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TODAY
Thursday, September 11
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BY DAY
Tuesday, September 01 2009
Re-Thinking Soup @ Hull House
UIC hosts Re-Thinking Soup, a free weekly lunch where participants eat soup cooked from ingredients found at Hull House's urban gardens and chat about an assortment of topics. Event runs today from noon-1:30p at Hull House, 800 South Halsted.
Invent the Future Workshop @ Prisco Community Center
How should the region plan for the year 2040? This summer, the Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning (CMAP) will hold dozens of free public workshops called GO TO 2040 "Invent the Future". Information you contribute at these meetings will help CMAP develop a preferred scenario that will best reflect the region's desired future. Tonight’s workshop takes place from 6:30-8:30pm at the Prisco Community Center, Room 104, 150 W. Illinois Ave., Aurora. Visit goto2040.org for more information and to register. Note: This workshop will be held in English and Spanish.
Tuesdays on the Terrace : Green Mill Quartet @ MCA
If you like jazz, or you just like being outside on a Chicago summer afternoon, then make your way to the Museum of Contemporary Art for "Tuesdays on the Terrace." Have a seat by the band on the terrace, or bring a blanket and some friends to the lawn and take in the sounds of some of the city's most talented jazz musicians. Tonight's artist is the Green Mill Quartet. 220 East Chicago Ave. 5:30pm-8pm. Free.
Pecha Kucha Night @ Martyrs'
Pecha Kucha is an event in which each presenter delivers a lecture based on 20 slides, with 20 seconds per slide. Chicago's 10th official Pecha Kucha night is tonight at Martyrs', 3855 N. Lincoln Ave., starting at 10:20pm and ending at 11pm. (Drinking and cavorting will occur both before and after.) Admission is $10. More details here. 21+
Tim Tuten Interview @ volcalo.org
Today at 9am, www.vocalo.org 89.5 fm catches up with Hideout co-owner Tim Tuten, who moved to Washington in April to work under the Obama Administration for Secretary of Education Arne Duncan. They will discuss schools, rock and life in DC.
