Friday 24
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Gospel singer Clarence Fountain is blind as a bat and 60 if he’s a day; plus he’s a sex god. He leads the Five Blind Boys of Alabama and just got done starring in the Goodman’s The Gospel at Colonus. His and the Blind Boys’ only local club appearance before they blow town is tonight at B.L.U.E.S. Etcetera, 1124 W. Belmont, at 9:30. It’s $10, and cheap at that. Call 525-8989.
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If you’re really a fan of life in all its manifestations, you worry about the snail darter as much as the snow leopard, and the rare weed as much as the tropical rain forest. At the Morton Arboretum tonight, rare-plant expert Marlin Bowles (no, not Perkins) will talk on Illinois’ endangered plants–how they’re given legal protection, how their populations are monitored, and what can be done to save them. He’ll also talk about (and probably show off) the endangered species habitat now under construction there. The talk starts at 7:30, and lasts till 9. It’s $3. The arboretum is in Lisle just off I-88 at Illinois route 53 north; call 708-968-0074 for more information.
