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Saturday, February 8
As part of the LaSalle Bank Classic Film Series 49th Parallel is showing tonight at 4901 W. Irving Park Rd., 8pm. Featuring Sir Laurence Olivier, the film is about a wrecked Nazi U-boat crew traveling through Canada to reach the U.S. Also showing tonight is a 1943 Popeye cartoon titled "Spinach fer Britain." Tickets are $5 for adults, $3 for seniors and children. Call 312-904-9442 for momre information on this weekly series.
Missed the last full moon celebration? In a week you'll get a chance to celebrate again, but in the meantime, tonight you can get all the music, dance, drums and fire spinning of a full moon celebration inside a chocolate factory. No, it's not an R. Kelly joke. Burning Chocolate is a community gathering in an old chocolate factory at 4710 W. Augusta, 10pm until stopping time. $15 gets in you, 21+ only. This night is hosted by the Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies. Oh yeah...you read that one right.
Wicker Park/Ukranian Village pop band The Fake Fictions stops tonight at the Ice Factory, 526 N. Ashland. $5 gets you in to the 9:30pm show, followed by local band Crap Engine and a Super Dance Party with DJ Hunter.
The Midwest Buddhist Temple is proud to sponsor the 50th Annual Ginza Holiday celebration in Chicago from 11:30 am-9:30pm on August 12-14, 2005 at 435 W. Menomonee St. Chicago. This is a three day festival featuring Japanese culture, stage shows, crafts, food and merchandise. There will be a raffle, entertainment, and lots of different musical demonstrations. For more information, contact the Midwest Buddhist Temple 312-943-7801.
Red Rover Series is holding its third event in the series of readings that experiment with reading. Participants feature both local and national writers; tonight's readers include visiting writers Emily Abendroth, Christian Nagler and Amar Rawa. The reading takes place at 7pm at SpareRoom, 2416 W. North Ave. Suggested donation is $3. Email spareroominfo[at]yahoo[dot]com for more information.
The Old Town School of Folk Music presents their annual garage sale, a giant clearinghouse of old and new music equipment from their music store, the Different Strummer. The school goes through a lot of equipment over the year, and the garage sale is a good place to get a deal on new, slightly used, or heavily used guitars, banjos, drums, or any other instrument the store might rent out to the students. Hours today are from 10:00 to 3:00. The sale runs through Sunday the 14th. See the Old Town School site for full details. Old Town School of Folk Music: 4544 N. Lincoln Avenue. (773) 751-3398.
Home Movie Day is held annually, and today is the day for the 2005 installment. With a goal of preserving cultural heritage via self-documentation, the event focuses on celebrating personal films by educating amateurs about how to make and care for them. Head down to the Chicago Cultural Center between 3 and 6pm to check in and have your film inspected and return between 6 and 10 to see local families projected on the big screen -- possibly you and yours. Further details here or by calling 773/478-3799.
It's a mid-day party! In fact, the press release suggests the following: "Grab some ice cold ones, dance the afternoon away and still be out in time to make it to your usual bar/hangout before anyone misses you." The Waco Bros. are celebrating the release of their latest CD, Freedom and Weep, at Carol's Pub (4659 N. Clark), and they're playing a gig with Devil in a Woodpile to do it. The show starts at 3pm and is 21+. Tickets are $15, available online or by the Postal Service: Bloodshot Records, 3039 W. Irving Park Rd., Chicago 60618.