Puerto Muerto Record Release @ Empty Bottle

Come out to the Empty Bottle tonight to hear some amazing cabaret influenced rock music from local duo Puerto Muerto as they celebrate their most recent release, Drumming For Pistols. Daniel Knox and The Glorious Vapors open

The music starts at 9:30pm and is free. The Empty Bottle is located at 1035 N. Western Ave. (773) 276-3600.

Lysistrata @ Victory Gardens Studio

The Poetry Foundation presents a staged reading of Aristophanes' comic masterpiece, first performed in 411 B.C.E. during the 20th year of the Peloponnesian War. Lysistrata leads the women of Athens to deny sex to their husbands until they end the war, a tactic that turns out to be as frustrating to them as to their mates. The Greeks had few language taboos and no problems with phallic imagery. These characteristics add to the startling humor and poignancy of the play, even in our uncensored age. Bernard Sahlins of Second City fame directs.
Show starts at 7:30pm, tickets are $20, $10 for students. 2433 North Lincoln Avenue. For tickets and information call (773) 871-3000 or visit Victory Gardens.

Parade @ Film Center

The Gene Siskel Film Center presents a month long retrospective of the films of Jacques Tati. Tonight's film is Tati's rarely-seen final film, Parade from 1974. The film screens at 6pm. See the Film Center Website for a complete schedule. Film Center: 164 N. State. (312) 846-2600.