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AEMMP Records, a nonprofit record company staffed by Columbia College undergrads, was established in 1982 to educate students about the recording industry; the acronym stands for Arts, Entertainment and Media Management Program. Every year students find music to record, promote, and distribute. This year’s pick, the Gloryhounds, is a four-man “psychedelic dance group” with an “eclectic, alternative sound.” There’ll be an AEMMP record-release party for the band tonight at 11 at Lounge Ax, 2438 N. Lincoln. Admission is $5; the band will play, and their new single, “Not Today,” will be for sale. The single is also available at Rose Records, Flip Side Records, Importes Etc., and Wax Trax. More at 525-6620.
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They say Ed Gein–the Plainfield, Wisconsin, multiple murderer whose life was the basis for The Texas Massacre and, some say, Psycho–made furniture out of his victims’ limbs and dressed up in his mother’s skin. Tonight, the Psychotronic Film Society presents “The Shocking, True Story of Ed Gein,” an evening of Gein-mania. To be screened: Ed Gein–The Untold Story (a short documentary) and Deranged (yet another movie based on his crimes). Also on the agenda: a comic (if you can believe that) monologue by Del Close and Kim “Howard” Johnson singing a song he wrote about Gein. The morbidly curious should line up at the 950 Club, 950 W. Wrightwood. Doors open at 7:30, the show starts at 8, and admission is $2. Details at 248-4823.
Professional storyteller Beth Horner-who in the past has been a children’s librarian and a drama teacher–presents Sunny and Spooky Stories of Summer at 10:30 AM at the Dellora A. Norris Cultural Arts Center, 1040 Dunham Road, Saint Charles. Tickets are $2; reserve ’em at 584-7200.
Hey, life wasn’t exactly a bowl of, cherries for a lot of fairytale heroines, which is probably why the London Women’s Film Group made Rapunzel Let Down Your Hair in 1978. The film tells the story four times from different viewpoints, focusing on (1) the tale’s “erotic force,” (2) the stepmother-daughter relationship and medieval ideas about women and witchcraft, (3) a daughter rebelling against her overprotective mother, and (4) the struggle of women to change their image in fairy tales and myths. It will be shown with Little Red Riding Hood, made by Red Grooms the same year. The double feature starts at 6 at the Film Center, Columbus at Jackson. Admission is $6, $4 for members. Info at 443-3733.
