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Shattered Globe's Protégé Ensemble will perform Honest | Fair, an original play inspired by the "nunnery scene" in Shakespeare's Hamlet, for free at Stage 773, 1225 W. Belmont Ave. tonight at 7:30pm. Reserve your seat ahead of time.
The Belmont-Sheffield Music Festival runs from noon to 10pm Saturday and today, May 26-27 on Sheffield from Belmont to School. Today's lineup includes School of Rock students; A Thousand Julys; Your Villain, My Hero; Infinity and Trippin' Billies. $5 suggested donation.
Instructors from the Old Town School of Folk Music, Maria McCulloch & Yahvi Pichardo, play a program of free music today at noon at Schubas, 3159 N. Southport.
The fourth annual Mole de Mayo mole festival and cook-off runs Saturday and today, May 26-27, from 11am to 9pm on Peoria Street between 16th and 18th. Sample many, many moles from local restaurants, browse vendor booths, watch lucha libre wrestling and enjoy a wide variety of Latin-American musical acts, plus DJ sets by DJ Rebel X, Sonorama and DJ Resistol 5000. Suggested donation $1-5.
2pm - Sol Azul
3pm - Caupolican
4pm - Luciano Antonio Trio
6pm - Son del Viento
7pm - Buya
8pm - Cumbia Machin
The Randolph Street Market kicks off its summer season this weekend, May 26-27 at Plumbers Hall, 1340 W. Washington St. Browse antiques from more than 200 dealers inside and outside the hall from 10am to 5pm today -- and this year there's also a vinyl record "swap meet," gourmet food market and "global goods bazaar." Admission is $8 in advance online, $10 at the door ($3/$5 for students).
Bike the Drive takes over Lake Shore Drive from 5:30am to 10:15am this morning (bikes must be on the Drive by 7:30), with a post-ride festival at Butler Field in Grant Park from 8am to noon. Advance registration is $48 for non-members, $43 for members and $15 for children under 17. Walk-up registration is $58.