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TODAY
Monday, October 13
Slowdown
BY DAY
Wednesday, October 06 2010
Riot Fest: Busted at Oz Reunion @ Double Door
The Busted at Oz compilation album, released back in 1981, featured early recordings by Naked Raygun, The Effigies, The Subverts, Strike Under and Silver Abuse. Sadly, The Effigies had to back out on the show, but the rest of these artists will be reuniting (many with the original band line-ups) tonight at Double Door. The show is 21+ and starts at 7:30 pm. All proceeds from the night will benefit the Chicago Coalition for the Homeless. Double Door is located at 1572 N Milwaukee Ave in Wicker Park. The show is currently sold out.
CCPA Wind Ensemble @ Ganz Hall
The Chicago College of Performing Arts Wind Ensemble features Eugene Bozza's Children's Overture, Richard Strauss Serenade in Eb, Op. 7, Paul Hindemith's Konzertmusik fur Blasorchester, Op. 41, Benjamin Britten's The Courtly Dances from Gloriana, Op. 53, and American composers Frank Ticheli's Postcard and Walter Mays' Dreamcatcher . The performance is free and takes place at 7:30 pm at Ganz Hall, 430 S. Michigan Ave.
Swing High, Swing Low @ The Portage Theater
Only have $4? Wanna see a movie? This week's matinee at The Portage Theater (4050 N. Milwaukee) is the 1937 film Swing High, Swing Low starring Carol Lombard, Fred MacMurray, and Dorothy Lamour. Music! Romance! Drama! Tickets are $4, screening at 1:30pm. For more info call 773-736-4050 or visit The Portage Theater.
RUI @ Sheffield's
The next installment of the lively Reading Under the Influence series is tonight. The theme? An offer you can't refuse: Gangsters. Featured readers are Get Capone author Jonathan Eig, Felipe Briceno, Jon Gugala, crime writer Ric Hess and RUI host Rob Duffer. As always the readings are interspersed with trivia questions and prizes. $3 cover. Sheffield's, 3258 N. Sheffield Ave., in the back room. Readings begin at 7:30pm. It gets pretty crowded so get there early for a seat.
King Khan and the Shrines @ Bottom Lounge
The Nuggets garage guitars, blaring Muscle Shoals horns, and James Brown howls of King Khan and the Shrines would be smarmily over the top if they didn't put so much damn sincere sweat into it. With four records under their belts and a Vice Records compilation that thrust them into the hipster spotlight, King Khan and the gang will drawn lots of onlookers, but should win them as fans at the end of the night with their electric (and go-go-dancer-assisted) live show. Ages 17 and up, $16, doors at 10.
Innervation Dance Cooperative's "Gods, Monsters, and Heroes" @ Theater Wit
Innervation Dance Cooperative presents "Gods, Monsters, and Heroes," a contemporary rock ballet based on Greek myths such as The Birth of Zeus, The Creation and Destruction of Medusa, The Sirens, and Orpheus and Euridice, set to music by popular artists including Pink, Feist, Coldplay, and Beck. The performance takes place at 8 pm at Theater Wit, 1229 W. Belmont. Tickets to this performance are $10 each. To purchase tickets visit www.theaterwit.org, call 773-975-8150, or purchase at the box office on the day of the performance.
