Events for December 5th, 2008
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Friday - December 5th
Events / Literature Event
Denis Leary signing
Borders Books & Music - 830 N. Michigan Ave. - Chicago (Magnificent Mile)
7 p.m.
The actor-comedian, known for his brazen outlook on life, discusses his newly released book, "Why We Suck: A Feel Good Guide to Staying Fat, Loud, Lazy and Stupid."
Music / Rock
Events / Literature Event
Elia Anie book signing
Waldenbooks - 500 W. Madison St. - Chicago (West Loop)
12 p.m. - 2 p.m.
The author and illustrator autographs her new darkly comic cartoon book, "Evil Penguins: When Cute Penguins Go Bad."
Theater / Theater Event
Bing Faithful & The Bing Faithful 5 in Bing Faithful's Very Merry Nondenominational Holiday Special
The Annoyance Theatre - 4830 N. Broadway - Chicago (Uptown)
In local actor Bob Kulhan's loosely scripted, partially improvised two-act play, a crooner learns, moments before he takes the stage, that his entire band has died in a bus accident, leaving him to sing all five parts and harmonies to audience-requested holiday songs. In the second act, the ghosts...
Theater / Theater Event
Co-Ed Prison Sluts
The Annoyance Theatre - 4830 N. Broadway - Chicago (Uptown)
The Annoyance Theatre remounts its long-running inaugural production, a campy musical comedy about the adventures of male and female inmates serving time for sex offenses.
Theater / Theater Event
The David Bowie Hepzikat Velvet Flarney Solstice Spectacular…Live From Space! (David Bowie's Christmas Special 1977 Network Edit)
National Pastime Theater - 4139 N. Broadway - Chicago (Uptown)
Characters portraying Mick Jagger, Annie Lennox, Iggy Pop, Marianne Faithfull, Nipsey Russell, Charo, the ghost of Freddie Mercury and yes, David Bowie appear in a fictional '70s TV-style Christmas special.
Theater / Theater Event
The Other Cinderella
Black Ensemble Theater - 4520 N. Beacon St. - Chicago (Uptown)
Black Ensemble Theatre remounts an updated version of its 1976 debut production, Jackie Taylor's urban musical adaptation of the classic fairytale, in which a "fairy godmama" arrives from Jamaica to help the housing project-dwelling heroine.
Theater / Theater Event
Men of Tortuga
Profiles Theatre - 4147 N. Broadway - Chicago (Uptown)
In an undisclosed location, three men scheme with a weapons specialist to eliminate the opposition in this dark comedy of negotiation, conspiracy and assassination by Jason Wells ("Perfect Mendacity").
Events / Literature Event
The Takeover
Da Book Joint - 9527 S. Jeffery Ave. - Chicago (Calumet Heights)
Local performer Deana Dean hosts area poets. An open mic follows.
Events / Literature Event
Make/Shift Magazine reading
Women & Children First - 5233 N. Clark St. - Chicago (Andersonville)
7:30 p.m.
Hear readings from the contemporary feminist culture magazine by editors/publishers Daria Yudacufski and Jessica Hoffman and local contributors Keidra Chaney, Lisa Factora-Borchers, Yasmin Nair, Lewis Wallace and Chelsey Clammer; then talk to the editors about their mission and how you can get...
