of black male inca rceration has directly effected members of his family. He used painting as a way to process his thoughts on the subject. X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="Miscellaneous Info";ID=194;TYPE=MultiLine:"Stephen Flemister" We will l ook at this era in history as “The End of Print”? The loss of books prin ted on paper\, hand written letters\, official documents being stored as archival records\; Tangible proof. How is yesterday’s tactile history b eing translated into tomorrow’s impalpable future? Are printed and hand- marked objects really timeless?\n\nMy interest with digital information is the look at technology as our primary source for knowledge\, the new “library”. It seems that just by virtue of existing in an online search \, the results are usually accepted as ‘truth’. While digital archives ar e growing exponentially\, they expose only fragments of our individual i dentities. We are losing information literally as a low resolution image is compressed to be viral. In this way\, public image databases and the personal visual profiles they generate challenge ideas about who we tru ly are.\n\nI use surveillance videos\, and public monitoring systems as tools for source material. For this work\, I’ve selected\, from among ot her things\, public incarceration photos from the various correctional f acilities. These faces\, familiar through memory or relationship\, are a ltered to call into question ideas about the known and the unknown. My a im is to use this latest body of work to trouble the waters and blur the lines between the private and the public\, the profile and the individu al. \n\n"Julian Williams" The desire to do this Englewood Boys series grew out of my experiences deal ing with my son’s incarceration and association with the juvenile detent ion system as a teenager. In that time\, his mother and I made many vis its to him that made us feel as if were locked in as well. Each trip wou ld make us more and more angry that our son had put himself and us in th at situation.\n\nWhile my son is no longer incarcerated\, it was a haunt ing experience that left a lasting impression. After a while\, I felt th at the best way for me to deal with these demons was to make art! Being in the studio allowed me to act as my own therapist in my quest for emot ional healing.\n\nI collected public data images from the Internet of bo ys and men who’d committed crimes and who looked like my son. I wasn’t i nterested in their names or alleged crimes\, only whether or not their l ook engaged me. I wanted to study their psychology solely through portra iture. I selected watercolor as the medium to explore the facial terrain of the perpetrators and later expanded my portrayals to include wooden pedestal boxes. It was important to translate the experience of what it’ s like to become a disjointed profile\, a repetitive anonymous image\, seemingly lost and in a world separate from the choices and steps that l ed to that circumstance. X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="Price";ID=195;TYPE=SingleLine:Free! X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="Other Times To-Do It";ID=408;TYPE=SingleLine: May 11 - July 21\, 2012 X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="Image Credit";ID=10750;TYPE=SingleLine:Julian Williams DTSTAMP:20120515T110353Z DESCRIPTION:Open on Saturday by appointment only. CATEGORIES:Art/Exhibit UID:http://uid.trumba.com/event/99998864 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Deeply Rooted Mature H.O.T. Women Dance Intensive LOCATION:Deeply Rooted Dance Theater\, 17 N. State St.\, 19th Floor\, Chic ago\, IL 60602\, (312) 795-9777 DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20120530T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20120530T200000 X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE URL:http://www.deeplyrootedproductions.org X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="Event Type";ID=21;TYPE=number:Learn To-Do It at www.so-LAZE.com X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="Event image";ID=40;TYPE=Image:http://www.even tactions.com/i/DgD23U24TffSQ-PDDHnkhrsN.jpg X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="To-Do!";ID=191;TYPE=MultiLine:Workshops are d esigned to strengthen the body\, challenge the mind\, and nourish the so ul through a synergy of modern\, ballet\, and jazz dance techniques. Cre ated specifically for mature women who want to become physically and spi ritually engaged in dance\, participants practice dance technique\, lear n choreography\, and perform in the culminating show on June 2nd (option al). Minimum enrollment of 10 students. X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="Soleil's Take";ID=116;TYPE=MultiLine:As part of my 2007 “exploration of creativity” mission\, I decided to enroll in the Mature H.O.T. (Health-conscious\, Optimistic and Triumphant) Women d ance class with Deeply Rooted Productions. I expected to get a good work out and maybe acquire some grace\, but the surprising part was the sense of freedom and the spiritual nurturing that I received. The classes (th ey had to add a second class because of overwhelming interest!) met once a week for two hours and was comprised of women aged from maybe 30 – 65 . Each week was a beautiful and uplifting experience as I witnessed wome n of various sizes and shapes proudly move their bodies and become even more comfortable with themselves. Our instructors\, who addressed us as “dancers” (yes\, I am now a dancer!) from day one\, were men who embodie d grace and positivity and provided constant affirmations. The experienc e was so much more than I expected and I look forward to taking it again ! Hopefully\, they'll offer it on a Saturday morning . . . X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="Miscellaneous Info";ID=194;TYPE=MultiLine:Cul minates with a performance on June 2 - participation is optional. For m ore information\, contact Info@DeeplyRootedProduc tions.org. X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="Price";ID=195;TYPE=SingleLine:Tuition $200 X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="Drop-Ins Permitted";ID=10614;TYPE=Boolean:Yes X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="Drop In Cost";ID=10615;TYPE=Currency:$50 X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="Ticket Link";ID=5895;TYPE=SingleLine:Register Now! X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="Other Times To-Do It";ID=408;TYPE=SingleLine: Wednesdays\, April 11 – June 2\, 2012 DTSTAMP:20120410T003021Z CATEGORIES:Fitness/Athletic/Sporting UID:http://uid.trumba.com/event/99504524 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Jazz'n On the South Side: Dee Alexander LOCATION:eta Creative Arts Foundation\, 7558 S South Chicago Avenue \, Chi cago\, IL 60619 \, (773) 752-3955 DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20120530T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20120530T220000 X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE URL:http://www.charlesheathpresents.com X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="Event Type";ID=21;TYPE=number:www.so-LAZE.com X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="Event image";ID=40;TYPE=Image:http://www.even tactions.com/i/DgC7lEwBOCmAuIikjwxQWwdF.jpg X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="To-Do!";ID=191;TYPE=MultiLine:Dee Alexander is one of Chicago’s most gifted and respected female vocalist/songwriters. Her talents span every music genre\, from Gospel to R&B\, from Blues to Neo-Soul. Yet her true heart and soul are experienced in their purest form through her performance o f Jazz music. From a soft\, sultry traditional ballad\, to a contemporar y Jazz-Funk groove\; from a high flying swing\, to a scat-filled romp\, Dee Alexander delivers each style with a passion and love of music that comes across in each and every note\, and with a style and grace that is truly her own. X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="Miscellaneous Info";ID=194;TYPE=MultiLine: What is Jazz on the South Side?\n\nIt is not just another set by ano ther promoter. Charles Heath presents Jazz on the South Side\, brings th e best and puts it right in your backyard! Why travel far from home and spend more than you have to when you can get some of Chicago's best jazz right around the corner? \n\nFood and cash bar available. X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="Price";ID=195;TYPE=SingleLine:$10 X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="Other Times To-Do It";ID=408;TYPE=SingleLine: Wednesdays DTSTAMP:20120508T115400Z CATEGORIES:Live Music UID:http://uid.trumba.com/event/99693369 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:My Kind of Town LOCATION:TimeLine Theatre Company\, 615 W. Wellington Ave.\, Chicago\, IL 60657 \, (773) 281-8463 DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20120530T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20120530T213000 X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE URL:http://www.timelinetheatre.com X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="Event Type";ID=21;TYPE=number:www.so-LAZE.com X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="Event image";ID=40;TYPE=Image:http://www.even tactions.com/i/DgDl%2A4Qol%2Ahx85P-PeEdwB%2A0.jpg X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="To-Do!";ID=191;TYPE=MultiLine:My Kind of T own puts a human face on the police torture scandal that has plagued Chicago for more than three decades. Veteran investigative journalist J ohn Conroy covered the story\, challenging public indifference to become one of the leading voices drawing attention to the charges. My Kind of Town is his passionate\, groundbreaking new drama revolving around one i mprisoned man's fight for justice\, inspired by the stories of numerous victims\, police officers\, prosecutors and families whose lives have be en poisoned by the allegations. With interlocking storylines that humani ze the play's issues of corruption and responsibility\, My Kind of To wn sets the stage for a new conversation about today's culture of la w and order. X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="Price";ID=195;TYPE=SingleLine:Wednesdays - Fr idays\, $32\; Saturdays & Sundays\, $42 X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="Ticket Link";ID=5895;TYPE=SingleLine:Purchase Tickets! X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="Other Times To-Do It";ID=408;TYPE=SingleLine: May 1 - July 29\, 2012 X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="Venue Info";ID=117;TYPE=MultiLine:THERE WILL BE NO LATE SEATING. Seating is general admission. House opens 30 minute s prior to the performance. We encourage all ticket holders to arrive at least 15 minutes prior to curtain time. DTSTAMP:20120501T212140Z DESCRIPTION:4pm Matinee on Saturdays CATEGORIES:Theater UID:http://uid.trumba.com/event/99776910 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:The Marvin Gaye Story LOCATION:Black Ensemble Theater Cultural Center\, 4450 N. Clark Street \, Chicago\, Illinois\, (773) 769-4451 DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20120530T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20120530T213000 X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE URL:http://blackensembletheater.org/ X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="Event Type";ID=21;TYPE=number:www.so-LAZE.com X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="Event image";ID=40;TYPE=Image:http://www.even tactions.com/i/DgD-MKZrs5EN10zRkjtP-jig.jpg X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="To-Do!";ID=191;TYPE=MultiLine:The Marvin G aye Story (Don’t Talk About My Father Because God Is My Friend)\n\nM arvin Pentz Gaye Jr. is considered to be one of the greatest talents to come out of the Motown dynasty\, with a career spanning over three decad es. His sound began with Doo Wop in the ‘50s\, and moved to Rhythm and Blues in the ‘60s\, political awareness in the ‘70s\, and sophisticated soul in the ‘80s. Some of his greatest contributions include “I Heard I t Through The Grapevine\,” “What’s Going On\,” and “Inner City Blues\,” as well as numerous hits from his partnership with Tammi Terrel such as “All I Need To Get By\,” “Ain’t No Mountain High Enough\,” and “If This World Were Mine.” He was also the winner of two Grammy Awards including Best Vocal Performance for “Sexual Healing” in 1983. \n \nMarvin Gaye’s life was plagued with depression and drug addiction and ended in traged y on April 1\, 1984 when he was shot and killed by his own father. The M arvin Gaye Story will reveal his struggles while also honoring his vast contributions to the music industry and the world. To many\, Marvin Gay e represents the ability to face the worst of life’s adversities and sti ll accomplish great success. This Black Ensemble Theater production wil l embrace this sentiment and celebrate a legacy of beautiful music that will last forever. X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="Miscellaneous Info";ID=194;TYPE=MultiLine:“Wi th The Marvin Gaye Story (Don’t Talk About My Father Because God Is My F riend)\, BE is producing our first World Premiere since moving into our new home earlier this year\, and the development process has been an exc iting one. Throughout the process\, I have conducted vast research whic h included working with Jan Gaye (who was the second wife of Marvin Gaye and mother of Nona and Frankie Gaye) helping give ample attention to hi s story with honor and accuracy\,” says Jackie Taylor. “We have assembl ed a fantastic team of cast and designers\, including Rashawn Thompson\, a product of BE’s educational outreach program\, who will be starring a s Marvin Gaye\, along with some of BE’s seasoned ensemble. We are also using projections\, designed by Mike Tutaj\, throughout the production t o create a sense of time\, place and relevancy of Marvin’s messages in t oday’s world.” X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="Price";ID=195;TYPE=SingleLine:$55-65 X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="Ticket Link";ID=5895;TYPE=SingleLine:Purchase Tickets! X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="Other Times To-Do It";ID=408;TYPE=SingleLine: May 11 – July 29\, 2012 DTSTAMP:20120426T231102Z DESCRIPTION:Matinees: Saturdays & Sundays 3pm CATEGORIES:Theater UID:http://uid.trumba.com/event/99711176 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:World Music Wednesdays: Chicago Afro-Puerto Rican Ensemble LOCATION:Old Town School of Folk Music \, 4544 North Lincoln\, Chicago\, I llinois\, (773) 728-6000 DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20120530T203000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20120530T230000 X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE URL:http://www.OldTownSchool.org X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="Event Type";ID=21;TYPE=number:www.so-LAZE.com X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="Event image";ID=40;TYPE=Image:http://www.even tactions.com/i/DgA7EmwoJ1e36MfKaayYg-bM.png X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="To-Do!";ID=191;TYPE=MultiLine:In 2011\, SRBCC began the avant-garde and innovative project CAPRE — Chicago's first Af ro-Puerto Rican Orchestra. There are very few Bomba and Plena orchestras in Puerto Rico and abroad and most of them have fused these genres with the Salsa sound and orchestration and other Latin-American rhythms.\n\n CAPRE's innovative musical concept and sound goes beyond anything else e ver produced. This ensemble is under the leadership of new musical and a rtistic director\, Bomba and Plena elder Jorge Emmanuelli Náter of HERMA NOS EMMANUELLI NÁTER.\n\nBe ready for the true evolution of Bomba and Pl ena using familiar elements of genres like jazz\, blues\, rock\, gospel \, West African\, and more\, while the ancestral rhythms and songs of the island stand strong as the driving force of this new and historically i nnovative Boricua musical concept. X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="Soleil's Take";ID=116;TYPE=MultiLine:View more World Music Wednesdays To-Dos ! X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="Miscellaneous Info";ID=194;TYPE=MultiLine:Wor ld Music Wednesdays is a free community series that explores the rich di versity that exists in the Chicago community and runs year round (47 Wed nesdays). World Music Wednesdays will present music\, dance and culture of Africa\, Europe\, Asia\, The Middle East and The Americas. Tickets are free\, but reservations are strongly recommended. Call us at (773) 728-6000 to secure your seats! X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="Price";ID=195;TYPE=SingleLine:Suggested Donat ion\, $5 X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="Ticket Link";ID=5895;TYPE=SingleLine:Purchase T ickets! X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="Venue Info";ID=117;TYPE=MultiLine:What a stim ulating facility this is! The energy is palpable before you even reach the door. Old Town School offers a very diverse range of performances i n a family-friendly environment. Seating in the main theater (the Conce rt Hall) manages intimacy\, despite its large capacity. First floor sea ting offers both cabaret- and auditorium-style seating. Even in the sec ond floor balcony\, you’ll be right in the thick of the action. Food an d beverages are available for sale – and can be taken into the theater! Cheap\, metered parking is available across the street. For informatio n about classes\, performances and more\, visit their website. DTSTAMP:20120325T204615Z CATEGORIES:Live Music UID:http://uid.trumba.com/event/89892925 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Dawoud Bey: Picturing People LOCATION:Renaissance Society Bergman Gallery (Cobb Hall 418)\, 5811 S. El lis Avenue\, Chicago\, Illinois 60637\, (773) 702-8670 DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20120531T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20120531T170000 X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE URL:http://www.renaissancesociety.org/site/Exhibitions/Intro.Dawoud-Bey. 626.html X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="Event Type";ID=21;TYPE=number:www.so-LAZE.com X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="Event image";ID=40;TYPE=Image:http://www.even tactions.com/i/DgDLfhxfc5pMNw6Q6e0yHhH-.jpg X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="To-Do!";ID=191;TYPE=MultiLine:Since 1975\, Ch icago-based photographer Dawoud Bey< /a> has developed a body of work distinguished for its commitment to por traiture as means for understanding contemporary social circumstances. R anging from chance street encounters to studio portraits\, Bey has inves tigated a range of methods to find increased engagement with his subject s\, and the resulting candor and expression such images convey. The Rena issance Society is pleased to present a career survey of Bey’s work\, in cluding a new chapter of Strangers/Community featuring portraits of individuals from Hyde Park\, Chicago\, home to both the University of Chicago and the artist. The exhibition will be accompanied by a catalog ue including new scholarly essays\, and is being slated to travel. X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="Price";ID=195;TYPE=SingleLine:Free! X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="Other Times To-Do It";ID=408;TYPE=SingleLine: May 13 – June 24\, 2012 X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="Image Credit";ID=10750;TYPE=SingleLine:Dawoud Bey - Rudy Nimocks and Lindsay Atnip\, Hyde Park\, Chicago\, 2012 DTSTAMP:20120503T191048Z CATEGORIES:Art/Exhibit UID:http://uid.trumba.com/event/99804548 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Rashid Johnson - Message To Our Folks LOCATION:Museum of Contemporary Art\, 220 East Chicago Ave\,\, Chicago\, I L 60611\, (312) 280-2660 DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20120531T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20120531T170000 X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE URL:http://www.mcachicago.org/ X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="Event Type";ID=21;TYPE=number:www.so-LAZE.com X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="Event image";ID=40;TYPE=Image:http://www.even tactions.com/i/DgACoQ5LWe%2AJvyDh8bC6B2ch.jpg X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="To-Do!";ID=191;TYPE=MultiLine:Rashid Johnson: Message to Our Folks\, the first major solo exhibition for Johnson\, wh o is a preeminent artist in the post-media generation. A former Chicagoa n and alumni of the MCA’s UBS 12 x 12 exhibition series\, Johnson explor es the complexities and contradictions of black identity\, rooted in his individual experience\, through photographs\, sculptures\, videos\, ins tallations\, and paintings. X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="Miscellaneous Info";ID=194;TYPE=MultiLine:Thi s exhibition is organized by Julie Rodrigues Widholm\, MCA Pamela Alper Associate Curator\, and includes thirteen years of Johnson’s work with a n emphasis on major works from the last five years. Throughout his work \, Johnson evokes shared cultural memories by referencing creative and in tellectual black figures whose impact has transcended black communities. The exhibition fosters a dialogue by inviting viewers' free association s with familiar figures -- such as W.E.B. DuBois\, Sun Ra\, Miles Davis \, and Public Enemy -- and everyday objects that appear in the work\, inc luding plants\, mirrors\, rugs\, record\nalbums\, CB radios\, shea butte r\, and books. The title of the exhibition is based on a 1969 album by t he avant-garde group Art Ensemble of Chicago\, who performed with a vari ety of found percussive objects and spanned musical styles to radically redefine the rules of jazz. X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="Price";ID=195;TYPE=SingleLine:$12\; Students & Seniors\, $7\; Members\, Free! X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="Other Times To-Do It";ID=408;TYPE=SingleLine: April 14 - August 5\, 2012 X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="Image Credit";ID=10750;TYPE=SingleLine:Rashid Johnson: Death by Black Hole "The Crisis"\, 2010 DTSTAMP:20120415T231311Z CATEGORIES:Art/Exhibit UID:http://uid.trumba.com/event/99515611 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Dawoud Bey: Harlem USA LOCATION:Art Institute of Chicago\, 111 South Michigan Avenue\, Chicago\, IL 60603 DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20120531T103000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20120531T170000 X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE URL:http://www.artic.edu/aic/exhibitions/exhibition/dawoudbey X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="Event Type";ID=21;TYPE=number:www.so-LAZE.com X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="Event image";ID=40;TYPE=Image:http://www.even tactions.com/i/DgCHP6yM6NVBwzwhXPk4V5PY.jpg X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="To-Do!";ID=191;TYPE=MultiLine:In 1979 African American photographer Dawoud Bey (born 1953) held his first solo exhibition at the Studio Museum in Har lem\, showing a suite of 25 photographs titled Harlem USA. Bey ha d been in residence at that museum for one year\, and he had made the su rrounding neighborhood a subject of study since 1975. Though raised in Q ueens\, Bey's family had roots in Harlem\, and it was a youthful visit t o the exhibition Harlem on My Mind at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in 1969\, that had given Bey his determination to become an artist. \n\nHarlem USA\, which has never been shown complete since the St udio Museum exhibition\, appears fresh today partly in its manifest diff erence from much of Bey’s later work. The prints are not large\, not in color\, and do not come in multiple parts\; the subjects are not all ado lescents\, and they do not “sit” for the artist but were found by him on the street. And yet all these photographs are sensitively composed and radiate an emphasis on calm and dignity that would become hallmarks of B ey’s approach. Like August Sander\, Bey wanted to show the “types” of Ha rlem’s citizenry: the barber\, the patrician\, the church ladies\, the h ip youth. He was searching for a way to combine the specificity of photo graphy\, which only knows how to record details\, with the diversity of Harlem\, a neighborhood as varied as any in the country. And he wanted t o do this without courting stereotypes. \n\nThanks to the efforts of mor e than 20 patrons\, led by Leadership Advisory Committee members Anita B lanchard and Les Coney\, the complete vintage set of Harlem USA h as been acquired by the Art Institute. A further five photographs from t hat time\, never before printed or exhibited\, will be donated by Bey to the museum this fall. Addiitonal complements to this exhibition are a s election of permanent collection works in Gallery 10 curated by Bey as w ell as a career survey of Bey’s work presented at the Renaissance Societ y at the University of Chicago from May 13 through June 24.\n\nDawoud Be y is a professor of art and was named Distinguished College Artist at Co lumbia College Chicago\, where he has taught since 1998. Bey studied at the School of Visual Arts in New York and holds an MFA in photography fr om Yale University. His work has been the subject of a retrospective exh ibition at the Walker Art Center (1995) and a four-year traveling exhibi tion\, called Class Pictures\, mounted by Aperture and first shown in 20 07 at the Addison Gallery of American Art. X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="Miscellaneous Info";ID=194;TYPE=MultiLine:A c atalogue accompanies the exhibition with images of the entire photograph ic series and essays by Matthew S. Witkovsky\, Richard and Ellen Sandor Chair and Curator\, Department of Photography\, and Sharifa Rhodes-Pitt s\, author of the monograph Harlem Is Nowhere. X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="Price";ID=195;TYPE=SingleLine:$18\; Members\, Free! X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="Other Times To-Do It";ID=408;TYPE=SingleLine: May 2–September 9\, 2012 X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="Image Credit";ID=10750;TYPE=SingleLine:Dawoud Bey. A Boy in Front of the Loews 125th St. Movie Theatre\, Harlem\, NY\, 1976 DTSTAMP:20120317T220314Z DESCRIPTION:Open Thursdays until 8pm. CATEGORIES:Art/Exhibit UID:http://uid.trumba.com/event/99223929 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Involuntary. Loss(y). Privacy. LOCATION:Blanc Gallery\, 4445 S. King Drive\, Chicago\, IL 60653\, (773) 95 2-4394 DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20120531T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20120531T150000 X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE URL:http://blancchicago.com X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="Event Type";ID=21;TYPE=number:www.so-LAZE.com X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="Event image";ID=40;TYPE=Image:http://www.even tactions.com/i/DgByoYqLq1fPYc-tXoZclNhZ.jpg X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="To-Do!";ID=191;TYPE=MultiLine:BLANC Gallery i s pleased to present “Involuntary. Loss(y). Privacy\,” a two-person exhi bition featuring Chicago artists\, Stephen Flemister and Julian Williams .\n\n“Involuntary. Loss(y). Privacy” is a timely compilation of drawings \, paintings and mixed media that looks at the ways in which we are unin tentionally identified/identifiable by data that is collected\, captured and stored on the internet. Recent events in the national news media re mind us of just how powerful a single fleeting image and profile can be in determining whether one is labeled menace or martyr. Stephen Flemiste r and Julian Williams are deeply invested in using portrait painting as a vehicle for exploring this duality. Both artists start with digital im agery of unknown Black subjects pulled from Department of Corrections mu g shots as their source material but arrive at very different conceptual places in the work produced.\n\nThe exhibitionʼs title centers on Ameri can societyʼs increasing willingness to give up the right to control per sonal information via the Internet and social media. In information tech nology\, lossy compression is a term that refers to a data encoding proc edure that minimizes the amount of data that is needed to make an image file legible. Each time a file is compressed\, data is discarded and res olution is lost. For this exhibition however\, lossy has taken on many d ifferent meanings for Flemister and Williams: Loss of self\; a loss of i nnocence\; the reduction of a person down to a vague likeness\; an ident ity that is unrecognizable\, minimized\, and mistaken.\n\nStephenʼs work combines printmaking\, encaustic\, collage and mixed media into his acr ylic and oil painting process to build layered surfaces that are as comp lex as his subjects. He is interested in issues of surveillance\, anonym ity and the ubiquity of imagery available for public consumption. Stephe n combs through public databases looking for images that seem familiar e ither through personal memory or imagined reality.\n\nJulian has created 15 portraits\, the Englewood Boys Series\, which vividly re-imagines th e missing details of grainy black and white Illinois Department of Corre ctions mug shots of young Black males. His choice of watercolor for the paintings highlights the stark contrast between the delicacy of the medi um and the harshness of the subject matter. Julianʼs approach calls into question the seeming objective quality of the photograph. The series ha s taken on a particularly personal tone as the impact of black male inca rceration has directly effected members of his family. He used painting as a way to process his thoughts on the subject. X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="Miscellaneous Info";ID=194;TYPE=MultiLine:"Stephen Flemister" We will l ook at this era in history as “The End of Print”? The loss of books prin ted on paper\, hand written letters\, official documents being stored as archival records\; Tangible proof. How is yesterday’s tactile history b eing translated into tomorrow’s impalpable future? Are printed and hand- marked objects really timeless?\n\nMy interest with digital information is the look at technology as our primary source for knowledge\, the new “library”. It seems that just by virtue of existing in an online search \, the results are usually accepted as ‘truth’. While digital archives ar e growing exponentially\, they expose only fragments of our individual i dentities. We are losing information literally as a low resolution image is compressed to be viral. In this way\, public image databases and the personal visual profiles they generate challenge ideas about who we tru ly are.\n\nI use surveillance videos\, and public monitoring systems as tools for source material. For this work\, I’ve selected\, from among ot her things\, public incarceration photos from the various correctional f acilities. These faces\, familiar through memory or relationship\, are a ltered to call into question ideas about the known and the unknown. My a im is to use this latest body of work to trouble the waters and blur the lines between the private and the public\, the profile and the individu al. \n\n"Julian Williams" The desire to do this Englewood Boys series grew out of my experiences deal ing with my son’s incarceration and association with the juvenile detent ion system as a teenager. In that time\, his mother and I made many vis its to him that made us feel as if were locked in as well. Each trip wou ld make us more and more angry that our son had put himself and us in th at situation.\n\nWhile my son is no longer incarcerated\, it was a haunt ing experience that left a lasting impression. After a while\, I felt th at the best way for me to deal with these demons was to make art! Being in the studio allowed me to act as my own therapist in my quest for emot ional healing.\n\nI collected public data images from the Internet of bo ys and men who’d committed crimes and who looked like my son. I wasn’t i nterested in their names or alleged crimes\, only whether or not their l ook engaged me. I wanted to study their psychology solely through portra iture. I selected watercolor as the medium to explore the facial terrain of the perpetrators and later expanded my portrayals to include wooden pedestal boxes. It was important to translate the experience of what it’ s like to become a disjointed profile\, a repetitive anonymous image\, seemingly lost and in a world separate from the choices and steps that l ed to that circumstance. X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="Price";ID=195;TYPE=SingleLine:Free! X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="Other Times To-Do It";ID=408;TYPE=SingleLine: May 11 - July 21\, 2012 X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="Image Credit";ID=10750;TYPE=SingleLine:Julian Williams DTSTAMP:20120515T110353Z DESCRIPTION:Open on Saturday by appointment only. CATEGORIES:Art/Exhibit UID:http://uid.trumba.com/event/99998865 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:FEAST 411 Author Series LOCATION:Sangster Studios\, BridgePort Art Center\, 1200 W 35th St\, Chicag o\, IL 60609 DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20120531T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20120531T210000 X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE URL:http://www.feast411.com X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="Event Type";ID=21;TYPE=number:www.so-LAZE.com X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="Event image";ID=40;TYPE=Image:http://www.even tactions.com/i/DgDx1iEP37BykmLLy4sWf3F1.JPG X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="To-Do!";ID=191;TYPE=MultiLine:This To-D o will be updated as information becomes available. Choose "Not ify me of changes" on the Other Event Action toolbar menu below t o receive automatic e-mail or mobile text updates about this To-Do ! X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="Miscellaneous Info";ID=194;TYPE=MultiLine:Joi n Dawgelene "Dr Dawj" Sangster\, Philanthropist\, Educator and Author fo r the launch of FEAST 411\, a new way to connect local authors and educa tors in Chicago\, with a FREE platform to promote their "tasty" crafts\, network with each other\, and positively impact the community through p romoting literacy and continuous learning for women and girls.\n\nSubmit your request to be a featured author! X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="Price";ID=195;TYPE=SingleLine:Free! DTSTAMP:20120425T234522Z CATEGORIES:Author/Artist Event UID:http://uid.trumba.com/event/99594813 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Living Large In A Mini Kind Of Way LOCATION:The Viaduct\, 3111 N. Western Avenue\, Chicago\, IL\, (773) 819-58 62 DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20120531T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20120531T213000 X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE URL:http://teatroluna.org X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="Event Type";ID=21;TYPE=number:www.so-LAZE.com X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="Event image";ID=40;TYPE=Image:http://www.even tactions.com/i/DgCAt6wqoC%2A-xwRrhTm2UhTU.jpg X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="To-Do!";ID=191;TYPE=MultiLine:Chicago’s All-L atina Theatre continues its 11th season dedicated to issues of Immigrat ion\, Race\, and Borders with a story of two sets of Mexican-American s isters\; one assimilated into US mainstream culture\, the other still st ruggling with their immigration status. Mingling a sassy comedy with a t hought-provoking atypical immigration drama\, Obie Award-Winning Rodrigu ez illuminates pressing\, universal issues about identity and privilege. Based on a real-life story\, Luna brings its unique blend of humor and honesty to this hilarious and sharp exploration of the American Dream.\n \nLiving Large in a Mini Kind of Way is presented in English\, wi th a sprinkle of Spanish! X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="Price";ID=195;TYPE=SingleLine:$20\; Student & Seniors\, $15\; VIP (Includes 1 Free Drink)\, $40 X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="Ticket Link";ID=5895;TYPE=SingleLine: Purchase Tickets! X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="Other Times To-Do It";ID=408;TYPE=SingleLine: May 6 - June 17\, 2012 DTSTAMP:20120509T195526Z DESCRIPTION:3pm Matinee on Sundays\nReception to follow Plays Thursdays- Saturdays CATEGORIES:Theater UID:http://uid.trumba.com/event/99790916 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:My Kind of Town LOCATION:TimeLine Theatre Company\, 615 W. Wellington Ave.\, Chicago\, IL 60657 \, (773) 281-8463 DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20120531T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20120531T213000 X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE URL:http://www.timelinetheatre.com X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="Event Type";ID=21;TYPE=number:www.so-LAZE.com X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="Event image";ID=40;TYPE=Image:http://www.even tactions.com/i/DgDl%2A4Qol%2Ahx85P-PeEdwB%2A0.jpg X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="To-Do!";ID=191;TYPE=MultiLine:My Kind of T own puts a human face on the police torture scandal that has plagued Chicago for more than three decades. Veteran investigative journalist J ohn Conroy covered the story\, challenging public indifference to become one of the leading voices drawing attention to the charges. My Kind of Town is his passionate\, groundbreaking new drama revolving around one i mprisoned man's fight for justice\, inspired by the stories of numerous victims\, police officers\, prosecutors and families whose lives have be en poisoned by the allegations. With interlocking storylines that humani ze the play's issues of corruption and responsibility\, My Kind of To wn sets the stage for a new conversation about today's culture of la w and order. X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="Price";ID=195;TYPE=SingleLine:Wednesdays - Fr idays\, $32\; Saturdays & Sundays\, $42 X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="Ticket Link";ID=5895;TYPE=SingleLine:Purchase Tickets! X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="Other Times To-Do It";ID=408;TYPE=SingleLine: May 1 - July 29\, 2012 X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="Venue Info";ID=117;TYPE=MultiLine:THERE WILL BE NO LATE SEATING. Seating is general admission. House opens 30 minute s prior to the performance. We encourage all ticket holders to arrive at least 15 minutes prior to curtain time. DTSTAMP:20120501T212205Z DESCRIPTION:4pm Matinee on Saturdays CATEGORIES:Theater UID:http://uid.trumba.com/event/99776911 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:The Marvin Gaye Story LOCATION:Black Ensemble Theater Cultural Center\, 4450 N. Clark Street \, Chicago\, Illinois\, (773) 769-4451 DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20120531T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20120531T213000 X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE URL:http://blackensembletheater.org/ X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="Event Type";ID=21;TYPE=number:www.so-LAZE.com X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="Event image";ID=40;TYPE=Image:http://www.even tactions.com/i/DgD-MKZrs5EN10zRkjtP-jig.jpg X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="To-Do!";ID=191;TYPE=MultiLine:The Marvin G aye Story (Don’t Talk About My Father Because God Is My Friend)\n\nM arvin Pentz Gaye Jr. is considered to be one of the greatest talents to come out of the Motown dynasty\, with a career spanning over three decad es. His sound began with Doo Wop in the ‘50s\, and moved to Rhythm and Blues in the ‘60s\, political awareness in the ‘70s\, and sophisticated soul in the ‘80s. Some of his greatest contributions include “I Heard I t Through The Grapevine\,” “What’s Going On\,” and “Inner City Blues\,” as well as numerous hits from his partnership with Tammi Terrel such as “All I Need To Get By\,” “Ain’t No Mountain High Enough\,” and “If This World Were Mine.” He was also the winner of two Grammy Awards including Best Vocal Performance for “Sexual Healing” in 1983. \n \nMarvin Gaye’s life was plagued with depression and drug addiction and ended in traged y on April 1\, 1984 when he was shot and killed by his own father. The M arvin Gaye Story will reveal his struggles while also honoring his vast contributions to the music industry and the world. To many\, Marvin Gay e represents the ability to face the worst of life’s adversities and sti ll accomplish great success. This Black Ensemble Theater production wil l embrace this sentiment and celebrate a legacy of beautiful music that will last forever. X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="Miscellaneous Info";ID=194;TYPE=MultiLine:“Wi th The Marvin Gaye Story (Don’t Talk About My Father Because God Is My F riend)\, BE is producing our first World Premiere since moving into our new home earlier this year\, and the development process has been an exc iting one. Throughout the process\, I have conducted vast research whic h included working with Jan Gaye (who was the second wife of Marvin Gaye and mother of Nona and Frankie Gaye) helping give ample attention to hi s story with honor and accuracy\,” says Jackie Taylor. “We have assembl ed a fantastic team of cast and designers\, including Rashawn Thompson\, a product of BE’s educational outreach program\, who will be starring a s Marvin Gaye\, along with some of BE’s seasoned ensemble. We are also using projections\, designed by Mike Tutaj\, throughout the production t o create a sense of time\, place and relevancy of Marvin’s messages in t oday’s world.” X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="Price";ID=195;TYPE=SingleLine:$55-65 X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="Ticket Link";ID=5895;TYPE=SingleLine:Purchase Tickets! X-TRUMBA-CUSTOMFIELD;NAME="Other Times To-Do It";ID=408;TYPE=SingleLine: May 11 – July 29\, 2012 DTSTAMP:20120426T231102Z DESCRIPTION:Matinees: Saturdays & Sundays 3pm CATEGORIES:Theater UID:http://uid.trumba.com/event/99711177 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR