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Join us for the closing reception for our visual gallery exhibition Girlhood 2, from artists Alexa Gutierrez and Madeline Penzel.
The reception is free admission and open to all. 6pm!
For the last 24 years, Trio WAZ has performed together, making it one of the longest standing experimental music trios in Chicago. Trio WAZ is an eclectic experimental group made up of the time honored members: Edward Wilkerson Jr. - one of the great saxophone and clarinet players on the Chicago scene, Tatsu Aoki - a prolific artist, composer, musician, educator, and consummate bassist and Shamisen Lute player, and Michael Zerang - a percussionist focusing extensively on improvised music, free jazz, contemporary composition, puppet theater, experimental theater, and international musical forms. Each brings their own unique arsenal of musical savvy mixing it up with their distinct dispositions to interplay and an incomparable synthesis of musical actuality. Come listen and burn off the extra carbs from celebrating National Fettuccine Alfredo Day, remember to bring your own leftover Chardonnay!"
We’re excited to welcome back the Deleuze New Music Collective as they present another program of new music by contemporay composers. The perfect way to enjoy your Sunday afternoon! We’ll get started at 2pm.
It’s been a wonderful year working with Dark Matter Resident Avin HannahSmith this past year, and tonight we’re celebrating their residency with a capstone event. Avin will perform a sound experimentation set with our CLEAT 16-channel speaker system. He will then transition into a poetic guided meditation. This phase will welcome the audience to join in his “digital symphony”. His social practice and collaboration with the audience will create a collective atmosphere in relation to collective lived experiences and technological spirituality. We’ll get started at 8pm!
The one and only Jason Roebke celebrates the recent release of his tape, "lights are low", with a performance for double bass and a variety of cassette players.
Madcap pianist Erez Dessel kicks off the night with a solo set.
Our February Elastro team welcomes a traveling trumpet/percussion duo and two sets from Chicago mainstays.
Please join us for our first AfriClassical Futures event of 2026 with Caitlin Edwards and John Bitoy presenting Modern Roots! This program offers a vibrant exploration of contemporary classical music, centering the voices of Black composers such as Julius Eastman, David Baker, Nathalie Joachim, James Lee III, and additional composers.
Jeff Goulet and Mickey Farès conjure electric guitar and voice into haunting new-age soundscapes, drifting from serene calm to jagged chaos. Sultry, commanding, and dangerously seductive, their performances lure you through a hypnotic journey of tension and desire.
Lorazepam is an experimental, improvised group prescribed to be taken aurally to enhance the activity of certain neurotransmitters in the brain. The chemical structure consists of Erik Sowa on drums and percussion, Erica Miller on cello and electronics, and Dan Hansen on effected vocals. Common side effects maybe include unusual feedback, severe syncopation, and sudden harmonic shifts. Lorazepam may be habit-forming.
8:30 pm: Fares + Goulet duo
9:30 pm: Lorazepam
$15 / $10 w/ Student ID - Tickets Available at the Door
Shake Shook Shaken is a dream of what a safe space could allow. A vision of a place for everybody to gather, look at each other, play and create in a non judgmental, trauma-informed way. It’s an invitation, a journey within and out, a surprise. Each workshop is unique. This month we’ll have David Seeber and Julie leading on the topic of PLAY.
