Upcoming Events

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  Brother El's Sandbox Symphony VII

  Sat, Aug 13

  Chicago

  Aug 13, 2:00 PM – 10:00 PM CDT

  Chicago, Oakwood Beach, Chicago, IL 60653, USA

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  mind for time

  Sat, May 14

  Chicago

  May 14, 12:00 PM – 10:00 PM

  Chicago, 5550 S Greenwood Ave, Chicago, IL 60637, USA

  Brother El's Sonic Abstractions II "mind for time" is two immersive Live PA electronic music pieces exploring childhood innocence, color, form, environment, and social stimuli of the time through Bob Thompson's art.

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  Elastro AV

  Fri, Nov 19

  Chicago

  Nov 19, 2021, 8:00 PM – Nov 20, 2021, 12:00 AM

  Chicago, 3429 W Diversey Ave #208, Chicago, IL 60647, USA

  Brother El is debuting a new sound piece constructed with 16.1 channels of audio in mind. The goal is to place the listener inside a matrix of immersive of healing sound.

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  Sounds Natural 2

  Sat, May 29

  Chicago

  May 29, 2021, 12:00 PM – 3:00 PM CDT

  Chicago, S Lake Shore Dr, Chicago, IL, USA

  A live music, art, and nature activation featuring performances by Brother El, AQ & Binky.

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  Sounds Natural

  Sun, Apr 18

  Chicago

  Apr 18, 2021, 1:00 PM – 3:00 PM

  Chicago, 3900 S Lake Shore Dr, Chicago, IL 60615, USA

  Live Electronic Music, Art, and Nature Activities At Bronzewood Gathering Space

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  Brother El's Collaborative iPad Symphony

  Sat, Nov 23

  Apple Michigan Avenue

  Nov 23, 2019, 2:00 PM – 3:30 PM

  Apple Michigan Avenue, 401 N Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60611, USA

  Explore how to create an electronic symphony with musician and spontaneous composer Brother El.

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  Live PA Institute Day

  Sat, Nov 16

  Reva and David Logan Center for the Arts

  Nov 16, 2019, 11:00 AM – 10:00 PM CST

  Reva and David Logan Center for the Arts, 915 E 60th St, Chicago, IL 60637, USA

  Artists will gather at 11 am at the Logan Center for the Arts for a day of collaboration experimenting with sound. The day will feature hands-on workshops, live musician sampling sessions, marketing tutelage, a participant dinner, and evening performances that will be open to the public.

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  Sandbox Symphony IV

  Sat, Aug 10

  Oakwood Beach

  Aug 10, 2019, 2:00 PM – 9:00 PM

  Oakwood Beach, Oakwood Beach, Chicago, IL 60653, USA

  This free, public spectacular features live electronic music, demonstrations by local visual artists, yoga, a mini pop-up farmers market with free nutritious snacks, jewelry making, and mobile toy creation cart.

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  Bronzeville: An Inquiry in Sound with “Brother El”

  Sun, Jul 21

  The Art Institute of Chicago

  Jul 21, 2019, 3:00 PM – 4:30 PM

  The Art Institute of Chicago, 111 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60603, USA

  Listen to the live electronic music of Lional “Brother El” Freeman along with compositions written and recorded by Dyett High School for the Arts students.

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  Sliver Room Block Party

  Sat, Jul 20

  Hyde Park

  Jul 20, 2019, 6:00 PM – 6:30 PM

  Hyde Park, Hyde Park, Chicago, IL, USA

  Brother El rocking a special Live PA set for the Silver Room Block Party

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  Brother El: Sonic Abstractions (April)

  Sat, Apr 27

  Smart Museum of Art, The University of C

  Apr 27, 2019, 2:00 PM – 3:00 PM

  Smart Museum of Art, The University of C, 5550 S Greenwood Ave, Chicago, IL 60637, USA

  Lional "Brother El" Freeman performs a series of four Live PA electronic compositions commissioned in conjunction with the Smart Museum of Art's exhibition 'Solidary & Solitary.'

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  Brother El: Sonic Abstractions

  Sun, Mar 17

  Smart Museum of Art, The University of C

  Mar 17, 2019, 2:00 PM – 3:00 PM

  Smart Museum of Art, The University of C, 5550 S Greenwood Ave, Chicago, IL 60637, USA

  Lional "Brother El" Freeman performs a series of four Live PA electronic compositions commissioned in conjunction with the Smart Museum of Art's exhibition 'Solidary & Solitary.'

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  Mobilizing Through Improvisation: A Global South and Southside Chicago Collaboration

  Wed, Nov 14

  Grey Ceneter

  Nov 14, 2018, 6:00 PM

  Grey Ceneter, 929 E 60th St, Chicago, IL 60637, USA

  Stages an improvisational collaboration between local electronic musician Brother El from the south side of Chicago with actors and musicians from Ilkhom and Bata theaters of the post-Soviet south, Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan.

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  Eat Your Words 2018

  Thu, Oct 04

  Chicago Cultural Center

  Oct 04, 2018, 6:00 PM – 10:00 PM

  Chicago Cultural Center, 78 E Washington St, Chicago, IL 60602, USA

  A benefit to celebrate and support the students of 826CHI.

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  Objects in the Midst of Other Objects (Artists Talk + After Party)

  Fri, Sep 28

  Rootwork Gallery

  Sep 28, 2018, 9:00 PM – Sep 29, 2018, 12:00 AM

  Rootwork Gallery, 645 W 18th St, Chicago, IL 60616, USA

  Objects in the Midst of other Objects: Black Male Formations and Subjectivities in Hyper-racial America Featuring the art work of Stephen Flemister + Spencer Paul Hutchinson with an original sound installation by Lional “Brother El” Freeman.

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  Quantum Englewood

  Sat, Sep 15

  Lindblom Math and Science Academy

  Sep 15, 2018, 8:00 PM

  Lindblom Math and Science Academy, 6130 S Wolcott Ave, Chicago, IL 60636, USA

  A Journey Through 100 Years Of South Side Musical History (World Premiere Performance by Ernest Dawkins and Rahul Sharma)

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  27th Annual 4th Ward Health & Wellness Fair

  Sat, Aug 25

  Walter H. Dyett High School for the Arts

  Aug 25, 2018, 10:00 AM – 2:00 PM

  Walter H. Dyett High School for the Arts, 555 E 51st St, Chicago, IL 60615, USA

  Alderman Sophia King hosts the 4th Ward Health & Housing Fair and the Brother El will be providing DJ'd vibrations.

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  In the Company of Black

  Thu, Aug 16

  University Galleries

  Aug 16, 2018, 5:00 PM – Oct 15, 2018, 12:00 AM

  University Galleries, 11 Uptown Circle #103, Normal, IL 61761, USA

  In the Company of Black presents selected photographs from a recent series of the same name by artist and educator Cecil McDonald, Jr., as well as the premiere of a new video with collaborator Lional "Brother El" Freeman.

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