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• Mar 20
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    Nick Thune Lakeshore Theater, 10:30 p.m.

    L.A. comedian Nick Thune's penchant for wordplay should be instantly apparent from the ...

    The Cody Rivers Show iO Theater (Cabaret), 8 p.m.
    Nick Thune Lakeshore Theater, 7:30 p.m.
• Mar 21
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    Forget Cassettes, Tender, and Rrind Empty Bottle, 9:30 p.m.

    Forget Cassettes is to Nashville what The White Stripes are to Detroit: arguably that city ...

    Too Much Light Makes The Baby Go Blind The Neo Futurarium, 7:30 p.m.
    John Oates Evanston SPACE, 7 p.m.
• Mar 22
  • EUFF: Dogtooth Gene Siskel Film Center, 8:15 p.m.

    Although Dogtooth is due for a limited release later in 2010, the annual European Union ...

• Mar 23
  • 7 Day Shorts Second City (DeMaat Theatre), 10:30 p.m.

    Shrinking the gap between Second City and Saturday Night Live even more, the improv-comedy titan ...

    Cook County Social Club and To What End? iO Theater (Cabaret), 8 p.m.
    Cowboy Junkies and Grant Lee Phillips Evanston SPACE, 8 p.m.
• Mar 24
  • Willie Nelson And Family Rialto Square Theatre, 7:30 p.m.

    Willie Nelson's history boasts all the easy navigability of an iceberg. The 76-year-old's ...

    Air and AM Riviera Theatre, 8 p.m.
    Pere Ubu Lincoln Hall, 8 p.m.
• Mar 25
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    Rickie Lee Jones Lincoln Hall, 8 p.m.

    When she debuted with the single "Chuck E.'s In Love" from her self-titled album ...

    The Bronx, Violent Soho, Mariachi El Bronx, and Dead Country Subterranean, 8 p.m.
    Vampire Weekend and Abe Vigoda Riviera Theatre, 7 p.m.
• Mar 26
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    Tegan And Sara Aragon Ballroom, 8 p.m.

    Twins Tegan And Sara are pretty, charismatic, and write melodic, electronically tinged, and utterly inoffensive ...

    Baby Wants Candy (Chicago) Apollo Theater, 10:30 p.m.
    Puscifer and Uncle Scratch's Gospel Revival Vic Theatre, 9 p.m.