Pencil This In

By Lauri Apple in Arts & Entertainment on Feb 26, 2009 8:20PM

If you're like us, you spent February wishing you could move to an isolated land mass in the South Pacific where the only other inhabitants were a species of non-bitey rodent that you could pet and cuddle with without fear. Unfortunately, we don't know where this oasis exists, so we must find other, local alternatives while we search our Goode's Atlas in vain.

Parties
Tomorrow, Feb. 27, the Victor Hotel at 311 N. Sangamon hosts Kismat: a fashion show and party featuring a performance by Desi Inc. and clothes by KB Fashions. Dance to bhangra, Bollywood tunes, hip hop and more.
9 p.m. $10 (ladies free before 11 p.m.)

Art
Also tomorrow, Rotofugi opens St3ncil: Contemporary Stencil Work featuring Jonathan Wakuda Fischer, David Soukup and Peat Wollaeger (stenSOUL). St. Louis -based Wollaeger brings a character-rich cartoon-inspired style with a graffiti edge and will be featuring his latest stencil series "EYEZ." Chicago artist Soukup explores the use of stencils to create intricate architecture-inspired works. and Seattle-based Wakuda Fischer mixes Japanese themes with modern culture and vibrant colors.
Through March 15. 6-10 p.m. 1953 W. Chicago Ave.

The Family Room -- which is not to be confused with our own Tankboy's "family room" (for info, see ... well, actually, you might not want to see) -- hosts an opening party for Waiting out the Rain: a stark homage to Roma culture in modern Kosovo. In this exhibit, Swiss photographer Ester Vonplon pairs her own photographs with those taken by the Roma children that she befriended while teaching photography workshops in Rahovec/Orahovac, a village in the South of Kosovo. Curated by Alex Fuller and Sonnenzimmer.
Sat., Feb. 28. 6-10 p.m. 1821 W. Hubbard St., #202

Back in college, we wrote a poem called "Salt Water" that won us enough money to pay our rent for a few months. It was the last poem we ever wrote, because shortly thereafter we burned out on the form. But that won't keep us from checking out Salt Water: new paintings by Jennifer Scott McLaughlin being "opened" at the David Weinberg Gallery tomorrow (Feb. 27).
5-8 p.m. 300 W. Superior, Suite 203