Pencil This In

By Staff in Arts & Entertainment on Nov 16, 2011 6:20PM

Film

The Northwest side is becoming the best area to see classic films in classic movie houses these days. The Patio Theater will be showing Back to the Future 35mm this weekend. Come with your friends and family on Saturday night at 10 p.m. or Sunday afternoon at 3 p.m. Tickets are only $3 dollars. (6008 W. Irving Park Rd.)

Over at the Portage Theater, the Northwest Chicago Film Society is screening Edgar Ulmer's Her Sister's Secret, in what they call their rarest screening of the season. The film screens in an ultra-rare 16mm print along with the 1930 Dave Fleisher cartoon Row, Row, Row. (4050 N. Milwaukee Ave., 7:30 p.m., $5)

Book Signing

Revealing the stories and secrets of 18 women and their homes, author Nancy Hiller's book, A Home of Her Own, visits an assortment of houses spanning from a mid-century modern ranch, to a pre-Civil War brick farmhouse, to a trailer. For some, home is simply a place to eat, sleep, and store possessions. For others, it offers intimate and satisfying opportunities for self-expression, becoming a reflection of one's taste, values, and even identity. Hiller, photographer Kendall Reeves will visit Intuit (756 N. Milwaukee Ave.) to sign copies of the book 6 p.m. tomorrow. The book will alsi be available for purchase in the Intuit Store.

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