What:The Seldoms' Monument
When:April 10, 11, 12.
Where: The Ruth Page Center for the Arts
The Seldoms, a Chicago-based dance and performance company, presents Monument, a new work inspired by a landfill that can be seen from space. The largest manmade object in the world is an "accidental monument." Through choreography, sound, and image, the Seldoms' new contemporary dance work considers the acts of preservation, creation, and destruction in balancing short term concerns with long-term prosperity and survival.
For tickets and information, visit The Seldoms or call (312) 328-0303.
What: International textile, furniture, and art exhibition
When: Friday, April 11th (7pm to 11pm)
Where: 32nd & Urban (South Halsted at 32nd) in Chicago.
Artists and designers living and working in locations around the world including Pittsburgh, Stockholm, Copenhagen, Istanbul, Atlanta and Chicago will be showing work centered on the theme of how our objects relate to the natural world.
By meditating on form, system, or material and using parody, representation or analysis, these artists will create work that together makes a 'landscape' in the gallery, meant to invoke a sense of wonder, and remind us of our connectedness.
Check out Bridget Buckley online for more information.
What:Nau | Creative Pitch Special Event: Nothing Is So Beautiful
When:Thursday April 17th (6pm to 9pm)
Where: Lumen Night Club
Join Us for a special evening of creative giving, live performance art, vintage sounds, and sustainable fashion design. Spirits will be pouring from Basil Hayden Bourbon. Organic brew will be flowing from the Great Lakes. There will be refined products to win with a chance to do well benefiting local educators and under privileged children.
This is an RSVP only event. Click here for more information and to RSVP for this event.
What: Live Planting Demonstration
When: Saturday, April 19, at 1 PM
Where:Ten Thousand Villages in Evanston (719 Main Street)
Live demonstration of re-potting and houseplant care tips from Master Gardener Judith Ramey. Purchasers of planters will receive a free plant! At 11 am and 2:30 pm, learn Filipino newspaper coil crafts with Susanne Donoghue. Sample fairly traded dried fruits from Colombia, a diversification scheme for shade-grown coffee farmers to make them less vulnerable to coffee price fluctuations.
Call the store at 847-733-8258 for more information.
What:FIND FRIENDS FOR LONESOME GEORGE BY SHOPPING!
When:SATURDAY, APRIL 19, 2008
Where:see www.buffaloexchange.com for local store hours
Lonesome George is lonely again this Earth Day. Lonesome George is the very last of his kind, the Pinta tortoise. But with your help, the closely related Espanola tortoises will soon restore the ecosystem of George
