Friday 14
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“Ronald Coyne was seven years old when he stuck a wire into his right eye. An abscess formed in the eye and there was no way to drain it. During surgery the eye was removed and he was fitted with a plastic eye. Sometime later . . . the sister of evangelist T.L. Osborne asked God to restore the boy’s eyesight, not knowing it was a plastic eye.” Needless to say, little Ronald’s sight was restored. At the Friendship Center Assembly of God church tonight and tomorrow night, you can hear his story–a “medically documented, modern-day miracle” that the center says has been told on both Donahue and That’s Incredible! Admission is free; start time is 7:30 both nights at the Friendship Center, 5610 N. Glenwood. Call 274-7545.
Today is your last chance to see Resetting the Stage: Theater Beyond the Loop, an exhibit-cum-tribute to innovative Chicago theater over the last three decades. Closing down the show is a panel discussion on the influence of the city’s theater teachers. Unique Ties: Theater Teachers and Their Former Students, moderated by Reader contributor Albert Williams, will bring together Byrne Piven, Bella Itkin, Barbara Patterson, and former students of each. The discussion takes place in the Public Library Cultural Center theater, on the second floor at 78 E. Washington, beginning at 2 PM; the exhibit is in the center’s G.A.R. Memorial Museum. Both are free. Call 269-2926 for more information; the museum is open 9 to 5 today.
The Second City Children’s Theatre presents Leapin’ Lizards It’s Cinderella (there should probably be a comma in there somewhere, but the theater says no), parodies of four fairy tales. Among the results: “Sleeping Handsome,” a western-style “Cinderella,” and an operatic “The Three Bears.” Performances are today (and every Sunday through November 4) at 2:30 PM at Second City, 1616 N. Wells. Admission is $4; call 929-6288.
After 30 years in the Loop as the house band at the R.R. Ranch, the Sundowners–C and W practitioners Bob Boyd, Curt Delany, and Don Walls Sr.–roamed wild before opening the Sundowners Ranch out in Franklin Park in what used to be a Ponderosa steak house. But they still visit the city occasionally. They play tonight at Club Lower Links along with western duo the Texas Rubies; each band will play two sets, all beginning at 8. Cover is $6. Lower Links is at 954 W. Newport. Call 248-5238.
