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Saturday, May 18
Mustaches for Kids holds a fundraiser tonight at T's, 5025 N. Clark St., at 7pm. The restaurant is donating 10% of all food and beverage sales to Mustaches for Kids. Drink a "mustache ride" shot and purchase a commemorative Polaroid of the experience (proceeds benefit Off The Street Club). Also, learn what M4K participants have named their mustaches.
Considered by international critics a “master of expressiveness” and a “stunning pianist with a symbiotic relationship with the instrument,” Brazilian pianist Alexandre Dossin recently received the First Prize and the Special Prize at the 2nd Martha Argerich International Piano Competition in Buenos Aires, Argentina. He performs a program of music for solo piano by Heitor Villa-Lobos, Camargo Guarnieri, Ernesto Nazareth and Edino Krieger. Free. 6:30 p.m. Preston Bradley Hall. 78 E. Washington St. For more information on these programs, call 312.744.6630 or visit the Website.