On New Year’s Eve National Pastime Theater will create a visual, sensual and forbidden celebration, a masked ball of erotic spirits, entertainment and food, a world of gaiety and sensual abandon. Open bar and specialty martini bar, delicious food, live entertainment and silent auction. Live jazz by The Fred Barr Quintet with special guest Kenyatta Gains (www.fredbarr.com) and special performances by The Living Canvas. (www.thelivingcanvas.com). After midnight, live delta blues with Kent Duchaine and Leadbessie (www.kentduchaine.com.) $100 per person or $175 per couple. Ten percent of the proceeds to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. Dress like royalty or in costume for Carnivale. Masks required. National Pastime Theater is located at 4139 N. Broadway in Chicago