Glenwood Avenue Arts Fest Presents Over 100 Artist-Vendors and 40 Bands

The Glenwood Avenue Arts Fest (GAAF), www.glenwoodave.org/GAAF, is a free, weekend-long event, drawing approximately 10,000 visitors per day, celebrating its 10th anniversary. The Fest includes a street art fair, indoor art displays, and live entertainment on three outdoor stages featuring 48 acts. Experience art, theater, music, as well as food and drink, on the brick-laid streets of the Glenwood Avenue Arts District in Chicago's historic Rogers Park neighborhood.
The Rogers Park ARTery Exhibition (the ARTery) is a curated artwalk showcasing a variety of Chicago artists across many mediums, exhibited in storefront windows and open spaces within the Glenwood Avenue Arts Festival footprint. The ARTery provides an opportunity for Chicago artists to participate in a successful Northside art-centric festival with no jury fee, hanging fee or commission. It also provides an opportunity for more businesses to be an active part of the festival environment at no cost.

B1E Gallery and Sculpture Garden (6902 N Glenwood Ave.) will have the work of several artists on display in the studio, and the work of sculptor Andy DeLaRosa in the yard, with art-making demonstrations taking place in the sculpture garden. Nearby PAMOJA STUDIO (6934 N Glenwood Ave., upstairs) features mixed media work by Richard Bough.

Rogers Park Flex Pass: four Rogers Park area theatres - Lifeline Theatre, Raven Theatre, the side project, and Theo Ubique Cabaret Theatre - join together for the fourth year to offer a flexible subscription pass to see a variety of Rogers Park productions throughout the season, running from August 1, 2011 to July 31, 2012. The $50, four-show pass - good for one adult or kids show, anytime during the season, at each of the four participating theatres (offer does not include participant shows in venues outside Rogers Park) - will be available at the Lifeline Theater box office (6912 N Glenwood Ave.) during GAAF for a discounted rate of $45.

Where: The Glenwood Avenue Arts Fest takes place in the Glenwood Avenue Arts District on Chicago's North Side, in the heart of Rogers Park, on Glenwood Ave., 6900-7000 North (between Farwell and Lunt) and the 1400 block of Morse Avenue, steps from the Morse Ave stop on the CTA Red Line. The Outdoor Fest and many art studios are ADA accessible.
Friday, August 19, 6 - 10 p.m. Opening Night Celebration:
Festival Kick-Off Party: 6900 block of N. Glenwood Ave. (Glenwood and Lunt, outdoor stage)
6:30pm Me and the Devil, www.myspace.com/meandthedevilband
7:30pm Shaolin Wolf - Formerly Bakelite Army, www.reverbnation.com/shaolinwolf
8:30pm Bloodshot Records Presents: The Dex Romweber Duo (EX Flat Duo Jets)
CHICAGO CD RELEASE SHOW, www. ruraltone.com/dex

Saturday and Sunday, August 20 and 21, 12 - 9 p.m.
Outdoor art: Over 100 artists will exhibit on Glenwood and Morse Avenues, Additionally, art-making demonstrations will take place in the Sculpture Garden of B1E Gallery (6902 N Glenwood Ave.)

Indoor art: The ARTery exhibition will present artwork in business windows all along the Fest route, with a main gallery information center. ARTery locations and indoor art displays along Fest route will be featured on a full-color map suitable for self-guided walking tours,
6900-7000 N. Glenwood Ave. and the 1400 block of Morse Ave.

Information: 773-761-4477 x701, www.GlenwoodAve.org. Admission is free to the public.
How: GAAF is made possible by the generous and enthusiastic support of the local business community. Neighborhood commercial sponsors provide the support to maintain festival costs, ensuring that artist participation fees are low and that the Fest remains free to visitors. There is no Fest admission charge, suggested donation or gated point of entry and all the outdoor performance events are free to view. Visitors are welcome and encouraged to purchase arts and crafts, food and beverages from the vendor stands.
KidFest Area: Features free hands-on arts activities for kids. Also, on both days of the Fest, the South Stage offers family friendly circus, theater, dance and music acts from 12 - 4 p.m. KidFest area is sponsored by Rogers Park Community Bank.

Three Festival Stages: Two live music stages and a live music/performance stage (includes dance, theater and circus acts). Schedules are below and at www.GlenwoodAve.org, as well as on the Fest map and event signage. Also see full performance schedule at the end of this document.

Food and Beverage: Unique Rogers Park restaurants and bars contribute to the neighborhood flavor with food and beverage booths.

Sponsors: The festival is made possible with the support of SSA #24, Connie Abels-RE/MAX Edge, Act One Pub, Alpha Adjusting Co., ArtSpace RP, Chicago Waldorf School, Cagan Management, Inc., Chiro One Wellness Centers, ComEd, Common Cup, Covaci Real Estate, Duke's, Friends of Paula Basta, The Glenwood, Heartland Café, I-GO Cars, J. B. Alberto's, Lifeline Theatre, Loyola University Chicago, Mayne Stage, Alderman Joe Moore, Morse Fresh Market, Morseland, Northside Dance Theatre, Peoples Gas, Reside on Morse, Rogers Park Builders Group, Rogers Park Business Alliance, Rogerspark.com, S&C Electric Company, and State Senator Heather Steans, along with countless volunteers and artisans.

Rogers Park is the most culturally and economically diverse neighborhood in Chicago. Located in the far northeast corner of the city, more than 80 languages are spoken among the community's 63,000 residents. Rogers Park celebrates diversity and harmonious living. "In a city made famous for an accepted and often enforced cultural and socio-economic homogeneity within neighborhoods," said the Chicago Tribune, "Rogers Park stands almost alone as an exception." The Daily Herald reporTEd Rogers Park, on the north edge of Chicago, offers
an urban vibe, intimate but exciting theater, a variety of live music, good restaurants and largely free parking, and the glorious Lake Michigan beachfront open to all."

Glenwood Avenue Arts District features artist studios, music venues (Duke's, Heartland Café, Mayne Stage, Morseland, Red Line Tap), and numerous unique and tasty restaurants. The Rogers Park neighborhood is also well known for its theaters, including Lifeline Theatre, the side project, and Theo Ubique, which make up one of the city's hottest theater corridors and are regularly recognized by the Jeff Awards. "For pure Chicago heart, soul and polished grit, the Glenwood Avenue Arts District in Rogers Park is our favorite new destination" (Chicago Magazine, October 2008).

GAAF 2011 Planning Committee: Glenwood Avenue Arts Fest is a broad-based, grassroots, non-profit event planned and staffed by volunteers, dedicated to remaining free to the public, offering low participation fees to artists, showcasing the artists and venues of the Glenwood Avenue Arts District, and retaining the unique and eclectic character of the neighborhood. The GAAF 2011 planning committee is Gregory Altman, Luis Alva, Mary Bao, Ellen Baren, Diana Berek, Mina Cardenas, Hector Colon, Jim Ginderske, Alan J. Goldberg, Brettly Kawaguchi, Lewis Lain, Neil Lifton, Dorothy Milne, Chris Ritter, Nancy J. Sell. The Glenwood Avenue Arts Fest is a community partnership with Lifeline Theatre, a 501(c)3 organization.

STAGE SCHEDULES (times are approximate/subject to change-visit www.GlenwoodAve.org):
Audio systems for all three stages sponsored by Mayne Stage.

West Stage (Morse and Greenview), presented by Morseland and The Glenwood
Saturday, August 20
1:00pm Jimmy Bennington's Colour and Sound (jazz) www.benningtonjazz.com
2:00pm Sarah and the Tall Boys (country) www.sarahandthetallboys.com
3:00pm TBA
4:00pm Ifficial Reggae (reggae) www.ifficialreggae.com
5:00pm Room 11 (funk rock) www.myspace.com/roomoneone
6:00pm Ode (rock/gypsy) www.myspace.com/odehome
7:30pm Ty Stone, the Soul of James Brown (James Brown tribute)

Sunday August 21
3:00pm Mississipi Gabe Carter (blues) www.myspace.com/mississippigabecarter
4:00pm Opposition Party (AfroFunkDubJazz) www.oppositionpartymusic.com
5:00pm B1g T1me (Tom Waits Tribute) www.myspace.com/readyforb1gt1me
6:00pm Deals Gone Bad (soul/ska) www.myspace.com/dealsgonebad
7:30pm Environmental Encroachment Magic Circus Band

DJS before and after all sets on both days: Teebot and The Gaucho

North Stage (Glenwood and Lunt), presented by Heartland Café & Red Line Tap

Saturday, August 20
12:00pm School of Rock presents www.schoolofrock-evanston.com
1:00pm Twin Peaks www.myspace.com/twinpeaks777
2:00pm The Steak House Mints www.myspace.com/thesteakhousemints
3:00pm Metal Up Your Tap presents: High Spirits
www.youtube.com/watch?v=n52gPQ93NlA&amp
4:00pm Black Umbrella Brigade www.blackumbrellabrigade.com
5:00pm Polkaholics (polka/rock), www.chicagopolkaholics.com
6:00pm The Henhouse Prowlers www.henhouseprowlers.com

Sunday, August 21
12:00pm In One Ear (poetry/comedy) www.facebook.com/pages/In-One-Ear/210844945622380
1:00pm James Curley and Radio Flyer www.myspace.com/jamesfcurley
2:00pm TBA
3:00pm Theo Ubique Theater Company Presents - Music from their recent shows (cabaret) www.theoubique.org
4:00pm Leel Ground / IL Literits www.levelgroundworld.com
5:00pm Princes of Futa www.myspace.com/princesoffuta
6:00pm Slim Rughead and the Texas Hangover www.myspace.com/slimrughead
7:00pm Railway Records presents The Mudflapps (roots / Americana)
www.facebook.com/pages/The-Mudflapps/10150134207920156

South Stage (Glenwood and Farwell), presented by Duke's Bar & Lifeline Theatre
(12-4pm Family Stage / 4-9pm Music Stage)
Children's Programming Sponsored by Morse Fresh Market

Saturday August 20
12:30pm Performing Arts Limited of W. Rogers Park (dance party)
www.performingartslimited.com
1:00pm Choy Lee Fut Kung Fu School Chicago (Kung Fu demonstration)
1:30pm Performing Arts Limited of W. Rogers Park (dance party)
www.performingartslimited.com
2:00pm Harmony Dance & Music Collective (wedding dances of Uzbekistan)
2:30pm Lifeline Theatre (excerpts from Arnie the Doughnut) www.lifelinetheatre.com
3:00pm Mindy Hester & the Time Outs (kindie rock) www.mindysmusic.com
4:00pm Midwestern Lull (folk rock) www.midwesternlull.com
5:00pm Sarah Holtschlag & The Crosscuts (Americana)
www.myspace.com/sarahholtschlag
6:00pm Bad Raccoon (Americana) www.reverbnation.com/badraccoon
7:00pm Dimestore Stringband (Bluegrass) www.dssb.net
8:00pm Scarlet Mountain (Grateful Dead Tribute) www.scarletmountain.net

Sunday August 21
12:00pm Performing Arts Limited of W. Rogers Park (dance party)
www.performingartslimited.com
12:30pm Lifeline Theatre (excerpts from Arnie the Doughnut) www.lifelinetheatre.com
1:00pm Northside Dance Theater
1:30pm The Revelettes (GoGo Dance) www.revelettes.com
2:00pm Northside Dance Theatre www.northsidedt.com
3:00pm School of Rock www.chicago.schoolofrock.com
4:00pm Grizzly Sweets (folk rock) www.railwayrecords.com/grizzly-sweets.htm
5:00pm Donna Herula (Traditional Blues) www.donnaherula.com
6:00pm The Heeby Jeebies (Rockabilly/Honkytonk)
7:00pm The Black Willoughbys (Roots/Blues)
www.uncommonground.com/pages/musician/53.php?id=6161
8:00pm B.S. Brass Band (New Orleans Style Horns) www.myspace.com/bsbrassband

Indoor Art along the Fest Route
B1E Gallery, 6902 N Glenwood Ave .
Evil Squirrel Comics, 6928 N Glenwood Ave.
Mess Hall**, 6932 N Glenwood Ave.
ArtSpace RP, 6934 N Glenwood Ave.
The Glenwood, 6962 N Glenwood.
Co-Office Connect, 1409 W Morse Ave.

Indoor Music Events after Outdoor Fest:
Mayne Stage After the Fest
Friday, 10:00pm: Brownout, www.maynestage.com/Brownout.aspx
Saturday 9:00pm Corky Siegel's Chamber Blues
www.maynestage.com/47429b82-175a-490e-90d1-35614bdf4b66.aspx

Heartland Café after the Fest
Friday, 9:00pm 312 Presents Chicago Afro Beat www.chicagoafrobeatproject.com
Saturday, 9:00pm 312 Presents Tambours Sans Frontiers,
www.myspace.com/tambourssansfrontieres

Red Line Tap after the Fest
Friday, 9:00pm 312 presents Rogers Park Rocks with:
Roche Moche, www.myspace.com/rochemoche
Hands On www.myspace.com/handsonchicago
These Guys These Guys www.myspace.com/theseguystheseguys
The Velikovsky Affair www.myspace.com/thevelikovskyaffair

Saturday, 9:00pm 312 presents Rogers Park Rocks with:
Sutured Psyche www.myspace.com/sutured psyche
The Reunion www.myspace.com/thereunionmusic
Dear Adora www.myspace.com/dearadora
List of Strangers www.listofstrangers.com/index.php
Half Mad Poet, www.halfmadpoet.com
Sunday, 9:00pm 312 and Railway Records Present:
Outlaw Family Band www.outlawfamilyband.com
The Lazerhawks, www.facebook.com/pages/Lazerhaws/ 150701746859

Duke's after the Fest
Friday, 9:00pm The Mudflapps (roots / Americana)
www.facebook.com/pages/The-Mudflapps/10150134207920156
Saturday, 9:00pm Micki Croisant and the Good Name Band
www.myspace.com/thegoodnameband
Sunday, 9:00pm B.S. Brass Band www.myspace.com/bsbrassband

Morseland after the Fest
TBA

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