Friday 5
While any serious film student has seen the two-hour version of D.W. Griffith’s Intolerance, it originally premiered in 1916 as a highly experimental four-hour-and-ten-minute epic that simultaneously told stories in four different times and places: ancient Babylon, the Middle East at the time of Christ, among the Huguenots in 17th-century France, and a (then) contemporary working-class American neighborhood. For more than nine years Peter Williamson, a film conservator at New York’s Museum of Modern Art, worked on rebuilding the film from a newly discovered print; his reconstruction makes its Chicago debut tonight at 7 and tomorrow afternoon at 2 at the University of Chicago’s Max Palevsky Cinema, 1212 E. 59th St. It’s $15, $7 for students. An important part of the restoration is the re-creation of the film’s original score: this was done by Library of Congress musicologist Gillian Anderson, who will be the featured guest at an accompanying one-day symposium called Music in Silent Cinema. It’s from 9 to 5 today at the university’s film-studies center, room 307 of Cobb Hall, 5811 S. Ellis. The symposium is free, but call 702-8596 for reservations or information on the screenings.
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Monday 8
With Michael Jordan’s and Scottie Pippen’s used sneakers on the block tonight, you have to wonder what’s next: Michael Jordan’s sweat socks? His jock? Anyway, it’s for a good cause: the Body Politic Theatre. Besides the shoes, Celebrity Sports Auction ’93 offers a bat signed by Ryne Sandberg, a sky box for a White Sox game, autographed basketballs from ten NBA teams (including the Bulls), and lots more. Things get under way with a silent auction of signed basketballs, dinners out, and hotel stays at 6 at the theater, 2261 N. Lincoln. The live auction starts at about 8. Tickets are $15, $10 in advance; call 348-7901.
The Women’s Professional Billiard Association hits town today for four days of championship pool shooting at the Marriott, 540 N. Michigan. The group says 48 of the world’s top female players will be here, coursing through a double-elimination nine-ball tournament. (Only balls one through nine are used, and the balls are sunk in numerical sequence. Whoever sinks the nine ball legally–i.e., when it’s the last ball on the table or by knocking it in by hitting the lowest-numbered ball on the table first–wins.) There are two sessions each day, at noon and 7. Admission fees start at $5 for today’s noon session and $7 for the evening round then slowly rise to $10 for the finals session on Sunday evening. Call 708-351-2054 for details.
