updated: 7/21/2011
EVENT DATE: August 20, 2011
Tickets $15 each, cashy money only at the box office on the day of the show
Event benefits Equality Now and House of the Good Shepherd.
The Portage Theater
4050 N. Milwaukee Ave.
Chicago, IL 60641
[ Google map - includes locations of local parking lots, restaurants and ATMs ]
Parking at the Sears Lot: PARK FREE at the Sears lot 1 block east at Belle Plaine and Cicero!
Parking at the City Lot: This city lot is one block west of the theater, at Cuyler and Laporte. Parking is 25 cents per 15 min before 9 PM and 50 cents per hour after 9 PM. There is no max time, so you can arrive and pay for however many hours you plan on being at the event.
Street Parking: Please note that there are now parking kiosks for street parking. Cost is 25 cents per 15 min with a max of 2 hours. Street parking is FREE after 9 pm (Please check the kiosk itself)
Public Transportation: Please visit Transit Chicago for bus and/or train options for travel. Please keep in mind that the event will end between midnight and 1am and public transportation may be limited at that hour.
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Pre-orders (both tickets and merchandise) will be available for pick-up at Will-call when the doors open at 6:00 pm on August 20th.
NOTE: Tickets are NOT being sold by the theater before the event date. Tickets will be available at the door, cashy money only, on August 20th when the box office opens at 6:00 pm.
SCHEDULE:
Doors Open at 6:00 pm
Show Starts at 7:00 pm
- Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog
- The Great Luke Ski!
- Serenity
- Plus costume contest, auction and door prizes!
Note: Both Serenity and Dr. Horrible will be presented digitally from Blu-ray disc.
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Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog (@ imdb.com)
Starring: Neil Patrick Harris, Nathan Fillion, Felicia Day, and Simon Helberg
Summary: Dr. Horrible, an aspiring supervillain with his own video blog, is attempting to join the prestigious Evil League of Evil (led by the legendary “thoroughbred of sin”, Bad Horse), but his plans are usually foiled by the egotistical superhero Captain Hammer. Horrible’s life is thrown for a loop when he falls in love with Penny, a beautiful and optimistic advocate for the homeless he meets at the laundromat, a situation which complicates itself even further when Penny begins dating the boorish, oafish Hammer after he apparently saves her life. Faced with the task of impressing the League, can Horrible overcome his own incompetence to ruin the day, kill the hero, and still get the girl?
(42 minutes)
Serenity (@ imdb.com)
Starring: Nathan Fillion, Gina Torres, Alan Tudyk, Morena Baccarin, Adam Baldwin, Jewel Staite, Sean Maher, Summer Glau, Ron Glass, and Chiwetel Ejiofor
Summary: A passenger with a deadly secret. Six rebels on the run. An assassin in pursuit. When the renegade crew of Serenity agrees to hide a fugitive on their ship, they find themselves in an action-packed battle between the relentless might of a totalitarian regime that will destroy anything – or anyone – to get the girll back and the bloodthirsty creatures who roam the uncharted areas of space. But the greatest dander of all may be on their ship. From the mind of Joss Whedon (TV’s Firefly, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Angel) comes a new edge-of-your-seat adventure loaded with explosive battles, gripping special effects and fantastic new worlds!
(2 hours)
The Great Luke Ski! (@ Luke’s website)
At Dragon*Con 2004, Dr. Demento declared “the great Luke Ski” to be his radio program’s “Most Requested Artist of the 21st Century”. His song parodies, originals, stand-up and sketches about pop culture phenomena have make him a favorite performer at science-fiction and fandom conventions all across the midwest and beyond. His past hits amongst his fans include songs about Spider-Man, Lord of the Rings, Star Wars, Star Trek, Pirates of the Caribbean, Battlestar Galactica, Batman, Firefly, Doctor Who, Babylon 5, and Family Guy, with more recent hits about Disney buying Marvel, Twitter, Anime, Bruce Campbell, and The Big Bang Theory. He is the musical jester of sci-fi, the emissary of rap dementia, the pimp of the geek nation, and a prominent bacon enthusiast. So join the Dementia Revolution, and become a Luke Ski fan today!
