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Show: Corridors New York sound artist Byron Westbrook has worked with Rhys Chatham and Phill Niblock, and like them he explores sound as a physical force. His new self-titled album as Corridors is a document of his live performances, where he plays heavily processed snippets of trumpet, organ, viola, and guitar feedback through four to eight channels simultaneously. “While the CD already suggests an immersive, shifting ambience, hearing those sounds spread around in the intimate Enemy space should greatly heighten their physical effect,” writes Peter Margasak.
Dinner: Lokal At this slick Wicker Park restaurant and lounge, the menu features potato pierogi, golabki, borscht, kielbasa, and a few items you probably wouldn’t recognize if you didn’t grow up with a babcia cooking for you. It just happens to be radically different Polish food from the heavy, homey—but let’s face it, bland—traditional stuff.
