Friday, January 25
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When Brigid Murphy isn’t presiding over her zoo-cum-revue, Milly’s Orchid Show, she’s a thoughtful performance artist who goes after the usual subjects–sex, womanhood, marriage, domesticity–with an intensity enhanced by a variety of props. In Brigid Murphy Tells Tall Tales, parts of which she’ll be encoring in this series, she uses everything from an ungainly pair of stilts to a “dress” made up of pots and pans. She performs tonight through Sunday at Club Lower Links, 954 W. Newport, at 8:30 PM. It’s $6; call 248-5238.
Saturday, January 26
Danny Davis’s mayoral campaign against Richie Daley looks like an uphill battle, what with Daley’s very deep campaign fund and effective denaturing (at least until after the election) of several sticky issues. Davis, attempting to revive the coalition that elected Harold Washington, talks at a meeting hosted by the Democratic Socialists of America tonight at 7. It’s free, at the Wellington Avenue United Church of Christ, 615 W. Wellington. Thursday at 7, the DSA is sponsoring a free showing of Seeing Red, a documentary history of the U.S. Communist Party, which should be good for some laughs. The film shows at DSA member James Hughes’s house, 5627 S. Drexel. Call 384-0327.
See Jessica Rabbit catch a cold and a chilly Chip ‘N Dale jam on electric guitars in the newest edition of Walt Disney’s World on Ice. Besides the old standards–Mickey and Donald, Pluto and Goofy–the show includes the vampish Jessica and the feckless Roger from Who Framed Roger Rabbit and Sebastian and Ursula from The Little Mermaid. The show opens tonight at discount prices of $3.50, $5.50 and $8.50 at the Chicago Stadium, 1800 W. Madison. The show runs through February 10, with performances Tuesday through Saturday at 7:30 (except for this Sunday’s show, which is at 5:30) and various matinees. Ticket prices go up $4 starting tomorrow. Call 733-5300.
Shit Happens When You’re an Opal and the Rectum of the Universe was the original title of the poetry collection Lorri Jackson was working on at the time of her death–the heroin overdose melodramatically celebrated in the Tribune, the Sun-Times, and New City. Jackson eventually retitled the collection Scat Logic; a show tonight at Club Lower Links will serve as a memorial for the poet and a fund-raiser for the book’s publisher, Oyster Press. Scheduled are films Jim Sikora made with Jackson, a performance by the band No Empathy, an open mike for people to read Jackson’s work, and more. The show starts at 8:30; a $5 donation is requested. Lower Links is at 954 W. Newport. Call 248-5238.
