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It may have escaped your notice that today is the tenth anniversary of the last time Elvis Presley performed in the Chicago area, but more observant people have planned an Elvis fan reunion: it will include a convention from 10 to 7 and an Elvis show from 7:30 to 9:30 at the Berwyn Sokol Hall, 6445 W. 27th Place in Berwyn. $3 for the convention, $5 for the show, $7 for both; 484-7428.
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Loyola’s exquisite Martin D’Arcy Gallery is the setting for the seventh annual Flowers as Art exhibit, 11-5 today and tomorrow in Cudahy Library, 6525 N. Sheridan. A stunning display of flowers, fruits, and vegetables will be arranged to suggest the paintings of the Renaissance or to provide floral frames for art pieces. $1 admission; 508-2679.
The Ryerson Woods Smith Symposium, a series of three Sunday nature programs scheduled to coincide with bird migrations and the blooming of wildflowers, starts with a bird walk at 7:30 AM, 21950 Riverwoods Road in Deerfield. Lectures on birds, animals, and flowers follow, with a lecture at 1:30 titled “The New Explorers: The Filming of Islands in the Jungle” that will feature Field Museum ornithologist John Fitzpatrick and WBBM TV anchorman Bill Kurtis. The workshops cost $5, which covers all three Sundays; the rest is free, but advance registration is requested: 948-7750.
The Temporary Theatre Company of Chicago presents Herstory, a “performance-art variety show” that will be performed only once, at 8 tonight, at the Second City E.T.C., 1608 N. Wells. More than 30 actors are involved in the entertainment, which will feature music, dance, poetry, comedy, drama, eunuchs, and Isadora Duncan. $5; reservations at 262-4453.
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