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Keep Cool With Colette
Help Chicago’s very own Colette nab the title of “America’s Best DJ” when the blonde bombshell stops at Smart Bar on May 31st as part of a tour promoting the competition, now in its third year.
Ari Hest Toasts Your Health
Music Inspires Health Tour Ari Hest will guest at Northwestern’s Pick-Staiger Concert Hall as part of the Music Inspires Heath — National Health Education Tour.
Teen Stars On DVD
It’s A Brick . . . . . . House On the second and fourth Sundays each month Antioch’s Brickhouse (750 Rt. 173) turns all-ages for folks in Lake, McHenry, and Kenosha counties. Picking out the gems, the venue assembled a DVD and now they’re having a release party!
Dreams Destroyed
Fire burns music venue/eatery in Lockport hotel Dreams Sports Bar & Eatery, which was located in the same building as the historic Towpath Inn (935 S. State, Lockport), burnt to the ground in a fire early Tuesday, April 1st. A man, believed to be a resident of the hotel, died in the blaze.
Night Schools Of Rock
Free Musicians Panels Who says nothing’s free? A pair of music discussions dot the next couple of weeks with the hopes of gripping you by your green ears and teaching you what’s what in the industry.
Mini Britney!
On The Down Low Normally we would be ashamed of ourselves for using a title like “On The Down Low” for a news piece about a 4-foot-2-inch woman. But since Terra Jolé, or “Mini Britney Spears,” doesn’t mind the attention given to her height, we don’t mind pointing it out.
State Of The City Address
How does Chicago rank as a music town compared to industry havens New York and Los Angeles and smaller, yet powerful centers of the biz like Austin and Nashville? Find out at a panel discussion sponsored by the nonprofit Chicago Music Commission on Thursday, January 24th at 6 p.m. in the Harris Theater For Music […]
Back in the new year
Weekly Non-Update Illinois Entertainer would like to wish you and your family a happy holiday. Our next online update will be Wednesday, January 2nd, 2008. We hope to see you then.
Holiday Food Drive
Metro’s Your Home For The Holidays The horn blast has sounded! Beckon the call ye college students, out-of-towners, and those still here to party with them by rolling down to Metro this weekend. Co-sponsored by WLUW and Chicago Independent Radio Project, a weekend of hot showcases doubles as a food drive.
Urban Planning
Keith Urban Does (What) iLike Further shrinking the chasm separating music fans from their favorite artists, iLike’s partnership with New Zealand-born Keith Urban hopes to bring exclusive behind-the-scenes video footage directly to fans through the Web. To celebrate, Urban serenaded an intimate gathering in the bowels of Rosemont’s Allstate Arena hours before the country superstar’s […]
Get On WXRT
Open Submissions For Local Anesthetic Holiday Spectacular Richard Milne, host of WXRT (93.1 FM)’s “Local Anesthetic,” has announced the 16th annual Holiday Spectacular, for which local bands are invited to submit their “seasonal salutations.” But wait, Johnny runnin’ in the hallway: Rules apply.
Sam Wheat!
Ghost Sighting Japan’s experimental psychedelic sextet Ghost mark the release of a live DVD/CD combo with a screening of Overture: Live In Nippon Yusen Soko at Chicago’s Rodan on October 18th at 10 p.m.
Double Up On Gear & Beer
Gear junkies listen up. On Sunday, October 14th, Wicker Park’s Double Door opens its doors to musicians looking to buy, sell, or trade equipment and gear for the club’s inaugural Beer & Gear Sale.
Tortoise Sell Their Souls
Empty Bottle, Metro, Millennium Park — where haven’t Tortoise played? Sources say the post rock masters will knock another venue off the master list with a special performance Saturday, October 13th at Symphony Center.
Run To The Border
This IE-er’s favorite local music venues? Metro and House Of Blues. And it has nothing to do with the sound quality, sight lines, or drink prices. They’re both within walking distance of Taco Bell, the perfect boozy, post-show munch house!
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