Friday 9
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Using a bag of potato chips, a hammer, and a few assorted household items, performance artist Terry Galloway takes on topics such as Berlin, camps for crippled children, snakes, detectives in drag, sadomasochistic ventriloquism, and why feet are unhip in Out All Night and Lost My Shoes. Deaf since the age of 12, Galloway says her disability has left her “acutely aware of both the duplicity that language is capable of and the many expressions the body cannot hide.” Defying a few stereotypes, Galloway speaks in a clear voice with perfect enunciation. The show makes its Chicago premiere at 8 tonight and tomorrow at Randolph Street Gallery, 756 N. Milwaukee. Tickets are $6, $4 for RSG members. Call 666-7737.
Saturday 10
If you looked at Ted Lechowicz’s legislative record, you’d think he was antiabortion. But when he announced his candidacy for Cook County Board president, he said he supported a woman’s right to choose. Just recently, when he realized he needed something to separate him from front-runner Stanley Kusper among conservative Polish voters, he sent out word he might be antiabortion again. Lechowicz will get another opportunity to take a stand at today’s candidate forum sponsored by the National Abortion Rights Action League. Lechowicz, Kusper, R. Eugene Pincham, Richard Phelan, and lone Republican Aldo De Angelis say they’ll show or send somebody. The free entertainment starts at 2:30 PM at the Wellington Avenue United Church of Christ, 615 W. Wellington. Call 644-0972.
Government officials keep insisting that Michael Reese Hospital’s withdrawal from the city’s trauma system won’t affect travel time for those who are seriously injured. They say residents in the old Michael Reese territory are still within 20 minutes of Christ or Cook County hospitals. But folks in the Englewood community aren’t so sure. Concerned Citizens for Emergency Services are holding a community forum at 7 tonight at the Ogden Park field house, 6500 S. Racine. They’ll hear from a series of elected officials, health-care providers, and community activists about what they can do. It’s free. Call 488-8135.
The Children’s Memorial Hospital White Elephant Shop needs money. It also needs to unload a bunch of politically incorrect furs and fur pieces donated by really generous or really guilty people. So the shop’s annual fur sale is on, with prices ranging from $5 for pieces to $850 for coyote coats. Proceeds go to help cover the cost of patient care at the hospital. The sale runs from 5:30 to 8:30 PM at 2380 N. Lincoln. Call 281-3747.
