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TODAY
Wednesday, April 24
Slowdown
BY DAY
Sunday, July 19 2015
Pretend Garage Sale @ Comfort Station
Mothergirl holds a conceptual art event, the Pretend Garage Sale, today from 9am to 3pm in the Logan Square Comfort Station, 2579 N. Milwaukee Ave. A variety of items will be available to take home for free, but you have to pretend to haggle and pay for them. No, really.
Chinatown Summer Fair
The Chinatown Summer Fair is today from 10am to 8pm on Wentworth Avenue from Cermak to 24th Place. Enjoy food in the "Taste of Chinatown," watch a lion dance procession and kung fu demonstrations, and take the kids to the petting zoo and pony rides. Free.
Vintage Garage
Vintage Garage returns to the parking garage at 5051 N. Broadway today from 10am to 5pm. This month there's a special focus on tiki and rockabilly stuff in addition to the usual mix of antiques, vintage fashion and accessories, knick-knacks and vinyl. $5 admission.
Sheffield Music Festival & Garden Walk
The 37th annual Sheffield Music Festival and Garden Walk runs Saturday and today 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., Saturday and today, 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. Run the Jewels, Todd Terje & The Olsens and Chance the Rapper are the headliners tonight; see the full line-up. Tickets for Saturday and Sunday are sold out, but a few remain for Friday night. Gates open at noon.
Brown Line 'L' Tour by the Chicago History Museum
Take a tour today at 1pm with the Chicago History Museum on Chicago's most picturesque L line. The tour will include discussions on the architecture of the business district at Armitage and the German heritage of Lincoln Square, where the tour will conclude. Meet for the beginning of the tour at the concierge desk in the Palmer House, located at 17 E. Monroe. Tickets are $25 for non-museum members and $20 for members. They include CTA fare, and reservations are required.
100th Anniversary of the Eastland Disaster @ Chicago History Museum
The Chicago History Museum will present a program today in remembrance of the 100th anniversary of the Eastland disaster of 1915 that claimed over 800 lives, one of the greatest tragedies in Chicago's history. The program will be hosted by the Museum's Chief Historian Russell Lewis, and will feature a talk from Michael McCarthy, the author of The SS Eastland and the Shipwreck That Shook America, a visit from descendants of Eastland victims and survivors, and a Q&A and gallery tour of Eastland artifacts. The program will begin at 2pm and end at 3:30 pm. The Chicago History Museum is located at 1601 N. Clark. Admission is free with general admission to the Museum.
