Packer Schopf Gallery is hosting an opening art reception from 5:00 to 8:00 pm on Friday, January 13 to launch its exhibitions featuring the work of Wayne White, Toni Hafkenscheid, and Steve Armstrong which will be on display until February 18. The gallery is located on 942 West Lake Street. For more information, visit www.packergallery.com or call 312-226-8984.
Kelli Strickland’s We’ve Got a Badge for That plays on Friday and Saturday, January 13 and 14, at 8:00 pm at Raven Theatre’s East Stage on 6157 North Clark Street. The one-woman show recounts near death experiences, puppy love, pyromania, peach schnapps and the girl scouts. Tickets are $20 ($15 for subscribers, students and seniors). Free parking is provided in a lot adjacent to the theater. For more information, visit www.raventheatre.com or call 773-338-2177.
As part of its commitment to screening classic films, the Music Box presents Second Saturday Silent Cinema 2012. On Saturday, January 14 at noon, house organist Dennis Scott will accompany a screening of 1928‘s Show People directed by King Vidor. For details, call the film info line at 773-871-6604.
The Profiles Theatre production of Deirdre O’Connor’s Assisted Living at The Second Stage on 3408 North Sheffield offers weekend performances: Friday at 8:00 pm; Saturday at 5:00 pmand 8:00 pm; and Sunday at 5:00 pm. The show—featuring Shannon Hollander, Layne Manzer, Jordan Stacey and Stacy Stoltz—has been extended through February 19, 2012. For tickets, visit www.profilestheatre.org.
At 4:00 pm on Sunday, January 15, saki presents Girls Rock Chicago! zine-making workshop at its Logan Square location on 3716 West Fullerton.
In Evanston, the weekend carries over to January 17 when The Mary and Leigh Block Museum of Art at Northwestern University reopens for Prints and the Pursuit of Knowledge in Early Modern Europe. The free exhibition will be on view to the public in the Main Gallery and Alsdorf Gallery. Organized by the Harvard Art Museums, in collaboration with the Block, this exhibition examines how celebrated Northern Renaissance artists contributed to the scientific inquiries of the 16th century.
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