If you love to take advantage of the live performing arts offerings near you, this week offers several great reasons to leave the house.
From a live podcast recording to a comedy show, read on for a local performing arts to-do list to fill your calendar this week.
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'The Bat' -- Live Podcast Recording
From the event description:
Join the Generation LatinX cast of The Bat for a live podcast recording on the second Friday of each month.
When: Friday, Jan. 10, 6:30 p.m.
Where: Jason Chin Harold Cabaret, 1501 N. Kingsbury St.
Price: $4
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Live Jazz Concert Featuring Alfonso Ponticelli Trio
From the event description:
As Wynton Marsalis put it, "Jazz music is America's past and its potential, summed up and sanctified and accessible to anybody who learns to listen to, feel, and understand it." Winter's Jazz Club in Chicago hosts jazz musicians specializing in everything from straight-ahead jazz to swing, big band, New Orleans-style and more. Every show at Winter's Jazz Club furthers the love of live jazz, where you can savor a drink for purchase along with innovative arrangements of the best jazz songs around. This Friday night's concert features the Alfonso Ponticelli Trio.
When: Friday, Jan. 10, 7:30 p.m.
Where: Winter's Jazz Club, 465 N. McClurg Court
Price: $7.50 - $10
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The University of Chicago Presents...Acclaimed Concerts at Mandel Hall
From the event description:
Experience one of the most historic, prestigious and entertaining concert series ever to set up shop in the Windy City at the University of Chicago. First established in 1943 and still going strong today, these acclaimed shows bring a bevy of international stars to the stage each season, performing in every genre -- from early music and baroque to classical, contemporary, jazz, world music and beyond.
When: Friday, Jan. 10, 7:30 p.m.
Where: Mandel Hall, 1131 E. 57th St.
Price: $25
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'The Blackout Diaries'
From the event description:
"The Blackout Diaries" is a comedy show where standup comedians and "regular" people (cops, firefighters, teachers -- you get the picture) tell incredible true drinking stories. Then you, the audience, can probe even deeper by asking questions. The show has been a critics' pick by most major Chicago papers and been featured on NPR, Comedy Central and more. Its host, Sean Flannery, was even named the best drunk in Chicago by "The Chicago Reader." So head to Under the Gun Theater for some of the funniest drinking stories you've ever heard.
When: Saturday, Jan. 11, 10 p.m.
Where: Under the Gun Theater, 956 W. Newport Ave.
Price: $5
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