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TODAY
Tuesday, April 23
Slowdown
BY DAY
Thursday, October 11 2012
GirlForward Girl Jam
GirlFoward, a local nonprofit that works with refugee teen girls, is having a party to support programming and the resilient spirit. Music, food and fun are on the agenda, along with networking and a chance to win raffle prizes. Tonight from 6-9pm at Uncommon Ground, 1401 W. Devon. $40 or $45 entry plus ten raffle tickets.
ROOF Runway featuring Haberdash @ ROOF on theWit
ROOF on theWit continues its excellent runway series with their latest presentation featuring the Fall 2012 collection from Haberdash, the uber-hip menswear boutique known for their finely crafted collections rarely seen in Chicago. Doors open at 2pm and the show begins at 7pm. 201 N State, 27th floor. RSVP for express entry.
Career Survival 101
The Chicago Headline Club hosts "Career Survival 101," a panel discussion featuring Robert K. Elder of DNAinfo Chicago, Amy Guth of the Chicago Tribune, Mike Schmiedeler of Towers Productions, and Scott Smith of Social@Ogilvy, tonight at 7pm at Kent College of Law, 565 W. Adams St., Rm. 305. Free.
Movember Kickoff
Movember, the mustache-growing fundraiser for prostate cancer research, kicks off in Chicago with a party at Underground, 56 W. Illinois St., from 7pm to 10pm. Free, but registration required.
Beach House @ Riv
Baltimore's Beach House has made their name in lush yet ethereal psychedelic music that peaked on 2010's Teen Dream and has branched out on this year's Bloom. Beach House headlines the Riv. Seattle's Poor Moon opens at 7:30PM. The show's $24 and all ages. The Riv is at 4746 N Racine.
Corey Doctorow @ Evanston Public Library
Author and BoingBoing blogger Corey Doctorow reads from and signs his new young adult novel, Pirate Cinema, at 7:30pm tonight at the Evanston Public Library, 1703 Orrington Ave. in Evanston. Free, but registration required.
D. T. Max @ The Book Cellar
Tonight, the Book Cellar welcomes D. T. Max, reading from Every Love Story Is A Ghost Story, a biography of the late David Foster Wallace. The Book Cellar, 4736-38 N Lincoln Ave., at 7pm.
