MARCH
The organizers of Bizarre-o-rama promise you’ll be able to find “everything any self-respecting fetishist, lover of leather, or bondage enthusiast would ever want” at their Fetish Fair & Bazaar. Dungeon Dynamics will show off a new line of handmade stocks, and House of Whacks will present a complete selection of rubber and latex clothing. Lots of other vendors will proffer everything from jewelry and art to games and videos at 5145 N. Milwaukee from 10 AM to 4 PM. Admission is $5. Call 588-8242.
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Bailiwick Repertory, for years based out of the Jane Addams Center Hull House on Broadway and then in the Theatre Building on Belmont, is attempting to raise money for its new home, the Bailiwick Arts Center, 1229 W. Belmont, with Night of 100 Stars II. The annual fund-raiser includes drinks, food, and performances by an all-star lineup that includes Alexandra Billings, George B. Smart III, Honey West, Dan Stetzel, Gene DeLuca, and Meg Martin. The casts of Fairy Tales and In the Deep Heart’s Core, Joseph Sobol’s interpretations of the work of W.B. Yeats, will also perform, and there’ll be a sneak preview of Pope Joan, which begins previews tomorrow. Tickets are $50, though $75 gets you a reserved seat and your name in the program. Things get under way at 7 PM. Call 883-1090.
Shaw Chicago, a group of confirmed G.B.S. heads, tackles one of the Irish dramatist’s biggest works–or at least part of one of his biggest works. The full eight-hour production of Back to Methuselah, which covers the whole span of human evolution and then some, can test the patience of even Shaw’s most determined devotees, so only acts one and five will be performed. (A bridge written by Shaw links the two parts.) The play opens today at 3 and continues Sundays at 3 and Mondays at 7 through March 27; at the Chicago Cultural Center studio theater, 77 E. Randolph. Admission is free but you have to make reservations at 744-7648.
Tuesday 14
At a Poetry Center of Chicago event this evening Studs Terkel will offer a sampling from his new book, Coming of Age, a look at the aging process. It starts at 6 in Fullerton Hall of the Art Institute, Michigan and Adams, with Lisel Mueller reading a poem in Terkel’s honor. Afterward he’ll answer questions. It’s $5, $3 for students, seniors, and Art Institute members. Call 368-0905.
