Events This Weekend – Agenda
Randolph Street Market
Sat., May 25, 10 a.m.Other Stuff
Everybody's into Gatsby these days, including the Randolph Street Market, the city's best source for fabulous antiques, which reopens for the season with an old-school garden party. There will be carnival games, a fashion show, and a beer garden. The games and threads are vintage; the beer, fortunately, is not.
312-421-1010Beerfly Alleyfight
Sat., May 25, 12 p.m.Parties
Few things go together as well as drinking and writing. That, at least, is the guiding principle of Drinking & Writing Theater. In celebration of Craft Beer Week, they've decided to expand to other arts. In the Beerfly Alleyfight, home-brewed beers will be matched with homemade food, and then each pair will be interpreted by a homegrown artist.
$40
Tavern/Eatery Walking Tour
Sat., May 25, 11 a.m.Other Stuff
Phil Pospychala guides a walking architecture and culture tour that promises stops at "a dozen joints planned into the early evening—no trendy spots or places on the beaten path." $5
LoganSquarist Fundraiser and Raffle
Sat., May 25, 6 p.m.Other Stuff
Enjoy local music, food, and arts vendors. Raffle prizes include gift certificates to Fleur, Chicago Diner, and New Wave Coffee.
(Best) Prom You Never Had
Sun., May 26, 9 p.m.Parties
It might make you feel pretty bad to think about all the teenagers running around having a sexy prom season, meanwhile you're old. Buck up! The (Best) Prom You Never Had is way cooler than any of the dumb dances for the kids. Proof: Girl Group, a 20-piece orchestra made up of local ladies in mod dresses, is performing, along with the Pretty Flowers; Chances Dances DJs spin.
$12
Electric Daisy Carnival: Above & Beyond, Benny Benassi, David Guetta, Kaskade, Michael Mayer, and others
5/24-5/26, Fri-Sun 5 PM-4 AMMusic Festivals, Fairs & Festivals
Dust off your glow sticks and plastic baby pacifier 'cause we've got ourselves a rave to hit up at the Electric Daisy Carnival, a three-day EDM extravaganza in Joliet (note: campsites are available for day-sleeping). Big names like David Guetta, Nadastrom, Tiesto, and Empire of the Sun perform while you dance like a spaz and kiss a bunch of strangers.
$175 three-day regular admission, $295 three-day regular + camping
Brass Spectacular
Sun., May 26, 6:30 p.m.Classical
A celebration Northwestern University's lauded brass program, featuring variations of Wagner's "Ride of the Valkyries" and Gabreli's "Canzon Primi Toni."
Bitchin' Purge 3
Sun., May 26, 8 p.m.Spoken Word/Poetry Slams/Open Mikes
Restaurant employees share true stories of their experiences in the service industry. Comedians Megan Gailey and Ray Holleb also perform.
$5-$10
Barrington Art Festival
5/25-5/26: Sat-Sun 10 AMOther Stuff
A juried arts festival featuring live music and family activities.
The Lake Effect
Through 5/26: Tue-Thu 7:30 PM, Fri 8 PM, Sat-Sun 4 PMTheater & Performance
Playwright Rajiv Joseph is best known for Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo, which was introduced to Chicago last winter by the Lookingglass Theatre Company. A Pulitzer Prize finalist in 2010, the play offers a dreamlike, absurd, yet morally and politically serious evocation of Dubya's Iraq war—narrated by the title cat, who's killed for biting off an American soldier's hand only to find himself walking the ruined streets of Baghdad as a ghost. Don't expect the same sort of experience from The Lake Effect, the Joseph script getting an uneven but involving world-premiere production now at Silk Road Rising. This one is a totally different animal. Continue reading >> $35
Irish Fest
Through 5/27: various timesOther Stuff
It's an established fact that the only true Irish in Chicago are the south-side Irish. Celebrate them this weekend at Irish Fest with a wide range of traditional activities: beer drinking, sausage eating, step dancing, music playing, Connemara horse petting, freckle counting, and, of course, Sunday mass. $10-15 daily, $27 four-day pass
Lane Tech Century Foundation Memorial Day Carnival
5/24-5/27: Fri 5 PM, Sat-Mon noonOther Stuff
Lane Tech College Prep hosts this annual festivity, which features such traditional attractions as a carousel and a Tilt-A-Whirl.
Medley: A Collage Show
Through 5/31:Galleries
A series of two- and three-dimensional collages. Reception Fri 4/12, 6-10 PM.
Creditors
Through 6/2: various times, see websiteTheater & Performance
David Greig's 2010 adaptation renders August Strindberg's drama as a sharp ideological and sexual power play. Strindberg's interest in Darwinian theories of survival manifests itself in the battle between a hypersexual writer, Tekla, and her former teacher and husband, Gustav, who's returned to destroy Tekla and her new lover, the ailing artist for whom she betrayed him. Beyond Strindberg's critique of marriage and other nonsustaining frameworks, this naturalistic drama explores notions of artistic salvation and the fluidity of the self. Mark L. Montgomery is hypnotic as Gustav, a man possessed by forces beyond his full comprehension. Under Sandy Shinner's direction, Remy Bumppo delivers a captivating 90-minute production of the Swede's still-gripping psychological drama. —Suzanne Scanlon $27.50-$47.50
What's the T?
Through 6/2: Fri-Sat 7 PM, Sun 3 PM; also Sat 6/1 3 PMTheater & Performance
In a play inspired by Chicago's Boystown, an LGBT activist uses her YouTube presence to lessen tensions in her community through dialogue and performance.
$15
