Archive for May, 2011
Printers Row Lit Fest
By Gozamos on May 31, 2011 | Leave a comment!
Join the Printers Row Lit Fest for an unforgettable celebration of the city’s social scene on Saturday, June 12th. Mix and mingle with Chicago’s literati elite while enjoying live music, food and beer, plus a slew of special events. From poetry slams, to wine tastings and improv performances, this party will be one for the books!
Chicago Underground Film Festival
By Gozamos on May 31, 2011 | Leave a comment!
The Chicago Underground Film Festival is an annual event showcasing independent, experimental and documentary films from around the world. June 24th-July 1st, 2010
Old School Vs. New School: LGBTQ Activism
By Gozamos on May 31, 2011 | Leave a comment!
Gozamos.com presents “Old School Vs. New School: LGBTQ Activism”, a panel and party part of United Latino Pride Week 2011.
Interview: DannielRadall and his Guadalajara Chillwave
By Jose Luis Benavides on May 31, 2011 | Leave a comment!
Danniel Radall’s recenlty released Pardo is a work of art, crossing that casual chillwave vibe with the soulfull melodies of classic R&B, his life in Guadalajara, México has surely inspired a unique and subtle fusion of cultures and sounds.
Home Decor: Collecting the Odd
By Cynthia Pelayo on May 31, 2011 | Leave a comment!
From taxidermy to medical antiques to glass-eyed dolls, Goth is creeping back into home decor. Gozamos’ resident Gothic fan takes a look into the skin-crawling trend of collecting the odd.
PechaKucha Night Chicago presents Volume 18
By Gozamos on May 31, 2011 | Leave a comment!
PechaKucha Night brings prominent and emerging creative minds together for an evening of lightning-fast presentations, networking and fun. The PechaKucha format, where a dozen or so presenters are given 20 slides each shown for 20 seconds to reveal their passions, work and inspirations, is now held in over 410 cities around the world.
Heroes In The Dark
By Reyna Jacqueline Peña on May 30, 2011 | 1 Comment
Political dissent, toy soldiers and a childhood Memorial Day visit to an American Legion chapter in La Villita are recalled.
Album Review: Kids on a Crime Spree’ We Love You So Bad
By Jose Luis Benavides on May 30, 2011 | 1 Comment
Savor the post punk vigor of each rapid fire track as the, Kids on a Crime Spree’s debut EP, We Love You So Bad whizzes past you like Sonic the Hedgehog at a Grease Lightning drag race.
Do Division Street Fest
By Gozamos on May 29, 2011 | Leave a comment!
Kicking off fest season with a bang again this year is the annual Do-Division Street Fest & Sidewalk Sale, Saturday, June 4th through Sunday, June 5th. This signature Chicago street fest pits great shopping, live music and family entertainment together under the summer sun!
Fat & Happy: Mexican Tequila White Wine Sangria
By Monique Costello on May 29, 2011 | 1 Comment
This week Monique puts together a sipping tequila recipe that will forever change the way you look at sangria.
Intermission & Claro y Obscuro
By Gozamos on May 29, 2011 | Leave a comment!
Benito Huerta (b. 1952) has been creating artwork in Texas since the 1970′s. Significantly influenced by Pop Art and Conceptual Art, in addition to the Chicano movement, his paintings and prints frequently deal with the comedy, tragedy, and absurdity present in our world.
Downtown Sound: Justin Townes Earle + Andre Williams and the Goldstars
By Gozamos on May 29, 2011 | Leave a comment!
The popular series, Downtown Sound: New Music Mondays, returns to Millennium Park for a third summer, featuring an eclectic mix of music discoveries, cutting-edge indie rock, pop bands and rock veterans.
The Sanctified Grumblers
By Gozamos on May 29, 2011 | Leave a comment!
From the ashes of the woodpile rises The Sanctified Grumblers, an old time jug band, featuring Rick “Cookin” Sherry formerly of Devil in a Woodpile and Eric “Leadfoot” Noden.
Meek’s Cutoff
By Gozamos on May 29, 2011 | Leave a comment!
The year is 1845. A wagon team of three families has hired mountain man Stephen Meek to guide them over the Cascade Mountains. Claiming to know a short cut, Meek leads the group on an unmarked path across the high plain desert, only to become lost in the dry rock and sage
The 9th Annual Human Rights Film Fest
By Gozamos on May 28, 2011 | Leave a comment!
The 9th Annual Human Rights Watch Film Festival, which showcases the heroic stories of activists and survivors from all over the world. The works featured help to put a human face on threats to individual freedom and dignity, and celebrate the power of the human spirit and intellect to prevail.
Soda Stereo Tribute
By Gozamos on May 28, 2011 | Leave a comment!
Rockotitlan Chicago extends a warm welcome of solidarity and honoring Argentine musical genius Gustavo Cerati, his band Soda Stereo and their devoted fans with a tribute concert. Performing bands include New Jersey based Ruido Blanko, from Wisconsin Purple Tongue and from Chicago DJ Jesus Echeverria.
DJ Rekha of Basement Bhangra
By Gozamos on May 28, 2011 | Leave a comment!
Bhangratheque presents…”The biggest bhangra bash this memorial day weekend!”
The 1st Annual Pilsen Coaster Show
By Gozamos on May 28, 2011 | Leave a comment!
One Night Only Exhibition of Artist Inspired Coasters. The artists in this exhibit re-purpose the ubiquitous bar coaster into highly personalized works of art.
Film Review: Strange Faces Film Series
By Christopher Renton on May 28, 2011 | Leave a comment!
Strange Faces is an ongoing film series highlighting the best independent, foreign and documentary films being shown in Chicago theaters.
Vino: When it comes to wine, do our eyes do us more harm than good?
By Corey Nuffer on May 27, 2011 | 1 Comment
Here no evil, see no evil, smell no evil? Blind tasting wines, even down to a blind tasting glass, has changed the world. It can also be a great way to build your palette…or make the night more interesting.
Album Review: Seapony’ Go With Me
By Jose Luis Benavides on May 27, 2011 | 2 Comments
Surf-pop or shoegaze-garage the Seapony’s lack luster approach to music may convince the hipsters, but it doesn’t convince me.
Ozomatli
By Gozamos on May 26, 2011 | Leave a comment!
Their music–a notorious urban-Latino-and-beyond collision of hip hop and salsa, dancehall and cumbia, samba and funk, merengue and comparsa, East L.A. R&B and New Orleans second line, Jamaican ragga and Indian raga–has long followed a key mantra: It will take you around the world by taking you around L.A.
United Latino Pride Week -Kick Off Party
By Gozamos on May 26, 2011 | Leave a comment!
United Latino Pride Week 2011: Amplifying the work of Latino LGBTQA Organizations, Businesses and Communities while Celebrating Who we are and Who we love.
Club Musseque: An Explosion of African Rhythms
By Gozamos on May 26, 2011 | Leave a comment!
The night will feature a propulsive array of African music including Kenyan Benga beats, Congolese Afro-Cuban Guaguanco, Lagos Disco, Malian Kora, Cameroon Makossa, Senegalese Mbalax, Ethio-jazz, Ghanaian Highlife, Zimbabwean Rumba, Algerian Rai, South African Jive and of course Nigerian Afrobeat plus many more other treats.
