Bar AIDS 2010

EdgeAlliance (formerly known as AIDSCare) presents Bar AIDS 2010, a companion event to the annual Dining Out For Life event to raise money for local people living with HIV. Visit the Chicago Bar AIDS Website to see a list of participating bars, cafes and pubs. Bar AIDS ambassadors will be on hand at each location to sell tickets for raffle prizes and to collect donations for EdgeAlliance. See the Website for full details.

Etgar Keret @ SAIC Auditorium

Israeli author Etgar Keret -- who, on August 22, begins a two-week stint as an artist-in-residence at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign -- gives a lecture at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago tonight, moderated by UIUC Hebrew-literature professor Rachel Harris. Free, School of the Art Institute auditorium, 280 S. Columbus Dr., (312) 899-5185.

The Red Machine @ Facets

The Red Machine (2009) follows Eddie Doyle, master safe cracker on his way to jail who is offered the opportunity for forgo his sentence by helping Lt. F. Ellis Coburn and the US government pull the theft of a lifetime. The film combines a heist movie with a classic espionage flick to create a dynamic between Doyle and Coburn that keeps the film in high gear. There are two screenings - 7 pm and 9 pm. Tickets are $9 for general audience and free for Facets members. Filmmakers Stephanie Argy and Alec Boehm will perform a Q&A about the film following the screening. Tickets can be purchased through the Facets box office or their website.

Poem as Dream @ Mess Hall

Lose yourself in the "outsidereal" with The Next Objectivists at Mess Hall (6932 North Glenwood) in Rogers Park. Starting at 7pm, you'll talk about your dreams, poems about dreams, and do a bit of writing together. The workshop is free and open to the public.

Death's Door Spirits Tasting @ Uncommon Ground

Death's Door Spirits, which makes small-batch spirits from organic wheat harvested on Wisconsin's Door County Peninsula, is teaming up with Uncommon Ground to offer a three-course tasting. Try a gin negroni paired with goat cheese and melon lettuce rolls, a whiskey peach manhattan with fried calamari, and a vodka green tomato bloody mary with chicken parmesan. True to Uncommon Ground form, the menu ingredients are super-local, super-seasonal. The event costs $25, runs from 6-8 p.m. at the Wrigleyville location, and will have limited seating, so call (773) 929-3680 to claim a space.

third course
death's door vodka green tomato bloody paired with gunthorp farm chicken parmesan & heirloom tomato sauce