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The Chicago Design Museum celebrates its opening with a reception tonight from 7pm to 11pm at the museum, 700 N. Sacramento Ave. Explore the inaugural exhibitions, including Debbie Millman: Look Both Ways, Ed Fella: More Into Less, IBM100: Icons of Progress, Fresh Produced: Exploring the Craft of Hand-Painted Signage, and Rodchenko 120; and check out the gift shop. $10 suggested donation.
The Eternals and Wild Belle perform at 6:30pm in the Pritzker Pavilion in Millennium Park as part of the Downtown Sound free concert series. Details here.
Voting, America's favorite pastime, returns to GTT in the Second Annual $1000 GTT Sketch Thing! Come vote for your favorite sketch group as they break out new material in an attempt to win $1,000 and fame and glory! Or at the very least, $1,000. Be there, or watch summer reruns on TV.
Produced by GTT.
Mondays and Tuesdays in June at 7:30pm. Tickets are $12 and are available here.