Friday 9/10 – Thursday 9/16
No, Mummenschanz is not High German for “will mime for toilet paper” but actually means something like “mask luck.” The Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade perennials will mime tonight at 8 and through Sunday at the Athenaeum Theatre, 2936 N. Southport. Tickets are $28 to $45, half price for kids under 12; call 312-902-1500. See the Critic’s Choice in Section Two for more.
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11 SATURDAY “Men have enjoyed eating oysters since they were not much more than monkeys,” wrote M.F.K. Fisher. The Irish have celebrated the consumption of the briny bivalves with stout and black bread since the first Galway International Oyster Festival in 1953. A facsimile of the original fest, the Guinness Oyster Festival in Chicago, commences this morning at 11 and runs till 10 at the corner of North and Wells with bands, shucking contests, and other mollusk-related activities. It’s a $5 suggested donation for admission, but pints and oysters cost extra. Call 773-868-3010 for more.
13 MONDAY An 1897 Eliot Hickory bicycle with wood frame and spokes once exhibited at the Museum of Science and Industry is one of nearly 250 rare, vintage, and classic bikes and motorcycles on the block at Sotheby’s Motorcycles and Bicycles auction. It’s estimated the bike will fetch $12,000 to $15,000, but the accompanying exhibition is free–and so is registration for the auction, provided you can prove that you can pay for what you bid on. The bikes are on display through Sunday and bidding begins at 1 today at 215 W. Ohio. Call 312-396-9599.
Reader plug corner: Spot Check scribe Monica Kendrick will read tonight from her forthcoming chapbook Time Unaccounted [For…], accompanied by Fred Lonberg-Holm on cello and Ken Vandermark on sax. An open mike starts at 7:30 and Kendrick and poet Simone Muench follow at the Guild Complex at the Chopin Theatre, 1543 W. Division. It’s $5, $3 for open-mike participants. Call 773-296-1268, ext. 26.
