Events
Dec
8
2009
7:00 PM, $7 suggested
YouTube Assembly featuring Mairead Case and Bryan Wendorf
The YouTube Assembly is an attempt to capture the phenomenon of viral video in a live event. The event consists of screening web-based video for a live, participating audience. Like karaoke or a traditional performance open mic, the YouTube Assembly creates a situation in which people take turns entertaining each other, in this case, by sharing their favorite Youtube clips. In the spirit of the popular YouTube interface, audience members will be encouraged to comment on the videos they watch, except out loud and in real time with no anonymity.
Each screening will feature a pair of hosts from different artistic backgrounds that will share their YouTube video picks and help facilitate the evening’s open mic portion.
Mairead Case is Managing Editor at Literago.org, The former Managing Editor at Proximity and Books Editor at Venus Zine, she’s published fiction and criticism at places like featherproof, Pitchfork, Punk Planet, Village Voice Media, and Vice; started a writing program at an Indiana juvie; sold pumpkin pie wholesale; taught fangst lit to youth in libraries; and curated a radio show about dreams for Neighborhood Public Radio at the 2008 Whitney Biennial.
Bryan Wendorf is the Artistic Director of the Chicago Underground Film Festival.
The You Tube Assembly takes place at the Nightingale (1084 N. Milwaukee)
Dec
14
2009
8:00 PM, $5 suggested
101
101 is a monthly lecture series organized by Homeroom in collaboration with youmethemeverybody.com – a website and podcast about Chicago arts and music. The event takes place the second Monday of each month at the Hungry Brain in Chicago. Each event features a different speaker who will give a short talk on a very specific or esoteric subject of interest, followed by an informal interview with the hosts that will include questions from the audience. The Tiny Cover Band will serve as the house band for the event providing musical interludes as well as accompaniment for a short karaoke session at the end of each show.
The second 101 Lecture Show is a two-fer featuring Jay Ryan and Paul Hornschemeier. They will be talking and showing slides about life on the road together, after having just (and I mean just!) wrapped up a month long national book tour.
They will be signing copies of Jay’s book, “Animals and Objects in and out of Water,” and Paul’s book “All and Sundry: Uncollected Work, 2004-2009”.
Jay Ryan owns and operates the Bird Machine and plays in the band Dianogah. Paul Hornschemeier is a graphic novelist and plays with the band Music Hall. They both have really great hair, and big plans.
The Hungry Brain is located at 2319 W Belmont.
Dec
18
2009
8:00 PM, $7 suggested
Songwriter Showcase and Open Mic featuring Madsen Minax and The Wheels
Justin Petertil of Love Raid and Office hosts our Songwriter Showase featuring Madsen Minax of Actor Slash Model and Juliet Mizicko with LaRaie Zimm.
Madsen’s music is Americana Roots Music for contemporary lives. His music is acoustic and sparse, but powerful with strong lyrical strokes and pithy vocals. actorslashmodel.com
The Wheels’ music often moves at the pace of weeping. The trio captures the catharsis of loss and loneliness with tender but strong voices carrying long phrases. Their sound is broad and open, but also intimate and self searching. myspace.com/laraiez
Justin Petertil, our monthly host, is a bit of songwriting voyeur. His music, often performed with Love Raid, constrains a number of disparite influences into pop forms that belie their own complexity.
At Elastic Arts, 2830 N Milwaukee, 2nd Floor, Chicago.
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