Archive for October, 2010
Colombian Dance Party
By Gozamos on October 31, 2010 | Leave a comment!
Macondo Colombian Coffee & Empanadas and the Bogota-Chicago Sister Cities Committee present a night of live music and dancing celebrating Cartagena’s Fiestas Novembrinas and Macondo’s 1 year anniversary.
Chicago Music Project – Gozamos.tv Episode 10
By Abraham Velázquez Tello on October 31, 2010 | Leave a comment!
Gozamos talks to Leo A. Flores, Creative Director of Chicago Music Project, “a multimedia company dedicated to putting Chicago’s local music first in one comprehensive, unified online platform.” We discuss current independent media and other issues in the current music industry.
Fat & Happy: Chocolate & Peanut Butter Chip Cookies
By Monique Costello on October 31, 2010 | Leave a comment!
A delicate, crumbly, melt-in-your-mouth, creamy, nutty, chocolaty experience. They even melt on your fingers for just a moment as you raise it to your lips.
Tribute to the Masters: Tim Burton
By Natalie Reece on October 31, 2010 | 4 Comments
Our 2 biggest Tim Burton fans, Natalie and Terry, take a look at his top 3 movies directed and top 3 movies produced (in no particular order) just in time for Halloween viewing. Let us know your faves, too!
The Seagull
By Gozamos on October 30, 2010 | Leave a comment!
Goodman Artistic Director Robert Falls directs an intimate new production of Chekhov’s masterwork The Seagull, whose unforgettable characters reveal the passion and pathos of every day life.
Eddie Palmieri and La Perfecta
By Gozamos on October 30, 2010 | Leave a comment!
One of the architects of the salsa explosion during the 60s and 70s is coming to Chicago Nov 4.
A Haunting We Will Go
By Natalie Reece on October 30, 2010 | Leave a comment!
Creepy crawl spaces in a house that smelled like death, cemetary dirt that covered what looked to be like a normal back yard- sounds like the beginning of a semi cheesy horror movie, right? But my house was no movie nor was it a haunted house you sought out for fun. My house was the real deal, and still haunts me to this day.
Review: LCD Soundsystem at The Aragon!
By Terry Carlton on October 30, 2010 | Leave a comment!
There’s us. And then there’s them. Over and over again. You’re either on the bus or you’re off the bus. LCD Soundsystem drove the bus Monday night to The Aragon, and we were ecstatic to get picked up en route to the best show Chicago’s seen in ages!
A Bar on Buena and the Song of Lolita
By Kevin Hoffman on October 29, 2010 | Leave a comment!
The Bar on Buena become host to musings on love, bourbon, and friendship.
Happy Accidents: Knights in Tarnished Armour
By Elvin Yavuz on October 29, 2010 | 6 Comments
Camelot has fallen but that doesn’t mean that chivalry is dead. Gozamos’ favorite single girl battles some tarnished knights in her quest for true love.
Thrown For a Loop: Art Loop Open
By Corey Nuffer on October 28, 2010 | Leave a comment!
The one crawl to rule them all, Chicago’s Art Loop Open sprawls across 11 locations featuring almost 200 individual pieces.
Pasties and Podoboos: A ‘Boobs and Goombas’ Review
By Katie Donbavand on October 28, 2010 | 2 Comments
Gozamos spends a Friday night in the Mushroom Kingdom. Here we go!
The Indumentarian: It’s a Walk-off
By Roberto Del Rio on October 28, 2010 | 2 Comments
Chicago Fashion Week was host to many a runway show. Borris Powell showed his 2011 Spring/Summer Collection at The Drake while Alma Wieser’s IRREGULAR show was held at Heaven Gallery. Both spectacular venues, however, only one show could be called good and by the far the best. It isn’t who you’d think it is.
European Jazz Meets Chicago
By Gozamos on October 28, 2010 | Leave a comment!
Renowned jazz pianist and composer Agustí Fernández performs on November 3 as part of the acclaimed 5th Annual Umbrella Music Festival’s opening night concert, “European Jazz Meets Chicago.”
Valencia in Chicago
By Gozamos on October 27, 2010 | Leave a comment!
Bringing new meaning to the term “Latin fusion,” a premier group of chefs from many of Chicago’s favorite tapas & Latin restaurants are coming together for a month-long celebration of the flavors & fare of Eastern Spain. “Valencia in Chicago” kicks off Monday, November 1, at the Instituto Cervantes with a roundtable discussion & cooking demonstration.
Flamenco Faculty
By Gozamos on October 27, 2010 | Leave a comment!
Join the Old Town School for their annual fall Flamenco extravaganza featuring the best and brightest of the Old Town School’s faculty and students. As always, we will include guest artists from the vibrant Flamenco music and dance community in Chicago. Special guest is singer Jesus Ribon.
Doodleganza: The Drawing Extravaganza
By Gozamos on October 27, 2010 | Leave a comment!
Join artists from around the city for this whimsical event. Not a trained artist? Not to worry. Free-form activities guarantee a chilled-out hands-on art encounter for creative types of all sorts.
Barnum’s FUNundrum!
By Gozamos on October 27, 2010 | Leave a comment!
Leap aboard and go on an unbelievable excursion that brings together performers and characters from exotic countries all over the world. From the moment that you arrive, the momentum explodes as The Greatest Show On Earth® comes to life in a way that can only be inspired by the greatest showman who ever lived.
Believe It To See It!
By Corey Nuffer on October 27, 2010 | Leave a comment!
Tour guide might be one of the weirder things I’ve done, especially against my will as it happened to me over and over again while attempting to make believe into being vacant-but-art-full storefronts amidst curious passers-by who were as lost as I was…until I wasn’t.
Running With The Chicago Bulls
By Terry Carlton on October 27, 2010 | 2 Comments
Another NBA season kicks off tonight, so Gozamos’ basketball expert ponders whether or not the Bulls have a legitimate chance to make a serious run to the NBA Finals.
Thank You For Voting
By Lenny DeFranco on October 27, 2010 | 2 Comments
A few stray thoughts on the wisdom of exercising your constitutional right. Now machine-politics free!
¡Revolución! Centennial Concert
By Gozamos on October 26, 2010 | Leave a comment!
‘It is better to die on your feet than to live on your knees’ said Emiliano Zapata, land right reform hero of the Mexican Revolution. So get up and join this centennial celebration fiesta as Mexico brings its diverse and vibrant traditions into a new Century with non-stop music and dance. Everyone is welcome!
Toni Morrison: “A Mercy” for America
By Jose Luis Benavides on October 26, 2010 | 1 Comment
‘Our job as human beings who have language -conflated though that language may be- our job is to become better human beings,’ lectures the legendary literary giant, Toni Morrison at the Chicago Symphony Center for the keynote reading from, A Mercy, the official One-Book-One-Chicago Fall 2010 selection.
Latinisé: Enchanted sounds of world music
By Elvin Yavuz on October 26, 2010 | Leave a comment!
Global jazz ensemble Latinisé knows how to throw a good party! Their first album will be released on Thursday. October 28th in a Masquerade themed ball at the Stanley Mansion in Logan Square. Wear your best costume and dance the night away!
