w/ Pillars & Tongues, Allá, Afri Caribe, Judson Claiborne, Spires That In The Sunset Rise, and Baby Alright! $12 for the whole shebang, and all proceeds go to righteous Chicago non-profit organizations. Plus there will be a raffle for exciting prizes from local artists, artisans and brewers. More details below.

We hope to see you there!

-Kent & his Roommate buddies

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The Hideout hosts first-time
3-WAY BIG BENEFIT
an eclectic musical showcase celebrating social change groups
Logan Square Neighborhood Association, Tamms Year Ten Coalition,
& Young Chicago Authors.

(Chicago) -  On Saturday, May 9, 2009, The Hideout Inn (1354 West Wabansia Ave., Chicago) will host the “3-Way Big Benefit”, a day-long music showcase featuring a wide array of Chicago bands. The event will be hosted by Chicago’s own true soul poet and emcee, Avery R. Young, and will conclude with a dance party DJ’d by soul and hip hop favorite Itch13. The showcase will benefit three local organizations – Logan Square Neighborhood Association, Tamms Year Ten Coalition, and Young Chicago Authors – all working toward social change in various capacities. Members of the beneficiary organizations will be on hand to provide information and sign up volunteers. Homemade treats will be available in limited quantities. A raffle will be held for prizes such as a Roommate LP and t-shirt, lovely Mexican vases, a bomber of Half Acre's yet-to-be released Daisy Cutter Pale Ale, homemade jams and bread, recording time at Glamour Studios, tickets to Links Hall, and more. Cover is $12. http://hideoutchicago.com.

As a long-standing supporter of progressive causes and host to community benefits, the Hideout struck organizers Kent Lambert and Kristen Cox as the ideal venue for this event. Cox and Lambert chose these beneficiary groups for their social justice missions and their timely and urgent community initiatives. The Logan Square Neighborhood Association preserves and protects community schools, affordable housing, community spaces, and offers health and citizenship access as well as financial and employment counseling for the Logan Square and Avondale neighborhoods. The Tamms Year Ten Coalition is protesting the misguided and inhumane policies at Tamms C-MAX, a supermax prison in downstate Illinois. Young Chicago Authors (YCA) is a literary arts organization that believes teenagers can change their world through creative writing and performance.

Avery R. Young is a poet, educator and curriculum specialist for Young Chicago Authors. He is the author of lookin fo/words that rhyme: the un- spoken word of avery r. young (FayeRic) and is currently performing with his band The Urban Griot Movement and working on an album of original music. Young’s performances have been featured at The Museum of Contemporary Art, House of Blues, BET, WGN Morning News, MTV, VH1, Kevin's Room 2, The Hip Hop Theatre Festival, Dance Africa, Lollapallooza, Wordstock, A New World Reveal-A-Solution, Denizen Kane, New Skool Poetics, World Can't Wait and Taste of Chicago. http://www.myspace.com/averyryoung

Confirmed bands, in order of appearance:

4:00 pm – Pillars & Tongues (“improvised psych-folk gospel-blues”) is Mark Trecka (vocals, percussion, bells, harmonica, organ, melodica) , Elizabeth Remis (violin, vocals), and Evan Hydzik (double bass, vocals). http://www.myspace.com/pillarsandtongues

5:00 pm  - Allá (“latin psych pop”) is Lupe Martinez (vocals and guitar), Jorge Ledezma (guitar), Angel Ledezma (drums), Ria Neri (bass) and James Warden (keyboard). http://www.myspace.com/estiempo

6:00 pm – Afri Caribe (“bomba y plena”) is a percussion and dance ensemble and academy founded in Humboldt Park by Evaristo “Tito” Rodriguez. Afri Caribe celebrates the African influence in Puerto Rico and other countries of the Caribbean through Puerto Rican Bomba rhythms. http://www.africaribe.net

7:00 pm – Roommate ("dreamy psych-tinged avant-pop") is Kent Lambert (keytar/vocals/electronics), Gillian Lisée (bass/percussion/vocals), Luther Rochester (analog synths, percussion, vibes), and Seth Vanek (drums/percussion). http://www.myspace.com/roommate

8:00 pm -  Judson Claiborne (“twangy, soulful, countrified folk-pop”) is Ryan Blaine Boyles (bass), Jamie Daniel Carter (drums), Darrell Baker Greiwe (electric guitar, vocals), Christopher Claiborne Salveter (vocals, guitar), Jamie Michelle Topper (frame drum, congas, vocals), and Ronnie Hana Kuller (violin, vocals). http://www.myspace.com/judsonclaiborne

9:00 pm - Spires That In The Sunset Rise (“avant-rock psych-folk”) is Kathleen Baird (vocals, guitar) and Taralie Peterson (vocals, guitar, cello). http://www.myspace.com/spiresthatinthesunsetrise

10:00 pm - Baby Alright (“all-star Chicago funk-soul-boogie”) is Marvin Tate (vocals), Dan Bitney (drums), LeRoy Bach (guitar), Matt Lux (bass), and Toby Summerfield (guitar). http://www.myspace.com/babyalright

11:30 pm – Hideout Dance Party with DJ Seanile and DJ Searchl1te.

beneficiary organizations:

YOUNG CHICAGO AUTHORS
Young Chicago Authors (YCA) encourages self-expression and literacy through creative writing, performance and publication. YCA provides student-centered, artist-led workshops free to youth ages 13-19 in schools and communities. Our process emphasizes artistic development, mentorship, and creating safe spaces where a young person's life matters. We believe that through their words, young people can promote tolerance and remove barriers to transform their lives and society. YCA is also the producer of Louder Than A Bomb, the largest teen poetry festival in the country, for which it is a subject of a feature length documentary by Siskel/Jacobs Productions. YCA will be hosting the national teen poetry slam, Brave New Voices, in Chicago this Summer!  http://youngchicagoauthors.org

LOGAN SQUARE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION
Founded in 1962, Logan Square Neighborhood Association (LSNA) is a multi-issue, grassroots, membership organization, which unites a diverse group of institutions, residents, and other stakeholders to address the challenges facing its community, focusing on education and school reform, health, affordable housing and economic development, immigration, and community spaces and the arts. Serving the multi-ethnic communities of Logan Square, Avondale, and Lathrop Homes, LSNA's mission is to unite institutions and residents to build and protect an excellent place to live, work, play, raise children, run a business, and worship.  http://www.lsna.net

TAMMS YEAR TEN COALITION
Tamms Year Ten is a coalition of concerned citizens who have come together to protest the misguided and inhumane policies at Tamms C-MAX. In 1998, the first prisoners were transferred from prisons across the state to Tamms C-MAX in Southern Illinois. This new prison, designed to keep men in permanent solitary confinement, was intended for what the IDOC called a one-year "shock treatment." Now, ten years later, over one-third of the original prisoners have been there for a decade in isolation—no phone calls, communal activity or contact visits. Tamms Year Ten and Rep. Julie Hamos have introduced a Supermax Reform Bill (HB 2633) to the Illinois House, and 27 legislators have signed on as co-sponsors. The bill would prohibit seriously mentally ill prisoners from supermax incarceration, establish clear procedures for how men are transferred to and from the supermax, and limit terms of solitary confinement to one year, unless doing so would pose a risk to guards or other inmates. Amnesty International recently called for immediate changes at Tamm C-MAX and endorses HB2633 as a first step. Tamms was also featured in a March 30, 2009 New Yorker article on the devastating effects of long-term solitary confinement. http://yearten.org
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