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TODAY
Friday, April 26
Slowdown
BY DAY
Friday, June 27 2014
Milwaukee Avenue Arts Festival
The Milwaukee Avenue Arts Festival runs June 27-29 on Milwaukee Avenue between Kedzie and Diversey. The festival features live music on two stages, pop-up galleries, performance art, family activities and food from local bars and restaurants. The festival runs from 5 to 10pm tonight. $5 donation requested.
Old St. Pat's World's Largest Block Party
The 30th annual World's Largest Block Party runs today and Saturday outside Old St. Patrick's Church, 700 W. Adams Ave. Headliners tonight are G. Love & Special Sauce and Guster; doors open at 5:30pm. Tickets are $40 per day, or $70 for the weekend.
Play Cities of Darkscorch @ Comfort Station
Join the Numero Group tonight at Logan Square's Comfort Station as they present the works of Robert Soden, mastermind behind their recent Darkscorch Canticles album and forthcoming Cities of Darkscorch board game. From Numero: "Born out of excessive D&D play, Burgie-brand beer, and teenage ditchweed, Soden's work is melange of pencil, watercolor, ballpoint, and felt tip markers, with a strong focus on maps, flags, band logos, and dungeons, of course." Cities of Darkscorch will be available for play and purchase tonight, beginning at 6pm and ending at 10pm.
Bottoms Up for a Cause
Join the SAMFund, supporting young adults with cancer, for drinks and hors d'oeuvres (and a photo booth!) at the Bottom Lounge (1375 W. Lake St.) tonight from 7-11pm. Tickets are $50 each. If you can't attend — or even if you can! — please consider sponsoring a ticket so that a young adult survivor can attend as a guest. Need a ride? Lyft has offered all attendees who haven't taken a Lyft before a free $25 credit to try it out. Details and tickets.
Version Festival 14
The 14th annual Version Festival runs June 21-29 with the theme "the Placemakers." Today's event is ArchiGO: 50 Years Later, an exhibition of works by the 1960s avant-garde architectural group based at IIT, at the Co-Prosperity Sphere, 3219 S. Morgan St., from 7pm to midnight. Free till 9, $5 after.
Jay Ryan Opening @ Rotofugi
Poster artist Jay Ryan celebrates the opening of Better Days Ahead, an exhibition of new paintings at Rotofugi Gallery, 2780 N. Lincoln Ave., tonight from 7 to 10pm.
Heavy Manners @ Mayne Stage
It's a night of ska tonight at the Mayne Stage, 1328 W. Morse Ave., with Heavy Manners, Skapone, and Guns and Ammunition. Doors open at 8pm. Tickets are $13.
Dead Kennedys @ Bottom Lounge
Hardcore punk legends the Dead Kennedys play the Bottom Lounge, 1375 W. Lake St., with Downtown Brown opening. Tickets are $20. Doors open at 8pm. 17+
Pink Floyd's The Wall @ Music Box
The Music Box Theatre presents a midnight screening of a 35mm print of Pink Floyd's The Wall. The film screens Friday and Saturday nights at midnight. Music Box: 3733 N. Southport. (773) 871-6604.
