Jerry Lewis coming to the Arcada in St. Charles
And he's live, in-person, with a 25-piece orchestra and film clips for an evening with comedy's first genuine Jerry (the one before Seinfeld). Lewis, whose career spans seven decades, has been an actor, comedian, director, writer, producer, inventor (he came up with instant video replay for celluloid cameras) and chief warrior in the fight against Muscular Dystrophy. In February, he earned the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award during the Academy Award show for his tireless telethoning. Tickets range from $59 to $85. Call (630) 587-8400 or go to oshows.com.
Facts: 8 p.m. Saturday, May 9, at the Arcada Theatre, 105 E. Main St., St. Charles.
The spiel on Spielberg
Join me and 007 novelist/film scholar Raymond Benson as Dann & Raymond's Movie Club presents "The Suburban Kid: The Films of Steven Spielberg." With clips from "Jaws," "Close Encounters of the Third Kind," "Raiders of the Lost Ark," "Duel," "E.T.," "Minority Report" and others. Call (847) 392-0100. Go to ahml.info.
Facts: 7:30 p.m. Thursday, May 14, Arlington Heights Memorial Library, 500 N. Dunton Ave., Arlington Heights.
'Off-Loop'
Chicago-area college theater grads struggle to make it in the Windy City arts world in the latest independent feature film from CNGM Pictures, a consortium of filmmaking grads from Fremd High School in Palatine. Directed by J. Spencer Green. $10 admission at the door. $8 for students. Go to ticketturtle.com or call (847) 202-5222.
Facts: 8 p.m. Saturday, May 9, at the Cutting Hall Performing Arts Center, 150 E. Wood St., Palatine. 8 p.m. May 20, at the Portage Theater, 4050 N. Milwaukee Ave., Chicago