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Friday, January 04 2008
Friday Night Improv @ Whole Foods Northalsted
Whole Foods Northalsted's Chef Abe plays Iron Chef/Next Top Chef tonight at 6pm at "Friday Night Improv" -- diners get to run around the restaurant and pick ingredients for the good chef to turn into a five-course gourmet meal. $50 per person; register at the customer service desk or online here.
The Cocoanuts @ Film Center
The Gene Siskel Film Center presents a month-long salute to the comedy stars of the 1930s; specifically, the Marx Brothers, W.C. Fields and Mae West. Today's film is the Marx Brothers' first film: The Cocoanuts from 1929. If the phrase "Why a duck?" means something to you, then you better check this out. The film screens this evening at 6:00 PM, and also on Monday the 7th at 7:30 PM. Tickets are $9, $7 for students, $5 for Film Center members and $4 for SAIC students. Film Center: 164 N. State. (312) 846-2600.
First Fridays @ MCA
The Museum of Contemporary Art presents First Fridays, an evening party on the first Friday of every month. Tonight's party has the theme of fallen stars, and will feature an Argo Tea sampling station, music by DJ Daniel Mnookin, appetizers from the Wolfgang Puck restaurant and a cash bar. The party starts at 6:00, and tickets are $7-15. For more information: (312) 397-4010.
Dancing With The Stars @ Allstate Arena
Dancing With the Stars, that Emmy-nominated gem of prime time television, will be strutting its stuff at the Allstate Arena. Doors at 6:30pm; dancers take the floor at 7:30pm. Mindblowing celebrity dancers will include Wayne Newton, Cheryl Burke, Joey Fatone, Mark Ballas, and Joey Lawrence, among others. Woah. Purchase tickets here.
Method to Madness Festival Opening @ Links Hall
Tonight marks the opening of the month-long Method to Madness Festival, a combination of puppetry, performance, film and sound. This weekend's selection includes a puppetry performance about the first animal launched into space, improvised music on circuit bending devices, and a short documentary film about how puppeteers came to their chosen art form. 8pm. $12 adults, $10 students and seniors. See the Links Hall website for additional details and performance dates throughout January. 3435 N. Sheffield. 773-281-0824.
Is She Weird Is She White (Pixies Tribute) / Teenage FBI (GBV Tribute) @ Schubas
Though he's had a relatively low-key career, Bobby Bare, Jr (son of famed country singer, Bobby Bare, Sr, natch) has seen his share of fame, with a Grammy nod at 5 years old for a duet with dear ol' dad and a couple blink-and-you-missed-it alt-rock hits in the 90s with his band, Bare Jr. After the breakup of Bare Jr, Bare (the man) hooked up with local label Bloodshot, recording with a revolving door of musicians which included members of My Morning Jacket and ... Trail of Dead. A huge Pixies fan (but who isn't?), Bobby not only pays tribute to one of his favorite bands tonight, with his one-off cover band Is She Weird Is She White, he also appeared on Frank Black's most recent album, Fast Man Raider Man. Opening the show is the Guided By Voices tribute band, Teenage FBI, which features more of Bobby's Nashvillian cohorts (and also do time in Silver Jews and Clem Snide). Bobby and his Young Criminals Starvation League play Schubas the following night, too -- though, he'll be sticking to his originals for that show. 10pm. $10. 21+
The Chicago Show @ Foursided Gallery
Local artists including Erin Anderson, Sarah K. Bierman and David Engle, will take part in an opening reception for "The Chicago Show" tonight, 7 p.m., at Foursided Custom Framing Gallery, 5061 N. Clark St.
