Hot Picks: ‘I Shall Be Released’

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This piece by Aaron Tinder, of Indianola, Iowa, is part of Union Street Gallery's "I Shall Be Released" exhibit.

Updated: May 9, 2012 10:13AM

Here is a look at top events you won’t want to miss.

Suggestions include the “I Shall Be Released” poetry-spoken word open mike night at Union Street Gallery in Chicago Heights.

‘I Shall Be Released’

Union Street Gallery, 1527 Otto Blvd., Chicago Heights, hosts a poetry-spoken word open mike night Feb. 4 in conjunction with the closing of the latest exhibit.

Information: (708) 754-2601, unionstreetgallery.org.

Weekend

Feb. 3’s Weekend magazine will feature a preview of Gary Griffin directing “The Color Purple” at the Center for Performing Arts at Governors State University.

There also will be features about Chicago Children’s Museum’s “Circus Zirkus,” the Drama Group’s “Noises Off,” Bill Cosby at Rialto Square Theatre, the movie “Underworld Awakening,” and Illinois Theatre Center’s latest production.

Some of these articles already are available in SouthtownStar.com’s Entertainment section.

Also for Feb. 2, 2012

The Entertainment section includes Carpe Weekend’s look at Super Bowl XLVI including events in Tinley Park, Oak Forest and Evergreen Park.

There also are reviews of the movies “Man on a Ledge” and “Senna,” which is the next film to be screened in the BACinema series at the Beverly Arts Center in Chicago.

Jessi Virtusio blogs about music, movies and much more on Elaborating on Entertainment, blogs.southtownstar.com/entertainment.