Bike Winter Carnival
Fri Feb 27, 7-11pm
Flat Iron Arts Building
1579 N Milwaukee
Accidental Gallery, Studio 350
Febuary 8, 2007 {Extra News}
Pedal to the People:
Bike Art as Activism
The Critical Mass Art Show features art that celebrates the bicycle as a way for people to connect with their community and be a better citizen. Choosing to travel by bicycle slows down the damage we are doing to our planet – especially the damage done by personal automobiles, which are wreaking havoc with emissions of carbon dioxide and other toxic substances, and are responsible for more than 40,000 deaths a year in the United States alone. With diversity, vitality and vision, the Critical Mass Art Show celebrates the bicycle as a symbol of self-sufficiency and an elegant solution to congestion, pollution and sprawl produced by the private automobile.
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The Bike Winter Art Show will feature cycling art, winter fashion, and a warm lounge atmosphere that invites all of our cycling brothers and sisters to take a break from the everyday routine and stop by the Flatiron Arts Building for a series of biketopian happenings.
2009 Art Show Schedule
Friday, Feb 13th, 6–10pm
Bike Winter Art Show Opening Night
Flatiron Arts Building, 1579 N. Milwaukee Ave.
Warm up early this Valentine’s Day weekend, the 12 all-season cycling ladies of TyK {Thought You Knew} will be selling charity pin-up calendars hot off the press to raise money for the Chicago Women's Health Center. If you spell Love: V-e-l-o, your heart will race for our 1" buttons and shirts, and the world premier of "Bike Love: Shadow Puppet Show" performed live is certain to win you over. Let your heart cycle astray on a path of winding hallways and galleries filled with bike themed art in the Flat Iron Arts Building, just make sure to stay hydrated and stop by the Bike Winter Art Show HQ's: Accidental Gallery (Studio 350).
Saturday, Feb 14, High Noon
Auto Show Shutdown Festival of Love
McCormick Place
With the U.S. engaged in an endless war for oil, vehicular violence arbitrarily erasing over 42,000 Americans per year, and carbon emissions threatening life on Earth, you would think people would have dumped their cars years ago. Now Mr. Auto Industry has the crazy fool idea to throw a big party when you're having trouble feeding your babies? And get this, they want to fund this with your tax money? Oh no girl, it's time to give Detroit the boot! We're gonna show you that once you've gone bike, you never go back.
Q: What's love got to do with it? A: EVERYTHING
Thursday, Feb 19, 7–10pm
Bike Winter Open Mic & Video
Flatiron Arts Building, 1579 N. Milwaukee Ave.
Join us for an evening of Bike Winter Poetry & Cinema, this event is "open mic" and "open projector", as we encouraged any and all bike lovers to share their poems, short stories and films. This year we will commemorate the passing of a great work of art, Berwyn’s fallen Spindle (aka “Car Kabob”). Despite a valiant attempt by Chicago’s Critical Mass to Save the Spindle, the dark forces of indifference, convenience, and profit convened to destroy an American icon to make room for just another Walgreen’s drugstore. Check out video of last year’s open mic night.
Saturday. Feb 21, 7pm
Bike Winter Fashion Bazaar &
Cyclerotica Cabaret
Flatiron Arts Building, 1579 N. Milwaukee Ave.
Local cycle centric fashion designers will be pimping their clothes and accessories from 6-9pm on Sat Feb 21, so stop by the Bike Winter Art Show for some all season gear and cheer. Drinks will be available for a small donation, so get lubricated early for the Midnight Marauders Porn Ride. There will be an after hours bike burlesque show (location TBA), so stop by the Flat Iron Arts Building (Studio 350, 1579 North Milwaukee Ave) to get in on the hot bike winter action.
Thursday, Feb 26, 5pm
Bike Winter Salon
Flatiron Arts Building, 1579 N. Milwaukee Ave.
Salons have functioned for centuries not only as art exhibitions but also as cultural hubs that link artists, philosophers, and libertines alike. All cyclists traveling along the Milwaukee Avenue Express and parts therein are welcome to use the Bike Winter Salon as a warming station and social space. We will be featuring video, performance, and discussions on two Thursdays while the show runs at the Flatiron Arts Building.
Friday, Feb 27, 7pm
Bike Winter Carnival
Flatiron Arts Building, 1579 N. Milwaukee Ave.
Start your Happy Friday right by joining the Chicago Critical Mass ride, which gathers by the Picasso in Delay Plaza, then ride with hundreds of cyclists to the Bike Winter Carnival, a benefit party for West Town Bikes.
Bike Winter Art Show produced by:
The Flatiron Project [Website | bikewinterartshow@theflatironproject.com]
Critical Mass Photo Booth contact:
Steven Lane (thestevenlane-at-gmail-dot-com)
