Events for November 20th, 2008
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Thursday - November 20th
Style / Shopping Event
Soles4Souls Shoe Drive at Hubba Hubba
Hubba-Hubba - 3309 N. Clark St. - Chicago (Lakeview)
Bring in a pair of gently worn shoes to donate to Souls4Souls and receive 25 percent off one item at this Lakeview women's boutique.
Bars & Clubs / Bar/Club Event
Lucky Number Eight Party
Kit Kat Lounge & Supper Club - 3700 N. Halsted St. - Chicago (Boystown)
5:30 p.m. - 2 a.m.
Celebrate the restaurant's eighth birthday at an Asian-themed party with fortune cookies, fortune tellers, tarot card readings, a special menu and Asian films showing on the high def screens. Includes a cocktail reception from 6-8 p.m. of select martinis and appetizers.
Theater / Theater Event
A Very Neo-Futurist Christmas Carol
The Neo-Futurarium - 5153 N. Ashland Ave. - Chicago (Ravenswood)
8 p.m. preview
A character portraying the Grim Reaper hosts a re-telling of Dickens' tale of Ebenezer Scrooge and the meaning of Christmas, performed as vignettes at various locations throughout the theater.
Restaurants / Dining Event
Sheffield's Thanksgiving-to-go
Sheffield's - 3258 N. Sheffield Ave. - Chicago (Lakeview)
The traditional meal feeds six and includes turkey, mashed potatoes, green beens, mac 'n' cheese and pumpkin pie. Beer pairings available for an additional $49.95. Place your order by 5 p.m. Nov. 26 for Thanksgiving Day pickup (8 a.m.-12 p.m.).
Bars & Clubs / Bar/Club Event
'80s Flashback Night
Kit Kat Lounge & Supper Club - 3700 N. Halsted St. - Chicago (Boystown)
Watch a different flick from the decade each week on five jumbo screens (7 p.m.). Includes $15 tarot readings, retro menu items, $5 VOX cocktails and half-price bottles of wine with the purchase of two entrees. Also, the Kit Kat Divas perform as '80s pop stars and icons.
Theater / Theater Event
Cut to the Quick
The Side Project Theatre - 1439 W. Jarvis Ave. - Chicago (Rogers Park)
A rotating roster of short plays by local and national playwrights Sean Graney, Brett Neveu, Laura Jacqmin, Phiip Dawkins, Robert Tenges, John Garces, Laurel Haines, Brian Golden, Aaron Carter, Mark Young and others.
Events / Literature Event
Anne Bayse
Women & Children First - 5233 N. Clark St. - Chicago (Andersonville)
7:30 p.m.
The author reads from her book "Green Christmas: How to Have a Joyous, Eco-Friendly Holiday Season" and offers tips for savoring the holidays without increasing your carbon footprint.
Theater / Performance
The Dreams in the Witch House
Athenaeum Theatre - 2936 N. Southport Ave. - Chicago (Lakeview)
In this adaptation of H.P. Lovecraft's horror tale of the same title, a young geometry student is plunged into a journey of terrors through space and time when he rents a room in a cursed house.
Theater / Theater Event
The Screwtape Letters
Mercury Theatre - 3745 N. Southport Ave. - Chicago (Lakeview)
A new adaptation of C.S. Lewis' darkly comic novel of the same title, in which human faith and virtue fall prey to the manipulations of devils who, from their office workplace in hell, teach an apprentice demon how to undermine a young man’s recent conversion to Christianity.
Theater / Comedy
Early Weekend Show
Holiday Club - 4000 N. Sheridan Rd. - Chicago (Uptown)
Local funnymen Joe Fernandez and Mike Liebovitz host performances by Chicago comics.
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