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Friday, March 29
The 2004 documentary In The Realms of the Unreal, a look at the writings and drawings of Chicago janitor Henry Darger, whose 15,000 page novel was discovered after his death, will be screened tonight at a benefit at the Siskel Film Center. The film's director, Jessica Yu, will be in attendance for audience discussion, and there will be a reception following the 8:15 PM screening. Proceeds of this benefit will go to Intuit: the Center for Creative and Intuitive Art, the Nathan and Kiyoko Lerner Foundation, and the Film Center's educational programs. Tickets are $45, $35 for Film Center and Intuit members, and $15 for students. For further information, see the Film Center's write-up on the event. (And if you can't afford the ticket prices, just wait until January 21, when the film opens at the Music Box Theatre.) Siskel Film Center: 164 N. State. (312) 846-2600.
Need some help deciding on your reading group selections? The proprietors of Women and Children First, Linda Bubon and Ann Christophersen, will discuss titles that have been sucessful among their book groups as well as new reads for the year. All recommended books will be 20% off this evening. The discussion, at 5233 N. Clark, begins at 7:30pm.
The Abbey and Gojangle wages the "War Of Independents" 2005 Battle of The Bands this year, beginning tonight. Four Bands go head to head in the 5 monthly heats, and 5 finalists meet in June 2005 and play in front of a guest panel of judges made up of Chicago Music Industry Aficionados. Tonight's Heat #1 lineup is: Dormlife, Flies in Eden, Window Nine and Medicine Hat. Doors at 7:30 p.m., show at 8 p.m. Tickets are $7 in advance and at the door. The Abbey Pub is located at 3420 W. Grace (at Elston).