Vagina Monologues Benefit Tonight
Those who want to be generous in advance of Valentine’s Day and also want to taste a smattering of some of the more radical local bands around, stop by The Canopy Club this evening for …
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Six Organs of Admittance Tonight
Music fans, like voters, tend to love a “uniter,” not a divider. For practically the entirety of his career, Californian Ben Chasny, under the nom de plume of Six Organs of Admittance, has brought together …
The Politics of Art
Wind Water and Light, an artisans gallery, opens an exhibit dubbed The Real Politik — just in time for February’s political rumble, Super Tuesday, on Feb. 5. A relatively new kid on the block in …
Noisy Improv with Your Snow?
Ah, the pretentious joys of kooky academes. Though tonight may end in a foot of snow on the ground and the requisite feelings of trapped hopelessness, there are those among us who can think of …
New Exhibit Opens With a Bang
Art museums sometimes get a bad rap. Maybe this is caused by flashbacks to unpleasant school excursions from our youth, when we were shepherded through boring exhibits while pretentious docents blathered on about Etruscan art. …
Poster Boy: Jay Ryan’s Rock World
Chicago-based graphic designer Jay Ryan got into the poster-making business when Highdive talent buyer, Ward Gollings approached the graphic design company Ryan worked for to craft a poster for an upcoming show at Champaign’s Blind …
Spirit of the Marathon Sweeps Through Savoy Tonight
Something odd happens every year around this time. Longtime runners and newbies alike, all of them fully aware of the unfriendly temperatures lurking right beyond their doors, fish their sneakers out of the closet, tighten …
Things Abound at Link Gallery Art Show
There’s always something hanging at the Link Gallery. But because the space also serves as the only corridor between the Krannert Art Museum and the School of Art + Design, it can be easy to …
The Great Cover-Up Begins Tonight at The Highdive
We’d love to tell you which bands you’ll see tonight at The Highdive, but we have no idea ourselves. The 17th Annual Great Cover-Up, where notable local bands transform into “cover bands” for one night …
Be Shameless Tonight at the IMC
Of all the times you’ve lost all shame, in college or otherwise, we doubt there was anyone cheering you on. (We saw you that night; it was pretty embarrassing.) Regain your dignity tonight at No …