The South Shore Opera Company of Chicago honors Black History Month ... with "Celebrate Black History Month," tonight at 5:30pm. This free concert, which will pay homage to African-American composers, will consist of a mix of opera and musical theater, along with a performance by the Deeply Rooted Dance Theater. The concert takes place at the South Shore Cultural Center, 7059 S. South Shore Drive. For more information, contact Gary Ossewaarde at opera@southshoreopera.org ...
The People's Music School, an Uptown-based organization providing free music education to inner-city children, celebrates its 35th anniversary with a gala event in the Chicago Cultural Center's Preston Bradley Hall, 78 E. Washington St., tonight from 6pm to 11pm. The evening includes dinner and cocktails, a performance by violinist Rachel Barton Pine and the school's students and alumni, and a silent auction to benefit the school. Tickets are $150 ...
Winter bikers unite for an evening of music (Black Bear Combo. Velcro Lewis Group, Rabble Rabble) fabulous prizes, trivia and Fat Tire, with proceeds benefiting West Town Bikes, a community bike workshop. Doors open at 8pm, cost is $10. 1035 N Western Ave. Contact - (773) 772-6523 for more details ... Summer, fall and spring bikers welcome too ...
Dance Films Kino curator Sarah Best and Hyde Park Art Center's Artist in Residence Mark Jeffrey present a viewing and discussion of short, visually and performance art-influenced films by UK-based Lucy Cash, a member of Chicago performance art group Goat Island (1987-2009). 6-8pm, 5020 S. Cornell Avenue. Free! ... Kicks off the Dance Films Kino festival ...
Logan Square Kitchen, 2333 N. Milwaukee Ave., hosts a screening of the documentary Ingredients tonight. Your $25 ticket includes naanwiches from Gaztro-wagon; a cash bar will offer selected brews from Revolution and Haymarket breweries. Doors open at 6:30pm ...
Posted by Phil Vettel Carol Wallack has canceled her plans to move Sola (3868 N. Lincoln Ave., 773-327-3868) to River North. Instead, the Hawaiian-accented contemporary American restaurant will stick with its North Center home. "I decided to stay where I ...
... After a couple of weeks of single-minded projectile focus on the White Sox, it seems reasonable enough to cast a wider net and figure out how this club stacks up against the intra-division competition. As such, no attention at all will be paid to the Royals or Indians. It's not impossible for either team to compete or even win the division, but the root cause would be a massive luck injection ... As usual, I can turn to a couple projection systems for guidance. Both ZiPS and Marcel
The day before Election Day, Rev. Jesse Jackson decided to have a little fun with mayoral front-runner Rahm Emanuel — crashing an Emanuel lunch at Chicago’s Chicken & Waffles.When Emanuel walked into the popular restaurant in Bronzeville, supporters of former Sen Carol Moseley Braun, who had just come from her … ...
10 spot with Tony Baranek 1. Marian Catholic (29-4) Spartans showing prime-time mettle. 2. Hillcrest (25-2) Very little glitz, but a whole lot of teamwork has Hawks soaring. 3. Morgan Park (26-4) If Nunn doesn’t get you, Richmond or Nelson will. 4. Marist (27-5) RedHawks claim their sixth regional title … ...