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.
Style / Shopping Event
Southport Stroll
Southport and Belmont Avenues - 3200 N. Southport Ave. - Chicago (Lakeview)
5 p.m. - 9 p.m.
Shop boutiques on Southport Avenue between Belmont ahd Addison for special events and discounts, including a trunk show with local jewelry line K. Amato at Mint Julep, 20 percent off handbags and M2 and more.
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
Stella
Vic Theatre/Brew & View - 3145 N. Sheffield Ave. - Chicago (Lakeview)
7:30 p.m.
Sketch comedy trio stars former members of "The State" Michael Ian Black, Michael Showalter and David Wain.
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.
Theater / Theater Event
The Santaland Diaries
Theatre Building Chicago - 1225 W. Belmont Ave. - Chicago (Lakeview)
7:30 p.m.
Local actor Mitchell Fain stars in an adaptation of David Sedaris' humorous and irreverent essay that details his bizarre experiences and struggle to maintain dignity as a Macy's Christmas elf.
Theater / Theater Event
The Santaland Diaries
Theatre Building Chicago - 1225 W. Belmont Ave. - Chicago (Lakeview)
7:30 p.m.
Local actor Mitchell Fain stars in an adaptation of David Sedaris' humorous and irreverent essay that details his bizarre experiences and struggle to maintain dignity as a Macy's Christmas elf.
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.
