Vandermark 5
Ken Vandermark - reeds, Dave Rempis - saxophones, Fred Lonberg-Holm - cello, Kent Kessler - bass,Tim Daisy - drums
Thursday 2/5/09 - 10:00PM
Improvised Music Series
Mayas/Caddy + special guests
set one: Magda Mayas - prepared piano, Anthea Caddy - cello
set two: + Jason Stein - bass clarinet, Nate McBride - bass, Tim Daisy - drums
Friday 2/6/09
Elastic Vision Gallery
6:00PM
Layers collected works of Sandra Ivelisse Antongiorgi and Krista Franklin
reception for exhibition opening
This exhibition, featuring the artwork of painter and musician Sandra Ivelisse Antongiorgi and poet/collagist Krista Franklin, is a collection of mixed-medium paintings and collages that explore the complex layers of cultural, sensual and psychic landscapes of women, children and people of color.
9:00PM
performances by Sandra Ivelisse Antongiorgi, Siare Jones, Hector Rivera and DJ Itch 13
Food + Wine + Music + Art + Good People
Saturday 2/7/09 - 9:00PM
Bill Brickey's Emerging Songwriter Series
Dolly Varden dollyvarden.com
Andrew Essary
Tuesday 2/10/09 - 9:00PM
Elastro Electro/Acoustic Series
TV POW + Boris Hauf
Todd Carter, Brent Gutzeit, Michael Hartman - laptop/electronics/objects; + Boris Hauf - saxophones
Breakway
Paul Giallorenzo - synthesizer/piano; Brian Labycz - electronics; Marc Riordan - drums
Thursday 2/12/09 - 10:00PM
Improvised Music Series
Grey/Roebke
Darin Gray - bass, Jason Roebke - bass
Kimmel/Labycz/Roebke
Jeff Kimmel - bass clarinet, Brian Labycz - electronics, Jason Roebke - bass
cancelled
Friday 2/13/09 - 9:00PM
Brokenhearted Burlesque
Saturday 2/14/09 - 9:00PM
Nikki Patin
Steamy and Dreamy: The KiwiAussieLuv Kick-Off Show
Nikki Patin (HBO Def Poet, Gay Games Gold Medalist and Phat Grrrl Superhero) will tour New Zealand and Australia from the end of February through April. "The Phat Grrrl Revolution Tour" features a 60-minute set of spoken word, burlesque and music. Patin will perform throughout Auckland, Wellington and as part of the Dunedin Fringe Festival in New Zealand and in Melbourne and Sydney, Australia.
You are invited to send her off, while digging hip-hop by alien emcee, Cochise Soulstar, a set of live music and hi jinks by Nikki Patin and Buddy Goettsch, plus a dubstep afterset spun by Dubfront Records' DJ Searchl1te. Valentine's Day at Elastic Arts will be steamy and dreamy.
www.myspace.com/nikpatin
www.myspace.com/searchl1te
www.myspace.com/buddygoettsch
www.myspace.com/cochisesoulstar
Nikki Patin, Chicago-born and -bred performance artist and activist, has been writing for over two decades. She has taught hundreds of workshops at high schools, colleges and universities on performance poetry, body image, sexual assault prevention and LGBT issues. Patin has been in six bands and opened for Jill Scott at the Metro in 2000. Patin was a member of Chicago's 2001 Mental Graffiti National Poetry Slam team and was featured on the fourth season of HBO's Def Poetry Jam. In 2004, Patin was voted one of Chicago's six most fabulous 20-somethings by Chicago Tribune's Red Eye newspaper. In 2006, Patin was voted one of 30 under 30 most influential LGBTQ people in Chicago by Windy City Times and took the gold medal in the Gay Games International LGBT poetry slam. In the fall of 2007, Patin taped a segment for "The Greatest Living Writers Project", an online archive of performances and interviews by living writers that's made available to over 8 million high school students. "The Phat Grrrl Diaries" is her first published collection of writing and design.
Thursday 2/19/09 - 10:00PM
Improvised Music Series
My Silence
Jason Stein – bass clarinet, Didier Petit - cello, Nick Butcher - electronics, Mike Reed – drums
**Just Added (originally scheduled for the Morse Theatre)**
Friday 2/20/09 - 8:00PM
Aaron Parks Trio (NYC)
http://www.myspace.com/aparksmusic
http://www.aaronparks.com
Aaron Parks - piano
Thomas Morgan - bass
Ted Poor - drums
supporting their recent Blue Note release Invisible Cinema
Press:
Jazz Times
Downbeat
NY Times
for reservations ---> info@elasticrevolution.com
Cancelled!
Saturday 2/21/09 - 9:00PM
Elastic Hip-Hop Series
Neak
myspace.com/krmgforever
Thursday 2/26/09 - 10:00PM
Improvised Music Series
set one
Bishop/Thatcher/Van Ziegler
Jeb Bishop – trombone, Dan Thatcher - bass, Mark Van Ziegler - bass
set two
Greg Ward Sextet
Greg Ward - alto saxophone, Leslie Beukelmann - voice, Katinka Kleijn - cello, Jason Adasiewicz - vibraphone, Jeffe Greene - bass, Quin Kirchner - drums
Friday 2/27/09 - 9:30PM
Male arkonow.com/male
Nick Butcher, Steven Hess, Jonathan Krohn, Todd Mattei, Ben Mjolsness
Frank Rosaly myspace.com/franciscojavierrosalyamorosrosellosola
solo drums
Male celebrates the release of their debut lp/cd, "All Are Welcome"