Artist's Open House
At Franklin Framing - Saturday, March 7th, 2009 from 7 - 9 p.m. 13019 S. Western Ave. Blue Island, IL 60406 Phone 708/389-0000 for an exhibition of art by students from Mother McAuley High School in Chicago, curated by instructor Kathleen Gordon Davis.
SXU hosts Orchestral Tribute to Grateful Dead
on March 10th
Dead Symphony no. 6 performed just once before in United States
Deadheads and classical music fans unite! Saint Xavier University will host a performance of Dead Symphony no. 6, an orchestral tribute to the music of iconic San Francisco rock band, The Grateful Dead. The performance will be at 7:30 on Tuesday, March 10, in the Ensemble Performance Space at SXU’s Chicago Campus, 3700 W. 103rd St.
10th Annual Chicago Irish Film Festival
March 6-11, 2009
Chicago’s Only Event Dedicated to Contemporary and Classic Irish Cinema
The Chicago Irish Film Festival opens Friday, Mar. 6 at the Beverly Arts Center (BAC), 2407 W. 111th St.
A reception at 7 p.m., followed by a program of short films in celebration of the festival’s 10th anniversary. The Festival continues through Wed., Mar. 11, screening features, classics, documentaries and short films that are among the best recent works by Irish and Irish American filmmakers and producers.
The opening night short program includes the Academy Award-nominated “New Boy,” a relevatory story about being the new kid in school as seen through the eyes of a 9-year-old African boy; “Granny O’Grimm’s Sleeping Beauty,” a cleverly animated bedtime story guaranteed to leave you sleepless awarded Best Irish Short Film (animated) at the Galway Film Fleadh; and “The Door,” a breath-stopping 17 minutes about a father trying to come to terms with the devastating effects of the Chernobyl disaster, and winner of several international awards including Clair Lynch Award at the Cork Film Festival and Gold Medal at Zinebi Film Festival, Balboa Spain.
The festival kicks off with a concert by Irish rock band Black 47 following the screening of the documentary “Black 47 . . . The Story So Far” (2007) on Thurs., Mar. 5. The film will be screened at 7 p.m. and the concert begins at 8 p.m.
Admission for the opening reception and screening on Fri., Mar. 6 is $30 ($25 BAC members). Film admission and closing reception on Wed., Mar. 11 is $20 ($15 for BAC members). Admission is $10 ($8 for BAC members) for individual screenings.
SWBIA Night Out
Always a good time! - Join friends and neighbors for a night of food, drinks, and music on 103rd st. Need not live in SWBIA boundries to have a nice night out.
At St. Barnabas
Lurie Garden Spring Lecture Series
March 26, 6pm
Chicago Cultural Center 78 E. Washington St.
Join Lurie Garden staff and Julie Siegel of J. Siegel Designs, Inc. as they highlight local landscape steps that can be taken within the global context of sustainability. Siegel will examine what can be learned from other parts of the world and what makes sense to implement in home backyards. There will be a discussion on how to prioritize and integrate greener gardening practices.
First Tuesdays with the
Midwest Independent Film Festival
April 7th
Landmark's Century Centre Cinema
2828 North Clark Street at Diversey - Chicago, IL 60657
Michael Keaton directorial debut The Merry Gentleman finally arrives in Chicago!
Q&A with executive producers Paul Duggan and Tom Bastounes, writer Ron Lazzeretti
Michael Keaton’s highly anticipated directorial debut The Merry Gentleman will finally surface in Chicago at The Midwest Independent Film Festival on Tuesday, April 7th. The Sundance selection also stars Keaton, Kelly Macdonald (No Country for Old Men, Trainspotting) and a talented Chicago cast led by Tom Bastounes, who is also executive producing the film. The First Tuesday festivities begin at 6 p.m. at Landmark's Century Centre Cinema, 2828 North Clark, on Tuesday, April 7th. A question-and-answer session with Bastounes, executive producer Paul Duggan, producer Steve Jones and writer Ron Lazzeretti follows the screening.
6:00 p.m. Cocktail reception
6:30 p.m. Producers Panel
7:30 p.m. The Merry Gentleman
9:30 p.m. Afterparty at Forno Diablo