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Windy City Ribfest

Date: Fri., Jul. 5, 5 p.m.

Dining

With an annual attendance of over 40,000, this festival proves that Chicago doesn't take its ribs lightly. Taste a variety of different ribs from renowned barbe... READ MORE

Homolatte

Date: Tue., Jun. 4, 7:30 p.m.

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Literature

The evening features poetry, storytelling and music by local and national gay and lesbian performers. READ MORE

Messing with a Friend

Date: Thu., May. 30, 10:30 p.m.

The Annoyance Theatre

Comedy

Guest artists play opposite improv vet Susan Messing in this two-person show. Please note: No show is scheduled on Oct. 4, 2012. READ MORE

The Paper Machete

Date: Sat., May. 25, 3 p.m.

The Green Mill

Literature

Local writer Christopher Piatt hosts a weekly salon featuring readings and performances by journalists, storytellers, comedians and musical guests. Topics inclu... READ MORE

This Much Is True

Date: Tue., Jun. 11, 7:30 p.m.

Hopleaf

Bar/Club

An evening of storytelling featuring humorous, embarrassing and poignant personal anecdotes from hosts Dorrie Ferguson and Scott Whitehair plus a panel of guest... READ MORE

Uptown Poetry Slam

Date: Sun., May. 26, 7 p.m.

The Green Mill

Bar/Club

More than two decades running, this is the granddaddy of all poetry slams. Marc Smith--the founder of the national slam movement--hosts this weekly evening of p... READ MORE

Alan Gresik's Swing Shift Orchestra

Date: Thu., May. 30, 9 p.m.

The Green Mill

Concert

Green Mill Quartet Jazz Jam Session

Date: Sat., Jun. 1, 1:30 a.m.

The Green Mill

Concert

This late Friday night show runs from 1:30-4 a.m. READ MORE

Chicagoland and Fishnuts

Date: Tue., May. 28, 8 p.m.

The Annoyance Theatre

Comedy

Local comics T.J. Jagodowski, Mark Piebenga, Linda Orr, Tom Blanford and Alex Fendrich perform an improv set as Chicagoland. The four-person improv troupe Fish ... READ MORE

Boocoo Blues Jam

Date: Mon., May. 27, 7:30 p.m.

BooCoo Cafe

Concert

See live blues sets or sit in with the house musicians. The event concludes at 10 p.m. READ MORE

Windy Americana

Date: Fri., May. 24, 7:30 p.m.

Nichols Concert Hall, Music Institute of Chicago

Concert

Sparkle Hour!

Date: Sun., Dec. 9, 8 p.m.

The Annoyance Theatre

Theater

Philip Markle tells the story of his journey to become Philip Sparkle is this hour-long, one-man musical. READ MORE

The Annoyance Christmas Pageant

Date: Sun., Dec. 2, 2 p.m.

The Annoyance Theatre

Kids & Family

The annual show presents adaptations of the holiday Christmas specials "A Charlie Brown Christmas" and "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer." READ MORE

The Merchant of Venice

Date: Sat., Oct. 19, 2 p.m.

Wilmette Public Library

Theater

The Shakespeare Project of Chicago presents this play about a merchant who's forced to offer his flesh as collateral to his rival, a Jewish taxpayer who despise... READ MORE

The Fair Maid of the West

Date: Sat., Jan. 18, 2 p.m.

Wilmette Public Library

Theater

The Shakespeare Project of Chicago performs Thomas Heywood's classic Renaissance drama set during the Anglo-Spanish War about a female tapster who is loved by m... READ MORE

The Bright White

Date: Sat., Jun. 8, 9 p.m.

27 Live

Concert

With Vic & Gab. READ MORE

Movies in the Parks: ‘Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory’

Date: Mon., Aug. 12

Cricket Hill

Film

The 1971 film, directed by Mel Stuart and starring Gene Wilder, Jack Albertson and Peter Ostrum, is about a poor boy who wins a tour mysterious candy factory wi... READ MORE

Movies in the Parks: ‘Jack the Giant Slayer’

Date: Wed., Aug. 14

Clarendon Park

Film

The 2013 adventure film, directed by Bryan Singer and starring Nicholas Hoult, Ewan McGregor and Stanley Tucci, is about a war between humans and a race of gian... READ MORE

Trash

Date: Thu., Jun. 6, 7:30 p.m.

Noyes Cultural Arts Center

Theater

Forget Me Not Theatre Company presents Arthur M. Jolly's play about two sisters trying to recover their mother's dying message from a municipal dump. READ MORE

Room for Doubt

Date: Mon., Jun. 17, 7:30 p.m.

National Pastime Theater

Theater

Genesis Theatrical Productions presents a staged reading of Joel Shatzky's play about the son of man who died in the Holocaust who discovers the identity of a h... READ MORE

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Windy City Ribfest

Homolatte

Messing with a Friend

The Paper Machete

This Much Is True

Uptown Poetry Slam

Alan Gresik's Swing Shift Orchestra

Green Mill Quartet Jazz Jam Session

Chicagoland and Fishnuts

Boocoo Blues Jam

Windy Americana

Sparkle Hour!

The Annoyance Christmas Pageant

The Merchant of Venice

The Fair Maid of the West

The Bright White

Movies in the Parks: ‘Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory’

Movies in the Parks: ‘Jack the Giant Slayer’

Trash

Room for Doubt