Big Butt Girls in Evanston through August 25

How fun that I get to put "Big Butt" in my headline today and it's not to mock but to celebrate a new play opening for Fleetwood-Jourdain Theatre. Read below!

Fleetwood-Jourdain Theatre's "Big Butt Girls and Other Fantasies - The Remix!"

Fleetwood-Jourdain Theatre's fourth and final main stage play of their Summer 2013 season is Big Butt Girls and Other Fantasies — The Remix! The play will run from August 10 to August 25 at the Noyes Cultural Arts Center, 927 Noyes St. in Evanston.

Playwright Marsha Estell (Heat) is brilliantly funny and bittersweet in this solo performance. Audiences will join Marty as she longs for her childhood on the South Side of Chicago. All she cared about was listening to James Brown, dancing with her father and developing into a “Brick-House!" Now, trapped by varicose veins, hot flashes and that "middle-aged middle," Marty will lead you in a performance both hilarious and bittersweet.

Showtimes are 7:00 p.m. on Saturdays and 3:00 p.m. on Sundays. Tickets are $12 at the door and $10 in advance. For more information, click here or call the Noyes Center box office at 847-448-8260, Monday through Friday, 10:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

It might be cold, but beach tokens for 2012 are on sale already which means winter is over!

From City of Evanston website: http://www.cityofevanston.org

2012 SEASON GENERAL INFORMATION

A season token or daily pass is required for beach admission during operating hours. One token or daily pass is required per person. A season token is valid for the entire beach season. In 2012, the season will be expanded and will open on Sat., May 26. Until June 8, beaches will close earlier; hours will be 10:30am-6pm. From June 9 through Sept. 3 (Labor Day), beach hours will be 10:30am-7:30pm.

Starting Monday, April 2, 2012, season tokens may be purchased weekdays, 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the Morton Civic Center, 2100 Ridge Ave., and at local community centers during their office hours (Robert Crown, Chandler-Newberger, Fleetwood-Jourdain, Levy Senior Center and Evanston Ecology Center). Cash, personal checks and credit cards are accepted.

Tokens also will be sold at the Dempster St. Beach Office and Clark St. Beach Office. Cash, personal checks and credit cards are accepted. The Dempster St. Beach Office will be open on in May on Saturdays and Sundays from 10am-5pm. The office will be open seven days a week from 10:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. from Memorial Day weekend through Labor Day. Clark Street Beach Office (1811 Sheridan Rd.) will be open from 10:30 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. from June 9 through Sept. 3, 2012.

Free beach days for Evanston residents will be held at Clark Street Beach on Mondays from July 9 through August 27, 2012.

2012 daily beach admission is $8, adult and $6, child age 1-11.