Colin Mochrie and Brad Sherwood @ Governors State University

Actors Colin Mochrie and Brad Sherwood from Whose Line Is It Anyway? will be performing tonight at The Center for Performing Arts at Governors State University at 8 p.m. Tickets are $55-$66, and two-for-one tickets are available at the box office two hours prior to curtain for one hour only, based upon availability. Parking is free.

Mardi Gras Brunch @ Alliance Francaise

A New Orleans-style Mardi Gras brunch will be prepared, while creole influences on French cuisine are explored. Recipes include : poached eggs with crabmeat, chicken andouille hash and sweet potato pecan pie. The brunch will take place from10:00 am to 12:30 pm and costs $75 for members and $85 for non-members. See the Alliance Francaise website for more information.

Maxwell Street doc @ Film Center

The Gene Siskel Film Center presents Cheat You Fair: The Story of Maxwell Street, a documentary made during the final days of the Chicago marketplace. The director, Phil Ranstrom, will be in attendance at the screening. Cheat You Fair screens tonight at 8:00 PM. Tickets: $9, $7 for students, $5 for Film Center members, and $4 for SAIC students. Film Center: 164 N. State. (312) 846-2600.

Standing in Mattoon @ The Theatre Building

The team from Leaving Iowa presents a new comedy that celebrates a small town with big dreams. The media invades Mattoon Illinois as a reverend, a bagel inspector, and a stranger in a hat compete to win a Chevy van while the community prepares to break the Guinness record for Worlds Largest Bagel.The Theatre Building - North Theatre.1225 W Belmont Ave. Call 773-327-5252 for tickets. Jan 25 - Feb 3. Sat performances at 4:30pm and 7:30pm. $20.

Forgotten Pioneers of the Beef Packing Industry @ Kendall College

Join fellow history buffs today at 10am at Kendall College (900 N. North Branch Street) to discuss the rise and fall of the beef-packing industry in Chicago, as well as the achievements of industry pioneers George H. Hammond and Marcus M. Towle. Presented by Richard Lytle of the Hammond (IN) Public Library. Admission $2.

Senator Obama Goes to Africa @ Music Box

The Music Box Theatre presents a screening of the documentary Senator Obama Goes to Africa, a film that was supposed to have screened at the Gene Siskel Film Center but was canceled due to Obama's political advances. The film screens today at 2:00 PM. The director, Bob Hercules, will be at both screenings for a Q&A session after the screening. Tickets are available through Ticketweb. Music Box: 3733 N. Southport. (773) 871-6604.

G.Love and Special Sauce @ Riviera

Ponderosa Stomp Festival Benefit @ Hideout

Head to the Hideout tonight to hear some amazing local Blues and Soul music, and help out a young music festival in New Orleans to boot! The Ponderosa Stomp Music Festival happens in late April in New Orleans this year, but tonight, you can catch amazing local groups like JC Brooks and the Uptown Sound, The Stacks, and Adam Fitz and the Part Timers for just $10 ($12/door). Music starts at the Hideout at 9pm and goes till 3am! Details in Transmission.

Hooperpower Hoopdance @ Millennium Park

Hoopdance is a form of dance and fitness that uses large, colorful weighted hoops for hipnotic on- and off-body movements and tricks. Professional hoopdancer and certified HoopGirl instructor Heather Crosby from Chicago’s HooperPower offers two FREE workshops at Millennium Park’s “Museum of Modern Ice” today from 12-4p.m. and tomorrow from 12-3p.m. For more info, visit the Website.