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Tuesday, August 14 2012
"Get Up and Go!" Lincoln Square Tour @ Chicago Cultural Center
Chicago's "Get Up and Go!" neighborhood conversation and tour series continues today with Lincoln Square. Hosted by Mark Bazer, host of The Hideout's acclaimed Interview Show, the tour begins with a discussion about Lincoln Square's highlights and history followed by a visit to the borough. The tour is free and begins in the Chicago Cultural Center's 5th Floor Millennium Park Room, 78 E. Washington St., at 12:15pm with the Q&A session lasting approximately 40 minutes. The tour will last approximately one hour and will depart from and return to the Chicago Cultural Center via public transportation. Reservations are recommended and can be booked online here.
Solo in the 2nd City Reading Series at Cole's
Solo in the 2nd City is a blog and reading series with stories of what it is to be single, dating, falling in and out of love, sex, and the like in Chicago. It is not required to be single to attend nor read. August's featured readers include local Chicago authors Stacey Ballis (Off the Menu)
and Ben Tanzer (You Can Make Him Like You), and Dana Norris, producer and host, Story Club Chicago. The event is free, doors open at 8pm at Cole's in Logan Square, 2338 N. Milwaukee Ave.
Dancing In The Park: Carpacho y Su Super Combo
Get your dancing shoes on for free Salsa and Merengue dance lessons, and live music by Carpacho y Su Super Combo at Grant Park, 601 S. Michigan Ave., at 6pm.
This Much Is True @ Hopleaf
Bring your ears and something to wipe the sweat off your brow for this month's installment of This Much Is True at the Hopleaf (5148 N. Clark). Tonight's readers include special guests Jen Bosworth, Elynne Chaplik-Aleskow Mary Fons, Erin Kahoa, and Paul Teodo and regulars Larry Kerns, Deanna Moffitt, and Scott Whitehair. Show starts at 7:30pm, and is free. A word to the wise: get there early for a seat, and bring cash - credit cards are not accepted in the upstairs bar. For more info visit This Much is True or Hopleaf.
