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TODAY
Tuesday, April 30
Slowdown
BY DAY
Thursday, February 10 2005
Watchers, Eternals @ Fireside Bowl
Live music returns to the Fireside Bowl! But the shows are now 21+, boo hoo. Still, it's good to see the old place being used for shows again. Tonight: the Watchers, and the Eternals. Show starts at 10:00. Fireside Bowl: 2648 W. Fullerton. (773) 486-2700.
"Anthony Crawford Remembered" @ EHS
Join Evanston researcher Doria Dee Johnson tonight for "Anthony Crawford Remembered," a look at lynching in America and the experiences of her great-great-grandfather, who was lynched in South Carolina in 1916. The event takes place from 7 to 9 pm at the Evanston Historical Society (225 Greenwood St.) Tickets are $5, free for EHS members. Reservations recommended. Call 847-475-3410.
Freedom to Marry Reception
If you're of the opinion that gays and lesbians should have the ability to marry the person they love, then you'll want to attend tonight's reception at High Risk Gallery (1113 W. Belmont) from 7-9pm. Patricia M. Logue, the Senior Counsel with Lambda Legal Defense and Education, Inc., will speak on the current climate surrounding the push for marriage equality. She argued the 1995 case that established second-parent adoptions in Illinois, and later defended that precedent in cases where adoptions were blocked by an anti-gay judge. Admission is free, there is a cash bar, and people interested in attending tonight's event are asked to send an rsvp email to: RTijerina@lambdalegal.org. The 2005 Freedom to Marry Reception is hosted by Lambda Legal and co-sponsored by Chicago NOW, Dignity Chicago, the Metropolitan Community Churches of Illiana and others.
Martha Nussbaum @ Barbara's
Barbara's Bookstore will hold a reading and discussion led by Martha Nussbaum on What We Do Now, a collection of "passionate manifestos outlining new ideas for the post 11/2 world." The book features contributions by such notables as Howard Dean, Greg Palast, and Nussbaum herself and discourages right-wing opponents from giving in to post-election despair. The free reading will be at the UIC location, 1218 S. Halsted, and will begin at 7:30 pm.
Around the Coyote Winter Arts Festival Opening
This year's Around the Coyote Winter Arts Festival gets going tonight with poetry by Chicago poet Cin Salach along with the Curator's Choice Exhibition & Silent Auction in the Flat Iron Arts Building's north entrance at 1939-1/2 W. North Avenue. Party-goers can enjoy complimentary food, drink, and music while bidding on their favorite piece of art, and unlike in the past, the Curators' Choice show and silent auction will close at 11pm the same evening. There's also plenty of Film, Theater and Performances to check out each of the three regular festival nights. See the Around the Coyote website for a full schedule.
Second City Returns to U of C
Second City comes home for a free performance at the University of Chicago's Mandel Hall for all university students, faculty, and staff (ID required). Co-founded by U of C alums, the group will take the stage at 7:30pm, but be sure to get there early, as doors open at 7pm and the theater is likely to be packed. (With any luck the group will invite Off-Off Campus, the U of C's student comedy group, to perform and the most hilarious part of the evening will be watching the aspiring comedians flounder about and be shamed by their far more apt guests.)
Opening: Doctor Knock, City Lit Theater
The City Lit Theater company stages Doctor Knock, or the Triumph of Modern Medicine, a 1923 satire by the French playwright Jules Romain about an ambitious doctor who turns a small town full of healthy citizens into hypochondriacs. City Lit's production is adapted by the director, Richard Hesler. Tonight through March 27 at City Lit Theater, 1020 W. Bryn Mawr (in the Edgewater Presbyterian Church). Tickets are $18-25; call 773-293-3682.
