Friday 4
“Haste still pays haste, and leisure answers leisure / Like doth quit like, and measure still for measure.” Those who wonder what the heck William Shakespeare was talking about in the lines that gave title to one of his more elegant comedies can check in at the Newberry Library’s open forum series today, which features Shakespeare Repertory artistic director Barbara Gaines, Champaign English prof Carol Neely, and Loyola law school’s Keith Cleveland talking, about Measure for Measure, which happens to be Shakespeare Rep’s current production (at the Ruth Page Theater through March 20). The talk starts at 2 at the library, 60 W. Walton; they’d like a $3 donation. Call 642-2273 for details.
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The Wood Street Gallery opens two exhibits today. The first, Local Heroes, showcases what it calls five “noteworthy and enduring” local artists. Featured: paintings by Marion Kryczka, Pat Olson, and Chuck Walker; paintings and prints by Will Petersen; and sculpture by Phil Schuster. The other show, The Human Condition: Cast in Glass, is of glass sculpture by Sharon Bladholm and Tim Tate. A free opening reception for both will be held from 4 to 8 at the gallery, 1239 N. Wood. They run through April 2; regular gallery hours are 1 to 5 Tuesday through Saturday. Call 227-3306.
For its fifth annual Chocolate Dessert Classic fund-raiser, the Chicago Academy for the Arts has amassed more than 150,000 samples of desserts from an array of more than 30 local chefs and restaurants. For $7.50, $4 for kids under 13, you can watch the judges judge and sample the confections yourself. There’ll also be seminars on baking with chocolate and entertainment for the kids. It’s all from noon to 4 today at the Hyatt Regency, 151 E. Wacker. Call 421-0202.
Tuesday 8
Author Kathleen Norriss new book, Dakota: A Spiritual Geography, came out of a trip she took back to her grandparents’ house in northern South Dakota. There, say the folk at the church, she found “the contradictions of small-town life on the Great Plains, where gracious hospitality blends with provincial wariness, local history is valued but writers are suspect, and truth and myth collide.” Norris will talk about her book and read some poetry at 7 PM at Fourth Presbyterian Church, 126 E. Chestnut. The $12 admission fee includes a pretalk reception at 5:30. Call 787-2729, ext. 397,
