by Evan Minsker
August 14, 2009
FRIDAY
Name a topic and there's probably a short film about it. Tortured youths? Plenty of 'em. John Lennon? Yeah, there's at least one. Bicycles? There's actually a festival full of them: The Bicycle Film Festival is screening bike-themed shorts tonight at Columbia College's Film Row Cinema. Or, you could instead opt for some silly short-takes on the Bard's work; The Improvised Shakespeare Company at iO has you covered. The more musically inclined will have to reflect on whether they want the rock-'n'-roll equivalent of a monster-truck show or relaxing, wine-tasting tunes instead: It's as easy as choosing between hard-rock legends AC/DC at the United Center or master cellist Yo-Yo Ma at Ravinia. We wish we could provide a mash-up of the two (here's looking at you, The Hood Internet), but instead, here's AC/DC with "Thunderstruck":
