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Friday, March 29
Join Michelle L'amour of the Lavender Cabaret for Strip-Tease Open Mic at the Funky Buddha Lounge. Here's your change to show off your burlesque skills and earn cash and adoration. Open to all over 21, but remember, burlesque is not pole dancing!
Not ready to peel down to pasties? Come on out to the Funky Buddha and get an eyeful of the many eager participants.
Liz Armstrong, of The Reader's "Chicago Antisocial" column, is deejaying at Rodan, 1530 N. Milwaukee, tonight starting around 10pm. 21 and over, no cover.
UPDATE: Liz is not appearing. The band Q and Not U is deejaying instead.
Patricia Crowley, O.S.B., the former executive director of Deborah's Place, a non-profit organization serving homeless women in Chicago, will be giving a free public lecture titled, "Can We Really End Homelessness in Chicago?" The lecture begins at 7:30pm at Madonna della Strada Chapel on the Rogers Park campus of Loyola University Chicago. For more information, call 312-915-7660. More information here.