Events for October 14th, 2008
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Tuesday - October 14th
Events / Community Event
Bingo/Tango
Museum of Contemporary Art - 220 E. Chicago Ave. - Chicago (Gold Coast)
Play bingo with host Jason Pickleman. Between games, learn the tango with instructors Somer Surgit and Agape Pappas.
Events / Class
'Get a Grip on Your Health and Sports' fitness class
Hamlin Park - 3035 N. Hoyne Ave. - Chicago
Professional instructors lead lessons featuring stretching, muscle toning, self-defense, tennis, golf, boxing, dance and more.
Events / Tours and Vacation
Chicago Hauntings Ghost Tours
Clark and Ohio Streets - 610 N. Clark St. - Chicago (River North)
A bus tour of locations featured in Ursula Bielski's "Chicago Haunts" book series. View Hull House, Death Alley, the sites of the St. Valentine's Day Massacre and Eastland Disaster and more.
Events / Gallery Exhibit
11th Annual Chicago Art Open
Merchandise Mart - 222 Merchandise Mart Plaza - Chicago (River North)
Drawings, paintings, photographs, prints, sculptures, textiles and more by nearly 300 emerging and established artists.
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.).
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.
Events / Class
Ms. Bea Haven's Art of Burlesque
Design Dance - 4710 N. Damen Ave. - Chicago (Ravenswood)
Local performer and show producer J.T. Newman (Girlie-Q Productions, Gurlesque Burlesque, Varietease Cabaret and others) teaches exotic dance basics.
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.
Theater / Theater Event
Kafka on the Shore
Steppenwolf Theatre Company - 1650 N. Halsted St. - Chicago (Sheffield/De Paul)
Tony Award-winner Frank Galati adapts and directs directs Haruki Murakami's novel comparing a young boy's coming of age with an old man's search for destiny in modern day Japan.


