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TODAY
Friday, May 3
Slowdown
BY DAY
Friday, May 06 2005
DEPART-ment
The latest crafty get-together known as DEPART-ment happens this weekend at Open-End, 2000 W. Fulton #310. DEPART-ment gathers together a number of local artisans who make clothing, purses, wallets, artwork, and plenty other items to sell to people like you. Yes, YOU. DEPART-ment's hours: May 6, 7:00 - 11: 00 PM (opening party); May 7 & 8th: 11:00 AM - 5:00 PM. See the DEPART-ment site for full details. And bring cash or your checkbook, because they don't take credit cards.
Run Lola Run @ Film Center
Remember that great time in 1999, when Run Lola Run was playing for months and months in Chicago, and everybody you knew went to see it 15 times, and you had that techno music playing in your head every time you were walking down the sidewalk? You've got a chance to relive those memories tonight, as the Siskel Film Center shows the 1998 film tonight at 6:15 PM, as part of its German Cinema series of films. The film will also be screened on Tuesday, May 10 at 6:00 PM, where it will be accompanied by a lecture from Scott Curtis of Northwestern University. Tickets are $9, $5 for Film Center members, and $4 for SAIC students. Film Center: 164 N. State. (312) 846-2600.
Double Dare @ Film Center
Double Dare is a documentary about two women working as stuntwomen in the film industry. The subjects are Hollywood veteran Jeannie Epper (who worked on the "Wonder Woman" TV series of the 1970s) and newcomer Zoe Bell (whose main clame to fame is being Lucy Lawless' double on the "Xena" TV series). The film follows Epper and Bell's friendship as Bell tries out for a part in the Kill Bill films. Double Dare shows at the Film Center through May 12th; see the Film Center's site for showtimes. Film Center: 164 N. State. (312) 846-2600.
Aesthetic Apparatus Opening @ Foundation Gallery
Foundation Gallery, 700 N. Carpenter, is holding an opening party for new works by Aesthetic Apparatus, a team of artists from Minneapolis, from 6pm to 9pm tonight. It's free. For more info, check the site or call 312/860-0740.
Antje @ North Beach
Local band Antje recently won an honorable mention in Billboard Music's songwriting competition for its song, "What I Would Do" [MP3]. They'll play it and many others at their show tonight at North Beach, 1551 N. Sheffield, at 9pm.
Dollar Store @ The Hideout
This month's Dollar Store lineup features "Damnable Hairstyler Joe Meno, Silent Dignitary (and comedienne)
Days of Rage @ 3030
The Discrete Series at 3030 presents Robert Quillen Camp's production of Days of Rage tonight at both 7pm and 8:30pm at 3030 W. Cortland. Featured in Time Out: Days of Rage is an audio performance for small audiences which combines headphones, speakers and live piano. It follows several would-be activists in present day New York as they try to orchestrate a contemporary equivalent to the Weatherman's failed 1969 "Days of Rage" Chicago riot. Strange and surreal, the narrative explores political alienation, the ethics of violence, and the distance between the sociopolitical climate of the sixties and today. Robert Quillen Camp creates interdisciplinary performance works that combine sound, music, installation, and theater. He is the founder and director of the Dodeska Performance Ensemble." There is a $5 suggested donation (BYOB). 3030 is a former Pentecostal church located at 3030 W. Cortland Ave., one block south of Armitage between Humboldt Blvd. and Kedzie. Parking is easiest on Armitage. Due to the nature of the work, each performance can accommodate only 32 audience members at a time. Email kerri at kerri@lavamatic.com to make a reservation.
Psycho-so-Matic
Walkabout Theater presents Psycho-so-Matic, a site-specific theatrical piece performed in a laundromat. The piece, created by the ensemble and director Simone Jubyna, "asks questions about the
nature of self and how one transcends or is confounded by routine,
[u]tilizing clown, architecture, and actual laundering techniques." Runs tonight and Fridays and Saturdays through June 4 at Speed Wash Laundromat, 4721 N. Damen. 9:30pm. Suggested donation of $15. For reservations, call 312-458-0566.
