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SEPTEMBER 17, 2004

Section One

By Tori Marlan

A Rat’sTale Eugene Hawes told a story that put three men in jail for five and a half years. Two other people remain in prison. Hawes told a storyabout them too.

F or five days in late April and early May 2003 prosecutors triedto persuade a judge that six years earlier Bill White, along withtwo other black men from the west side, shot a young white

couple to death in their Wrigleyville apartment. At the end of the trialJudge Vincent Gaughan acquitted White, saying the testimony of thestate’s main witness, an informant, was “worthless.”

White, who’d been locked up in Cook County Jail for five and a halfyears, sat calmly in his seat as his defense attorney jumped up anddown, looking, White remembers, like someone who’d won the lot-tery. White recently told me he felt relieved by the verdict but notoverjoyed. “I was like, oh well, not guilty. I still felt like that don’trepay. Who’s gonna come and say, I’m sorry? Who’s gonna give meback the time I missed with my children? I can’t get that life back.”

If White had been hoping for an apology from the informant—hiscousin Eugene Hawes, who’d told police White boasted about com-mitting the double murder—he wasn’t about to get one. After theacquittal Hawes repeated on Fox News just about the only part of hisstory that hadn’t changed over the years. “He did do the murders,”Hawes said. Then he added, “I have never told a lie about somethingas serious as murder.” continued on page 26

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The Works 6By Ben Joravsky: Gutierrez vs. Kruesi

Chicago Antisocial 8Liz Armstrong on Liz Armstrong

The Sports Section 10Those unlovable Cubs

Our Town 12World music star Foday Musa Suso;a bike path in the sky; Mike Sula’s paper chase

Media 20The FCC rules the waves, but should it?

Chris Ware 24

ReviewsMovies 36Silver City and Resident Evil: Apocalypse

Theater 40Antigone and A Clockwork Orange

Books 42Danuta de Rhodes’s The Little White Car

Dance 46The Seldoms

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6 CHICAGO READER | SEPTEMBER 17, 2004 | SECTION ONE

The Works

By Ben Joravsky

F or seven years southwest-siders have been trying topersuade CTA officials to

restore weekend and late-nightservice on the Douglas branch ofthe Blue Line. But until recentlyonly one of the four local alder-men was willing to speak up ontheir behalf. Now, embarrassedby Congressman Luis Gutierrez,they’re all suddenly talkingtough—at least for the moment.

The battle started in 1996,when the CTA released a studyshowing that the Douglas branchwasn’t drawing enough riders tojustify the cost of running trainsalong its rickety old tracks. Ayear later the CTA board, citingthose findings, eliminated week-end and late-night service on theline as part of a larger package ofbudget cuts. It also warned thatit might eventually eliminate theline altogether.

Angry residents pointed outthat however low the ridership,people depend on the Douglasbranch, which runs alongCermak from the suburb ofCicero to Paulina Street, thenover to the EisenhowerExpressway, where it links upwith the Forest Park Blue Linebranch. It connects Pilsen, LittleVillage, and North Lawndale to,among other places, the IllinoisMedical District, Whitney YoungHigh School, the University ofIllinois at Chicago, the Loop, andO’Hare. The residents said thecuts made it difficult for third-shift workers to get to their jobs,for students to get to the down-town library, and for families toget to museums and parks. Howcould North Lawndale be revivedwithout a direct link to theLoop? And why cut the line at atime when the city and the fedswere pumping millions of federaldollars into the Little Villageempowerment zone? “Close it offand you shut us off,” says GladysWoodson, a North Lawndale res-ident. “They might as well justbuild a wall around here.”

The residents suspected theCTA was playing an old game—making whatever cuts it had tomake in poor black and Hispanicneighborhoods, whose residentsdidn’t have the clout to fight back.The line’s ridership was still high-er than the ridership on thePurple Line, which runs toEvanston and Wilmette. “TheCTA didn’t cut their service,” saysAlejandra Ibañez, executive direc-tor of the Pilsen Alliance. “Whydo people of color take the cuts?”

In the aftermath of the cuts,activists, social service groups,block clubs, and chambers ofcommerce formed the Blue LineTransit Taskforce. They held

meetings, organized rallies, gath-ered petitions, pestered officials,and produced studies of theirown. They also persuadedGutierrez to take their side.

“I talked to [CTA presidentFrank] Kruesi about how impor-tant the Blue Line was to thesecommunities,” says Gutierrez.Kruesi responded in a letterdated February 6, 1998. “TheDouglas Branch situation is fur-ther complicated by the pressingneed for major reconstruction ofthe line, which was built at theturn of the century,” he wrote.“That means we need you tobring home $336 million inFederal funds for this project. Ido not minimize the difficulty ofthe challenge, but at the sametime I am confident you can dofor your constituents what yourcolleague Congressman[William] Lipinski was able toachieve in funding and con-structing the Orange Line.”

“I think Kruesi made that offerbecause he didn’t think I wasgoing to get the money,” saysGutierrez. “I think he was reallysaying, ‘Come on, Gutierrez, tryto be the man—be like Lipinskiand show us what you can do.Otherwise we’re shutting downthe Blue Line.’”

But after several months oflobbying, Gutierrez managed toround up almost $400 million infederal funds, and reconstructionbegan in the winter of 2000.Work crews replaced the tracks,rebuilt six stations, and sped upthe trains.

Most of the construction wasfinished early last spring. “Wethought, ‘OK, we have this greatnew line—now they’ll restore fullservice,’” says Woodson.

Nope. The CTA said it couldn’tcommit to restoring service untilit finished a ridership survey tosee if locals really wanted to usethe line.

The CTA estimates it wouldcost about $2.3 million a year tobring back weekend and late-night runs. “Let me get thisstraight—they spend $400 mil-lion rebuilding a rail line, butthey don’t want to spend, what, acouple of million dollars a year touse it on weekends and atnight?” says Ibañez. “They havehundreds of people begging touse their service, and they say,‘We’ll get back to you after ourstudy.’ They should be in thebusiness of promoting it. Theyshould be working with us to getpeople on the trains, not lookingfor excuses to shut off service.”

The task force held more meet-ings, rallies, and marches—theyeven marched to Kruesi’s house. Itfinally dawned on them that their

house, where they were greetedby his chief of staff. “It was arainy night—we were gettingdrenched,” says Ibañez. “The aidesaid, ‘Danny can’t come out. He’sputting his son to bed.’”

Solis says it was all a misunder-standing—he would have attendedthe meeting, but an aide forgot toput it on his schedule. “I reamedout my staff for not letting meknow,” he says. The next morninghe invited Ibañez and a few othertask force members to his office,where he gave them a lecture onhow City Hall works. “He told us,‘This is not about racial discrimi-nation—that doesn’t exist any-more,’” says Ibañez. “He said hewould talk to Kruesi and get somequestions answered.”

By mid-June the task forcemembers hadn’t heard back, sosome of them walked, unan-nounced, into Solis’s City Halloffice. “We said, ‘Hey, you weregoing to get us a meeting withKruesi—why don’t you callhim?’” says Ibañez. “Danny said,‘I don’t have his number.’ Wesaid, ‘We do. Here it is.’”

Around the same time, thetask force persuaded Muñoz towrite a resolution calling for CityCouncil hearings on whether theBlue Line cuts were discrimina-tory. Muñoz let Kruesi know hewas planning to introduce theresolution, and suddenly Kruesisaid he wanted to cut a deal.“The CTA doesn’t want anyoneto even talk about discrimina-tion,” says Muñoz. “If you proveit, that can jeopardize federalfinancing of projects.”

Working through Muñoz,

“Gutierrez liberated us,” saysan aldermanwho’s followed thefight closely. “Afterthat, if you didn’tspeak out youlooked like thewimp most ofthese guys reallyare.”

Blue in the Face Riders have been screaming for years about the CTA’s Blue Line cuts. But it took a congressman to finally get some aldermen to speak up.

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coalition was missing a crucialpiece—two of their four aldermen.

The Blue Line runs throughfour wards. Ricardo Muñoz,alderman of the 22nd Ward, wasa strong supporter, and 24thWard alderman MichaelChandler had given quiet sup-port. But newly elected 12thWard alderman George Cardenaswas cautious, and 25th Wardalderman Danny Solis didn’tseem to want to be pinned down.

Solis says he’s always beencommitted to restoring the cuts,but many locals say that untilrecently he kept his distance,rarely returning their phone callsor attending their meetings. It’snot hard to understand his reluc-tance to jump into the fray. He’sa Mayor Daley loyalist and notabout to endorse a controversialissue without getting the OKfrom the mayoral aides who tellaldermen what Daley wantsthem to do. Daley hasn’t taken apublic stand on whether theBlue Line service should berestored. As other aldermenpoint out, he generally letsKruesi, his handpickedappointee, speak for him onthese matters. If Kruesi isagainst restoring the service,then Daley must be againstrestoring the service, since Kruesiwouldn’t push a policy the mayordidn’t want him to push.

“We thought it was importantto get Danny on board becausehe’s so close to the mayor,” saysIbañez. They invited Solis to amajor meeting they held inMarch, but he didn’t attend. Soin April they marched to his

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SILVER CITY sDIRECTED AND WRITTEN BY JOHN SAYLESWITH DANNY HUSTON, MARIA BELLO, CHRIS COOPER, RICHARD DREYFUSS, DARYLHANNAH, JAMES GAMMON, KRIS KRISTOFFERSON, TIM ROTH, MARY KAY PLACE, BILLYZANE, SAL LOPEZ, RALPH WAITE, MIGUEL FERRER, AND MICHAEL MURPHY

Movies

By Jonathan Rosenbaum

A lmost 60 years ago, in theessay “Politics and theEnglish Language,”

George Orwell made observationsabout bad writing that have lostnone of their relevance. “As soonas certain topics are raised, theconcrete melts into the abstractand no one seems able to think ofturns of speech that are not hack-neyed: prose consists less and lessof words chosen for the sake oftheir meaning, and more andmore of phrases tacked togetherlike the sections of a prefabricatedhen-house,” he wrote. “The attrac-tion of this way of writing is thatit is easy. It is easier—even quick-er, once you have the habit—tosay In my opinion it is a notunjustifiable assumption thatthan to say I think.”

Ready-made phrases in the

news—“smoking gun,” “weaponsof mass destruction,” “war on ter-ror”—tend to hurry listeners orreaders along instead of encourag-ing them to think. The effect ofready-made styles and formulas inentertainment isn’t much different.Nevertheless, gestures that evokerecognition are seen as obligato-ry, and remakes and sequels areseen as sure moneymakers.

D espite John Sayles’s charmand good intentions as a

writer-director, I started avoid-ing his movies around the timehis Men With Guns was releasedin 1998. The closer his fictionscame to reality, the more inade-quate they seemed, with theirconventional plots and familiarcharacters. I admire the man’spolitics, but his films seem mis-

guided, because every new prob-lem has the same old tiresomesolution. (A notable exception ishis recent anti-Bush campaignad, which he wrote as well asdirected; it can be seen atwww.moveonpac.org/10weeks.)Like so much of the Americanold left, he’s an aesthetic reac-tionary who doesn’t trust a plotor character he hasn’t shakenhands with many times before.

The problem is worse than everin Silver City, an election-yearspecial that assaults George W.with the tried-and-true plot turnsof a Raymond Chandler mystery.The movie’s being proudly pro-moted for doing just that, whichtells us we’re not going to haveour minds broadened or ourbeliefs challenged—and that Bushhas little cause for alarm. “In the

tradition of the great film noirs,from The Maltese Falcon toChinatown,” states the press book,“Danny’s investigation inexorablypulls him deeper and deeper intoa complex web of influence andcorruption, here involving highstakes lobbyists, media conglom-erates, environmental plunderers,and undocumented migrantworkers.” The old phrases pile uplike henhouse sections. It clearlyhasn’t occurred to anyone to try tosay something new about theseissues; instead we’re reassuredthat we’re in known territory.

Even if the influence cited wereof an environmentalist disciple ofChandler such as RossMacdonald, the status quo would-n’t be threatened, because famil-iarity isn’t the only thing wrongwith these prefab notions. “Isthere any way to win?” asksKathie Moffat (Jane Greer),archetypal doom-ridden noirheroine in Out of the Past (1947),addressing Jeff Bailey (RobertMitchum), archetypal doom-rid-den noir hero. He replies, “There’sa way to lose more slowly.” Whenit comes to politics in art, themannerist noir style seems to beone of the most attractive ways oflosing slowly. It makes doommore voluptuous and artful thansuccess, makes a film’s charactersseem “half in love with easefulDeath,” as Keats put it. I oftenwonder if the fondness many left-ists have for noir films stems fromtheir being suckers for romanticfatalism—defeatists who wouldn’tknow what to do with success if ithit them over the head.

To propose such a style aspolitically useful in an electionseason seems demented, eventhough it’s fairly routine. Maybe

Sayles figured it was the only wayhe could get his movie financed.The result is a gumshoe yarn thattreats the romantic life of itssmall-time hero, Danny O’Brien(Danny Huston), as central andthe destruction of the Americandream as a peripheral subplot. Ican’t imagine that Sayles wantedthe emphasis to be so ludicrous,but his addiction to formula con-demned him to it.

The setting is a Coloradogubernatorial race in October2004. Dickie Pilager (ChrisCooper)—the front-runner and,for the story’s purposes, the onlycandidate—is meant to be a deadringer for George Bush. Saylesclearly sees this character as aclueless, born-again frat boy, apuppet who’s continually at aloss for words—the closest thingthis movie has to a running gag.To underscore the resemblanceto Bush, Sayles sticks in Pilager’sfather (Michael Murphy), a wiz-ened pro from the Senate. IfSayles had persuaded me heknew anything about Bush, hisbackground, or his entouragethat isn’t already well-known, Imight have felt more like laugh-ing. He doesn’t even seem tounderstand that Bush uses histortured syntax to his advantage,acknowledging it to roars ofapproval, as he did during hisconvention acceptance speech.

In the opening scene Pilager iscasting out fishing line for a TVad meant to promote his phonyenvironmentalism, and his hooksnags a corpse. His ruthless cam-paign manager, Chuck Raven(Richard Dreyfuss)—described inthe press notes as, yawn, a “pit-bull”—suspects that some enemyof Pilager may be responsible,

“Silver City”

Same Old Lefty ClaptrapJohn Sayles’s election-year film noir means well, but it won’t swing any voters.

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The Little White CarBY DANUTA DE RHODES

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AntigoneGREASY JOAN & COMPANY AT THE LOOP THEATER

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SILVER CITY s REVIEW BY JONATHAN ROSENBAUM

RESIDENT EVIL: APOCALYPSE sREVIEW BYCLIFF DOERKSEN

DO THEY SELLGUERRILLA SUITS?As part of the Marshall Field’s-sponsored Fall Fashion Week (whichruns through September 25), guerrillaboutique Vacant is coming to town for athree-week stand. Launched in Londonby entrepreneur Russell Miller, themigrant store has popped up around theworld over the last year. On the salesfloor: limited-edition garments andaccessories from a host of emergingdesigners and established brands. | 9AM-8 PM | Marshall Field’s, ninth floor |111 N. State | www.fields.com

The Renegade Craft Fair is back inbusiness. | Sat-Sun | 10:30 AM-5:30 PM | Wicker Park, 1425 N. Damen | www.renegadecraft.com | F

DRUNK BY NOONTaste more than 50 international wines at today’sWine Crush in Old Town. | 11 AM-11 PM | Wells between North and Evergreen | 773-868-3010 | Gate donation$5; wine sampling is an additional $10

FOLLOW THE BUNNYThe Neo-Futurists presentNoelle Krimm’s Alice—a multimedia walking tour of Wonderland, akaAndersonville. Opens todayand runs through October 24. | Sat-Sun | 1-3:30 PM| Neo-Futurarium | 5153 N.Ashland | 773-275-5255 orwww.neofuturists.org | $15 or pay what you can

cMOVIES | War at a Distance | Chicago Filmmakersa p 10

sunday19AFTER THE GOLDThe Rock ’n’ Roll GymnasticsChampionship Tour, featuringembattled gold medalist PaulHamm and his brotherMorgan—but minus the imperious Svetlana Khorkina,who pulled out just after theOlympics—comes to Rosemonttoday. | 4 PM | Allstate Arena| 6920 Mannheim | 312-559-1212 or www.ticketmaster.com | $15-$85

Restaurants3 Movies9 Readings & Lectures23 Galleries & Museums24Theater & Performance29 Comedy38 Dance41 Matches42

Arts&Events

September 17, 2004

The Business Carlos Tortolero head ofthe Mexican Fine ArtsCenter Museum, onwhy he quit the IllinoisArts Alliance board.by Deanna Isaacsa page 2

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TheListmonday20MOVE OVER FRODOTen years in the making, Susanna Clarke’s wildly anticipated fantasy novel Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell has been hailed as “a masterpiece of thegenre to rival Tolkien.” The author reads and signs copies today. | 12:30 PM | Borders Books & Music | 150 N. State | 312-606-0750 | F

tuesday21THE MISFITS REDUXArthur Miller’s new play, Finishing the Picture, concernsthe travails of a famous film director grappling with thefragile temperament of his notoriously unstable femalelead. It gets its world premiere October 5 at theGoodman, but previews start tonight. | 7:30 PM | Goodman Theatre | 170 N. Dearborn | 312-443-3800 orwww.goodmantheatre.org | $25-42

wednesday22A GUY WALKS INTO A BAR...Local contributors to the new humor anthology MayContain Nuts, the third in Harper Perennial’s “Mirth of aNation” series, take the stage. | 9 PM | Hideout | 1354 W.Wabansia | 773-227-4433 or www.hideoutchicago.com | $12 cover includes a copy of the book

thursday23Two years after they pulled the plug on Halloween,Redmoon is back with another extravagant outdoor hap-pening. Spectacle 04: Sink, Sank, Sunk opens tonight inChinatown’s Ping Tom Memorial Park. | Thu-Sun | 6 PM| 300 W. 19th | 312-850-8440 or www.redmoon.org | F

cREADINGS & LECTURES | Kay Redfield Jamison,author of Exuberance: The Passion for Life | 7 PM

| Borders on Michigan a p 23

cMOVIES | Onion City Experimental Film and VideoFestival | 8:15 PM | Gene Siskel Film Center a p 22

ongoing MOVIESc Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow | Multiplevenues a p 9c Ghost in the Shell 2 | Landmark’s Century Centre a p 20

RESTAURANTSReinventing the Meal | Raw cuisine a p 3Listings | Meatless eats a p 3

ARTNow Showing | Karl Wirsum a p 25c Cody Hudson | Bucket Rider Gallery a p 28

This week’s Critic’s Choicesand other good betsBy Martha Bayne | [email protected]

friday17FACTS ON THE GROUNDThe traveling exhibit Eyes Wide Open: The Human Cost ofthe Iraq War is a showcase for footwear—it includes onepair of combat boots for each of the 1,000-plus U.S. sol-diers killed in Iraq and 1,000 pairs of street shoes com-memorating the roughly 13,000 dead Iraqi civilians. It’ll beinstalled at Federal Plaza from 7 AM to 7 PM on Thursday,September 16, before moving to the Peace Museum (wherethere’s a fund-raiser for the American Friends ServiceCommittee tonight from 5 to 8; admission is $25 or $50). | Through Sat | 11 AM-4 PM | 100 N. Central Park | www.afsc.org/eyes/default.htm | F

THEATER | The 16th annual Rhinoceros Theater Festivalbegins tonight with the premiere of Jenny Magnus’s Cant.| 7 PM | Curious Theatre Branch a p 35

THEATER | Single File: A Festival of Solo Performance| 7:30 PM | Athenaeum Theatre, third-floor studio a p 38

cTHEATER | Antigone | Thu-Sun | Greasy Joan andCo. at the Loop Theater a p 30

cTHEATER | Sailing to Byzantium | Thu-Sun | CaffeineTheatre at Live Bait Theater a p 34

saturday18ATTENTION URBAN FARMERSThe Garfield Park Conservatory wants to seeyour zucchini. At today’s fourth annu-al Garfield Park ConservatoryCounty Fair volunteer expertswill judge veggies and flowersin a variety of categories,with special blue ribbonsgoing to the biggesttomato and pumpkin.Drop off the contendersat the Garfield Market,just north of the con-servatory, between 8and 9:45 AM. Plus: gar-dening demonstrations, music, and pony rides.| 10 AM - 5 PM | 100 N. CentralPark | 773-638-1766, ext. 20, orwww.garfieldconservatory.org | F

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9/18, 10 AM. “Re-mapping,” workshop ledby Wade Tillett, Sat 9/18, 2-4 PM. See alsoReadings & Lectures. 773-465-4033

Peter Miller 118 N. Peoria. Brian Ulrich,photos; Jonathan Gitelson, photomontages,through Sat 10/16. Tue-Sat 10-5:30. 312-951-1700

MN 3524 S. Halsted. Jee-Eun Kim and JackSloss, videos projected on a carved andpainted folded screen, through Sat 9/25.Sat noon-5. 773-847-0573

Ann Nathan 212 W. Superior. RickBeerhorst, Catia Chen, Tim Crowder,Robert Kinsell, Nola Romano, paintings;Sandra Williams, wood carvings with pig-ment and plastic inlays, through Tue10/19. Tue-Fri 10-5:30, Sat 11-5. 312-664-6622

Nicole 230 W. Huron. Work by Buck Brownand Akinola Samuel Ebinezer, through Sat10/2. Tue-Sat 10-5:30. 312-787-7716

G.R. N’Namdi 526 W. 26th #316. AlvinLoving, hanging sculpture, through Fri10/29. EOpening Fri 9/17, 6-9 PM. Tue-Fri11-6, Sat 11-5. 312-563-9240

Northeastern Illinois Univ. Art GalleryFine Arts Center, 5500 N. Saint Louis.Yvette Kaiser Smith, crocheted fiberglasssculpture, through Fri 10/1. Mon & Wed 8-7,Tue 8-6, Thu 8-2, Fri 9-4. 773-442-4944

Northern Illinois Univ. Gallery 215 W.Superior, 3rd fl. Kurt Perschke, photos andvideo documenting his installations of a 15-foot inflatable red ball in a Barcelona alley,on a Sydney bridge, and beneath a SaintLouis underpass, through Sat 10/23. Wed-Sat 11-5. 312-642-6010

Ogilve/Pertl 435 E. Illinois. Joel Coplin,Hilario Gutierrez, Jo-Ann Lowney, paint-ings; Robert Winslow, sculpture, throughThu 10/14. Wed-Sat 11-6, Sun noon-5. 312-321-0750

Old Town Art Center 1736 N. North Park.Dena Cavazos, paintings using “architectur-al elements combined with collagedimagery to suggest travel,” through Thu9/30. Mon-Fri 10-5, Sat 10-1. 312-337-1938

1R 119 N. Peoria #3D. “Interior Burnout,”video, sculpture, and works on paper bySterling Ruby, through Sat 10/23. Tue-Satnoon-6. 312-738-3915

Aron Packer 118 N. Peoria. Ann Worthing,paintings of “landscape fragments”;Stephen Warde Anderson, paintings of fan-tastic marine life and journeys, through Sat10/9. Tue-Sat 11-5:30. 312-226-8984

Perimeter, 210 W. Superior. Work bybrothers Shan Zuo Zhou and Da HuangZhou, through Tue 10/19. Tue-Sat 10:30-5:30. 312-266-9473

Maya Polsky 215 W. Superior. Ed Paschke,paintings, drawings, and, the galleryclaims, his first sculpture, through Tue10/19. Tue-Fri 10-5, Sat 10:30-5. 312-440-0055

Polvo 1458 W. 18th. Jan Halle, photos of“the modern urban landscape”; “TerroristArt 2,” “propaganda show to help throwGeorge W. Bush and his Neo-Cons out ofoffice”; Gisela Insuaste, one-foot-squareinstallation, through Sat 9/25. Sat noon-5.773-344-1940

Portals 742 N. Wells. Natalie Featherston,John Baker, David Braly, paintings, throughWed 12/22. Tue-Fri 10-5, Sat 11-5. 312-642-1066

RPrintworks 311 W. Superior. NicholasSistler, gouache interiors no bigger

than a postcard, through Sat 10/30. Tue-Sat 11-5. 312-664-9407

Prism 1048 W. Fulton. Group glass sculp-ture show, through Sat 10/30. Tue-Sat 10-6.312-243-4885

Rajor 5234 N. Damen. Group photo show,through Wed 11/10. Mon-Fri 11-7, Sat-Sun 11-6. 773-728-1581

Byron Roche 750 N. Franklin. MargaretEvangeline, paintings on aluminum andstainless steel, through Fri 11/12. Tue-Sat11-6. 312-654-0144

Judy A. Saslow 300 W. Superior. RJasonRolphe, paintings mixing acrylic,graphite, and collage; Aurora Robson,paintings and drawings, through Sat 11/13.Tue-Sat 10-6. 312-943-0530

School of the Art Institute Betty RymerGallery Columbus & Jackson. Work by fac-ulty members returning from sabbatical,through Wed 9/22 C. Tue-Sat 10-5. 312-443-3703

Schopf 942 W. Lake. “Argentine Alchemy,”work by Jorge Pietra, Felipe Pino, andJorge Simes, through Fri 10/15. Tue-Sat 11-5. 312-432-1630

Carrie Secrist 835 W. Washington.“Outside In,” sculpture built for outdoordisplay, through Sat 10/23. Tue-Fri 10-6,Sat 11-5. 312-491-0917

Steele Life 4655 S. King, 2nd fl. DorianSylvain, paintings and other work “basedon memories of the artist’s personal pas-sage into motherhood,” through Sat 9/25.Tue-Sat 11-6. 773-538-4773

Suitable 2541 W. Thomas. “Music forWorms and Compost,” work by PaulDickinson, through Sat 10/4. EOpening Fri9/17, 7-11 PM. Sat noon-5. 773-758-0088

Hollis Taggart 3 E. Huron. Post-World WarII American art, through Fri 11/12. Mon-Fri9-6, Sat 10-5. 312-475-9300

Three Arts 1300 N. Dearborn. “The Flat-Round World,” paintings by Mary LouZelazny and Kumiko Murakami, through Fri10/29. Mon-Fri 9-5. 312-944-6250

Three Walls 119 N. Peoria #2A. DavidNoonan, paintings and a short film pro-duced during a summer residency,through Sat 9/25. Tue-Sat 11-6. 312-423-3972

Unit B 1733 S. Des Plaines. “The PhantomLimb,” work that “explores the conceptualpossibilities of figuration,” through Sat10/2. Sat noon-5. 312-491-9384

Univ. of Illinois at Chicago Illini UnionArt Lounge 828 S. Wolcott. Work by MarkPelnar, Mon 9/20-Fri 10/15. EReceptionThu 9/23, 3-7 PM. Mon-Fri 9-5. 312-413-5076

Galleries & Museums

Intuit 756 N. Milwaukee. Derek Webster,“yard art” sculpture, through Sat 10/2.Wed-Sat noon-5. 312-243-9088

Istituto Italiano di Cultura 500 N.Michigan #1450. “In Stabiano,” a restoredfirst-century fresco from Stabiae, anancient Roman resort, through Fri 10/1.Open Mon-Fri 9-1 & 2-5. 312-822-9545

Izzo Jones 1806 W. Cuyler. “Artopolis,”group show, Sat 9/18-Sun 10/10. EOpeningSat 9/18, 7-11 PM. Wed-Thu 7-9, Sat-Sun 2-4.773-472-6749

Japan Information Center 737 N.Michigan #1000. Takaji Kuroda, MilenaHughes, suminagashi paintings, made byfloating ink on water and transferring it topaper, through Fri 10/22. Mon-Fri 9:15-5.312-280-0430

Gwenda Jay/Addington 704 N. Wells.“Regarding What’s Past,” work in whichBrad Johnson “represents the mental staticthat so often obscures the kind of ‘photo-graphic memory’ we all wish we had” bylayering paint over his renderings of foundphotos, through Wed 10/13. Tue-Sat 11-6.312-664-3406

Kraft Lieberman 835 W. Washington. JohnKrawczyk, bronze sculpture, through Fri10/15. Tue-Fri 10:30-5:30, Sat 11-5. 312-948-0555

Lillstreet 4401 N. Ravenswood. PamRobinson, silver jewelry and metal sculp-ture; “Form Follows Function,” group show,through Sat 10/16. EReception Sat 9/18, 4-6 PM. Mon-Fri 11-7, Sat 10-6, Sun 10-5. 773-769-4226

Lincoln Park Conservatory 2391 N.Stockton. Was It for This, audio installationby Stephen Lapthisophon, through Thu9/30. Mon-Sun 9-5. 312-742-7736

LIPA 410 S. Michigan #502. Work byMichael Hopkins, Ben Dallas, Terri Zupanc,Buleigh Kronquist, and Arthur Lerner,through Fri 10/29. Tue-Sat noon-6. 312-493-7120

Little Known 614 W. Monroe. “The Likes ofThem,” paintings and drawings by sixartists “with an emphasis on the fantasti-cal,” through Sat 10/2. Sat-Sun noon-5. 312-213-8968

Llorona 1474 W. Webster. Work by 17young Mexican artists, through Thu 9/30.773-281-8460

Lobby 731 N. Sangamon. Kristen Neveu,photos and assemblages, through Sat10/16. Sat noon-5. 312-432-4327

R.H. Love 645 N. Michigan #200. Colonialto modern American art. Mon-Fri 9-5, Sat10-5. 312-640-1300

Lydon Fine Art 309 W. Superior. MariaOlivieri Quinn, paintings of knots setagainst bands of color, through Thu 10/14.Tue 10-3, Wed-Sat 10-5, Sun 9-2. 312-943-1133

Las Manos 5220 N. Clark. Harry Sudman,paintings and other work, through Sun10/10. Sat-Sun noon-5. 773-728-8910

Marx-Saunders 230 W. Superior. SidneyHutter, vessel-form sculptures made bystacking disks and bars of glass and bond-ing them with epoxy, through Sat 10/2. Tue-Fri 10-5:30, Sat 11-5. 312-573-1400

Thomas Masters 245 W. North. MelindaStickney-Gibson, paintings, through Thu9/30. Wed-Fri noon-6, Sat 11-6, Sun noon-5.312-440-2322

Thomas McCormick 935 W. Washington.John Sabraw, paintings of “the extremelyodd landscape” around Athens, Ohio,through Sat 10/16. Tue-Sat 10-5:30. 312-226-6800

Monique Meloche 118 N. Peoria. RobertDavis and Michael Langlois, collaborativepaintings, through Sat 10/23. Tue-Sat 11-6.312-455-0299

Mess Hall 6932 N. Glenwood. “MappingPart II,” cartographic publications comple-mented by tours and other events promis-ing “a chance to map Chicago in newways,” through Sun 10/10. E“ErrandWalk,” utilitarian tour with Dan Wang start-ing from his 5209 S. Ingleside home, Sat

Robert Mickelson, Organism Flytrap, at Prism

Martina Nehrling, Instead of Crying, at Zig

David Gista, nine-foot-tall John Kerry“soul bag,” at Gallery Mornea

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Special EventsArt for Animals, an art auction benefitingTree House Animal Foundation, takes placeThu 9/30, 6-9 PM, at the Chicago CulturalCenter, 78 E. Washington. $40, $35 inadvance. 773-784-5488, ext. 231

Quickies. Paintings and drawings byAnthony Nagy, Fri 9/24, 8 PM-midnight, at 411N. Wolcott, 3rd fl. (773-454-8181). . . . Work by

members of RAW Fine Art Alliance, Fri-Sun9/24-9/26, 10 AM-7 PM, at Parkway Ballroom,4455 S. King, with an artists’ roundtableSaturday at 1 (312-656-8275). . . . Paintings byNiki Kriese, Sat 9/25, 8 PM-midnight, Sun9/26, noon-4, at Second Floor, 2242 N.Sawyer (773-486-5981). . . . Art by local Univ.of Michigan alums, Thu 9/30, 6-9 PM, atAcme, 2418 W. Bloomingdale; proceeds bene-fit a UM scholarship fund and the ChicagoMutual Housing Network (630-784-2200).

Out & about. “For the Birds,” in Women’sPark & Gardens, 1827 S. Indiana, features60-odd birdhouses designed by artists andarchitects, through Fri 10/15 (312-744-6630). . . . Two dozen artists designed gar-dens mixing plants and sculpture for “TheArt of the Garden,” a Park District projectthat runs through Sun 10/31; 13 are inGrant Park, 5 in Lincoln Park, 1 in Wash-ington Square Park (across from the New-berry Library), 2 in south-side WashingtonPark, and 3 in west-side Douglas Park.Proposal drawings and models are on viewthrough Thu 9/30 Cat the Chicago TourismCenter, 72 E. Randolph, which also hasbrochures showing the gardens’ exact loca-tions (312-742-7529, 312-744-2400). . . . PierWalk, on the south edge and landward endof Navy Pier, 600 W. Grand, continues, withsculptures by 15 artists, through Fri 11/5(312-595-5019).

GalleriesAcme Art Works 1741 N. Western. “ThePale Student of Unhallowed Arts,” “bits ofdecay stitched and grafted together,” a laFrankenstein, by 12 artists, through Sat10/30. Wed-Sat noon-5. 773-278-7677

RRobert Henry Adams 715 N.Franklin. Errol Ortiz, Hairy Who-era

paintings and drawings of machines andmachinelike creatures, through Sat 10/30.Tue-Fri 10-5, Sat noon-5. 312-642-8700

Jean Albano 215 W. Superior. Karl Wirsum,paintings and other garish renderings ofcartoonish characters, through Sat 10/16.Tue-Fri 10-5, Sat 11-5. 312-440-0770

Anchor Graphics 119 W. Hubbard #5W.Nancy Palmeri, woodcuts of cowboy poli-tics, through Sat 10/16. Tue-Sat noon-5,Thu till 9. 312-595-9598

ARC 734 N. Milwaukee. Sheila Finnigan,Sean Rausa-Griskenas, Elsie Blue, paint-ings; Robert Magrisso, collages andsculpture; “Around the House,” paintingsof laundry, mops, and such by AlisaSinger; photos and text by clients andstaff of Apna Ghar, a domestic abuseshelter; Gale West, Richard Herzog,

installations, through Sat 9/25 C. “Art toFear II,” pre-Halloween/election groupshow; landscape photos by David Bechtol with digital “remixes” of theimages by Nancy Bechtol; “BlueBridges,” work by five Bulgarianpainters; paintings by Carol Haliday-McQueen and Charlotte Segal, photos by Joan Taxay-Weinger; members’ show,Wed 9/29-Sat 10/30. Wed-Sat noon-6,Sun noon-4. 312-733-2787

Architech 730 N. Franklin. “Rome and theClassical Legacy,” etchings by Piranesi,watercolors by Elizabeth Ockwell andGilbert Gorski, and other images, throughSat 11/20. Thu-Sat noon-5. 312-475-1290

BA Studio 4738 N. Lawndale. Work by LeeGatewood, through Sun 9/26 C.EReception Sat 9/25, noon-5. Sat-Sunnoon-5. 773-583-1274

Beacon Street 4131 N. Broadway. TranThanh Toan, paintings, watercolors, andsculpture; paintings, sculpture, and bonsaitrees by Vietnamese artists, through Fri10/8. Mon-Fri noon-5. 773-525-7579

Mary Bell 740 N. Franklin. Scott Addis,abstract landscape paintings, through Wed10/13. Mon-Fri 9:30-5:30, Sat 11-5. 312-642-0202

Galleries

“Party Politics” Forum with JackyGrimshaw of the Center forNeighborhood Technology, In TheseTimes senior editor David Moberg, andMary Gallagher of the ChicagoFederation of Labor. Tue 9/28, 7 PM,HotHouse, 31 E. Balbo, 312-362-9707.

Lisa Reardon The Chicago novelist readsfrom The Mercy Killers. Thu 9/30, 7:30 PM,Barbara’s Bookstore, 1100 Lake, Oak Park,708-848-9140.

RJonathan Rosenbaum Thumbsup! The Reader film critic talks

about Essential Cinema. Sat 9/25, 3 PM,Barnes & Noble, 1441 W. Webster, 773-871-3610.

Sheila Seclearr The Evanston writerreads from her novel, A Tree on TurtleIsland. Sun 9/26, 1:30 PM, Unity inChicago, 1925 W. Thome, 773-973-0007.

“The State of Black Men in America”This event features a keynote by authorKevin Powell (Who’s Gonna Take theWeight? Manhood, Race, and Power inAmerica), a panel discussion, and a per-formance by poet Malik Yusef. Fri 9/24, 7PM, South Shore Cultural Center, 7059 S.South Shore, 718-399-0695.

Rob Stevens The local advocate of “thin-tuition” plugs The Overfed Head: What IfEverything You Know About Weight LossIs Wrong? Mon 9/27, 7 PM, Borders Books& Music, 4718 N. Broadway, 773-334-7338.

“Talk to Strangers: Democracy Is aProcess, Not an Event” Panel with Utnemagazine associate editor Leif Utne, InThese Times senior editor SalimMuwakkil, Sanhita Sinha Roy of theProgressive Media Project, Tavis SmileyShow senior editor Phillip Martin, Yes!magazine executive editor Sarah vanGelder, and Mark Weisbrot of the Centerfor Economic and Policy Research; fol-lowed by a keynote from University ofChicago humanities dean Danielle Allen,author of Talking to Strangers: Anxietiesof Citizenship Since Brown v. Board ofEducation. A Public Square event. Fri9/24, 4 PM (panel), 6:30 PM (keynote),UIC Chicago Circle Center, 750 S.Halsted, 312-993-0682. Reservationsrequested.

TallGrass Writers Guild West Lafayettewriter Nancy Hagen Patchen reads fromher novel, Victoria’s Quest; an open mikefollows. Tue 9/28, 7:30 PM, Red Lion Pub,2446 N. Lincoln, 708-672-6630, $5, $4 forstudents.

Richard Thieme The business and tech-nology consultant discusses Islands inthe Clickstream: Reflections on Life in aVirtual World. Tue 9/28, 7 PM,Transitions Bookplace, 1000 W. North,312-951-7323.

Abe Thompson The local businessmanand motivational speaker signs MyThoughts, Your Journal, Our Book. Mon9/27, 7 PM, Transitions Bookplace, 1000 W.North, 312-951-7323.

Twilight Tales “Authors in the Hot Seat!”Authors read their work for a panel ofjudges and get feedback. Genre: main-stream fiction. Mon 9/27, 7:30 PM, RedLion Pub, 2446 N. Lincoln, 773-348-2695,$4.

“The U.S. Presidential Debate” A dis-cussion with Tribune public editor DonWycliff, Loyola poli sci prof AlanGitelson, and Tribune editor Mark Jacobprecedes a televised debate (8 PM)between John Kerry and George W.Bush. Thu 9/30, 6 PM, Chicago HistoricalSociety, 1601 N. Clark, 312-642-4600, $5,free for students.

“Waging Peace: Prayer, Prison, andProtest” Talk by activists Sister MoiraKenny and Mary Dean. Wed 9/29, noon,Saint Xavier University, McGuire Hall,3700 W. 103rd, 773-298-3981. A prayerservice follows.

Jennifer Wenger The knitting aficionadopresents Teen Knitting Club: Chill Out andKnit. Thu 9/30, 7 PM, Book Stall atChestnut Court, 811 Elm, Winnetka, 847-446-8880.

Listings are compiled by Joel Score andTamara Faulkner from information avail-able Monday. Hours and closing dates areprone to change; readers are urged to callahead. Many museums have ongoing collec-

tion exhibits not detailed here, and gal-leries commonly have work by numerousartists on their rosters available for view-ing. Some museums offer discountedadmission for Chicago residents. Talks

directly related to exhibits are noted below;for others see Readings & Lectures. Pleasesend exhibit info and images to Art Listings,Chicago Reader, 11 E. Illinois, Chicago60611, or artlistings@ chicagoreader. com.

Hot and Heady

struck me as a commentary on the way human set-tlement imposes solid manufactured shapes on thegentler, more variegated patterns in nature, andConger says that it is one of his goals to evoke “ourgreedy exploitation of space.”

“I revel in color,” Martina Nehrling writes—andthis is one artist’s statement that’s substantiated bythe work. Based on her past exhibits, I expected acheerful use of color at Zg: her abstract paintingsare typically filled with explosions of rhythmicbrushstrokes in many vibrant hues. Rooted inWater is characteristic, its vertical marks primarilyin shades of blue that contrast not only with theyellow background but with the red strokes justbelow many of the blue ones. The more recent

Wondering marks a shift in approach. HereNehrling groups her brushstrokes into a single dis-crete shape, a sort of whirlpool spiraling from blueat the outer edges toward bright reds and orangesaround a blank center, a void. This use of color isalmost frightening, disturbingly hot in comparisonto the gray background. It turns out that Nehrlingalso had a social purpose in mind. She says herpaintings are in part her attempt to cope with ourinformation overload—the “complications of conve-nience” produced, for example, by the identicalmessages left on land and cell phones. Nehrlingsays her paintings help her deal with “our volatileexistence. . . . At times I’m able to flirt, and at timesI’m almost consumed.” —Fred Camper

Now Showing

Clockwise from top: “What We Do in Secret” by Adam Scott, “Wondering” (detail) by Martina Nehrling, and “Pioneer” (detail) by William Conger

F our of the new season’s best shows are hot andsensual rather than cool and conceptual—though they’re not lacking ideas. At Body-

builder and Sportsman, Leslie Baum’s abstractedlandscapes based on her travel photos are strikingfor the way their contrasting forms intensify thelovely colors. Flat tan rocks outlined in black in IRemember Rock River Valley suggest a cartoon stylewhile large washes of fuzzy browns and grays are asdiffuse as clouds. In Feather Weight, outlined rocksin pastel colors hover illogically above hazy areas in

similar colors; below and to theright, smaller dark rocks actu-ally cast shadows, as if firmlyplanted on the ground. Baumsays these paintings are “distil-lations and fanciful reworkingsof a location,” and the contrastbetween realistic renderingsand floating rocks does remindus of the subjectivity of ourperceptions.

Adam Scott’s landscapes arepainted in a similarly limitedbut sensuous palette; theimages are based on hisPhotoshop manipulations ofmedia photos and others hetakes himself. The works havean apocalyptic feel informedby his fears for the future,intensified by our aggressive,self-destructive response to9/11; he nicknames his showat Kavi Gupta “Armageddon in

the Noonday Sun.” At first glance Wasn’tTomorrow Wonderful is relatively calm, with thelook of a children’s book: a gentle green lawn andblue sky take up most of the image. But a hugedark hole in the lawn is made more ominous by thepretty flowers that ring it; floating above it are twomysterious chained-together suitcases with thefeet of cartoon characters. For What We Do inSecret he stretched a photo of two homes verticallyso they resemble pretentiously oversize condos; ared hammer emerging from a cloud seems tothreaten them with demolition.

William Conger’s abstract paintings at Roy Boydwere inspired partly by the colors of childhoodgames and toys and partly by high modernistabstraction. Pioneer imposes solid, cleanly outlinedshapes on a hazy mix of blue and white formsstrongly suggestive of a 19th-century romantic sky, acontinuous field not found in the show’s otherworks. Especially in light of the title, this piece

Leslie BaumBodybuilder andSportsman119 N. Peoriathrough October 23312-492-7261

Adam ScottKavi Gupta835 W. Washington through October 23312-432-0708

William CongerRoy Boyd739 N. Wellsthrough October 19312-642-1606

MartinaNehrlingZg 300 W. Superior through October 9312-654-9900

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ARAMARK IS SEARCHING for individuals for the fol-lowing three positions within the North Shore area: 1) FoodService Worker, a combination of up to one year of directlyrelated training and/ or experience is typically required forcarrying out the responsibilities for this job. Examines filledtray for completeness and serves trays to patients. Pushescarts to halls. Washes dishes and cleans work area, tables,cabinets and ovens. Or ward kitchens. Collects and stacksdirty dishes on cart and returns cart to kitchen. 2) House-keeping, a combination of up to a year of directly relatedtraining and/ or experience is typically required for carry-ing out the responsibilities for this job. May disinfect andsterilize equipment and supplies using germicides andsterilizing equipment. Sweep, scrub, wax and polish floorsusing brooms, mops, power scrubbing and waxing machines.3) Patient Transport, individual with at least one year ex-perience within the healthcare industry. We are seeking anindividual with lots of energy and good communication skills.The individual will be responsible for transporting patientsto and from rooms, testing and occasionally transport bod-ies to the morgue. If you are interested and meet the re-quirements requested please fax resume to 847-570-1582 ore-mail to [email protected]. No phone calls please.

DRIVERS/ WALKERS. LOOKING for an opportunity?Drivers, own a car with insurance? Earn $500-$600 per weekfull-time. Walkers, earn $300-$350/ week full-time. CallStandard Courier, 312-563-1640.

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ARTIST WANTED: I need 23 color cartoonish drawingsfor a private story. Most scenes are fairly simple with onlya few needing greater detail. Will pay $200 cash with shareof proceeds if story is ever published. 773-267-7970,[email protected].

CHICAGO BASED DECORATIVE glass company seeksexperienced spray painters. Must understand how to oper-ate and maintain paint spraying equipment, mix/ match col-ors, maintain production records, be dependable, safety con-scious and work well with others. Positions require heavy lift-ing. Hard workers who like to be rewarded need only apply.Good pay, benefits and bonus plan. Leave detailed messageafter 5pm at 773-278-4660 ext 221.

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(Kranky) is an LP of droning instrumentals indebted tominimalist La Monte Young and Krautrockers Popol Vuh,and on Dartmouth Street Underpass (Locust) Whitmantransforms a field recording of ambient sounds from aglassed-in train-station pedway near his home in Somerville,Massachusetts, into a dense, detailed hum a la Phill Niblock.The discs 21:30 for Acoustic Guitar (Apartment B) andPlaythroughs (Kranky) bear the closest relation to what he’lldo at this show; Whitman created their hypnotic tone poemsby applying computer treatments inspired by Terry Riley’s60s tape-loop experiments to his guitar playing.Playthroughs, the more recent of the two, creates breathtak-ing beauty from sounds that would once have been deemedmistakes: on “Feedback Zwei” he stirs peals of feedbackfrom his acoustic guitar’s pickup into a slow-motionwhirlpool, and on “Fib01a” he spreads a fine patina of elec-trical crackling over glistening bubbles of sound reminiscentof Oval. Whitman has informed me that this concert will be“more orchestrated” than the CD, with multitracked accom-paniment and possibly “some more raw-sounding things.”Entrance plays first, Sightings plays third, and Telefon TelAviv headlines. a 9 PM, Empty Bottle, 1035 N. Western,773-276-3600 or 800-594-8499, $15. —Bill Meyer

sunday26BOBBY BARE JR. (see Music in Section One). a 7:15PM, in front of the Hideout, 1354 W. Wabansia, 773-227-4433,$10 donation requested. A

CLOGS (see Monday) play an in-store set. a 3 PM, RecklessRecords, 1532 N. Milwaukee, 773-235-3727. F

cGHOST During a quiet moment on Ghost’s newalbum, Hypnotic Underworld (Drag City), you can

clearly hear the sound of pages turning. It’s easy to imaginethem as leaves of vellum bound into a massive, dusty,leather-covered tome full of arcane secrets; this Tokyo-basedcollective, founded by singer and guitarist Masaki Batoh inthe mid-80s, makes its home in 60s acid folk and psyche-delia, and its sound is always steeped in mysticism. In theband’s more stilted and self-indulgent moments, you canpicture the elves and unicorns all too clearly, but an ever-changing roster and varied, inventive arrangements have byand large kept its formula fresh. Hypnotic Underworld,Ghost’s first record in five years, balances meditative madri-gals with set-the-controls-for-the-heart-of-the-sun freak-outs; percussionist Junzo Tateiwa is the most impressiveaddition this time out, adding propulsive force to the flute-heavy jam “Ganagmanag” and bringing the four-part open-ing epic to a close with a majestic tidal wave of drum rolls.The band doesn’t make it to Chicago often, and this is one ofthe best lineups Batoh’s assembled yet—catch it now, becauseodds are the group will have morphed again by the time itcomes back. This show is part of the Adventures in ModernMusic festival; Double Leopards, Noxagt, and Xiu Xiu open.a 9 PM, Empty Bottle, 1035 N. Western, 773-276-3600 or800-594-8499, $15. —Mark Athitakis

cJEDI MIND TRICKS Jedi Mind Tricks start-ed out in the mid-90s as fantastically dippy as

PLUR ravers—but instead of blathering about peace, love,unity, and respect, they carried on about crop circles, tarot,auras, the Pleiades, magick, voodoo, Atlantis, vortices, andsuchlike. But with each release they sound like they’vedegenerated a little more into straight-up thugs—even Ikonthe Verbal Hologram dropped his moniker in favor of plainol’ Vinnie. If you pay closer attention to their oeuvre though,

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Edgar Marriquin spin salsa, merengue, andbachata (23+) F. Thursdays, 9 PM-2 AM,DJ Boris, DJ Elite, DJ Prieto & Ricky Perezspin hip-hop, reggae, bachata, andmerengue (18+). 773-772-9333.

Rodan 1530 N. Milwaukee F: Fri 9/24, 11PM-2 AM, DJ Courtland. Sat 9/25, 10 PM,Mouse on Mars; 11 PM, Jeff Parker, JohnHerndon. Last Tuesday of every month,10:30 PM-2 AM, DJ Anon, DJ Swizzle, DJAmputee & T-Bux. Last Wednesday of everymonth, 10 PM, DJ Madrid. 773-276-7036.

Room 22 Lounge 22 E. Hubbard: Fridays,10 PM-2 AM, DJ Burak spins Euro, progres-sive, tribal, and high energy F. 312-527-4900.

Smart Bar 3730 N. Clark: DJs spin nightlyafter 10 PM. Fri 9/24, Marques Wyatt, JoshDeep. Sat 9/25, Miles Maeda, MikeFrugaletti. Sundays, DJ Madd Crates spinsunderground hip-hop, breaks, reggae, andold-school jams. Tuesdays, DJs $#&@! andGremlin spin at “Noctronica”: industrial,EBM, synth pop, and noise. Wednesdays, DJPogo spins indie, Britpop, new wave, andalternative. Thu 9/30, Brian Ffar, DanielMnookin, Audiophile, Miss Michaela, DiscJockey CB. Fri 10/1, Andy Caldwell,Dayhota. Sat 10/2, Morgan Geist, DanielWang. 773-549-4140.

Sonotheque 1444 W. Chicago: DJs spin 9PM-2 AM Sundays through Fridays, 9 PM-3AM Saturdays. Saturdays and Thursdays,Anthony Nicholson. Sat 9/25, 10 PM,Archetype, Carlos Soufront, MatthewMartin, Karl Meier. Sundays, DJ Rikshawspins reggae, dub, and dancehall. Tue 9/28,Rob Hamilton, Joel Kriske, DJ Courtland

hosts guest DJs for the “Supreme CourtHearings.” Thu 9/30, Titonton Duvante,Matty, Coleman Burditt, Ken Meier. Fri 10/1,9 PM, Ethnic Heritage Ensemble withOsunlade. 312-226-7600.

Sound-bar 226 W. Ontario: DJs spin 9 PM-4 AM Fridays, Sundays, and Thursdays, 9PM-5 AM Saturdays. Fri 9/24, MauroPicotto, Gaetano Parisio, Side Four, DJApocalypse, John Grammatis, Hiroki.Saturdays, John Curley, Chris Tomasone,Jernell Geronimo, Shaka 23, Jay Prasad.Sun 9/26, Chris Eterno, Luis M. Fri 10/1, SebFontaine. 312-787-4480.

Spin 800 W. Belmont: DJs spin after 10 PM.Fridays, DJ Peter Mavrik & VJ Terp.Saturdays, VJ Riley York. Sundays, VJ BryanF. Mondays, VJ Terp F. Tuesdays, VJTech-Nick F. Wednesdays, DJ Jungle Jorgeand VJs Riley York & Bryan. Thursdays, VJBoom Boom. 773-327-7711.

Subterranean Cafe & Cabaret 2011 W.North: Downstairs in the lounge: Fridaysand Saturdays, 7 PM-2:30 AM, DJ Trewspins Motown, funk, rare groove, disco, andhip-hop. Tuesdays, 6 PM-1:30 AM, Artek, DJVerb, Norman Rockwell, Maryjane, DDouble spin at the 606 Entertainmentopen mike. Wednesdays, 6 PM-1:30 AM,David Chavez & Caswell James spin deephouse. 773-278-6600.

Ten56 1056 N. Damen: DJs spin 10 PM-2AM (until 3 AM Saturdays). Saturdays,Refried Beats with DJs Mass Transit, J-Biz &Spinello. Sundays, DJ Rich Rock. Mondays,DJ Dan Ryan. Tuesdays, DJ Rudy & DJTankboy spin alternative rock, punk, andnew wave. 773-227-4906.

Trace 3714 N. Clark: DJs spin 10 PM-2 AM.Sundays, Doug Brandt spins house. 773-477-3400.

Transit 1431 W. Lake: DJs spin 10 PM-4 AMThursdays and Fridays (until 5 AMSaturdays). Saturdays, Martin“Boogieman” Luna, DJ Goose, Jay Funk.312-491-9729.

Vision 640 N. Dearborn: DJs spin 10 PM-4AM (until 5 AM Saturdays). DJ Theory spinsFridays in the Dome; DJ Spin spinsSaturdays in the Dome. Fri 9/24, DJs spinhip-hop and house at “OperationGetdown.” Saturdays, Julian “Jumpin’”Perez, DJ Structure, Gabriel & Dresden,Jimmie Page. 312-266-2114.

White Star Lounge Magnum’s Steakhouse,225 W. Ontario: Fridays, 10 PM-4 AM, DJSpin. Saturdays, 10 PM-5 AM, Mach 1.Thursdays, 10 PM-4 AM, DJs spin salsa andmerengue. 312-337-8080.

Xippo 3759 N. Damen: DJs spin 10 PM-2 AMnightly (until 3 AM Saturdays). Fridays, DJStorm. Saturdays, DJ Phatman. Mondays,DNS & Monna spin jazz and house.Tuesdays, DJ Kenny spins house.Wednesdays, Steve Prior spins under-ground dance. 773-529-9135.

Zentra 923 W. Weed: DJs spin 10 PM-4 AMThursdays, Fridays, and Sundays (until 5AM Saturdays). Fri 9/24, Paul Johnson,Rithma (live). Saturdays, Psycho Bitch,Andre Harris, DJ PNS, Josh Werner.Mondays, Derrick Carter, Diz, Hiroki. Fri10/1, DJ Rush, Mike Wade. 312-787-0400.

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