FRIDAY 9
SATURDAY 10
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Not all of Wicker Park’s numerous venues are participating in this weekend’s Around the Coyote arts fest, but many that aren’t on the official map are holding events all the same. Among the contemporaneous but not connected is an exhibit of the work of local designers at HotHouse. Millinery, clothing, jewelry, and jewelry boxes from the likes of Monica Brown, Jalil Iah, Kathleen Nagel, Makeba Kedem Dubose, and others will be on view and available for sale from 11 to 5 today and tomorrow at the club, 1565 N. Milwaukee. Call 248-1034 or 235-2334 for more.
What do you get when performance artists put on a psychic fair? Free fortune cookies and your molars read. Psycho Circus, a marathon evening of performance and interactive installations, is being held again this year to benefit P-Form, the local quarterly performance-art journal. Matthew Owens, Julie Laffin, Larry Steger, and others perform starting at 8 tonight at Randolph Street Gallery, 756 N. Milwaukee. Doors open at 7. Admission is $10, $7 for students, members, and P-Form subscribers. For information call 666-7737.
MONDAY 12
The Peruvian/Bosnian performance duo Teatro Hugo & Ines use body puppetry to create the characters in their new G-rated show, The Adventures of Ginocchio. Presented by Performing Arts Chicago, the show begins its run at 7:30 tonight in the Athenaeum Annex Theatre, 2936 N. Southport. It also plays Thursday at 7:30, Friday at 8, and Saturday at 2 and 8. Tickets cost $20, $10 for children under 16. Call 663-1628 or 722-5463 for more.
The Loop is the place to go today for harvest-fresh fruits and vegetables; the city-sponsored farmers’ market begins at noon under the rusty baboon at Daley Plaza, Washington and LaSalle. Call 346-3278 for information.
