Sound Opinions Fundraiser Dinner

Join music critics Greg Kot and Jim DeRogatis for a music-themed five-course dinner tonight at 7pm (location will be revealed to ticket holders). A benefit for their radio show Sound Opinions, the event will be catered by Clandestino Chicago with wine pairings from Candid Wines. 7pm. Tickets are $250.

Opening of Séraphine @ Music Box

Séraphine recounts the life of French painter Séraphine Louis from her humble begins as a sheperdess to her celebrated work as a self-taught painter. Séraphine is discovered by art critic William Udhe and rises through the ranks of the French naïve painters, only to fall to madness and obscurity in her later years during WWII. The film itself has won numerous awards such as seven Césars (the French equivalent to the Oscars), including one for best picture.

The film premieres at the Music Box Theatre (3733 N. Southport Ave.) tonight. General admission is $9.25.

Rachel Simon @ Women & Children First

Join queer feminist poet and Chicago native Rachel M. Simon (Theory of Orange), to celebrate the publication of her second book, Marginal Road. Simon teaches Gender Studies and writing at SUNY Purchase College and at a maximum security prison for women in New York. 7:30pm, Women and Children First, 5233 N. Clark, free.

Dismantling the Corporate State and Other Amusements

"Dismantling the Corporate State and Other Amusements," and exhibition of works by Anne Elizabeth Moore, open at the Center for Book & Paper Arts, 1104 S. Wabash, with an opening reception tonight from 6pm to 9pm. On display will be 16 years of zines and other works commenting on consumerist culture, modern media and feminism. Free.

Everyman: The Classic Rock Ballet @ Vittum Theater

Innervation Dance Cooperative's Classic Rock Ballet Everyman, with an all-female cast and 100% Led Zeppelin soundtrack, tells the allegory of Everyman. We enter on her live-for-the-moment life just before she receives a visit from Death, and our heroine begs to be given more time. She spends the rest of the ballet searching for a companion for the inevitable journey. IDC has retained the message of the medieval morality play, while telling a story with moments of humor, an enormous amount of love, emotional highs and lows, and a sense of catharsis.
Vittum Theater, 1012 N. Noble, 8pm, $18 ($15 student/senior). Click here for tickets and more info.
Tonight Only: "Your Turn to Tango" benefit @ Ritz Tango Cafe, just blocks from the theater, immediately following the show. $60 includes a ticket to the show, open bar, hors d'oeuvres, desserts, and a tango lesson! Come mingle and dance with the IDC dancers. Contact info@innervationdance.org for benefit tickets.

On the Trail of a Disorderly Future: Chicago Pedway Guided Tour

Ever wonder about that tangled ribbon of corridors that runs throughout 40 blocks of downtown Chicago? How did it get there -- and what does it look like? Join artist Hui-min Tsen for a guided tour that re-imagines the tunnel's origins according to residual undercurrents in our urban history. Originally part of the Version Fest, the 90-minute tour is being remounted today at 2pm at the southwest corner of Wacker and State. The tour is free but entrance to the train station does cost $2.25, so be sure to have train fare. For more information visit chicagopedwaytour.com.

'Sweet' Summer Solstice Potluck Supper @ Chicago Honey Coop

Slow Food Chicago hosts a potluck dinner tonight at Chicago Honey Coop, 3740 W. Fillmore, from 6-9pm. Tickets $10 for Slow Food members and Honey Coop members + side dish or dessert; $15 for non-members + side dish or dessert. Children are free.