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Sunday, May 26

Comfort Station
2579 N Milwaukee
12:00PM-2:00PM
StretchMetal presents Sound Market
Dominic Voz
Kouroush
Cinchel

The Hungry Brain
2319 W Belmont
9:00PM
5 For 50
Mike Reed’s People, Places, & Things, with Greg Ward, Tim Haldeman, Jason Roebke, special guests TBA

Monday, May 27

Tritriangle
1550 N Milwaukee, 3rd Fl
8:30PM
Painted Faces
Cop Funeral
Urine Hell
Alexander Adams, TBA

Wednesday, May 29

Elastic
3429 W Diversey,
773.772.3616
8:00PM
CLEAT Series — “Tea: Story of the Leaves”
Performances by Haotian Wang, Micah Simmons, Sophia Su, Gracia Zhao, Peiran Zhao

Thursday, May 30

Elastic
3429 W Diversey,
773.772.3616
8:30PM
Improvised Music Series
Luc Mosley, Lia Kohl, Norman W Long
Camila

Constellation
3111 N Western
8:30PM
Bill Harris Solo
Olivia Block, Jon Mueller, Adam Sonderberg

Saturday, June 01

Facility Theatre
1138 N California
773.251.5567
3:00PM
Lecture on Nothing/Variations III, now
Przemysław Bosak, William Jason Raynovich — music by Christian Wolff, John Cage, William Jason Raynovich

Bottom Lounge
1375 W Lake
312.929.2022
7:30PM
Melt-Banana
The Flying Luttenbachers
babybaby_explores

Tritriangle
1550 N Milwaukee, 3rd Fl
8:30PM
Illusion of Safety
Vertonen
Whisker : Ben Billington, Andrew Scott Young
Snek Trio : Janna Lee, Reid Karris, Erik Sowa

Constellation
3111 N Western
8:30PM
Wheelhouse : Dave Rempis, Jason Adasiewicz, Nate McBride


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