Thursday, November 11th
Writing about Race: A Fundraiser for The Chicago Reporter
Thursday, November 11, 2010, 6 - 8pm
To-Do!: Join us in celebrating thirty eight years of award winning reporting on the social, economic and political issues of metropolitan Chicago. The event will be an intimate cocktail reception hosted by our very own Laura Washington, President of the Woods Fund of Chicago and former Editor and Publisher of The Chicago Reporter. She will be joined by guest speaker Thomas Burrell, advertising hall of famer and author of the best selling book Brainwashed: Challenging the Myth of Black Inferiority., The Challenge Fund for Journalism will match any new or increased revenue. So buy a ticket or make a donation and double your impact today!
Author/Artist/Performer Website: www.stopthebrainwash.com
Price: $40
Other Things To-Do!
Latino Fashion Week: Latino's Teen Day
The 4th Annual Chill A Wine & Culinary Event
Design & Conquer! An Evening in Support of Bottomless Closet
I have an idea for an invention. What next?
Neighborhood Writing Alliance Blog Launch Party
Catch Chicago
Walter English
Marquis Hill Blacktet
CRDT's Dance Chicago: New Moves B
A Civil War Christmas (Previews)
Night and Day (Closing Week)
The Trip (Closing Week)
History Coming Home (Opening Week)
Winter Wonderland
New Works of Art by Quinton Foreman (Closing Week)
'Green' Exhibition, f/ Fanta Celah & Dayo Laoye (Closing Week)
The African Presence in Mexico f/ Resistance = Yanga!
Vida Breve: Day of the Dead 2010
The Lion King
Friday, November 12th
Fall Flourish - A Reluctant Vegetarian UnderGround Dining Experience
Friday, November 12, 2010, 8pm - 12am
To-Do!: Fall is upon us and The Reluctant Vegetarian is oh so happy! She is frolicking through the fields and gathering the best that the season has to offer you. You are promised an intimate evening of exquisite RV underground dining prepared especially for you. Your palette and senses will surely be delighted by the combination of textures and flavors that are synonymous with the offerings of this wiley alchemist! There are so many wonderful new areas within culinaria that we will explore together per usual the menu for this event, which will focus on the bounty of the season and is being created now!
Soleil's Take: The girl can cook(!), the venue sounds cool and my mouth is watering! I'm going to get her to give me the menu when it's ready so that I can update this To-Do. Use the event action pulldown menu and sign up for "notify me of changes" to receive updated information!
Miscellaneous Info: Cocktail, Amuse, 6 Sublime Courses and BYOB
Price: $75
Other Things To-Do!
The Etiquette of Vigilance
2nd Friday Gallery Walk Around
Latino Fashion Week: Structure
The Beauty Opening
15th Annual Chicago Asian American Jazz Festival Opening Night!
Jazz City: Trans-Rooted
A Raisin in the Sun
Stew and the Negro Problem
To Kill a Mockingbird (Opening Weekend)
Audley Reid Band
Monica's Still Standing Tour
Cocktails & Clay
CRDT's Dance Chicago: Chicago Dance Crash Radio Stars
Sedallah
History Coming Home (Opening Week)
A Civil War Christmas (Previews)
The Trip (Closing Week)
Night and Day (Closing Week)
Winter Wonderland
New Works of Art by Quinton Foreman (Closing Week)
'Green' Exhibition, f/ Fanta Celah & Dayo Laoye (Closing Week)
The African Presence in Mexico f/ Resistance = Yanga!
Vida Breve: Day of the Dead 2010
The Lion King
Saturday, November 13th
Jazzin' the Regal f/ Roy Ayers 70th Birthday Celebration
Saturday, November 13, 2010, 7 - 10pm
To-Do!: Roy Ayers. 'Nuff said!
With Tom Browne and Reggie "Rajah" Helm
Soleil's Take: If you haven't been to the Regal, this would be the perfect time to give it a try!
Doors Open: 5:30pm
Show Starts: 7pm
Price: $25-35
Discounts: Use discount code PH2BBXE for 20% off at the box office!
Other Things To-Do!
61st Street Farmers Market
Produce IT
Pre-Holiday Fashion & Festivities
Cooking Class at Carnivale!
Festival of New Spanish Cinema: Garbo, The Spy (Garbo: El Espia)
Latino Music Festival: Rhapsody Woodwind Quintet
The Etiquette of Vigilance
15th Annual Chicago Asian American Jazz Festival
Festival of New Spanish Cinema: Rabia (aka Rage)
We Love Soul f/ Coultrain
Latino Fashion Week: A Passport to Design, Fashion Ball
A Raisin in the Sun
Stew and the Negro Problem
Audley Reid Band
Legends Initiative & Concert
The Jokes On You
CRDT's Dance Chicago: No Mi La Mad Dance
Jerome Croswell & His Latin Jazz All-Stars
History Coming Home (Opening Week)
A Civil War Christmas (Previews)
The Trip (Closing Week)
Winter Wonderland
'Green' Exhibition, f/ Fanta Celah & Dayo Laoye (Closing Week)
Night and Day (Closing Week)
To Kill a Mockingbird (Opening Weekend)
The African Presence in Mexico f/ Resistance = Yanga!
Vida Breve: Day of the Dead 2010
The Lion King
Sunday, November 14th
Rhymefest for Alderman Campaign Kickoff: f/ Lupe Fiasco
Sunday, November 14, 2010, 9pm - 1am
To-Do!: Campaign Kick-Off Event! With special guests Lupe Fiasco, DJ Tony Sculfield, with DJ Ready Rock and DJ 33 1/3. All proceeds benefit the Che "Rhymefest" Smith campaign for 20th Ward Alderman.
Author/Artist/Performer Website: www.lupefiasco.com
Door: $40
Price: $35-75
Other Things To-Do!
Pre-Holiday Fashion & Festivities
Latino Fashion Week: Fashion Sense, Pop-up Store & Fashion Crawl
CRDT's Dance Chicago: Jazz Cabaret B
Dwight A. McBride: Race and Sexuality
SankofaSpirit Movies with a Mission: "From Barbados to Carolina"
Latino Music Festival: The Baroque Band
The Etiquette of Vigilance
Sunday Jazz, f/ TBD
AACM Showcase and Isaiah Spencer
A Good Man: Kartemquin Films and the Latest Work by Bill T. Jones
History Coming Home (Opening Week)
Winter Wonderland
A Civil War Christmas (Previews)
Night and Day (Closing Week)
The Trip (Closing Week)
To Kill a Mockingbird (Opening Weekend)
The African Presence in Mexico f/ Resistance = Yanga!
Vida Breve: Day of the Dead 2010
The Lion King
Monday, November 15th
"The Role of Men in Public Housing" The First Backyard: Voices of Ida B. Wells Residents
Monday, November 15, 2010, 6 - 7:30pm
To-Do!: Witness the stories of four men who have remained friends from their early childhood days in the Ida B. Wells public housing community of Chicago. You will learn of their personal journeys as successful businessmen and entrepreneurs in their respected realms. Come, listen and glean as they share how their deeply rooted families and committed community experiences created and shaped their personal plans for transformation., Panelists: Bert Ellis, Leon Hamilton, Cordell Reed & Ananias Samuel Moderator: Keith L. Magee, NPHM Executive Director RSVP by required November 11, 2010 at men@publichousingmuseum.org or call 312.996.0738, The National Public Housing Museum is the first cultural institution in the United States dedicated to interpreting the American experience in public housing. The Museum draws on the power of place and memory to illuminate the resilience of poor and working class families of every race and ethnicity to realize the promise of America.
Miscellaneous Info: Reception: Immediately following History Coming Home Exhibit at Chicago Tourism Center Gallery72 E. Randolph Street, History Coming Home reveals public policies, oral histories, and artifacts from public housing in cities from Chicago to Boston and New Orleans to Sacramento. The core of this exhibition at the Chicago Tourism Center Gallery consists of a 1950s-style public housing apartment that visitors can walk through. Inside the 20 ft X 20 ft installation, a living room, kitchen, and bedroom filled with artifacts from public housing residents and a video capture various aspects of the public housing experience.
Price: Free!
Image Credit: Photo CHA Archive by Koshuk
Other Things To-Do!
Winter Wonderland
Verses
Festival of New Spanish Cinema: Garbo, The Spy (Garbo: El Espia)
Festival of New Spanish Cinema: Rabia (aka Rage)
The African Presence in Mexico f/ Resistance = Yanga!
Vida Breve: Day of the Dead 2010
The Lion King
History Coming Home
Tuesday, November 16th
Jazz, Blues & Beyond: Vino Louden
Tuesday, November 16, 2010, 12:15 - 1pm
To-Do!: When you want a blues experience unlike no other call the Musicman. Bandleader and Lead Guitar many years for music legend KoKo Taylor, Vino is the real deal. Whether you want the one man show or Vino along with his band "The Groove Machine" the show is intense, energetic, musically provoking and professional. Playing upbeat blues is his speciality. This music-man never forgets where the blues came from when he occasionally steps into the "gut bucket". Vino will tear your soul out with a heart felt track from the depths of what the blues is intended to do. This versatile entertainer then brings you back to the toe tappin, finger snappin, get up and shake your groove thang blues. Vino's performances have been classified as an evening of hot guitar licks, powerful vocals, brilliant song interpretation. This combination creates a melting pot of soulful, bluesy, rhythm and blues. Take this journey and bring this captivating "Music-man" to your Concert, Corporate event, Country Club, Casino Showroom, University, or next live function that you are hosting. You will be glad you did!
Author/Artist/Performer Website: www.myspace.com...
Miscellaneous Info: LunchBreak's Jazz, Blues & Beyond Tuesdays features jazz, blues, and gospel music.
Price: Free!
Other Times To-Do It: Tuesdays
Other Things To-Do!
"Together We Are Stronger" and "Together We Can Make A Difference"
Developing a Business Plan for an Online Business
Nightwind
Winter Wonderland
The African Presence in Mexico f/ Resistance = Yanga!
Vida Breve: Day of the Dead 2010
The Lion King
History Coming Home
Wednesday, November 17th
Corey Wilkes & Abstrakt Pulse
Wednesday, November 17, 2010, 8:30pm - 12:30am
To-Do!: A young lion with a roar being heard in several music genres; Corey Wilkes burst onto the music scene in 2002 and landed in the soul of the Chicago Jazz Club scene. For his next feat he took on the ghost of Lester Bowie and filled the vacant trumpet seat in the Art Ensemble of Chicago. Big shoes to fill for a new musician but Corey isn't an ordinary musician. He began at the age of 10, made the Illinois All State Honors Jazz Combo in high school and honed his talent at Berklee College of Music., Abstrakt Pulse:, Corey Wilkes - trumpet, Kevin Nabors - tenor sax, Scott Hessee - guitar, Junius Paul - bass, Isaiah Spencer - drums
Author/Artist/Performer Website: www.myspace.com...
Miscellaneous Info: The Velvet Lounge is the only place in the world where you can hear the Chicago sound seven days a week. The Sunday night jam sessions have been an effective way to promote younger members of the jazz community. Fred Anderson opened the Velvet Lounge in 1982 after his club The Birdhouse, on the near north side, closed due to city zoning ordinances.
Price: $10
Other Things To-Do!
Amazing Jazz Duets: Bossa Tres Brazilian Music Band
Chris Greene Quartet
Jazz'n at The Regal f/ Roger Harris
Organic Groov: TBD
CRDT's Dance Chicago: Young Voices B
World Music Wednesdays: Trio Ollin
Winter Wonderland
A Civil War Christmas (Previews)
The African Presence in Mexico f/ Resistance = Yanga!
Vida Breve: Day of the Dead 2010
The Lion King
History Coming Home
