Chicago Food Film Festival @ MCA Warehouse

The Chicago Food Film Festival, a weekend-long celebration of food on film (today and tomorrow at the MCA Warehouse, 1747 W. Hubbard), kicks off tonight at 8pm with Eat Your Fill, a documentary about a man's mission to eat every deep fried or be-sticked item at the Wisconsin State Fair, to Celeriac, a short-form thriller (no joke). Documentaries about farm stands, soda making, oysters, and raising grass-fed beef are also on the schedule, along with food; each night of the festival features dishes paired with the night's cinematic offerings. Eats from DMK Burger Bar accompanies Saturday night's showing of an abbreviated version of Hamburger America. Tickets for both nights start at $25.

Rock for Kids, Junior Board Night Out @ Reggie's Music Joint

Join the Rock for Kids Junior Board as they party to raise money for a worthwhile cause: music education for at-risk youth! A $30 wristband Includes food, drink and live music with The Blind Staggers, BugGiRL, & Admiral of Black. Also, raffle prizes including 2 tickets to see The XX at the Chicago Theater in the PIT row, Sox tickets, XRT Studio X Passes, gift certificates for Ann Sathers, Paninos, Angie's Pizza, Superdawg and more! All proceeds benefit Rock For Kids. The Reggie's Bus will provide transportation if you want to get picked up 6:30pm at Ashland/Divison/Milwaukee. More on Facebook. Reggie's Music Joint is located at 2105 S. State St. (312) 949-0120.

Chicago Gourmet @ Millennium Park

Join the swells for wine and noshing at Chicago Gourmet, which starts today and runs through Sunday at a cordoned off Millennium Park. Lectures, exhibitions, and food from many of the city's finest chefs await you. Tickets start at $150, but you can earn a free one-day ticket if you participate in the Dine Around promotion between August 30 and September 24.

Zerang/Gutzeit/Lonberg-Holm are...STUMBLE @ Enemy

The Trust Lost Music Series presents STUMBLE (Brent Gutzeit-Guitar, Fred Lonberg-Holm-Cello, Michael Zerang-Percussion) at Enemy, 1556 N. Milwaukee (3rd floor). Also performing: Riordan/Fandiño duo, Rempis/Labycz duo, and Extraordinary Popular Delusions. 10pm sharp, $5 donation.

Enter The Void @ The Music Box Theatre

Oscar and his sister Linda are recent arrivals in Tokyo. Oscar's a small time drug dealer, and Linda works as a nightclub stripper. One night Oscar is caught up in a police bust and shot. As he lies dying, his spirit wanders the city, his visions growing evermore distorted and nightmarish. Gasper Noe's new film Enter The Void opens tonight at the Music Box Theatre. 3733 N. Southport Ave.,Chicago, IL 60613. Check out the trippy trailer here.

Danielle Dutton and Kate Zambreno @ Women & Children First

Two recent books "ponder the banality" of contemporary, suburban American life through absurd, engaging narratives. Danielle Dutton, author of S P R A W L, and Kate Zambreno, author of O Fallen Angel, will read tonight at Women and Children First, 5233 N. Clark St., at 7:30pm. For more information, click here.

Walter Meego @ Empty Bottle

Pop band Walter Meego is originally from Chicago, but they now call LA home. Tonight they return to their roots for a show at Empty Bottle and according to their blog..."OUR FIRST SHOW WITH THE NEW ALBUM. SO EXCITED ABOUT IT. EXCLAMATION POINT!" In case you're wondering, that new album is titled Wondervalley. Celebrate with the band as they present their new five-person line-up. Tickets are $8. 10pm. 1035 N. Western. 21+

Chicago Poetry Brothel @ House of Blues

It's first event over the summer was a success (really, poetry + brothel -- who wouldn't love it?!), so the Chicago Poetry Brothel is here to stay. Check out their second costume party/poetry reading/performance art tonight in the Foundation Room at the House of Blues (329 N. Dearborn), starting at 8pm. Tickets at the door are $10, unless you "come dressed Victorian," then you only have to shell out $5.

Aashish Khan, Swapan Chaudhuri, Alam Khan @ Chicago Cultural Center

The Chicago World Music Festival welcomes master sarod player Aashish Khan, who is the son of Ali Akbar Khan and grandson of Allauddin Khan, a family legacy of unimaginable proportions. He performs along with his brother, Alam Khan, and tabla virtuosos Swapan Chaundhuri , in a tribute to his family's immense musical history at the Chicago Cultural Center (78 E. Washington, Preston Bradley Hall). Performance at 7:00 p.m., purchase tickets here. More information (including copious youtube clips/samples) at Transmission.

Torluemke Lets It All Hang Out in The Exhibitionist @ Co Prosperity Sphere

This is sure to be an amazing must see in Chicago on Friday. Tom Torluemke has been a part of the arts in Chicago for decades and has impressed every step of the way. The most exciting thing about this show is that I am sure Tom has had complete creative control of this show, and when you put and artist with Tom's experience and vision in control you always get one hell of an experience.

Friday September 24, 2010 from 6 - 11 p.m.
Co Prosperity Sphere
3219-21 South Morgan St