Events for October 13th, 2008
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Monday - October 13th
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.
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.
Events / Community Event
Columbus Day Parade
Columbus and Balbo Drives - 300 E. Balbo Drive - Chicago (Grant Park Museums)
12:30 p.m. - 2:30 p.m.
Marching bands, decorative floats and large agricultural tractors proceed north on Columbus Drive, from Balbo Drive to Monroe Street.
Theater / Theater Event
An Evening with David Sedaris
Auditorium Theatre - 50 E. Congress Pkwy. - Chicago (South Loop)
8 p.m.
The humorist and author ("Me Talk Pretty One Day", "When You are Engulfed in Flames") performs a solo show.
Museums / Museum Exhibit
Nature Unleashed: Inside Natural Disasters
Field Museum - 1400 S. Lake Shore Drive - Chicago
Learn about the causes and aftermath of earthquakes, volcanoes, hurricanes, tornadoes and more
Museums / Museum Exhibit
Smart Home: Green + Wired
Museum of Science and Industry - 5700 S. Lake Shore Drive - Chicago (Hyde Park/University Of Chicago)
Tour a three-story sustainable "green" home constructed on the museum's grounds
Museums / Museum Exhibit
Discount/free days
Field Museum - 1400 S. Lake Shore Drive - Chicago
Free general admission in February and the second Monday of every month. All other dates feature reduced general admission rates of $4-$7.
Museums / Museum Exhibit
Discount/Free Week
Shedd Aquarium - 1200 S. Lake Shore Drive - Chicago (Grant Park Museums)
Free general admission to the aquarium and reduced admission to "Wild Reef" and Oceanarium exhibits.
Museums / Museum Exhibit
2008 Charter One Discount Days
Adler Planetarium and Astronomy Museum - 1300 S. Lake Shore Drive - Chicago (Grant Park Museums)
Free general admission; fees for shows in the Sky and StarRider theaters apply.
Bars & Clubs / DJ
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