Facets Fright School: Fulci's The Black Cat

Facets Cinematheque presents the latest in their current series of midnight movies, Facets Fright School. Tonight's film is Lucio Fulci's 1981 film The Black Cat, which is not quite the Edgar Allan Poe tale that the title suggests. The film will be introduced by Facets writer & teacher Michele Zaladonis. Facets Fright School starts tonight at midnight. Admission is $5. For more information about Facets Fright School please contact Susan Doll at (800) 331-6197. Facets: 1517 W. Fullerton.

Patterns @ Betty Dare Art Gallery

Come out tonight at 7pm to Betty Dare Art Gallery, 1319 W. Chicago Ave to experience Patterns, featuring the Paula Henderson's installation, Ryan Morris' stencils and June Farley's photographs. Cocktails will be served. To RSVP please click here.

(hybrid)nate * germinate Opens @ Church of T.H.ink

(hybrid)nate * germinate is an interactive group exhibit promoting a hybrid of visual, audible, and functional arts in a environment playfully designed to elicit humor, expression, TEXTural touch, and productivity, opening tonight. Church of T.H.ink is in an under developed district in need of artistic renewal and has given the artists and gallery an ability to hibernate and compose ideas which can stimulate and redefine the germination of new concepts and products. Church of T.H.ink is located at 3722 W. Chicago Ave. For event details, click here. Contact the people behind the madness at 773-269-8351 or churchofthink@gmail.com.

This is Great! We're Great! Bomb Ass Dance Party @ Cole's

This is Great! We're great! is a "bomb ass dance party" with CHIRP/Toast & Jam DJs Dustin and Dena. Be forewarned, more than one song will ask you to put your hands up in the air. You don't have to if you don't want to, but really, you'll probably want to. Oh and hey! It's FREEEEEE! Cole's is located at 2338 N. Milwaukee Ave. 21+. For event details, click here.

Licking Eyeballs & Loving it! Opens @ Pawn Works

Tonight Pawn Works presents Licking Eyeballs & Loving it!: New works by Matt Scobey x Josh Wills. The opening reception is from 7-11pm. Pawn Works is located at 1050 N. Damen Ave. For event details, click here or visit Pawn Works' website.

CCPA Musical Theatre Showcase @ Miller Studio Theatre

CCPA's musical theatre undergraduate students present an evening of musical selections. The event takes place at Miller Studio Theatre, 430 S. Michigan Ave., at 7:30pm. Tickets are $6. Call (312) 341-3831 for reservations.

Winnebago Man @ Film Center

The Gene Siskel Film Center presents the first Chicago run of the 2009 documentary Winnebago Man, an investigation into the identity of the star of the Winnebago video out-takes that you may have seen on the YouTubes. The film screens tonight at 6:15pm and 8:00pm, and runs at the Film Center through October 21. See the Film Center Website for full details. Film Center: 164 N. State. (312) 846-2600.

Existence Value @ Roots and Culture

Come out tonight to Roots and Culture, 1034 N Milwaukee Ave. at 6pm to experience the Paul and Scott Cowan's exhibition. Existence Value investigates the intrinsic value people and cultures give to things. This exhibition investigates how signs hold a particular magnetism to all individuals. For RSVP and more information, please click here.

SoLo Art Walk / Fall Classic / FRIDAY October 15th

GREATER SOUTH LOOP ASSOCIATION
Presents
SoLo Art Walk / Fall Classic
Start your evening at:
5:00 William H. Bigham Gallery 1528 S Wabash
5:30 Three Peas Art Gallery 75 E. 16th Street
6:15 HARPER Gallery 1915 S Michigan Avenue
7:00 Glessner House Museum 1800 S Prairie

Zombie-a-Go-Go @ Jackhammer

It's entertainment ahoy at the Zombie-A-Go-Go tonight at the Jackhammer (6406 N. Clark St.). Bands Baby Teeth, Cobalt and the Hired Guns, and Lettercamp will perform along with go-go troupe The Revelettes.

Also appearing is professional zombie clown Susan Hooper, and award-winning horror pinup Kelsey Zukowski, and acclaimed comic artist Dave Losso (The Great Sandwich Detective) will be providing frightening drawings and other demented goodies.

Tickets are $8 online and $10 at the door. The Jackhammer is a 21+ venue.

Joffrey Ballet "All Stars" @ Auditorium Theatre

The Joffrey Ballet opens their 2010-2011 Season with "All Stars," a performance featuring George Balanchine's Stravinsky Violin Concerto (1972), an homage to Igor Stravinsky; Balanchine's brief but explosive pas de deux Tarantella; Christopher Wheeldon's After the Rain (2005); and Jerome Robbins' charming and hilarious The Concert (1956). The performance takes place at 7:30pm at Auditorium Theatre, 50 E. Congress Pkwy. Tickets are $25-145, and available for purchase at The Joffrey Ballet's official Box Office, located in the lobby of 10 E. Randolph Street, the Auditorium Theatre of Roosevelt University box office, all Ticketmaster Ticket Centers, by phone at (800) 982-2787 or online at www.ticketmaster.com.