SEPTEMBER
Its promoters say attending Mortal Kombat Live, an exhibition of “martial arts, gymnastics, special effects and illusion,” will allow you to experience “the power of hope and the triumph of good.” Funny, we thought it was just a crass attempt to piggyback on the popularity of the notoriously violent video game and the current hit movie of the same name. Tix are $9.50 to $17.50. Shows start at 8 tonight, 7:30 tomorrow, and noon on Sunday at the Rosemont Horizon, 6920 N. Mannheim in Rosemont. Call 559-1212 for tickets.
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Reduce Abuse, a party tonight at the Ruiz Belvis Puerto Rican Cultural Center, benefits the center as well as the Mumia Abu-Jamal Legal Defense Fund. Deejays Jesse Delapena, Penis, and Chris and David will provide music. Two live bands–the Bag People and the Hemp Squad–are scheduled to appear, along with performance poet Monica Kendrick. It’s from 8 to 2 at the center, 1632 N. Milwaukee. Admission is $5, $3 for those with low incomes. Call 235-3520 for more.
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For his book History Through the Opera Glass, George Jellinek compared the events and characters in approximately 200 historically based operas to their real-life counterparts. The radio personality–whose long-running show The Vocal Scene is broadcast locally on WNIB–will talk about his book at 7 tonight at Borders Books & Music, 830 N. Michigan. It’s free. Call 573-0564.
Anna Quindlen, who walked away from a shot at being the first woman to run the New York Times in order to concentrate on her family and her career as a novelist, is the keynote speaker at today’s annual meeting of the Chicago Foundation for Women. The event begins with a free symposium at 8:45 AM in the grand ballroom of the Hyatt Regency, 151 E. Wacker. The luncheon featuring Quindlen’s talk starts at noon and costs $50. Call 266-1176 for reservations.
