Taste of TLT (Lite) - December 29, 2011

Pre-New Year's Eve Speed Dating, Lakeview

"Find someone special to ring in 2012 with! Join us for a pre-NYE party at Sheffield's Beer and Wine Garden in Lakeview for a chance to meet other singles waiting to meet you. Sheffield’s is a classic corner Chicago bar with a year-round beer garden and the perfect casual atmosphere for your dates and mingling."

Assisted Living, Wrigleyville

"Anne Kelly needs help. She’s pushing 40 and still lives with her mother. Her deadbeat brother won’t even return her calls and the ancient family home seems to be falling down around her. When Levi, a sweet but dim-witted younger man, comes into her life, Anne begins to see the upside of not always being the grown up."

A Christmas Carol, The Silent Bah Humbug, Bucktown / Wicker Park

“'Tis the season — every year at this time — for the various renderings of A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens. And so it must be, that we, Silent Theatre, tried our hand in it. Not for reasons much different than others-it is a tale of redemption, which finds its way to the heart and warms it as it lifts the spirit. But, this time of year is thought of as a more forgiving, kind and pleasant time of year and we, as creators who are interested in the shared human experience, were enticed by the words of Charles Dickens: it is the only time of year “when men and women seem by one consent to open their shut-up hearts freely, and to think of people below them as if they really were fellow-passengers to the grave, and not another race of creatures bound on other journeys.”"

Atomic Sketch Event, Logan Square

"Join Atomic Sketch for a festive night of art & merry making, on Thursday Dec 29, 6pm at Green Eye Lounge. Atomic Sketch along with Green Eye Lounge, is proud to host the Chicago release of the new graphic novel, The Legend of Henry Brewer: The Axe Man on Thursday, December 29th, 2011 from 6 pm to 11 pm. Written by James Di Angelo, of Red Moon Features, and illustrated by Chicago artist and longtime ASE supporter, John Airo, Di Angelo tells the story of a small farming town in 1930's Iowa being terrorized by, not one, but two serial killers."

Have a great day!