Events for December 9th, 2009
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Wednesday - December 9th
Bars & Clubs / Bar/Club Event
Dirty Bingo
Cans Bar and Canteen - 1640 N. Damen Ave. - Chicago (Bucktown/Wicker Park)
The popular board game gets a raunchy reworking at this monthly bash.
Bars & Clubs / Bar/Club Event
No Tell Motel: Kinky X-Mas
Debonair Social Club - 1575 N. Milwaukee Ave. - Chicago (Bucktown/Wicker Park)
10 p.m. and 11:59 p.m.
A holiday show features Eve's Parlor Burlesque and fire-eating stripper Miss Pussykatt.
Theater / Theater Event
The Addams Family
Ford Center for the Performing Arts, Oriental Theatre - 24 W. Randolph St. - Chicago (Loop)
Tony Award-winners Nathan Lane and Bebe Neuwirth star as Gomez and Morticia in the pre-Broadway world premiere of the musical based on the bizarre family of characters created by cartoonist Charles Addams.
Theater / Theater Event
American Buffalo
Steppenwolf Theatre Company - 1650 N. Halsted St. - Chicago (Sheffield/De Paul)
Pulitzer Prize-winner Tracy Letts ("August: Osage County") stars in David Mamet's drama about three small-time crooks in a rundown Chicago junk shop who plot to steal a valuable buffalo nickel. Francis Guinan also stars.
Theater / Theater Event
Bear Down!
Fizz Bar & Grill - 3220 N. Lincoln Ave. - Chicago (Lakeview)
A new comedy in which a group of diehard football fans gear up for a winning year--fueled by visits from the ghosts of former Chicago Bears quarterbacks--but succumb to frustration when the season takes a turn for the worse.
Theater / Theater Event
Cirque du Soleil's Banana Shpeel
The Chicago Theatre - 175 N. State St. - Chicago (Loop)
2 p.m.
A new production written and directed by David Shiner ("Kooza") is heavy on comedy and choreography, blending slapstick with such dance forms as tap and hip-hop.
Theater / Theater Event
Young Frankenstein
Cadillac Palace Theatre - 151 W. Randolph St. - Chicago (Loop)
Tony Award-winners Roger Bart and Shuler Hensley recreate their Broadway roles as Dr. Frederick Frankenstein and The Monster respectively in Mel Brooks' and Thomas Meehan's adaptation of Brooks' classic film parody of Mary Shelley's "Frankenstein," in which a New York surgeon must face his family's...
Events / Community Event
Holiday Flower Show
Garfield Park Conservatory - 300 N. Central Park Ave. - Chicago (Garfield Park)
View hundreds of poinsettias, as well as Christmas trees, Jerusalem Cherry plants, ornamental peppers and more.
Events / Museum Exhibit
Camino a Casa: Coming Home on Day of the Dead
National Museum of Mexican Art - 1852 W. 19th St. - Chicago (Little Tuscany)
Celebrated author Sandra Cisneros (“The House on Mango Street”) created a special ofrenda (altar) for the 23rd annual exhibition, billed the largest of its type in the U.S.
Events / Community Event
Christkindlmarket Chicago
Daley Plaza - 50 W. Washington St. - Chicago (Loop)
An open-air, German-style market showcases handmade ornaments, accessories, clothing and gifts from more than 50 vendors. Also features German food and drink such as beer, hot spiced wine, potato pancakes, bratwurst, schnitzel, strudel and more.
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