FRIDAY 5
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Court Theatre artistic director Charles Newell and Shakespeare scholar David Bevington have conflated scenes from Willie’s two Henry IV plays to create King Henry IV: The Shadow of Succession, a look at the relationship between the king and his son, Prince Hal. Previews begin tonight at 8 and the production runs through February 11. Show times are 7:30 on Wednesdays and Thursdays, 8 on Fridays and Saturdays, and 2:30 and 7:30 on Sundays. Court Theatre is at 5535 S. Ellis on the University of Chicago campus. Tickets are $16 to $29; student, senior, group, and subscription rates are available. Call 753-4472.
SATURDAY 6
An exhibition at the Chicago Historical Society examines the rich history and cultural makeup of two far-north-side neighborhoods. Rogers Park/West Ridge: Rhythms of Diversity focuses on the area’s ceaseless waves of settlers, many of them immigrants–from the Potawatomi Indians to the Indian/Pakistani community that now thrives along Devon Avenue. The exhibit not only looks at the area’s past, considering for instance how natural features have influenced community development, but also peers into its future, examining how the residents of today and tomorrow will pursue their visions of the neighborhood. The show runs Sundays from noon to 5, Mondays through Saturdays 9:30 to 4:30, through August 4 at the museum, Clark and North. Admission is $3, $2 for seniors, $1 for children under 18. Call 642-4600.
WEDNESDAY 10
Winslow Homer’s serenely unsettling 1864 painting On Guard–which pictures a young boy playing war, protecting a field from an advancing band of destructive crows–is this month’s “collection cameo,” a work selected from the permanent collection of the Terra Museum of American Art for a 30-minute lecture. D. Scott Atkinson, the museum’s curator of collections and exhibitions, will give a lecture on the painting following a luncheon at noon. It’s $20, $15 for museum members, students, and educators. The museum is located at 664 N. Michigan. The deadline to register for the event is January 9. Call 664-3939.
