Events for October 7th, 2008
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Tuesday - October 7th
Style / Shopping Event
Fashion Focus Chicago: Fashion Lab
Chicago Tourism Center - 72 E. Randolph St. - Chicago (Loop)
Check out one-of-a-kind clothing crafted by local design students from Columbia College Chicago, the International Academy of Design and Technology and the School of the Art Institute. Pieces are available for purchase on Saturday.
Events / Community Event
NextFest
Millennium Park - 201 E. Randolph St. - Chicago (Grant Park Museums)
The fifth annual showcase of emerging technology features nearly 40 exhibits about next-generation interactive art and games, healthcare, robotics and more.
Events / Gallery Exhibit
Jack Kerouac: On the Road
Columbia College Chicago's Center for Book & Paper Arts - 1104 S. Wabash Ave. - Chicago (South Loop)
An exhibition features the original manuscript scroll on which Kerouac wrote the novel "On the Road." All features 66 international book covers of the novel's foreign editions.
Restaurants / Dining Event
Presidential Debate party
Venus Greek-Cypriot Cuisine - 820 W. Jackson Blvd. - Chicago (Greektown)
6 p.m. - 10 p.m.
Get half-price food and drinks while watching presidential hopefuls Barack Obama and John McCain discuss current events. Debates start at 8 p.m.
Theater / Theater Event
Dirty Dancing--The Classic Story on Stage
Cadillac Palace Theatre - 151 W. Randolph St. - Chicago (Loop)
The Broadway touring production of the classic musical film (both written by Eleanor Bergstein) about a privileged girl who falls in love with a male professional dancer from the wrong side of the tracks.
Music / Rock
Unearth
House of Blues - 329 N. Dearborn St. - Chicago (River North)
5:15 p.m.
Protest the Hero, The Acacia Strain, Gwen Tracy, White Chapel.


