friday 7/21 – Thursday 7/27
No one knows more about “The Writer’s Discipline” than the man who maintains a big-city law practice while turning out critically acclaimed, best-selling novels on a regular basis. Scott Turow will share his secrets at 7:30 tonight at the Hemingway Museum, 200 N. Oak Park in Oak Park. It’s the kickoff lecture for the Hemingway 2000 Colloquium: Assessing the Man and His Work, to be held at the museum from 7:45 to 4:15 tomorrow, July 22. Admission for Turow’s talk is $10. The colloquium, with discussions, papers, performances, and book signings, including one by Hemingway’s niece, Hilary Hemingway, is $30 for nonmembers, $25 for members, and $20 for students. Call 708-848-2222 for more information.
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24 MONDAY The thing that keeps people coming back to Saint Stanislaus’s annual carnival isn’t just the bingo or the polka or the Tilt-A-Whirl, but the special hamburgers created by the church’s “Marthas” (named for the patron saint of cooks). For the past 30 years they’ve handed the recipe down and kept it a secret from the rest of the world. Tonight the free festival is from 6:30 to 10:30, and features live music by Stas Bulanda’s Dyno Chicago (polka) and the Billy Ray Valantine Band (rock). The festival runs through July 30, with a “polka mass” on July 29, at St. Stanislaus B. & M. Church, 5352 W. Belden. Call 773-237-5800.
