Chicago Winter Bike Swap

Whatever your cycling needs, there's something for everyone at the Chicago Winter Bike Swap. Browse the Bike Corral for a selection of hundreds of new and used complete bikes at discount prices. 9:30am-3:30pm, Harper College (1200 W. Algonquin Road, Palatine, IL). $5, free for kids 12 and under.

Femi Kuti @ Metro (Cancelled)

Update: The show has been cancelled due to illness. No make up dates have been announced, ticket holders should seek refunds from place of purchase.

In support of their latest album "Day by Day", FEMI KUTI & THE POSITIVE FORCE play an 18 and over show at the Metro (3730 N. Clark) tonight! Tickets are $25 in advance, $28 on the day of the show. The show starts at 9pm, with the the doors opening at 8pm.

For more information check the website or call 773-549-0203.

TNK @ Schubas

Tomorrow Never Knows continues at Schubas. TNK is a music festival featuring up-and-coming indie artists. Tonight's bands are: Hey Champ, Thunderheist, The Wonderful World Of Bald Eagle, Pretty Good Dance Moves DJs, Fly By Night and Friends with DJ Willy Joy, Red Foxx (SLUTTT, Hearthrob, Boston), and Capcom. Show starts at 9pm. 18 & up. Tickets are $15 ($55 for a 5-day pass) (5-day passes have sold out). Paul Green's School of Rock also plays at 2pm (Tickets are $10, $12 at the door). 3159 N. Southport.

Snout to Tail @ Notebaert/Green City Market

To kick off the re-opening of the 2009 Green City Market year-round market (held indoors for right now), Rick Bayless (Frontera Grill), Paul Kahan (Blackbird) and Paul Virant (Vie) are among the chefs who will be cooking with pork from the Market today at the Notebaert museum from 8am-1pm. The Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum, 2430 N. Cannon. Event is free, but RSVP required.

Beer School Beer Festival @ Sheffield's

Sheffield's (3258 N. Sheffield) presents its first beer festival this afternoon from 1-4pm. With beers from fifteen different craft breweries, you'll be able to sample some limited edition and rare microbrews and talk to representatives from well-regarded breweries, such as Bells, Three Floyds, and Surly. Tickets cost $40 and include 12 drink tickets and passed appetizers. Only 100 tickets are available, so reserve your spot by calling 773-281-4989.

Senator Obama Goes to Africa @ Chicago Filmmakers

Get into the inauguration spirit as Chicago Filmmakers presents Senator Obama Goes to Africa tonight at 8pm, 5243 N. Clark Street. The film follows then-Senator Obama as he visits South Africa, Kenya and a Darfur refugee camp in Chad in 2006. Admission is $8 ($7 student; $4 members). Call 773-293-1447 or visit their website for more information.

Chicago Sketch Comedy Festival

The eighth annual Chicago Sketchfest continues today and runs through the 18th at the Theatre Building Chicago, 1225 W. Belmont Ave.
Tickets are $12.50, and an all-festival pass will set you back $150. See today's schedule here.

Queen of Samba 2009

Hothouse presents its annual contest for the best female samba dancer in Illinois. Dancers compete for cash prizes to music by Chicago Samba. Carnaval dancers, dance lessons and other prizes available for non-contestants. Tickets are $15. At the HotLoft, above Fizz, 3220 N. Lincoln Ave. Doors open at 9pm.

Miles Benjamin Anthony Robinson @ Reckless Records

Reckless Records has teamed up with Schubas in honor of their Tomorrow Never Knows music festival for some in-store performances. This afternoon at 1pm, Miles Benjamin Anthony Robinson plays at their Broadway location. 3161 N. Broadway. 773-404-5080. Free.

An Appetizing Reading Series @ Book Cellar

Appetite Theatre comes to the Book Cellar for the first installation in their new reading series. Tonight they will feature Ross Maxwell's Blind, Bleeding, Drugged and Drunk, a satircal comedy about an emerging playwright who wins a grant for her play about AIDS, only to find out that she can only win the award if she is a gay white man. Enter Ogden Brier, the worst gay man in the world with the worst gay secret in the world, soon to be her co-author. The reading is free at 4pm, 4736-38 N. Lincoln Ave. Call 773-293-2665 for more information.

Green City's First Year Round Market @ Nature Museum

Green City Market kicks off their first year round market today. Every first and third Saturday through April 18, find Green City inside the Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum , 2430 N. Cannon, from 8am to 1pm Bus: 151 Sheridan, 76 Diversey - or ride your bicycle.