Friday 19
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“Hulkamaniacs” will gather at the Rosemont Horizon tonight when Hulk Hogan faces challenger Randy “Macho Man” Savage in the championship bout of the World Wrestling Federation Superstars of Wrestling extravaganza. The Hulkster may be the current champ, but Savage has beaten him before. The action starts at 8 at 6920 N. Mannheim in Rosemont. Tickets are $16, $12, and $9; call 559-1212.
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For years former Fifth Ward alderman Leon Despres and the late Mayor Richard J. Daley were unlikely allies in the City Council. The Hyde Park independent would regularly introduce good government bills–which Daley’s cronies would kill. After the public outcry and media editorializing that followed, Daley would gut Despres’ bill, introduce it as his own, and have it pass. Despres, who was later named council parliamentarian by Harold Washington, speaks on The Politics of Downtown Planning and Development at a special dinner meeting of the Friends of Downtown. Tickets are $22 for members, $27 for all others, and include dinner at Binyon’s Restaurant, 327 S. Plymouth Ct. There’s a cash bar at 5:30; dinner’s at 6. Reservations are required by Monday, May 22; call 977-0098.
David Byrne’s recent compilation of Brazilian music has helped put tropicalismo on the American charts, but that light-hearted music is about 10 to 15 years old. The hits now on the charts in Brazil are darker, angrier, and much more hard-driving–like the music of Malukosamba, a ten-piece ensemble that got together last October in Chicago. The group performs at 8 PM as part of the Link’s Hall Performance Series at Lower Links, 954 W. Newport. Tickets are $5. Call 281-0824.
