LobsterFest
Davis Street Fish Market
501 Davis St.
(847) 869-3474
Through Feb. 22
Want to eat free at the Davis Street Fish Market? Dress like a lobster.
One of the restaurant’s specialties is one-pound Maine lobster, delivered fresh daily. Until Feb. 22, every 20th customer and any customer dressed in a lobster costume gets a free dinner.
Manager Kim Rowe said there’s no standard for what makes a costume worthy of free lobster.
“Some people just rent a costume and wear it in,” Rowe said. “But we had a big group of students come in last week wearing straws on their heads and red pants and red shirts.”
Rowe said about 10 people have shown up in costumes so far. Davis Street Fish Market has been doing LobsterFest every January or February for about 20 years.
This year, Rowe said, LobsterFest leads into Mardi Gras festivities, which start Thursday with Evanston’s Mardi Gras parade. The restaurant will hand out complimentary drink coupons and host a variety of events during the week.
Rembrandt Chamber Players, “Treeos”
Music Institute of Chicago
1490 Chicago Ave.
(312) 360-3145
Feb. 19, 5:00 p.m.
Tickets $6 with student ID
The Rembrandt Chamber Players will perform trios by Mozart, Tchaikovsky and American composer Jennifer Higdon at one of its four annual concerts Sunday at Evanston’s Music Institute of Chicago.
Administrative director Sarah Jacques said the seven musicians in the group are also members of the orchestra of the Lyric Opera of Chicago, the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and Music of the Baroque who were interested in playing more chamber pieces.
“Typically the music is very eclectic – we’ve ventured into Romantic and contemporary works,” Jacques said. “They do all sizes of chamber works, from duos up to larger ensembles.”
In their upcoming concert, the wildcard is Higdon’s piece. Jacques said the work is very modern and required the players to venture into some uncharted territory.
Many of the musicians also are teachers at area universities, and they will be discussing the history of the chamber pieces at the concert.
Mitchell Museum of the American Indian
2600 Central Park Ave.
(847) 475-1030
Feb. 19, 1:00 p.m.
Suggested student admission $2.50
$10 materials fee
The Mitchell Museum will host an earring-making workshop Sunday led by Dorothy Antonio, a Chicago member of the Apache tribe.
Antonio learned to do beadwork from her family members while growing up in the southwest, said Curator of Education Penelope Berlet. At the workshop, the professional jewelry maker will help visitors create a pair of traditional Apache earrings to take home.
“She’ll be using very small glass beads – traders brought them to native Americans from Europe and traded the beads to get fur,” Berlet said.
“It’s an opportunity to speak with someone who is a member of a Native American tribe,” Berlet said. “It’s a very emotional experience for people who left their tribe, came to the city and made a life for themselves.”
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