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Saturday, May 18
Chicago State University, 9501 S. King Dr., will host Academy Award-nominated filmmaker and director, Spike Lee, tonight from 6:30pm-8:30pm. As part of the university's "Revolutions, Reels, and Rhythms" series for Black History Month, Lee will speak on his career in filmmaking, with a Q&A afterwards. Free. For more information, contact 773-995-4488.
If speed dating didn't work for you in the past, maybe speed networking will. WomenOnCall, the online network that matches women committed to sharing their professional skills and expertise with non-profits is hosting its sixth annual "Meet & Match" event this evening where interested volunteers can get a chance to get matched to a non-profit, dating style. Mellody Hobson will be the keynote speaker and tickets can be purchased online for only $10! If giving back to your community was one of your New Year's Resolution's, or if you're looking for a different kind of networking event, this is for you.
Chase Tower, 10 S. Dearborn
Jerry's Sandwiches, 1938 W. Division St., hosts Meet Your Chicago Distillers Night tonight from 7pm to 10pm. The event will feature staff from Koval Distillers, Evanston Evanston's Few Spirits, Lake Bluff's North Shore Distillery and Journeyman Distillery from Three Oaks, MI. $10 admission gets you samples from each distiller as well as one specialty cocktail made with one of the distilleries' spirits. DJ Tankboy will spin during the afterparty from 10pm to midnight. 21+
The Hideout (1354 W Wabansia) hosts Soup and Bread, which is a casual soup-eating event and fundraiser for a local food-related charity. Donate what you can; eat what you will. Event runs 5:30-7:30pm.
The Chicago Architecture Foundation's Lunchtime Lecture series this week features author Leslie Goddard reading from and discussing her book, Remembering Marshall Field's. The event runs from 12:15pm to 1pm in the CAF Lecture Hall Gallery,
224 S. Michigan Ave. Free -- bring your lunch.