Foolin' Around with Infinity
The Phalanx Theater presents its first production:
Foolin' Around with Infinity by Steven Dietz, directed by Luke Hatton. At the Athenaeum Theatre, 2936 N. Southport. August 13 - 29. Tickets $15.
Out at the Ballgame
Out at the Ballgame, the 4th annual "gay day" at Wrigley Field, happens at today's game at 1:15. The Chicago Free Press is organizing a group of 850-900 GLBT people to attend today's game, and tickets are still available! Check out the Free Press Website for details.
Retro on Roscoe
It's time for this year's
Retro on Roscoe festival in Roscoe Village. And by "Retro," they mean "with vintage cars." Corner of Roscoe & Damen, noon to 10 PM today. See the Roscoe Village Website for a complete schedule of musical performers.
Wizard World Chicago
Comic/sci-fi conventions are gaining mainstream notice lately, as every last small-press graphic novel and bottom-of-the-barrel superhero property are scraped up by Hollywood in the wake of the
Spider-Man and
X-Men successes. The panels and Q&A's at conventions like the San Diego Comic-Con are increasingly important venues for the Halle Berrys and Keanu Reeveses of the world to plug their upcoming projects. Wizard World Chicago manages to keep the PR machine and the star wattage down and the programming focused more on the creators. Still, we get Joss Whedon, creator of
Buffy and current writer of
Astonishing X-Men, plus Kevin Smith, Amber Benson and Kelly Hu, in addition to comic rock stars like Brian Michael Bendis, Chris Claremont, John Romita Jr., and Chicago's own Alex Ross. And it's always a good time just checking out the freaks, the geeks, and the lesser lights of decades past—Gil Gerard, I'm looking at you. At the Donald E. Stephens Convention Center in Rosemont. $45 for a Friday-Sunday pass, $25 for one-day. Kids 10 & under are free with a paid adult.
See here for a full schedule and additional info.
Garage sale @ Old Town School of Folk Music
In the market for some cheap musical equipments? Check out the annual garage sale at
the Different Strummer, the music store at the Old Town School of Folk Music. Guitars, banjos, djembes, mandolins, ukuleles, books and CDs, instrument cases, it's all here. The sale ends today, and new items are added each day. The hours are 10:00 AM to 4:00 PM. Old Town School of Folk Music: 4544 N. Lincoln. (773) 751-3398.
