Pit Er Pat @ The Hideout

Hometown trio Pit Er Pat will be headlining at Hideout this evening, no doubt trotting out a generous portion of songs from their forthcoming LP, High Time, which is due via the Thrill Jockey label in October. Also on the bill is the (very intense and impressive) Brooklyn-based "ghost punk" trio These Are Powers. See out Transmission page for further deets. Waterbabies open. Showtime is at 9 PM, admission is $10. 1354 W. Wabansia.

The Story of Francis & Wild Gil @ Gorilla Tango

A play in which two bank robbers escape from jail so they can start their lives over and build rockets to the moon in the back yard; top-notch physical comedy. More info here. Tickets: $12; Gorilla Tango Theatre, 1919 N Milwaukee Ave. 5pm.

Bastille Day Party @ Quencher's

Off with their heads! Imbibe, fraternize, hear some great live jazz by the anti-capitalist free jazz band Undertow, & celebrate the era when the ruling class ran for their lives. Sponsors: Chicago Socialist Party, Solidarity-Chicago, Open University of the Left, Marxist-Humanist Committee, Chicago Democratic Socialists of America, New World Resource Center. Info: chgosp@juno.com. 2 pm, Quenchers Saloon, 2401 N. Western Ave.

Greek Festival @ St. Andrew's Church

Opa! It's time to party like the Greeks -- with food, ouzo, beer and carnival rides at St. Andrew's Church in Edgewater. This celebration of Greek culture includes traditional food, live folk music and dancing, carnival rides and games, an Orthodox book store, Greek art, a raffle and silent auction. Tix are $2 and FREE for kids 12 and under. Fest it up 7/12, 2-11pm and 7/13, noon-11pm. St. Andrew's is located at 5649 N. Sheridan Rd. 773-334-4515.

Sister Carrie: Women in the Modern American City @ Smart Museum

This summer, the Smart Museum of Art and 57th Street Books present a series of discussions that relate the Ashcan artist John Sloan’s images of New York to classic literary works connected to Chicago. Discuss Theodore Dreiser’s 1900 novel Sister Carrie and compare the book’s representation of women at work and rest on the streets of Chicago to Sloan’s depiction of female figures in turn-of-the-century New York. Poet and cultural historian Matthias Regan will lead the conversations amidst Sloan’s artwork in the Smart Museum’s galleries. Free. 2pm. Smart Museum of Art. 5550 S. Greenwood Ave. Call 773-702-0200 for more information.

Bastille Day @ Taste Food and Wine

Celebrate freedom -- French style at a Bastille Day celebration of French food and wine! On today from 1-5pm join Taste Food and Wine and Poitin Stil as they sample a selection of French champagnes, beers, and food in Rogers Park. Located just a stone's throw from the Jarvis Red Line stop, there's no need to wine and drive. The shop is located at 1506 W. Jarvis Ave. Call 773-761-FOOD (3663) for more info. Tix are $30 adv./$35 at event (if available).

Billie Letts @ Book Cellar

Author Billie Letts (of the famed Where the Heart Is) comes to the Book Cellar tonight to read from and discuss her new book Made in the USA. Free at 3pm at 4736-38 N. Lincoln Ave. Call 773-293-2665 for more information.

Folk & Roots Festival @ Welles Park

The Old Town School of Folk Music presents the 11th annual

Work in the City @ Chicago History Museum

Spend your day of rest at the Chicago History Museum, 1601 N. Clark St., watching working stiffs in Split Pillow's Work in the City. The film marks Split Pillow's third annual documentary project, which dissect the last decade in Chicago history and culture. This installment features street peanut vendors, the world's largest button making project and an overall view of the recent changes in Chicago's working class.

Talking With Your Mouth Full: New Language for Socially Engaged Art @ ThreeWalls

Small Publications Book Fair with local publications by The Green Lantern Press, InCUBATE, AREA Chicago, Lumpen, and others. InCUBATE hosts Sunday Soup. The more art slides between convention and social action, sculpture and public performance, art and the everyday, the more complicated it is to talk about. As socially engaged art rides the boundaries of multiple subjects simultaneously, historians, critics, and other artists must develop multifaceted responses. To discuss projects that include a broad and unfolding web of topics such as art, racial politics, and gender is to speak in many voices all at the same time. The aim of Talking with Your Mouth Full is to contribute language to the critical framework for these projects in an effort to refine discussions around socially engaged art. Through tomorrow. 1-5 p.m. 119 N. Peoria, #2D. For more info, visit the Website.

Yelp Eats

Yelp is holding its first Yelp Eats event from July 11 to 17. A nice list of restaurants in the city (Le Lan, Il Covo, May Street Market) will be offering special $25 prix fixe menus.