Borderbend Programming in 2011

January

Eric Glick Rieman and the Chicago Scratch Orchestra
at Heaven Gallery on January 7

in partnership with IS Productions
and the PianoForte Foundation





Piano + Technology: Eric Glick Rieman and Keith Kirchoff concert at PianoForte on January 8
in partnership with IS Productions and the PianoForte Foundation





Keith Kirchoff and Eric Glick Rieman concert at the Experimental Sound Studio on January 9
in partnership with the PianoForte Foundation and IS Productions  







"An Evening of Remembrance: Haiti, the Earthquake"
at the DuSable Museum of African American History
on January 15

in partnership with the Haitian Congress to Fortify Haiti










April

Piano | Poetry Concert
at Curtiss Hall in the Fine Arts Building on April 16
poetry and music with Rachel Webster, Ari Brown, Christina Pugh, Ed Roberson, Mabel Kwan, and Reginald Gibbons

in partnership with the PianoForte Foundation, The Poetry Foundation and IS Productions 






June

Mingus Awareness Project Concert
at Martyrs' on June 15




"Trees Speaking to the Wind"
at the Evanston Art Center
on June 23
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September

"Piano + Technology: The Exploding Piano" 
at PianoForte on September 15
Fundraiser
for the Borderbend
Arts Collective
at Revolution Brewing
on September 20


This Borderbend fundraiser was a big success! It was great to see the supportive turnout, and it included performances and presentations by Lindsay Obermeyer, Saul Aguirre, H. V. Cramond, Charlie Newman, Wayne Allen Jones, and the Mingtians. 
poster image by Audrey Schlofner





"Better Get Hit in Your Soul:
The Music of Charles Mingus"
at the Skokie Theater
on September 25





2011 Chicago Calling
Arts Festival
The Borderbend Arts Collective presents the Sixth Annual Chicago Calling Arts Festival from September 30th till October 16th. Chicago Calling is a multi-disciplinary collaboration festival that happens during Chicago Artists Month. 

  
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Chicago Calling Begins 
with "Bicycles & the Arts"
at Chicago Hot Glass on September 30
Quebec-based sound artist Sonia Paço-Rocchia created this video  -- screened during "Bicycles & the Arts.'"






October

The Sixth Annual Chicago Calling Arts Festival continues --  


Chicago Scratch Orchestra 
performance on WNUR's Airplay Show
on October 1





"Construction"
at the Chicago Underground Library
and Studio 914
on October 1
Queen of Luxuria Performance
at Jackson Junge Gallery
on October 2
"Berlin-Chicago Kaleidoscope:
Cultures Connecting" at Mess Hall
on October 2
“Chicago Calling, Waiting for the Bus”
at Café Ballou on October 3
"Chicago Calling the Café"
on October 4



 
"Oh, Bleek Strategies" at the Newberry Library
on October 5






"Exquisite Consonance:
A Collaborative Exhibition"
at Spudnik Press
on October 6





Saltimbique
& Elbio Barilari Experience Concert
at Elastic Sound & Vision Gallery
on October 7





Soundwalk and Chicago Phonography Concert
at the Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore on October 8





"Long Now & Then"
at Myopic Books
on October 8 
"Harvest, Abundance and Thanksgiving"
at the Chicago Temple
on October 14
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Concert with the Chicago Scratch Orchestra
and the Handmade Orchestra
at Ball Hall and the Rochester Institute of Technology 
on October 14
"Open :: House :: Chicago :: Calling"
at the Fine Arts Building
on October 15



The Arts of Life Is Fashion Forward
at the Kinzie Corridor Gallery
on Saturday, October 15

This event involved a collaboration between The Arts of Life (Chicago) and Project Grow (Portland, OR) -- with music and fashion design. 
Performance with Chicago Modern Orchestra Project, 
Tali Farchi & Royce Deans
at Brown Rice
on October 16





“Follow Me to the Sea” -- a performance in transit
from the Polish Triangle to Dfbrl8r
on October 16