Friday 5/14 – Thursday 5/20
The repertoire of the 16-member Ensemble Stop-Time encompasses more than a century of African-American music–or, as the group likes to say, “everything from Jelly Roll Morton to Grandmaster Flash.” Tonight the masters of music history will be joined by R & B vocalist Jerry “the Iceman” Butler and Ensemble Kalinda Chicago at the Stompin’ at the Regal concert. It starts at 7:30 at the New Regal Theater, 1645 E. 79th. Tickets run $10 to $35; call 773-721-9301.
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The 60,000-member, 35-country Slow Food Movement promotes the propagation and leisurely consumption of regional cuisines and ingredients: “We are enslaved by speed,” proclaims the group, “and have all succumbed to the same insidious virus: Fast Life, which disrupts our habits, pervades the privacy of our homes, and forces us to eat Fast Foods.” Founder Carlo Petrini will be honored tonight at Feast of the Senses: Art, Food & Wine, an exhibit of food-related art and food samples from Spiaggia, North Pond Cafe, Charlie Trotter’s, Bittersweet, and Hot Cakes. It runs from 6 to 9 at Belloc Lowndes Fine Art and four other galleries at 300 W. Superior. Admission is $15 (a portion of which will be donated to the Greater Chicago Food Depository). Call 733-645-3736 for reservations.
Taken from a Web site for drummers: How many drummers does it take to screw in a lightbulb? Only one, as long as a roadie gets the ladder, sets it up, and puts the bulb in the socket for him. Conclusion: drummers may need help finding their way to this weekend’s Vintage & Custom Drum Show, which will feature wares from some 50 exhibitors. It’s Saturday from 10 to 5 and today from 10 to 3 at the Kane County Fairgrounds, on Randall Road between routes 38 and 64 in Saint Charles. Admission is $5; call 517-463-4757.
Stephen Sondheim wrote his first musical, Saturday Night, in the mid-50s, but it hasn’t been staged in America until now. The score for the musical, which takes place in New York during the Jazz Age, was orchestrated by Sondheim collaborator Jonathan Tunick especially for this production. It opens tonight at 8 at Pegasus Players, O’Rourke Performing Arts Center, Truman College, 1145 W. Wilson. Tickets are $17; call 773-878-9761.
