Heaven Gallery

with Pillars & Tongues, Meander, and John Bellows

http://www.myspace.com/darkdarkdarkband
http://www.myspace.com/pillarsandtongues

Documentary by Maya Jensen $5 donation
Solidarity in Saya: An Afro-Bolivian Cultural Music Movement

Abstract:
This documentary examines the Afro-Bolivian urban youth movement of Saya music in La Paz, Bolivia that uses this traditional music to pursue their social and political needs. As migrants from villages in the rural, semi-tropical Yungas, this community of youths faces alienation in dealing with the foreign urban environment in which they also cope with racial discrimination on a daily basis. These urban youth build a supportive community around the Saya music group, which serves as a refuge from marginalization in mainstream Bolivian society. The social cohesion and unity cultivated within the Saya group has become a platform for political activism to confront the invisibility of the Afro-Bolivian minority. Rather than standing idle while the colonial hegemonic system of racial hierarchy defines them, the Afro-Bolivian Saya group members empower themselves by defining their own history and identity through these music performances. The Afro-Bolivian youths in La Paz use the musical expression of their history and identity to pursue their current goals of increased respect within society and official recognition by the state.

Brad Loving, solo laptop

http://birdandwhale.com

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Keefe Jackson, reeds
Matt Schneider, guitar

http://www.myspace.com/keefejacksonsfastcitizens

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INSTANT PLACES

Ian Birse and Laura Kavanaugh, electronics

Canadian artists Birse and Kavanaugh are concluding a residency at the Chicago art space inCUBATE. More information and sound clips available at:

http://www.instantplaces.ca

Heaven Gallery
1550 N. Milwaukee Ave. 2nd Fl.
Chicago
(Blue Line to Damen)
$5 suggested donation

Branch/Roebke/Riordan

Jaimie Branch, trumpet
Jason Roebke, bass
Marc Riordan, drums

Round two.

www.pionicrecords.com
www.jasonroebke.info
www.myspace.com/marcriordantrio

Giallorenzo/Jackson/Roebke/Rosaly

Pianist/electronicist Paul Giallorenzo leads this quartet featuring reedman Keefe Jackson, bassist Jason Roebke, and drummer Frank Rosaly.

Expect great things.

www.myspace.com/paulgiallorenzo
www.keefejackson.com
www.frankrosaly.blogspot.com

Heaven Gallery
1550 N. Milwaukee Ave.
Chicago
(Blue Line to Damen)
$5 suggested donation

Saturday, 6/21 10pm

1. Dave Rempis/Kevin Davis Duo

Dave Rempis - saxophones
Kevin Davis - cello

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2. Kimmel/Gregorio/Lonberg-Holm/Hatwich

Jeff Kimmel - bass clarinet
Guillermo Gregorio - clarinets
Fred Lonberg-Holm - cello
Anton Hatwich - bass

Heaven Gallery
1550 N Milwaukee Ave
Chicago
(Blue Line to Damen)
$5 suggested donation

Protest Heaven jazz and improvised music series...

LABYCZ/BAKER DUO

Brian Labycz, electronics
Jim Baker, piano and electronics

SINTON/LONBERG-HOLM/RIORDAN

Josh Sinton, woodwinds (NYC)
Fred Lonberg-Holm, cello
Marc Riordan, drums

BRANCH/HAAKER-FLATEN/RIORDAN

"Standards"

Jaimie Branch, trumpet
Ingebrigt Haaker-Flaten, bass
Marc Riordan, drums

with special surprise guest

1550 N. Milwaukee Ave. 2nd Fl.
Chicago (Blue Line to Damen)
$5 suggested donation

program TBA

PROTEST HEAVEN jazz and improvised music series presents...

BRAD LOVING, solo laptop

http://www.birdandwhale.com

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DANIEL FANDINO, electronics
KEVIN DAVIS, cello

http://www.myspace.com/danielfandino
http://www.myspace.com/kevinwdavis

yeah!
Heaven Gallery
1550 N. Milwaukee Ave. 2nd Fl.
Chicago (Blue Line to Damen)
$5 suggested donation