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Thursday, July 12 2007
Blue Velvet @ Gene Siskel Film Center
The Gene Siskel Film Center presents a month-long festival of the films of David Lynch. Today's film is the 1986 breakthrough Blue Velvet. The film shows today at 8:30 PM; see the Film Center's Website for a complete schedule. Tickets: $9, $7 for students, $5 for Film Center members, and $4 for SAIC students. Film Center: 164 N. State. (312) 846-2600.
Movies in the Park
The Chicago Park District presents Movies in the Park, a summer-long screening of classic and contemporary films in Chicago parks. Tonight's screenings: Charlotte's Web at Pasteur Park (5825 S. Kostner Ave.), Rosedale Park (6312 W. Rosedale Ave.), and Akeelah and the Bee at Lincoln Park (2045 Lincoln Park West). The screenings start tonight at dusk, and are free and open to the public. For a complete schedule of movies check out the Chicago Park District Website.
Elizabeth Berg @ Sulzer Regional Library
Local author Elizabeth Berg stops by the Sulzer Regional Library today to read from and discuss her latest novel, Dream When You're Feeling Blue. Free at 6:30pm, 4455 N. Lincoln Ave. Call 312-744-7616 for more information.
It Came From The Neo-Futurarium: Madame X @ Neo-Futurarium
The Neo-Futurists continues their 6th annual It Came From The Neo-Futurarium series of dramatic readings of bad film scripts tonight with the 1966 Lana Turner melodrama Madame X, directed by film fest veterans David Kodeski and Edward Thomas-Herrera. The reading kicks off tonight at 8:00 at the Neo-Futurarium (5153 N. Ashland, at Foster). Tickets are $10, $8 for students w/valid ID. It Came From The Neo-Futurarium runs Thursday nights through July 26, and each performance is a different film; see the Neo-Futurist Website for a complete schedule and to purchase tickets. You may also call the Neo-Futurist hotline to make reservations: (773) 275-5255.
Name That Tune @ Red Kiva
As part of Chicago's "Art of Play" summer celebration of toys and games (through 30 September), Red Kiva is hosting a free session of Name That Tune featuring cabaret performers Beckie Menzie and Bob Moreen. 7-10 PM, 1108 W Randolph. For more information, call 312-226-5577 or visit the website.
AIDS-Free World Fundraiser
Ambassador Stephen Lewis, the former UN Special Envoy for AIDS/HIV in Africa will speak at a fundraiser for his new organization, AIDS-Free World, tonight from 6pm to 8pm at Suzanne Cummings Flowers, 630 W. Webster St. Jerome McDonnell, host of WBEZ's "Worldview," hosts. Tickets are $100 and parking is available at Lincoln Park Hospital. Email july12thevent@gmail.com for more info.
Con Games @ Tourism Center
If you secretly believe it is possible to win at three-card monte, you should attend this talk by Sean Masterson, which offers a risk-free look at widespread con games. Free, 72 E Randolph, 6 PM. Part of the Art of Play series of events. For more information, call 312-744-2400 or visit the website.
Green City Market BBQ Festival
Words can't express how awesome the Green City Market BBQ Festival will be--over 50 chefs from Chicago's top restaurants (Rick Bayless, Shawn McClain, and Mindy Segal, to name a few) serving up dishes using ingredients from the popular (and almost year-round) Lincoln Park farmer's market. The picnic event will be held in the south end of Lincoln Park. Adults are $50 pre-event, $60 at the door. If you have a gaggle of friends who are also foodies, you can reserve your own table of ten for $100. Children ages 5-12 are $10, and children under age 5 are free. Click here for tickets.
Toumani Diabate and Vieux Farka Toure @ Millennium Park
As part of the Music without Borders series, West African musicians perform tonight at 6:30 PM. In the Pritzker Pavilion, free. For more information, visit the website.
