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Performing Arts Review

Zac Thompson

Dutiful Drama

Trust, David Schwimmer's stage play about online predators, is more case study than compelling story.

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Fashion / Chicagoland / Food Chain / Film / Music / Visual Art / Food & Drink / Performing Arts Dinner & a Show: Friday 3/19

Posted by Whet Moser on Fri, Mar 19, 2010 at 2:59 PM

Aaron Wooten
Portrait of Alderman Patrick Levar

Art

Show: The Aldermen Project: 50 Alderman/50 Artists Curators Jeremy Scheuch and Lauri Apple got 50 artists to immortalize an alderman apiece for "The Aldermen Project: 50 Aldermen/50 Artists," including Derek Erdman, Phineas X. Jones, Jon Gitelson, Aaron Wooten and more. [Apple is an assistant editor at the Reader, which is a sponsor of the show.]

Opens Fri 3/19, 7-11 PM. Through 4/2: Sat noon-5 PM and by appointment, Johalla Projects, 1561 N. Milwaukee, 312-636-4966 or 312-833-1108, free

Dinner: Big Star Unlike Paul Kahan's other ventures (Blackbird, Avec, the Publican), Big Star is a bar. But you may have to remind yourself of that, because it's got probably the tastiest Mexican menu of any bar in Chicago.

1531 N. Damen Ave., 773-235-4039

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Onstage / Performing Arts Quick! It's Uncle Vanya

Posted by Tony Adler on Fri, Mar 19, 2010 at 1:14 PM

Viktor Vassiliev
Uncle Vanya

At Chicago Shakespeare only through Sunday, the Maly Drama Theatre's Russian-language production of Uncle Vanya puts English-speaking audience members through three hours of supertitle hell. But it's worth it. Here's my review.

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Visual Art / Free Shit / Environment / Other Stuff 3/20 — Free Workshops at Artisans 21 Gallery

Posted by Sam Worley on Fri, Mar 19, 2010 at 12:54 PM

Tomorrow from 10 AM to 6 PM, Hyde Park's Artisans 21 Gallery (1373 E. 53rd) holds a day of demonstrations on how to create art out of recyclables and "turn your trash into treasures." Children are welcome. For more information, call 773-288-7450.

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