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Thursday, March 28

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Mini Golf, Big Change

Putt-putt for justice! The Crossroads Fund, a local nonprofit that supports community organizations working on issues of social and economic justice in the Chicago area, hosts an evening of mini-golf tonight at Diversey Mini Golf Course, 141 W. Diversey. Pizza, pop, and fabulous prizes available! Tickets are $20 in advance, $25 at the door. Call 773-227-7676 or buy tickets online.

Estrojam 2007

The Estrojam Music and Culture Festival celebrates its fifth year with six days of music, art, workshops, and film at various locations around the city. Tonight's punk-ass showcase at the Double Door (1572 N. Milwaukee) features Jucifer, Marnie Stern, Pit Er Pat, 8 Inch Betsy, and Evil Beaver. Buy tickets online.

Name That Tune @ Lucca's

As part of Chicago's "Art of Play" summer celebration of toys and games (through 30 September), Lucca's is hosting a free session of Name That Tune featuring jazz/blues pianist Bobby Harrison. 7-10 PM, 2834 N Southport. For more information, call 773-477-2565 or visit the website.

Waiting to Inhale @ Columbia College Chicago

The Public Square of the Illinois Humanities Council is sponsoring this free screening of a 2005 documentary examining the issues around the legalization/criminalization of marijuana for medical use. A panel discussion will follow the screening. Free, but reservations are recommended: email events [at] thepublicsquare [dot] org or call 312-422-5580. 1104 S Wabash, 8th floor, 6:30 PM. For more information, visit the website.

The Mayor Among His Peers: Assessing Richard M. Daley @ Chicago History Museum

Can't get enough of Da Mare? Go to this lecture by Larry Bennett of DePaul University, which is part of the Chicago History Museum's series of Urban History Seminars. $20 includes cocktails and dinner, followed by the lecture. 1601 N Clark, 6 PM. For more information and to buy tickets, call 312-642-4600 or visit the website.

FCC Hearing @ Operation PUSH

The Federal Communications Commission will host a public hearing on media ownership tonight starting at 4 PM at the Operation PUSH headquarters, 930 E. 50th Street. The hearing is free. If you want to speak, one group advises arriving by 3 PM. More information is available from the Community Media Workshop.

Opening: Intersections @ Chicago Architecture Foundation

As part of a celebration of the new book, Chicago: City on the Move, by Michael Williams, Richard Cahan, and Bruce Moffat, CAF presents this exhibition of large-format photographs of Chicago intersections in the 1930s. Through 5 January. 224 S Michigan. For more information, call 312- 922-3432 or visit the website.

Luis Alberto Urrea @ Lozano Branch Library

Luis Alberto Urrea, author of The Hummingbird's Daughter and The Devil's Highway, comes to the Lozano Branch of the Chicago Public Library to discuss his works. The free discussion is sponsored by the Chicago Matters: Beyond Borders Program. 6:30pm at 1806 S. Loomis St. Call 312-747-8184 for more information.

Out of Range--The Battle Over the Second Amendment @ Freedom Museum

Steven Levitt (of Freakonomics) and Harvard professor Mark Tushnet discuss gun rights this evening at 6 PM. 445 N Michigan. Free, but register by visiting the website.

History of the C.I.A. @ Pritzker Military Library

Tim Weiner, author of the recently published Legacy of Ashes: The History of the C.I.A., will make an appearance at the Pritzker Military Library to discuss and sign his book. The book is a definitive history of the C.I.A., using more than 50,000 documents from the C.I.A. archives, the White House and the State Department. Weiner incorporates oral histories from diplomats, spies, presidential aides, directors, officers and veterans to present a comprehensive look at the agency. Free and open to the public at 610 N. Fairbanks Court, 2nd Floor, 6pm. Call 312-587-0234 for more information.

The Heaven Seventies @ Subterranean

Pop-rockers The Heaven Seventies (featuring Transmission's own Nilay Patel) host a release show at Subterranean to celebrate their new single Devotion, along with My Were They and Technicolour Stallion. Subterranean, 2011 W. North Avenue. $8, 18+, doors at 8:30. Tickets at the door or call 773.278.6600.

 

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