JEFFERSON PARK — Al Capone will live on as part of a convention planned for Oct. 5 that will celebrate the heyday of organized crime in Chicago during the Prohibition Era.
Capone's legacy as the brutal head of the Chicago Outfit during the 1930s will be on display from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. during the Gangster Convention at the Copernicus Center, 5216 W. Lawrence Ave.
Attendees who come dressed in clothing from the 1920s will have a chance to be an extra in a new movie, "Capone’s Treasure of the Heart” from Rich Larsen, who runs Caponefanclub.com.
Heather Cherone says the Northwest Side may have been farmland in the '20s, but it still gets into the Prohibition spirit:
At the convention, producers also will be looking for actors to play Al Capone’s son, Sonny; Al's wife, Mae; and a man — preferably Italian — to play Capone himself.
Experts on the Prohibition era can win prizes as part of a trivia contest, and those with a resemblance to Capone or his wife can compete in a look-alike contest.
Several authors of true-crime books will be on hand to discuss their work.
In addition, an orchestra will perform "Mamma Mia," a song about a man's love for a woman that Capone wrote while serving a prison sentence for tax evasion at the Alcatraz prison in San Francisco. Organizers said it will be the first performance of the tune.
Tickets are $27.50, and organizers promised to give $2.50 from each ticket to the New Hope Community Food Pantry in Norwood Park.
For more information, email Larsen at richlarsen0@gmail.com.
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