SATURDAY 6
SHOPPING & STYLE – Randolph Street Valentine Market
One of the many reasons we hate to see summer fade into the past is the disappearance of this seasonal antique market…until now! The vintage-wares extravaganza is back this month, offering everything from lacy hankies to fancy mirrors. Of all the vintage and modern jewelry, art, clothing, housewares and other ephemera, you’re bound to find something your heart desires. Beaux Arts Plumbers Union Hall Building, 1340 W Washington Blvd (randolphstreetmarket.com). El: Green, Pink to Ashland/Lake. Bus: 9, X9, 20, X20, 65. Sat 6, Sun 7, 10am–5pm. $10, advance $8, students with valid ID $5, kids under 12 free.
AROUND TOWN – Beacher’s Madhouse Costume Ball
Little people, music and insanity sums up this traveling party. Must be 21 to attend. The Venue at the Horseshoe Casino, 777 Casino Center Dr, Hammond, IN (219-473-6060). 9pm, $25–$35.
Mavis Staples
MUSIC – Mavis Staples + Typhanie Monique
Staples might show off some new material as she’s currently holed up in the Wilco loft with Jeff Tweedy and an all-star assortment of Chicago’s alt-twang gang cutting a new record. Old Town School of Folk Music, 8pm, $34–$38.
GAY & LESBIAN – ChancesChances reviews
The monthly queer dance party switches locations for a night of moving and shaking. The Hideout, 1354 W Wabansia Ave (773-227-4433). Bus: 72, 73. 11:30pm, $5.
DANCE – Late Night Ice Dance Party: Michael Jackson/’80s Night
“Michael Jackson on ice”—we know there’s an inappropriate joke in there somewhere. Here are the details, anyway, while we try to think of one: Three demonstrations at 7, 8:30 and 10pm—of which we hope at least one features a glittery-gloved crotch grab—break up a free all-skate to your favorite ’80s jams. Millennium Park, McCormick Tribune Ice Rink (11 N Michigan Ave, 312-742-2036). El: Red to Lake; Blue to Washington; Orange, Green, Brown, Purple (rush hrs) to Madison. Bus: 3, 4, 127, 145. 7–11pm, FREE!
SUNDAY 6, after the jump.
SUNDAY 7
DANCE – Triptych Tongues
This performance flight by three black female artists is set to be an intriguing quartet of works on the dance-to-theater spectrum. Lisa Biggs tells a ghost story called The Long Way Home, Misty DeBerry shares her socio-architectural performance Skyline, and choreographer Ni’Ja Whitson presents two new pieces in progress. Links Hall (3435 N Sheffield Ave, 773-281-0824, linkshall.org). El: Red to Addison. Bus: 22, 152. 7pm; $15, students $10.
Amanda Ross-Ho, Frauds for an inside job, 2008. Photo: Robert Wedemeyer
ART & DESIGN – Studio Myths Artists Panel: Nikhil Chopra, John Neff and Amanda Ross-Ho
Three artists from the MCA’s new show “Production Site: The Artist’s Studio Inside-Out” dish about their creative processes. Museum of Contemporary Art, 220 E Chicago Ave. 3pm. $10, MCA members $8, students $6.
MUSIC – Mose Allison Trio
Mississippi-born Mose Allison epitomizes hip white-guy cool. He’s everyone’s favorite singer’s favorite singer, with a pedigree that stretches back to the 1950s, when he began recording, sharing stage and studio with Jack Kerouac’s adored jazzers Zoot Sims and Al Cohn, and the great Stan Getz. Allison’s seductive and easygoing style came as his natural birthright: Mississippi is the land of the blues, and this performer has it in his blood. His new album and Anti- debut, The Way of the World, arrives next month. Jazz Showcase, 4pm, 8pm, 10pm, $TBA.
COMEDY – Your Sunday Best
Watch the newbies man the mike while the pros sharpen their craft at this hipster open mike night. Schubas, 3159 N Southport Ave (773-525-2508). El: Red, Brown, Purple (rush hrs) to Belmont. Bus: 9, 77. 9:15pm.
Sphere: Related Content
Technorati Tags: Al Cohn, allison, Amanda Ross-Ho, amp, antique market, Around Town, Art, art clothing, ashland lake, Ave, Beacher’s Madhouse Costume Ball, brown, bus, Casino, casino 777, casino center, chicago, costume ball, Dance, E Chicago, Events, Five things, GAY, glittery, green, Hall, Hammond, horseshoe casino, Ice, Jack Kerouac, Jeff Tweedy, jewelry art, John Neff, Lake, Lisa Biggs, madhouse, Madison, market, Mavis Staples, Mavis Staples + Typhanie Monique, mccormick tribune, michael jackson, Millennium Park, mississippi, Misty DeBerry, modern jewelry, Monique
Staples, month, Mose Allison Trio, music, N. Michigan, N. Sheffield, N. Southport, night, Night Life, Nikhil Chopra, old town school of folk, old town school of folk music, party, plumbers union, Randolph Street, Randolph Street Valentine Market, Red, Robert Wedemeyer, Stan Getz, studio, style, Sunday, The Way, Theatre, things to do, things to do this weekend, Town, typhanie monique, valid id, W Wabansia, W. Washington, Washington
, musicMusic reviews
