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Wednesday, May 15
Author Rudolph Delson signs his novel Maynard and Jennica at Borders. Free. 7:30pm. 2817 N. Clark St. Call 773-935-3909 for more information.
This 2005 movie is about a "troubled young girl...her ally...and a mother...desperate to find her lost daughter." In German, with English subtitles. 6 PM, 150 N Michigan, Ste 200. Free, but please RSVP to Lisa Lux: lux [at] chicago [dot] goethe [dot] org or call 312-263-0472. For more information, visit the website.
Taste the world's most expensive coffee, Hacienda La Esmeralda's Panama Geisha, at an event hosted by and held at Intelligentsia's Coffee Roasting Works at 1850 W. Fulton Street. Admission is $25 and includes wine and hors d'oeuvres.
Limited quantities of half- and quarter-pound bags of the pricey roast will be available for $99 and $55, respectively.
Click here to register.
Dignity Waits, the solo show by Jamie Buell, winner of the first season of the acclaimed Impress These Apes contest earlier this year, will show its final performance tonight at 8:00 p.m. at the the Playground Theater, 3208 N. Halsted Street.