Elvis Spectacular

Elvis Birthday Spectacular at the House of Blues, 329 N. Dearborn, featuring Chicago's own Mark "Elvis" Hussman. 18 and over show, doors open at 7pm. Tickets are $15.00, available online.

Audrey Niffenegger Reading

Local author Audrey Niffenegger will read from her best-selling book, The Time Traveler's Wife, at Women & Children First, 5233 N. Clark St., tonight at 7:30pm. Call 773/769-9299 or check here for more information. (Bookslut has an interview with Niffenegger.)

Behind Their Eyes: Stories of Afghan Women

Three women who escaped the rule of the Taliban portray the perils of living in Afghanistan and their hope for the future in Behind Their Eyes: Stories of Afghan Women Alive and Among Us, a new Angels Theatre Company performance piece playing for a limited engagement at the Storefront Theater in the Gallery 37 Center for the Arts, 66 E. Randolph St. Chicago-based director and writer, Cecilie Keenan, directs. The show opens tonight at 7:30pm and runs through January 17.

All tickets can be purchased by phone at 312-742-TIXS (8497), on-line at www.ticketweb.com, or at the Gallery 37 box office Wed.-Sat. 12pm-6pm. Tickets are also available at the door one hour prior to each performance.

Seeds of Deception

Another lecture by Jeffrey Smith, author of the book "Seeds of Deception" at 7 pm in the Belloc Lowndes Fine Arts Gallery at 835 W. Washington, 2nd floor. Jeffrey will be co-presenting with John Beske, GeneWise Board Membeer and Creative Director at Sustain. GeneWise will also be exhibiting it's "Pod" multimedia artpiece, created for the MCA "VersionFest 03" event, depicting the future of Biotechnology in the year 2006.