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Nov 07
30
2007
8:00 PM
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Sorry for the short notice, but I just received this and I would love to go, but not alone! Crispin Hellion Glover is an odd dude. The Red Eye had a good review today on this flick. I saw Brand Upon the Brain earlier this year, and the whole experience was very intriguing and entertaining. Please RSVP so I'll know you're planning to go, or you can e-mail me. You'll be responsible for getting your own ticket in advance $19.25 (with fee) or $17 at the door. Look for me in the lobby about 7:30; I'll print out a Meetup sign and I'm wearing a red sweater and gray pants. If anyone's interested in dinner before, let me know and I'll figure something out. Hello! I am back in Chicago with the latest installment of the "IT" Trilogy "It is fine! EVERYTHING IS FINE! " and performing my dramatic narrative readings of eight different books otherwise known as Crispin Hellion Glover's Big Slide Show. I'll be at the Music Box Theatre this Friday through Sunday, November 30 - December 2, at 8:00. There will be a Q & A after the film, followed by a book signing. I will also and perform a Q and A and book signing for What is it? this Friday and Saturday at midnight. Music Box Theatre
3733 N. Southport Ave
773-871-6604
www.musicboxtheatre. com
The reviews in Chicago have been great! "Critic's Choice!" - Chicago Reader
"A twisted romantic fantasy melded with blood lust!" - Chicago Tribune
"A strange and troubling immersion into the mind of an extremely twisted character." - Newcity
"4 Stars!" - Time Out Chicago It would be great to see you there! Thank you,
Crispin Advance tickets recommended as these shows do sell out. You can buy them at Ticketweb
www.crispinglover.com
Official Website: www.crispinglover.com
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Music Box Theatre
Chicago,
IL, 60613
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1 Yes
0 Maybe
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Oct 07
26
2007
7:00 PM
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It's back!!! Once again, about 250 of us will be joining forces and throwing ourselves a party!
More than 20 different Meetups will be encouraging members to attend. When you RSVP, please only RSVP "yes" on ONE meetup. You can RSVP "no" on others and state that you will be there in your comments section. This will greatly facilitate finalizing the headcount. LOCATION, DATE, TIME, COST Mix
2843 N. Halsted St.
Chicago Date: Friday, October 26
Time: 7 - 10PM Cost: $10 Cover, includes 1 free drink * Our party ends at 10PM. After 10PM, there will be a band or DJ and the room will be opened up to non-meetupers. However, we can stay as long as we like. * The cover for our party is $10. If you arrive after 10PM SHARP, you will be charged the house or band's cover charge. It may be more or less, and it may or may not include a free drink ticket and food. * Food will be served until 10PM. * We'll be in the HUGE back room. The room is actually a dance floor, with booths surrounding the floor. We'll have our own private bar and private restrooms. MENU There will be a buffet of goodies, intended as something between snacks and a full dinner. TRANSPORTATION Driving: There is a parking lot next door.
CTA: This is within walking distance of the Diversy Brown Line stop or is on the Halsted and Diversy bus lines (its one block north of Diversy and Halsted). METROMIX SAYS: Get swanky without the outlandish drink prices at Mix--a comfortable lounge with upscale bar food, plus plasma screens showing videos (Think Gwen Stefani, disco divas and Suzanne Vega co-mingling in a playlist). Plop down on super-comfy, woven leather barstools or sink into low-slung lounge seating in neutral earth tones. In warmer months, there's a great airy appeal of sliding doors and a garage-style door in the front bar. DJs and local bands turn things up a notch on the stage in the big back room.
Cost:
$10.00
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Mix
Chicago,
IL, 60657
41.934010,-87.648659
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1 Yes
0 Maybe
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Oct 07
19
2007
6:30 PM
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5 attended (est.) –
3.001
I am proving myself to be totally unhip. Velvet Hour doesn't open until 8:00pm. So, I must ask you all again to forgive me and hope I'm not drummed out of the assistant organizer's guild forever. So, new plan: Dinner at 6:30 at: Francesca's Forno
1576 N Milwaukee Ave
Chicago, IL 60622
(773) 770-0184
http://miafrancesca.com/restaurants/forno/ Followed by cocktails at Velvet Hour around 8:00-ish. Or feel free to just come to Velvet Hour and look for us. Hopefully I won't screw up in picking out a red balloon....I may prove to be colorblind. After this, hope someone still comes; it'll be fun if I don't get hit by a bus on the way. We've read about this new upscale cocktail lounge in Wicker Park and we're going to try it! Reviews have been great for the ambiance and the perfection of the cocktails. This early it probably won't be too packed and we'll stay as long as anyone wants to. They apparently have yummy small plates available in lieu of dinner. Don't be fooled by the nondescript exterior! "Del Toro's wood-plank facade is now scuffed and plastered with concert bills, no sign or door in site. Sometimes, a well-dressed man stands out front and assists the confused." Come on in and join us. If we get enough of a response, we'll try to get a reservation. Either way, look for the red balloon; don't know where we'll be sitting cuz we've never been! Three Strikes Rule in effect for Dinner - Please update your RSVP.
$1 Meetup fee Jeudi's cell: 708-218-0785 Reviews on Yelp:
From CitySearch:
If "abandoned" is the look from the street, "Kubrick" is the look inside. Parquet floors complement white-trimmed, pale bluish walls, impossibly high-backed chairs and soaring turquoise drapes. The bar runs the length, manned by effective bartenders slinging custom ice, homemade bitters and freshly pressed juice into cocktails of a quality unavailable for half a century. Music is delightfully miscellaneous and the stylish crowd hushed--in part because these drinks are worth serious contemplation.
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Francesca's Forno
Chicago,
IL, 60622
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11 Yes
8 Maybe
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Oct 07
14
2007
6:15 PM
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6 attended (est.) –
5.001
A REALLY FANTASTIC EVENT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Many of Chicago finest entertainers all in one night! WOW! Sunday October 14th, 2007 7:00PM
Doors open at 6 pm. Pre-show entertainment from 6:15 til 7:00pm.
Valet parking available
Park West Theater, 322 W. Armitage, Chicago IL Benefit 2007 features a Tribute to the late Johnny Frigo, as well as special awards to Chicago legends Dave Green, Joe Vito and Judy Roberts. Other entertainers include Nan Mason, Daryl Nitz, Musical Director Beckie Menzie, Tom Michael, Kat Taylor, Brad Thacker, Suzi Petri, Elizabeth Dole, KT McCammond, Joan Curto, Amy Cole, Mark and Anne Burnell, Keely Nicole Busteed and many others. See site for complete istings. www.chicagocabaret.org Ticket prices are $45 for reserved table and bar/balcony seating and $25 Open bar/balcony seating.
After October 12th tickets are only available at the door $50 reserved and $30 open seating.
Available at www.chicagocabaret.org or call the CCP Hotline 312.409.3106. Please make sure to specify whether you would like table or bar/balcony seating on the ticket order form. I STRONGLY RECOMMEND THAT WE HAVE ENOUGH PEOPLE TO RESERVE THE PRIVATE TABLES THAT ARE UP CLOSE AND PERSONAL WITH THE ENTERTAINERS. IT'S THE BEST WAY TO ENJOY CABARET. YES OR NO ONLY. After you get your tickets please update your post so we know you are actually coming. That way I can call ahead and reserve the tables we need for the group. Don't miss this once a year chance at the best entertainment in Chicago
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PARK WEST
Chicago,
IL, 60610
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6 Yes
0 Maybe
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Oct 07
6
2007
6:30 PM
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11 attended (est.) –
4.004
Cost:
$9.25
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Music Box Theatre
Chicago,
IL, 60613
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12 Yes
0 Maybe
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Oct 07
6
2007
1:00 PM
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********** See you at 1pm at the main entrance =) **************
If knowledge makes your cup runneth over, then come out as we enrich our brain cells this Saturday afternoon at the International Museum of Surgical Science (http://www.imss.org/ ). The museum, housed in a luscious historic lakeside mansion on Lakeshore Drive, encases rich exhibits outlining ancient and modern medical practices that "portray the mysteries, breakthroughs, failures, and milestones that have shaped modern surgical science". Fascinating. Exhibits include: Enduring and Alleviating Pain, Medical Imaging, Spinal Surgery, Science of Sight, Heart Disease, Anatomy, Polio, and others, as well as the new exhibit "Beyond Broken Bones" telling the story of orthopedics and prosthetics from Ancient Egypt to the present day. Again, fascinating! Do you feel that "art" is more your thing? Then come and experience for yourself how science and medicine are portrayed from an artistic point of view through illustrations and sculptures and everything in between. CT scans, X-rays, microbes... who knew Neisseria gonorrhoeae (bacteria that causes, well, take a wild guess) could turn into a thing of beauty! I suggest we meet at the main entrance of the museum by 1pm. Fee is a suggested donation of $8 for adults.
There is validated parking at a special rate (check the official site for more info: http://www.imss.org , but as always, public transportation is best! Come on people! Surely I'm not the only one who finds this kind of thing fascinating... I look forward to seeing some of you there =) g.
Cost:
$8.00
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International Museum of Surgical Science
Chicago,
IL, 60610
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9 Yes
3 Maybe
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Oct 07
4
2007
7:00 PM
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11 attended (est.) –
5.001
Let's go see some DADA theater, on the 4th! WNEP Theater has been doing DADA soiree's for several years now, and this one has been getting some amazing reviews. I've heard terrific things about the show, and know the director and some of the cast. One of my friends (who's a real snob when it comes to theatre) has seen it four times. It is, to say the least, a unique theatrical experience. To call it "nonsense theatre" would be oversimplifying it. Everyone I know who's seen it has ranked it among their top theatre-going experiences, ever.
From the WNEP Theater Website:
SOIREE DADA: Blinde Essel Hopse (Blind Donkey Hopskotch) blends elements from both schools of DADA thought: the joy of creative freedom, the celebration of the human imagination...and the dangers of that freedom, the disillusionment of the disenfranchised.
Utilizing all the weapons available (including original music played by instruments created by the DADAists), SOIREE DADA: Blinde Essel Hopse is a schizophrenic carnival ride through the brain of 21st century man balancing rawboned nonsense with laser-beam intelligence and wit. WHERE: DCA Studio Theater at the Chicago Cultural Center
77 E. Randolph St, Downtown Chicago
WHEN: 7:30 PM, Thursday, October 4th
HOW MUCH: $15.00 ($5 discount, below)
TICKETS: call 312-742-TIXS (8497) or go www.dcatheater.org
And, in the spirit of DADA, you can get a $5 discount if you say "Medulla Oblongata" really slowly in a Russian accent, then ask if you have an orange.
Yeah, that's a quote from the director. I'm following up to see if we can use that with reserved seats, or what.
So... we shall see. :)
Some reviews:
"...the piece's anarchic games and strangely mesmerizing nonsense poems are ingeniously buffoonish while its half-giddy, half-terrified insistence on the cruel emptiness at the center of things becomes a kind of merry dirge..."
HIGHLY RECOMMENDED/CRITIC'S CHOICE" -- Chicago Reader
"... one daft roller-coaster ride... aggressive, desperately powerful... a little harmless 'in your face' is a small price to pay for some darn good 'in your brain'."
-- TIME OUT CHICAGO
Let's plan to meet in the lobby, about 7 PM, and maybe head out for drinks afterwards. I'll send out my cell phone number to anyone who RSVP's yes/maybe. Hope you can all make it out! See you there! -Tony
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Chicago Cultural Center
Chicago,
IL, 60601
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19 Yes
4 Maybe
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Sep 07
23
2007
5:00 PM
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10 attended (est.) –
5.005
Flamenco Dinner Show Performance at 6:00pm featuring dancers from Soleo Dance Company.
These series are extremely popular -- and are expected to SELL OUT in advance. Reservations at 5:00pm.
Host - Pam V
SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 2007
Cafe Ba-Ba-Reeba
2024 N. Halsted
Chicago, IL 60614
(1/2 block north of Armitage) Costs:
$7.00 per person (includes tax/meetup fees)
NOTE: Tickets have been purchased and are non-refundable. Tapas/drinks - EXTRA; each person responsible for their own food/drink order
CA$H is King! Bring cash for prompt restaurant payment!
Three Strikes rule is in effect, update your rsvp when your plans change. RSVP Closes on Fri, Sep 21 at 6pm.
Cost:
$7.00
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Cafe Ba-Ba-Reeba
Chicago,
IL, 60614
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11 Yes
0 Maybe
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Sep 07
21
2007
7:00 PM
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It's back!!! Once again, about 250 of us will be joining forces and throwing ourselves a party! We've taken all the great feedback from those at the previous happy hours/socials, shopped around, and found a space, a price, and a menu that is sure to please! MEETUPS PARTICIPATING Any meetup is more than welcome to participate. When you RSVP, please only RSVP "yes" on ONE meetup. You can RSVP "no" on others and state that you will be there in your comments section. This will greatly facilitate finalizing the headcount. So far, the happy hour will be posted on: The Fun Chicago Single
Chicago Scuba Meetup
Got Cabin Fever
Chicago Dining Out
Oak Park / Near West Suburban Singles
The Chicago Area French Language And Social Group
The Chicago Divorce and Broken Relationships Meetup Group
The Chicago English as a Second Language Meetup Group
The Chicago Euro Meetup Group
The Chicago Social Dance Meetup Group
The Chicago Spanish Language Meetup Group
The Chicago Hebrew Speaker's Group
Naperville Wine Meetup LOCATION, DATE, TIME, COST Mix
2843 N. Halsted St.
Chicago Date: Friday, September 21
Time: 7 - 10PM * Food will be served until 10. You are welcome to stay as long as you like. Our party ends at 10PM. After 10PM, there will be a band or DJ and the room will be opened up to non-meetupers. We can stay as long as we like. * Our party ends at 10PM exactly. After that, the room has been rented by the band or DJ. If you arrive after 10PM, you will be considered a guest of the band or DJ. You will be expected to pay the cover for the band or DJ, and you may or may not get a drink ticket. Also, the band or DJ usually donīt serve food. * We'll be in the HUGE back room. The room is actually a dance floor, with booths surrounding the floor. We'll have our own private bar and private restrooms. * The music is fully adjustable, and I've told the owners we would like to be able to talk to each other in normal tones (i.e., no screaming over the music). Cost: $10 cover
This includes one drink ticket and food. * Make sure you get a wristband when you enter! There will be no sign-in sheet this time. MENU There will be a buffet of goodies, intended as something between snacks and a full dinner. TRANSPORTATION Driving: There is a parking lot next door.
CTA: This is within walking distance of the Diversy Brown Line stop or is on the Halsted and Diversy bus lines (its one block north of Diversy and Halsted). METROMIX SAYS: Get swanky without the outlandish drink prices at Mix--a comfortable lounge with upscale bar food, plus plasma screens showing videos (Think Gwen Stefani, disco divas and Suzanne Vega co-mingling in a playlist). Plop down on super-comfy, woven leather barstools or sink into low-slung lounge seating in neutral earth tones. In warmer months, there's a great airy appeal of sliding doors and a garage-style door in the front bar. DJs and local bands turn things up a notch on the stage in the big back room.
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Mix
Chicago,
IL, 60657
41.934010,-87.648659
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6 Yes
0 Maybe
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Sep 07
19
2007
7:30 PM
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Hey, everyone!
I've been telling people about these shows for a bit, and everyone's asked me when I'd post and event. So, here's the scoop: Come see my show, then have dinner afterwards! Next Wednesday, I'd love to get a group to come out to the Theatre Momentum shows at Theatre Building Chicago. Shows start at 8 PM, last till about 9:30, and afterwards, we can all head over to Joey's Brickhouse, across the street, for some terrific food, drinks, and conversation with the cast and each other. Anyhow, here's the scoop: Theatre Momentum presents an evening of improvisation featuring:
Fugue, Lost in Translation, and '97 Bulldogs Shows can be seen at the Theatre Building Chicago (1225 W. Belmont) Wednesdays at 8:00PM. Tickets are just $8! We have a large enough group now, so just let the box office know you're with Meetup, and it'll just be $8/ticket. Yay, for group discounts! No need to make reservations in advance- we have an entire row dedicated to just Meetup. FUGUE (Directed by Don Hall)
Fugue captures the essence of a musical fugue (a polyphonic composition based on one or more themes and enunciated by several voices in turn) through four simultaneous improvised scenes sharing the same physical space and exploring similar themes. LOST IN TRANSLATION (Directed by James Honey)
Lost in Translation proves there?s more than one side to every story?even when it?s told by the same person. See how the story changes in this exploration of storytelling. '97 BULDOGS (Directed by Dennis Frymire)
'97 Bulldogs centers on a group of close friends in small town Illinois. Improvised scenes jump through various points in time between 1997 to today, exploring their lives in the last ten tumultuous years of history. Check out what the papers have been saying about us!
"A worthy alternative to what you'll find at improv mainstays... "The music and constant motion suggest a living organism -- an improv amoeba forever changing shape...
"A hilarious story... felt honest and true."
-Chicago Tribune "A tasty affair..."
"Ambitious..."
"A smart, sensitive premise... impressively realized."
"It soars..."
- Chicago Reader -------------------------------------------- Joey's Brickhouse, where we'll be meeting afterwards, is just across the street, at 1258 W. Belmont.
Check out their silly website. It's a great menu, and delicious food. You can even order s'mores, which are awesome. We'll probably get there around 9:45 or so, and we'll take over some of their central tables near the video screens, so everyone can move around and chit-chat. If you're planning on maybe coming, please RSVP with a maybe, so I can get us a reservation if necessary. Thanks! ALSO!
Since I'm *in* the shows, I won't be able to help you all find seats together at the start of the night. KT and Russ will be doing that, assisting me in the hosting of the event. Try to get there by 7:30 or so, so everyone can meet prior to the show. I'll set them up with some signs and such, prior to the show, and you can all check in with them when you get in. I'll hang out with you all at Joey's afterwards, though. See you Wednesday! -Tony
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Theatre Building Chicago
Chicago,
IL, 60657
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26 Yes
5 Maybe
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