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“I think the reason critics did not take her seriously is because she is too fashionable and therefore not ‘serious,’” Camille Paglia has written about Tippi Hedren. “The interplay between Hedren and [Suzanne] Pleshette in The Birds tells me more about women than any number of articles on feminist theory.” Decide for yourself at today’s Tippi Hedren extravaganza at the Gene Siskel Film Center. Hedren herself will answer questions following the 3 PM screening of The Birds (tickets are $8); she’ll be back at 7 to be interviewed by critic Michael Wilmington before the showing of Marnie ($20). A private reception with Hedren takes place from 6 to 7 in the Film Center Cafe; tickets to that are $100 and include admission to Marnie. Call 312-846-2600 for tickets to the reception. Movie tickets are available through Ticketmaster (312-575-8000) or at the Film Center box office, 164 N. State.
High school art teacher Tina Mangos has been teaching swing, ballroom, and Latin dance for 22 years. For the last two she’s offered lessons a few Saturdays a month at HotHouse; tonight’s is in salsa footwork, and the next class, on February 16, will focus on the cha-cha. The salsa lesson starts at 9 at 31 E. Balbo and costs $5. Victor Parra’s Mambo Express comes on at 10; cover for that is $10. For more information call 312-362-9707.
31 THURSDAY “Sitting quietly, doing nothing, stilling the mind and calming the body, has never been the Western way,” say the folks at Sahaja Yoga International. But Shri Mataji, founder of the meditation technique known as Sahaja Yoga–which is supposed to help practitioners develop a resistance to depression and anxiety–has received numerous awards for her work, including two nominations for the Nobel Prize. Local members of Sahaja Yoga International are offering a free one-and-a-half-hour class today at 6:30 at the Roosevelt branch of the Chicago Public Library, 1101 W. Taylor. Call 847-604-2185 for details.
