ART
CAPITAL PUNISHMENT
“Premeditated: Meditations on Capital Punishment,” paintings and prints by Malaquias Montoya dealing with the death penalty; final week; Mexican Fine Arts Center Museum, 1852 W. 19th St.; free; 312-738-1503.
KOWALSKI’S WORK
“Dennis Kowalski: A Retrospective, 1997-2003,” more than 60 works by the idiosyncratic artists formerly of Chicago; final week; Evanston Art Center, 2603 Sheridan Rd., 847-432-1888; and Suburban Fine Arts Center, 1957 Sheridan Rd., Highland Park, 847-475-5300; Free
MODERNISM SHOW
“The Modernism Show: An Exposition & Sale of 20th Century Design, 1890–1970,” the Chicago area’s most user-friendly art trade fair; closes Sunday; Winnetka Community House, 620 Lincoln Ave., Winnetka. $12. 847-446-0537.
— Alan G. Artner
CLASSICAL
`DIDO AND AENEAS’
The Henry Purcell work, England’s oldest opera (circa 1689), will be presented in concert form by the Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs. Francesco Milioto will conduct, with singers Michelle Areyzaga, Anne Marie Lewis, Veronica McHale and Bill McMurray. Performances take place at 3 p.m. Sunday in Preston Bradley Hall, Chicago Cultural Center, 78 E. Washington St.; 8 p.m. Nov. 20 at the Beverly Arts Center, 2407 W. 111th St.; and 3 p.m. Nov. 21 at the Byron Colby Barn, 1561 Jones Point Rd., Grayslake. Admission to the Cultural Center performance is free (312-346-3278); tickets to the Beverly Arts Center are $15 (773-445-3838); tickets to the Colby Barn are $15 (847-543-1202).
TRULS MORK
The gifted young Norwegian cellist makes his Chicago recital debut at 8 p.m. Friday at the University of Chicago’s Mandel Hall, 1131 E. 57th St. He and his pianist, Kathryn Stott, will present sonatas by Chopin, Miaskovsky and Prokofiev, plus Schumann’s “Fantasiestucke,” Opus 73. $30; 773-702-8068.
MUSIC OF THE BAROQUE
In his sole appearance of the season, principal guest conductor Nicholas Kraemer will welcome as soloist the brilliant Canadian soprano Karina Gauvin, who will perform J.S. Bach’s Cantata No. 51 (“Jauchzet Gott in allen Landen!”) on a program that holds Bach’s Brandenburg Concerto No. 1 and works by Telemann and Rameau; 8 p.m. Monday; First United Methodist Church, 1630 Hinman Ave., Evanston; and 8 p.m. Tuesday at St. Pauls Church, 2335 N. Orchard St.; $29-$48; 312-551-1414.
More Top Picks Best Professional Barber Shear Sets With Light
— John von Rhein
JAZZ
GARY BURTON
The brilliant vibist makes a rare Chicago appearance; Thursday through Nov. 14 at the Jazz Showcase, 59 W. Grand Ave.; $20-$25; 312-670-2473.
LATIN JAZZ FESTIVAL
The new Jazz en Clave festival will feature Quarteto Valdes Latin Jazz Ensemble on Wednesday, John Santos Quintet on Thursday, Eddie Palmieri on Friday, Manny Oquendo on Saturday and Eliane Elias on Nov. 14 at HotHouse, 31 E. Balbo Drive; $10-$30; 312-362-9707.
— Howard Reich
MOVIES
`LIGHTNING IN A BOTTLE’
Director Antoine Fuqua’s and executive producer Martin Scorsese’s pulsing visual and aural record of last year’s “Salute to the Blues” concert at Radio City Music Hall where a magnificent company, including B.B. King, Shemekia Copeland, Mavis Staples, Bonnie Raitt and Buddy Guy, rip it open; Music Box Theatre, 3733 Southport Ave.; 773-871-6604; www.musicboxtheatre.com.
— Michael Wilmington
ROCK
AMERICAN MUSIC CLUB
Reunited after a decade, these San Francisco indie-rockers frame Mark Eitzel’s caustically introspective songs with deceptively beautiful textures; Friday and Saturday at Schubas, 3159 N. Southport Ave.; $14; 773-525-2508.
FATBOY SLIM
Master deejay is liable to cut up everything from the Doors to acid-house; Friday at Metro, 3730 N. Clark St.; $23-$26; 773-549-4140.
GREEN DAY
Punk’s brattiest band finds new relevance with politically charged album, “American Idiot”; Monday at UIC Pavilion, 1150 W. Harrison St.; $35; 312-559-1212.
LUNA
Wispy guitar-rockers on final tour; Thursday and Friday at Abbey Pub, 3420 W. Grace St.; $15; 773-478-4408.
— Greg Kot
THEATER
`RULES FOR GOOD MANNERS IN THE MODERN WORLD’
Unlike anything else in town, and in this town that means something. The late French playwright Jean-Luc Lagarce wrote “Rules” as an arch, supremely codified how-to lesson in social niceties. In the drolly assured T.U.T.A. American premiere, director Zeljko Djukic uses three women, two as mimetic backup for the woman delivering the spiel. Leisurely but precise, it’s a piquant comic experience; through Nov. 28 at Prop Thtr, 3502 N. Elston Ave.; $12-$18; 847-217-0691
— Michael Phillips
`SING HALLELUJAH!’
“Sing Hallelujah!,” a commercially produced contemporary Gospel revue from Worth Gardner and Donald Lawrence, atones for its slickness with movement of unusual complexity for a straight-forward revue. In this fast-paced two-hour extravaganza, there are musical arrangements of voracious variety, perfectly mixed sound and just about enough humanity and sincerity to get the spiritual juices flowing anew and for real; through Dec. 5 at the Chicago Center for the Performing Arts, 777 N. Green St.; $35-49; 312-327-2000.
— Chris Jones
More Top Picks Best Retractable Baby Gates For Doorways