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Free Stuff
Enter to Win a Pair of Tickets to see the Windy City Rollers
Saturday, February 11th
Belles VS Fury and Manics VS XXers
6 pmUIC Pavilion - 525 S. Racine
Events
Theater Thursdays: Enter to Win Tickets to see Peter Pan's Shadow Part One: Neverland
Thursday, February 16th
7 pm
Dream Theatre Company
556 W, 18th St. Chicago 60616
Telling a Peter Pan story very different from those we have known, Dream Theatre probes the darker corners of Neverland and the selfish boy who forced it into being. This is the new adventure of Peter Pan and the younger sister who believed him to be dead for her entire life; after meeting him and Tinker Bell, it might have been better if that had been the case.
Theater Thursdays: Enter to Win Tickets to see Mark Twain: Patriot, Teacher, Philosopher
Thursday, February 23rd
7 pm
Saint Sebastian Players
1625 W. Diversey,Chicago,60614
Come out of the cold on Thursday, February 23, to eat, drink, and chat with the director and producer, then see this original adaptation of Samuel Clemens' works, Mark Twain: Patriot, Teacher, Philosopher. Beyond Tom Sawyer and Huck Finn, this will be an evening of wit, wisdom, laughter, and satire as only Mark Twain can deliver. Live music will have your feet a'stompin' and your blood a'pumpin'. Don't miss it!
Theater Thursdays: Enter to Win Tickets to see The Fisherman
Thursday, March 1st
6:30 pm
Stage Left Theatre
1229 W. Belmont Ave. Chicago,60657
For brothers Carl and Chucky Lund, retirement means building a cabin on Pequot Lake, the perfect place for fishing while listening to the Twins lose (again). But that dream is destroyed when they are forced out of their jobs and pensions by the airline to which they've devoted their lives. With his back against the wall, Carl begins to question how far a man can be pushed before he pushes back.
Enter to Win a Pair of Tickets to see Daniel Tosh at the Chicago Theater
Thursday, April 19th
7 pm
The Chicago Theater - 175 N State Street
Sign up to win tickets to see comedian Daniel Tosh of Comedy Centrals Tosh.0 on his 2012 tour.
Concerts
Enter to Win a Pair of Tickets to see Cate Le Bon at Schubas
A new force in song craft, Cate Le Bon currently resides in Cardiff's infamous French quarter and befitting a songwriter who only writes in the dark, her music is a heady and highly personal Gallic stew of equal parts Nico, Malkmus and the chronicler's own emotional observations on the impossibility of existence.
Tuesday, February 14th
8 pm 21 +Schubas - 3159 North Southport
Movies
Enter to Win a Pair of Tickets to a Screening of El Bulli at Gene Siskel Film Center
Sign up for a chance to win an "admit-two" pass for a screening of El Bulli, February 6th, 7th, 13th or 14th
SYNOPSIS:
Spanish chef extraordinaire Ferran Adrià is often extolled by his devotees as an alchemist who brings the aesthetics of taste to new heights. Others deride him as a foodie’s Dr. Frankenstein. However you choose to label him, there is no doubt that the world’s foremost proponent of molecular gastronomy aims to bring the principles of science and the sleight-of-hand of magic to the art of cooking. This concentrated portrait conveys the spirit of no-holds-barred experimentation, the discipline, and the tension that characterize Adrià in action with his team in his laboratory-like kitchen as the slate of dishes for a new season at his exclusive restaurant El Bulli is conjured up. In Catalan with English subtitles. HDCAM video.
El Bulli has several screening times. For more info, please visit www.www.siskelfilmcenter.org/elbulli
Enter to Win an 'Admit Two' Pass to see Ghost Rider Spirit of Vengeance
Sign up for a chance to win an "admit-two" pass for an advance screening of Ghost Rider Spirit of Vengeance, Thursday, February 16th
SYNOPSIS:
Nicolas Cage reprises his role as Johnny Blaze in Ghost Rider™ Spirit of Vengeance. In this gritty new vision for the character, directed by Neveldine/Taylor (Crank), Johnny is still struggling with his curse as the devil’s bounty hunter – but he may risk everything as he teams up with the leader of a group of rebel monks (Idris Elba) to save a young boy from the devil… and possibly rid himself of his curse forever.
Ghost Rider Spirit of Vengeance will be released in theaters Friday, February 17th! For more info, please visit www.thespiritofvengeance.com
Enter to Win Tickets to a Screening of Love Stalker
Sign up for a chance to win an "admit-two" pass for a double screening of Love Stalker and Love & Anarchy, Friday, February 17th
Portage Theater - 4050 N. Milwaukee Ave
SYNOPSIS:
What do you get when you mix a famed zombie maker to an unromantic comedy? Billy “Silver Dollar” Baxter Presents: “Love Stalker.” Lensed in the St. Louis metro area, Mt. Prospect native and Columbia College alum Matt Glasson teamed up with his former Columbia classmate, B. Bowls MacLean, to make the feature film “Love Stalker.” Glasson is now bringing their UNromantic comedy home for its Chicago premiere at the Portage Theater (8:00 PM Friday, February 17).“Love & Anarchy,” the acclaimed 1973 drama from Lina Wertmüller, stars a young, freckled-face Giancarlo Giannini as a simple peasant chosen to assassinate Mussolini at the dictator’s height of power in the early 1930’s. Giannini received the “Best Actor” award at the Cannes Film Festival for his performance, and Lina Wertmüller went on to direct Giannini again in the critically acclaimed (and badly remade) “Swept Away” (1975) before becoming the first woman ever to be nominated for an Academy Award for Best Direction with her film “Seven Beauties” (1977). The screening on February 17 will be projected using an original 16mm print from Mr. Baxter’s personal archives. (10 pm 2/17)
