Friday 5
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For nearly 50 years, pianist and torch singer Miss Eve provided the sound track to early evening rendezvous at the Green Mill. In February she dropped out of sight, a victim of heart surgery; now she’s back. A celebration tonight–dubbed the Comeback Player of the Year Party–will feature Miss Eve and a “battle of the saxes” between Green Mill regulars Von Freeman and Edward Petersen. There’s a $5 cover. It all gets under way at 9–and over the next few weeks, Miss Eve will slowly make her way back into her old schedule of Wednesday through Friday, 5:30 to 8:30 PM. The Green Mill is at 4802 N. Broadway; call 878-5552.
Today’s your last chance to see the first annual Invitational Gay Pride Queer Art Show, presented by Queer Nation/Chicago and Bucktown Fine Arts and displaying the work of more than 50 artists. It will be open from noon to 5 today, then closes for a few hours before reopening at 8 for a closing-night party. It’s at Beret International, 2211 N. Elston; there’ll be poetry from Robert Klein Engler, D. Travers Scott, Joan Jett Blakk, and others, with an open mike to follow. The party costs a suggested $4; daytime admission is free. Call 226-5149 for more info.
Monday 8
South-side Irish stand-up comic Tim Cavenaugh, Chicago Women in Comedy prez Marcia Wilke, and humorous poet Dan Pearson are three panelists in a session called “What’s So Funny? Techniques for Writing Humor,” the highlight of today’s program of the Taste of Chicago Writing Conference. The three-hour session tonight at 7–at Saint Xavier College, 3700 W. 103rd–is one of a dozen or so all this week at the conference; there are also week-long workshops on writing in various fields (children’s books, fiction, mysteries, poetry, and more, each three hours daily at $120 a class) offered concurrently. Tomorrow night, same place and time, another panel features a phalanx of Reader theater critics (Lawrence Bommer, Albert Williams, and Tom Valeo) chatting with playwrights Claudia Allen, John Logan, and Charles Smith. Full registration for the conference is $145; there’s a partial registration available for $90. Call 779-3300 for details.
