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The characters in Friends With Fire Arms: A Farewell to Feminism are played by collaborators Paula Killen, coming off her recent show, The State I’m In: A Travelogue; award-winning filmmaker Katy Maguire, who directed Liz Phair’s Never Said video; and composer Miriam Sturm, who’s been repeatedly nominated for Jeffs for her scores for Goodman productions including The Baltimore Waltz and Black Snow. The show, written by Killen, tells the tale of three women “coming to terms with feminism in unique, highly idiosyncratic ways.” The show opens tonight at Chicago Filmmakers, 1543 W. Division, and plays through August 28, with shows Thursday and Friday at 8, Saturday at 7 and 10, and Sunday at 7. It’s $10, $8 for students, seniors, and members. Call 384-5533 for reservations.
Barat College is offering its annual dose of free Shakespeare under the stars this weekend and next. Its 1994 offering is Twelfth Night, the comic fantasy that sees shipwrecked and separated twins Viola and Sebastian experience all sorts of adventures, ranging from the romantic to the bawdy, and encounter such beloved characters as Sir Toby Belch and Sir Andrew Aguecheek in the court of Duke Orsino. The production includes actors from Chicago and Wisconsin as well as Barat students. Performances are tonight through Sunday and next Friday through Sunday at 8 on the front lawn of the college, 700 E. Westleigh in Lake Forest. It’s free. Tonight there’s also an opening-night gala before the show; the $100 ticket gets you a buffet dinner and two reserved seats for the show. Call 708-295-2620 for details.
The Guild Complex at HotHouse is proffering readings by three Latino poets this afternoon. Pena–A Circle of Friends features local poets Leon Leiva Gallardo, Olivia Maciel, and Raul Nino, who won the city’s 1992 poem for Mexico City competition. The readings and discussion begin at 3 PM; there’s also an open mike, hosted by Diana Solis. It’s $4, $2 for open mikers. HotHouse is at 1565 N. Milwaukee. Call 278-2210.
The only American showing of Goya: Truth and Fantasy, the Small Paintings continues at the Art Institute. Francisco Goya, who lived from 1746 to 1828, created some of the small paintings to get the go-ahead from patrons for larger versions; others, painted on tinplate, were done as he recovered from an illness; finally, there are some paintings on ivory dating from his exile in France late in his life. The show, comprising 80 works, some as small as two inches square, is up at the museum through October 16. Tonight there’s a lecture by Art Institute prof Robert Loescher called “Goya in Place.” It’s at 6 in the Morton Auditorium and it costs $12, $9.50 for members, and $5 for students; admission to the museum is free on Tuesdays. The museum, at 111 S. Michigan, is open daily from 10:30 to 4:30, Tuesdays til 8, Saturday 10 to 5, and Sunday noon to 5. Suggested admission is $6.50 for adults and $3.25 for students, seniors, and children. Call 443-3600 for details.
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