Tommaso is a vinyl selector born and raised in Florence, Italy. What started with his parent's collection of old Italian 45's has grown into a vast collection of global rarities, which he'll dig into this weekend at The Whistler to make the dance floor pop off ✨️

We are pleased to announce that the official release party for Perry Ruhland’s short story collection "Invisible Graves" will be held on Friday, October 23rd in Chicago at The Whistler. Organ Bank’s branch manager Daphne Dhalgren will be facilitating the event, which will feature story readings by Corvyn Appleby and Perry himself, as well as a discussion with the author and publisher about the work and its context.

Copies of the book will be available for purchase at the event. Please join us in our dive into the irreal, as we channel the voices of the dead, the living, and those in between.

6pm doors / 6:30 reading / 9:30 DJ / no cover / 21+

A room tuned for sensation - felt, not seen — arrivals bloom, loops trace. There are no headliners, no countdowns, no peaks. Instead, we work with rhythm as architecture: built gently, bent together, held just enough.⁠
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Parties function like a reading — of heat, presence, and proximity. Sometimes a night hums low and sticky, sometimes it spikes into joyful disorder. But always, valuing intimacy over impact, curiosity over performance. Sound is a means of departure - touching whatever the room might want to remember.⁠
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We invite you to enter early, stay long, and tune in. Bring your own presence and let the rest be shaped in motion. Pleasure Index is a condition of co-creation.⁠

Wills Mckenna- Saxophone, Flute, Effects
Justin Peterson- Bass
Mehtab Kirtan- Drums
Jeff Swanson- Guitar
Molly Rife - Cello
Matthew Wronski- Viola

Every Tuesday and Wednesday, we present Chicago’s top jazz artists in a lively atmosphere, full of cocktail-shaking and spirited conversation.

6pm doors / 9pm show / no cover

The Milwaukee Avenue Messenger is a quarterly arts and literary journal that celebrates and serves the vibrant communities and independent DIY artistic tradition of Chicago’s Milwaukee Avenue corridor. Join us for the Fifth Issue Launch Party!

6pm doors / no cover / 21+