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TODAY
Thursday, April 25
Slowdown
BY DAY
Saturday, September 28 2013
Edgewater Fall Art Fair
Celebrate the beginning of Autumn and the end of street festival season, by viewing the work of 60 local artists on Granville at Broadway from 11am to 6pm today. In addition to paintings, photography, and mixed-media, there is also jewelry, printing, pottery, and fabric items. You can relax in the Pop-Up Beer Garden, listen to some music, and see art by local school students, as well. Today at 2pm there is a Fall Fashion Runway Show.There is a suggested donation of $5.
A Day in Avondale
A Day in Avondale is a daylong event showcasing the neighborhood's artists and businesses. From 11am to 7pm, see locally made art in more than 30 locations around Avondale, followed by an afterparty at Elastic Arts, 2830 N. Milwaukee Ave., from 7 to 11pm featuring burlesque and live music. All free.
Chicago Gourmet @ Millennium Park
Celebrate all that is wonderful about good food and drink at the annual Chicago Gourmet event, which kicks off today at a cordoned-off Millennium Park for a weekend of classy debauchery. Cooking demos, tastings, drinking, book signings and celebchef sightings are par for the course. Tickets begin at $159.
Jamaican Showcase @ Mayne Stage
Jump Up Records and Jamaican Oldies Presents put together a showcase of Jamaican ska, reggae and rocksteady tonight at the Mayne Stage, 1328 W. Morse Ave., featuring Derrick Harriott, the Drastics, the Green Room Rockers and more. Doors open at 6:30pm, show's at 8pm. Tickets are $30. 18+
Billy Bragg @ SPACE
Legendary folk singer Billy Bragg plays two shows at SPACE, 1425 Chicago Ave. in Evanston, Friday at tonight, with Joe Purdy opening. Tickets are $40-88. Doors open at 7pm, show's at 8pm.
Computer Chess @ Music Box
The Music Box Theatre, 3733 N. Southport Ave., screens the new mockumentary Computer Chess Friday and tonight at 7:15pm. Writer-director Andrew Bujalski, local stars Gordon Kindlmann and Anne Dodge, Chicago-born producer Alex Lipschultz, and other special guests will be on hand for a Q&A with NewCity film critic Ray Pride after the show. Tickets are $9.25 in advance or at the box office.
Wavves @ Park West
Wavves headlines at the Park West, 322 W. Armitage Ave., tonight, with King Tuff and Jacuzzi Boys opening. Doors open at 7:30pm. Tickets are $20 online or at the door. All ages.
The Growlers @ Subterranean
The Growlers bring their Burgerama tour to the Subterranean, 2011 W. North Ave., with special guests the Cosmonauts, Gap Dream, together PANGEA, White Mystery, White Fang and Colleen Green. Tickets are $15 in advance, $18 at the door. Doors open at 8pm. 17+
Pink Frost (Record Release), Outer Minds @ Empty Bottle
Pink Frost return to the Empty Bottle, 1035 N. Western Ave., to mark the release their latest long-player, Sundowning, put out jointly by local labels BLVD Records and Notes & Bolts. Not unlike a roughed-up version of their namesake, the band combines a knack for garage pop and shoegaze-era walls of noise (not unlike their brothers-in-psych-crime Outer Minds, who support.) Touched By Ghoul open. Tickets are $8 at the door or free with RSVP. Show starts at 9:30pm, 21+.
