Scrabble Night @ The Coffee Studio

Andersonville's The Coffee Studio hosts its monthly Scrabble Night tonight between 6:30 and 8:30pm. Boards and dictionaries will be provided -- just show up and you'll be matched with someone of similar skill level. All levels are welcome, from beginner to certified Word Freak. Prizes will be awarded for high scores. The Coffee Studio is located at 5628 N Clark St.

Julia Alvarez @ Harold Washington Library

Julia Alvarez, author of How The García Girls Lost Their Accents and In the Time of the Butterflies, among others, will be reading from her latest novel. Return To Sender explores the issue of illegal immigration through the eyes of two twelve-year-olds in rural Vermont. 6:00pm - 9:00pm. Herald Washington Library Center. 400 S. State Street. FREE.

Lady Sovereign @ Logan Square Auditorium

Brit-rapper Lady Sovereign hits Logan Square Auditorium tonight at 8pm. (Rescheduled from 1/28 at The Empty Bottle. Tickets for the original show will be honored.) For a little more on the dame, visit our music section, Transmission.

Tickets are $12. 2539 N. Kedzie. All Ages. Call 773-276-3600 with any questions.

Soup and Bread @ the Hideout

The Hideout (1354 W. Wabansia) holds its Soup and Bread weekly fundraiser tonight for the Greater Chicago Food Depository where local chefs and foodies prepare a selection of soups for your casual slurping from the bar's crock pots. Donations encouraged. Event begins at 5pm.

Florian Kitt and Rita Medjimorec @ Cultural Center

In a performance co-sponsored by the Austrian Consulate in Chicago, Florian Kitt and Rita Medjimorec play compositions for cello and piano by Schumann, Liszt and Strauss as well as contemporary music. 6:30 PM, free, in Preston Bradley Hall, 78 E Washington. For more information, visit the website.