MusicEmotion @ Music Box

The Music Box Theatre hosts MusicEmotion, a digital screening of classical music performed at Teatro Alla Scala in Milan. Today's screening is a program of Verdi compositions, including Nabucco, staged at the St. Margarethen opera festival in Austria. The program begins at 11:30am. Tickets are $10 and may be purchased in advance at the Music Box Website. Music Box: 3733 N. Southport. (773) 871-6604.

Avondale Bike Tour

Forgotten Chicago leads a bike tour of Avondale today, departing at noon from the Belmont Blue Line station, 3355 W. Belmont Ave. Tickets are $15 in advance; no walk-ups. You must sign a liability waiver before you leave.

Green Music Fest

The Green Music Festival runs from noon to 10pm today and Sunday at Wicker Park and on Damen Avenue between North and Schiller. Listen to bands on two stages while also checking out eco-minded vendors, services, demos, crafts and family activities. $5 suggested donation.

North Stage:
3:30pm - Carbon Tigers
4:30pm - Future Monarchs
6:30pm - Snowden
8:45pm - This Must Be the Band

South Stage:
3pm - The Western
4pm - Great Divide
5:15pm - Ha Ha Tonka
7:30pm - Joe Pug

Old Town's Chicago Craft Beer Festival

If you missed Chicago Craft Beer Week or you just really like craft beer . . . or just drinking in general, Chicago Craft beer festival is offering you a selection of over 100 beers to choose from this weekend. Saturday is sold-out but check out their website for passes for today as well as a list of participating vendors. 1633 N. Cleveland Ave.

Oreo Stacking Contest @ Tastee Freez

Tastee-Freez, 2815 W. Armitage Ave., hosts an Oreo stacking contest from 1pm to 5pm today. Sign up at the stand. Free.

A Day in the Country @ Hideout

The Hideout hosts the seventh annual A Day in the Country, a country music festival featuring a range of styles and subgenres. Doors open at 1pm, show starts at 2pm. Tickets are $10 in advance or at the door. 21+

Front porch stage:
2pm - Cajun Vagabonds
2:45pm - Hat Stretchers

Indoor stage:
3:30pm - Western Elstons
4:15pm - Angela James
5:00pm - Al Scorch's Country Soul Ensemble
5:45pm - Country Doctors
6:30pm - Bubbly Creek Bluegrass Band
7:15pm - The Lawrence Peters Outfit
8pm - Red Meat
9:15pm - Majors Junction
10pm - Cropduster
10:45pm - Rivals of the Peacemaker

Chicago Craft Beer Festival

The second annual Chicago Craft Beer Festival at St. Michael's Church, 1633 N. Cleveland Ave., is sold out on Saturday, but tickets are still available for today's festivities, which run from 1 to 9pm. Sample more than 100 beers from around the world while enjoying live music by Robbie Fulks. Tickets are $35, or $5 at the door if you're not drinking. 21+

Chasing the Hype @ Den Theater

Sketch comedy virtuosos Think Tank take their brand of hockey-blade sharp humor, silly satire and bizarre scenarios to The Den Theater, 1333 N. Milwaukee Ave., for Chasing The Hype, Sundays in June until the 23rd. Chasing The Hype ribs America's up-to-the-nano-second affinity for news and information, no matter how inaccurate or under-reported it may be. Tickets are $10 (plus small service fee) and are available online or at the door, which opens at 7:30pm. Here's Think Tank's latest video.