Friday 9
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Mandy Patinkin’s unlikely hit album–an offbeat collection of cabaret songs–was called Dress Casual, but tonight the star of stage (Evita) and screen (Yentl, The Princess Bride, Dick Tracy) will be hosting a decidedly noncasual affair: Marshall Field’s annual fashion extravaganza A Cause for Applause. The pricey event–tickets are $35-$100–will include a showing of fall trends, a tribute to designer Bob Mackie, and a performance by Patinkin. It starts at 5:30 at the Chicago Theatre, 175 N. State, and benefits the Evening Associates of the Art Institute, the Business and Professional Association of the Chicago Symphony, the Junior Council of the Children’s Memorial Hospital, and the Arts Forum of Urban Gateways; the $100 ticket gets you into a private party with Patinkin afterward. Call 902-1500 for information.
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The fact that our former president could barely bring himself to say the word “AIDS” seems to have set the tone for current United States policy–or lack thereof–toward the disease. A different, more humanistic approach is taken by the Dutch, who have laws that allow them to provide clean needles for drug users among other things. They also have different attitudes toward things like homosexuality, drug use, and cohabitation, says Dr. Rob Tielman, a professor of sociology at the University of Utrecht in the Netherlands and copresident of the International Humanist and Ethical Union. He’ll talk tonight, courtesy of the local Free Inquiry Network, about Dealing With AIDS Humanistically: The Differences in a Humanist Society. The talk starts at 8 at Ann Sather’s, 929 W. Belmont. It’s $2. Call the network at 708-386-9100 for more information.
