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TODAY
Wednesday, April 24
Slowdown
BY DAY
Saturday, December 13 2014
Beer Sleigh Brewery Tour
Barley's Angels organizes a Beer Sleigh today, which includes beer flights and transportation to three area breweries as well as the tours at Metropolitan Brewing, Lagunitas Brewery, and Lake Effect Brewing. Tickets are $60. The tour kicks off at 11am at Metropolitan Brewing, 5121 N. Ravenswood Ave.
Chicago Art Girls Holiday Pop-Up Shop
The Chicago Art Girls host their third annual Holiday Pop-Up Shop today and Sunday from 11am to 5pm at Bell Elementary, 3730 N. Oakley Ave. Shop for fun gifts handmade by more than two dozen local artists and crafters.
Crafters and Musicians Holiday Pop-Up Market
Looking for creative and original gifts for people this year? Then you'll enjoy shopping at this holiday pop-up market presented by Crafters and Musicians. And you'll get to listen to some great music while you check your list twice and buy gifts from local artists and crafters. Stop on by today at Ebenezer Lutheran Church, 1650 W. Foster Ave., from noon to 5pm.
Handmade Market @ Empty Bottle
Still have holiday shopping to do? Buy local at Handmade Market at the Empty Bottle, 1035 N. Western Ave., this afternoon from noon to 4pm. More than 30 local crafters, artists and food-makers will be selling their handmade wares! Admission is free. 21+, with the exception of kids accompanied by a parent.
Barrel Aged Premier & Beer Tasting @ Logan Square Auditorium
BeerFX premiers the short film Barrel Aged and hosts an interactive beer festival today from 3:30 to 7pm at the Logan Square Auditorium, 2529 N. Kedzie Blvd. Tickets are $40 in advance, $45 at the door, and include a commemorative glass, samples of the barrel aged beer "Turn Brown for What" featured in the film as well as beers from more than a dozen local breweries. 21+
A. Laurie Palmer's Book Release @ Threewalls Gallery
A. Laurie Palmer, a sculpture professor at SAIC, is hosting her new book launch, "In the Aura of a Hole: Exploring Sites of Material Extraction," published by Black Dog Publishing. Palmer will speak with Rebecca Zorach, an art history professor at the University of Chicago, today starting at 4 until 6pm at Threewalls Gallery, located at 119 N. Peoria #2C.
Soup & Bread Benefit @ Hideout
Soup & Bread, the weekly benefit soup and nosh event, begins prepping for next year's season (which begins Jan. 7th) with a kickoff fundraiser tonight at the Hideout, 1354 W. Wabansia Ave. For a suggested $20 donation, you'll sample chili from the folks at Smoque, Graze Magazine, Celestial Kitchens, and newly unemployed (?) "Hot" Doug Sohn, as well as bread from Publican Quality Meats and On the Road Catering. DJs, raffles of prizes from Bloodshot Records and a few other joints will be happening, too. Worth it! Runs 5:30-8pm; for an extra $5, stay afterward for the Hideout Holiday Jamboree.
Hoop Dreams @ Film Center
The Gene Siskel Film Center, 164 N. State St., presents two very special screenings of the 1994 Kartemquin film Hoop Dreams, tonight at 7pm and again on Tuesday, Dec. 16 at 6:30pm. At both screenings the filmmakers will be present: Steve James, Peter Gilbert, Gordon Quinn, Adam Singer, and film subject Arthur Agee will participate in a discussion of the film. See the Film Center website to purchase advance tickets. Box office: (312) 846-2085.
One-Bit composer Tristan Perich at Hyde Park's Logan Center for the Arts
In 2010, Lampo brought composer and installation artist Tristan Perich to the Graham Foundation's Madlener House for a performance of his "1-Bit Symphony." Tonight, The Logan Center for the Arts (915 East 60th Street, performance penthouse 901) will present "Noise Patterns," the next development in his one-bit music. Admission is free with RSVP. More information at Transmission.
Burning Bluebeard @ Theater Wit
Theater Wit, 1229 W. Belmont Ave., presents a remount of the highly acclaimed 2011 Neo-Futurist show Burning Bluebeard, telling the tale of the Iroquois Theater fire of 1903. The show plays Fridays through Sundays at the theater through January 4; see the theater's website or call (773) 975-8150 for advance tickets.
Windy City Soul Club Six Year Anniversary Show
Chicago's finest monthly dance party, Windy City Soul Club, celebrates six years of spinning the finest Northern Soul records with this party at Empty Bottle, 1035 N. Western Ave. Happiness abounds, with DJs spinning only original 45rpm records of forgotten soul gems, with the occasional mainstream hit peppered in the mix. Get there early if you don't fancy waiting outside, as the show always sells out. $5 cover at the door. 21+
Hideout Holiday Jamboree
The Hideout, 1354 W. Wabansia Ave., hosts its annual Holiday Jamboree tonight at 9pm after the Soup & Bread Benefit. The show features the Tiny Cover Band, Emmet Otter Singers, Nightingale Theatre Holiday Film Shorts and more. Tickets are $10, or $25 with admission to the Soup & Bread Benefit.
