Chicago Neighborhood Tours: South Shore Neighborhoods

Chicago Neighborhood Tours takes you to the prosperous middle-class neighborhoods that boomed after the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition. Tour highlights include the South Shore Cultural Center, Saint Philip Neri Catholic Church and the Gary Comer Youth Center. Light refreshments are served. Tours run approximately 4 hours and depart from the Chicago Cultural Center, 77 E. Randolph Street at 10am. Tickets are $30, $25 for students and seniors, and are available

ChicagoImprovAnarchy @ Gorilla Tango Theatre

ChicagoImprovAnarchy takes on reality television with their newest production, "Dirty Scoundrels," which tackles an entire season of a fake reality TV show in 45 minutes, complete with maniacal challenges, hazardous alliances and back-stabbing opponents. The show runs Saturdays in February at 10pm at the Gorilla Tango Theatre, 1919 N. Milwaukee. Tickets are $10 and are available at the box office or online. For more information call 773-598-4549.

Onward House Benefit Gala @ Hard Rock Hotel

Join Onward Neighborhood House for their annual gala at the Hard Rock Hotel from 7:30 pm to 11:30pm tonight. The evening includes live and silent auctions, music from the Matt Young Group, food, drinks and a photo booth! Tickets are $150 each and can be purchased here using Paypal.

All proceeds benefit the Chicagoans served by Onward Neighborhood House. Please contact Gemma Petrie at gpetrie@onwardhouse.org or (312) 666-6726 with any questions.

Winter Blues Pub Crawl

The Chicago Bar Project is sponsoring their first pub crawl today from 1-7pm. The drinking kicks off at John Barleycorn (658 W. Belden Ave.), and the rest of the lineup will be announced there. Tickets cost $25 and include trolley transportation (with free beer aboard). Tickets must be purchased by February 15, and can be purchased online.

C.M.Y.K. Auditions at Illinois Institute of Art

Graphic designers get the opportunity to be one of seven competitors on C.M.Y.K.: America's Top Graphic Designer. Open auditions are being held today at The Illinois Institute of Art - Schaumburg, 1000 Plaza Drive, from 11am-5pm. More information online or by calling 404-861-7712.

Winter Wingding for Leukemia Research

The Subterranean, 2011 W. North Ave., hosts the annual "Winter Wingding" benefit concert for the Leukemia Research Foundation. Watch Coppersnake, the God Damn Shame, Organ Wolf, the Locals, the Polkaholics and the Commodes perform from 7pm till 1am, all for just $12. 21+

New Bomb Turks at the Cobra Lounge

The New Bomb Turks have been around forever, spreading their rapid-fire garage punk thither and yon. Check them out at the Cobra Lounge (235 N. Ashland Ave.) on Saturday, Feb. 21. Opening for them are the Mannequin Men, Distinguished Gentlemen of Leisure, and Teenage Tits. The show kicks off at 9 p.m.,

Free Camera Workshop @ Chicago Photography Center

If you have an SLR (single lens reflex) camera and need a brush-up, join the Chicago Photography Center's free workshop this afternoon for a crash course in controls, use of your camera's exposure meter, loading and unloading film. Bring your camera and your camera manual, if you have it. The class is at the Chicago Photography Center, 3301 N Lincoln, from noon until 1:30pm today. Admission is free, no reservations are required.

Mahjongg @ Hideout

Local electro-tribal experimentalists Mahjongg hit town tonight, making a home-base stopover while traveling the country on their latest national tour. TomTomTomBoy is scheduled to open. Afterward, stick around for the Hideout Saturday Night Dance Party with Life During Wartime DJs Bald Eagle and Mother Hubbard. Doors open at 9pm and admission is $10. 1354 West Wabansia.

Sample Saturday at Dinner by Design

Dinner by Design's kitchen in Lakeview is hosting a sample sale. Shoppers can taste some of the ready-made meals available from the store, and get 20% off entrees (such as spaghetti pie, parmesan-crusted pork chops or mediterranean tilapia) from the take-and-bake freezer. The sale runs from 9am to 2pm. 3720 N Lincoln Avenue.

Lincoln Bicentennial Tribute - CSO

This is an all-star lineup of musical selections, and would be categorized as Music, but James Earl Jones is narrating. Yes, him. Part of the CSO's "Tapestry: Mosaic of Music" three part series. 8pm, 220 S. Michigan Ave. Tickets available here.

Green City Market @ Peggy Notebaert

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

John Duncan @ Lampo

John Duncan, composer, filmmaker, and performance and installation artist whose work spans over three decades, presents a new work, "The Hidden," at Lampo (216 W. Chicago Avenue, 2nd Floor). Admission is $12, performance begins at 9 p.m. More information in Transmission.