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Thursday, March 28
You, Me, Them, Everybody returns to the Hungry Brain, 2319 W. Belmont Ave., tonight at 9pm. Brandon Wetherbee and Esmeralda Leon host an evening talking with writer/musician/historian Steve Krakow, aka Plastic Crimewave, and comedian Renee Schultz, as well as music by Jeremy Tromburg of The Ragtones, Otter Petter and a special set by the Jon Williams Swing Group. No cover. 21+
Take a break from the ordinary tonight with Ratchet, a jazz and creative music series that takes place every Monday night at The Skylark in Pilsen. Tonight Lucas Gillan's Many Blessings provide the music, with Marquis Hill on trumpet, Jonathon Edwards on bari sax, Darius Savage on bass and Gillan himself on drums. 10pm. 2149 S. Halsted. Donations welcome. 21+
Anatomy of Habit brings the metal to the Empty Bottle tonight, along with favorite local (and otherwise) aggro-cellist Helen Money and experimental noise rockers Locrian. 1035 N Western Ave, 9pm. All this rock and metal is free!
Every Monday night at Evil Olive (1551 W Division) it's the Porn and Chicken Dance Party. Described by a local photographer as " Trouble & Bass guest DJs Deathface and The Captain 666, oil wrestling from the Admiral Theater A-Team girls, a semi-secret party in the back with DJ Gun Love, c=visuals by Glitchard Nixon, and the usual shenanigans from me, the video dudes, a bunch of naked drunk folk, Dom, Mandi, Macabre Monster, J-Sephora, Orvtronixxx, and Hot Temper Hot Sauce", it's- actually, that pretty much sums it up. A whole lot of music you can dance to, it runs from 11pm-4am, no cover.