Pencil This In

By Staff in Arts & Entertainment on Sep 20, 2011 5:20PM

Fundraiser

Borderbend Arts Collective, whose mission is to promote the arts by to creating opportunities for artists to explore the aesthetic geography along the borders and boundaries between art forms, is having a fundraiser tonight at Revolution Brewing from 8-10 p.m.. Artists who have performed during Borderbend events will perform during this fundraiser. Purchase tickets here.

Music

During the Spanish Civil War, forty thousand men and women from fifty-two countries, including 2,800 Americans, traveled to Spain to join the International Brigades to help fight fascism. The U.S. volunteers served in various units (medical, combat and transportation) and came to be known collectively as the Abraham Lincoln Brigade. Eddie Balchowsky was a legendary pianist, artist, bohemian and a member of the Abraham Lincoln Brigade who lost his hand in battle, which ended his hopes of becoming a concert pianist. The arts group portoluz presents Pasiones: Songs of the Spanish Civil War 1936-1939. Inspired by the music of Balchowsky, Michael Smith and Jamie O'Reilly with Peter Glazer have put together 20 stirring songs, sung in six languages, accompanied by the images of the war and the posters of the era. (SPACE, 1245 Chicago Ave., Evanston, 3 p.m.)

If you have an event for inclusion in "Pencil This In," please contact Tankboy (for A&E-related listings), Anthony (for tastings, dinners and food and drink-related events) or tips[at]chicagoist[dot]com.