Noteworthy Calendar
October
 | Patssi Valdez, The Magic Room, 1994 |
galleries & exhibits
Through November 11
Arte Latino
Terra Museum of American Art
This sampling of the Smithsonian's collection of Latino Art
features 66 paintings, sculptures and photographs that represent
different cultural traditions developed by mostly Spanish-
speaking artists living in America over the course of the last
200 years. Many of the artists explore personal identity through
cultural heritage; they include both U.S.-born and immigrant
artists from Puerto Rico, Mexico, and Cuba.
664 N. Michigan
Avenue, 312.664.3939, www.terramuseum.org. Free for students.
Through October 28
Spec: An Acoustic Collaboration between Kevin Drumm
and Simparch
The Renaissance Society
For this project artist-duo SIMPARCH (Steven Badgett and
Matthew Lynch) were asked to address the Renaissance Society's
"unwieldy" acoustics and create conditions favorable to the
presentation of an audio work by Kevin Drumm, a musician who
specializes in experimental and electronic music. The result was
the construction of a dropped ceiling that will change your
perspective of the gallery space and provide a mechanism for pure
listening.
5811 South Ellis Avenue, 773.702.8670,
www.renaissancesociety.org.
film & video
Through November 26
Unseen Cinema: Early American Avant-Garde Film 1893 - 1941
Presented by Chicago Filmmakers and Doc Films, this
internationally touring retrospective series is the first extended
examination of the early years of the American avant-garde
cinema. Curated by Bruce Posner and organized by Anthology
Film Archives and Deutsches Filmmuseum, the films have been
drawn from archives and have been struck in new prints
expressly for this series.
Films show at Cinema Borealis (1550 N.
Milwaukee Ave., $7 Gen., $3 members) and Doc Films (Mav
Palevsky Cinema in Ida Noyes Hall on U. Chicago campus, 1212 E.
59th Street, $4). For more information, call 773.293.1447 or email
[email protected].
October 4 - 18
37th Annual Chicago International Film Festival
Featuring films from 26 different countries, the first female
directed Dogma95 film, as well as special events, including the
opening night reception and Chicago premiere of David Mamet's
new film, Heist, starring Gene Hackman. The festival
also includes three panels for filmmakers:
"Black Filmmaking in the 21st Century," "Black Women
in Film from Etta to Halle," and "Women in Today's
Mexican Cinema." Films are $10. Opening night is $15.
Festival passes and member prices available.
www.chicagofilmfestival.com
performance & theater
 | Chagrin Falls |
Through November 3
Chagrin Falls
Stage Left Theatre
In this world premiere by Chicago playwright Mia McCullough,
a young reporter travels to the small town of Chagrin Falls,
Oklahoma, to witness the execution of a convicted murderer.
She explores a community where a slaughterhouse and federal
penitentiary comprise the primary industries, and discovers
citizens that maintain an uneasy co-existence with the death
penalty and institutionalized death. Chagrin Falls recently won
first prize in the 2001 Julie Harris Playwrighting Competition.
Thursdays through Saturdays at 8 p.m., Sundays at 3 p.m.
3408 N. Sheffield. 773.883.8830, [email protected], or
www.ticketweb.com $15 Thurs., $18 Fri/Sun, $20 Sat. Students
receive 50% off any remaining tickets ten minutes before show
(with valid ID).
Through November 3
The Visit
Goodman Theatre (in the Albert)
Broadway legends Chita Rivera and John McMartin star in this
world premiere musical from Tony Award-winning playwright
Terrence McNally (Master Class, Ragtime, Kiss of the Spider
Woman) and the award-winning team of Kander & Ebb
(Cabaret, Chicago, Kiss of the Spider Woman). Choreographed
by Ann Reinking and directed by the Goodman's Associate
Director Frank Galati.
Opens Monday, October 1, 8 p.m.
Shows Tues-Thurs with varying schedules. 170 N. Dearborn,
312.443.3800, www.goodmantheatre.org $40-$55; day-of-show
rush discounts available.
lectures & readings
October 12
 | Sharon Olds |
 | Paule Marshall |
Reading by Paule Marshall and Sharon Olds
Harold Washington Public Library
As part of the Guild Complex Women Writers Conference VII
and Chicago Book Week Sharon Olds, the New York
State Poet Laureate (1998-2000), and Paule Marshall will be
reading their works. Olds' volumes of poetry include Blood, Tin
and Straw, Satan Says, and The Dead and the Living, which
received the National Book Critics Circle Award. Her work is
anthologized in over 100 collections and her poetry has been
translated into seven languages. Paule Marshal's work celebrates
black immigrant communities, Afro-Diasporic culture, and black
women in ways that broke new ground in African-American
Literature. Marshall is the author of five novels and two
collections of short fiction. A former MacArthur Fellow and
winner of the Dos Passos Prize for Literature, she was designated
a Literary Lion by the New York Public Library. Olds and
Marshall both teach at New York University.
The reading will take
place at 7 p.m., 400 S. State St., Lower Level Auditorium. Harold
Washington Library, 773.227.6117,
[email protected]. $15 Gen.,
$12 students/seniors/members. Other events for the conference will
continue on October 13-14 at Roosevelt University.
music
October 26
Asian American Jazz 2001
Hot House: the Center for International Performance and
Exhibition
The Hot House presents the 6th Annual Chicago Asian
American Jazz Festival featuring a performance (traditional
Japanese Comedy); Trio Ex Nihilo, a "jazz-inflected world
chamber folk music" trio featuring Taylor ho Bynum, Curt
Newton, Jeff Song; and Yoko Noge and George Yoshida. Yoshida
is the author of Reminiscing in Swingtime which tells the story
of the unjust incarceration of Japanese-Americans into World
War II detention camps and the music that sprang from that
ordeal. Yoshida is an educator and founder of the Jazz-Town
Jazz Ensemble, a 17-piece swing band. The event also features the
swirled sounds of electronica and world music by KARMA
SUTRA and more.
Listening begins at 7 p.m. 31 East Balboa.
312-362-9707, www.asianimprov.com. $15 students, $12 seniors.
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