Now Is : A Chicago Music Calendar

Silver Gilded Hand-mirror or Whispered Shell

1. Opera by Lula Asplund

Improvised Music Series

1. Luca Cimarusti
2. Mark Nagy's Station 4, with Steve Doyle, Neil Jendon, Emily Rach Beisel, special guests Kao Ra Zen, Tuli Bera, Heather Zimny, Karen Fisher-Doyle, Mindy Meyers

1. Damon Locks's Black Monument Ensemble

Silver Gilded Hand-mirror or Whispered Shell

1. Opera by Lula Asplund

1. Alarm Will Sound — music by Hans Thomalla

1. Sarah Clausen

1. The Bad Plus with Matt Gold

Pictures At A Surreal Exhibition

1. Projected Score by Reneé Baker, featuring Mwata Bowden and Great Black Music Ensemble
2. Sessions at 1PM, 2PM, 3PM

1. Cleek Schrey

Side Yard Sounds: Scorpio Celebration

1. Norman W Long, Sharkey Zalek, with special guests Whitewolf Sonic Princess, Sharon Udoh

1. Lisa Cameron, Emily Rach Beisel
2. Allen Moore
3. Jason Roebke

AIRMW Arts Initiatives Presents

1. Bass Dreams minus B : Tatsu Aoki, Adam Shead, Rami Atassi, Terry Tanaka

1. The Bad Plus with Gabriel Kahane

1. Ben MacDonald, Tyler Wagner, Scott Dean Taylor

Silver Gilded Hand-mirror or Whispered Shell

1. Opera by Lula Asplund

The Middle

1. OLEA Ensemble : Marissa Kerbel, Alayne Honaker, Kate Kilgus
2. Janelle Finton’s joygarden, with Caroline Jesalva, Alvin Santner
3. OLEA Ensemble and Janelle Finton’s joygarden

Transiting the Celestial

1. Najee-Zaid with Alejandro Salazar, Paige Brown, Eva Supreme, Anaiet Soul, Carmani Edwards

1. Extraordinary Popular Delusions

1. International Anthem Presents 11 of 11

Chicago Bagatelles Project

1. Phil Pierick, Kristina Bachrach, Sasha Ishov, Kyle Flens

Relax Attack Jazz Series

1. Lucky Cloud, Augustus Martini

The Visible Hand

1. Alex Wing, David Boykin, Preyas Roy
2. Open free improvisation jam

1. Tony Rolando
2. Michael Vallera
3. Brian Case

Relax Attack Jazz Series

1. Aidan Buck Quartet

Improvised Music Series

1. Atlas Maior Duo : Josh Peters, Joshua Thomson
2. All The Wizards Were Here : Chandler Browne, Tommy Carroll, Evea, Lyn Rye, Ben Zucker

1. DMBQ
2. Yr Knives

"Memorias" CD release

1. Juan Pastor's Chinchano, with Stu Mindeman, Matt Ulery, Dustin Laurenzi, special guest Emy Castro

1. The Bottle Tapes: Selections from the Empty Bottle Jazz & Improvised Music Series, 1996-2005 — Record Release Party

Music in the Garden 4 : Night 1

1. Emily Beisel
2. Microplastique : Adam Shead, Ben Zucker, Molly Jones, Josh Harlow
3. Purikoko : Ariel Vera, Alex Yoo

Side Yard Sounds

1. Jim Baker, Peter Maunu, Zander Raymond

1. Ak'chamel
2. Traysh
3. Sarah Lutkenhaus and erψn temp3st
4. Cambodian SIM Card

The Bridge

1. Tracteur Hammer (TB#2.8) : Hunter Diamond, olula negre, Florian Nastorg, Yoram Rosilio
2. Julián Pujols, Rohan Chander, Florian Nastorg

Music in the Garden 4 : Night 2

1. Sandpusher : Nick Meryhew, Sam Scranton, Andrew Tham
2. Mabel Kwan
3. BananaAcid : Aaron Kaufman-Levine, Caroline Jesalva, Erez Dessel, Garrett Frees, Tyler Wagner

1. Ken Vandermark Solo
2. Joe McPhee, PNL

Frequency Series Presents

1. ~Nois Quartet : Julian Velasco, Natalia Warthen, Jordan Lulloff, János Csontos, special guest Kendra Wheeler — music by Evan Williams, Kelley Sheehan, Marc Mellits, Jeff Scott

1. Extraordinary Popular Delusions

1. Jan Jelinek

Six Scores for Yoko Ono

1. Lidia Ferrara, Gordon Fung, Kaoru Kuribayashi, Andrew Hansung Park — music by Mieko Shiomi, Nam June Paik, Yoko Ono, George Maciunas, Andrew Hansung Park

The Visible Hand

1. Alex Wing, David Boykin, Preyas Roy
2. Open free improvisation jam

Spectralina Residency Film Remix

1. Spectralina: Selina Trepp, Dan Bitney

Relax Attack Jazz Series

1. Bowmanville

International Sweethearts of Rhythm

1. Jazz and Blues Films from the Bob Koester Collection

Improvised Music Series : The Bridge

1. Tracteur Hammer (TB#2.8) : Hunter Diamond, olula negre, Florian Nastorg, Yoram Rosilio
2. Fred Jackson Jr, Mai Sugimoto, Bill Harris, Avreeayl Ra

1. M Sage, Zander Raymond
2. Whitney Johnson, Taralie Peterson

1. Katie Ernst Solo
2. Twin Talk : Katie Ernst, Dustin Laurenzi, Andrew Green

1. Patrick Shiroishi
2. M Sage

1. Leila Bordreuil, Lee Ranaldo

Side Yard Sounds

1. Laurentse
2. Chelsea Bridge, Pan American
3. Jake Leech
4. Sam Clapp

1. Ben MacDonald, Tyler Wagner, Scott Dean Taylor

Frequency Series Presents

1. Missing Piece : Dan Galat, Kelly Quesada, with Jonathan Hannau, Liza Sobel Crane — music by Jonathan Hannau, Liza Sobel Crane, Alex Taylor

1. Extraordinary Popular Delusions

The Visible Hand

1. Alex Wing, David Boykin, Preyas Roy
2. Open free improvisation jam

1. LuFuki: Meditations, with special guests Chad Kouri, Airon Azure
2. Alter Ego Plus : Mabel Kwan, Sharon Udoh, Bill Harris, Edward Wilkerson Jr

1. singsong : Indigo, Katie Ernst, Erez Dessel

1. Alta Vista : Chet Zenor, Jakob Heinemann, Andy Danstrom — Album release
2. Lia Kohl — Album release

Side Yard Sounds

1. LeRoy Bach, Mai Sugimoto, with special guest Tyler Damon

1. Chad Taylor Quintet with Jonathan Finlayson, Bryan Rogers, Victor Vierra-Branco, Matt Engle

1. Extraordinary Popular Delusions

The Visible Hand

1. Alex Wing, David Boykin, Preyas Roy
2. Open free improvisation jam

1. Atlantis Quartet : Brandon Wozniak, Zacc Harris, Chris Bates, Pete Hennig
2. Black Diamond : Artie Black, Hunter Diamond, Matt Ulery, Neil Hemphill

1. Natural Information Society : Joshua Abrams, Lisa Alvarado, Mikel Patrick Avery, Jason Stein — Album release

1. Lenard Simpson, Katie Ernst
2. Lenard Simpson, Katie Ernst, Christian Dillingham, Katie Ernst, Jason Roebke, Matt Ulery

"no one notices the fly" Album release

1. Zander Raymond

1. Brian Citro Quartet with Quin Kirchner, Nick Mazzarella, Christian Dillingham

1. The Arab Blues : Rami Gabriel, Karim Nagi

1. Ben MacDonald, Tyler Wagner, Scott Dean Taylor

Frequency Series

1. mycelium new music : Justin Weiss, Paul Novak, Michael Tran, Dylan Feldpausch, Isidora Nojkovic, Jonathan Hannau, Rebecca McDaniel, guest artist Pamela Z — music by Arjan Singh Dogra, Carlos Bandera, Sofia Jen Ouyang, Pamela Z

1. Brìghde Chaimbeul with Anna Johnson

1. Extraordinary Popular Delusions

1. Mark Solotroff
2. Exhumed Corpse
3. Black Triangle Badge
4. Starvation Cage

a little death

1. claire rousay, Zander Raymond

Improvised Music Series

1. Amos Egleston Quartet with Garrett Frees, John Sutton, Andy Danstrom
2. Banana Acid : Erez Dessel, Garrett Frees, Caroline Jesalva, Aaron Kaufman-Levine, Tyler Wagner

1. Miguel Zenón, Luis Perdomo

1. Bitchin Bajas with Nick Ciontea

1. Eve Aboulkheir

1. Ben MacDonald, Tyler Wagner, Scott Dean Taylor

1. SML
2. SML (XL)

35th Annual Winter Solstice Sunrise Concerts

1. Hamid Drake, Michael Zerang

35th Annual Winter Solstice Evening Concerts

1. Michael Zerang's PUZZLE HOUSE, With Bill Mackay, Azita Youssefi, Mary Halm
2. Hamid Drake Quintet With Joshua Abrams, Jason Adasiewicz, Mai Sugimoto, Dave Rempis

35th Annual Winter Solstice Sunrise Concerts

1. Hamid Drake, Michael Zerang

35th Annual Winter Solstice Evening Concerts

1. Hamid Drake 70th Birthday Celebration Concert, featuring Joshua Abrams, Jason Adasiewicz, Lisa Alvarado, Tatsu Aoki, Jim Baker, Zahra Baker, Tuli Bera, Hamid Drake, Ayako Kato, Kent Kessler, Ben LaMar Gay, Shanta Nurullah, Mike Reed, Mai Sugimoto, Ken Vandermark, Michael Zerang, Dave Rempis

35th Annual Winter Solstice Sunrise Concerts

1. Hamid Drake, Michael Zerang

1. Ben MacDonald, Tyler Wagner, Scott Dean Taylor