JUNE
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For the 14th year Bill FitzGerald presents an unparalleled array of roots music at the annual American Music Festival at his Berwyn roadhouse, FitzGerald’s. The club offers five or more acts per night on two stages–along with a very good Cajun barbecue. Tonight’s lineup includes Terrance Simien and the Mallet Playboys at 8 and 10:45 and Austin singer-songwriter Jimmy LaFave at 11:30 and 1, as well as the Charles Lane Jazz Band at 5, the Blazers at 6:30 and 9:30, Candye Kane at 7:30, and Dave Hole at 9. Loose Diamonds and the Iguanas headline tomorrow night; Sunday it’s Pat McLaughlin and the Iguanas again; and Marcia Ball and Dave Alvin hit the stage Monday. Admission is $13 tonight and tomorrow, $15 on Sunday and Monday. You save $2 if you show up before 6. FitzGerald’s is at 6615 Roosevelt in Berwyn. Call 708-788-2118 for more.
JULY
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Jim McDermott’s play Repeat w/ Madeline purports to tell the story of a Casanova who “won’t stop loving his ideal woman just because he had an unfortunate, humiliating, property-destroying date that started with a kiss and ended with a handshake.” The show premieres at 7 tonight upstairs at Cafe Voltaire, 3231 N. Clark; the $10 admission doesn’t include the dinner part of this “urban dinner theatre.” Call 528-3136 for reservations.
