Taste of the Neighborhoods Tour

The City hosts a tour today of the eats representing selected neighborhoods around Chicago--Greek on Halsted, Italian on Taylor, South side BBQ, Middle Eastern in Albany Park--and you can join them! The Taste of the Neighborhoods tour series meets monthly; destinations are announced a few weeks before the tour, so contact the City to find out what's on the menu for today.

Fat Bitch! @ Getz Theater

Enjoy "A Night of Comedy" tonight at Columbia College's Getz Theater, 62 E. 11th St., with Chicago native Erica Watson, as she brings her one-woman show, Fat Bitch!, back to town. The play hilariously tackles perceptions surrounding race, weight and images in society. Doors open at 7:30pm; show is from 8pm-9:30pm. Tickets are $15 and can be reserved online. Contact (312) 369-8640 for more information.

Free Dance Performances and Instruction @ The Dance Center of Columbia College

In celebration of ten years at their 1306 S. Michigan Ave. location, the Dance Center of Columbia College will present 13 hours of free dance performances, workshops, and classes. The event, 1306 - Ten Years Later, will fill the studios, theater, hallways, and even the stairwells of 1306 S. Michigan Ave. with activites from 10am until 11pm. 1306 - Ten Years Later is free to the public, and requires no tickets or RSVPs. For the full schedule of events, visit the Dance Center of Columbia College website, or call (312) 369-8300.

Celebrate the Power of Preservation @ The Former Sears Power House

Preservation Chicago's annual fund-raising event will be held this evening at the historic Sears Power House in Chicago's Lawndale neighborhood, 931 S. Homan Avenue. The party will run from 7pm-10pm, with an open bar, hors d'oeuvres, music by the Corey Wilkes quartet, tours of the building and a silent auction. Tickets are $85 in advance or $100 at the door. Free valet parking will be provided.

Feria de Mole @Universidad Popular

Universidad Popular, 2801 S. Hamlin Ave., hosts its fifth annual Feria de Mole from 1 to 6 p.m. Adult admission to the fair is $10, which earns you the equally important rights to taste and judge all mole entries. The winner of the popular vote gets a $500 cash prize. For more info, call 773.733.5055.

Rib-A-Que Smokeout @Moonshine

Moonshine, 1824 W. Division, hosts its third annual Rib-A-Que Smokeout today from 12-6 p.m.

Amateur and professional competitors -- including Smoke Daddy, SmallBar, and the Chicago Police Department -- will vie for the Smoke-Out Champion title by preparing ribs and side dishes. Tickets are $25 in advance or $35 at the door, and include voting rights and unlimited samples.

Tours and Showcase @ Growing Home

Growing Home hosts an Employment Training Program Showcase at the Wood Street Urban Farm, 5814 S. Wood, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Admission includes refreshments made from the farm's organic produce; access to the farm stand; farm tours; and produce-related workshops.

Suggested donation is $5, or the pile of used plastic grocery bags you've got stuffed under your sink (Growing Home can re-use them at the farm stand).

Tu Fawning @ Metro

Tu Fawning is a mess of sounds that cleans up real nice. Ranging from math and indie rocks as well heartfelt jazz and some tribal drums, the band hold their own has a sound that is unique. They will release their first full length release Hearts On Hold on October 5th and the band plays at the Metro tonight opening for Suckers and Menomena. The Metro is located at 3750 N. Clark St. Tickets are $16 and the music starts at 9. (773) 549-4140.

Kegs for Kids @ Metropolis Roasting Garage

The Hopleaf and Metropolis Coffee Company host a Kegs for Kids fundraiser for Helen C. Peirce School of International Studies tonight from 4pm to 9pm at the Metropolis Roasting Garage, 5545 N. Clark Street. The event will feature live music, a silent auction, and 30-plus one-off beers from breweries like Dogfish Head, Dark Horse, 3 Floyds, Founders and Half Acre. Tickets are $40 in advance or $50 at the door, and include unlimited beer, food, and coffee.

Active Trans Bike and Dine Tour

Want to bike and eat around Oak Park/Riverside/River Forest? Today's Bike and Dine Tour, a 12-mile jaunt around the area, is just for you. 11am to 2pm, begins and ends at Marion Street Cheese Market, 100 South Marion Street, Oak Park. Cost is $50. Organized by Active Trans Alliance.

Michael Zerang + Dance & Voice @ Dance Center of Columbia College

Percussionist extraordinaire Michael Zerang performs with dancer Rachel Damon and vocalist Dan Mohr at the Dance Center of Columbia College, 1306 South Michigan Avenue. 8pm. Admission charge not indicated, though it's always good to have a few bucks in your pocket just in case.

The Fearmakers @ Music Box Theatre

The Music Box Theatre presents a new weekend matinee screening series for September that brings noir to the forefront. Screening as a part of the theater's "Films By Jacques Tourneur", The Fearmakers (1958) brings the communist scare in Hollywood to Washington politics. A Korean War vet finds his DC-based PR firm taken over by communists bent on influencing the public and lobbyists with their own agenda. Screening starts at 11:30am at the Music Box Theatre (3733 N. Southport). Tickets are $9.75 and can be purchased at the theater box office.

Alexis Gideon @ Roxaboxen/No Coast

Come out tonight at 8:00pm to Roxaboxen/No Coast, 2130 West 21st Street. Alexis Gideon performs his one-man video opera, Video Musics II: Sun Wu-Kong. To RSVP, please click here.

Banned Books Week Readout @ Bughouse Square

Celebrate your freedom to read this year with the kick-off to Banned Books Week! The Banned Books Week Readout will feature the authors of the ten most challenged books of 2009, who will read excerpts from their challenged works and do book signings. Admission is free! Just come to Bughouse Square (located across Walton Street from the Newberry Library). You can also check out more planned events and ideas for creating your own events on the Banned Books Week website.

of Montreal @ Riviera Theater

The indie-pop quirk band returns to Chicago on the heels of their latest LP, False Priest. The album was co-produced by frontman Kevin Barnes and Jon Brion (who has worked with Fiona Apple and Kanye West). 7pm. 4746 N. Racine Ave. All ages.

Two-Hour Comedy Hour @ Gallery Cabaret

This week's Two-Hour Comedy Hour, hosted by Trey Mowder, features comedians Ken Barnard, C.J. Toledano, Simmons McDavid, Candy Lawrence and Mike Joyce. This free show features a fresh mix of comedians each week. There's no cover for the 21+ show - though a $5 donation is accepted - and it runs from 7-9 pm at Gallery Cabaret, 2020 N. Oakley (near Western and Milwaukee, just off the Blue Line stop). Guests are encouraged to arrive early.

Stir Frying to the Sky's Edge @ Kendall College

The Culinary Historians of Chicago are gonna wok and roll (hee hee) at this morning's lecture at Kendall College, 900 North Branch, at 10am. Author Grace Young will be talking about her book (of the same title of this lecture), along with giving a cooking demo and book signing afterward. Tickets $3-5; parking free. RSVP here.

Latino Culinary Tour of Logan Square

Multilingual Chicago hosts a tour of several Logan Square area Latin American restaurants (with a one hour-long Spanish lesson!) today from 11am-3:30pm. Food, transportation and instruction included. Tickets $45.

Zombie Fest Chicago @ Hawthorne Race Course

Zombie Fest Chicago crawls out of the dirt this afternoon at Cicero's Hawthorne Race Course (3501 S. Laramie). Featuring a roster of Chicago hardcore and metal acts including Cobia, Punch Cabbie, Stuck Underwater Diagon Alley, Soul Pollution and Illusions Fate, the all-ages show supports the Wounded Warrior Project. With zombie costume contests, movies, vendors and sponsors like Girls & Corpses Magazine there should be plenty of brain-eating going on. Doors open at 2pm, bands start at 3pm. Tickets are $15 in advance or $20 at the door. Special VIP tickets packages are available too.