Frank Wakefield & Back Porch Ramblers

The legendary Frank Wakefield, Master of the Mandolin, and the Back Porch Ramblers play some serious bluegrass at Nevin's Live, 1450 N. Sherman Ave. in Evanston, tonight at 8:30pm. Tickets are $12, 21 and over. More info here or call 847/869-0450.

Australian wine tasting

Sounds like a Monty Python sketch, but there is in fact an Australian wine tasting happening tonight, as part of the Australian Day Harvest Festival. The tasting happens downtown, at the Harold Washington Library's swanky Winter Garden on the 9th floor. Tickets are available at the link above, or call for more info: (212) 351-6585. (Yes, that's a 212 area code, not a 312.) Harold Washington Library: 400 S. State.

"Last Comic Standing" Auditions

Here's your opportunity to show America how funny you are: NBC's "Last Comic Standing" reality/contest show will hold open auditions this morning at Zanies Comedy Club, 1548 N. Wells, at 10am. For more information, call Zanies at 312/337-4027.

Booze, Broads, and Drag Kings

About Face Theatre's production of Pulp pays delicious homage to 1950s lesbian pulp novels. This comedy by Patricia Kane runs January 29 through March 20 at Victory Gardens at 2257 N. Lincoln. Tickets are $18-28.