Our friends at Co-op Image Youth are holding a Karaoke Tournament Fundraiser at Ronny’s. If you’re in Chicago this Friday (June 27th) you should come, even if you’re not singing; karaoke singers need an audience! Here’s their details:
Be the Karaoke King/Queen you always knew you could be! Or just be mercilessly entertained! On Friday, June 27th Ronny’s (210. Suggested donation of $51 N. California Ave) will host Chicago’s first, one and only, Karaoke Tournament: LOUDER THAN YOUR MOM! at the door, contestants get in for free. Karaoke power-couple Joe and Liz Mason will MC the event as the First Round begins at 9 o’clock. There will be four rounds of competition. This event is held to benefit Cooperative Image Group.
Here’s how it will work: Karaoke contestants will compete in the contest, much like a marathon. They will be required to have a minimum of three sponsors who can donate up to four songs (depending on how far they expect their contestant to go) at $10 a song. A panel of audience judges will be rating the performances on a scale of 1- 10. Four finalists will receive a prize and trophy designed by Co-op Image Youth. The winner will receive a prize, trophy, and cash.
Incorporated in 2003, Cooperative Image Group is an interdisciplinary arts education and social entrepreneurship organization that facilitates programs with youth ages 6-21. Located in Humboldt Park, Co-op Image works with over 700 youth per year out of its Corner Art Center and approximately 400 additional community members through a number of outreach satellite projects. The programs Co-op Image creates include the production of a cooking show aired on CAN-TV, a screen-printing and design business, an audio/visual recording studio, mural painting, glass sculpting, documentary film-making and more. Co-op Image seeks funding through several channels, including a number of creative fundraisers and benefits, earned income, individual donors, and foundation and government grants. Benefits like LOUDER THAN YOUR MOM! account for approximately 30% of Co-op Image’s annual budget.
Check us out at: www.coopimage.org and to view our videos check us out at: http://www.youtube.com/user/coopimage.
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Spring is in the air and so is impending arty madness. Its the time of year coked out art vampires don sunblock to go out of their bat caves once again and the smelly art kids return to the streets to fight the man and their boredom with a mix of dance moves and wheat pasted stickiness. In a dark void somewhere in between these two groups Version >08 is taking place. So check out the website for full schedule and to make sure you don’t miss any of the fun!
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Quimby’s heads should know the works of Raphael and Noah Lyon. Raphael is the mind behind Mudboy and compiled the CDR’s we used to sell titled “Haunted Cobblestone” & “Free Matter for the Blind.” Noah is the mind behind Retard Riot and is also the guy who makes those crazy one inch pins we sell a lot of…you know with sayings on them like “Teenage Mutant Ninja Testicle.” The brothers will be in town to have an art show and crazy opening event! So check it out next week! You have been warned.
Raphael Lyon (Mudboy) and Noah Lyon (Retard Riot) are having a show at Heaven!
Opening Friday,Feb. 22nd 7-11pm
1550 N. Milwaukee Ave. 2nd Fl.
Chicago
DOCTOR NINJA (the Ol’ Dirty Mental Retard)
& MUDBOY (the Doctor of Experimental Organomics) proudly present:
NOAH LYON & RAPHAEL LYON in THE LYON FAMILY CIRCUS
Inspired by great works of art like Todd Browning’s “Freaks”, John Waters’ “Cavalcade of Perversion”, the brotherly love of punk rock workaholics the Ramones, and the collective sound mastery of the Wu-Tang Clan family; notorious east coast ringmasters Noah & Raphael Lyon said “Gooba-gabba, gooba-gabba, hey ho, let’s go, Chicago!”.
http://www.mudboymusic.com
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Abominable Yeti - Quimby’s Winter Windows 2007, originally uploaded by Quimbys Bookstore.
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Hey everyone, if you’re free Thursday night you should come up to Rogers Park here in Chicago and check this. It should be fun and interesting, and it’s totally free.
$100, a T-Shirt, and a Panel Discussion
Joe Biel of Microcosm Publishing and Boxcar Books will be showing his documentary film on zines, “$100 and a T-Shirt.” The film is a cultural analysis of what causes zine makers to tick; what the hell zines are, why people make zines, the origin of zines, the resources and community available for zine makers, and the future of zines. It features interviews with about 70 zine makers, ex-zine makers, and readers from the northwest.
Following the film will be a panel discussion on zines featuring Liz Mason (Caboose Zine), Billy Roberts (Loop Distro & Proof I Exist), Kelsey Snell (The Machine Media), Al Burian (Burn Collector), Alicia Dorr (Random Life In Progress), and Aaron Cynic (Fall of Autumn/Diatribe Zine).
Thursday, April 12, 7 pm at Galvin auditorium in Sullivan Center on the campus of Loyola University (6339 N. Sheridan Rd. Chicago, IL, 60626 — note that we’re posting this on our blog but it’s NOT at Quimby’s.)
This is event is completely free!
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