Friday 8
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As a performer, Richard Elovich is elfin but intense; as a writer, he’s funny, but in a painful kind of way. Elovich, who has been involved with both ACT UP and Gran Fury, the artists’ collective recently involved in controversial negotiations with the CTA over a series of explicit AIDS education billboards, is in town this weekend to perform his one-person play, If Men Could Talk, the Stories They Could Tell. Curtain time is 8 PM at Randolph Street Gallery, 756 N. Milwaukee. The show is part of the gallery’s Gay and Lesbian Pride Month celebration. Admission if $6, $4 for RSG members. For a full schedule of events, call 666-7737.
As long as you’ve got line and bait, you don’t need an official Park District fishing license to join in the third annual Fishing Rodeo. Prizes–including new bikes, TV sets, and fishing gear–will go to the person in each age category who catches the first fish, the longest fish, and the most fish. Registration starts at 8 AM at Douglas Park, 1401 S. Sacramento. There’s a $1 fee. Call 722-0295.
Monday 11
Michael Scott started out as an administrative aide during Harold Washington’s hectic 1987 campaign, and then served as Mayor Sawyer’s often-opposed special-events chief. Daley now has him presiding over the relatively calm Cable Commission. See him in action and find out what’s happening on the cable-TV front when the group meets today at 9:30 AM in the fourth-floor conference room at the Kraft Building, 510 N. Peshtigo Court. Admission is free. Call 744-4052.
Looks like President Bush is willing to give up on Lithuanian independence in exchange for a united Germany in NATO, but that won’t stop the demonstrations at Daley Plaza or Rock for Baltic Independence, tonight’s musical fund-raiser. Running Dogs, Bankrots, and the Nameless–three bands whose members have roots in Lithuania, Latvia, and Estonia (though none were actually born there)–will donate tonight’s take to the secession movements in the three Soviet-annexed countries. The music starts at 7:30 at Cabaret Metro, 3730 N. Clark. Tickets are $7 in advance from Ticketmaster or $10 at the door. Call 476-2316.
