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A work for “two men and a pair of pants” is one of the three dances being premiered tonight by Urban Dance Urban Music, a nine-dancer, three-musician aggregation led by choreographer Christy Bennett and composer Dan Honnold. (The other two: an ensemble work for seven women and a duet by Bennett and Honnold.) They perform at 8 tonight and tomorrow night on the second floor of Link’s Hall, 3435 N. Sheffield. Tickets are $7; call 862-4138.
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Two veterans of the civil rights movement speak at the Harold Washington Library today. The Reverend Albert Sampson, ordained by Martin Luther King Jr., was an activist with the Southern Christian Leadership Conference; he’ll talk about the 1968 Poor People’s Campaign. Diane Nash was a leading sit-in organizer in the early 60s; she’ll talk about the development of the Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee. They’re appearing in conjunction with the exhibit Let Us March On! Selected Civil Rights Photographs of Ernest C. Withers, up at the library through March 5. The free talk starts at 1 in the video theater, on the lower level at 400 S. State. Call 747-4876.
The classical ensemble Symphony of the Shores spotlights the “oboe of love” and collaborates with a mime tonight. The program is called An Homage to Janus in reference to the Roman god who looks forward and back. Accordingly, the program includes music both old and new, including Bach’s Concerto for Oboe d’Amore, with the unusual double-reed instrument played by Judith Zunamon Lewis. There’ll also be the Chicago premiere of Canadian composer Glen Buhr’s Double Concerto and music from Hindemith and Stravinsky accompanied by mime T. Daniel. It starts at 7 at Pick-Staiger Concert Hall, 1977 South Campus Drive on the Northwestern campus in Evanston. A reception follows. Tix are $18-$20, $2 less for students and seniors. Call 708-869-3133 or 708-491-5441 for more.
MARCH
“We know that all women can look beautiful no matter what their size or budget,” says Lynette Wood, owner of A Rubens Woman, the consignment shop at 2216 N. Clybourn that specializes in clothes for the larger woman. They’ll be holding a free fashion show for women sizes 14 to 50 today at noon at Daley Plaza, Washington and Dearborn. Call 477-0011 for more.
