Curves & Cocktails @ vive la femme

vive la femme, Bucktown's premiere plus-size boutique, is throwing a Sixties-inspired shopping party, offering "a Kennedy-esque range of ladylike separates, chic dresses, and stately outerwear sure to please your inner Joan Holloway/ Nancy Sinatra/ Jackie Kennedy!" Era-appropriate drinks and snacks will be served, as it is never a good idea to shop on an empty stomach. A hair and makeup team will be available for retro makeover. Tonight from 6pm to 9pm. 2048 N. Damen Ave. RSVP by February 17 to vivelafemme@hotmail.com or (773) 772-7429.

Third Annual Live Poetry Jam @ Loyola University

As part of African American History Month, Loyola University host the 3rd Annual Live Poetry Jam with some of Chicago's premier poets, including Malik Yusef. The even is free and open to the public, and takes place on Loyola University's Rogers Park campus, 1125 W. Loyola Ave., tonight from 7-9:30pm. More information is available online or by calling 773-508-3929.

Airport as Landscape

As a graduate student at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Robert Burley spent four years (1984-89) investigating the uncharted urban landscape of O'Hare airport with a large format camera. Burley gives an illustrated lecture on his photographic work featured in CAF's exhibition: ORD: Documenting the Definitive Modern Airport todaym 12:15-1pm.

COST: Free and open to the public
RSVP: None required (Please arrive early; seating is limited). Guests are welcome to bring a bag lunch.
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http://www.architecture.org/programs.html

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.