Chicago Scene: October 12 – October 26

This is a weekly overview of live avant performances in the Chicago area.  Contact us if you’d like your shows listed.

October 12:

11:00AM at the Garfield Park Conservatory, 300 N Central Pk (Free)
James Falzone’s Improvisus Collective : James Falzone, Ellen McSweeney, Ayako Kato, JulieAnn Graham

7:30PM at the Washington Park Arts Incubator, 301 E Garfield Blvd (Free)
Off the Record Part 1
avery r young, Douglas Ewart

8:00PM at Graham Foundation (Madlener House), 4 W Burton Pl (Free, must RSVP)
Lampo Presents
Ben Vida

8:00PM at Experimental Sound Studio, 5925 N Ravenswood, 773.769.1069 ($10-$8)
CPA Trio : Christopher Preissing, Peter Maunu, Albert Wildeman, with special guest Jim Baker

9:30PM at Constellation, 3111 N Western ($10)
Steven Lugerner, Russ Johnson, Myra Melford, Matt Wilson

October 13:

10:00PM at the Hungry Brain, 2319 W Belmont, 773.709.1401 (wheelchair-accessible)
Gordon Grdina, Kenton Loewen

October 14:

9:00PM at Beat Kitchen, 2100 W Belmont, 773.281.4444 (wheelchair-accessible)
Extraordinary Popular Delusions : Jim Baker, Mars Williams, Brian Sandstrom, Steve Hunt

October 15:

7:30PM at Claudia Cassidy Theater, 78 E Washington, 312.744.6630 (Free)
Dal Niente — music of Johannes Kreidler

October 16:

9:00PM at the Bedford, 1612 W Division, 773.235.8800
Makaya McCraven, Marquis Hill, Jeff Parker, Joshua Abrams

9:00PM at Sugar Maple, 441 E Lincoln Ave, Milwaukee WI, 414.481.2393
Gordon Grdina Trio with Tommy Babin, Kenton Loewen

10:00PM at the Hideout, 1354 W Wabansia, 773.227.4433 ($10)
Jason Adasiewicz, Jason Roebke, Hamid Drake

October 17:

9:00PM at Elastic, 2830 N Milwaukee, 2nd Fl, 773.772.3616
Gordon Grdina Trio, with Tommy Babin, Kenton Loewen

9:30PM at Constellation, 3111 N Western ($18-$10)
Clark Sommers Ba(SH) with Geof Bradfield, Dana Hall — CD release

October 18:

8:00PM at Experimental Sound Studio, 5925 N Ravenswood, 773.769.1069 ($10-$8)
Mark Hosler
Thomas Dimuzio
M C Schmidt, Wobbly

9:30PM at Constellation, 3111 N Western ($9)
Health&Beauty : Brian Sulpizio, Ben Boye, Frank Rosaly
Chuck Johnson
Spires That In the Sunset Rise : Kathleen Baird, Georgia Vallas, Taralie Peterson, Tracy Peterson

October 19:

9:00PM at Heaven Gallery, 1550 N Milwaukee, 2nd Fl, 773.342.4597
CPA : Christopher Preissing, Peter Maunu, Albert Wildeman
Toby Summerfield, Anton Hatwich, Tim Daisy, Frank Rosaly

9:30PM at Constellation, 3111 N Western ($15-$12)
Tim Berne‘s Snake Oil, with Oscar Noriega, Matt Mitchell, Ches Smith

October 20:

4:00PM at the Empty Bottle, 1035 N Western, 773.276.3600 ($5) (wheelchair-accessible)
Articular Facet 5.2
Avreeayl Ra’s Dream Stuff
Reid Karris, KG Price

7:30PM at the Logan Center Performance Hall, 915 E 60th, 773.702.ARTS ($15-$5)
Claire Chase, Katinka Kleijn, Jacob Greenberg — performance of Vox Balaenae

8:30PM at Constellation, 3111 N Western ($20-$10)
Third Coast Percussion : Sean Connors, Robert Dillon, Peter Martin, David Skidmore

10:00PM at the Hungry Brain, 2319 W Belmont, 773.709.1401 ($7) (wheelchair-accessible)
Toby Summerfield, Jason Roebke, Jeff Kimmel
bAgg*fisH : Marcos Baggiani, Michael Fischer

October 21:

7:30PM at Myopic Books, 1564 N Milwaukee, 773.862.4882
Keefe Jackson, Daniel Fandiño

8:30PM at Constellation, 3111 N Western ($10)
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Jeff Kimmel, Robert Reinhart, Eliza Bangert, Kenn Kumpf, Matthew Oliphant, Billie Howard, Jonathon Kirk, Owen Davis, Nomi Epstein, with special guest Michael Pisaro

9:00PM at Beat Kitchen, 2100 W Belmont, 773.281.4444 (wheelchair-accessible)
Extraordinary Popular Delusions : Jim Baker, Mars Williams, Brian Sandstrom, Steve Hunt

October 22:

9:30PM at The Whistler, 2421 N Milwaukee (Free) (wheelchair-accessible)
Keefe Jackson Trio with Jason Roebke, Mikel Avery

October 23:

9:00PM at the Bedford, 1612 W Division, 773.235.8800
Makaya McCraven, Justin Thomas, Jeff Parker, Joshua Abrams

October 24:

9:30PM at Constellation, 3111 N Western ($13-$10)
Lucian Ban, Mat Maneri

October 25:

11:00AM at Preston Bradley Hall, 78 E Washington, 312.744.6630 (Free)
My Silence XL : Jason Stein, Nick Butcher, Mike Reed, with Eleanor Scott, Jessica Mart

7:30PM at the Logan Center for the Arts, 915 E 60th, 773.702.ARTS ($35-$5)
On Sacred Ground
The Bad Plus : Ethan Iverson, Reid Anderson, Dave King, with Cristina Guadalupe, Noah Hutton

9:30PM at Constellation, 3111 N Western ($13-$10)
Michael Formanek, Ellery Eskelin, Jacob Sacks, Dan Weiss

October 26:

11:00AM at the Garfield Park Conservatory, 300 N Central Pk (Free)
My Silence XL : Jason Stein, Nick Butcher, Mike Reed, with Eleanor Scott, Jessica Mart

7:00PM at the Rhythm Room, 1715 Maple Ave, Evanston IL, 847.491.9723
Jimmy Bennington Colour And Sound Trio

7:30PM at the Museum of Contemporary Art, 220 E Chicago, 312.280.2660 ($28) (wheelchair-accessible)
Composer Portrait : John Zorn
ICE

8:30PM at Constellation, 3111 N Western ($15)
Spektral Quartet
Good Evening

11:00PM at Constellation, 3111 N Western ($10)
Colorlist : Charles Gorczynski, Charles Rumback

For more information, such as show times and directions, as well as upcoming performances, see:

http://now-is.org/
http://www.ratchetmusic.com
http://www.umbrellamusic.org
http://www.mcachicago.org
http://www.cityofchicago.org/city/en/depts/dca/supp_info/chicago_culturalcenterschedule.html
http://www.skylarkchicago.com

Home

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Events

http://dalniente.com
http://iceorg.org/events/category/chicago
http://www.emptybottle.com/