Hubbard Street Dance Chicago @ Harris Theater

You can catch HSDC's "Fall Series" at 3 pm. The company presents a series of four distinctive contemporary dance works. The performance takes place at Harris Theater in Millennium Park, 205 E. Randolph St. Tickets are $25-94 and may be purchased online through HSDC's website, or by calling the Harris Theater box office at 312-334-7777.

Ravenswood Art Walk

The ninth annual Ravenswood Art Walk runs Saturday and Sunday from 11am to 5pm in the Ravenswood Corridor. See work by more than 300 artists in a variety of venues, from galleries and artist studios to offices and machine shops. Free.

Orion Ensemble @ Nichols Hall

Orion Ensemble marks the opening of its 18th season, with Schumann's Fantasy Pieces for Clarinet and Piano, Op. 73, Piazzolla's tango-influenced Four Seasons of Buenos Aires for Violin, Cello and Piano (1965), and Beethoven's Trio in C Minor for Violin, Viola and Cello, Op. 9, No. 3. Orion Ensemble will perform at 7:30pm at the Music Institute of Chicago's Nicholas Hall, 1490 Chicago Ave, Evanston. Tickets are $26. Senior tickets are $23, student tickets are $10, and children ages 12 and under are free. To purchase tickets or learn more, visit orionensemble.org, or call (630) 628-9591.

Chicago South Asian Film Festival

The first-ever Chicago South Asian Film Festival runs Saturday and Sunday at the Columbia College's Film Row Cinema, 1104 S. Wabash Ave., 8th Floor. Here's today's schedule:

1pm: Warrior Boyz and Water Pressures. Q&A with Baljit Sangra and Ann Feldman afterward.
3:15pm: The Professionals and The Japanese Wife. Q&A with Aparna Sen afterward.
6pm: Wild Things and 7 Days in Slow Motion. Q&A with Umakanth Thumrugoti, Rajeshwari Sachdev and Soumya Sriraman afterward.

Tickets for each film are $11, or you can buy day passes for $35 or a full-festival pass for $125.

BBC Tweed Ride

The BBC Tweed Ride gathers at O'Sullivan's Public House in Oak Park (7244 W. Madison) at noon for a last hurrah for summer. A bike ride to the Sheldon Peck Homestead for a picnic will follow. Click here for more info.
Click here to read the Tailgate entry for the event.

5th Annual Andersonville Dessert Crawl

Choose from three routes--Sugar, Spice or Everything Nice--and indulge in sweets from up to 24 neighborhood restaurants. The event benefits the Andersonville Development Corporation, a non-profit organization that promotes sustainable development in the Andersonville commercial district. The Crawl runs from 2:00 to 5:00 pm and begins at the Swedish American Museum, 5211 N. Clark. Tickets are $25 in advance and $30 at the door. Tickets for both the Sugar and Spice routes can be purchased for $40 online, $50 at the door. For more information, call 773-728-7552.

Sneak Preview of Nowhere Boy @ Music Box Theatre

Come celebrate John Lennon's 70th birthday at the Music Box Theatre with a live performance by his old band, The Quarrymen, followed by a sneak preview of the of the new film Nowhere Boy. Tickets are on sale now and can be purchased through Brown Paper Tickets. They're $30 each, but well worth it. The Music Box Theatre is at 3733 N. Southport. The show starts at 7pm!

Thermals, Cymbals Eat Guitars @ Logan Square Auditorium

The Thermals have consistently proven themselves to have a powerful garage energy buried in their yelping, fuzzed-out pop rock. And while you might be able to flip those two genre adjectives, their latest album finds the band sunnier than ever, but to no one's loss. Cymbals Eat Guitars were blindsided with a Pitchfork Best New Music award a full six months before their album was even ready, and now they have to catch up to their own buzz train. Luckily, the band's Pavement-esque vocals and guitar attack adds a bevy of guitar pedals and energy to give them enough energy to open for the Portland trio. And locals Black Math will start the night, playing their gothy drum-machine-and-fuzz tunes with the blessing of local tastemakers Permanent Records and Plus Tapes (who have both put out releases from the band). $15, doors at 7:30pm, all ages. 2539 N Kedzie Blvd.

The Nairobi Project

"Hello there. My names is Victor Gido from Nairobi, Kenya, and would like to ask if you people are interested in any plays for the moment."

So began the first correspondence between Kenyan Victor Gido and Blewt! Productions founder Steve Gadlin. Instead of filing that email away with the rest of his spam, Steve decided to roll the dice and take him up on his offer. After several more emails and shady negotiations, Victor delivered an original one-act play written to Steve's specifications: A millionaire named Quack Quack Quimby has forgotten the true meaning of the Jewish holiday Tu Bishvat. His daughter goes to great lengths to remind him of its meaning, and make him happy once again.

This dramatic masterpiece, called "The Nairobi Project," is playing at The Annoyance (4830 N. Broadway) on Sundays at 8 p.m., and it runs until October 24th. Click here for tickets.

Superamas: EMPIRE (Art & Politics) @ MCA Stage

How is reality constructed and manipulated through the stories we share? A reconstruction of the Napoleonic Battle of Aspern-Essling in 1809 grounds this hybrid theater production that begins with a live filmed battle and travels to a present-day New York premiere party of the film. EMPIRE (Art & Politics) is running in conjunction with the exhibition Luc Tuymans, and as part of the MCA Global Stage series at the MCA Stage. The MCA Stage is located at 220 E Chicago Ave. Tickets are $28, $22 for MCA members and $10 for students. Purchase tickets through the MCA Box Office or by phone at 312-397-4010.