Things to do this weekend: July 10-July 12

There's a lot happening this weekend—summer festival season is in full bloom—and after last night's Lura concert at Pritzker Pavilion I'm seriously feeling it. Programmers from the Chicago Cultural Center estimate that over 6,000 people saw the singer from Cape Verde perform last night. The weather was heavenly. We're also coming up on the anniversary of Disco Demolition Night (July 12, 1979) or as I called it on this recent blog Disco Demolition Day—why the day? Maybe because I wrote that blog on the train during a caffeine binge and it had a nice ring to it. I have no idea—perhaps because double-headers start a bit early?

One brief housecleaning item: Due to a data entry error, we listed AleFest as FREE in Museums & Culture listings in this week's magazine, the event is actually $40—and listed correctly elsewhere. Mmmmm AleFest... Here are fifteen things to do this weekend.

FRIDAY 10
NIGHTLIFE - The Friday Night Dance Party
Taking it back to the old school, Swank Society Radio host, DJ and promoter Sean Alvarez kicks off his new quarterly night for all you movers and shakers out there. Making sure that the sound system and dance-floor are in harmony and that the talent brings the energy, Alvarez has enlisted the Double Door as his venue of choice and the mighty Peven Everett as the headliner. Vocalist Billie Jewell will also be performing live. On the DJ side, local house aficionado Jamie 3:26 joins Alvarez.
Double Door. 9pm; $20, $15 in advance.

MUSIC - Mannequin Men
They don't come more hyperkinetic, hyperactive or hypodermic than locals Mannequin Men. It's garage rock shot through the grease of early punk that barely allows the listener to shout for mercy. Tonight's a release gig for its new Flameshovel LP, Lose Your Illusion, Too.  Metro, 9pm, $12,18 and older.

FILM - Made in USA
Godard's 1966 film never got a proper release here; in many ways it seems perfectly poised between the playfulness of his early '60s work and the more audacious formal experiments of Two or Three Things I Know About Her and Weekend. Gene Siskel Film Center, 164 N State St (312-846-2600). El: Brown, Green, Orange, Pink, Purple (rush hrs) to State/Lake; Red to Lake; Blue to Clark/Lake. $9, students $7, members $5, SAIC students and faculty $4; 6:15pm.

THEATER - The Ruby Sunrise
Rinne Groff's play tells a fictionalized version of the story of the invention of TV. Michael Patrick Thornton and Brenda Barrie star in the Chicago premiere, in previews this weekend. The Gift Theatre, 7:30pm, $15.

GAY & LESBIAN/MUSIC - the MEN
JD Samson of electro-indie upstarts Le Tigre and her new electro punk band play live with DJ sets throughout the night. Berlin, 954 W Belmont Ave (773-348-4975). El: Red, Brown, Purple (rush hrs) to Belmont. Bus: 22, 77. 11pm, $5-$10.

SATURDAY 11
MUSIC/SUMMER FESTIVALS/AROUND TOWN - Chicago Folk & Roots Festival
The Old Town School of Folk Music is one school that you want to be in session for the summer. At its annual fest, hit up sing-alongs, open jams, a dance tent and multicultural musical acts such as Karsh Kale and Timeline, and Black Joe Lewis & The Honeybears. See Music, Previews. Welles Park. Noon–10pm; $8, seniors and kids $4.

THEATER - The Last Barbecue
Brett Neveu's first produced play, a dark family comedy about a man returning home for his ten-year high school reunion, gets a new production helmed by Ann Filmer, who also directed the Chicago premiere a decade ago. 16th Street Theater, 5pm, 8pm, $16.

AROUND TOWN - Behind the Scenes at the Jardine Water Purification Plant & Field Museum
That little industrial island you’ve seen near Navy Pier is actually the world’s largest water-filtration plant. Get a look at its inner workings on this tour to find out how lake water is purified before it comes out of your faucet. Afterward, a water taxi escorts you to the Field Museum for a behind-the-scenes look there, including talks with scientists on all things related to water and fishes. Registration is required. The Field Museum (312-665-7500). 11am–2pm. FREE!

FILM - Chimes at Midnight
Long unavailable on region 1 DVD (and long out of print on video), Orson Welles' masterpiece—which reworks Shakespeare's Henry IV plays from Falstaff's point of view—pretty much defines the concept of "don't miss." Hardcore Wellesians consider it the equal of Citizen Kane and Touch of Evil. Doc Films, University of Chicago, 1212 E 59th St between Kimbark and Woodlawn Aves (773-702-8574). Bus: 4 (24hrs), X4, 14, 28, 59, 171. Metra: Elec Main to 59th St. Wednesday 5 at 7, 9:30pm.

MUSIC - No Doubt
They may have never been original, but No Doubt’s open amiability and good taste in recycling the past make for an impossible-to-hate summer party. First Midwest Bank Amphitheatre, 7:30pm, $10–$80.

SUNDAY 12
AROUND TOWN/MUSIC - Great Performers of Illinois—Dennis DeYoung
Statewide performers, regional food and wine, children’s entertainment and an 8,000-square-foot corn maze fill up Millennium Park. Tonight at 7:30pm, former Styx singer and songwriter Dennis DeYoung headlines. Millennium Park, 10am–11pm.

NIGHTLIFE - Bonobo (live) + Orchard Lounge
Simon Green's Bonobo project has long held sway over the more chilled-out side of dance music. His lush studio productions have captured the ears of tastemakers the world over even garnering him "best of" accolades from the likes of BBC 1's Gilles Peterson, who voted his Days To Come LP as his top album of 2006. Since its release Green has been steady working, putting together a live act to add even more depth to the Bonobo name. The fruits of this labor are finally upon us as he takes to the stage at Logan Square Auditorium tonight with live drummer, keyboardist, guitar, strings, efx and Green himself on bass. Logan Square Auditorium. 8pm. $15.

FILM - Two or Three Things I Know About Her
Apart from the sui generis Contempt, this the best film of Godard's landmark '60s streak; it contrasts the commercially saturated existence of a housewife who moonlights as a prostitute (Marina Vlady) with the drabness of a Paris housing project. Gene Siskel Film Center, 164 N State St (312-846-2600). El: Brown, Green, Orange, Pink, Purple (rush hrs) to State/Lake; Red to Lake; Blue to Clark/Lake. $9, students $7, members $5, SAIC students and faculty $4; 4:30pm.

MUSIC - Chicago Folk & Roots Festival
The Old Town School of Folk Music's annual multi-culti weekend threatens to turn Welles Park into Ibiza with a closing set from renowned Indian producer Karsh Kale, known for his furious tabla-powered percussion workouts. Also on hand is France’s Watcha Clan, pounding through internationally-informed electro that draws on everything from flamenco to drum 'n' bass. Welles Park, noon–9:30pm; donation $8, kids and seniors $4.

ART & DESIGN - “Place and Presence: Photography from the Collection.”
http://chicago.timeout.com/events/art-design/291668/4080576/place-and-pr...
Amazing works by Shirin Neshat, Tom Van Eynde and many others cap the Block’s yearlong look at photography. Mary & Leigh Block Museum of Art, Northwestern University, 40 Arts Circle Dr, Evanston. Noon–5pm. FREE!