ART
HELEN TORR
Paintings, drawings and collages by a seldom-shown early modern artist; final week; Terra Museum of American Art, 666 N. Michigan Ave; free; 664-3939.
— Alan G. Artner
CLASSICAL
MOZART FESTIVAL
Artistic adviser and violin soloist Mark Peskanov will lead the final weekend of festival concerts at the Woodstock Opera House. Music by Mozart, Bach, Kreisler and Sarasate makes up the program, which features orchestra wind and brass soloists; 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday; a chamber music concert takes place at 4 p.m. Saturday, 121 Van Buren St., Woodstock; $20-$42; 815-338-5300.
— John von Rhein
MOVIES
BLACK HARVEST
The film festival continues at the Gene Siskel Film Center, with a number of notable screenings, including “Sugar Cane Alley,” Euzhan Palcy’s moving 1984 French-African coming-of-age drama, set in Martinique; Monday and Tuesday, 164 N. State St.; $8; 312-846-2600.
— Michael Wilmington
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THEATER
ANY WAY YOU WANT IT
A corkscrewy but worthwhile meander from writer-performer Kristin Garrison, complete with songs and Shakespeare vignettes. Garrison offers free-associative musings on Britney Spears, homeland security and teenage crushes on John McEnroe; through Aug. 30 at Live Bait Theater, 3914 N. Clark St.; $10; 773-871-1212.
— Michael Phillips
PANTS ON FIRE
Mendacity may be older than the Republic, but this still is an unusually fertile time for this lively, exuberant and very funny revue at the spunky Second City e.t.c., which continues to beat the pants off the more staid Second City mainstage; open run at Second City e.t.c., 1608 N. Wells St.; $17-$19; 312-337-3992.
— Chris Jones