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Tuesday, December 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-1:30pm at Hull House, 800 South Halsted.
Winter Gloves @ Empty Bottle
This Montreal group was here back in May, and we were worried they would never come back to Chicago after playing to a near empty room. The poor turnout wasn't any fault of the band however, as they delivered a set full of energy and charisma. Luckily though, Winter Gloves return tonight (just in time for you get out your own winter gloves) bringing their indie rock jam to Empty Bottle. 9:30pm. Tickets are $3 ($8 door). 1035 N. Western Ave. 21+
Writing the Rails Send-off Lunch
Singer-songwriter David Kav is traveling from Chicago to Memphis on Amtrak, stopping to play shows in towns along the way and raising money for St. Jude Children's Research Hospital as part of his Writing the Rails tour. Help send him off by attending a send-off lunch at Maui Wowi, 850 W. Jackson St., at noon today. Enjoy a free concert plus free Domino's pizza and more. More details here.
Homolatte @ Big Chicks
Tonight's Homolatte performance at Big Chicks in Uptown gets going at 7:30pm. Tonight's show features performance activist and "vigilante" poet Sarwat Rumi and musician Bird Megan Sieberg. More in Transmission. Big Chicks is located at 5024 N. Sheridan Rd. 773-728-5511
Thomas Keller Book Signing @ Oakbrook Williams-Sonoma
If you want to give legendary chef Thomas Keller a piece of your mind, here's your chance: head to the Oakbrook Williams-Sonoma (142 Oakbrook Ctr, Oakbrook, IL) tonight at 6pm, where he will be signing copies of his latest book, Ad Hoc at Home. Note that he will only sign copies of Ad Hoc that are purchased on site at Williams-Sonoma. .
