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Borderbend Programming in 2009

Experimental Piano Series concert
at PianoForte on January 23
with performances by Ann Ward and Adam Tendler 





Experimental Piano Series concert
at PianoForte on March 13
with performances by Irina Feoktistova

& the Jim Baker - Mars Williams - Steve Hunt Trio





Sonic Bridge Telematic Concert
at Elastic Sound & Vision Gallery
on March 24 --
with artists 
in Buenos Aires, Vera Cruz,
Mexico City, Tucson & Chicago





Mingus Awareness Project Concert
at the Hideout on May 7

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Experimental Piano Series concert at PianoForte on May 15

with performances by Ben Boye - Nicole Mitchell Duo and Matthew McCright


Borderbend participates in
The Synesthetic Plan of Chicago
(May-October)






Borderbend Presents
"Bauhaus: 90 Years / 90 Days"





Experimental Piano Series Concert at PianoForte on September 11
with performances by Thollem McDonas and Frank Abbinanti



Fourth Annual Chicago Calling Arts Festival

October 1-11

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"Arts and Activism in the Midwest" Panel Discussion at Little Black Pearl Art & Design Center
on October 1






Chicago Calling at Mercury Cafe
& Brown Rice on October 2





Chicago Calling
at the Chicago Cultural Center
on October 3





Chicago Calling Performance Event
at Elastic Sound & Vision Gallery
on October 3





Music Workshop Led by Gino Robair
at Elastic Sound & Vision Gallery
on October 4



"Chinese Whispers" at Myopic Books on October 4

"Chicago Calling, After Hours on the Line"
at Cafe Ballou on October 5

Concert at Hotti Biscotti
on October 6

"Voices from the Field -- Artists and Youth"
at Columbia College Chicago on October 7






Middle Eastern Music Concert
at the Quaker House
on October 7





Telematic Concert with Ensembles
at WNUR and Mills College
on October 8

Yuganaut and Selina Trepp
at the Velvet Lounge
on October 9











Chicago Calling at Epiphany Church
on October 10





"Film, Music, and Activism in New Orleans and Chicago" Critical Encounters Event
at Columbia College Chicago on October 11



This event was presented in collaboration with Critical Encounters: Fact & Faith, and it was sponsored by the First-Year Seminar program at Columbia College Chicago.  


Screening of Trailer for Veins in the Gulf  (2010 feature Documentary Directed by Ted Hardin and Elizabeth Coffman)

Louisiana’s coast is the most threatened in the world--hurricanes, rising tides, sinking land. 2000 square miles of fertile soil, productive wetlands, and an enormous oil and gas infrastrure--gone.  In 50 years, Louisiana may not extend beyond New Orleans. Who will save Louisiana? The Army Corps of Engineers? Environmentalists? Medicine Men? Veins in the Gulf interviews them all, looking for the answers. The problem is agreeing on the solution.


Veins in the Gulf trailer from Ted Hardin on Vimeo.



Telematic Performance with Musicians

in New Orleans and Chicago

Performers include Luther Gray (percussion), Jonathan Freilich (guitar), George Bailey (guitar), Jayve Montgomery (reeds and percussion), and Dan Godston (trumpet). 

“Film, Music, and Activism in New Orleans and Chicago” Panel Discussion  

Many amazing things have happened in New Orleans and elsewhere in the Gulf Coast region since Hurricane Katrina, but challenges still face us in terms of rebuilding. This panel discussion involved people in two locations who discussed music, film and activism in New Orleans and Chicago. The panelists in New Orleans included Rene Broussard, Luther Gray, Jonathan Freilich, and Jordan Flaherty; the panelists in Chicago included Stan West, Robin Whatley, George Bailey, Ashley Johnson, Arvis Averette, and Ted Hardin. Panelists at Zeitgeist and Columbia College were connected via Skype. 




Experimental Piano Series concert on December 11

with performances by Phyllis Chen and the Phyllis Chen - Alex Peh Duo 

and  Steve Cohn and the Steve Cohn Quartet
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