FEBRUARY
“We focus primarily on indie rock, but we all have an intense love/hate relationship with classic rock, as well as lots of other types of music,” says Jake Brown, one of the founders of the three-year-old Web zine Glorious Noise. The site’s content runs the gamut from ruminations on Janet Jackson’s boob to an interview with the tour manager for an unknown, struggling band; there are also book and record reviews, discussion boards, and free, legal MP3s. The staff is throwing a birthday party tonight with the Millions, Riviera, and Quasar Wut-Wut; admission is $8, and all proceeds go to the new Elliott Smith Memorial Fund, which helps abused kids. It starts at 9:30 PM at Beat Kitchen, 2100 W. Belmont in Chicago, 773-281-4444. You must be 21 or over to attend.
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Within each of the four short dances that make up a set in the flamenco song-and-dance form known as sevillanas, a melodic theme is sung or played three times and then ends suddenly as the dancers strike a pose–it’s Andalusian voguing, if you will. Tonight at HotHouse, Azucena Vega’s Sol y Duende will demonstrate, accompanied by guitars, cajon drum, and lots of clapping. At 6:30 Vega leads a class in the form; at 7:30 she and the group perform. HotHouse is at 31 E. Balbo in Chicago. Admission is $12 and you must be 21 or over. Call 312-362-9707.
In Burying the Bones, a new drama by local playwright Margaret Lewis, a woman travels to postapartheid South Africa following a visit from the ghost of her missing husband. Director Kevin Heckman has said that though the play is set in a country seeking to rebuild itself after decades of brutal repression, it “offers a cautionary tale for America.” The play opens tonight at 7:30 and runs through April 3 at Stage Left Theatre, 3408 N. Sheffield in Chicago. Tickets are $18 to $22; call 773-883-8830.
“It’s like a book club for radio,” say the organizers of the Third Coast Festival Listening Room, which brings together creators of radio documentaries and their fans. At tonight’s installment, the first in this year’s series, independent radio producer Dan Collison and filmmaker Steve James (Hoop Dreams) will present excerpts from their work, talk about the ethics of the producer-subject relationship, and take questions from the audience. It runs from 7 to 9 PM at Steppenwolf’s Garage Theatre, 1650 N. Halsted in Chicago. Tickets are $5, $3 for students; call 312-948-4682.
