Calendar
 THURSDAY 1/5/12 - 10:00PM - $7
IMPROVISED MUSIC SERIES 
REMPIS/ROSALY
Dave Rempis - saxophones, Frank Rosaly - drums
THURSDAY 1/12/12 - 10:00PM - $8
IMPROVISED MUSIC SERIES
JOHN DIKEMAN DOUBLE TRIO
John Dikeman - tenor saxophone,
Jeb Bishop - trombone,
Jason Roebke - bass,
Joshua Abrams - bass,
Frank Rosaly - drums,
Mike Reed - drums
SATURDAY 1/14/12 - 8:00PM - $12/$10
ELASTIC INTERSECTIONS
 
SAALIK ZIYAD & KERI CHRYST
The French Connection: A transatlantic, love-hate, musical romance
International performer and educator Keri Chryst currently lives and works in Paris, France – by way of
Chicago where she earned her Master’s in Jazz Pedagogy from Northwestern University in 1998. In Paris
she has taught singing courses in conjunction with former Berklee affiliate American School of Modern
Music, as well as creating her own Jazz Vocal Academy International. She performs regularly in local
clubs such as the "New Morning" where she recently performed with Fred Wesley - long-time trombonist
for James Brown - the Méridien's "Jazz Club Lionel Hampton" and "Café Universel ". Though jazz is
decidedly her passion, she also performs regularly with the rhythm n' blues orchestra "Mystery.”
Saalik Ziyad’s unique style and voice ranges from jazz to classical and has afforded him the opportunity
to perform worldwide, from the Sons D’hiver Jazz Festival in Paris, France to the Umbria Jazz Festival in
Italy, to name a few. One of Saalik's crowning achievements was performing at the Made in Chicago Jazz
Festival in Poznan, Poland at the world-renowned Blue Note Jazz Club.
THURSDAY 1/19/12 - 10:00PM - $8
IMPROVISED MUSIC SERIES
NICK MAZZARELLA QUARTET
Nick Mazzarella - alto saxophone,
Jim Baker - piano,
Joshua Abrams - bass,
Mike Reed - drums
STEVE MARQUETTE QUINTET
Joe Clark - trumpet,
Keefe Jackson - reeds,
Steve Marquette - guitar,
Anton Hatwich - bass,
Lucas Gillan - drums
FRIDAY 1/2o/12 - 8:00PM - $7
ELASTIC PRESENTS
REAL TALK LIVE!
Open Mic with featured guests:
Simone Beaubien (Poet, Boston) & Steinmenauts (Hip Hop, Chicago)
Doors at 7:30PM
18+
realtalkavenue.com
SUNDAY 1/22/12 - 7:30PM - $10
ELASTIC PRESENTS
A.PE.RI.OD.IC (5)
Come hear the fifth installment of a.pe.ri.od.ic with works by Jürg Frey, Eva-Maria Houben, James Saunders, Alison Knowles, Dean Rosenthal, and Doug Barrett, and a unique opportunity to be a part of Pauline Oliveros' Sonic Meditiation 'Sonic Rorschach."
Program:
Jürg Frey: Un champ de tendresse parsemé d'adieux (2012)
Alison Knowles: Piece for Any Number of Vocalists (1962)
Dean Rosenthal: Unconfirmed Report (2011)
Eva-Maria Houben: ödlan (2009)
James Saunders: either/or (2009)
G. Douglass Barrett: A Few Silence (2008)
Pauline Oliveros: Sonic Rorschach (1971)
Performers:
Nora Barton, Joann Cho, Nomi Epstein, Billie Howard, Jonathon Kirk, Kenn Kumpf, Becca Laurito, Chris Lockhead, Robert Reinhart, Alex Temple
Curated by Nomi Epstein
THURSDAY 1/26/12 - 10:00PM - $7
IMPROVISED MUSIC SERIES
VOX ARCANA
James Falzone - clarinet, Fred Lonberg-Holm - cello, Tim Daisy - percussion
SATURDAY 1/28/12 - 9:00PM - $12/$10
ELASTIC INTERSECTIONS
MWATA BOWDEN'S WALKING ON COALS |
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Mwata Bowden - woodwinds, Harrison Bankhead - cello, Dushun Mosley - percussion, Junius Paul - bass, Khari B - spoken word |
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Mwata Bowden is Director of Jazz Ensembles at the University of Chicago. A native of Memphis, he attended Chicago's DuSable High School where he studied music with the legendary Captain Walter Dyett, whose tutelage inspired such young talents as Nat King Cole, Johnny Griffin, Gene Ammons, Von Freeman, Fred Hopkins, and Richard Davis. Bowden studied classical music at Chicago's American Conservatory of Music, and later toured with the rhythm and blues group, the Chi-Lites. In 1974, he became active in Chicago's Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians (AACM), playing with the AACM Big Band with Muhal Richard Abrams and others. He plays the family of clarinets, tenor and baritone saxophones, as well as the flute and the didjeridu.
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December 2011 - January 2012
Jordan Martins, "Strange Attractions"
Strange Attractions is a project based the Chicago-specific tradition of hand-painted, block-letter grocery signs which have come to be associated with Hispanic markets. By exaggerating the expressive colors and gestural rhythms of the original signs, Jordan aims to build patterns that simultaneously attract (fluorescent colors, bold shapes) and conceal (by undermining legibility). In this sense he sees them relating both to natural camouflage and bright plumage used by animals to attract mates, or broader notions of visual stimuli to affect or sculpt behaviour.
This project is partially supported by a Community Arts Assistance Program Grant from the City of Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events, and the Illinois Arts Council, a state agency.
Elastic Vision Gallery exhibits work by Chicago-based 2-D artists at all levels in their careers.
To submit an exhibition proposal, click here.
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