Events for December 2nd, 2008
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Tuesday - December 2nd
Events / Class
Free salsa lessons
Nacional 27 - 325 W. Huron St. - Chicago (River North)
Professional instructors lead a Latin dance class for beginners. The length of the lesson varies based on class size.
Movies / Film Events
Midwest Independent Film Festival's Best of the Midwest Awards
Rockit Bar & Grill - 22 W. Hubbard St. - Chicago (River North)
6 p.m. - 9 p.m.
This year's winning filmmakers receive their awards during an independent film fundraiser featuring appetizers, Effen Vodka cocktails and St. Pauli Girl beers.
Theater / Theater Event
A Christmas Carol
Goodman Theatre - 170 N. Dearborn St. - Chicago (Loop)
12 p.m.
Tom Creamer's stage adaptation of Charles Dickens' classic tale of Ebenezer Scrooge and the true meaning of Christmas.
Theater / Theater Event
Dirty Dancing--The Classic Story on Stage
Cadillac Palace Theatre - 151 W. Randolph St. - Chicago (Loop)
The Broadway touring production of the classic musical film (both written by Eleanor Bergstein) about a privileged girl who falls in love with a male professional dancer from the wrong side of the tracks.
Theater / Theater Event
Ruined
Goodman Theatre - 170 N. Dearborn St. - Chicago (Loop)
7:30 p.m.
A drama by Lynn Nottage ("Crumbs from the Table of Joy") about a savvy businesswoman who runs a brothel in the Democratic Republic of the Congo amidst the ongoing civil war.
Theater / Theater Event
A Midsummer Night's Dream
Chicago Shakespeare Theater on Navy Pier - 800 E. Grand Ave. - Chicago (Streeterville)
Lovers pursue each other through the woods with the help of the king of fairies in Shakespeare's romantic comedy. This production features 23 actors, dancers, martial arts experts, musicians and street acrobats from across India and Sri Lanka, performing in eight different languages with half...
Theater / Theater Event
Siberian Mouth
The Side Studio - 1520 W. Jarvis Ave. - Chicago (Rogers Park)
A comedic take on Fyodor Dostoevsky's short story "White Nights" in which the Siberian tundra, a disappearing fiance, a czar's bizarre taste for imperiled animal hybrids and a shared ferocious independence hinder a would-be couple in their search to discover a cure for shared loneliness.
Theater / Theater Event
Don't Dress for Dinner
Royal George Theatre Center - 1641 N. Halsted St. - Chicago (Sheffield/De Paul)
Jeffrey Donovan (from USA-TV's "Burn Notice") stars in a comedy of errors by Marc Camoletti ("Boeing-Boeing") in which a husband's attempt at a cozy weekend with his mistress while his wife is out of town go awry.
Events / Tours and Vacation
'Behind the Emerald Curtain' tour
Ford Center for the Performing Arts, Oriental Theatre - 24 W. Randolph St. - Chicago (Loop)
Get a behind the scenes peek at "Wicked" with costumes and props from the show, a model of the set, film footage about the musical and a discussion with cast members.
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.
