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Sunday, June 21 2009
Everyman: The Classic Rock Ballet @ Vittum Theater
Innervation Dance Cooperative's Classic Rock Ballet Everyman, with an all-female cast and 100% Led Zeppelin soundtrack, tells the allegory of Everyman. We enter on her live-for-the-moment life just before she receives a visit from Death, and our heroine begs to be given more time. She spends the rest of the ballet searching for a companion for the inevitable journey. IDC has retained the message of the medieval morality play -- to take stock of one's life, to make choices based on how you define a life well lived -- while telling a story with moments of humor, an enormous amount of love, emotional highs and lows, and a sense of catharsis. The music of Led Zeppelin emphasizes the epic nature of the story, while providing the dancers and the audience a reason to rock!
Vittum Theater, 1012 N. Noble, 2:00 p.m, $18 ($15 student/senior). Click here for tickets and more info.
Errol Flynn in The Adventures of Robin Hood @ Music Box
The Music Box Theatre brings back its weekend classic film matinees this month with a tribute to swashbuckler Errol Flynn, in honor of this 100th birthday. This weekend's film is The Adventures of Robin Hood from 1938, also featuring Basil Rathbone as the evil Sir Guy of Gisbourne (boo!) and Olivia de Havilland as Maid Marian (yay!). The film screens Saturday and Sunday at 11:30am. For a complete listing of films in this series, see the Music Box Website. Music Box: 3733 N. Southport. (773) 871-6604.
Fork and the Road Tours Begin
Fork and the Road, a local business that organizes bike tours with customized food stops (Asian, vegetarian, etc.), begins operations today, with an "International BBQ"-themed tour beginning at 11am at Pause Cafe (1107 W. Berwyn, tickets $50). Registration required.
