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Exhibition Title:                     FluiD  /  ONO  /  Mistress Velvet  / FRED BURKHART

                                             BURKHART UNDERGROUND

                                             
                                             Burkhart Underground
                                                        1228 N Noble St, Chicago  60625
                             

                                                                                                      
                                                                               
Exhibition Dates:                   FRI., 19DEC08      


Exhibition Title:                     ONO     @  Chicago's           NO WAVE FESTIVAL
                                             NO  WAVE FESTIVAL
          2008
                                             
                                             BEAT KITCHEN
                                             2100 W Belmont/Chicago
                                             http://www.beatkitchen.com/

                                             MORE  INFORMATION  SOON!!!
                                                                               
Exhibition Dates:                   SAT., 06DEC08         9PM


Exhibition Title:                     ONO       @  Steve Krakow's
                                             MILLION TONGUES FESTIVAL
 
                                                           ONO                                            

                                                           PissPissPissMoanMoanMoan

                                             The Empty Bottle
                                                        1035 N Western Ave./Chicago
                                                                                  
                                                                               
Exhibition Dates:                   FRI., 21NOV08          9PM   


Exhibition Title:                      SPECTRAL ANALYSIS

                                               MOTUS FORT
                                              
New art gallery in TOKYO, JAPAN

                                              www.motusfort.net

Exhibition Dates:                   14NOV08 - 12DEC08  


Exhibition Title:                    City of Chicago Gay/Lesbian Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
 
                                             (American Veterans For Equal Rights/ Chicago Chapter

                                             was inducted into the Chicago Gay & Lesbian Hall of Fame
                                             on Thu., 18OCT07)

                                             Chicago Cultural Center
 
                                            Michigan Ave. and Randolph St.
                                             Chicago
                                            

Exhibition Dates:                   THU., 13NOV08 - 1730 


Exhibition Title:                      American Veterans for Equal Rights/Chicago Chapter
                                              16 Annual Veterans Day Dinner

                                                         http://averchicago.org/
                                                    
                                                        Ann Sather Restaurant
                                                        909 W Belmont/Chicago


                                                        SPEAKER:  
                                                        Marquell Smith

                                             travis:  "America the Beautiful" by Katharine Lee Bates
  
Exhibition Dates:                   TUE., 11NOV08 - 1730-2130                                                          


Exhibition Title:                     "Mayor Daley's Veterans Day Ceremony"
                                                    
                                             "The Winds and Words of War"
                                              Harold Washington Library = Winter Garden
                                              400 S State St.    (ENTER on Plymouth Ct.)
                                            

Exhibition Dates:                   TUE., 11NOV08 - 1100


Exhibition Title:                     "Allen Schindler Remembrance Ceremony "

                                             American Veterans for Equal Rights, Chicago Chapter
                                              
                                             Gravesite of Allen Schindler, RM3
                                             (Murdered by two of his US Navy shipmates
                                             27OCT92, because he was queer).
                                             Steger, IL   

                                             travis:  "America the Beautiful" by Katharine Lee Bates


Exhibition Dates:                   SUN., 09NOV08 - 1400


Exhibition Title:                     "Mayor Daley's Reception for the Veterans Community"
                                                    
                                             Chicago Cultural Center
                                             Michigan Ave. and Randolph St.
                                             Chicago
                                             

Exhibition Dates:                   THU., 06NOV08 - 1730    


Exhibition Title:                     ONO  @ METAL SHAKER

                                             METAL SHAKER                                      FLYER/Drawing by travis                               
                                             3394 N Milwaukee/Chicago
                                             773-286-4482

                                             http://www.myspace.com/metalshaker

                                             THE SHOW:
                            
                 *FluiD
                                             
*Marvin Tate           (Backed By ONO)
                                             *ONO                   (P.Michael/travis/Shannon on tape/Rebecca/Jesse)
                                             *Folk & Violence
                                                                               
Exhibition Dates:                   FRI., 24OCT08                10PM  

Exhibition Title:                     ONO  &  FluiD    ON         "REALITY RADIO"
                                             
                                             
                                             WLUW (88.7FM)  /  HOST:  DJ KEN
                          REALITY RADIO PLAYLIST 21OCT08 (Halloween Part ONE (ONO):
                          QUOTE  Guests: ONO as DJS and FLUID (A live set !!!)    +   Bedmusic:  Link Wray---
                          "Rumble" (complete with screams ala local tv horror/psychotronic movie host 
                          Svengoolie in the 70s and 80s)   +   UK DECAY---"Unwind"   +   BAHAUS---
                          "In A Flatfield"  (LIVE!!!)   +   THE GRAVETONES---"In Cold Blood" +   
                          MIDNIGHT---"Turn Up The Hell"   +   VENOM---"Witching Hour"
                          (Still one of the best bands in rock n' roll!!!)      

                          SIDE ONE OF ONO's ---MACHINES THAT KILL PEOPLE on Thermidor
                          "Danger", "Machines That Kill People", "The Model Bride", "Jackie O"
                          and a lock groove
                          CHRISTIAN DEATH---"Dogs"   +   FACTRIX---"Thin Line"   +   HALF JAPANESE---
                          "Rosemary's Baby"   +   45 GRAVE---"Black Cross" (LIVE from New Wave Theatre
                          Show in the early80s)

                          ONO---"Erudite Transvesteen"  "Ennui"  off  ENNUI on Thermidor
                          ONO picks:
                          REBECCA and TRAVIS---"Dark Moon"
                          PILE OF COWS---"Dreams of Amputation"
                               FLUID LIVE SET!!!
                                         THE FOUR TOPS (LEVI STUBBS TRIBUTE)---"In These Changing Times"
                                          UNQUOTE
                                   

                                                                               
Exhibition Dates:                   TUE., 21OCT08         10PM - MIDNIGHT


Exhibition Title:                     ONO   OPENS FOR      ELECTRIC MEDICINE

                                             THE ORPHANAGE
                                             643 West 31st St./Chicago
                                             31st and wallace two blocks East of Halsted in the
                                             First Lutheran Church of the Trinity
                                             Community Center
                                                                                      
                                                                               
Exhibition Dates:                   SAT., 18OCT08           9PM


Exhibition Title:                     CHICAGO ARTIST MONTH  @
                                             Center On Halsted
                                             "Queer Eye on a Diverse Nation"
                                             
                                             Curated By:     David M. Joseph

                                             
                                            "Iroquois Landing"   (Drawing)                                            
                                                                               
Exhibition Dates:                   FRI., 03OCT08  -  SUN., 16NOV08
                                             
Opening Reception         03OCT08 6:30-9:30PM


Exhibition Title:                     J.P. STUDIO    Presents

                                             The Citizens’ Picnic:
                                             Lynching in America from 1865 to the Present

                                             DuSable Museum of African American History
                                             740 East 56th Place/Chicago

                                             Curated By:     Jomo K. Cheatham
                                             

                                             Including Lynching Paintings from travis's
                                             series entitled:

                                             "Mississippi Flower Garden"                                                   
                                                                               
Exhibition Dates:                   WED., 01OCT08  -  WED., 31DEC08    


Exhibition Title:                     ONO  @  Hotti Biscotti   *  Joined By MISTRESS VELVET
                                             
                                             Hotti Biscotti                                              
                                             3545 W Fullerton/Chicago

                                             ONO OPENS FOR :
                            
                 *Bill Meehan Project (of Research Defense Squad - Silver Abuse)
                                             *
Michael Krause Project (0f  death factory)
                                             *Piss Piss Piss Moan Moan Moan                           
                                                                               
Exhibition Dates:                   SAT., 20SEP08      ONO onstage at 10PM  Sharp!


Exhibition Title:                     Steve Krakow's
                                             5th Plastic Crimewave Vision Celestial Guitarkestra                                            
                                             
                                             @ The Hideout Block Party
                                             Hideout Chicago 1354 W Wabansia Chgo IL 60622                              

                                                                               
                                             http://www.hideoutchicago.com/calendar.html

Exhibition Dates:                   SAT., 20SEP08      11:30AM


Exhibition Title:                     travis Opens For BRIAN IMIG
                                             @ BURKHART UNDERGROUND                                            
                                             
                                             Burkhart Underground
                                             1228 N Noble St, Chicago  60625                              

                                                                               
                                             http://www.myspace.com/burkhartunderground

                                                  I will perform “RUINS” with untreated vocals
                                                  and with noise environments generated using a
                                                  vintage Yamaha CS-5 single-oscillator
                                                  monophonic analog synthesizer.  Fifteen Minutes.

Exhibition Dates:                   SUN., 10AUG08      9PM


Exhibition Title:                     Steve Krakow's
                                             FOLK & VIOLENCE
                                                 "[A] rockin experimental ensemble...."
                                                Also playing:
                                                PISSPISSPISSMOANMOANMOAN
                                                BIG NURSE  &  SOCIAL JUNK
                                             The Empty Bottle
                                             1035 N. Western Ave., Chicago                                         

                                             www.emptybottle.com

Exhibition Dates:                   TUE., 08JUL08   


Exhibition Title:                     JUNE 2008 - PRIDE MONTH IN CHICAGO
                                             American Veterans for Equal Rights, Chicago Chapter
                                                       (I am Vice-President/Treasurer)

          14JUN08/Sat. = Flag Day Celebration - Buck's BBQ & Beer Bust - N. Halsted St.
          17JUN08/Tue. = Mayor Daley's Reception for Chgo LGBT Community - Cultural Ctr.
          Jun19-25 2008 Issue # 173
TimeOutChicago Magazine.      timeoutchicago.com
                                            Page 84.  A roundtable of LGBT vets argues for equality while
                                            bemoaning failed policy.
 By Jason A. Heidemann
          23JUN08/Mon. = SIXTH Annual "Salute to GLBT Veterans" - Daley Plaza
                                             travis:   "The Star Spangled Banner"/Francis Scott Key
                                                           &

                                                          "America the Beautiful"/Katharine Lee Bates
          28JUN08/Sat. = Pride Fair = Noon - N. Halsted St./AVER/Chicago Booth
          29JUN08/Sat. = Pride Parade = Noon - N. Halsted St.
                                                                                                                                                                  


Exhibition Title:                     15th Annual
                                             Allen Schindler Remembrance Ceremony
                                             
                                             American Veterans for Equal Rights, Chicago Chapter

                                             Gravesite of Allen Schindler, RM3
                                             (Murdered by two of his US Navy shipmates

                                             27OCT92, because he was queer).
                                             Steger, IL


                                              travis: "America the Beautiful" by Katharine Lee Bates

Exhibition Dates:                   SUN., 25MAY08
                                                                          
                                                                                        


Exhibition Title:                     Memorial Day Parade down State Street
                                             Chicago, Illinois
                                             
                                             American Veterans for Equal Rights, Chicago Chapter

Exhibition Dates:                   SAT., 24MAY08    


Exhibition Title:                     TRANSITIONS:
                                             Art of Process and Evolution
                                                   A group exhibition curated by Tyrone Fowlkes                       
                                             
                                             Seabury-Western Theological Seminary
                                             2122 Sheridan Road, Evanston  60201
                                                                               
                                             www.seabury.edu

Exhibition Dates:                   THU., 15MAY08-FRI., 13JUN08


Exhibition Title:                     travis @ BURKHART UNDERGROUND                                            
                                             
                                             Burkhart Underground
                                             1228 N Noble St, Chicago  60625                              

                                                                               
                                             http://www.myspace.com/burkhartunderground

                                              travis:   Wheelchair Performance of
                                              "Ne Me Quitte Pas" (verse 1) by Jacques Brel
                                                  inspired by Nina Simone & P.Michael Grego
                                                  Unexpected Accompaniment (Thanks Steve!)
                                                  Steve Gigante
/Guitarist with W-SBurn Band
                                                  www.myspace.com/wsburn


Exhibition Dates:                   SUN., 11MAY08      9PM


Exhibition Title:                     FOTA = Festival Of The Arts 2008

                                             MIDWAY STUDIOS
                                             COURTYARD GALLERY

                                             "Mississippi Iron Oxide"

                                             University of Chicago
                                             http://fota.uchicago.edu/

Exhibition Dates:                   SAT., 10MAY08 - SUN., 18MAY08                                                             


Exhibition Title:                     MAGIC SQUARES                                            
                                             
                                             Brown Rice
                                             4432 N Kedzie, Chicago  60625                             

                                             
                                             P.Michael & travis join
                                             Abe Gibson & Friends
                                             
                                             
Exhibition Dates:                   MON., 28APR08   


Exhibition Title:                     MAGIC SQUARES                                            
                                             
                                             Elastic Arts Foundation
                                             2830 N. Milwaukee Ave. (2nd FL), Chicago                                         

                                             www.elasticrevolution.com
                                             
                                             P.Michael & travis join
                                             Abe Gibson, Plastic Crimewave
                                             Alex Wing, Ben Billington,
                                             Jay Ve Montgomery

                                             Performing "Terrae Divina"
                                             
Exhibition Dates:                   SAT., 15MAR08   


Exhibition Title:                     Channel 19 CABLECASTS
                                             
                                             Chic-a-go-go Show #554
                                             Steve Krakow's
                                             S
ECRET HISTORY OF CHICAGO MUSIC                                         
                                             SPECIAL PT. 3 with ONO

Exhibition Dates:                   TUE., 04MAR08     8:30p.m.
                                             WED., 05MAR08    3:30p.m..
 


Exhibition Title:                     Marvin Tate's  TRIBUTE TO NINA SIMONE
                                             
                                             Elastic Arts Foundation
                                             2830 N. Milwaukee Ave. (2nd FL), Chicago                                         

                                             www.elasticrevolution.com
                                             
                                             ONO:  "Mississippi GodDam"
                                                       "Ne Me Quitte Pas" (Chant/verse1)
                                                       "Ennui"


Exhibition Dates:                   FRI., 29FEB08   


Exhibition Title:                     Steve Krakow's  GUITARKESTRA  #4
                                             
                                             The Empty Bottle
                                             1035 N. Western Ave., Chicago                                         

                                             www.emptybottle.com

Exhibition Dates:                   THU., 21FEB08   



Exhibition Title:                     THE 2008 FESTIVAL OF THE ARTS
                                             WINTER GALLERY
 
                                             
                                             University of Chicago
                                             Bartlett Commons
                                             5640 S. University Ave.

                                             Third Floor Mezzanine

                                             "KISS" 

Exhibition Dates:                   MON., 11FEB08  - SUN., 01MAR08  


Exhibition Title:                     African American Heritage Month
                                             Art Exhibition
                                         
                                             Center on Halsted                                             
                                             3656 N. Halsted
                                             
Chicago

                                             "MISSISSIPPI FLOWER GARDEN"

                                             travis BIO for Center On Halsted

                                             Lynching Paintings dedicated to
                                             Laura Nelson, Lynched alongside
                                             her 14 year-old son, 25MAY1911
                                            
Exhibition Dates:                   OPENING:  FRI., 01FEB08  


Exhibition Title:                     CHICAGoGo  (Curated by Steve Krakow)
                                              "Since 1996 Chic-A-Go-Go has been
                                             Chicago's cable access dance show
                                             for kids of all ages!"

                                             http://www.myspace.com/chicagogoshow                                             
                                             www.roctober.com

                                             "ONOLovesYou"  
                                                 P.Michael     travis    Shannon Rose Riley
                                                 Rebecca      Jesse     Michael
                                                 Jeri             Greg
      DebO.
                                                 Jan
             Go-Go Dancers

Exhibition Dates:                   TAPING:  SAT., 26JAN08 3PM
                                             WHERE:   322 S. Green St., Chicago     


Exhibition Title:                     Roots & Rhymes: A Multicultural Celebration
                                             
                                              University of Chicago - MLK WEEK
                                              Reynolds Club - Hutchinson Commons
                                              5706 S. University                                              

                                              http://mlk.uchicago.edu/schedule.html
  
    

Exhibition Dates:                   FRI., 25JAN08 6:30PM-8:30PM   


Exhibition Title:                     Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
                                             Memorial Service
                                         
                                             Rockefeller Memorial Chapel
                                             1156 E. 59th Street
                                             Chicago
          IMAGE & MAP

                                             travis:   "Precious Lord" by T. A. Dorsey

                                             FREE and open to the public.
                                            
Exhibition Dates:                   MON., 21JAN08 at 12 NOON   


Exhibition Title:                     Open Studio for Hyde Park Art Center
                                             
                                             Studio Visit               &n