DO BE DO BE DO

Things to Do, Places to Be Today The Big Two-Oh. The New Art Examiner, a national magazine publishedby the Chicago New Art Association, celebrates its 20th year with abenefit auction of original works by more than 75 local artists,including Ed Paschke, Andrew Young, Rodney Carswell and Julia Fish.The Ken Vandermark Quartet performs. A raffle will be conducted.Prizes will be awarded. Beer and wine will be served. Black will beworn. Doors open at 6. Auction begins at 8. $7 to get in. (312)786-0200. Proceeds benefit the not-for-profit magazine. Art in the mall. Contrary to rumors, the Art Institute of Chicagois not moving to the suburbs, but it is opening its third satelliteshop at the soon-to-be-even-huger Woodfield Shopping Center. Doorsopen at 10 a.m. Wild Thing (based on the Maurice Sendak creation)will be there to greet shoppers, not scare them away. There is aposter sale and patrons can mingle with artists and the manufacturerof kaleidoscopes and zeotropes (no, we don't know either). Doorsclose at 9 p.m. The mall is at Illinois 53 and the Northwest Tollway.(708) 995-8070. Today and tomorrow From the Soul. The Soul Children of Chicago, Jennifer Holliday andEsther Rolle headline "From Generation to Generation," an anthologyof African-American music at the Arie Crown Theater, 2300 S. LakeShore Dr. Tickets: $16.50 to $35. 8 p.m. tonight and tomorrow. (312)559-1212. Tomorrow The man behind the glass. Crobar Nightclub, where if you're notdressed in black you're probably lost, unveils a new 17-footindustrial glass art piece by master glassblower Michael Meilahn,whose works you might have seen at Mindscape Gallery in Evanston.All of Meilahn's works will be on display through April 25 at theclub, 1542 N. Kingsbury. Cover is $10. The club's hours areWednesday through Sunday, 9 p.m. to 4 a.m.; until 5 a.m. onSaturdays. (312) 587-1313. Bach-analia. Ames, Iowa, native and musical satirist PeterSchickele, a.k.a. P.D.Q. Bach, brings his program of original songsand inspired comedy to Centre East, 7701 N. Lincoln in Skokie, at 8p.m. April 3. Subjects of songs range from family life to pets to hisattempts to lose weight. Tickets: $15.50 and $18.50. (708) 673-6300. Tomorrow and Sunday Hurray for Hollywood. He isn't as cute as he used to be, but George"Spanky" McFarland will still draw a crowd at Mulqueen's HollywoodCollectibles shows at the Holiday Inn in west suburban Hillside.Spanky, 64, will sign autographs and answer questions about the 85"Our Gang" comedies he did for Hal Roach. But wait, there's more:150 dealers from all over the world will show more than 500,000pieces of movie memorabilia (original posters, scripts, autographs;from $1 to $30,000), trivia contests and studios promoting suchmovies as "Jurassic Park" and "Jack the Bear." Hours are 10 a.m. to6 p.m. today and 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. tomorrow. $6; kids 6 and under arefree. The hotel is at 4400 Frontage Rd., just off the EisenhowerExpy., east of Wolf Road. (708) 544-9300.