Dick O'Day's Big Lovely Liberry

Dick O'Day (aka Annoyance Theater member Richard Knight Jr.) presents his weekly show, Dick O'Day's Big Lovely Liberry, in which Annoyance cast members act out various scenes from trashy books. Expect lessons in how to pick up chicks, Angela Bowie's descriptions of life with David Bowie, and other disturbing and unseemly slices of life. The show runs tonight at 7:00 at the Green Mill, 4802 N. Broadway. Admission is $6. The run may be extended through the summer; keep an eye on the Annoyance Website for updates.

Chicago Outdoor Film Fest

The City of Chicago presents the 5th Annual Chicago Outdoor Film Festival. This year's lineup includes: His Girl Friday (tonight), The Birds, Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, Guess Who's Coming to Dinner, Invasion of the Body Snatchers, Roman Holiday and Guys & Dolls. Movies begin at sunset in Butler Field, Grant Park at Lake Shore Drive and Monroe. Admission is free. Also free: bike valet parking (!) at the corner of Monroe and LSD.

Alex Kotlowitz @ Barbara's Oak Park

Alex Kotlowitz (There are No Children Here) is an accidental Chicagoan, having arrived here from New York. His new book, Never a City So Real "presents our beloved home as it has come to symbolize America in all of its splendor and frailty-ingenious and egalitarian, uncertain and self-indulgent." Kotlowitz reads at Barbara's in Oak Park, at 7:30 p.m.