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Saturday, August 16 2008
Taste of GiGi's Playhouse @ Logan Square Auditorium
Logan Square-area restaurants such as Lula Cafe, El Cid and Buona Terra will be on hand for Taste of GiGi's Playhouse, which benefits the suburban Downs Syndrome awareness center. Restaurants will be doling out samples (5-7:30pm), live band karaoke (@8pm), and a full bar supported by Vas Foremost, noFriction and Sam's Wines and Spirits, among others (5-10pm) await you at the Logan Square Auditorium (Logan and Kedzie). Tickets start at $75 per person.
Neo-Futurists present Fake Lake (opening night)
The Neo-Futurists kick off their 2008-09 season with the premiere of Fake Lake, a play inspired by the man-made Lake Powell in the middle of the Utah desert. The show will be performed at the Welles Park swimming pool (2333 W. Sunnyside). Showtimes are at 8:00, and tickets are $15, $10 for students/seniors, and pay-what-you-can on Thursday nights. Fake Lake runs through September 19. See the Neo-Futurist Website for more information and to make reservations, or call (773) 275-5255.
Chef Heather Terhune of the Atwood Cafe @ Green City Market
Chef Heather Terhune of the Atwood Cafe will be giving a cooking demo today at 10:30am at the Green City Market located at Clark and LaSalle.
Air & Water Show
The 50th annual Chicago Air & Water Show spends the weekend buzzing your house and scaring your pets. It's free in Lincoln Park, centered on North Avenue Beach. Catch the Blue Angels, Golden Knights parachute team, the Shell Extreme water show and more.
Youth Outreach Services Benefit/Bags Tournament @ Witt's
Witt's Bar and Grille (2913 N. Lincoln) will be holding a charity Bags Tournament today (2-5pm) as a benefit for Youth Outreach Services. Your $30 ticket includes appetizers, drinks and entrance into the tournament.
Bernie Mac Memorial
Pay your respects at a celebration of the life of Bernie Mac at House of Hope, 752 E. 114th St., at noon Saturday. Free, and open to the public. Donations in Mac's honor may be sent to the Bernie Mac Foundation for Sarcoidosis, 40 E. 9th St., Suite 601, Chicago, IL 60605.
