Friday 2
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The Cook County Democratic Party endorsed State’s Attorney Cecil Partee in his bid for reelection. The do-gooders, from IVI-IPO endorsed unknown challenger Ray Smith. Progressive 31st Ward alderman Raymond Figueroa, who’s sick of being on the losing side in elections, skipped over former school board president Raul Villalobos to back Alderman Patrick O’Connor, one of the former Vrdolyak 29. You can make up your mind about who to vote for by coming to a debate between the Democratic candidates for Cook County state’s attorney at 8 tonight at Congregation Kol Ami at Water Tower Place, 845 N. Michigan, in suite 913E. Partee won’t be there, but the others will. Come in through the Chestnut Street entrance. It’s free. Call 664-4775.
Saturday 3
In La Nik a Wet, a performance by Belgium’s Le Theatre de Banlieue, two characters dance, whisper, shout, sing, and even play bebop on a bunch of rusty metal buckets, basins, tubing, and funnels. The play, by Isabelle Lamouline and Alain Mebirouk, is about communication. Today’s show is the last of the current run atthe International Performance Studio, 1517 W. Fullerton. Curtain time is 3 PM. Tickets are $12 to $15. Call, 281-9075.
Wednesday 7
The Mountain is Lauri Macklin’s new collaborative dance and theater work about life in the corporate world. Macklin’s collaborators are visual artist Michael O’Brien, who organized the wacky Pax Excellence Miniature Golf Course; Lou Mallozzi, who founded the Experimental Sound Studio; and performance artist Michael K. Meyers, whose work has been widely praised for its innovations. The work, which will be performed this weekend and next, debuts at 7 tonight at MoMing Dance & Arts Center, 1034 W. Barry. Show times are 8 on Friday and Saturday, 3 on Sunday. Tickets axe $10, $8 for students and seniors. Call 472-9894.
