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Video may be taking over the world, but here’s a chance to help your children appreciate what good, old-fashioned film is all about before MTV rots their brains. The Experimental Film Coalition is sponsoring Filmmaking for Kids with award-winning filmmaker Laurie Dunphy leading the class. If you have a junior Orson Welles, this could be his chance. The class is designed for 7- to 10-year-olds and begins today from 1 to 4 at the Noyes Cultural Arts Center, 927 Noyes in Evanston. It’s $90 for the full eight weeks, but there are scholarships available. Call 772-6209 or 869-7664 for more details.
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Last February, one of Chicago’s own treasures–blues queen Koko Taylor–and her band were driving through the Tennessee mountains when a tire on their van blew, sending it plunging off the road and nearly over a cliff. The money raised at tonight’s All-star Benefit Concert featuring Robert Cray, Albert Collin and Kim Wilson (sponsored by WXRT) will help Taylor and her band pay their medical bills. You can’t find a better cause than this. It’s $25 at the Riviera, 4746 N. Racine, at 7:30. Call 973-7736 for more.
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