First Look

I just bought the "bargain" tickets for two First Look shows at Steppenwolf. The deal is a ticket + 1 craft beer for $20 between now and Oct. 30.
I bought a ticket for tomorrow night to see Want:

A group of former junkies and sex addicts gather in a California beach flophouse to overcome their desires with an aggressive dose of "tough love" group therapy. When a strange young woman shows up on their doorstep, their sobriety, celibacy and faith in each other are all put to the test. The denizens of Zayd Dohrn's Want follow a new age approach which begs the question: cure or cult?

And then a ticket for Friday night to see Oblivion:
Uber-hip Brooklynites Pam and Dixon take great pride in their progressive approach to parenting. But when their 17-year-old daughter, Julie, repeatedly lies about where she spent the weekend, their cool, high-brow façade crashes and burns. Carly Mensch's Oblivion takes a wry look at Nietzsche, famed film critic Pauline Kael and what it means to fight for the things you love.


Saturday show of Man in Love was sold out and I decided not to go to the 8pm Sunday show since I have surgery in the morning. I think Sunday is reserved for pedicure.

Tomorrow is a killer meeting day:
Meeting 1 re: Drupal project with programmers 10am
Meeting 2 re: strategic planning for map collection 11:30am
Meeting 3 re: new job 1pm
Genealogy reference desk: 3pm

I think dinner and some writing before the theater sounds pretty nice. There is an Italian place right down the street from the theater, but I might pass since that has some wonderful memories of days gone by. Wonderful olives though too, so we will see what wins out.