Behind the scenes of Oprah's Book Club @ Women and Children First

Emerson college professor Kathleen Rooney presents "Reading With Oprah: The Book Club That Changed America", a behind-the-scenes look at Oprah's Book Club, tonight at Women and Children First. The free presentation begins at 7:30 PM. See the Women and Children First Website for full details. Women and Children First: 5233 N. Clark. (773) 769-9299.

Killjoy Confetti @ Beat Kitchen

A killer lineup of live music gets going tonight at 8:30pm at the Beat Kitchen in Roscoe Village.
Playing tonight:
Killjoy Confetti
The Read Letter
Vagenius (Los Angeles, CA)
and The Logic of Elliott

Tickets are a measly $7 . The Beat Kitchen is located at 2100 W. Belmont Ave. Chicago. Call them up at (773) 281-4444.

Scared to Dance @ Liar's Club

Tonight sees another installment of Scared to Dance, the Opaque Project's monthly dose of debauchery at the Liar's Club. Expect DJs Johnny Love, Chamberweed, Hunter Husar, and Joel Brown to drop everything from no-wave to rio funk, booty house to disco, hip hop to grime, glam rock to acid house. Liar's Club, 10pm, 1665 W. Fullerton, 21+, no cover, $1 PBR.

DWR Champagne Chair Tour

Design Within Reach, the fancypants furniture catalog and outlet company, recently sponsored a contest to create a chair prototype featuring elements of a Champagne bottle. The winners are currently on tour to DWR's stores across the country.

On Thursday, from 6pm to 8pm, you can see the winners. DWR will be providing complimentary Champagne and hors d' oeuvres in their historic Hill & Woltersdorf space at 10 East Ohio.

RSVP to treestudio@dwr.com by Tuesday, March 8.

Gerber/Hart Library Sale

Gerber/Hart Library, at 1127 W. Granville Ave., is having their first book sale of the year. The sale promises to offer thousands of LBGT related titles as well as ones of general interest, all at awesome prices. Call 773-381-8030 or e-mail info[at]gerberhart.org for more information. Today's hours are 6pm-9pm.