Event Pick--Wednesday December 17

Hot Pick Tonight: White Elephant Stingo


Either you already know, or you might be like, "WHAT is Stingo"??

Stingo is every Wednesday night at Bernice’s tavern, 3238 S. Halsted St. It begins at approximately 9:00 but has started as late as 10:15. Depends on who has been drinking what. Tonight is a special edition.

Event Pick -- Tuesday, December 16

It's good to leave the house at least once a month...and we'll include going out in Bridgeport as leaving your house.

Evening time will bring South Side Story Club at 8PM to Co-Prosperity Sphere (3219 S Morgan).
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Bridgeport Community Poems

The Bridgeport International Returns...and Presents...

 The Bridgeport Poetry Corner

Dedicated to Alderman Balcer & A Bright Future for Halsted St

The Bridgeport International Presents:

The Bridgeport Internationale Presents



columna de misterio

Bridgeport International is Back....with a Video Interview

 

Version 13 Opening Exhibition: The Urban Operating System

Friday June 14 • 6pm -11pm
Co-Prosperity Sphere
3219 S Morgan Street
Admission: free

The Urban Operating System celebrates the energy and imagination of people who make the city a better place to live, work and play in. For our opening show we examine projects that serve the common good, and connect us to services that everyone can use in our neighborhoods.  These socially engaged projects promote the cultural use of public space and demonstrate innovative forms for funding ideas and actions.

The Urban OS is the beginning of a year long campaign to examine applications promoting opportunities for renewing our public space. We'll be sharing their ideas so we can engage in a collective hack of the current urban operating system.

Join us at the opening show to (re-)introduce yourself to: AREA, Art Bowl, Truck Farm Chicago, Working Bikes, Cafe Yo!, Community-Supported Art Chicago, Benton House,  Bridgeport Alliance, Bubbly Dynamics, Chaos Brew Club, Sunday Soup, Neighbor Space, Bike a Bee, Portoluz, Pedal to the People, Rebuild Foundation, Social Ecologies, Mc Kinley Park Community Garden, Rebuilding Exchange, Roots & Culture, Southside Hub of Production, Soup and Bread, Occupied Tribune, Edible Alchemy, Pocket Guide to Hell, Pedal Power, Garlic & Greens, Dumbo Press, the Awesome Foundation and Marz Community Brewing.

At 8pm A Pocket Guide to Hell Presents: Snake Oil production.
Doc Merriwether and his gang of vaudevillians, phrenologists, and one-man-band bluesmen present an interactive medicine show that's steeped in Chicago tradition!

In 1918, the Chicago Daily News came under fire for the “eccentric” medicines advertised in its pages. Join editor Victor Lawson as he determines whether to believe in the Doc's Miracle Elixir—or side with the labcoated thugs from the Pharmaceutical Association, out to drive Merriwether and his snake oiling brethren from the Daily News columns forever. Samples are free with a testimonial! Be sure to stop by the apothecary for a swig of Chicago's other historic panaceas, pick up a promotional almanac from local zine collective SPOC, get advice for the “female complaints” from Lydia Pinkham herself, or drop by the notorious 1909 Metropolitan Medical College to discuss your own future as a bona fide “professor of medicine.”

With Installations by Amanda Tworek, Charlie Vinz and others.
The Urban OS exhibition is open until June 20, 2013 during Version 13 events and by appointment only.

August 17: FMEL Electronic Art Exhibition: “echo / sistemas”

FMEL Electronic Art Exhibition: “echo / sistemas”
August 17,  6pm - 11pm
Co-Prosperity Sphere  (3219 S Morgan St)
free

Join us for an mixed media group exhibition curated by FMEL. Live performances and more.

Artists: Arcángel Constantini, Amanda Gutiérrez, Juan Pablo Villegas, *Libertad Sonora, Pepe Mogt, Yurián Zerón, Iván Abreu, Eric García

Visual Artist: Marcos Raya, Diana Solis, Gabriel Villa, Chema Skandl!, Nicole Marroquin & Antonio Martinez

Sound Artist: Yair López, Alexandra Cárdenas, Bryan Holmes, Tito Rivas, Sandra Gallo & Miguel Mesa, Elías Puc, Sergio Oliman, Manuel Estrella

As part of the 5th Annual Latin Electronic Music Festival
Festival de Música Electrónica Latina (The Latin Electronic Music Festival) will stage its 5^th annual digital music and culture showcase on August 17-25, 2012. After an incredibly enriching experience from our past editions, FMEL is proud to present Latin digital culture to Chicago once again. This year the festival includes lectures, workshops, an experimental session, an electronic art exhibition, a panel discussion with luminaries of the Latin electronic music scene and, of course, several musical showcases featuring artists from the U.S., Chicago, Latin America and beyond. This year, FMEL will be accessible to Chicago's vast community through events (many of them free) at different venues throughout the city.