Chicago Dance Month, Expo Audio Available + Calls, Jobs & Stories

April 2013 April is Chicago Dance Month. Visit seechicagodance.com. Roger Lee If we do not find meaningful ways to engage with our community, dance will soon become extinct. On Diversity and Dance ---------- Phil Schurger Music is an intention. It is thought directed toward manifesting the essence of an experience. Music: Conduit for Mysticism ---------- Derek Harmening The key to curbing e-book sales to the advantage of independent book stores is going to be honest dialogue with customers. On eBooks & Book Stores ---------- Markus Rutz The initial elements of this tune came together after college; I was playing chords on an upright Kimball piano in my grandmother's living room ... SINGLETRACK: I'll Remember November ---------- Timothy Douglas All of these wonderfully well-intentioned attempts to shed light on this, it's great ... but it's not breaking the ice. Racial Politics in Theatre MOVING DIALOGS: Diversity + Dance A free, six-part series for audiences and artists using dance as a cultural base. Curated by CAR Dance Researcher Baraka de Soleil. Read the Details ---------- Creatives at Work: DIY Recording Hear about resources available to the beginner & professional. Get advice on how to budget your time & make choices. Read the Details ---------- DCASE Grant Apps Due April 19 DCASE Cultural Grants are designed to assist individual artists and the not-for-profit arts and cultural community in the City of Chicago. Read the Details Current Opportunities on CAR Calls and Opportunities Employment and Gigs Events and Openings Available Spaces Creative Chicago Expo Files on CAR Audio and presentation files from the 2013 Creative Chicago Expo are being added to CAR throughout the next few weeks. All audio files are online and we are adding Powerpoint presentations, PDFs and other support files. Browse Available Workshops. Multi-Discipline Apr 14  Chicago Home Theatre Festival Seeks Submissions Apr 19  2013 Cultural Grant Applications Available May 17  Ebb & Flow: Dialogues Between Art & Water Jun 18  Directors, Artists, Dancers - Wilmette Center for Arts Dance Apr 14  Chicago Auditions for MN Ballet's 2013/14 Season  May 27  Auditions - Hubbard Street Dance Chicago in NYC more ... Literary Open   Playwrights Needed - Circle Theater Apr 07  Scholarship - Chicago School of Poetics Apr 19  Artist in Residence Program - Spiro Arts, Park City, UT more ... Music Open    Musicians - Podcast, Interview Opportunity Apr 28   Wicker Park Choral Singers Seeks Scores May 31  Kennedy Center Nat'l Seminar For Teaching Artists more ... Theater Apr 15  Seeking 2 Female Understudies - The Odd Couple May 29  Video Casting Call - Mixed-race Actors/Actresses May 31  Teen Auditions - Putnam County Spelling Bee Jun 15  Male Actor for King Role - Medieval Times more ... Visual Arts Apr 02  Call for Art: ArtFutura: Art in Motion Apr 17  Silent Auction Call - The Arts Club of Chicago Apr 19  Call for Art - 2nd Annual Oak Park Sculpture Walk May 15  Call for Art: Independent Art Museum Jun 30  Summer Juried Show - Sylvia White Gallery Jul 15  Internat'l Competition - Four Points Contemporary more ... Multi-Discipline Intern - Logan Square Comfort Station Options Program Instructors - Chicago State University Child Instructor - Instituto del Progreso Latino (Pilsen) Dance Occupation Therapist/Hand Specialist - Athletico (Suburbs) Dance Instructor - YMCA Greater Chicago/High Ridge more ... Literary Interns - Open Books Visiting Fiction Writing Professor - Lake Forest College P/T Lecturer, Masters English - University of Chicago more ... Music Development Intern - Old Town School of Folk Music Production Manager - Rush Hour Concerts Violin/Viola Teaching Artist - YOURS Project Oboe/Clarinet Teaching Artist - YOURS Project Teaching Internships - Summer Musical Theatre Camp Audio Engineering Intern - ARU Chicago more ... Theater Manager, Audience Services - Chicago Humanities Festival Marketing/PR Intern - Chicago Shakespeare Theater Stage Management Intern - Duke City Repertory Theatre Touring Artists - Urban Gateways more ... Visual Arts Program Developer - DuPage Children's Museum Drawing Instructor - Union Street Gallery Studio Manager - Confidential Artist more ... Multi-Discipline Apr 11  Fight Club: A Project Mayhem Burlesque Dance Apr 14  JorsTAP - "Rackets: Evening of Multimedia Dance" Apr 19  Space Movement: Out of Step in the Same Direction Apr 21  In Here, We Are Whole: 4 Emerging Choreographers Apr 25-28  20% Off - Alliance - Spring Forward more ...   Literary  Multiple Beverly Art Center Writers Group Apr 04  Queer Stories - Chicago Art Department  Apr 13  The Way We Sleep: Anthology Reading  Apr 14  Pop-Up Book Fair - The Empty Bottle    more ...     Music Apr 08  Implodes w/ Population, Acteurs, DJ Lady Sarah Apr 10  Ted Sirota's Heavyweight Dub - Martyrs' Apr 11   Keiji Haino - The Empty Bottle Apr 22  Creatives at Work: Music Forum more ...  Theater Apr 04  Queer Stories (and I don't mean peculiar...)  Apr 06  Just Imagine - ECC Arts Center  more ...  Visual Arts Apr 01  Encaustic Workshop - Ahavani Art Studio Apr 04  SOLD! Mock Art Auction - Christie's Apr 05  A Strange House in My Voice - UIC MFA Exhib 2 Apr 09  Terrarium Workshop - Chicago Cultural Center Apr 09  Generation Return: Art + Justice - Columbia College Apr 10  Live Painting w/ Joseph Perez - Elephant Room more ...       20/20 LEGAL at Chicago Artists Coalition  Saturday, April 13, 11 a.m. - 3 p.m. This workshop covers arts legal issues, resources and legal guidance to better manage your practice. Includes talk on intellectual property, negotiating contracts & protecting yourself online, followed by sessions. Multi-Discipline INTUIT Dance Studio - Oak Park Eclipse Theatre Office/Space - Northcenter more ... Dance  Rhythm & Beyond Studio - Niles, IL  more ... Theater Victory Gardens Theater Fox Ballet Multi-use Space - St Charles, IL