
Y TRADE Carrie Underwood’s Sunday concert at Ravinia is sold out. No biggie. We prefer Saturday’s headliner, Rodrigo y Gabriela.
THE FIVE
Don’t-miss picks for Wed 08.25.10 through Tue 08.31.10:
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concerts Rodrigo y Gabriela ALSO THIS WEEK: And also at Ravinia, the MacArthur “genius,” violinist, and former child prodigy (consult YouTube for vintage clips of one freakishly talented nine-year-old) Leila Josefowicz rivals R y G in fleet-fingered speed. Catch her Aug 25. |
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concerts Iggy and the Stooges |
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film Louis |
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sports/rec Boulevard Lakefront Tour |
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concerts Chicago’s Finest Hour @ Hideout |
FREEBIES OF THE WEEK
festivals Bucktown Arts Fest; Yanga Fest
The former: our pick for goods you could give as gifts but will want to keep for yourself. The latter, formerly known as the DuSable Museum Arts & Crafts Festival: more works for sale by area artisans, plus an African dance performance, and the opening of a new exhibition, The African Presence in Mexico.
GO: Bucktown: Aug 28-29 from 11 to 7. Senior Citizens Memorial Park, Oakley and Lyndale. bucktownartsfest.com. DuSable: Aug 28-29 from noon to 8. 740 E 56th. dusablemuseum.org
dance Chicago Dancing Festival
Tickets are long gone for this annual free fest’s first two performances, but no reservations are needed for night 3, a whiz-bang finale featuring the Mark Morris Dance Group, Ballet West, and Joffrey, among others.
GO: Aug 28 at 7:30. Pritzker Pavilion, Michigan and Randolph. chicagodancingfestival.com
ALSO THIS WEEK: Inspired to bust a move of your own? Chicago Summerdance wraps for the season on Aug 29, with one hour of dance lessons followed by two hours of shimmying under the stars in Grant Park.
WHAT I’M DOING THIS WEEKEND
Up next in our new series of weekend plans from notable, in-the-know locals (a.k.a. people we like): Bunky Cushing, the gentleman-about-town who Vogue called Chicago’s “social tugboat” . . .
“I’m going to Montrose Beach, across the street from my condo, to finish a biography I’ve been—oh, what’s the word?—slugging through, The Queen: A Biography of Elizabeth II, by Ben Pimlott. And then I’m going to take the Broadway bus down to the Landmark Century Centre to see a double feature of The Extra Man and I Am Love. I’m [stocking] up on Peanut M&Ms now.”
• See The Extra Man and I Am Love at Landmark
• Read more about Cushing’s escapades on his website
• Hear Cushing share anecdotes from his years as a society insider when WBEZ’s Steve Edwards hosts Secret Lives, Public Lies, a prequel of sorts to Remy Bumppo Theatre Company’s fall season. The panel, Aug 30 at 7 at Greenhouse Theater Center, also includes the veteran Trib war correspondent Storer H. Rowley, the actor Jeffrey Carlson, and Remy Bumppo’s artistic director, James Bohnen; admission is $10