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Friday, April 19
Funkadesi and British tamil musician Susheela Raman perform at 6:30pm tonight in Millennium Park's Pritzker Pavilion as part of the Downtown Sound series. Free.
Improvised Jane Austen returns for the second of eight shows tonight at Chemically Imbalanced Theater (1422 W. Irving Park). IJA will be appearing every Thursday in July and August, with different guests each week. This week's special guest: Schnauzer and Damascus Steel. Show starts at 8pm, tickets are $10. For more info call (773) 865-7731, visit Chemically Imbalanced Theater , or Improvised Jane Austen.
The Neo-Futurists continue the 10th year of It Came From The Neo-Futurarium, their annual series of staged readings of movie scripts, with a remount of 2002's production of the sci-fi classic Devil Girl From Mars, directed by Edward Thomas-Herrera. It Came From The Neo-Futurarium runs on Thursday nights through August 18: please see the Neo-Futurists' Website for full details. Neo-Futurarium: 5153 N. Ashland (near Foster). (773) 275-5255.