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34 IRISH AMERICAN NEWS January 2006Short Works by Samuel Becket January 13-15Short Works by Samuel Beckett, January 13-15, 2006, at7:30 pm, Not I: A Samuel Beckett Centenary CelebrationNo Danger of the Spiritual Thing: Short Works by SamuelBeckett is a series of short plays celebrating the 100th birthdayof Samuel Beckett, the prolific Nobel Prize-winning Irishplaywright, novelist, and poet.Presented by The Museum of Contemporary Art and CuriousTheatre Branch, this intimate event features Chicago’sAll you can eat fish fry every FridayLive entertainmentevery Wed, Thur, Fri, & SatBook your next party atMcNally’s in our private room201 E. Main Street (Route 64) St. Charles630 513-6300 www.mcnallysirishpub.comT H EL AR K I N & M OR ANB R OT H E R SA new year brings about our annual tuning.most exciting theatre companies and artists performing severalsite-specific performances in the hidden corners of the MCA,including the galleries, stairwells, and even a freight elevator.Artists include Curious Theatre Branch, Prop Thtr, Greasy Joan& Co., Jessica Thebus, The Hypocrites, and Lucky Plush.McKenna Ensemble presents “The Comedienne of Heaven”the Western Hemisphere Premiere of an Italian Baroqueopera composed in 1668 and presented at the Roman Carnivalby Antonio Maria Abbatini (of the Sistine Choir). TheLibretto of “La Baltasara, ovviso La Comica del Cielo” wasGiulio Rospigliosi, then Pope Clement IX.This important workhas lain in obscurity in theVatican Apostolic Library,and I have made an editionof the second act in modernnotation, a decade’s laborof love with the floridItalian verse and the marvelous17th-century ambienceof the Rome of ClementeNono. With the help of early music specialist, AndrewSchultze, and an ensemble of singers and players, includingA Kinetic EveningAudiences are assigned to small groups and are led byperforming docents to each of four or five plays. On Sunday,January 15, at 3 pm, a special performance of Texts for Nothingis performed by 13 Chicago artists.MCA Box Office, 312.397.4010 or www.mcachicago.org.stars like Carol LoVerde and Donna Sadlicka (who createdthe role of Brigid in the Greeley/McKenna opera, “The MagicCup” 1988), the concert will be at:The Shrine of Our Lady of Pompeii, 1224 W. LexingtonAvenue, in the heart of Chicago’s U of I Circle Campus neighborhoodon Sunday, February5, 2006 at 3:00 P.M.Freewill offerings will bereceived gratefully.We are most grateful for thehelp of the Glasgow Early MusicConsort which presentedthe first known modern performanceof this work in 1992(John C. Barnes, Kate Brown,Warwick Edwards). We hope you come and enjoy “The ComedienneOf Heaven.”Colin All Toons: Colin Morley will be providing his own brand of cartoons from time to time here in Irish AmericanNews. Got a subject you would like to see a toon on? Simply email your subject to editor@irishamericannews.com.C atch us while theinstruments arestill in key.V i si t the W ebsi te f or the S chedul ew w w . c e l t i c r a t p a c k . c o mSix Penny Bit5800 W Montrose AveLive Music every Friday and Saturday!Joe McShaneEvery Sunday NightCall forEntertainmentScheduleCatch the GAA Football & Hurling Gamesat Six Penny Every Saturday and Sunday773-545-2033RESTAURANT/pubOWNERS:FERDYNAND & ANNA HEBALInvite you to enjoyThe RedApple Buffet!Czerwone JabtuszkoRESTAURANT & DELI’S3121-23 N. MILWAUKEEAVE.PH 773-588-57816474 N. MILWAUKEE AVE.PH 773-763-3407 FAX 773-763-3406