Friday 20
Matthew Owens–sculptor, puppeteer, and connoisseur of death, gore, and corpses–is in the midst of another performance piece. RM 1348 limns the gory thought-dreams of a hospital patient (he’s in room 1348) between operations. “Jumping from narrative to shadow puppetry,” say the folks at Club Lower Links, “from musical interludes to intrusive medical treatment, from philosophizing to inarticulate babbling, the piece is intended to convey the relationship (real or perceived) of modern medicine and state-sanctioned torture as well as that of the renegade hypochondriac and the very real consequences of disease and malady.” The show continues tonight and next Saturday at 9; admission is $7. Lower Links is at 954 W. Newport. Call 248-5238.
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In My Mother’s House, a memoir and history about 1930s labor organizer Rose Chernin by her daughter, Kim Chernin, is considered by some to be a classic on mother-daughter relationships. A staged adaptation by Arnold Aprill opens tonight for a five-week run. The National Jewish Theater production stars Barbara Faye Wallace as Kim and Marge Kotlisky as Rose; performances are tonight at 7:30, Wednesdays and Thursdays at 7:30, Saturdays at 8:15, and Sundays at 2 and 7:30. Tickets are $17-$24. It’s at the Mayer Kaplan Jewish Community Center, 5050 W. Church in Skokie; call 708-675-5070 for details.
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On display through January 5 is an exhibit of a more sartorial sort: some of the costumes worn by Chicago dance pioneer Ruth Page–including two designed by abstract sculptor Isami Noguchi–can be seen in the costume alcoves of the Chicago Historical Society, Clark and North, Monday through Saturday 9:30 to 4:30 or Sunday noon to 5. Admission is $3, $2 for students and seniors, $1 for those under 18, and free on Mondays; 642-4600.
