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TODAY
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BY DAY
Saturday, July 18 2015
Mindy Segal @ Kendall College
The James Beard Award-winning chef talks about cookies (and about her new cookbook, Cookie Love) today at Kendall College, 900 N. North Branch, 10am-noon. Admission is $5, $3 for students; free parking. Sponsored by Culinary Historians of Chicago.
Sheffield Music Festival & Garden Walk
The 37th annual Sheffield Music Festival and Garden Walk runs today and Sunday on Sheffield Avenue between Webster and Fullerton from noon to 10pm. Enjoy live music, take self-guided tours of more than 80 neighborhood gardens, and take the family to kids' corner. $7 suggested donation; $10 after 3pm.
In conjunction with the fest, the Chicago Craft Beer Festival runs from 11:30am to 4pm each day. Sample more than 75 beers from local craft breweries. Tickets are $40 in advance, $45 at the door.
SausageFest @ Cubby Bear
SausageFest is outdoors at Cubby Bear, 1059 W. Addison St., today and Sunday, from noon to 10pm. Enjoy live music, craft beer and, of course, plenty of gourmet sausages cooked by contestants competing to raise the most donations for Wounded Warrior Project. Admission is $5, or buy $30 passes and get two sausages and two beers. Kids 6 and under attend free.
Pitchfork Music Festival
The 10th annual Pitchfork Music Festival runs July 17-19 in Union Park, 1501 W. Randolph St. Vic Mensa and Sleater-Kinney are the headliners tonight; see the full line-up. Tickets for Saturday and Sunday are sold out, but a few remain for Friday night -- not that that does you much good today. Gates open at noon.
Chicago Summer Opera @ Mayne Stage
Chicago Summer Opera mounts a full production, with orchestra, of A Midsummer Night's Dream tonight at Mayne Stage, 1328 W. Morse Ave., today at 2pm. Tickets are $20. Doors open at 1pm.
Films of Mpumi Njinge @ South Side Projections
South Side Projections presents Everything Must Come to Light: The Films of Mpumi Njinge tonight at 7pm at the Hyde Park Free Theater, 1448 E. 57th St. South African clothing designer, actor and filmmaker Njinge made two films, My Son the Bride and Everything Must Come to Light, before dying of AIDS-related illness in 2012. Both films will be screened, and a post-screening conversation will be led by Northwestern doctoral candidate Andrew Brown. Admission is free; donations accepted.
Chances Dances @ Subterranean
Chances Dances, the LGBTQ dance party, takes over the Subterranean, 2011 W. North Ave., tonight at 10pm to celebrate the release of the latest issue of The Pitchfork Review. Po'Chop and Danny Giles perform live, Cauleen Smith provides video, and DJs CQQCHIFRUIT, The Lady Speedstick and FKA Swag spin. $5 admission. 21+
