Friday 24
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Georges Franju’s French expressionist horror classic Eyes Without a Face tells the story of a plastic surgeon who causes a car accident that terribly disfigures his daughter’s face. To rectify his error the doctor desperately attempts to rebuild her visage–with transplants from women he lures home and kills. The stark and horrific film is a meditation on the superficial nature of beauty; Facets calls it “a dangerous masterpiece that is a highly charged fusion of visceral excess and visual poetry.” Starting tonight it plays for a week at Facets Multimedia Center, 1517 W. Fullerton, at 7 and 9, with additional shows at 3 and 5 on Sunday. Tix are $5, $3 for members. Call 281-9075.
The Newberry Consort–the Newberry Library’s ensemble-in-residence, which performs music from the 13th through 17th centuries–is offering free lectures to illuminate the history of the music it plays. The group will discuss its current work, Codex Canonici: Music of Burgundian Masters, “an examination of court society and urban life at the end of the Middle Ages,” today at 11 at the library, 60 W. Walton, and tomorrow at 2 at the South Shore Cultural Center, 7541 S. South Shore Drive. Call 255-3610 for details.
Monday 27
The life of bicycle messengers–in which asphalt, snow, and noxious fumes take on a visceral immediacy–is investigated in a new documentary by Paul Storino and Sam Inglese. Spirit of a Subculture touches on a few of the 200 riders dotting the Loop on a typical day, each of whom travel more than 25 miles on a shift and deliver dozens of packages–for just a few dollars a run. The documentary debuts tonight on Channel Eleven at 10. Call 583-5000 for more.
There’s still time to catch the last two classes of a course on legal issues that can hit you where you live–literally. The People’s Law School continues tonight with a class on consumer fraud in home repairs and car sales; next Thursday the subject is employee rights and job discrimination. The free classes are from 6 to 8 at Harold Washington College, 30 E. Lake. Call 630-9363 for more information.
