Events for October 13th, 2008
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Monday - October 13th
Events / Tours and Vacation
Chicago Hauntings Ghost Tours
Clark and Ohio Streets - 610 N. Clark St. - Chicago (River North)
A bus tour of locations featured in Ursula Bielski's "Chicago Haunts" book series. View Hull House, Death Alley, the sites of the St. Valentine's Day Massacre and Eastland Disaster and more.
Events / Gallery Exhibit
11th Annual Chicago Art Open
Merchandise Mart - 222 Merchandise Mart Plaza - Chicago (River North)
Drawings, paintings, photographs, prints, sculptures, textiles and more by nearly 300 emerging and established artists.
Restaurants / Dining Event
Royster with the Oyster
Shaw's Crab House - 21 E. Hubbard St. - Chicago (River North)
11:30 a.m. - 10 p.m.
The 20th annual festival features menu specials, nightly slurping contests (6 p.m.), giveaways and more. Festivities also take place at Shaw's Crab House Schaumburg (1900 E. Higgins Rd.).
Bars & Clubs / Bar/Club Event
'Heroes' viewing party
Stretch Run Sporting Club & Grille - 544 N. La Salle St. - Chicago (River North)
Watch the third season of the NBC series on TV and indulge in themed food and drink specials.
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.
Music / Rock
Amon Amarth
House of Blues - 329 N. Dearborn St. - Chicago (River North)
5:30 p.m.
Ensiferum, Belphegor, The Absence.
Theater / Things To Do
Dance Chance
Ruth Page Center for the Arts - 1016 N. Dearborn St. - Chicago (Near North Side)
6 p.m. - 7 p.m. Featured artists: Renata Sheppard, Jackie Stewart and Wannapa P-Eubanks. Guest moderator is San Francisco-based choreographer Alex Ketley
Three local choreographers perform 15-minute sets of new work. All three then join a guest moderator for a 15-minute panel discussion.
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.
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