FOURTH ANNUAL CHICAGO CALLING ARTS FESTIVAL

Thursday, October 1 till Sunday, October 11, 2009


EVENT: The Fourth Annual Chicago Calling Arts Festival (CCAF4) features
Chicago-based artists collaborating in performances and projects with artists living in other locations -- both here in the U.S. and abroad. These collaborations will be prepared or improvised, and some performances will involve live feeds between Chicago and elsewhere.


“ARTS & ACTIVISM IN ST. LOUIS, DETROIT, AND CHICAGO” PANEL DISCUSSION

DATE: Thursday, October 1 (7-9 p.m.)
LOCATION: Little Black Pearl Art & Design Center (7-9 p.m.)
1060 E 47th St
Chicago, IL 60653-3600
(773) 285-1633
http://www.blackpearl.org
This “Arts and Activism in St. Louis, Detroit, and Chicago” panel discussion is part of the new “Arts and Activism in the Midwest” Series, which is an ongoing forum which will happen four times in 2009 and 2010. This “Arts in St. Louis, Detroit, and Chicago” panel discussion focuses on the arts scenes in these three Midwestern cities, and it is also part of the Fourth Annual Chicago Calling Arts Festival.

The discussants include Lindsay Obermeyer, Carol Ng-He, and other TBA individuals in Chicago; Amanda Mueller and other TBA individuals in St. Louis; and Joel Peterson and other TBA individuals in Detroit. The panelists will be connected over the internet, via skype, so the panelists and other participants will be able to see and hear each other.

It is impossible to comprehensively discuss an arts scene in any given city during a single panel discussion, and it is even more difficult to cover what is happening in three cities’ arts scenes. However, this event’s discussants hope to shed some light into some aspects of the rich dynamics that comprises the arts scenes in these three American cities.

This event is free and open to the public.

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PERFORMANCES AT MERCURY CAFÉ

DATE: Friday, October 2 (6-9 p.m.)
LOCATION: Mercury Café (6-9 p.m.)
1505 W. Chicago Ave.
Chicago, IL 60642-5237
(312) 455-9922
http://chimercurycafe.com/

EVENT: You are invited to attend this Chicago Calling Arts Festival event, which
includes performances by Chicago-based artists, in collaboration with artists who live outside of Chicago. Performers include Vittorio Carli, Elizabeth Harper, Christopher Gallinari, and other TBA artists. This event is free and open to the public.


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“ARTS IN NEW ORLEANS AND CHICAGO” PANEL DISCUSSION AND LARGE ENSEMBLE PERFORMANCE OF GINO ROBAIR’S “DIVINATION”
DATE: Saturday, October 3, 2009 (1-4 p.m.)

CHICAGO Claudia Cassidy Theater
LOCATION: Chicago Cultural Center, 2nd floor
78 E. Washington St.
Chicago, IL 60605

NEW ORLEANS
LOCATION: TBA

EVENT: You are invited to attend this Fourth Annual Chicago Calling Arts Festival
event, which features a panel discussion about the arts in New Orleans and Chicago and a large ensemble performance of Gino Robair’s “Divination.”

“The Arts in New Orleans and Chicago” Panel Discussion (1 p.m.)
This panel discussion will involve people in two locations discussing the arts, curation, and the roles of the arts in society. The panelists in New Orleans will include Diane Grams, Elizabeth Underwood, Chris Rose, and another TBA person. The panelists in Chicago will include Barbara Koenen, Alpha Bruton, Annie Heckman, Dan Godston, and another TBA person. Panelists in New Orleans and Chicago will be connected over the internet, using Skype.

Large Ensemble Performance of Divination
by Gino Robair (2:30 p.m.)
Performers will include: Andrew Royal (violin), Paul Hartsaw (tenor saxophone), Dan Godston (trumpet), Eric Leonardson (amplified springboard), Carol Genetti (voice), Aaron Zarzutzki (turntable / electronics), Ben Boye (piano), Jason Stein (bass clarinet), Jeff Kimmel (bass clarinet), Ryan Dunn (electronics), Josh Manchester (percussion), and other TBA performers.
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This event is free and open to the public.

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PERFORMANCE EVENT AT ELASTIC SOUND & VISION GALLERY
DATE: Saturday, October 3, 2009 (7-11 p.m.)

LOCATION: Elastic Sound & Vision Gallery
2830 N. Milwaukee Ave., 2nd floor
Chicago, IL 60647
773.772.3616
http://www.elasticrevolution.com/

EVENT: You are invited to attend this Fourth Annual Chicago Calling Arts Festival
event, which features poetry readings and musical performances. Performers / projects include:
• Korean poetry in translation
• Eric Elshtain -- poetry
• Satya Alliance (Satya Gummulnori (voice) and other performers TBA)
• Erin Teegarden – poetry
• Trio with Gino Robair (percussion), Andrew Royal (violin), and Aaron Zarzutzki (electronics
• Vibrational Sound Narratives, a collection of new paintings by Alpha Bruton
• other performances / projects TBA

$12 suggested donation


"Vibrational Sound Narratives by artist Alpha Bruton
Alpha Bruton has created 200 12"x 18" acrylic on paper paintings, of compositions, from a four year exploration of various Chicagoan jazz musicians, improvisational jazz, creative music, electric music, and alternative sound, where she created abstract sketches in a response to their sound stream, and what she was feeling, or seeing during these performances.
Vibrational sound narratives are a very comprehensive system of patterns, or vibrations that teach our bodies at all levels how to have a new experience. They activate a practice similar to Vibra Keys association with sound, shape, and image in the context of emotional response, and unlock visual-spatial intelligence in the artists among us, who think in pictures and images.
These compositions were started as sketches that Bruton created, of musicians who have performed at venues and events in Chicago, including Elastic Sound & Vision Gallery, Brown Rice, The Umbrella Music Festival at the Chicago Cultural Center, Fred Anderson’s Velvet Lounge, Ancestral Lofts, Heaven Gallery after set, AACM tribute to Fletcher Henderson at Millennium Park, Earnest Dawkins’ Sunday afternoon jam sessions, Nicole Mitchell's tribute to Alice Coltrane, Ways & Means Trio, Chicago Calling Arts Festival, The Mingus Awareness Project, among others.

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CHICAGO CALLING EVENT AT MYOPIC BOOKSTORE

DATE: Sunday, October 4, 2009 (7-9 p.m.)

LOCATION: Myopic Bookstore
1564 N Milwaukee Ave
Chicago, IL 60622-2008
773.862.4882
http://www.myopicbookstore.com

EVENT: You are invited to attend this Fourth Annual Chicago Calling Arts Festival
event, which features poetry readings and a “telephone art” game with poetry. Poets TBA. Free and open to the public.


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CHICAGO CALLING EVENT ON “WORDSLINGERS”DATE: Sunday, October 4, 2009 (8:00-9:00 p.m.)

LOCATION: WLUW (88.7 FM)
http://www.wluw.org/schedule/index.cfm

EVENT: You are invited to listen to this Fourth Annual Chicago Calling Arts
Festival event, which features several Chicago-based poets who have created projects in collaboration with artists who live outside of Chicago. The poets include Elizabeth Harper, Rachel Javellana, and one more TBA poet. This edition of Wordslingers is being hosted by Shelley Nation. Poets.

WORDSLINGERS:
Wordslingers began in November 1999 as an invitation from the station mgr of WLUW Loyola University’s Community Radio station for Michael C. Watson to introduce listeners to the thriving poetry community here in Chicago. Wordslingers has featured poets from all walks of life as well as different styles- performance, slam, academic, political, erotic, haiku, jazz, and blues.

You can listen to Wordslingers live at 88.7 FM in the Chicago area, or at http://www.wluw.org/. Wordslinger broadcasts are podcasted at http://securefdata.com/WordSlingers/.

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CHICAGO CALLING EVENT ON “SOMETHING ELSE”

DATE: Sunday, October 4, 2009 (10 p.m.-2 a.m.)

LOCATION: “Something Else” show hosted by Philip Von Zweck
WLUW (88.7 FM)
http://www.wluw.org/schedule/index.cfm

EVENT: You are invited to listen to this Fourth Annual Chicago Calling Arts
Festival event, which features TBA artists performing on Philip Von Zweck’s “Something Else” show.

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CHICAGO CALLING, AFTER HOURS ON THE LINE

DATE: Monday, October 5, 2009 (7:30-9:30 p.m.)

LOCATION: Café Ballou
939 N. Western Ave.
Chicago, IL
(773) 342-2909

EVENT: You are invited to attend this Fourth Annual Chicago Calling Arts Festival
event, which features TBA poets. This event is being organized by the editors of After Hours: A Journal of Chicago Writing and Art.

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Performance Event at Hotti Biscotti

DATE: Tuesday, October 6, 2009 (8:30-11:00 p.m.)

LOCATION: Hotti Biscotti Café
3545 W. Fullerton Ave.
Chicago, IL 60647-2442
773.292.6877

EVENT: You are invited to attend this Chicago Calling Arts Festival event, which
features two sets of music:
1st set: Jim Baker Trio
Jim Baker – keyboard, ARP
Brian Sandstrom – bass
Steve Hunt – drums
2nd set: Weston / Royal / Godston Trio
Matt Weston – percussion
Andrew Royal – violin
Dan Godston – trumpet

Suggested donation

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Performance Event at Backstory Café and Social Center

DATE: Wednesday, October 7, 2009 (6-8 p.m.)

LOCATION: Backstory Café and Social Center
6100 S. Blackstone Ave.
Chicago, IL 60637-2912
(773) 324-9987
http://backstorycafe.com

EVENT: You are invited to attend to this Fourth Annual Chicago Calling Arts
Festival event, which is being curated by Alex Wing. More info TBA. Free and open to the public.

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Telematic Performance Event at WNUR

DATE: Thursday, October 8, 2009 (7:30-9:30 p.m.)

LOCATION: WNUR 89.3 FM
1877 Campus Drive
Northwestern University
Evanston, IL 60208
http://www.wnur.org

EVENT: You are invited to attend this Fourth Annual Chicago Calling Arts
Festival event, which features a telematic performance involving musical ensembles at WNUR and at Mills College (Oakland, CA). Performers TBA.

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Yuganaut and Chicago-Based Filmmakers and Video Artists at the Velvet Lounge

DATE: Friday, October 9, 2009 (9:30-11:30 p.m.)

LOCATION: The Velvet Lounge
67 E. Cermak Rd.
Chicago, IL 60616-2122
(312) 791-9050

EVENT: You are invited to attend this Fourth Annual Chicago Calling Arts Festival
event, which features the trio Yuganaut performing while Jayve Montgomery and other Chicago-based video artists project images. Yuganaut is Tom Abbs (bass, tuba, violin, cello, percussion), Geoff Mann (drums, mbira, cornet, mandolin), and Stephen Rush (Fender Rhodes, MicroMoog, trombone, toys and effects. $15 admission.

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Performance Event at the Church of the Epiphany

DATE: Saturday, October 10, 2009 (2:00-11:00 p.m.)

LOCATION: Church of the Epiphany
201 S. Ashland Ave.
Chicago, IL 60607
http://www.epiphany-chicago.org/
312.243.4242

EVENT: You are invited to attend this Fourth Annual Chicago Calling Arts Festival
Event, which happens at Church of the Epiphany. Performers and projects include:
• Rachel Thorne Germond -- dance (2 p.m.)
• World Listening Project
• Laura Goldstein -- poetry
• Joel Wanek group
• Wayne Allen Jones -- poetry
• Wizards: Hasan Abdur-Razzaq (saxophones), Gerard Cox (piano), and Adam Smith (drums)
• Jennie and the Sure Shot
• Greenlief/Hartsaw/Hyde/Short Quartet: Philip Greenlief (saxophones), Paul Hartsaw (tenor saxophone), Clifton Hyde (guitar), Damon Short (drums)
• other TBA artists

$15 admission

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New Orleans-Chicago Event at Columbia College’s Concert Hall

DATE: Sunday, October 11, 2009 (3:00-6:00 p.m.)

CHICAGO Concert Hall
LOCATION: Columbia College
1014 S. Michigan Ave.
Chicago, IL 60605.
312-369-6245

NEW ORLEANS
LOCATION: Zeitgeist Multidisciplinary Arts Center
New Orleans, LA 70112
(504) 827-5858
http://www.zeitgeistinc.net

EVENT: You are invited to attend this Fourth Annual Chicago Calling Arts Festival
event, which features a panel discussion about music, film, and activism in Chicago and and New Orleans, followed by musical performances. More info TBA.

“Film, Music, and Activism in New Orleans and Chicago” Panel Discussion (3 p.m.)
It has been more than over four years since Hurricane Katrina devastated the Gulf Coast region. Many amazing things have happened in New Orleans and elsewhere in the Gulf Coast region since then, but challenges still face us in terms of rebuilding. This panel discussion will involve people in two locations discussing music, film and activism in New Orleans and Chicago. The panelists in New Orleans will include Rene Broussard, Luther Gray, Chris Rose, and Jonathan Freilich. The panelists in Chicago will include Stan West, Robin Whatley, George Bailey, Arvis Averett, and Ted Hardin. Panelists in New Orleans and Chicago will be connected over the internet, using Skype.

Telematic Performance Connecting New Orleans and Chicago (4:30 p.m.)
Performers / program TBA

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ORGANIZER:

CCAF4 is being organized by the Borderbend Arts Collective, a not for profit organization. Borderbend’s mission is to promote the arts, to create opportunities for artists to explore new directions in and between art forms, and to engage the community.

CHICAGO ARTISTS MONTH:

Chicago Calling is part of Chicago Artists Month, the thirteenth annual celebration of Chicago’s vibrant visual art community. In October, more than 200 exhibitions of emerging and established artists, openings, demonstrations, tours, open studios and neighborhood art walks take place at galleries, cultural centers and arts buildings throughout the city. For more information, call 312.744.6630 or visit www.chicagoartistsmonth.org. Chicago Artists Month is coordinated by the Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs and is sponsored by the Chicago Office of Tourism with additional support from 3Arts.