Events for December 11th, 2009

Aikido class

Japanese Culture Center - 1016 W. Belmont - Chicago (Lakeview)

Learn moves derived from ancient samurai traditions combining dance and martial arts, with a focus on flexibility and relaxation.

Weekly wine tasting

Taste Food & Wine - 1506 W. Jarvis Ave. - Chicago (Rogers Park)

Sample from the store's extensive inventory.

Dirty Laundry

Center on Halsted - 3656 N. Halsted St. - Chicago (Boystown)

6:30 p.m.

See a screening of the GLAAD Media Award-nominated film by Maurice Jamal about a gay man who returns home to Georgia and discovers that he has a 10-year-old son.

John Sebastian, David Grisman

Old Town School of Folk Music - 4544 N. Lincoln Ave. - Chicago (Lincoln Square)

7 p.m. and 10 p.m.

Dashboard Confessional

Aragon Ballroom - 1106 W. Lawrence Ave. - Chicago (Uptown)

7 p.m. CANCELED

New Found Glory, Never Shout Never, Single File.

Tony Kenny's Christmas Time in Ireland

Irish American Heritage Center - 4626 N. Knox Ave. - Chicago (North Park)

7 p.m.

With Victoria Kenny, Joe Cuddy and the Dublin City Dancers.

Graceland

National Pastime Theater - 4139 N. Broadway - Chicago (Uptown)

After three extensions to the original run, Profiles Theatre moves their production of local playwright Ellen Fairey's world premiere dramedy--the tale of four lonely Chicagoans who must face the interconnected consequences of their poor decisions during the weekend of the Air and Water Show--to...

Improvised Shakespeare

iO - 3541 N. Clark St. - Chicago (Lakeview)

An evening of off-the-cuff comedy features the bard's themes and Old English language. Expect power struggles, star-crossed lovers, sprites, kings, queens, princesses, sword-play, rhyming couplets, asides, insults and disguised identities.