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TODAY
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BY DAY
Friday, September 02 2005
Daily Meaning @ the Peace Museum
Today, the Peace Museum opens its latest exhibition, Daily Meaning: Life Inside America's Service Industries. The show features the work of five photographers and five audio producers who have collaborated to document the worklives of service professionals in the Chicago area (see and listen to examples here). The museum is located at 100 N. Central Park Ave.; for further details, including hours, check the website or call 773/638-6450.
First Friday's @ Kafka
A lovely little shop specializing in affordable and tasty wines, Kafka Wine Co. holds a monthly tasting event featuring wines from one part of the world. Tonight, the wines are Italian and you'll get a chance to taste Chianti, Sicily, Piedmont and more. From 7-9pm, $10 gets you all the wine you need. Come early because the cozy shop gets packed rather quickly. Kafka is located at 3325 N. Halsted. Call 773-975-WINE for more information and to make your reservation.
Polka at Zakopane
Get your polka groove on with Polkaholics and Polkacide tonight at 10pm at Zakopane, 1734 W. Division. $5 cover, 21 and over.
Sox Mullet Night
The White Sox play Detroit at home tonight, and there's gonna be a lot of mullets in the crowd. More than usual, that is -- it's Mullet Night. There will be two pre-game bands rockin' the Cell, and a Mullet March begins at Gate 1, where mulleted men and women will parade their classic cuts around the warning track. The first 500 mullet marchers will get a free White Sox Mullet Night T-shirt.Wigged mullets will be accepted, or you could report to one of the stylists from Great Clips who will be on-hand to give you one. Game starts at 7:05pm, gates open around 5pm. Get tickets online here or at the park.
Improv Comedy at The Playground Theater
Tonight at 8pm, The Playground Theater presents a strong showcase of improvisational comedy featuring guest ensembles BoomTown and State of Delaware as well as theater house teams Mustang Repair and Atticus Finch. Tickets are $10. The theater is located at 3209 N. Halsted.
The Dollar Store @ Hideout
Slow down your work schedule and come relax with some
weirdness at the Dollar Store reading series tonight at The Hideout, 1354 W. Wabansia. Tonight's show features fiction writer Adam Levin (McSweeney's, Tin House), Playwright/Actor Rachel Claff (TMLMTBGB, It
Came From the NeoFuturarium) and Comedian Patrick Brennan (WNEP, Neutrino Project). Hosted by Jonathan Messinger, editor of THISisGRAND.org with special guest host, comedian/playwright Jeremy Sosenko (Late Night Late Show, I.O.). Show starts at 7pm, $1 suggested donation. More info here.
Chicago Jazz Festival
This weekend’s Grant Park extravaganza is the Chicago Jazz Festival, now in its 27th year. Click here for a schedule of performances at three Grant Park stages, including homages to Charlie Weeks, King Oliver, drummer Tony Williams, and Charlie Parker. The free festival runs from 12N to 9:30 PM Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. Call 312-744-3370 for more information.
Chicago Noir @ Quimby's
If you didn’t make it to Barbara’s yesterday, the Chicago Noir onslaught continues at 7pm tonight at Quimby’s, 1854 W North Ave. Come hear Neal Pollack, Marlon James, and GB Book Club pick Joe Meno read about “a Chicago beyond Oprah, Michael Jordan, and deep-dish pizza.” Take that, deep-dish pizza! Call 773-342-0910 for further details.
DvA Gallery Poetry First Anniversary
Join host Charlie Newman as he presents the 1st Anniversary of 1st-Friday poetry at DvA. Confirmed poets include: Jan Bottiglieri...Kristy Bowen...Michael Brownstein...Nina Corwin...Larry O. Dean...Scott DeKatch...Lynn Fitzgerald...Maureen Tolman Flannery...Chris Green...Todd Heldt...Larry Janowski...Wayne Allen Jones...C. J. Laity...Francesco Levato...Lauren Mathews Levato...Shelley Nation...Joe Roarty...Michelle Taransky...Tony Trigilio...Jared Smith...Ruan Wright...Katia Zalkind...& there just may be surprise poets! Free Admission. Free Intelligentsia Coffee. Friday, September 2 @ 8:00 p.m. DvA Gallery, 2658 N. Lincoln Ave.
