NIN Listening Party @ Metro

The new Nine Inch Nails album, "With Teeth," doesn't come out until May 3, but you can hear it tonight at Metro, 3730 N. Clark. Doors for this free, all-ages listening party open at 6pm, with the music supposedly starting at 7pm. Everyone in attendance will receive a "special limited edition NIN gift," and Tower Records will be on hand to take pre-orders for the album. It's first come, first served, so get there early.

Thief @ Film Center

As part of the Siskel Film Center's retrospective of the films of Michael Mann, the center will be screening the 1981 film Thief, which features James Caan's screen debut as an expert thief who works for a Chicago gangster. See the Film Center's site for a complete list of Mann films that are screening as part of the film series. The movie shows tonight at 8:30 PM. Tickets are $9, $5 for Film Center members, and $4 for SAIC students. Film Center: 164 N. State. (312) 846-2600.

Karim Rashid @ SAIC

Designer Karim Rashid will give a talk at the School of the Art Institute today at 4:30pm in the SAIC auditorium, 280 South Columbus Drive. Admission is $5 for the general public, $3 for SAIC alumni, students and seniors, and free for current students/faculty/staff. For more information call 312/443-3711 or check here.

James Roosevelt, Jr. on Social Security

James Roosevelt, Jr., the former associate commissioner of the Social Security Administration and grandson of Franklin D. Roosevelt, will speak today on the present and future of the Social Security program. This free lecture is part of a series of "fireside chats" taking place at Roosevelt University. The event begins at 4:30pm in the Congress Lounge located at 430 S. Michigan Ave. Call 312-341-3500 for more information.

Star and Garter Burlesque

Franky and Michelle and the Lavender Cabaret present "Star and Garter Burlesque", an all-new burlesque review.  Michelle L'amour will be doing some fantastic new striptease numbers, and Candy Moneysworth will be taking the striptease stage for the first time! 

The Slingerland Ride will be providing the opening soundtrack and hip hop poet Deep will be bumpin' and grindin' for all you booty shakers.  There will be plenty of new striptease talent, including Titi Touche, Betty Hoop and the Sugarbabies.

Our special guest Rachel Shteir (author of "Striptease-The Untold History of the Girlie Show") will be in attendance to sign books and chat it up with burlesque fans. 

The show is at Subterranean, located at 2011 W. North Avenue at Chicago. It begins at 9:30 and costs just $5.