Friday 4/3 – Thursday 4/9
What is that quality that makes some people the center of attention–and how can we get some? Author and screenwriter Elinor Glyn called it “that strange magnetism which attracts both sexes.” In her screenplay for the movie It, a department store owner (Antonio Moreno) becomes infatuated with his “pert and unabashed” employee, played by Clara Bow, who catapulted to stardom as “the It Girl.” It will be shown tonight at 8 at the Gateway Theatre, 5216 W. Lawrence; organist Jay Warren will accompany the silent film. Tickets are $9, or $8 in advance. (Glyn, by the way, appears in the film as herself to explain “it” to Moreno). Call 773-777-9438.
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7 TUESDAY Working for a year at minimum wage will net you an annual income of $10,920. But a “living wage” of $7.60 per hour comes to a somewhat less pitiful $15,808 per year–enough to lift a family of four just over the poverty level. “It’s not great, but it’s a place to start,” admits Ellyn Harris of the Chicago Coalition for the Homeless. Her group and ACORN are working to get Chicago to join Los Angeles and New York in making a living wage de rigueur for any business awarded a city contract. Tonight the two groups will host a fund-raiser at the premiere of Michael Moore’s new documentary, The Big One, in which the zaftig shlump searches for “just one” CEO who can explain why downsizing is necessary when corporate profits are up. Moore and Studs Terkel, who appears in the film, will take questions after the screening. It’s at 7:30 at the Music Box, 3733 N. Southport. Tickets are $20 and must be bought in advance; call 312-435-4548.
