FRIDAY MARCH 25
Jellyeye, the group that brought the drum opera Avalanch Ranch to town in 1992, has put together another one. Eight musicians play an assortment of specially constructed drums accompanied by sound and film backdrops in this hour-long production, which promises to take the audience to “an underworld where familiar repressions burst out and cling to you like screaming animals.” The nonfainthearted can catch the opening of Blood Lotus tonight at Chicago Filmmakers, 1543 W. Division; it runs Friday and Saturday nights at 11 through May 14. Tickets are $7. Call 278-6371 for more.
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Break out that leftover corned beef and slap it on some matzo: Irish-music superstars the Chieftains are coming to Skokie this afternoon for a post-Saint Patrick’s Day concert. The boys will be joined by champion step dancer Michael Flatley at the Centre East, 7701 Lincoln. Tickets are $22-$25, and the show starts at 3. Call 708-673-6300.
A Jesuit priest who went underground rather than serve a jail term for his acts of civil disobedience during the Vietnam war, Daniel Berrigan avoided capture by the FBI at one point by sneaking out of a student rally inside a large puppet. He’ll be joining DePaul University faculty for a free five-discussion series called Conscience, Culture, and the Law that starts tonight at 6 in the DePaul cafeteria, 1 E. Jackson, and continues every other Tuesday through May 24. For more information call 362-8515.
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