Friday 8
Milk of Burgundy, the music and outre art club in Wicker Park, is presenting the latest in a string of video screenings tonight. Tape/lb. Projected Video Show #4 includes work on film and video from Carnival de Carnitas, RunandGun Video, James Warden, Ben Evans, and Mark Fergusen. It’s at 1937 W. North, at 10. Admission is $3. Call 667-4673.
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Poet and professor Gordon Henry talks about Chippewa literature in a lecture called Oral Traditions in Contemporary Ojibwe Literature. Henry is a member of the White Earth Chippewa Tribe of Minnesota and also teaches at Ferris State in Michigan. His talk today is in the Mitchell Indian Museum of Kendall College, 2408 Orrington in Evanston. It’s $5; a reception begins at 1 PM, the lecture is at 2. Call 708-866-1395.
Hyphen magazine continues its investigations into the Chicago literary scene with issue number nine, just out. They’re celebrating with a release party and open mike at Phyllis’ Musical Inn, 1800 W. Division, at 8:30 tonight. Two bucks gets you poetry from Jim Banks, Susen James, and Mark Turcotte; a finger-puppet show from Dave Mead; and an open mike hosted by Mark Ingebretsen. Call 975-9097 for details.
Iranian war refugee and filmmaker Mehrnaz Saeed-Vafa will be at the world premiere of her new film, Tajik Women, at a Center for New Television-sponsored event tonight. The film is a documentary about Muslim women in the U.S. who’ve fled their homes in Iran, Tajikistan, and Afghanistan only to find a new set of challenges here. The film shows at 7 PM; Saeed-Vafa will talk afterward. It’s at the Bop Shop, 1807 W. Division; admission is $5, $3 for center members. Call 951-6868 for details.
