Events for August 21st, 2008
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Thursday - August 21st
Restaurants / Dining Event
'Muddle It Up' Cocktail Class
La Madia - 59 W. Grand Ave. - Chicago (River North)
8 p.m.
Mixologist and Metromix Best Bartender 2007 finalist Jennifer Contraveos shares recipes for two of the restaurant's signature summer drinks (The Forget-Me-Not and the Aphrodite) and explains how to create infusions, sour mixes and more. Includes cocktails, pizza and appetizers.
Bars & Clubs / Bar/Club Event
Passport Thursdays
SushiSamba Rio - 504 N. Wells St. - Chicago (River North)
Head to the restaurant's rooftop, which is transformed into cities from around the world each week, including Rio de Janeiro, Buenos Aires and Tokyo. DJ Dani Deahl spins batucada.
Bars & Clubs / Bar/Club Event
Dirty Bingo
Victory Liquors - 2610 N. Halsted St. - Chicago (Sheffield/De Paul)
The popular board game gets a raunchy reworking at this monthly bash.
Theater / Theater Event
Fake Lake
Welles Park - 2333 W. Sunnyside Ave. - Chicago (Lincoln Square)
In this site-specific dramedy based on true events, a group of strangers get more than they bargain for when they take a trip to an ecologically suspect man-made beach. Performed in and around the pool.
Theater / Performance
Cirque du Soleil: Kooza
United Center - 1901 W. Madison St. - Chicago (United Center)
4 p.m.
The renowned troupe returns to Chicago with a new production under its trademark blue-and-yellow grand chapiteu (big top) in Parking Lot K.
Theater / Theater Event
Superior Donuts
Steppenwolf Theatre Company - 1650 N. Halsted St. - Chicago (Sheffield/De Paul)
A world premiere comedy by Pulitzer Prize-winner Tracy Letts, in which an older Polish man who owns a decrepit Uptown bakery clashes with his only employee, an African-American teenager who wants to upgrade the shop.
Theater / Theater Event
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
Bailiwick Arts Center - 1229 W. Belmont Ave. - Chicago (Lakeview)
Rock musician Dennis DeYoung's musical adaptation of Victor Hugo's classic novel of the same title portrays the love triangle between the gypsy Esmeralda, the priest Frollo, and the deformed bell-ringer Quasimodo.
Events / Community Event
Bite-Size Arts Ensemble
7:30 p.m. - 9 p.m.
Members of the performance art training organization perform live pop, classical and jazz music during an inaugural benefit. The interactive evening also features the filming of a movie, where audience members are the stars. Includes appetizers and an open bar.
Restaurants / Dining Event
Culinary Cocktail
Vosges Haut-Chocolat - 951 W. Armitage Ave. - Chicago (Sheffield/De Paul)
7:30 p.m. - 9:30 p.m.
Renowned mixologist John Kinder leads a tasting of mixed drinks paired with Vosges chocolates. Also includes appetizers and chocolate-filled gift bags.
Theater / Performance
Cirque du Soleil: Kooza
United Center - 1901 W. Madison St. - Chicago (United Center)
4 p.m.
The renowned troupe returns to Chicago with a new production under its trademark blue-and-yellow grand chapiteu (big top) in Parking Lot K.
