White Mystery performance/pre-release @ Reckless Records

Be one of the first to get the new White Mystery vinyl album at Reckless Records in Wicker Park, and check out their live in-store performance at 3pm today. And if you're one of the first ten purchases, you'll receive a photobooth strip with the Whites!

White Mystery has also created a window display at Reckless, that is suppose to "make a visual impact that allows light and vision to travel," according to the band, so make sure to check it out the next time you pass the store.

Things start at 3pm, and Reckless Records is located at 1532 N. Milwaukee Ave.

Rock & Roll Cinema: American Hardcore @ Empty Bottle

The Empty Bottle presents Rock & Roll Cinema, an ongoing series of free film screenings every Sunday night. Tonight's film is American Hardcore, a documentary about the hardcore scene of the early 1980s. The film screens tonight at 7pm, and admission is free. Empty Bottle: 1035 N. Western Avenue. (773) 276-3600.

Hot & Heavy Burlesque presents 'The Sunday Sizzler' @ Metal Shaker

Hot & Heavy Burlesque presents 'The Sunday Sizzler' tonight, Sunday March 14th at 7 p.m. at the Metal Shaker (3394 N Milwaukee Avenue). For a $10 donation, sample all the heavy metal burlesque you can handle from Viva la Muerte, Cruel Valentine, Natasha Minsk, Barrett All, and more. You'll also be treated to live music from Hail the Horizon, sideshow performances, belly dancing, and a hardboard guitar contest! For more information, visit Hot & Heavy Burlesque's website.

Pi(e) Day @ Firkin

The Chicago Nerd Social Club presents a Pi(e) Day celebration at Firkin (670 West Diversey). Among the events: a pie contest; a contest to see who can rattle off the most digits of pi; and a one minute basic math test. The event runs from 5pm to 8pm. Tickets are $5, or free if you're participating in the pie contest. Full information and tickets available at the Chicago Nerds Website.

Breakfast With the Apes

The Lincoln Park Zoo is hosting a breakfast in the Regenstein Center for African Apes with the assistant curator of primates. After breakfast, diners will view chimpanzees and gorillas during their most active time of day. Breakfast is at 9am, and the visit to the ape house is at 10am; admission is $65 for zoo members and $75 for nonmembers.
Tickets available here. (Children under 12 are not admitted.)

punkplay @ Steppenwolf

Gregory Moss's punkplay, about "two sort of marginal adolescent boys growing up in the suburbs who latch on to punk rock and use it to find an identity outside of the mainstream," is a Pavement Group production, going up as part of Steppenwolf Theatre Company's new Visiting Company Initiative, Garage Rep. Read the Gapers Block interview with Moss here. The show starts at 8pm in the Merle Reskin Garage Theatre, 1624 N. Halsted. Tickets are $20 and available here or by calling (312) 335-1650. Student tickets are $12.