FEBRUARY
From the converted Andersonville funeral home known as the Neo-Futurarium comes a salute to the upcoming holiday–the third annual “LOVE” edition of Too Much Light Makes the Baby Go Blind. Promising 30 plays in 60 minutes, the show runs tonight and tomorrow at 11:30 PM and Sunday at 7. The theater’s at 5153 N. Ashland; admission is $10. Call 275-5255 for more.
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How low will politicians stoop? How about offering kids a pound of free candy to rot their teeth out? That’s what 49th Ward alderman Joe Moore, Cook County clerk David Orr, 49th Ward committeeman David Fagus, and state representatives Jan Schakowsky and Carol Ronen are doing at a Valentine’s Day party this morning and afternoon at the 400 Theater, 6746 N. Sheridan. Partygoers also get to see the imitation-Disney animated tale The Swan Princess and hobnob with some Mighty Morphin Power Rangers. It’s all free. The movie shows at 10 AM and 1 PM. Call 338-5796 or 764-3815.
R & B singer Seraiah Carol and the Women’s Action Coalition drum corps headline the Lesbian Community Cancer Projects’ fourth annual Valentine’s benefit. The group says they’re expecting 1,000 people at Coming Out Against Cancer, which also includes dancing to music from Madison DJ Sandy Seuser, food, and a chance at massages and I Ching and numerology readings. It’s tonight at 8 at the South Shore Cultural Center, 7059 S. South Shore Drive. Tickets are $35 in advance and $40 at the door. Call 561-4662.
Today at the Newberry Library dance pioneer Arthur Mitchell speaks on his life in dance–from his debut in the mid-50s as the first black male dancer in the New York City Ballet to the 1969 founding of his own company, Dance Theatre of Harlem, which performs February 14-18 at the Auditorium Theatre. The talk begins at 5:30 at the library, 60 W. Walton. It’s $5. Call 255-3510.
Wednesday 15
The organizers of the reading series known as “A Rio Runs Through It” have an antidote to readings that run into the dinner hour: readings that include a nice meal at River North’s Rio Latin Tapas. Tonight Jill Breckenridge reads from her books of erotic fiction and poetry, Civil Blood and How to Get Lucky, as guests munch down on blackened chicken, Peruvian potatoes, chocolate plantains, and more. It’s $12 and starts at 6:30. Call 708-974-5233 for reservations.
