Carey
@heycareyanne.bsky.social
Making noise, having adventures, striving to be kind, and teaching kids to do the same. She/her. Chicago.
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Carey
@heycareyanne.bsky.social
· Aug 14
Me: early childhood educator, music educator for all ages, singer-songwriter, trombonist, guitarist, bassist, lifelong journal-keeper, Chicago transplant, crafter, bookworm, dog mom, Order Muppet. Claiming and making space on stages and dance floors. Hope despite the times.
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With ICE and border patrol goons spreading out across the country, I put together a resource guide for buying, printing, and distributing whistles, based on my own experience. Now is the time to whistle up, hope this helps. dansinker.com/posts/202…
November 21, 2025 at 9:35 PM
With ICE and border patrol goons spreading out across the country, I put together a resource guide for buying, printing, and distributing whistles, based on my own experience. Now is the time to whistle up, hope this helps. dansinker.com/posts/202…
I mean, if folks don't like whistles, I'll be glad to carry my trombone around instead.
Oh they don’t like the whistles? Hey everyone, they don’t like the whistles. If you use them it makes the armed goons sad.
Kristi Noem is mad that protesters are blowing whistles at ICE agents.
November 19, 2025 at 9:00 PM
I mean, if folks don't like whistles, I'll be glad to carry my trombone around instead.
I can't remember the last show I saw for fun and wasn't performing in.
Yep, unfortunately, that's on brand for me these days.
Yep, unfortunately, that's on brand for me these days.
Introduce yourself with the last 5 concerts you saw:
Steven Wilson
Weird Al Yankovic
Bobby Bognar’s Handsome
Styx
David Gilmour
Yep… that’s pretty much on brand.
Steven Wilson
Weird Al Yankovic
Bobby Bognar’s Handsome
Styx
David Gilmour
Yep… that’s pretty much on brand.
Introduce yourself with the last 5 concerts you saw:
Kavyesh Kaviraj & Omar Abdulkarim
Minnesota Orchestra
White Dune
Granddaddy (hi, Scottie!)
Tune-Yards/Kassa Overall
Kavyesh Kaviraj & Omar Abdulkarim
Minnesota Orchestra
White Dune
Granddaddy (hi, Scottie!)
Tune-Yards/Kassa Overall
November 19, 2025 at 8:58 PM
I can't remember the last show I saw for fun and wasn't performing in.
Yep, unfortunately, that's on brand for me these days.
Yep, unfortunately, that's on brand for me these days.
I was telling my preschool students that one of my first words as a baby was "GUH" for "Grover." None of them knew who Grover was, but one of them wondered if it was Grover from A Christmas Story.
November 13, 2025 at 8:59 PM
I was telling my preschool students that one of my first words as a baby was "GUH" for "Grover." None of them knew who Grover was, but one of them wondered if it was Grover from A Christmas Story.
Monsters.
Border Patrol agents posed at "The Bean" for an apparent photo op after a weekend of clashes in Little Village. blockclubchi.co/4oUHKae
November 10, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Monsters.
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Please come to Nighthawk tonight. It’s a gorgeous day and the patio is open. Bring an item for their food pantry if you can!
November 7, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Please come to Nighthawk tonight. It’s a gorgeous day and the patio is open. Bring an item for their food pantry if you can!
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Families rallied after the feds took a Chicago daycare teacher: "We are filled with rage." blockclubchi.co/4hOYLQM
November 6, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Families rallied after the feds took a Chicago daycare teacher: "We are filled with rage." blockclubchi.co/4hOYLQM
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Easily several hundred people have packed into this plaza in Chicago's North Center tonight in response to ICE abducting a daycare worker early this morning.
This is a neighborhood that has largely been spared until now from the "Midway Blitz" terror campaign. But everyone knows someone affected.
This is a neighborhood that has largely been spared until now from the "Midway Blitz" terror campaign. But everyone knows someone affected.
November 6, 2025 at 12:48 AM
Easily several hundred people have packed into this plaza in Chicago's North Center tonight in response to ICE abducting a daycare worker early this morning.
This is a neighborhood that has largely been spared until now from the "Midway Blitz" terror campaign. But everyone knows someone affected.
This is a neighborhood that has largely been spared until now from the "Midway Blitz" terror campaign. But everyone knows someone affected.
Great account of tonight's rally. Friends outside Chicago, we need you to know what's happening here, and we need you to know that we are fighting hard.
Tyler and I are out here at the rally where the crowd has about doubled since this first post. Easily 400+ people.
Group is chanting “no hate, no fear, everyone is welcome here.”
Group is chanting “no hate, no fear, everyone is welcome here.”
Here at Northcenter Town Square where 100-200 community members including families and young children are rallying after a teacher was taken by federal law enforcement from a local daycare this morning.
November 6, 2025 at 2:15 AM
Great account of tonight's rally. Friends outside Chicago, we need you to know what's happening here, and we need you to know that we are fighting hard.
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This is in our area. 😔
Donate to the teacher's GoFundMe to support any legal fees: www.gofundme.com/f/stand-with...
Sign a petition demanding her release: www.change.org/p/demand-the...
Stream Quigley's presser here: youtube.com/@repmikequig...
Attend the rally at 6:30 pm at 4100 N Damen.
Donate to the teacher's GoFundMe to support any legal fees: www.gofundme.com/f/stand-with...
Sign a petition demanding her release: www.change.org/p/demand-the...
Stream Quigley's presser here: youtube.com/@repmikequig...
Attend the rally at 6:30 pm at 4100 N Damen.
November 5, 2025 at 7:13 PM
This is in our area. 😔
Donate to the teacher's GoFundMe to support any legal fees: www.gofundme.com/f/stand-with...
Sign a petition demanding her release: www.change.org/p/demand-the...
Stream Quigley's presser here: youtube.com/@repmikequig...
Attend the rally at 6:30 pm at 4100 N Damen.
Donate to the teacher's GoFundMe to support any legal fees: www.gofundme.com/f/stand-with...
Sign a petition demanding her release: www.change.org/p/demand-the...
Stream Quigley's presser here: youtube.com/@repmikequig...
Attend the rally at 6:30 pm at 4100 N Damen.
Damn straight they are. (Love SoH and all my HONK! compatriots; love that a non-HONK! friend posted this!)
Streets are for brass bands.
Halloween Bike Bus 2025! Cambridge Peabody/RAUC 🚲🚲🚲 @bikepedantic.bsky.social @cambbikesafety.bsky.social
November 5, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Damn straight they are. (Love SoH and all my HONK! compatriots; love that a non-HONK! friend posted this!)
The first Christmas song @nealshankman.bsky.social and I heard in 2025? "You're A Mean One, Mr. Grinch." A perfect start to a holiday season in which our government seems hell-bent on taking away every last can of Who hash.
November 5, 2025 at 12:37 AM
The first Christmas song @nealshankman.bsky.social and I heard in 2025? "You're A Mean One, Mr. Grinch." A perfect start to a holiday season in which our government seems hell-bent on taking away every last can of Who hash.
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ATTN CHICAGO!!!
Here’s a list of restaurants offering free meals to SNAP recipients
Here’s a list of restaurants offering free meals to SNAP recipients
wgntv.com
November 3, 2025 at 9:00 PM
ATTN CHICAGO!!!
Here’s a list of restaurants offering free meals to SNAP recipients
Here’s a list of restaurants offering free meals to SNAP recipients
Finally decided to get tickets to see the new Mike Mills supergroup when they play in Chicago next week; realized I have a conflict, and that conflict is TEACHING R.E.M. ENSEMBLE CLASS.
November 1, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Finally decided to get tickets to see the new Mike Mills supergroup when they play in Chicago next week; realized I have a conflict, and that conflict is TEACHING R.E.M. ENSEMBLE CLASS.
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Find food pantries in and around Chicago
Chicago Food Programs | Greater Chicago Food Depository
Our food pantries & programs provide the help you need to get fresh, nutritious food on your table. Use our food map to see available hours and locations.
www.chicagosfoodbank.org
October 30, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Find food pantries in and around Chicago
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Feds tear-gassed a Northwest Side street, disrupting a Halloween parade for kids. blockclubchi.co/4quhdSA
October 27, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Feds tear-gassed a Northwest Side street, disrupting a Halloween parade for kids. blockclubchi.co/4quhdSA
Singing spoooooky songs by Stephanie Leavell, Jan Terri, David Bowie, and more at the Old Town School of Folk Music's Halloween Wiggleworms concert this morning!
October 26, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Singing spoooooky songs by Stephanie Leavell, Jan Terri, David Bowie, and more at the Old Town School of Folk Music's Halloween Wiggleworms concert this morning!
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ICE has been cracking down hard across the vast expanse of the greater Chicago area, and I wrote a little bit about what you need to understand about what it’s like here now. Plus, I compiled some resources for locals to get alerts and whistles. dansinker.com/posts/202…
October 24, 2025 at 6:57 PM
ICE has been cracking down hard across the vast expanse of the greater Chicago area, and I wrote a little bit about what you need to understand about what it’s like here now. Plus, I compiled some resources for locals to get alerts and whistles. dansinker.com/posts/202…
The radio just played "Hips Don't Lie" into "Pink Pony Club" into "Golden," and my Lyft driver and I were both trying so hard to be polite and quiet and settle for humming under our breaths, but it was obvious we both needed to be in totally feral singalong mode.
October 23, 2025 at 3:16 PM
The radio just played "Hips Don't Lie" into "Pink Pony Club" into "Golden," and my Lyft driver and I were both trying so hard to be polite and quiet and settle for humming under our breaths, but it was obvious we both needed to be in totally feral singalong mode.
Still recovering from last week's amazing HONK! Festival with Clamor & Lace Noise Brigade and Yes Ma'am Brass Band. I love the activist brass community and the people who welcome us into *their* communities to play and rage and create joy together.
October 18, 2025 at 10:31 PM
Still recovering from last week's amazing HONK! Festival with Clamor & Lace Noise Brigade and Yes Ma'am Brass Band. I love the activist brass community and the people who welcome us into *their* communities to play and rage and create joy together.
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Wow, people are even dressing up as their favorite Ghostbusters II characters.
UPDATE: This summer, organizers said more than 5 million people participated in No Kings protests against President Trump. Organizers say they expect an even bigger turnout this time around.
No Kings protests: Saturday marches begin around the country
This summer, organizers said more than 5 million people participated in No Kings protests against President Trump. Organizers say they expect an even bigger turnout this time around.
n.pr
October 18, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Wow, people are even dressing up as their favorite Ghostbusters II characters.
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A Chicago chocolatier is standing up to pro-ICE online trolls who have bombarded her business with bad reviews — and her sales are up. blockclubchi.co/4hiYGED
October 17, 2025 at 9:00 PM
A Chicago chocolatier is standing up to pro-ICE online trolls who have bombarded her business with bad reviews — and her sales are up. blockclubchi.co/4hiYGED
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Want a free button? Swing by @busybeaverbuttonco.bsky.social or @howlingpages.bsky.social to get one of these “Warning: ICE Rats” buttons- each one has a QR code that provides information about your rights!
Big thanks to the Busy Beaver Button & Merch Co for hooking up these buttons! #chicago
Big thanks to the Busy Beaver Button & Merch Co for hooking up these buttons! #chicago
October 14, 2025 at 8:06 PM
Want a free button? Swing by @busybeaverbuttonco.bsky.social or @howlingpages.bsky.social to get one of these “Warning: ICE Rats” buttons- each one has a QR code that provides information about your rights!
Big thanks to the Busy Beaver Button & Merch Co for hooking up these buttons! #chicago
Big thanks to the Busy Beaver Button & Merch Co for hooking up these buttons! #chicago
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If Chicago were truly the “war zone” he describes, would anyone even have time for brunch?
The truth is simple: ICE isn’t welcome in Chicago. When you send federal agents into communities that don’t want them there, of course there will be resistance.
The truth is simple: ICE isn’t welcome in Chicago. When you send federal agents into communities that don’t want them there, of course there will be resistance.
October 8, 2025 at 3:00 PM
If Chicago were truly the “war zone” he describes, would anyone even have time for brunch?
The truth is simple: ICE isn’t welcome in Chicago. When you send federal agents into communities that don’t want them there, of course there will be resistance.
The truth is simple: ICE isn’t welcome in Chicago. When you send federal agents into communities that don’t want them there, of course there will be resistance.