Events for October 13th, 2008
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Monday - October 13th
Restaurants / Dining Event
Sweetest Day at Geja's Cafe
Geja's Cafe - 340 W. Armitage Ave. - Chicago (Lincoln Park)
Share half-price bottles ($22) and glasses ($10.18 for two) of Gruet's Sweetest Wine-Demi-Sec sparkling wine.
Theater / Theater Event
Eurydice
Victory Gardens Biograph Theater - 2433 N. Lincoln Ave. - Chicago (Sheffield/De Paul)
7:30 p.m. opening night
In this modern retelling of the classic Greek myth by Evanston native and Pulitzer Prize-nominee Sarah Ruhl ("A Clean House"), Eurydice's wedding plans to her true love Orpheus go awry when she sets off after a man bearing a letter from her dead father and ends up in the underworld.
Theater / Comedy
The Chicago Brawl and Free For All
The Playground Improv Theater - 3209 N. Halsted St. - Chicago
8 p.m. Attila vs. Jessica
Eight improv ensembles (two per week) compete for audience votes. The winning ensemble takes home $200 and lands a one-month gig at The Playground Improv Theater.
Theater / Comedy
The Chicago Brawl and Free For All
The Playground Improv Theater - 3209 N. Halsted St. - Chicago
8 p.m. Attila vs. Jessica
Eight improv ensembles (two per week) compete for audience votes. The winning ensemble takes home $200 and lands a one-month gig at The Playground Improv Theater.
Theater / Comedy
Impress These Apes
Lakeshore Theater - 3175 N. Broadway - Chicago
Eight local actors compete in various talent challenges, such as singing show tunes and delivering dramatic monologues, while a panel of judges dressed as futuristic apes awards points. One final winner receives $500.
Music / Rock
Theater / Comedy
Dobie Maxwell
Zanies Comedy Nite Club - 1548 N. Wells St. - Chicago (Old Town)
8:30 p.m.
As seen on "The Oprah Winfrey Show" and CBS-TV's "Entertainment Tonight."
Events / Recreation Event
Bat Pumpkins
Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum - 2430 N. Cannon Drive - Chicago (Lincoln Park)
11 a.m. - 1 p.m.
Create your own nature-themed pumpkin. Materials provided; bat and snake designs encouraged.
Theater / Comedy
The Best of The Second City
The Second City - 1616 N. Wells St. - Chicago (Lincoln Park)
Humorous highlights from their most popular revues.
Theater / Comedy
Gung Hoes Improv Show
The Playground Improv Theater - 3209 N. Halsted St. - Chicago
The Gung Hoes perform a long-form improv set with scenes and games based on audience suggestion. A rotating roster of guest troupes opens.
