What's up: Catch new circus acts, or a one-man show

Submitted by Bill Smith on Saturday, October 13, 2012, at 1:00 am

Actors Gymnasium shows off new works by circus performers, and Piccolo Theatre stages a one man show. Those are among the entertainment options in Evanston this weekend.

Today

Young women's mentoring luncheon

The Fleetwood-Jourdain Theatre and Community Center will hosting a free Young Women’s Mentoring Luncheon on Saturday, Oct. 13.

Civic Center
Oct 13 2012 - 12:00pm
Circus in Progress

Get a sneak peek at some of Chicago's most exciting new works of circus art with Circus in Progress at the Actors Gymnasium.

Actors Gynasium at Noyes Cultural Arts Center
Oct 13 2012 - 4:30pm
Community foundation looks to next 25 years

The Evanston Community Foundation presents its annual Celebrate!Evanston benefit on Saturday, Oct. 13, to mark the group's first 25 years and look forward to its next quarter century..

Woman's Club of Evanston
Oct 13 2012 - 6:30pm - 11:00pm
Savoyaires send up fads and the famous

Evanston's Savoyaires theater company this month stages Gilbert & Sullivan's "Patience," a satire of the late-19th century aesthetic movement and, more broadly, the whole notion of fads and the famous.

Chute Middle School Auditorium
Oct 13 2012 - 7:30pm
Circus in Progress

Get a sneak peek at some of Chicago's most exciting new works of circus art with Circus in Progress at the Actors Gymnasium.

Actors Gynasium at Noyes Cultural Arts Center
Oct 13 2012 - 7:30pm
Second Saturday Coffeehouse: Spencer Savoie

Our Second Saturday Coffeehouse on October 13th, hosted by Vicki Elberfeld, features the worldly and inspired national vagabond Spencer Savoie.

Ethical Humanist Society of Chicago
Oct 13 2012 - 8:00pm - 10:00pm
Francis the Holy Jester

Performing at Piccolo Theatre: A new play by Dario Fo, is a one-man play that relies solely on the imagination of the audience and the considerable skill of Mario Pirovano, who portrays a multitude of characters from 13th century Italy, from Pope through Peasant, and St. Francis himself, to comedic and poignant ends.

Piccolo Theatre
Oct 13 2012 - 8:00pm - 9:30pm
'The How and the Why' -- Science gets personal

“The How and the Why,” a new play examining how passion for science can set up unexpected rivalries -- in this case between a graduate student and a respected professor -- will have its

Technological Institute
Oct 13 2012 - 8:00pm

Tomorrow

A Presidential Forum: Obama vs. Romney

Bob Creamer and Chris Robling present “A Presidential Forum: Obama vs. Romney” on October 14th.

Ethical Humanist Society of Chicago
Oct 14 2012 - 10:30am - 12:00pm
'The How and the Why' -- Science gets personal

“The How and the Why,” a new play examining how passion for science can set up unexpected rivalries -- in this case between a graduate student and a respected professor -- will have its

Technological Institute
Oct 14 2012 - 2:00pm
Francis the Holy Jester

Performing at Piccolo Theatre: A new play by Dario Fo, is a one-man play that relies solely on the imagination of the audience and the considerable skill of Mario Pirovano, who portrays a multitude of characters from 13th century Italy, from Pope through Peasant, and St. Francis himself, to comedic and poignant ends.

Piccolo Theatre
Oct 14 2012 - 3:00pm - 4:30pm
Savoyaires send up fads and the famous

Evanston's Savoyaires theater company this month stages Gilbert & Sullivan's "Patience," a satire of the late-19th century aesthetic movement and, more broadly, the whole notion of fads and the famous.

Chute Middle School Auditorium
Oct 14 2012 - 3:00pm
Circus in Progress

Get a sneak peek at some of Chicago's most exciting new works of circus art with Circus in Progress at the Actors Gymnasium.

Actors Gynasium at Noyes Cultural Arts Center
Oct 14 2012 - 3:00pm
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