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Sunday, May 10 2009
2001: A Space Odyssey @ Music Box
The Music Box Theatre is screening a series of Stanley Kubrick films over this week, and today is the kick-off event: a screening of 2001: A Space Odyssey with special guest Gary Lockwood present for a Q&A session following the screening. The film shows at 5:30pm. Advance tickets are available through Ticketweb. Music Box: 3733 N. Southport. (773) 871-6604.
Dobet Gnahore @ Old Town School of Folk Music
The Ivory Coast's Dobet Gnahore returns to the Old Town School of Folk Music (4544 N. Lincoln) tonight at 7pm. Tickets are $20. For more information check the website or call 773-728-6000.
Mommie Dearest @ Music Box
The Music Box Theatre and Hell in a Handbag Productions presents a Mother's Day screening of Mommie Dearest. The event will also feature a performance by the band The Joans. The show kicks off at 1:30pm; tickets are available through Ticketweb. Music Box: 3733 N. Southport. (773) 871-6604.
Inquiring Nuns @ Facets
Facets Cinematheque presents a one-time-only screening of Inquiring Nuns, a 1968 movie showing two nuns walking through the streets of Chicago, asking passers-by the same question: "Are you happy?" What the people answer is the subject of the film. Inquiring Nuns screens this afternoon at 12:30pm. Tickets are $9, or free for Facets members. Facets: 1517 W. Fullerton. (773) 281-4114.
