CHICAGO CULTURAL CENTER EVENTS FOR FEBRUARY

ADMISSION FREE
March 2009
This Month at the Cultural Center
MUSIC Jazz Links Jam Sessions

EXHIBITIONS Project Onward Inquire Within: Soul Searching and Truth Seeking by Artists with Disabilities

LECTURES Intersections: "Africa in Film: Presenting Lioness of Lisabi"
ARS SCIENTIA

THEATER The Arab-Israeli Cookbook presented by Theatre Mir
FILM 1st Annual Chicago International Movies and Music Festival
Publishing Chicago Publishers Gallery
Mosaic Members Limited Reserved Seating!

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This month, the Chicago Cultural Center unveils a new exhibition, Inquire Within: Soul Searching and Truth Seeking by Artists with Disabilities. Opening March 21, this is the first major group exhibition by Project Onward, a program of the Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs that supports the creative growth of visual artists with mental and developmental disibilities. Visit the Chicago Rooms of the Chicago Cultural Center to see the extraordinary art and learn more abut Project Onward.
MUSIC Jazz Links Jam Sessions

Jazz Links Jam Session
JAZZ INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO PRESENTS JAZZ LINKS JAM SESSIONSWednesday, March 11, 5pmRandolph CaféThrough a partnership with the Chicago Cultural Center, the Jazz Institute of Chicago provides students with the opportunity to perform with world-class professionals in the Jazz Links house band, led by pianist Ken Chaney, with Robert Irving III on piano, Ernie Adams on drums and Lorin Cohen on bass. Young musicians are encouraged to bring their instruments and jam.
"Musical Notes" PerformanceThursday, March 12, 12:15pmMichigan Avenue GalleriesIn conjunction with the exhibition of work by Scott Wolniak, Ungray: Color, Light and Other Balms, Relaxation Record will play a new and extended arrangement of the music they created for Scott Wolniak's video work, "Musical Notes, Healing Colors." The brainchild of Jim Dorling, Relaxation Record, including musicians Jim Dorling, Dan Mohr, Sam Wagster, and Zak Prekop, plays meditative long form songs with unconventional and ever changing instrumentation.
NEW MILLENNIUM/NEW MUSICThis series showcases avant garde and improvised music by touring artists and local musicians.
Rudresh Mahanthappa QuartetSunday, March 15, 3pm Claudia Cassidy Theater The quartet will play selections from their latest CD, Codebook, on Pi Recordings. Rudresh Mahanthappa, alto sax; Vijay Iyer, piano; Francois Moutin, bass; and Dan Weiss, drums. The presentation of Codebook by the Rudresh Mahanthappa Quartet has been made possible with support from Chamber Music America's New Works: Encore Program, funded through the generosity of the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation.For more information about this group visit www.rudreshm.com
So Percussion - City MusicWednesday, March 18, 7pmClaudia Cassidy TheaterCity Music is So Percussion's musical response to the complex urban environment of New York City. This ongoing collaboration comes out of the rugged loft spaces of Brooklyn, the group's home since 2004. City Music continues in the vein of two of So Percussion's most recent projects: group member Jason Treuting's amid the noise (2006); and Music for Trains (2008), a meditation upon the rail-yards and train stations of Southern Vermont. Its sounds and textures oscillate between drive and stasis, a human impression of an infinitely varied place. For more information about this group visit www.sopercussion.com
CHICAGO CULTURAL CENTER PRESENTSMarc Bamuthi JosephTuesday, March 24, 4pmClaudia Cassidy TheaterA conversation and mini performance with spoken word/hiphop theater artist Marck Bamuthi Joseph. An arts activist, National Poetry Slam champion and GOLDIE award winner, Bamuthi has taught and performed internationally. This event is supported by the School of the Art Institute Chicago.
SUNDAY SALON SERIESOngoing, Sundays, 3pmPreston Bradley HallThis weekly series explores the rich landscape of classical music, from familiar Western orchestral compositions to contemporary improvisational forms and international classical traditions, plus family friendly programs.
March 1 - Chicago Chamber Orchestra. Continuing their observance of the 200th anniversary of the death of Haydn, the Chicago Chamber Orchestra performs his Symphony No.13 in D major and Concerto for Flute in D major. The program also includes J.S. Bach's Cantata No. 82 and the premiere performance of Edward McKenna's Irish Violin Concerto No.2.
March 8 - The Protégé Philharmonic. Featuring the Overture from Verdi's Nabucco, Bacchanale from Saint Saëns' Sampson and Delilah and Rimsky Korsakov's Scheherazade.
March 15 - The Classical Symphony Orchestra. The orchestra performs Ravel's Le Tombeau de Couperin, Dukas' Sorcerer's Apprentice, Dvorák's "New World" Symphony.
March 22 - New Millennium Orchestra of Chicago. A program of outstanding chamber music including Mendelssohn's String Octet in E flat major, Op. 20.
March 29 - TBD
CLASSICAL MONDAYSOngoing, Mondays, 12:15pmPreston Bradley HallLunchBreak's Classical Mondays offer classical music, chamber music and opera concerts.
March 2 - The Chicago Cultural Center will be closed in observance of Pulaski Day.
March 9 - Orion Ensemble. One of Chicago's "most vibrant, versatile and distinctive ensembles," Orion is currently the resident ensemble at the Chicago College of Performing Arts at Roosevelt University. This program includes trios by Beethoven and Mendelssohn.
March 16 - Greenleaf Ensemble. This clarinet and piano duo performs a selection of English sonatas.
March 23 - Award Winners in Concert: April Lancastern Feinberg, Soprano, and Kay Kim, Piano. Including music by Poulenc, Bach, Brahms and Britten. Sponsored by the Musicians Club of Women of Chicago.
March 30 - Oni Buchanan: Poetry in Piano. Oni Buchanan is a young American pianist who focuses her virtuosity and inventiveness on creating and bringing to life themed concerts full of originality, curiosity, and vitality. This recital features music inspired by or relating to poetry.
LUNCHBREAK: JAZZ, BLUES & BEYOND Ongoing, Tuesdays, 12:15pmRandolph CaféJazz, Blues & Beyond is LunchBreak's Tuesday program featuring jazz, blues and gospel music.
March 3 - Greg Duncan Quintet (jazz)
March 10 - Matt Pinizzotto Organ Trio (jazz)
March 17 - Special St. Patrick's Day Lunchbreak with a performance by Sean Cleland and Friends (Traditional and Contemporary Celtic music)
March 24 - Aakash Mittal Quartet (jazz)
March 31 - Clark Sommers Quartet (jazz)
DAME MYRA HESS MEMORIAL CONCERTS SERIES Ongoing, Wednesdays, 12:15pmPreston Bradley HallOrganized by the International Music Foundation, the celebrated series of weekly concerts feature solo and ensemble classical music performed by young musicians. The concerts are broadcast live on WFMT (98.7 FM). A LunchBreak event.
March 4 - Daniil Trifonov, Piano. This program includes works by Shubert, Chopin, Scriabin and Stravinsky.
March 11 - Camerata Chicago with Lyudmila Lakisova, Piano. This program includes works by Britten and Mozart.
March 18 - Julie Ryning, Soprano, and Jason J. Moy, Harpsichord. This program includes works by Blow, Duke, Balbastre, Lambert, and Eccles.
March 25 - Elena Baksht, Piano. Featuring works by Chopin.
LUNCHBREAK: MUSIC WITHOUT BORDERSOngoing, Fridays, 12:15pmRandolph CafeThis LunchBreak Friday series showcases world music.
March 6 - Goran Ivanovic and Andreas Kapsalis Duo (Medeterainian guitar duet)
March 13 - Eastern Blok (Eastern European, Balkan jazz)
March 20 - Blou (Acadian Celtic Music) Supported by Canadian Consulate of Chicago.
March 27 - Steve Gibons Gypsy Rhythm Project (Gypsy jazz)
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EXHIBITIONS Project Onward Inquire Within: Soul Searching and Truth Seeking by Artists with Disabilities

Rhya Fogerty, Madness, 2008, Acrylic on canvas. Courtesy of Project Onward, Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs.
PROJECT ONWARD
Inquire Within: Soul Searching and Truth Seeking by Artists with DisabilitiesMarch 21 - May 17Chicago RoomsProject Onward, the Chicago Cultural Center's studio program for artists with special needs, presents an exhibition of paintings, drawings, photography, and mixed media created by visual artists living with mental and developmental disabilities. Inquire Within seeks to break down barriers between mainstream culture and people with disabilities by focusing on the inner life and everyday experiences of people with special needs from their own perspective, in their own words, and on their own terms. Project Onward, Esperanza Community Services, El Valor, and The Nathan and Kiyoko Lerner Foundation Art Studio at Thresholds South are among the innovative studio art programs whose talented artists are represented in the exhibition.
Michael Smith: EvolverMarch 10 - April 20Project Onward Gallery, 1st floorProject Onward's Michael Smith is an artist with autism. As an apprentice artist in his teens at Gallery 37, Michael developed a unique personal style that appeared to draw upon fashion design and illustration techniques of the 1940s. As he grew into adulthood and joined the artistic ranks of Project Onward, Michael's orderly depiction of fancy dresses, elaborate ladies' hats and stylized, doll-like faces became more abstract. Figures once clearly defined began to blur under clouds of mark-making, their features and limbs barely suggested. Evolver traces the progression of Michael Smith's drawings from the quirky and colorful to the mysterious and sublime.Opening ReceptionFriday, March 20, 6pmG.A.R. Hall and RotundaCelebrate the opening of Inquire Within with an evening of art an music. Enjoy the sounds of Chicago rockers DHF Express, including Adam Hines and Louis DeMarco, artists from the exhibition.
Louis DeMarco: Meteorology of the MindThrough March 9Project Onward Gallery, 1st floorProject Onward's Louis DeMarco is an artist with autism who has developed artistic strategies for describing and coping with the vicissitudes of his own mind. His first solo exhibition features finely detailed drawings that contain multitudes. Identifying his neuroses with elaborate "Cloud Charts," cataloguing the topics of his thoughts in an infinite array of lockers, and inventing an entire alternate reality on the island of Loudemar, Louis DeMarco is a gifted artist with a lot to say. Project Onward is the Chicago Cultural Center's studio program for artists with special needs.
For more information about Project Onward visit www.projectonward.org.
William Conger: Paintings 1958-2008 Through March 29Exhibit HallThis is the first major retrospective exhibition of the work by a prominent figure in the history of abstraction in Chicago. This selection of over 60 mostly large scale works traces the evolution of the artist's style over the course of his 50-year- long career. Conger's vibrantly colored abstract paintings emphasize geometric forms and formal composition, yet still reflect figurative, organic and architectural points of reference, and their titles connect them to literature, the artist's memories and metaphoric content. GALLERY TALKThursday, March 12, 12:15pmExhibit HallLanny Silverman, Curator of Exhibitions, Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs, will discuss this exhibition.GALLERY TALKThursday, March 26, 12:15pmExhibit HallArtist William Conger and Lanny Silverman, Curator of Exhibitions, Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs, will discuss this exhibition.
Collaborative Vision: The Poetic Dialogue ProjectThrough April 5Sidney R. Yates GalleryThis is an exhibition of 31 works of art created by collaborative teams of visual artists and poets from across the United States. This exhibition, featuring works in all media, was curated by Chicago area visual artist Beth Shadur and pairs visual artists with poets based on the resonance of their work; each pair collaborated on the creation of a new work integrating text and visual images.PANEL DISCUSSIONSaturday, March 14, 2pm1st Floor Garland RoomA panel discussion on the collaborative process between poets and visual artists, moderated by Beth Shadur, guest curator.GALLERY TALKThursday, March 19, 12:15pmSidney R. Yates GalleryGuest curator Beth Shadur discusses this exhibition.
Two Lithuanian Printmakers: Egle Vertelkaite & Binute ZokaityteThrough March 29Michigan Avenue GalleriesEgle Vertelkaite & Binute Zokaityte are two renowned young Lithuanian artists who studied at Vilnius Art Academy. They combine traditional and contemporary printmaking techniques to explore women's issues and related matters through their interpretation of topics related to women's physical, social and cultural identities. This exhibition was organized by the Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs in collaboration with the Èiurlionis Lithuanian Gallery with support from the Consulate General of the Republic of Lithuania.
Ungray: Color, Light and Other BalmsThrough April 5Michigan Avenue GalleriesScott Wolniak creates a mixed media installation combining video, sculpture and drawing in a way that mimics strategies used by some alternative medicine practices such as rhythmic breathing, light and color therapies, and aura cleansing. Wolniak at the same time derides and embraces such healing efforts with a sincere hope that his creative presentation will impact and positively affect visitors to the gallery during the cold and gray winter months in Chicago."Musical Notes" PerformanceThursday, March 12, 12:15pmMichigan Avenue GalleriesRelaxation Record will play a new and extended arrangement of the music they created for Scott Wolniak's video work, "Musical Notes, Healing Colors." The brainchild of Jim Dorling, Relaxation Record, including musicians Jim Dorling, Dan Mohr, Sam Wagster, and Zak Prekop, plays meditative long form songs with unconventional and ever changing instrumentation.Robert Davis/Michael Langlois: House of the Rising SunThrough April 5Michigan Avenue GalleriesRobert Davis and Michael Langlois have been collaborating as artists since they met at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago in 1997. Though their output primarily consists of paintings, the pair also collaborates to create sculpture and large scale installations with a conceptual bent. Their scrupulously crafted, whimsical and stinging paintings explore the lowbrow with a fastidious fixation on the human figure as it undergoes psychological or physical stress.
Hidden Treasures: The Lane Tech MuralsThrough March 1Chicago RoomsThis exhibition of eleven outstanding historical paintings on canvas that date from 1909 to 1913 and have been restored to their original beauty.
Chicago Landmarks Before the LensOngoing, Landmark Chicago GalleryPresented by the Commission on Chicago Landmarks, this exhibition features 72 black and white photographs of 24 landmarks and historic districts by Richard Nickel, Barbara Crane, Bob Thall, and Stephen Beal.
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LECTURES Intersections: "Africa in Film: Presenting Lioness of Lisabi"
INTERSECTIONS: "Africa in Film: Presenting Lioness of Lisabi"Wednesday, March 4, 6pm1st floor Garland RoomThe representation of Africa in film continues to be problematic. Animated films consistently present animal characters; Hollywood films use Africa as a backdrop to focus on European or American heroes; and even the films emerging from the Nigerian based Nollywood industry create new paradigms that are disturbing. This presentation expands on these spheres of representation and will present an excerpt and discussion of Lioness of Lisabi, a 25 minute film written and produced by Stephanie Shonekan and directed by Vlady Oszkiel. The film is inspired by the life of Funmilayo Ransome Kuti, Nigerian women's rights activist and mother of Fela Anikulapo Kuti, musician and creator of afrobeat. Dr. Stephanie Shonekan teaches at Columbia College Chicago and directs the Black World Studies program there.
FRIENDS OF DOWNTOWN: "Chicago's Central Area Plan: Six Years Later"Thursday, March 5, 12:15pm5th floor Millennium Park Meeting RoomIn 2003, the City of Chicago completed its first major downtown plan since 1958. Entitled "The Chicago Central Area Plan", the work outlined development, transportation, and open space guidelines for Chicago's downtown. Broad in scope and visionary in its predictions for future growth, the Central Area Plan represented a 20 year vision for Chicago's development. Now, almost one third into the plan's proposed build out, Benet Haller from the City of Chicago presents an overview of the successes of, and challenges to, the plan in the past six years. Benet will also present recent modifications to the plan, and adjustments the City has made in response to changing demographics and economic conditions.
THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO FIRST FRIDAY LECTURES: "The Best of All Possible Worlds: On the Marriage between Theodicy and Utopia"Friday, March 6, 12:15pmClaudia Cassidy TheaterIf there is a God and He is all powerful, all knowing, and all good, how come He allows evil and suffering to exist? Christian philosophers and theologians have tried different answers, or theodicies. The lecturer, Basic Program instructor Katia Mitova, who lived in Bulgaria and Poland until 1993, looks at some of the extreme communist regimes in Europe and Asia as hybrids of theodicy and utopia.
MUSICIANS AT WORK: Podcasting Monday, March 9, 6pm Cassidy TheaterFred Wells (Market Frenzy), Pete Toalson (Empty Bottle), and Graham Sanford, Hai Karate! and Panzer Bebop talk about using podcasts with CAR Music Researcher Jocelyn Brown.
GALLERY TALK: "William Conger: Paintings 1958-2008"Thursday, March 12, 12:15pmExhibit HallLanny Silverman, Curator of Exhibitions, Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs, will discuss this exhibition.
CREATIVES AT WORK FORUM: Social Media and Marketing Strategies for Artists Thursday, March 12, 6pm1st floor Garland RoomHow can social networking platforms enrich, compliment, and expand the reach and quality of arts organizations' relationships with their audiences.
PANEL DISCUSSION: "Collaborative Vision: The Poetic Dialogue Project"Saturday, March 14, 2:30pm1st Floor Garland RoomA panel discussion on the collaborative process between poets and visual artists, moderated by Beth Shadur, guest curator.
UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO WORKS OF THE MIND LECTURE SERIES: "Shakespeare on Religion" Sunday, March 15, 1pm5th Floor WashingtonShakespeare lived in a time of religious controversy. Recent attempts have been made to suggest that he was a Catholic, or at least Catholic sympathizer, and that Catholicism ran in his family. We have no essays from him. What do the plays and poems suggest? What about other hot topics, such as anti Semitism and debate about Puritanism? How does he address his London audience on these important issues? How does he speak to us? Presented by David Bevington, Department of English, The University of Chicago.
PRESERVATION SNAPSHOTS: "Chicago's Historic 'L' System" Thursday, March 19, 12:15pmClaudia Cassidy TheaterSome of the "L" stations on the CTA system date to the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Transit expert Graham Garfield describes some recent efforts to restore the most historic stations.
GALLERY TALK: "Collaborative Vision: The Poetic Dialogue Project"Thursday, March 19, 12:15pmSidney R. Yates GalleryGuest curator Beth Shadur discusses this exhibition.
CREATIVES AT WORK FORUM: "Podcasting"Thursday, March 19, 6pmClaudia Cassidy Theater
GALLERY TALK: "William Conger: Paintings 1958-2008"Thursday, March 26, 12:15pmExhibit HallArtist William Conger and Lanny Silverman, Curator of Exhibitions, Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs, will discuss this exhibition.
LURIE GARDEN PROGRAM: "Sustainable Strategies for Greener Gardens"Thursday, March 26, 6pm5th floor Millennium Park RoomSpeaker: Julie Siegel, J. Siegel Designs, Inc. This program is presented as part of the Lurie Garden lectures, workshops and events about nature and the great outdoors.
Music of the Baroque Pre Concert Lecture Monday, March 30, 6pmRandolph CaféPerformer and lecturer Dan Maki provides commentary on the music of four great composers - Handel, Haydn, Purcell and Mendelssohn - whose major anniversaries are celebrated in Music of the Baroque's concert at the Harris Theater.
ARS/SCIENTIA
Conversation: "The Magic of Perception"Monday, March 9, 6pmClaudia Cassidy TheaterMore information below in Ars/Acientia article.
Salon: "Waves, Beats and Grooves: The Physics of MusicMonday, March 23, 6pm1st Floor Garland RoomMore information below in Ars/Acientia article.
CAFÉ SOCIETYOngoing, Wednesday, 12:30pmRandolph CaféEvery Wednesday, the public is invited to gather at the large table in the Randolph Café to discuss a pre-selected current event or issue. For the week's topic and suggested readings, visit www.thepublicsquare.org, write thepublicsquare@prairie.org or call 312.422.5580.
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ARS SCIENTIA

This unique program presents collaborations between pioneering visual artists, dancers, musicians and culinary artists, and biologists, chemists, mathematicians and engineers. Conversations feature presentations and discussions between actual collaborators, while Salons offer more intimate opportunities for artists and scientists to meet, discuss and interact around specific topics.
Conversation: "The Magic of Perception"Monday, March 9, 6pmClaudia Cassidy TheaterMagician Apollo Robbins and neuroscientist Dr. Susana Martinez-Conde of Martinez-Conde Laboratory of Neural Science in Arizona collaborated on a study of perception - how do we know what is really happening? Robbins, a "professional thief," once picked the pocket of President Carter's Secret Service escort - keys, IDs and wallets - in a demonstration of the vulnerability of our perception.
Salon: "Waves, Beats and Grooves: The Physics of MusicMonday, March 23, 6pm1st floor Garland RoomThe Makers of Sense - physicist and musician Dr. Cristian Huepe [labo_labs] and hip hop producer Lianal "Brother El" Freeman - collaborate in an exploration of sound and the Uncertainty Principle.For a complete events schedule, information about participating Artists and Scientists and more click here.

THEATER The Arab-Israeli Cookbook presented by Theatre Mir

Theatre Mir's The Arab-Israeli Cookbook. Photo by John W. Sisson, Jr.
The Arab Israeli Cookbook Presented by Theatre MirMarch 5 - April 5Chicago DCA Storefront Theater, 66 E. Randolph StreetChicago premiere! Theater Mir brings Arab and Israeli voices together in the stories of ordinary people living in a rich yet divided world in Israel and the West Bank. Based on real life interviews by playwright Robin Soans and directors Tim Roseman and Rima Brihi, this deeply human play weaves the stories and recipes of more than forty characters who reveal common culture and experiences amidst the daily conflict. In restaurants, shops, cafes, and homes, everyone has a story to tell and a recipe to cook. To read blogs from Theatre Mir's Artistic Director, Rob Chambers, click here.Tickets are $23; $18 for seniors; $15 for students. Call 312.742.TIXS (8497) or visit www.dcatheater.org.
RELATED PROGRAMSFREE Post-Show Audience Discussions Thursday, March 5 and Friday, March 6Chicago DCA Storefront Theater, 66 E. Randolph StreetFollowing the performance, explore the issues presented in the play during discussions moderated by Scott Hibbard and Khalil Marrar of the Political Science Department, DePaul University.For related programs in April click here.
Staging Conflict: Theatrical Narratives of the Holy LandMonday, March 16, 7pmClaudia Cassidy Theater, Chicago Cultural CenterFREE, Reservations EncouragedSilk Road Theatre Project and Theatre Mir present scenes from their productions of Motti Lerner's Pangs of the Messiah and Robin Soans' The Arab Israeli Cookbook, two plays portraying unique perspectives on the Israeli Palestinian conflict: the former an intra Jewish story about a family of religious West Bank settlers set in 2012, and the latter a verbatim play based on interviews with Christians, Jews and Muslims living in Israel and the West Bank. The program includes a lively panel discussion, moderated by Venus Zarris of ChicagoStage Review and Gay Chicago Magazine, on the challenges of dramatizing the personal and political within the context of the Middle East.To make reservations to guarantee your seat call 312.742.TIXS (8497) or click here.
DCA THEATER INCUBATOR SERIESThis series is designed to support the creation of new work by emerging Chicago theater companies. Utilizing Chicago DCA Theater resources and rehearsal space in the Chicago Cultural Center, participants will explore new projects, develop and refine styles, and share their process with the public during a special showcase event. The Monday evening showcase events will each offer a glimpse of the companies' projects through readings, performances, or works in process. The events are free, but reservations are encouraged by calling 312.742.TIXS (8497) or by visiting www.dcatheater.org.
Showcase Event for Rasaka Theatre CompanyPage to Stage Monday, March 30, 7:30pm Chicago DCA Studio Theater As part of it's Page to Stage program, Rasaka Theatre Company is proud to present the nation's first South Asian short play festival! All of the short plays were created during Rasaka's first annual 'Playwrighting Bootcamp' held over a weekend in August 2008. Rasaka will use INCUBATOR to further develop, workshop, rehearse and present staged readings of all the 10-minute plays created during this intense playwriting workshop, and plans to produce them in the future.
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FILM 1st Annual Chicago International Movies and Music Festival

Chicago International Movies and Music FestivalFriday, March 6 - Sunday, March 8Chicago Cultual CenterCIMMfest brings together films, filmmakers and devotees from around the world, including showcases from France, Australia, Germany, the UK, China, Brazil, India, Canada and Israel. St. Paul Cultural Center, various galleries and music venues, including Th!nkArt Salon, Schubas and the Double Door, will also host screenings and nighttime events. For a complete schedule click here.
Friday, March 6
Paraiba Meu Amor Friday, March 6, 2pm, Claudia Cassidy TheaterCHICAGO PREMIERE! Shivering Beauty: Soundscape of Mongolia Friday, March 6, 2pm, Garland Room, 1st floor CHICAGO PREMEIRE!Also showing: The NOW Now and The New Pornographers - "Myriad Harbour"
All the World's a Stage Friday, March 6, 3:30pm, 1st floor Garland Room CHICAGO PREMIERE! Also showing: Hayes Carll - "She Left Me for Jesus"
It's in the Blood: Leo Abshire and the Cajun Tradition Friday, March 6, 3:30pm, Claudia Cassidy TheaterCHICAGO PREMIERE!
Panel: MUSIC LICENSING AND PUBLISHINGFriday, March 6, 6pm, G.A.R. AnnexPanel on the ups, down, and legalities of properly licensing and publishing music. For more information click here.
Saturday, March 7
A Cricket in the Court of Akbar Saturday, March 7, 1:30pm, Claudia Cassiday TheaterCHICAGO PREMIERE!Also showing: Passion
Sixteen Days in China Saturday, March 7, 2pm, 1st floor Garland RoomWORLD PREMIERE!
Panel: THE INS AND OUTS OF POST PRODUCTION SOUNDSaturday, March 7, 2pm, G.A.R. AnnexMusic in Film: From Drop Needle to Scores - the ins and outs of post production sound. For more information click here.
Panel: THE MAKING OF BRIAN WILSON'S "SMILE"Saturday, March 7, 3pm, G.A.R. AnnexWatch parts of the video, Brian Wilson presents SMILE, and speak with Director Frank Haney about working with musicians Paul Mertens, Jim Heinz and Bob Lizik. For more information click here.
East of Paradise Saturday, March 7, 3:30pm, Claudia Cassidy TheaterCHICAGO PREMIERE!
Panel: THE FUTURE OF MUSICSaturday, March 7, 4pm, G.A.R. AnnexWill the internet, corporate conglomerates, file sharing, and other competing issues find the next successful model or spell doom for musicians, concert goers, and fans? For more information click here.
Shorts Program ISaturday, March 7, 4:15pm, G.A.R. AnnexIl Tandre Neu - "Exit Wound", Front and Centre, Rusty Truck - "Luck's Changing Lanes" and Mr. Bungle - "Retrovertigo"
Shorts Program IISaturday, March 7, 5pm, G.A.R. AnnexHabits and Tampico
Shorts Program IIISaturday, March 7, 7pm, G.A.R. AnnexCalifone: Slow and Green, City Wasp and Droid ID - "E Verdade?"
Martino Unstrung: A Brain Mystery Saturday, March 7, 6pm, Claudia Cassidy TheaterCHICAGO PREMIERE!
Punching the Clown Saturday, March 7, 6pm, 1st floor Garland RoomCHICAGO PREMIERE!Also showing: Fresh Off the Boat
The Life and Death of Gotel Botel Saturday, March 7, 8pm, 1st floor Garland RoomWORLD PREMIERE!
The Seventh Python Saturday, March 7, 8pm, Claudia Cassidy Theater
Sunday, March 8
It's Only Rock 'n' Roll (But I Like Keith) Sunday, March 8, 1:30pm, Claudia Cassidy TheaterUS PREMIERE!Also showing: Appassionata
Shorts Program IVSunday, March 8, 2pm Garland Room, 1st floorSpouse - "Hangover Cure for Humanity", Allegro Compreso and Elliott Sharp--Doing the Don't
Panel: UNCUT AND UNCENSORED: THE CUTTEING ROOM FLOORSunday, March 8th, 2, G.A.R. AnnexJohn Anderson, Dr. Rock for grown up kids, will show rock-related interviews, Broll and performance footage of Brian Wilson, Pete Townshend, Neil Young, Elvis Costello, Ray Davies and others that have not been commercially released. For more information click here.
Family Meeting Sunday, March 8, 3pm, 1st floor Garland RoomUS PREMIERE!
How to Be Sunday, March 8, 3:15pm and 5:15pm, Claudia Cassidy TheaterCHICAGO PREMIERE! Also showing: Jaffawiye and Gnarls Barkley - "Going On"
Panel: THE GREATEST ROCK MOVIE EVERSunday, March 8th, 3:30pm, G.A.R. AnnexWhat's the best rock movie ever made? For more information click here.
For more information and the complete schedule, visit www.cimmfest.org.
ITVS COMMUNITY CINEMATaking RootSaturday, March 21, 2pm Claudia Cassidy TheaterTaking Root tells the dramatic story of Kenyan Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Wangari Maathai whose simple act of planting trees grew into a nationwide movement to safeguard the environment, protect human rights, and defend democracy - a movement for which this charismatic woman became an iconic inspiration.To preview this film click here.
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Publishing Chicago Publishers Gallery

Chicago Publishers GalleryOpen DailyRandolph CaféThe Chicago Publishers Gallery displays books and periodicals by Chicago area publishers and authors. Browse through publications or read them in the gallery and get a sense of the many publishing ventures that are happening in Chicago. The Chicago Publishers Gallery is located on both sides of the marble staircase in the Randolph Café.
Mosaic Members Limited Reserved Seating!

Rudresh Mahanthappa of Rudresh Mahanthappa Quartet.
RESERVED SEATINGNew Millennium/New Music: Rudresh Mahanthappa QuartetSunday, March 15, 3pm Claudia Cassidy Theater This unforgettable quartet will play selections from their latest CD, Codebook, on Pi Recordings. "Compelling and fiercely individualistic... The vibrancy of his tone, the unflagging drive of his rhythms, the speed of his bebop-influenced passages, and the mercurial nature of his improvisational ideas establish Mahanthappa as a player with a great deal to say." -The Chicago Tribune
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Chicago's Downtown Farmstand, Chicago's Clark House Museum and more!
The Department of Cultural Affairs presents many more events at other venues throughout Chicago. Visit these websites to learn more:
Chicago's Downtown Farmstand offers edible local products, all produced within 250 miles of Chicago. For more information visit www.cityofchicago.org
Millennium Park is home to hundreds of free performing and visual arts programs, in addition to its world-class collection of architecture, landscape and public art. For more information visit www.millenniumpark.org
Chicago's Clarke House Museum is Chicago's oldest house. Every Saturday from March 7 through April 4 Clark House is offering a training program for new volunteer docents. For information visit http://clarkehousemuseum.org
The World Kitchen offers culinary arts classes offered by top instructors and guest chefs in a state-of-the-art professional training kitchen - at a surprisingly moderate price! For class schedule and registration information visit www.cityofchicago.org/CulturalAffairs/
Maxim's: The Nancy Goldberg International Center, presents music programs featuring some of the city's leading cabaret artists and a series of conversations with Chicago's most interesting people, in a replica of the famous art-nouveau Parisian restaurant. Visit www.maximschicago.com
The Chicago Cultural Center, established by the Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs as the nation's first free municipal cultural center, is one of the foremost free arts showcases in the country.
Every year, the Chicago Cultural Center is home to hundreds of free art exhibits, performances, and cultural events, providing a showcase where the public can enjoy and learn about the arts in its many forms.
Chicago Cultural Center78 E Washington St.Chicago, IL 60602www.chicagoculturalcenter.org