Events for December 2nd, 2008
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Tuesday - December 2nd
Bars & Clubs / Bar/Club Event
Mixtape Tuesdays Open Mic
The Spoken Word Cafe - 4655 S. King Drive - Chicago (Grand Blvd/Oakland / Fuller Park)
Watch musicians perform hip-hop and soul, or get onstage and perform yourself (BYO music and promo materials). Sign-up begins at 9 p.m. Afterward, DJ Awol spins hip-hop and soul.
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.
Events / Community Event
Art Thing
Hyde Park Art Center - 5020 S. Cornell Ave. - Chicago (Hyde Park/University Of Chicago)
A monthly series features talks by artists and curators about current exhibitions. Includes wine and cheese.
Movies / Movie Event
Doc Films
Ida Noyes Hall, University of Chicago - 1212 E. 59th St. - Chicago (Hyde Park/University Of Chicago)
7 p.m. "Pieces"
Founded in 1940, this student-led society is billed as the longest continuously running club of its kind in the nation. Programming consists of 10-week seasons featuring nightly screenings. In general, Fridays and Saturdays feature blockbuster fare while Sundays through Thursdays are dedicated to...
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.
Museums / Museum Exhibit
Smart Home: Green + Wired
Museum of Science and Industry - 5700 S. Lake Shore Drive - Chicago (Hyde Park/University Of Chicago)
Tour a three-story sustainable "green" home constructed on the museum's grounds
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.
