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The future of Metropolis Performing Arts Center still hangs in the balance as Arlington Heights considers whether to purchase the facility; in the meantime executive director Tim Rater is forging ahead with programming intended to keep everybody laughing. A Metropolis production of the classic British backstage farce Noises Off previews this weekend. Under the direction of Schadenfreude comedy troupe member and Metropolis producer Sandy Marshall, the play within a play will incorporate Metropolis as its setting, throwing the audience members into the action as soon as they walk through the door. Performances are tonight at 8, Saturday at 4, and Sunday at 3; tickets range from $19 to $26. The regular run begins April 15; see the theater listings for information. Metropolis is at 111 W. Campbell in Arlington Heights. Call 847-577-2121.
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Die-hard Cubs fans too excited to sleep yet not lucky enough to get a ticket for today’s home opener can head over to Clark and Waveland, where WXRT will start broadcasting live at Yak-zies Bar & Grill at 6 AM. Attendees will be kept awake with performances by singer-songwriter Matthew Ryan, the Cathy Richardson Band, and the Waco Brothers until 1:20, when the first pitch is thrown out. Yak-zies is at 3710 N. Clark in Chicago. It’s free, but you must be 21 or older. Call 773-777-1700 or see www.wxrt.com for more.
When Irish filmmakers Kim Bartley and Donnacha O’Briain went to Caracas two years ago to make a movie about Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez, they had no idea that they’d wind up documenting the attempted coup from inside the presidential palace. The Revolution Will Not Be Televised, their 2003 account of the 48-hour coup, has been hailed as a masterpiece of documentary filmmaking and a riveting exploration of how the media can manipulate the truth. It’ll be shown tonight as part of a free three-day series at Columbia College called “Globalization, Immigration, Revolution, and Rebellion.” It’s at 6 at 1104 S. Wabash, room 302, in Chicago. The series also includes screenings of the last section of the new Kartemquin Films documentary The New Americans, and The Weather Underground, Bill Siegel and Sam Green’s Oscar-nominated feature on the 60s radical group. Call 312-344-6725 or see the movie listings for more information.
Art accompanying story in printed newspaper (not available in this archive): photos/Paul Natkin, Becket Logan.
