Events for December 5th, 2008
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Friday - December 5th
Bars & Clubs / Bar/Club Event
Santa Cause 4
Sluggers Sports Bar & Dueling Pianos - 3540 N. Clark St. - Chicago (Wrigleyville)
7 p.m.
WSCR-AM 670 host and producer Matt Abattacola and Pimprov comedy's Jonathan Keaton host a singles auction for dates with local celebrities and professionals. A raffle features sports and concert tickets, a massage and more. Enter the "Bad Santa" costume contest and you could win a cash prize.
Bars & Clubs / Community Event
Lakeview Pantry Toy Drive
Murphy's Bleachers - 3655 N. Sheffield Ave. - Chicago (Wrigleyville)
7 p.m. - 1 a.m.
The Damn Hoovers play live rock at this holiday benefit. Guests receive a raffle ticket for every toy they donate. Prizes, worth about $10,000 in all, include restaurant gift certificates, signed memorabilia, cookware and more. Raffles take place at 9:30 and 11 p.m.
Theater / Comedy
pHrenzy
Stage Left Theatre - 3408 N. Sheffield Ave. - Chicago (Wrigleyville)
Eight improv artists compete for audience votes and suffer arbitrary eliminations during a fast-paced show.
Music / Rock
Theater / Comedy
Wheel of pHortune
Stage Left Theatre - 3408 N. Sheffield Ave. - Chicago (Wrigleyville)
Audience members spin a wheel each week to determine which improv "form" the cast performs. BYOB.
Theater / Comedy
The Improv Jam
iO - 3541 N. Clark St. - Chicago (Wrigleyville)
Volunteer audience members perform improv scenes with veteran I.O. comics. Local funnymen Brett Lyons and Nathan Jensen host.
Theater / Comedy
Improvised Shakespeare
iO - 3541 N. Clark St. - Chicago (Wrigleyville)
An evening of off-the-cuff comedy features the bard's themes and Old English language. Expect power struggles, star-crossed lovers, sprites, kings, queens, princesses, sword-play, rhyming couplets, asides, insults and disguised identities.
Theater / Comedy
The Harold
iO - 3541 N. Clark St. - Chicago (Wrigleyville)
Improv teams explore an audience suggestion using scenes, games and monologues. The 8 p.m. Saturday shows also feature "The Del Tones," an improv musical. The 8 p.m. Friday shows include "The Movie," experimental improv.
Theater / Theater Event
The Fox
The Artistic Home - 3914 N. Clark St. - Chicago (Wrigleyville)
A thriller set in the early 1900s based on the novella of the same title by D.H. Lawrence about a young man who arrives late one night at the home of two lonely women.
Theater / Comedy
The Harold
iO - 3541 N. Clark St. - Chicago (Wrigleyville)
Improv teams explore an audience suggestion using scenes, games and monologues. The 8 p.m. Saturday shows also feature "The Del Tones," an improv musical. The 8 p.m. Friday shows include "The Movie," experimental improv.
