'The Laramie Project' at NU Oct. 24-Nov. 2
The Laramie Project, a chronicle of the life of a Wyoming town following the 1998 kidnapping and murder of gay college student Matthew Shepard, will be staged at Northwestern University Oct. 24-Nov. 2.
The production, which Moises Kaufman and the members of the Tectonic Theater Project wrote, will launch the Virginia Wadsworth Wirtz Center for the Performing Arts' 34th mainstage season on the University's Evanston campus.
The Laramie Project production performances will take place at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Friday and Saturday; and 2 p.m. at the Ethel M. Barber Theater, 30 Arts Circle Dr., on the University's Evanston campus.
Tickets for the Wirtz Center's "The Laramie Project" are $25 for general public; $22 for seniors over 62 and Northwestern faculty and staff and educators; and $10 for full-time students with valid IDs ( at the door ) or $5 tickets exclusively for full-time Northwestern students on advance purchase. Phone 847-491-7282, visit www.wirtz.northwestern.edu or email wirtz@northwestern.edu .
Boy George at MCA's 'Stardust' Nov. 7
The Museum of Contemporary Art ( MCA ) Chicago, 220 E. Chicago Ave., will hold "Volume 1: STARDUST" on Friday, Nov. 7, at 9 p.m.
This event offers a private viewing of the exhibition "David Bowie Is*" as well as light snacks and drinks, followed by a special DJ set featuring iconic musician Boy George.
Proceeds from "Volume 1: STARDUST" support MCA exhibitions, performances, and education programming.
Tickets are $100 each at this 21-and-over event; see www.mcachicago.org or call 312-397-4010.
Library exhibit explores marriage
As recognition of same-sex marriage grows, the Chicago Public Library presents "Love Me Forever! Oh! Oh! Oh!," by cartoonist Jeremy Sorese.
In this illustrated exhibit, Sorese, a gay man explores the idea of getting married. Selected from The Best American Comics 2013, "Love Me Forever! Oh! Oh! Oh!" is on display through March 8, 2015 in the Congress Corridor, ground level, at the Harold Washington Library Center, 400 S. State St.
