Michael Ian Black & Michael Showalter @ Lakeshore Theater

Funnymen Michael Ian Black and Michael Showalter will be on Comedy Central this summer with their new half hour series, "Michael and Michael Have Issues," a combination narrative and sketch comedy which features both Michaels doing what they do best. The former "State" colleagues and real-life friends are also bringing the show on the road to the Lakeshore Theater as part of TBS' Just For Laughs Festival. 3175 N. Broadway St. (773) 472-3492. 8:30pm, tickets available here or through the main box office.

Elevator @ Chicago Cultural Center

Cinema/Chicago, the presenter of the Chicago International Film Festival, is once again presenting the sixth annual International Summer Screening Program at the Chicago Cultural Center (77 E. Randolph Street).

Today's Elevator is presented by the Romanian Cultural Center of New York. In Elevator, two teenagers seek solitude away from the bustling city life in an abandon factory outside of town. Little do they know that the solitude they seek will become all too real. Trapped in a elevator, Jim and Lana become victims of their own confinement.

Admission is free and seating is first come, first served basis. 6:30pm.

Grant Park Music Festival - Enigma Variations

Chicago's acclaimed Grant Park Music Festival, led by Principal Conductor Carlos Kalmar and Chorus Director Christopher Bell, continues tonight with ENIGMA VARIATIONS. Joining Kalmar and the Orchestra in performing Walton's Violin Concerto is internationally-renowned, 2008 GRAMMY® Award-winning violinist James Ehnes. Also on this classical music masterpiece program is Vaughan Williams' Fantasia on Greensleeves, from the opera "Sir John in Love," and the melodic and rhythmic Variations on an Original Theme, "Enigma," Op. 36, composed by Edward Elgar in dedication to some of his "...friends pictured within." T Jay Pritzker Pavilion in Millennium Park. 6:30pm, free.

Local Author Night @ Book Cellar

This month's installment of the Book Cellar's Local Author Night features Billy Lombardo (How to Hold a Woman), Barry Schechter (The Blindfold Test) and Jeff Coen (Family Secrets). Free at 7pm at 4736-38 N. Lincoln Ave. Call 773-293-2665 for more information.

Laura Frankel Cooking Demo @ Spertus Institute

Laura Frankel of Wolfgang Puck at Spertus Institute will give a cooking demonstration today at 10:30am at the Spertus Institute, 610 S. Michigan Avenue.

Savor the Seasons "Strawberry Fest" @ Green City Market

Chefs from Blue 13, mk and Now We're Cooking will teach you how to prepare strawberries for the long haul with freezing and storage techniques that will help you enjoy the harvest beyond their growing season today at the Green City Market at 9:30am. Stockton and LaSalle Drives.