Friday 6/4 – Thursday 6/10
Poet Rainer Maria Rilke first tried his hand at playwriting. His 1898 The White Princess is the inaugural production of the Alchymia Theatre, founded by Scott Fielding (who directs) and Kim Snyder-Vine. It opens tonight at 8 at the Alchymia Theatre, 4249 N. Lincoln. Tickets are $10; call 773-755-6843.
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Today marks the tenth anniversary of the Tiananmen Square protests. East Meets West Music Arts will commemorate the uprising tonight with a concert; performers include violinist Meimei Wei, cellist Jennifer Duistmen, soprano Shudong Luo, and the East Meets West Music Arts String Ensemble, directed by Fengshi Yang. There will also be a short play and a slide presentation. The free concert starts at 8 at the North Shore Center for the Performing Arts, 9501 Skokie Blvd. in Skokie. Call 630-416-4245 for more.
As the title suggests, all of the performers in tonight’s Milly’s Virgin Show: Everybody Who’s Never Done It are new to the variety phenomenon hosted by Milly May Smithy, aka performance artist Brigid Murphy. They include the Patricia Barber Quartet, the Midnight Circus, Amy Seeley, Bryn Magnus, Sally Timms, Michael Patrick King, and 12-year-old magician Ashley Sproule. It’s at 8 at Park West, 322 W. Armitage (773-929-5959). Tickets are $30.
9 WEDNESDAY For the past several years New Yorker writer Lawrence Weschler has been following the exploits of J.S.G. Boggs, who created “Boggs’s Bills,” fake one-sided cash that he uses in barter exchanges. Serious collectors have bought the bills, while government officials have tried to put a stop to Boggs’s art. Weschler, Boggs, and Ira Glass will discuss Weschler’s new book, Boggs: A Comedy of Values, tonight at 6 in the auditorium of the School of the Art Institute, Columbus and Jackson. Admission is free. Call 312-443-3711.
