Taking their name from the colloquial Japaenese for "playful sex", this NY-Via-Japan trio specialise in cranium melting, Shoegaze-tinged seduction pop. Singing in both her native tongue and a sultry NY whisper, singer Yuki and her band released two albums within months of one another. Singer and keyboardist Yuki Chikudate, guitarist James Hanna, bassist Glenn Waldman, and drummer Keith Hopkin formed Asobi Seksu in late 2001, self-releasing their self-titled debut album the following year. Garnering a strong local buzz at a time when the New York club scene was hot again following the success of the Strokes and Interpol, Asobi Seksu came to the attention of the indie Friendly Fire Records, which reissued Asobi Seksu with new cover art in 2004.

Genre: Indie Pop

Asobi Seksu's site - Shaper's site.

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Taking their name from the colloquial Japaenese for "playful sex", this NY-Via-Japan trio specialise in cranium melting, Shoegaze-tinged seduction pop. Singing in both her native tongue and a sultry NY whisper, singer Yuki and her band released tw... more

Carbon Leaf has released the first in a new series of EPs, HOW THE WEST WAS ONE. The seven song EP is now available digitally, with pre-orders for the deluxe physical EP now being taken. The physical EP will be delivered in late August. Carbon Leaf has kicked off the Summer of 2010 by touring the Western United States on a journey that took the band up the West Coast, through the Rockies and finishing in Texas. The band will continue to tour throughout August and September, with a series of headlining dates along the Atlantic Coast and up into the Northeast. Carbon Leaf will join Big Head Todd for over three weeks of dates in September. HOW THE WEST WAS ONE is a 7 song EP that was inspired by Carbon Leaf's travels west of the Mississippi over the past five years. This EP is the first collection of songs from some 30+ demos in various stages of completion.

Well into its second year with the same multi-instrumentalist personnel, Carbon Leaf remains Barry Privett, Terry Clark, Carter Gravatt, Jason Neal and Jon Markel. "Being five personalities that contribute to the music is where a 'band
sound' comes from," says Privett, "constantly challenged by one another--that's ultimately a healthy thing." On the horizon: Many forthcoming announcements regarding tour dates and new music.

Genre: Alternative/Folk Rock

Carbon Leaf's site

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Carbon Leaf has released the first in a new series of EPs, HOW THE WEST WAS ONE. The seven song EP is now available digitally, with pre-orders for the deluxe physical EP now being taken. The physical EP will be delivered in late August. Carbon Lea... more

Join the Evanston History Center as its Fall 2010 Under the Buffalo series kicks off with: “The Wreck of the Lady Elgin” a presentation by Valerie Van Heest, a Michigan-based, award-winning author, shipwreck explorer,  and inductee in the Women Divers Hall of Fame.

When her hand touched the wood stock of a musket laying in a field of debris on the bottom of Lake Michigan, all that remains of the once palatial sidewheel steamer Lady Elgin, it ignited a passion for the study of the tragic circumstances of her sinking in 1860, which resulted in the deaths of more than 300 people. Now, 150 years after the worst disaster on the open waters of Lake Michigan, Valerie Van Heest brings the audience back in time….

…To the golden age of passenger travel on the Great Lakes…
to the eve of a presidential election…
to the brink of Civil War facing the young nation…
and… to a dark, stormy night when 400 excursionists on board the Lady Elgin were awakened in the middle of the night by the sound of a terrible crash.

Within just a few hours, most of them would perish in the worst accident on the open waters.

Join the Evanston History Center for a look back at that tragedy as Valerie Van Heest reveals how the documentation of the shipwreck site serves as a testament to those lost on the Lady Elgin.

Reservations are recommended

For more information or to make reservations, contact the Evanston History Center at (847) 475-3410, send an e-mail to Jenny Thompson at jthompson@evanstonhistorycenter.org

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Join the Evanston History Center as its Fall 2010 Under the Buffalo series kicks off with: “The Wreck of the Lady Elgin” a presentation by Valerie Van Heest, a Michigan-based, award-winning author, shipwreck explorer,  an... more

Join the Evanston History Center as its Fall 2010 Under the Buffalo Series kicks off with:

“The Wreck of the Lady Elgin,” a presentation by Valerie van Heest, a Michigan-based award-winning author, shipwreck explorer, and inductee in the Women Divers Hall of Fame.

When Valerie van Heest touched the wood stock of a musket laying in a filed of debris on the bottom of Lake Michigan–all that remains of the once palatial sidewheel steamer Lady Elgin–it ignited a passion for the study of the tragic circumstances of her sinking in 1860, which resulted in the deaths of more than 300 people. Now, 150 years after the worst disaster on the open waters of Lake Michigan, Valerie Van Heest, an award-winning author, exhibit designer and member of the Women Divers Hall of Fame, brings the audience back in time….

…To the golden age of passenger travel on the Great Lakes…to the eve of a presidential election…to the brink of Civil War facing the young nation…and… to a dark, stormy night when 400 excursionists on board the Lady Elgin were awakened in the middle of the night by the sound of a terrible crash.

Within just a few hours, most of them would perish in the worst accident on the open waters of the Great Lakes. More than a century later, perspective of time and documentation of the shipwreck site offers testament to the tragedy of those lost on the Lady Elgin.

Valerie van Heest has been honored with several awards from the Historical Society of Michigan for her books, museum exhibits, and efforts to preserve Great Lakes Maritime History. A passionate and engaging speaker, she uses dramatic historic and underwater images to tell the stories of some of the Great Lakes most significant lost vessels. Valerie serves as director of the non-profit, Michigan Shipwreck Research Associates and trustee of the Underwater Archaeological Society of Chicago. She is the author of Icebound! The Adventures of Young George Sheldon and the SS Michigan, and co-author of Buckets and Belts: Evolution of the Great Lakes Self-Unloader. Her latest book, Lost on the Lady Elgin, debuts in 2010.

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Join the Evanston History Center as its Fall 2010 Under the Buffalo Series kicks off with:

“The Wreck of the Lady Elgin,” a presentation by Valerie van Heest, a Michigan-based award-winning author, shipwreck explorer, and inductee in t... more

Garnet Rogers has established himself as 'One of the major talents of our time". Hailed by the Boston Globe as a "charismatic performer and singer", Garnet is a man with a powerful physical presence - close to six and a half feet tall - with a voice to match. With his "smooth, dark baritone" (Washington Post) his incredible range, and thoughtful, dramatic phrasing, Garnet is widely considered by fans and critics alike to be one of the finest singers anywhere. His music, like the man himself, is literate, passionate, highly sensitive, and deeply purposeful. Cinematic in detail, his songs "give expression to the unspoken vocabulary of the heart" (Kitchener Waterloo Record). An optimist at heart, Garnet sings extraordinary songs about people who are not obvious heroes and of the small victories of the everyday. As memorable as his songs, his over-the-top humour and lightning-quick wit moves his audience from tears to laughter and back again.

Genre: Folk

Garnet's site

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Garnet Rogers has established himself as 'One of the major talents of our time". Hailed by the Boston Globe as a "charismatic performer and singer", Garnet is a man with a powerful physical presence - close to six and a half feet tall - with a voi... more

Evanston Art Center (EAC) welcomes Jerome Hausman and Paul Klein to the EAC Board of Trustees. Hausman and Klein respectively bring extensive experience in the arts to the EAC. 

Jerome Hausman is a well respected art educator.  He has served as a professor at several universities and has had numerous works published about art education.  Hausman is currently an Adjunct Professor at the Art institute of Chicago.  Previously, Hausman served as Vice President of Academic Affairs and Professor of Art Education at the Massachusetts College of Art, and as President and Professor at the Minneapolis College of Art and Design.  Hausman was also awarded the NAEA Art Educator of the Year.  He is a Distinguished Fellow in the National Art Education Association and a member in the Council for Policy Studies in Art Education.  Hausman has also demonstrated his commitment to the arts through his active memberships in a number of art foundations and served as a consultant for Arts in Education Program with the John D. Rockefeller Fund, and is a past trustee of the Ragdale Foundation.  Hausman’s lifelong dedication to art makes him a valued board member at the EAC.

Paul Klein has long been an art advocate and proponent for art in Chicago.  He is an arts journalist, collections consultant, and curator.  In 2006, the Chicago Society of Artists acknowledged his long-term contributions when he was selected as their 2006 Man of the Year.  Klein is currently the Managing Director of the Briddge Group in Chicago, the premiere Art Succession Planning Group in the country comprised of an international consortium working in full partnership with collectors and their wealth of advisory teams.  Briddge acts as an advocate for collectors in lifting art and collectibles out of the typical estates planning process and treating them with the special handling every collection deserves.  Klein most recently served as the Art Consultant/Curator for the recently completed 2.3 million square foot expansion of McCormick Place. He is also well known for his ArtLetter blog, which is posted on www.huffingtonpost.com. Klein’s extensive knowledge and involvement in the art world brings an admirable addition to the EAC.

For more information please visit us online at www.evanstonartcenter.org or contact the EAC at 847-475-5300.

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Evanston Art Center (EAC) welcomes Jerome Hausman and Paul Klein to the EAC Board of Trustees. Hausman and Klein respectively bring extensive experience in the arts to the EAC. 

Jerome Hausman is a well respected art educator.  ... more

32 min film

Presented as part of the Chicago United Film Festival.  A film celebrating the life & work of 90 yr. old Peggy Lipschutz. an artist, political activist & pacifist, who pioneered the “chalk-talk”, a performance art form combining drawing & music before a live audience.

Director: Jerri Zbiral

Admission is FREE to all of the shorts (which we are), but you must purchase tickets for any of the feature length films.  Please visit the festival's website at: theunitedfest.com. 
Scroll to the very bottom for the short film schedule.

Visit neverturningback.net for additional information.

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32 min film

Presented as part of the Chicago United Film Festival.  A film celebrating the life & work of 90 yr. old Peggy Lipschutz. an artist, political activist & pacifist, who pioneered the “chalk-talk”, a performance ... more

“Anaïs sings of love among the ruins, coming of age to find yourself an outsider looking for the place you belong, finding other strangers along the way. Details ... are offered like clues or keys to the reality all of us sense is imminent and eternal beneath the surfaces of things."

Hugh Blumenfeld, Sing Out!

From her current home base in a 200-year-old farmhouse in rural Vermont, Anaïs (“uh-NAY-iss”) Mitchell writes songs that are as intimate as conversations and as rich in detail as short stories. The daughter of “hippie back-to-the-landers” whose father was a novelist and English professor, she remembers her family’s home (another farmhouse in the same state) containing “a library full of novels, and lots of old folk and psychedelic rock albums. The books and the records all lived in the same room, which I am sure led to me thinking of songwriting as a kind of literature, a noble poetic enterprise.” No surprise, then, that the reference points of her music may seem to come from all over the map while still interconnected: the country ballads of the Carter Family, the hard-edged cabaret of Brecht and Weill, the story-songs of Randy Newman, the vast narrative scope of Pink Floyd’s The Wall, and the intricately crafted tales of her namesake, bohemian feminist Anaïs Nin, to name afew. All of these influences come together in Hadestown, an epic “folk opera” retelling of the Orpheus myth. .

Genre: Folk

Anais' site

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“Anaïs sings of love among the ruins, coming of age to find yourself an outsider looking for the place you belong, finding other strangers along the way. Details ... are offered like clues or keys to the reality all of us sense is imminent and ... more

Benvenuto a Tutti!  Join the Renovo String Orchestra (RSO) for Viva Italia!, a concert of works by prominent Italian composers. This performance is the first in the RSO’s inaugural season, A Tour of Nations.

The RSO is intent on establishing a strong string ensemble presence in Chicago and the surrounding suburbs, as not many opportunities exist for audiences to hear the vast repertoire that exists for string orchestras. In their inaugural season, A Tour of Nations, the RSO plans to take audiences across the globe with performances of works by composers from Italy, Scandinavia, Eastern Europe, and Germany.

Program
Respighi - Antiche Suite
Rossini - Sonata No.3 for Strings
Puccini - Crisantemi
Donizetti - String Quartet No.13

To purchase tickets visit www.renovostrings.org/

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Benvenuto a Tutti!  Join the Renovo String Orchestra (RSO) for Viva Italia!, a concert of works by prominent Italian composers. This performance is the first in the RSO’s inaugural season, A Tour of Nations.

The RSO is intent on... more

Honeytribe was formed in 1999 in St.Louis, Missouri. Led by singer / guitarist Devon Allman they quickly became one of the top draws in their hometown and won the Jam Band of the Year award in the Riverfront Times Magazine Poll. Some recordings were made , small tours happened and then in late 2000 , Devon disbanded the group to spend time with his newborn son, Orion, choosing to stay in St.Louis and play solo acoustic shows and work on music. .

Now in 2009, a trio has emerged. A power trio. With monster world class bassist George Potsos and new drummer Gabriel Strange , this 3 headed beast has been born. High energy , grooving , bluesy , ass-kickin rock and roll the old school way.

"We ran the 'Tribe format into the ground ! It's not OVER by any means but after almost 300 shows a year for 3 years , I just really wanted to do something different. We'll still play some Tribal songs but I can't wait to find out what a power trio feels like and work some brand new material ...we'll do a few months of touring in America and see how we dig it" -- Devon Allman interview October 2008 Detroit , Michigan.

Genre: Rock/Jam Band

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Honeytribe was formed in 1999 in St.Louis, Missouri. Led by singer / guitarist Devon Allman they quickly became one of the top draws in their hometown and won the Jam Band of the Year award in the Riverfront Times Magazine Poll. Some recordings were ... more

Join the Evanston History Center for a celebration honoring the legacy of Evanston’s Emerson Street Branch YMCA with a special screening of the 2010 documentary, “Unforgettable — Memories of the Emerson Street Branch YMCA.”

Recently featured in the New York Times, the 30 minute film tells the story of the African American YMCA that existed in Evanston from 1909 to 1969. Twenty hours of interviews with thirty-two Evanstonians have been woven into a collective story, revealing how the Emerson Y served as an anchor for the social and civic life of Evanston’s African American community and left an unforgettable legacy for generations.

The screening will be followed by a discussion with many of the film’s participants, as well as with filmmaker, Susan Hope Engel; founder of Shorefront, Dino Robinson; and others.

A reception will follow the screening and discussion.  The event is co-sponsored by the Evanston History Center and the McGaw YMCA.

The event is free and open to the public. Seating is limited.

Reservations are required: (847) 475-3410 or jthompson@evanstonhistorycenter.org

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Join the Evanston History Center for a celebration honoring the legacy of Evanston’s Emerson Street Branch YMCA with a special screening of the 2010 documentary, “Unforgettable — Memories of the Emerson Street Branch YMCA.”

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“Back in the old days,” muses resilient troubadour Chris Smither, “writing new songs and making new albums were just chores. My priority was, and still is, performing live. I guess I still write the songs and make the records so that I can go out and play – except that now I actually look forward to it. I’ve learned how to do it, and I’m very eager to get stuff recorded once I’ve written it.”

Recorded in only three days, Time Stands Still is just the eleventh studio album of a career that now spans over four decades. Time Stands Still (Signature Sounds/Mighty Albert) is both pensive and visceral – an album whose songs alternately ponder life’s mysteries in some moments, and let them lie undisturbed in others. Featuring eight new original compositions and a song apiece from Bob Dylan, Mark Knopfler, and 1920s country-blues songster Frank Hutchison, Time Stands Still’s immediate, intimate sound is the direct result of one gig, and the challenge it presented.

Genre: Blues/Folk

Chris' site

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“Back in the old days,” muses resilient troubadour Chris Smither, “writing new songs and making new albums were just chores. My priority was, and still is, performing live. I guess I still write the songs and make the records so that I can g... more

Community Meeting Room, Main Library

In this landmark biography, Jane Addams becomes America's most admired and most hated woman—and wins the Nobel Peace Prize. Author and Evanston native Louise W. Knight will read from and discuss her acclaimed examination of Addam's life and ideas.
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Community Meeting Room, Main Library

In this landmark biography, Jane Addams becomes America's most admired and most h... more

Installation by Anne Coates

Baskets have been made and used by many cultures throughout the world from ancient times through the present day. In American Indian cultures, baskets ranged from sacred ceremonial objects to household tools. The 21 baskets on display in this exhibit are examples of utilitarian baskets that played a major role in the gathering, production, and storage of food.

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Installation by Anne Coates

Baskets have been made and used by many cultures throughout the world from ancient times through the present day. In American Indian cultures, baskets ranged from sacred ceremonial obje... more

A prominent wind quintet, Quintet Attacca, and an accomplished pianist, Mark George, — each a winner of one of the most coveted awards in chamber music — will join forces in the season-opening program of the Music Institute of Chicago’s 80th Anniversary Concert Series.

 

Quintet Attacca and pianist Mark George will collaborate in two of the four diverse works on the program: Mozart’s exquisite quintet for piano and winds and the world premiere of Chicago composer Mischa Zupko’s "Fanfare 80," commissioned by the Music Institute for its 80th anniversary and written in a style that looks ahead to a new era rather than to the past.

 

Also on the windswept program are the lively and colorful "Aires Tropicales" for wind quintet by Cuban-born composer Paquito D’Rivera and the scenic "Roaring Fork" quintet by American composer Eric Ewazen, which depicts the Roaring Fork River in the Colorado Rockies.

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A prominent wind quintet, Quintet Attacca, and an accomplished pianist, Mark George, — each a winner of one of the mo... more