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Thursday, May 05 2005
El Vez @ Subterranean
¡Dios mio! El Vez, the Mexican-American Elvis impersonator, rolls into town tonight to start his Cinco de Mayo 2005 tour at Chicago's Subterranean. El Vez shows are really something special; in addition to the songs (which are Elvis songs rewritten to include Latino culture and a grab-bag of musical references from Led Zeppelin to the Beastie Boys), you get a killer back-up band (the Memphis Mariachis), sexy back-up singers, and more costume changes than you can shake a pair of gold lamé trousers at. The show starts at 10:30, and tickets are available through the Subterranean site. Be there or be entertainment-free. Subterranean: 2011 W. North. (773) 278-6600.
Gen Art "Crash" Screening
It's the Ludacris movie! Luda! Well, I hear other people are in it, too. Gen Art presents a special advance screening of Crash, with Sandra Bullock, Matt Dillon, Don Cheadle and, yes, Ludacris. Head over to Loews 600 N. Michigan for the 7:30pm show and then to The Bella Lounge, 1212 N. State, for the 9:30-11:30pm after party. Tickets are complimentary for members, $15 for non-members. Call 312-229-1701 to reserve a spot or make your purchase here.
Salud Celebrates Cinco de Mayo
Salud Tequila Lounge is throwing their second annual Cinco de Mayo pary, featuring all night $4 Coronos and $3 frozen margaritas and live Mariachi music from 8-11pm. Doors open at 5pm and the party will spill out on to the lounge's sidewalk cafe where guests can order from the Mexican-inspired dinner menu. There is no cover for this event. Salud is located at 1471 N. Milwaukee. Call 773-235-5577 for more information.
Lincoln Park Zoo 20th Annual Spring Benefit Pre-Party
On June 3, the Lincoln Park Zoo Auxiliary Board will hold its 20th Annual Spring Benefit, but tonight the Auxiliary Board starts the fun early with a pre-party at Syn, 1009 N. Rush. Tickets are $30 each for the 6-8pm event. Call 312-742-2163 for more information and to buy your tickets, or purchase them here. Then come back in a month for the full scale, black tie event.
Alive Tonight @ Uncle Joe's
Back in my day we called it the "upstairs coffee shop" or "the second floor coffee shop." Now it's "Uncle Joe's." I guess it decided to get all fancy and claim agency over its nomenclature...or something. Whatever you want to call it, tonight Uncle Joe's Coffee Shop, located on the second floor of the University of Chicago Reynolds Club at 5706 S. University Ave., is hosting "Alive Tonight," a night of live acoustic music. Come hear James Moore, Mike Reeb, and Samathana Twigg Johnson from 8-10pm. Call 773-955-2455 for any questions.
Lucha Va Voom Cinco de Mayo Spectacular
What do you get when you combine Mexican wrestling and burlesque? Lucha VaVoom! How could you resist? The troupe invades the Congress Theater, 2135 N. Milwaukee, for a Cinco de Mayo blowout show that's sure to entertain more than the mariachi band at your local taqueria. Tickets are $40 ringside, $20 general, available through TicketWeb. Check the site for details.
CODEPINK founder Jodie Evans @ Women & Children First
Come out tonight for a special event celebrating CODEPINK's ground-breaking new book, Stop the Next War Now: Effective Responses to Violence and Terrorism," at 7:30pm at Women and Children First, located at 5233 N. Clark St. in Andersonville. Jodie Evans, CODEPINK co-founder, will be there to share stories from the book about courageous women speaking truth to power and working to shape a more loving, more compassionate and just world. For more information about the book or local chapter of CODEPINK contact caporusso@yahoo.com.
