VERSION 13 EVENTS CALENDAR​ 6/14 to 6/22
Opening Exhibition: The Urban Operating System​
Friday June 14 • 6pm -11pm
Co-Prosperity Sphere
3219 S Morgan Street
Admission: free​
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The Urban Operating System celebrates the energy and imagination of people who make the city a better place to live, work and play in. For our opening show we examine projects that serve the common good, and connect us to services that everyone can use in our neighborhoods. These socially engaged projects promote the cultural use of public space and demonstrate innovative forms for funding ideas and actions.
Above The Pavement: A City Fair​
​Saturday June 15 • 1pm -7pm
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Maria's and Pleasant House Bakery
960 W 31st Street​​
Admission: free​
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This year Version is producing a one day outdoor/indoor mini festival that will become an annual event. It is the SMALLest city fair in the world! Imagine a boutique flea market with good food meeting a county fair without rides and throw in some live music and community building, and it becomes: Above the Pavement: A City Fair.
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Experimental Electronic Music Set (EEMS) - Featuring a live set by Robert Konow (desensei/arkonow) at Maria's​​
​Sunday June 16 • 10pm
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Maria's and Pleasant House Bakery
960 W 31st Street​​
Admission: free​
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EEMS which is a monthly experimental music series taking place on the 3rd Sunday of the month, selecting from some of the finest talents in Chicago. Rather than have bands or solo acts that preform regularly, the performers have been asked to play new or different material than they would normal play out. Also, no live drums.
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KO PO BBQ at Maria's​
​Monday June 17 • 6-9pm​
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Maria's Packaged Goods & Community Bar
960 W 31st Street
Admission: free​
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Hungry? Maria re-imagines its popular weekly Monday evening Korean/Polish BBQ cookout this summer offering it's signature Korean Polish BBQ with guest chef kimchees and our new Margarita of the Moment. As always, the barbecue takes place at 6PM (weather permitting) in the outside patio with free brats, kimchee to spice up the palette and various side dishes to warm your soul and fill your appetite. We heartily recommend arriving early before all the food and fixings are gone.
Story Club​
​Tuesday June 18 • 7-10pm
Co-Prosperity Sphere
3219 S Morgan Street
Admission: free​
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Story Club South Side is the newest chapter of Chicago's premier storytelling open-mic event, blending the spontaneity of an open-mic with the thrill of live theater. At the Mash tun event, Story Club presents a slew of terrifically talented featured storytellers sharing true yarns for your amazement and amusement. Our headliners include famed live-lit impresario, Dana Norris, whose real-life accounts of Internet dates have delighted and shocked audiences all over the city. Even now we're drawing together other local talents to join us at this stellar celebration of stories.
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​Spontaneous Interventions: Design Actions for the Common Good​
Wednesday June 19 • 2pm - 4pm
Chicago Cultural Center, Michigan Avenue Galleries
78 E. Washington St.
Admission: free​
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Version Festival is a participant in the Spontaneous Interventions exhibition, organized by Cathy Lang Ho on behalf of the Institute for Urban Design. Join us for a tour and discussion about tactical urbanism at the Cultural Center and in the pop-up pavilion in Millennium Park.
Spontaneous Interventions: Design Actions for the Common Good features 84 urban interventions initiated by architects, designers, planners, artists and everyday citizens that bring positive change to neighborhoods and cities. ​
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The Art Bowl​
Thursday June 20 • 6-9pm
The Benton House Gymnasium
3052 S Graten Ave
Admission: free - please buy a bowl.​
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The Art Bowl, a project headed by Bridgeport Citizens Group co-founder Dan Pugh, asks Chicago ceramic artists to donate their ceramic bowls that’ll be filled with soups from local cooks during the festival. Proceeds from the show befits the Benton House Food Pantry.
Bridgeport Record Fair​​
Saturday June 22 • Noon - 6pm​
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​Maria's Packaged Goods & Community Bar
960 W 31st Street
Admission: free
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This year get your vinyl fix during the Version festivities with a special one-day only pop-up record fair located in the heart of the community of the future. Maria's patio will feature a variety of choice dealers peddling the finest black gold for all music lovers and as well as some deep gems for the diggers as well. Expect a sweaty rotation of Chicago's finest selectors on the decks, plus posters, gifts, and tasty brews from the Maria's crew. Admission is free. And remember "El disco es cultura!"
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​Mash Tun Festival: The Invitational​
Saturday June 22 • 2pm - 6pm
Bridgeport Art Center
1200 W 35th Street
Admission: $45 RSVP only at mashtunfest.org​
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Mash Tun festival is a celebration of the release of Mash Tun: A Craft Beer Journal, a publication that was launched at last year's Version festival. Mash Tun is our paean to craft beer. It follows the pleasures and aesthetics of craft beer and how it intersects with food, culture, and society. This year's Mash Tun festival features a competition and the debut tasting of ales from our new Marz Community Brewery.
Version Closing Party: Benton House Summer Fest 2013​
​Saturday June 22 • 6pm - midnight
The Benton House
3034 S Graten Ave​
Admission: $15 at the door​
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The third annual Benton House SummerFest will close out Version 13. This is a fundraiser to fix our leaky roofs on both buildings that have youth, adult and senior programs, a food pantry and community support projects. $15 entrance gets you in the door to enjoy a wide range of live musical acts and great food from around the neighborhood. Raffle tickets are for sale now and all through Version for $10, and are your chance to win gift certificates, sports memorabilia, a massage, collectibles and a super sassy mystery grand prize. For tickets, raffle and more info visit bentonhouse.org or call us at (773) 927-6420. Follow updates on the line-up and raffle prizes on twitter @bentonhouse.