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TODAY
Thursday, May 2
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BY DAY
Thursday, May 26 2005
"Him" Opening
"Him," a play written by e.e. cummings, opens tonight at the Viaduct Theater. The play incorporates a series of vaudeville skits and circus acts and centers on two characters, Him and Me, a playwright and his girlfriend, respectively. The opening show is at 8pm, at 3111 N. Western Ave. Call 773-296-6024 to purchase tickets.
The History of the Flaming Lips
She might not use jelly, but she'll definitely want to see the Chicago premiere of The Fearless Freaks, a documentary tracking the Flaming Lips from their art school origins to Yoshimi and her battles against the Pink Robots. The film will be screened tonight at the Vittum Theater, 1012 N Noble St. You can watch a trailer and/or buy tickets at the site. According to flavorpill, "if the 7pm showing sells out, a 9pm show will be added." Be there or be square.
Nightclubbing: Danceteria Video Lounge @ Film Center
The Siskel Film Center presents Nightclubbing: Danceteria Video Lounge, a 60-minute documentary taken from the "Nightclubbing" New York cable TV show of the 1970s, containing performance footage from the New Wave club and video lounge. Performances by the Go-Go's, Suicide, Kid Creole and the Coconuts, Pylon, the Feelies, Human Sexual Response, and more more more! The doc is preceded by excerpts from the film Looking For A Thrill, produced by local label Thrill Jockey. Ths event is part of a month-long program of excerpts from Nightclubbing, and is part of the Film Center's Music Movies series. The film screens tonight at 8:30 PM. Tickets: $9, $5 for Film Center members, and $4 for SAIC students. Film Center: 164 N. State. (312) 846-2600.
Sketchbook 5 Launch Party
Sketchbook 5 is celebrating the commencement of this year's festival with a launch party at Four, 1551 W. Division, 9-11pm. Music by DJ Joe Vor-tech and special Sketchbook artists, with a sampling of the festival's artists, musicians, actors and writers set to perform. The $10 cover includes free drinks. Sketchbook 5 opens June 14 and 15 at the Chopin Theatre.
Out of the Vault Film Festival
Fans of the cinema will be interested in the upcoming Out of the Vault Festival next week, put on by the new Chicago Film Archive. The festival (and the organization) features educational, industrial and experimental films made in the Midwest. The festival runs through today in the Chicago Cultural Center's Cassidy Theater,
77 E. Randolph, with showings at 7pm and 8:45pm each night. Tonight's line-up includes Carniverous Plants, Elsa and Her Cubs, Secrets of the Underwater World and Boabab: Portrait of a Tree at 7, Sad Song of Yellow Skin at 8:45. Free. More information available here
AHS -- For the Youth, For the Future
The Asian Human Services Associate Board, in conjunction with the NAAP-Chicago, is hosing a fundraising for the AHS's youth programs. The AHS and the affliated Passages Charter School work to serve low-income children from Chicago's immigrant and refugee communities. The fundraiser will be held at the Aria Restaurant & Bar in the Fairmont Hotel, 200 N. Columbus Dr., from 6-9pm. A $10 donation is requested. For more information email Deepak Sevak at dssevak[at]gmail[dot]com.
20% Chicago Fundraiser @ T's
Chicago's 20% Theatre Company is hosting its "A Mother's Guide to Social Drinking" fundraising event at 7pm tonight at T's (at Clark and Winnemac). 20% promotes women in traditionally male-dominated offstage theater roles such as writing, direction and technical work. (An estimated 20% of participants in these roles are women... Hence: "20% Theatre Company." Clever, eh?) There's no cover for this worthy event; a portion of alcohol sales goes to 20%--so come on in and drink up! 21+.
