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Monday, April 29
The Chicago Public Library presents "The Great Migration: A Conversation with Timuel D. Black, Jr., Linda Johnson Rice and Adam Green," a One Book, One Chicago discussion of The Warmth Of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America’s Great Migration by Isabel Wilkerson, tonight at 6pm in the Cindy Pritzker Auditorium at the Harold Washington Library, 400 S. State St. Free.
The Dinner Party talk show with a meal returns to City Winery, 1200 W. Randolph St., tonight at 6:30pm. This month's show features Chef Sean Pharr of NoMI, Lin Brehmer of WXRT, socialite Candace Jordan, Timeline Theatre Associate Director Nick Bowling and host Elysabeth Alfano. Tickets are $35.
Venerable lo-fi luminary/folk-hero Bill Callahan performs in the pastoral Horticultural Hall at the historic Garfield Park Conservatory, 300 N. Central Park Ave., tonight at 7pm. Tickets are $25. Doors open at 6:30pm. Read our preview in Transmission.