The Appleseed Cast @ Bottom Lounge

Lush sounding post rockers The Appleseed Cast plays tonight at Bottom Lounge. The band plays their 2001 releases Low Level Owl 1 and 2 in full.

Opening is soft epic band Dreamend.

The Bottom Lounge is located at 1375 W. Lake St. The music starts at 8 and the show is $15.

The Sometimes Family @ Beat Kitchen

The Sometimes Family, a five-piece band whose range of styles include rock, blues, do-wop and soul, will be performing at Beat Kitchen (2100 W. Belmont). Also appearing will be Age of Animals and Bakelite Army. Doors open at 10pm, show starts at 10:30. Tickets are $8, for information and tickets call 866-468-3401 or visit TicketWeb.

Hey! Dancin'! @ Prop Thtr

The Factory Theater presents Hey! Dancin'!, a tribute to the 1980s, dance TV shows, teen comedies, and so much more. Opening night is tonight at Prop Thtr (3502 N. Elston), and the show runs Friday and Saturday nights through April 24. For more information about the show see The Factory Theater Website.

Chicago Alderman Project @ Johalla Projects

50 artists from across Chicago have made portraits of 50 Chicago alderman in a project that was conceived as a vehicle to get people who don't normally think about politics to think again. Go and try to find your alderman. The opening is tonight from 7-11pm at Johalla Projects: 1561 N. Milwaukee Ave.

Tap Project Kick-Off Dinner @ Sunda

The U.S. Fund for UNICEF Tap Project® kicks off tonight at Sunda with a cocktail and four-course dinner party. Proceeds go to benefit the Project's efforts to make clean drinking water available to children around the world. The event begins at 7:00pm. Tickets are $100 per person and can be purchased by emailing cathy@sundachicago.com. Sunda is located at 110 W. Illinois St.

Wet Paint Closing Exhibition @ Zhou B. Art Center

This is your last chance to see the wildly popular Wet Paint exhibition, a collection of new paintings by 52 MFA students hand picked from around the country. The closing reception is tonight from 7 to 10pm at the Zhou B. Art Center: 1029 W. 35th St. For more information about the show, visit this website.

AROUND @ EBERSMOORE

Around was curated by William Staples and features artists Dianna Frid, Deva Graf, Anne Simon, Brian Taylor, and Scott Wolinak. What is intended by this small exhibit is to concentrate solely on one formal quality (3-dimensionality, viewed from 360 degrees) of the discipline of sculpture so as to examine how some contemporary artists approach this essentially exclusive experience of it. The opening reception is from 6-9 tonight at EBERSMOORE gallery ( 213 N Morgan #3C) and the show will stay up through April 17. For further information, please contact the gallery: info@ebersmoore.com or call 312-772-3021.

The Gesture Guild @ threewalls

Serbian artist, Irena Knezevic lives in Chicago. Her work utilizes a variety of media to create public events that form a narrative history. Her work has been shown at the Museum of Contemporary Art, White Columns in New York and many other reputable institutions. The opening of her show, the Gesture Guild at threewalls advertises itself as a "commencement dirge, absinthe induced and sailor sung" where sailor attire is encouraged. Should be an arrrr-fully good time.

The Invisible City @ Heaven Gallery

The Invisible City--a joint show by architect/furniture designer Eve Fineman and artist Damon Locks--opens tonight at Heaven Gallery (1550 N. Milwaukee, 2nd floor). Speaking to "unrealized potential, the underground, the marginalized and the spaces in-between" the Invisible City show is about dualities: noisy and quiet, questions and answers, seen and unseen. The opening reception runs from from 7pm-11pm and includes a musical performance by Spectronix and A Grape Dope.