Events for October 14th, 2008
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Tuesday - October 14th
Restaurants / Bar/Club Event
Oktoberfest at Cafe Ciao
Cafe Ciao - 939 W. Madison St. - Chicago (West Loop)
Get $2 domestic bottles, $3 import bottles and $5 microbrews.
Restaurants / Dining Event
Royster with the Oyster
Shaw's Crab House - 21 E. Hubbard St. - Chicago (River North)
11:30 a.m. - 10 p.m.
The 20th annual festival features menu specials, nightly slurping contests (6 p.m.), giveaways and more. Festivities also take place at Shaw's Crab House Schaumburg (1900 E. Higgins Rd.).
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
Ethnic Paris: Table d'hote
Alliance Francaise de Chicago - 810 N. Dearborn St. - Chicago (Near North Side)
6:15 p.m.
Chef Madelaine Bullwinkel leads a cooking class featuring dishes from former French colonies.
Restaurants / Class
Wine course
The Spot - 4437 N. Broadway - Chicago (Uptown)
7 p.m. - 9 p.m. Tasting Wine Like a Pro
Mark Phillips, host of the PBS special, "Enjoying Wine with Mark Phillips" leads a tasting series. Includes bread and cheese bites.
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 / Rhythm & Blues
Mary J. Blige
Arie Crown Theatre at McCormick Place - 2301 S. Lake Shore Drive - Chicago (Near South Side)
7:30 p.m.
Robin Thicke.
Theater / Comedy
Restaurants / Dining Event
Sweetest Day at Geja's Cafe
Geja's Cafe - 340 W. Armitage Ave. - Chicago (Lincoln Park)
Share half-price bottles ($22) and glasses ($10.18 for two) of Gruet's Sweetest Wine-Demi-Sec sparkling wine.
Events / Literature Event
Dan Jiggetts and Fred Mitchell signing
Borders Books & Music - 150 N. State St. - Chicago (Loop)
12:30 p.m.
The former Chicago Bears player (1976-1982) and current sportscaster (Comcast Sportsnet in Chicago) Jiggetts reads from his memoir "Then Ditka Said to Payton," co-authored by Mitchell.
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