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Saturday, August 1, 2009 | 8:00pm

Gary and Laura Maurer Concert Hall :: 4544 N Lincoln Ave.

The Great Perhaps

The Astronomer accompanies author Joe Meno
with the art of Jay Ryan and Todd Baxter
with special guest Canasta

$15 General Public/$13 Old Town School Members/$15 Seniors & Children

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The Astronomer will perform a set of new songs and scores to accompany a live reading by acclaimed author Joe Meno (Hairstyles of the Damned, The Boy Detective Fails, Demons In The Spring) of his long-anticipated new novel "The Great Perhaps". Renowned poster artist Jay Ryan (The Bird Machine) and photgrapher Todd Baxter will be projecting visual art based off of Meno's work, making this event a unique multimedia event around the work of one of America's most esteemed contemporary authors.

Canasta opens the night with their "effortless, effervescent pop... carefully constructed layers of intertwining melodies..." - Chicago Sun-Times

Click here to download an mp3 of The Astronomer's "Were You Already Dreaming of Somebody New?"




Joe Meno.com
The Astronomer's website
Todd Baxter's website
Jay Ryan's website
Canasta on MySpace

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