The Moth StorySLAM @ Haymarket Pub and Brewery

The Haymarket Pub and Brewery hosts a special mid-month instance of the Moth StorySLAM. Willing audience members are randomly selected to deliver a story on the agreed-upon topic (tonight's topic: "Silver Lining"), and a winner is chosen by a panel of judges and invited to appear at the storySLAM finals, happening later in the year. Doors open at 5pm, show starts at 8pm. Tickets are $8 at the door, but advance tickets are available for $16 through The Moth Website. Haymarket Pub and Brewery: 737 W. Randolph (at Halsted). (312) 638-0700.

Essay Fiesta @ The Book Cellar

It's time for Essay Fiesta at the Book Cellar in Lincoln Square. Join co-hosts Keith Ecker and Alyson Lyon as they present this month's readers: stand-up comic Cameron Esposito; director and teacher Matthew Miller; Moth GrandSLAM Champion Shannon Cason; author of Zen and the Art of Waitering Jonas Simon; and writer/director MT Cozzola. As always, the show includes a raffle with all proceeds going to the youth literacy organization 826 Chicago. Show starts at 7pm at the Book Cellar (4736 N. Lincoln), and is free, but get there early - this show goes from plenty of seating to standing room only in a jiffy. For more information visit Essay Fiesta.

4SQ Day @ Southern Mac & Cheese

Fans of Foursquare celebrate "4SQ Day" today at the Southern Mac & Cheese, 1840 W. North Ave., at 6:30pm. RSVP on Meetup.com.

Solo In The Second City @ Cobra Lounge

Solo in the Second City, all about the joys and woes of being single in Chicago, is back at the Cobra Lounge for it's second run.

This months readers include:
Kelsie Huff
Scott Whitehair
Charlotte Hamilton
Blake Dinwiddie
Carly Oishi
Melinda Mcintire

8:00 PM at Cobra Lounge (235 N. Ashland)
Free
21+
solointhesecondcity.com

Architecture & Design Film Festival

The Architecture & Design Film Festival runs April 12-16 at the Music Box Theatre, 3733 N. Southport Ave. Today's schedule is below. Tickets can be purchased online from the ADFF website or in person at the Music Box Theatre box office.
• 7pm: Robert A.M. Stern: 15 Central Park West and the History of the New York Apartment House, Up to the Sky - Hearst Tower, Public Farm 1 & High Line Phase 2
• 7:15pm: The Pruitt-Igoe Myth & Mudgee Tower
• 9pm: Lioness Among Lions - The Architect Zaha Hadid, School #9 Coop Himmelb(l)au & Studio Gang Architects
• 9:15pm: The Gruen Effect: Victor Gruen and the Shopping Mall & Three Walls