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• Feb 03
  • Carl Craig and DJ Adam Beyer The Mid, 11 p.m.

    Of the early wave of Detroit techno producers, Carl Craig stands as the most artful ...

  • Oprah! A Comedy! Live Your Best Laugh Annoyance Theatre, 8 p.m.

    Any Soup watcher knows there’s plenty to laugh about when discussing Oprah. At the ...

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    Smith Westerns, Porcelain Raft, and Bleached Metro, 9 p.m.

    Mischievously baby-faced Chicagoans chewing out carefree rhythms on barbed-wire bubblegum, Smith Westerns battered a collection ...

• Feb 04
  • Rhymefest, Qwel And Maker, Longshot, Ang 13, Robust, Old Irving, Cojack, Number 2, and White Jesus Subterranean, 9 p.m.

    After cutting his teeth in the freestyle battle rap circuit—he famously put Eminem to ...

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    Cooler By The Lake, Sweet Cobra, Deminer, Full On, and The Party Downers Empty Bottle, 9:30 p.m.

    Cooler By The Lake’s newest single from its self-titled debut album is called “F ...

  • Whirled News Tonight iO Theater (Del Close), 8 p.m.

    With satire staples like news-rag The Onion and the empires that are The Daily Show ...

• Feb 05
  • The Hunchback Variations Victory Gardens Biograph Theater, 4 p.m.

    Launched in 2001, The Hunchback Variations has been one of Theater Oobleck’s most popular ...

  • El Bulli: Cooking In Progress Gene Siskel Film Center, 3 p.m.

    Foodies mourned when El Bulli, widely regarded as the world’s best restaurant, closed earlier ...

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    The Okee Dokee Brothers Beat Kitchen, noon

    We’ll be the first to admit being new to the “kindie” game (kid+indie ...

• Feb 06
  • Radar Eyes, Bare Mutants, and Outer Minds Empty Bottle, 9:30 p.m.

    Deep down, Radar Eyes are a pop band. While they do play at the more ...

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    Jeff Mangum, Andrew Reiger, Laura Carter, and Scott Spilane Athenaeum Theatre, 7 p.m.

    For a certain slice of indie-rock fandom, Neutral Milk Hotel’s 1998 album In The ...

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    Robbie Fulks The Hideout, 7 p.m.

    Robbie Fulks was introduced to many as an alt-country smartass, thanks to songs like “She ...

• Feb 07
  • The Asteroids Galaxy Tour and Vacationer Lincoln Hall, 8 p.m.

    Every few years, a Nordic synth-pop artist comes along and sweeps America off its feet ...

  • In A World... Annoyance Theatre, 9:30 p.m.

    Improv shows run on the same fuel, for the most part: dubious audience suggestions. There ...

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    Craig Finn and Mount Moriah Empty Bottle, 9:30 p.m.

    Whether as the singer for The Hold Steady or the late, great Twin Cities post-punk ...

• Feb 08
  • Slow Animal, Gypsyblood, and The Field Auxiliary Empty Bottle, 9:30 p.m.

    Hailing from New Jersey and thusfar playing shows mostly along the East Coast, Slow Animal ...

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    Klang and Jeff Albert Quartet The Hideout, 9:30 p.m.

    In bandleader James Falzone’s Chicago based quartet KLANG, his influences of jazz, chamber, and ...

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    Paul Van Dyk and DJ Austin Leeds The Mid, 10 p.m.

    For those intimidated by the stop-start intensity of dubstep, trance DJ Paul Van Dyk has ...

• Feb 09
  • Casablanca Block Cinema - Northwestern University, 7 p.m.

    Michael Curtiz’s masterpiece rumination on love versus virtue, Casablanca has lodged itself at or ...

  • A Burlesque Tribute To Pink Floyd's The Wall Stage 773, 10 p.m.

    There was a time not so long ago where an album mattered, and there is ...

  • Chicago Live! UP Comedy Club, 6:30 p.m.

    For years, the Tribune’s live showcase “Chicago Live!” has nourished geeks from every avenue ...