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TODAY
Tuesday, May 14
Slowdown
BY DAY
Saturday, September 22 2007
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. The festival wraps up with two shows tonight: a coffeehouse set at Uncommon Ground (with Julie Lloyd, Karie Lyden, Kate Rickenbacher, and Kay Barrett) at 6:00, and a kick-out-the-jams bash at the Metro (with Grace Potter and the Nocturnals, the Noisettes, Suffrajett, DJ Mother Hubbard, and Bettye LaVette) starting at 9:00. Buy tickets online.
Ian's Dog and Pony Show
Comedian and solo performer Ian Belknap will write and perform a new comedy show each night of this Rhinoceros Theater Festival event. And he'll have a fresh crop of guest stars each night to help him make the funny using sketch, improv, monologue, and stand-up -- whatever it takes to make you laugh, man. Tonight at 9:00: Jim Carrane (Studio 312), Jonathan Messinger (The Dollar Store), Jay Torrence (Too Much Light Makes the Baby Go Blind), and Sirens, the city's all-lady sketch troupe. At the Athaneum Theatre, 2936 N. Southport, $15 or pay-what-you-can. Call 312-902-1500 for tickets.
Movies in the Park: Arthur & The Invisibles
The Chicago Park District presents Movies in the Park, a summer-long screening of classic and contemporary films in Chicago parks. Tonight's screening: Arthur & The Invisibles (PG) at Unity Playlot Park (2636 N. Kimball Ave.). The screening starts tonight at dusk, and is free and open to the public. For a complete schedule of movies check out the Chicago Park District Website.
Eat Well For Less @ Truman College
Want to know how to cut your grocery bill in half while still sticking to a healthy diet? Visit Eat Well for Less Class, hosted by Healthy Dining Chicago. $49 includes a copy of Eat Well for Less, and the HDC folks will help you stock up your pantry that'll let you cook up healthy dinner in minutes. The class is held at Truman College at 10am. Call 312-666-9979 for more info.
Humans: The Cooking Ape @ Field Museum
Harvard's Dr. Richard Wrangham proposes that cooking may be what distinguishes humans from the other animals. 1 PM. This lecture is free with museum admission, but requires pre-registration. 1400 S Lake Shore. For more information and to register, visit the website.
Work Out @ Millennium Park
Yoga at 8 AM, Pilates at 9 AM, and hip-hop dance at 10 AM, led by the Culture Shock Dance Troupe, on the Great Lawn. If you need more incentive than taking in the amazing skyline views while working up a sweat, consider this: it's free. For more information, visit the website.
