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Local Roundup
2006-04-05
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Coming home: About Face Youth Theatre is hosting a series of workshops on Saturdays from April 8-May 28 that will lead to a performance of The Home Project, a play about homelessness. To sign up, call ( 773 ) 784-8565, ext. 116 or e-mail liz@aboutfacetheatre.com .
Room and gloom: Hubris Productions will present Two Rooms—a drama that involves the Middle East, terrorism and international relations—at Steep Theatre, 3902 N. Sheridan, from April 13-May 7. See www.hubrisproductions.com or call ( 773 ) 784-2772.
Heard the word: 'Word, Wear and Acknowledgement'—a spoken word and fashion show benefit that will also recognize such organizations as Amigas Latinas and Affinity—will take place April 30 at 4-7 p.m. at the DuSable Museum of African American History, 740 E. 56th Place. Call Melba Poole at ( 773 ) 768-2688 or Women and Children First Bookstore at ( 773 ) 769-9299 for more info.
Gender blender: 'Gender Fusions 2: A Queer Spectacle of Body Languages' will take place April 13, 6-9 p.m., at The HotHouse, 31 E. Balbo. Highlights include a reading by famed author Dorothy Allison; www.hothouse.net .
Caribbean queens: Rosamond S. King, Ph.D., will discuss lesbians in Caribbean literature and culture at Gerber/Hart Library, 1127 W. Granville, 7 p.m., April 18; ( 773 ) 381-8030. |
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