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TODAY
Monday, April 29
Slowdown
BY DAY
Sunday, November 27 2005
Gordon Thomas doc @ Film Center
The latest Outsider Music documentary at the Siskel Film Center screens this evening. Everything's Coming My Way details the musical career of Gordon Thomas, a former big-band trombonist who's written 200 songs that are simple yet catchy, and described by the Film Center's blurb as "kind of musical folk-art". Everything's Coming My Way has its Chicago premiere this evening at 5:15 PM at the Film Center, and directors D. Stacey DeWolfe and Malcolm Fraser will be in attendance. If you can't make this evening's screening, the film will also be shown on Thursday, December 1 at 8:00 PM. Tickets: $9, $7 for students, $5 for Film Center members, and $4 for SAIC students. Film Center: 164 N. State. (312) 846-2600.
Fetish Fair and Marketplace
Do you have a fetish? Sure we all do. Now you have your own place to buy the tools of the trade at The 4th Annual Leather SINS Midwest Holiday Fetish Fair & Marketplace. The event is Sunday from 10:00 AM to 6:00 PM at the "Purple Hotel" in Lincolnwood (corner of Touhy and Lincoln). Last Years Event drew close to 600 kinky folks from all over the Midwest. Goody Bags with free samples of WET will be given to the first 500 attendees.
The Machine: "Post-Thanksgiving Bloated Fun"
The Machine presents "Post-Thanksgiving Bloated Fun," featuring music
from Sally, Fetor and Daniel Knox and readings from Emerson Dameron,
Eric Lab Rat, Matt LaPorte and Brandon Wetherbee. At the Empty Bottle, 1035 N. Western Ave., tonight at 9:30pm. Tickets are $7 at the door, and it's 21 and over.
Check themachinemedia.com for more info.
Sexy Holiday Burlesque
Join the lovely Girlie-Q Variety Show performers for this month's sexy show: the Ho Ho Holiday Follies. These super-seductive acts will jingle your bells and jelly your cranberries, if you know what we mean. Head on down to the HotHouse at 31 E. Balbo on Sunday, November 27. Doors at 7 p.m., show at 8pm. Tickets are ONLY $10.
