JULY
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The summer street-fair season hits its stride today with two to choose from. The neighborhoody and somewhat low-key Oz Park Festival, Lincoln at Webster, brings together the annual melange of Shakespeare, live jazz, kid stuff, arts and crafts, and the usual broad palette of foodstuffs. It’s open from noon to dusk today and tomorrow; there’s a requested donation of $3 for everyone over 10. Call 880-5200 for more. In contrast there’s Northalsted Market Days, a chaotic, half-mile-long sidewalk sale that usually attracts about 250,000 people over its two-day run. There’ll be music on three stages and lots of food, art, clothes, and drinks from noon to 9 today and tomorrow on Halsted between Belmont and Addison. Admission is free; call 868-3010 for more.
Idao, an acronym that stands for Independent Designers of Art Objects, is a new gallery founded by graphic artist Kirsten Robberson and painter Kara Hughes; the pair say they’ll show anything they can get their hands on, including fine and primitive art, art by local and international artists, and works from trained and untrained artists. Their first show is called Plethora after the number and variety of works represented, from paintings and drawings by Rodrigo Avila to Mexican masks by Eugenio Sosa to furniture by Hans Vanderhill to jewelry by Jennifer Donald. The gallery’s free grand opening happens tonight from 7 to 11 at 2324 W. North. Call 235-4724 for more.
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