Friday 24
The 13th annual benefit for the Poetry Center at the School of the Art Institute features a reading by Charles Simic at 8 tonight, Columbus Drive at Jackson. Tickets are $6 and will be available at the door: 871-6175 or 443-3711.
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You won’t exactly expand your list of pen pals, but you can do a good deed on a global scale by participating in an Amnesty International Write-a-thon from noon to 4:30 this afternoon at Northwestern’s Parkes Hall, 1870 Sheridan in Evanston. Sample letters, stationery, entertainment, and refreshments will be provided to those willing to write letters to help prisoners throughout the world. More at 427-2060.
The Salon of Modalisque sponsors the Flea Market, 10-4 today (and the last Sunday of every month) at 616 W. Adams. Avant-garb from artists, accessory and clothing designers, vintage clothing dealers, and assorted “bohemian entrepreneurs” will be for sale in a 7,000-square-foot loft. Info at 559-0107.
Not too long ago, I decided I wouldn’t see another Shakespeare play unless it featured Mick Jagger. People in the know, however, insist that even though Mick will not be featured in the Goodman’s production of The Tempest, it has other redeeming features, including very hilarious stuff from Del Close, Ariel’s flight done by the people who hung Mary Martin from the sky in Peter Pan, and plenty of very special effects. It opens at 7:30 tonight and continues through May 29, 200 S. Columbus. Tickets are $15-$25; reserve at 443-3800.
A concert performance of “Don Juan in Hell,” the third act of George Bernard Shaw’s Man and Superman (typically not performed with most stage productions) will be given tonight at the Ruth Volid Gallery, 225 W. Illinois. A benefit for the Body Politic Theatre, the black-tie festivities get under way at 5:30 with a buffet reception; tix are $55. A second presentation is planned for 7:30 on May 6 at the theater, 2261 N. Lincoln; $20, wine included. The other two acts can be seen at the Body Politic through May 10; $14-$17. Details on all of the above at 871-3000.
