Pim lives in a run-down house in a dead-end street somewhere at the Belgian coast, together with his mother Yvette Bulteel (better known as Yvette Mimosa, local accordion starlet). Life here smells of cold French fries, cheap cigarettes, vermouth and stale beer. Mother Yvette uses her fat Etienne with his lousy grey Fiat as a driver for the nights she has to “perform.”

As a kid Pim dreams of a better life, imagining princesses and beauty queens. But when Pim turns 16 he dreams of Gino, the boy next door, instead. Ever since they were children there has been this tension between them. Now Gino is Pim’s motorcycling hero. Cold mockery, little humiliations and tiny bits of hope make up Pim’s life. No wonder he sometimes flees to his dream world.

Then one day Yvette leaves with young, hunky Zoltan, the boy from the fair. When Yvette leaves her son alone in the empty house, Pim seizes the opportunity and his dreams become half-truths. Pim moves to the neighbours’ house to live with Marcella, his “second mum”. And with Sabrina, Gino’s sister, who circles longingly around Pim. He even sleeps in Gino’s bed! But Gino’s off romancing and living with a girl from across the border. Dreams never come true. Or do they?

The Music Box Theatre’s annual screening of the classic film Casablanca begins with a special “Valentine’s Day Sweetheart Sing Along” featuring a selection of memorable love songs complete with projected lyrics and accompaniment from the Music Box organ. Songs include “You Are My Sunshine,” “Bicycle Built for Two,” and “Let’s Call the Whole Thing Off.” After the sing-a-long you and your sweetheart will be treated to the timeless Casablanca, starring Humphrey Bogart and Ingrid Bergman, one of the greatest romantic films of all time.

Who loves love? We do!

Want to combine the sing along with a meal?

The Music Box Theatre has partnered with two great neighborhood establishments to offer some special date night options. Deleece is located just a few doors North of the theatre and Diag will be providing a fun trolley of love from their location just a few blocks south!

Dinner with Diag Bar & Grill

The Diag is Lakeview’s favorite neighborhood kitchen and ale house. Nestled in the Lakeview neighborhood, The Diag is traditionally designed with rustic details in a comfortable relaxed atmosphere including our Library we refer to as the Stacks. Located at 2856 N Southport Ave. Learn more at www.diagchicago.com

The Diag Date Night Package is $50/person or $100/couple and includes:

• 1 Small Plate/person
• 2 Cocktails/person
• 1 Dessert to share together!
• A Trolly Ride to and from the Music Box Theatre beginning from Diag Bar and Grill
  (Does not include Gratuity. Does include Tax)

Purchase your tickets to the Diag Valentines Date Night by clicking HERE

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Dinner With Deleece

We have a special Deleece Valentine’s Day Prix Fixe Menu deal for you! Deleece is your electric neighborhood restaurant at 3747 N. Southport. Learn more at www.deleece.com

$110 per couple ($55 per person), includes the dinner and tickets to Casablanca.

First course, Choice of:
Ahi Tuna Tartare, Billi Bi, or Deleece Winter Salad

Second course:
Filet Mignon & Short Rib or Colossal Stuffed Shrimp

Third course:
Fondue for Two

Does not include tax or gratuity. (An additional bill for Tax, gratuity, and drinks will be issued at the end of the meal)

Purchase your tickets to the Deleece Valentines Date Night by clicking HERE

The most beloved film romance of all time! Set in unoccupied Africa during the early days of World War II, an American expatriate (Humphrey Bogart) meets a former lover (Ingrid Bergman), with unforeseen complications. Note: the Feb 14th, screening includes a Sweetheart Singalong preshow

Offering an extraordinary look at the unfolding of lives, The Up Series has been called “an inspired, almost noble use of the film medium” by renowned film critic Roger Ebert.

In 1964, acclaimed filmmaker Michael Apted began his career as a researcher on a new experimental series for Granada TV called Seven Up, which explored the Jesuit maxim, “Give me the child until he is seven and I will give you the man.” The original concept was to interview 14 children from diverse socio-economic backgrounds from all over England, to see whether a class system was in place. By asking the children about their lives and their dreams for the future, difference in attitudes and opportunity were witnessed.

For almost half a century, Apted has interviewed the original group every seven years, examining the progression of their lives. Now they are 56. From cab driver Tony to schoolmates Jackie, Lynn, and Susan, and the iconoclast Neil, the present age brings more life-changing decisions and surprising developments. From success and disappointment, marriage and childbirth, to poverty and illness, nearly every facet of life is discussed with the group, as they assess whether their lives have ultimately been ruled by circumstance or self-determination.

It’s a drug that promises an out-of-body experience with each hit. On the street they call it Soy Sauce, and users drift across time and dimensions. But some who come back are no longer human. Suddenly a silent otherworldly invasion is underway, and mankind needs a hero. What it gets instead is John and David, a pair of college dropouts who can barely hold down jobs. Can these two stop the oncoming horror in time to save humanity? No. No, they can’t.

Based on the novel by author David Wong, John Dies at the End was adapted and directed by horror auteur Don Coscarelli. The film premiered at the 2012 Sundance Film Festival to great acclaim.

After sold-out screenings at major film festivals including Sundance, SXSW, and Seattle, John Dies at the End will be coming soon to a theater near you.

Winner of all nine Academy Awards it was nominated for, this charming musical is set in Fin de siecle Paris, a time of boredom and cynicism for the wealthy bourgeois. Against this backdrop is Maurice Chevalier, a rich playboy weary of the conventions of Parisian society. He strikes up a platonic friendship with courtesan-in-training Gigi (Leslie Caron), but love adds a surprise twist to this delightful turn-of-the 20th century Cinderella story.

Praise be to whatever dark lord made this unholy masterpiece! Brian De Palma’s glam-rock musical, featuring songs by Paul Williams, is a coked-out mashup of T. Rex, Hitchcock, Universal Monsters, and Rocky Horror. Winslow Leach is a promising musician whose work is stolen by the evil producer Swan (played to pig-faced perfection by Paul Williams). tortured and beaten for attempting to reclaim his music, Winslow transforms into the steel-toothed, cape-wearing, leather-clad Phantom, out to wreak havoc upon Swan’s new nightclub, The Paradise!