Whole Foods Flavorfest @ Trebes Park

Head over to Trebes Park (Racine/Webster) today for FlavorFest, a WholeFoods brainchild of music, food samples, cooking demos and activities for the kids. It will make you forget that you can easily spend 50 bucks there on a frickin' bread run.

Camp Midnight: Showgirls Gone Wild

Dick O'Day and Hell in a Handbag Productions host Camp Midnight, a late-night campy film series at The Music Box, 3733 N. Southport. Tonight's film is Showgirls, and the preshow starts at 10:30pm on August 23, including a stripper pole/lap dance contest, sleazy prizes and more. The film starts around midnight. Tickets are $12 in advance.

Aesop Rock @ Abbey Pub

No idea how the laser-fire delivery is going to work live, but you can't exactly be on the Def Jux label and not get out and meet the people, so I suppose he has that problem solved already. Even if you don't understand the words, the beats will be great. Tickets are $20 at the door or online.

5th Annual Southern Boy BBQ

Griffith Tutoring, a non-profit organization preparing at-risk students on the ACT, presents the 5th Annual Southern Boy BBQ at Charlie's Ale House, 1224 W. Webster, starting at 1pm today. Sample barbecue flown in from Memphis, Alabama, North Carolina, Texas and Kansas City, judge your favorite, and wash it down with some cold beer. Tickets are $40, with the proceeds benefiting Griffith Tutoring.

Chef Craig DiFonzo of A Mano @ Green City Market

Chef Craig DiFonzo of A Mano will be giving a cooking demo today at 10:30am at the Green City Market, located at Clark and Stockton Drive.

Pop Culture & Sexual Violence Lecture

Robin Bradley, an instructor at University of Phoenix and an expert on women's health and
sexual violence services, lectures on the effects of pop culture on sexual violence at the Humboldt Park Library, 1605 N. Troy St., at 2pm today. The discussion is sponsored by the Ink Blot Project. Free.

1st Annual Oak Park Microbrew and Food Review

This is cool: today from 3-7pm is the 1st Annual Oak Park Microbrew and Food Review, featuring 50 select craft microbrews from 15 microbreweries across the state representing the Illinois Craft Brewers Guild. Local restaurants will be pairing the beers with their food, participants will vote for their favorite brew, the event will be zero waste (compostable, sustainable products), and live music and entertainment is on the bill. A VIP Pre-event will be at Marion Street Cheese Market (100 S. Marion). Tickets are $35 per person; VIP Pre-event - $65 per person (includes entry to main event).

Jimmy John's Freaky Fast Summer of Fun @ North Ave Beach

Sandwich hawkers Jimmy John’s will be auctioning off packages consisting of sandwiches and other themed prizes today at North Avenue Beach; proceeds will benefit the Greater Chicago Food Depository.

Chicago Outfit vs. North Star Roller Girls

Catch the Chicago Outfit roller derby league take on the Minneapolis-based North Star Roller Girls tonight at 7:15pm at the Windy City Fieldhouse, 2367 W. Logan Blvd. Tickets are $12 in advance, $15 at the door.

Glenwood Avenue Arts Fest

The Glenwood Avenue Arts Fest (GAAF) is a free, weekend-long event that features artists, open studios and live entertainment on three outdoor stages. Experience art, theater, music, as well as food and drink, on the cobblestone streets of the Glenwood Avenue Arts District in Chicago’s historic Rogers Park neighborhood. Kickoff events Friday, 8/22, 6–10pm., 6900 block of North Glenwood Ave. Festival: Saturday and Sunday, 8/23-24, 12 noon to 8pm, 6900-7000 North Glenwood Avenue and the 1400 block of Morse Avenue. Details.

The Guild of Outsider Writers Reading @ Quimby's

Members from The Guild of Outsider Writers will be reading in Chicago, at Quimby's Bookstore on Saturday evening, August 23'rd @ 7:00pm

Justin Hyde, the winner of OW's recent book contest, will be reading as well as OW members Cicily Janus and David Blaine

Quimby's is at 1854 W. North Ave. and the reading is free.