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1f The date July 12, 1979, may nol immed~1tcly What: Disco Demotttlorc lune 11 ring a beU for every Chicagoan, bul fo r !hose The Nighl Disco Died I Forest who .spent that munmer wenring black bond Whell: r to 5 p.f11. S"nday T-shlns, lls1ening IO rock music o n FM radio, and Tuesday lllrough nnd sporting long. $hnggy lmlistylcs. ii ~m n ds Friday, 1 lo 5 p.111, out as a memorable moment fro m the 5Cl'll(> Suntlay. Friday. June 9 to book of their young-adult lives - n was the SiJnday, lid 8 nlghtdlscodled. Where: Bmhurstllistory More tht10 a ia\• area residents \\'t!fe at Comiskey Park that night - possibly 10 see Museum. t 20 E. Palk a baseball double header - hm more thnn Ave ~ Elmhurst Ukely 10 n11end Teen 'lighL The event w;i; Cost: Free envisioned as a hook 1.0 fill empty stndhnn arty Info: 1•1W1v.elm~lllS\lllato seats in the middle of a dismal While Sox sea· I ov•1 ts\ U J l" A l l !'loA l-KI ~ ry,019 or (630) 833-1457 son and promo1e WLUP-FM's new deejay, In an event now known as Disco De moll Ifon , radio OJ Steve Sieve Dahl. Dahl W'JS rostering an an ci--Oisco Dahl packed Comiskey Park with rock fans ready to bum disco nd c:ampaii;n on ChicaRo airwaves ofter being records between games of a White Sox double header. Music, fired from a local rJdio sauion that S\litched baseball and history fans can learn more Utls summer at the c:uhwal ond social comcxr. 10 n dlsco furmaL Fueled by n 91l-cem ticket Elmhurst History Museum. rhe music nnd the promotion Hall price fa r funs who bro11gh1 th:u launched Dnhl's career dl~co records to blow up 2017, anti petl ID new heights and propelled disco down thr 1 between games of the ple nre still lalking drain. The exhibit's media sponsor islhe Loop doubleheader. 1he C\'CDI "l'»e heard a 101 of discussion nbou1iL radio station WLUP-PM 97.9, which is cele quicldy careened our of The E.lrnhum brnring tl1e station's 40th mmivcrsary till.!; year. tr r"bi.u,lri" conttol aher more than oYer Lhe ''cnr-s abom Disco Hls1oiy Museum Lance Tnwzcr, lllmburst History Muse [ his1odc Mavs ;;o.ooo attendees packed Dcrnoli1ion.... It made me present.; n ne\\' um's cumtor of exhibits, worked \\1tl1 Hoek n party feanning !be pnrk and its emirons exhibi1 that exnm sr:rn and Nnlldn on n prior exhibit of Na1kin's ~ a sflent auction In lbew;ikeoftheexplo wonder, whm is ii about 1b is ines the story of Iconic rock phorographs. 1he publication of sion, unruly funs mok over s1ory 1 hat still has people that July night enll their booldn 20 15 reignited llis curiosiiyabom m . Sundtr.'. June the field causing base Lled "Disc(• Dem Disco Demolition. Peabody 'Estate, ball funs ro shake !heir rnJking:tbou1it38 ye;us Jmer?" oliiinn: The Night "I've heard n lol or discussion over tlie years Tlc~-ets are S65 heads in disrna}' and the Luter Ta"'-z:er, Dim> Died." The abo11r Disco DamoUtion, and the book.resur· hased online or White Sox 10 evenmallv exhibil - open Frt Elmhurst tustorr~1 ti.setun reeled a lo1 of the lore and personal accounts even! is for ages forfeit lhe second game dny, Juno 9. through about the stJbjec1: Tawzcr said. "IL made t11e and older and to the Decrol1 Tigers. Sunday, Oct. 8 - wonder, what is it about this s1oiy that slill has be held inside Af1cr ~J e smoke deared, was inspir•'
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Bv Ct:RI JonNsos Intended to help kids appre· Schoolhouse in Ben. "lltere have been twmer. Veeck; Disco Demolition programs ous articles. n tlocw11eritarv. • Personal items frbm dO\\·n-to·eart.h, and humor books, nnd even a 'Dnmk RiS· Dahl including his trnde ous way of telling n story, and tory' program on the subject. mnrl; Hawruinn shirt, -On Cm.bmu:dfiTJm P"f!' 1 ily n brief quesrion-<1nd-nn· I think his writlng St)'ie reso· Dnhl himself ndmllS to being You 1hink I'm Disco' record. swer ses:rion. Tickets: S6..'i0, notes with 1odnv's audiences,• tired of discussing the ~'llb· Insane Coho Ups fun club souod. Professor and film his m'llilable at1hemcr box office. Taw2ersaid. · 1\ vns well awlire ject, • Taw·.eer said. "Bur what I membership card, and other torian Peter H;miey ofTribecn in addition. monthly fumily of Nntldn's extensive phu10 thought we could accomplish memorabilia: AllShpoim College and Fan programs explore e:dJibiHe archive, too, as he \';'U5 one was 10 fl ll in some or the gaps • A one-of-a-kind Hamer dango's New York 6hn critic laccd themes through learning hie or just n few photographers and put as.Ide some or the guitar on Joan from Cheap Erik Da''is will introduce the andcraftactivltiesforages5 to at Comiskey that nighL h go1 m15concep1ions through the Trick's lead ~ itorist nnd song film chm brought disco ou1 of 12 \\oith a caregil'er. For fafo r me thinking 1ha1 this could exhibiL And most of nil, m tell writerRi ck Nielsen: and che clubs and to the n1asse;,. macion, visit elmltursthlstory. make • compelling exhibit, an engaging; modem hisiory • Tue game jersey worn by 'lbe showing \\ill be rollowed arg. add more dei:ill to the sto.ty story that Chicagoans would Wb.icc SOll: catcher Mike Col by incorporatlng nrtifucts nnd want to c~'J)C ri ence.· bem on Disco Demolition m~morabill a. nnd maybe pm The exhibit's highlights Night. rock a~rurc vignenes show ii p.m. Sundays and fuesdays some or the lingering comm· include the Naddn photos and These irems and many od1- casing clothlng from the era, through Fridays, and 10 a.m. ve.tsy ro res~- some lntiigu.lng loaned arti crs will be incorpor.ued into a collection of rock concen to 5 p.m. Saturdays ai 120 E. Tawzer said there has been facts 10 illustrate che storyline. the exhibit e.xperience, which T-sWns, and \1deo kiosks l'