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Thursday, March 28

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Sheffield Garden Walk

The Sheffield Garden Walk takes place July 23-24 from noon to 10pm, centered on Webster and Sheffield avenues. Explore Lincoln Park gardens, enjoy food and watch some great bands perform. $7 donation suggested; $10 after 3pm. Today's lineup is as follows:
12:15pm - School of Rock
1:15pm - The Congregation
2:30pm - Canasta
3:45pm - Hello Dave
6pm - New Orleans Suspects
8pm - Poi Dog Pondering

Wicker Park Fest

Wiker Park Fest runs July 23 and 24 at Milwaukee and Division from noon to 10pm. Have some food and drink, browse the merchandise booths and enjoy some great music on three stages. $5 suggested donation. Here's today's lineup:
North Stage
1:30pm - Biters
2:45pm - An Aesthetic Anaesthetic
4pm - Jesse Malin & The St. Marks Social
5:15pm - Ezra Furman & The Harpoons
6:30pm - Everest
7:30pm - Murder By Death
9pm - Wavves

Center Stage
1pm - John Simmons
2pm - Lying Delilah
3pm - Les Trois Stooges
3:45pm - Ishi
4:30pm - Kid Color
5:15pm - Filligar
6pm - Midnight Conspiracy
6:45pm - AM Taxi
7:45pm - ZEBO vs Hiroki
8:30pm - Digital Tape Machine

South Stage
12:15pm - Anna Soltys
1:15pm - Doc's Delorean
2:15pm - Dastardly
3:15pm - Netherfriends
4:15pm - Big Light
5:15pm - The Pimps of Joytime
6:15 - Van Ghost
7:30pm - Joe Pug & The Hundred Mile Band
9pm - Blitzen Trapper

NEDTalks: Spreading Worthless Ideas @ The Whistler

A spoof of the Silicon Valley TED Talks, the NED Talks return to The Whistler (2421 N. Milwaukee) with a panel of comedic speakers whose aims are "not to smarten you up but to dumb you down and present speeches, powerpoints, pie charts and shoebox dioramas on topics such as 'Protecting Your Brain from Hypnotism' and 'Why it's Better to be Beautiful'." Kellen Alexander and Seth Dodson co-host, and non-informative speakers include: iO improv comedian Sarah Fineout, featherproof publisher Zach Dodson (and brother of Seth), performer Andrew Payton, writer and filmmaker Daniel Kibblesmith, and a secret special actually smart guest expert! Show starts at 9pm, and is free. For more information call (773) 227-3530 or visit The Whistler.

Fork in the Road Tours: Tour of Asia

Meet at Kitchen Sink Cafe, 1107 W. Berwyn, today at 11am for a bike-guided tour of Indian, Thai and Central Asian fare in the area. Tour led by Fork and the Road; tickets $50. Event ends at 3pm.

Que for the Cure

ManBQue hosts Cue for the Cure, a fundraiser for the American Cancer Society. For $25, enjoy a delicious barbecue dinner (veggie options available), PBR while it lasts and live acoustic performances from The Scotland Yard Gospel Choir's Elia Einhorn, Spitalfield's Mark Rose, Ballroom Boxer, Gunner's Daughter and Bob Palas, plus DJ Jaime Black. The fun runs from 5pm to 9pm tonight at Darkoom, 2210 W. Chicago Ave.

Fillet of Solo presents You Only Shoot The Ones You Love@ Lifeline Theatre

Come out to the Lifeline Theatre (6912 N. Glenwood Avenue) for this afternoon's performance of Jeffrey Sweet's chronicles of thirty years of dealings with Del Close, Paul Sills and the mad pioneers of Chicago Improv in You Only Shoot The Ones You Love. This piece wil be performed Sunday, 7/24, 3pm; Thursday, 7/28, 8:30pm; and Friday, 7/29, 8:30pm. Tickets: $10; festival passes which allow entry into all events are $30. For information call 773.761.4477 or visit Lifeline Theatre.

"The Music Never Ends": Celebrating the Life of Joe Vito @ Chicago Cultural Center

A group of some of Chicago's best jazz and cabaret musicians will honor the life of legendary Jazz pianist Joe Vito, who passed away last year, at the Cultural Center's Preston Bradley Hall (78 E. Washington) today at 2pm. Admission is free. The program will feature musings by musicians Jim Widlowski, Ken Haebich, Audrey Morris, Laury Shelley, Sean Harris, Frank Caruso, Frank Winkler, Frank D'Rone, Mark Madsen, Larry Novak, Bob Sutter, KT McCammond and Carole Loverde.

Ladies Rock Camp Showcase @ Schubas

Ladies Rock Camp, a weekend-long fundraiser for the ever popular Girls Rock! camps, culminates tonight as camp bands perform for each other, their families, and anyone else willing to listen, at Schubas (3159 N. Southport). Show starts at 6pm, tickets are $6, free for children aged 8 and under, and all proceeds benefit Girls Rock! For more info visit Girls Rock! or Schubas.

Smart Readings @ Smart Museum

This afternoon from 1pm-3pm at the Smart Museum (5550 S. Greenwood Avenue), poet Matthias Regan will begin a series of two workshops combining the sensibilities of reading and looking. Intended to "explore the relationship between figures and genres of personhood," each (free!) workshop consists of a brief lecture, tour of exhibit "Go Figure," and a conversation about related stories and poems.

The first of the two workshops, "Bodies Among Other Things," pairs Kerry James Marshall's painting Slow Dance with a short story by detective novelist Walter Mosley.

The second workshop will be held on August 14th.

 

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