The Builders And The Butchers @ Schubas

The dark, folk/bluegrass indie band The Builders and the Butchers perform at Schubas on Tuesday, April 5th. Tickets are $10. 21+. Showtime is 9pm. Schubas is located at 3159 N. Southport Ave. (773) 525-2508.

Tuesday Funk @ Hopleaf

It's the first Tuesday of the month, which means it's time for another installment of Tuesday Funk at the Hopleaf. Tonight's readers include Write Club Overlord Ian Belknap, Gapers Block's own J.H. Palmer, journalist and author Robert K. Elder, blogger Lisa Chalem, and Tuesday Funk host and author William Shunn. Hopleaf is located at 5148 N. Clark Street. Seating begins at 7pm, reading begins at 7:30pm, and admission is free.

Ben Lerman at Stage 773

Chicago native Ben Lerman returns to play funny, catchy original songs about love, sex, pirates, American Idols, and a mythical Old West town called Bonerville. If Flight of the Conchords & Zach Galifianakis had a lovechild with David Sedaris, it would be this guy.

Ben's, is in town for one night only, part of Lampkin Music's series "What He Did For Love" at Stage 773 Theater.

Tickets are available here.

View the facebook event here.

Mary Karr @ The Art Institute

The Poetry Foundation's Poetry Off the Shelf welcomes Mary Karr to the Art Institute of Chicago, Rubloff Auditorium (230 S Columbus Dr) tonight at 6pm. Karr is an accomplished poet and memoirist (you may have heard of The Liars' Club), not to mention a winner of various awards and fellowships. Admission is free and first-come, first-served, so don't be late!