Chicagotalks » Events http://www.chicagotalks.org News to Use Thu, 06 Jun 2013 12:06:57 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 FACE OFF: Skull-A-Day vs Street Anatomy Gallery Show Opens at the Museum of Surgical Science /2013/05/28/face-off-skull-a-day-vs-street-anatomy-gallery-show-opens-at-the-museum-of-surgical-science/#utm_source=feed&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=feed /2013/05/28/face-off-skull-a-day-vs-street-anatomy-gallery-show-opens-at-the-museum-of-surgical-science/#comments Tue, 28 May 2013 16:17:39 +0000 Vanessa Ruiz /?p=36359 Warning: preg_replace() [function.preg-replace]: Unknown modifier 't' in /home1/chicagw6/public_html/wp-content/plugins/jetpack/class.photon.php on line 287

Skull-A-Day and Street Anatomy have joined forces to bring together the greatest collection of skull art, to celebrate the 3rd Annual Skull Appreciation Day! The resulting exhibition of skull inspired art works co-curated by Noah Scalin and Vanessa Ruiz will be on view at the International Museum of Surgical Science, in Chicago May 31 – August 25, 2013. [...]

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]]> /2013/05/28/face-off-skull-a-day-vs-street-anatomy-gallery-show-opens-at-the-museum-of-surgical-science/feed/ 0 Chicago celebrates poetry year round /2013/05/08/chicago-promotes-poetry-all-year/#utm_source=feed&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=feed /2013/05/08/chicago-promotes-poetry-all-year/#comments Wed, 08 May 2013 14:59:47 +0000 Shahrnaz Javid /?p=35708 National Poetry Month just came to an end when April turned to May, but some Chicago poets say the city celebrates poetry all year round. Chicago boasts a Poetry Foundation, a Poetry Center and poetry reading events on almost any night of the week. Chicago even has an official Poetry Tour, which includes Poet Laureate Gwendolyn [...]

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]]> /2013/05/08/chicago-promotes-poetry-all-year/feed/ 0 Bike tour of community area #25: Austin /2013/05/06/bike-tour-of-community-area-25-austin/#utm_source=feed&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=feed /2013/05/06/bike-tour-of-community-area-25-austin/#comments Mon, 06 May 2013 13:29:18 +0000 Chicagotalks /?p=35036 Austin, Chicago Community Area #25 sits seven miles due west of the Loop. It is one of Chicago’s largest Community Areas and was founded in 1865 by Henry Austin. Originally located in the township of Cicero, it was voted out of the Township and became part of Chicago in 1899. For years, the rail lines [...]

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]]> /2013/05/06/bike-tour-of-community-area-25-austin/feed/ 0 Conversation on Mental Health /2013/04/29/conversation-on-mental-health/#utm_source=feed&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=feed /2013/04/29/conversation-on-mental-health/#comments Mon, 29 Apr 2013 13:29:37 +0000 Chicagotalks /?p=35499 Columbia College Chicago Journalism Department and the Chicago Headline Club are hosting “The Conversation on Mental Health” on Thursday, May 2nd in Room 101 of 33 E. Congress from 6 to 7:30 p.m. Hear firsthand how mental illness has affected the loved ones of Obama strategist David Alexrod and Chicago Tribune columnist Clarence Page. WVON [...]

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]]> /2013/04/29/conversation-on-mental-health/feed/ 0 Moving from violence to imagining peace in Chicago /2013/04/25/moving-from-violence-to-imagining-peace-in-chicago/#utm_source=feed&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=feed /2013/04/25/moving-from-violence-to-imagining-peace-in-chicago/#comments Thu, 25 Apr 2013 13:46:15 +0000 Chicagotalks /?p=34925 What is Your Vision for Peace? Join a group of local and international leaders and your neighbors at the Imagining Peace Conference on April 26th through Sunday, April 28th. Imagining Peace will be an experiential event that aims for an integrated response to violence—a response that includes broader socio-political influences on our homes, schools, neighborhoods, and individual [...]

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]]> /2013/04/25/moving-from-violence-to-imagining-peace-in-chicago/feed/ 0 Del Corazon Festival returns to Museum of Mexican Art in Pilsen /2013/04/23/del-corazon-festival-mexican-art-museum/#utm_source=feed&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=feed /2013/04/23/del-corazon-festival-mexican-art-museum/#comments Tue, 23 Apr 2013 14:00:02 +0000 Sandra Perez /?p=35087 The Del Corazon Festival at Pilsen’s National Museum of Mexican Art will include culinary arts, films and literature — “a ‘probadita,’ a little bit of everything.” The festival, scheduled to start in late August, will be curated by Jorge Valdivia, director of performing arts at the museum. Valdivia said he is particularly excited about the [...]

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]]> /2013/04/23/del-corazon-festival-mexican-art-museum/feed/ 0 Record Store Day a big hit for vinyl lovers /2013/04/22/record-store-day-a-big-hit-for-vinyl-lovers/#utm_source=feed&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=feed /2013/04/22/record-store-day-a-big-hit-for-vinyl-lovers/#comments Mon, 22 Apr 2013 14:15:34 +0000 Barbara Iverson /?p=35122 It was Record Store Day on Saturday. This year Jack White was ambassador. The idea is to get people to remember that listening to music isn’t just something you do via earbuds. The stores open at 8 a.m., unnaturally early, especially for the typical vinyl-lovers crowd. There are special sales, and most stores have program [...]

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]]> /2013/04/22/record-store-day-a-big-hit-for-vinyl-lovers/feed/ 0 Chicago Anarchist Film Festival: Lucky 2013 /2013/04/22/chicago-anarchist-film-festival-lucky-2013/#utm_source=feed&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=feed /2013/04/22/chicago-anarchist-film-festival-lucky-2013/#comments Mon, 22 Apr 2013 11:05:16 +0000 Chicagotalks /?p=34870 For the 13th year, CAFF invites anarchists, anti-authoritarians, the anarcho-friendly and the anarcho-curious to experience radical cinema from around the world with features, shorts, documentaries, animation, and found footage. Anarchist films cross boundaries, take risks, and subvert passivity. There will be a topical discussion lead by Four Star Anarchist Organization, tabling from a variety of [...]

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]]> /2013/04/22/chicago-anarchist-film-festival-lucky-2013/feed/ 0 Video: Infinite Ripples of Peace March in Pilsen /2013/04/03/video-infinite-ripples-of-peace-march-in-pilsen/#utm_source=feed&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=feed /2013/04/03/video-infinite-ripples-of-peace-march-in-pilsen/#comments Wed, 03 Apr 2013 18:01:29 +0000 kathleen.costanza /?p=34427 On March 21, youth and members of the Pilsen community hung handmade prayer flags and walked for peace at the Infinite Ripples of Peace March, organized by ElevArte Community Studio. The march was part of Ten Thousand Ripples, a public art and peace project promoting peace in Chicago’s neighborhoods, created by a partnership between artist Indira [...]

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]]> /2013/04/03/video-infinite-ripples-of-peace-march-in-pilsen/feed/ 0 Dating for Nerds Pi Day Celebration /2013/03/07/dating-for-nerds-pi-day-celebration/#utm_source=feed&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=feed /2013/03/07/dating-for-nerds-pi-day-celebration/#comments Thu, 07 Mar 2013 23:16:08 +0000 Anna for Nerds at Heart /?p=32532 If your love life feels like squaring the circle, find a constant companion at this singles mixer. Transcend rationality over board games and themed activities. Intersect with other smarties in an Introductory Equations icebreaker where attendees learn about each other by solving simple questions like x + y = your perfect job. Combine brains during [...]

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