Gerber/Hart Library hosts two simultaneous date auctions, one for men and one for women, both to benefit Gerber/Hart. The ladies’ event is at Star Gaze, 5419 N. Clark; the gentlemen’s event is across the street at Madrigals, 5316 N. Clark. Both at 7 p.m., Sat., Sept. 22.
Harriet Lerner (author of Dance of Anger and Dance of Intimacy) discusses her new book The Dance of Connection: How to Talk to Someone When You’re Mad, Hurt, Scared, Frustrated, Insulted, Betrayed or Desperate, Sept. 20, at Women & Children First, 7:30 p.m., 5233 N. Clark, (773) 769-9299. DePaul professor Anne Russo reads from her new book, a radical feminist analysis of violence entitled Taking Back Our Lives: A Call to Action for the Feminist Movement, Friday, Sept. 21, 7:30 p.m.
Former Chicagoan Marcia Wilkie is among the special performers at the next Milly’s Orchid Show, an All-Gal Revue Sat., Sept. 29, Park West, 322 W. Armitage, $25. Tix at Unabridged Books, (773) 883-9119. Other performers include: Maxinova, Cheryl Trykv, Kelly Kessler and the Wichita Shut-Ins, former Chicagoan Paula Killen, Coal Diggers and many more.