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Fame for Sale

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15 Minutes . . . for a Fee
And you thought the Do It Yourself Hallelujah chorus was cool. Indulge long-suppressed aspirations for the stage at Victory Gardens’ Casting Auction Benefit. (Hey, your mother always said you stole the show as “townsperson number two.”) Amateur actors—meaning absolutely no experience required—can bid on more than 50 starring, supporting, and children’s roles in The Pajama Game, to be performed February 15th and 16th with a cast composed entirely of auction winners. The party starts 6 p.m. Friday the 9th at Victory Gardens Biograph Theater (2433 N. Lincoln Ave.; 773-549-5788, ext. 2140) with a buffet and open bar. Bidding for supporting roles via silent auction begins at $150; starring roles go on the block for $500 and up in a live auction; prospective actors are encouraged to shout, dance, and generally strut their stuff while bidding. Admission is…

Champagne Night

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October 23, 2007 – Champagne Night, Sam’s Wines & Spirits most popular Grand Tasting, was hosted by director of Champagne, Charles Stanfield. Customers had the opportunity to taste dozens of sparkling wines, socialize, and explore the newly renovated Marcey Street store.

Fall Fashion Fete

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October 11, 2007 – Chicago magazine and the Park Hyatt Chicago hosted a cocktail reception for more than 50 guests in the Drawing Room on Thursday, October 11th. Stacey Jones, fashion director of Chicago magazine, and Stacey Wallace-Albert, contributing editor of Chicago magazine, celebrated with attendees in honor of Chicago Fashion Focus Week 2007. The stylish crowd enjoyed the fashionable company, while sampling Moët and Chandon Champagne and haute cuisine courtesy of NoMI.

Want Some Cheat with That Whine?

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Cheats and Beats
What do Chicago blues, Polish sausage, and infomercial impresario Ron Popeil have in common? All three got a big boost from the inimitable Maxwell Street Market. The documentary Cheat You Fair: The Story of Maxwell Street covers the outdoor bazaar’s 120-year history, from the working poor who first peddled their wares there, to the famous electrified blues born out of musicians’ need to be heard over the din, to the market’s relocation in 1994 when UIC took over the land. The film premières 7 p.m. Saturday the 3rd at Skokie Theatre (7924 Lincoln Ave., Skokie; 847-677-7761); the evening includes beer and wine, dinner, and…

Choose Your Own Adventure

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Choose Your Own Adventure Be the master of your entertainment destiny this week and pick from one of two routes to amusement: For the kids at heart, we’ve rounded up a roster of Halloween treats sure to put some “Gotcha!” in your game plan; read on for the spine-tingling rundown. Party poopers who’d rather turn … Read more

Clearbrook’s 3rd Annual Wonderland of Lights

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Sponsored by Chicago magazine, Clearbrook’s 3rd Annual Wonderland of Lights — a drive-thru holiday light show spectacular — is set to sparkle at Arlington Park Racecourse in Arlington Heights this holiday season. Open every night from Thanksgiving through New Year’s Day, this illuminated show will feature 1.6 miles of twinkling lights and animated displays, and benefits children and adults with developmental disabilities. For more information please visit www.clearbrook.org (click on Events/Wonderland of Lights) or call 847-577-HOHO.

Marquee: Gotcha!

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Freaky Friday
Here’s a grown-up alternative to the traditional Halloween fare of corn mazes and pumpkin patches: Disturbed II. For the 15-minute play of sorts—organizers describe it as an “inverted haunted house”—the audience stands in a cramped space while the action jumps out from the sidelines. It’s a combination of performance and multimedia special effects that is, to put it mildly, really scary—i.e., no kids allowed. The show runs every half hour from 8 to 11:30 p.m. Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays through Halloween at Oracle Theatre (3809 N. Broadway; 773-244-2980). Admission is $9 at the door, $7 with reservations; last year’s Disturbed sold out, so…

Week 22: Weight, Weight … Don’t Tell Me

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This week, Sarah had her third OB visit, which she said wasn’t mandatory for me, so I skipped out. (Come on, I’ve been to all the other ones.) The appointment included a triple screening for spina bifida and hydrocephalus and dwarfism and chromosal abnormalities (i.e., Down’s syndrome). We get the results next week, which seems like a long time to wait on such scary stuff…

Week 21: Back, Belly, Diaper Smelly

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The groom’s parents at this Ohio wedding, Larry and Maureen, are honest, modest Midwestern folk, the kind who eat lots of red meat and never say anything nasty about anyone. After a few glasses of ginger ale at the reception, Maureen’s tongue loosened, and she laid some baby wisdom on us. When she had her first child, little Jeffrey, she did all of the child rearing, as was the norm in 1960s Kansas City. One day, Maureen went grocery shopping, and left the baby with Larry for the first time. When she returned an hour later…

Week 21: Kicking and Scheming

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You always hear about babies being born, or conceived, in the back seat of cars. I believe Tom Waits was both. Babu’s first kick came in the rear of a rental car in a driveway in Warren, Ohio.

It was the night before Brad and Anne-Marie’s wedding and we were locked out of Anne-Marie’s dad’s house, trying desperately to reach him on the cell phone so Anne-Marie could get inside and go to bed, it being the night before her wedding and all. I was equally interested in finding him, because I’d had too much to drink and needed to use his bathroom…