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Thursday, March 28
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' Animal Crackers, with Groucho as Captain Spaulding. Hooray for Captain Spaulding! The film screens tonight at 7:25 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.
The Gene Siskel Film Center presents American Zombie, a fake documentary that looks at the problems that zombie Americans (or "revenants," as they prefer to be known) face in today's society. The film screens tonight at 6:00 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.
A screening of films and documentaries, including Marlon Riggs' "Black Is/Black Ain't", will highlight the Hyde Park Art Center's free Martin Luther King Day Celebration today, 5 p.m., at the Center, 5020 S. Cornell Ave. Refreshments will be served. The event is co-sponsored by the Office of Multicultural Affairs at the University of Chicago.
The CARE/Chicago Women's Initiative invites you to an evening with renowned photographer, Phil Borges. Borges will share stories and images of his journeys with CARE around the world tonight at the Gene Siskel Film Center (164 N. State St.) from 5:30 to 7:00pm. Reservations are required before January 22nd and tickets are $24. Phil will be signing copies of Women Empowered and you can purchase items made by women in CARE's micro-enterprise program.
The River North restaurant Aigre Doux celebrates its first anniversary with a prix fixe dinner tonight. The dinner is $75 per person and includes a complimentary glass of champagne and a menu including creative delights such as pan-seared diver scallops with sea urchin foam and blood orange vinaigrette, Tasmanian crab cake with avocado and pomelo mizuna salad and bluefin tuna carpaccio with arugula, kumquat and Sicilian pistachio. And those are just the appetizers. Not sold? Check out Drive Thru's review from last spring.
Dinner service begins at 5 p.m. and reservations are recommended (which can be made online or by calling 312-329-9400.