Jason Ajemian's The Art Of Dying Record Release @ Heaven Gallery

Jason Ajemian celebrates the release of his latest Delmark effort The Art of Dying with his band Smokeless Heat at Heaven Gallery in Wicker Park. Featuring Jason Ajemian, Tim Haldeman, Jason Adasiewicz, Jaimie Branch, and Matt Schneider, the show will also bring back Nori Tanaka from Japan, the talented drummer who was forced to leave the country by deportation. Their album evinces a deep rapport and sense of adventure that will surely show in a live setting. For more information check out the Transmission post here. Jason Ajemian's Smokeless Heat celebrates the release of The Art of Dying Wednesday, April 30th at Heaven Gallery, 1550 N Milwaukee, 2nd Fl, 773.342.4597

Chicago Preservation: Beyond the Aesthetics of Eclipse

Daniel Bluestone, author of Constructing Chicago, talks tonight at 6 PM in the John Buck Company Lecture Hall Gallery. Tickets are $10 to $15. 224 S Michigan. For more information, call 312-922-3432 or visit the website.

31 Cent Scoop Night @ Baskin Robbins

Baskin Robbins will offer 31 cent scoops tonight from 5 pm to 10 pm in honor of America's firefighters (?). Follow the link for more information.

Brewmasters Dinner @ Uncommon Ground Devon

If you can part with $75 without too much heartbreak, Slow Food Chicago is inviting you to share the dinner table with the area's artisan beer lovers at Uncommon Ground on Devon tonight. A reception opens at 6:30pm, followed by the dinner an hour later. A menu with seasonal, local ingredients will compliment the bubbly goodnesses from Midwestern breweries like Two Brothers, Surly Brewing and others. More detail, including the list of featured brewmasters, is here. Call 773.465.9801 for required reservation. A part of the proceed will be donated to Slow Food Chicago.

Seattle Storm vs. Chicago Sky @ UIC Pavillion

It's only a preseason game, but it'll be a good chance to see how Sky top draft pick, 6-6 Sylvia Fowles, and the team's 2007 Rookie of the Year Armintie Price mesh when the meet the Storm at the Pavillion, 525 S. Racine, tonight, 7 p.m. The Sky showed some improvement last season and just barely missed the WNBA playoffs.

Steven Greenhouse @ Chicago Public Library

The acclaimed New York Times journalist discusses and signs his new book, The Big Squeeze: Tough Times for the American Worker. Greenhouse takes a fresh, probing, and often shocking look at the stresses and strains faced by millions of American workers as wages have stagnated, health and pension benefits have grown stingier, and job security has shriveled. Cosponsored by Interfaith Worker Justice. Free. 6 p.m. Cindy Pritzker Auditorium (Lower Level) of the Harold Washington Library Center, 400 S. State St. For more information, visit the Website.