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Sunday, December 26 2004
Keaton's The General @ Film Center
As part of a month-long celebration of the films of Buster Keaton at the Siskel Film Center, the moviehouse presents The General this afternoon at 3:00 PM, and Thursday, December 30 at 6:00 PM. The General is considered one of Keaton's best films, and has the film star playing a Confederate Army soldier who has his locomotive stolen by Union spies. Lots of amazing stunts, all done by Keaton. If you haven't seen it before, you really should check it out. Amazing stuff. Tickets are $9, $5 for Film Center members, or $4 for SAIC students. Siskel Film Center: 164 N. State. (312) 846-2600.
Tangleweed Bluegrass @ Metropolis
Every Sunday night, for free, you can hear the bluegrass group Tangleweed at Metropolis coffee shop, in Roger's Park. From the Metropolis website: "Ryan Fisher, Tangleweed's banjoist, began playing the guitar in 1980 at the age of 8. In high school he began singing and earned first chair tenor for two consecutive years at the International Honors Choir in London and Brussels, as he continued to focus on guitar. In 1991, Ryan entered the Berklee College of Music as a vocalist and worked with RCA in a trio called the The Verge which recorded one album. After hearing Wes Montgomery in 1992, Ryan began his jazz studies on the guitar. Ryan has studied with Steve Grismore, John Rapson, Rahheal Dos Santos Bobby Broom and Greg Cahill, among others Ryan has performed with the Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra, members of the Sun Ra Orchestra, Matt Wilson, Ro Baz (Manu Dibango), Tom Renalds (Bela Fleck), Billlie Weiser, June Shaleen and Paul Cunliff." Metropolis is located at 1039 W. Granville Avenue, practically beside the Red Line Granville stop.
