Pencil This In

Today, we offer freebies.

Museums

Discover 150 years of LGBT history at Out in Chicago at the Chicago History Museum, which is free to Illinois residents today.

Film

Also free tonight at the Chicago History Musem: A screening of Silence of the Lambs at the History Museum's Uihlein Plaza at 6 p.m. Perfect light sweater and warm cider weather.

Radio Plays

The AFTRA/SAG Senior Radio Players stay faithful to the radio plays of yesteryear, with readings of classic radio scripts by voice actors, sound effects artists and often live musicians. This week, enjoy A Map of Gold and a classic episode of Dragnet entitled "The Big Gap." (Chicago Cultural Center, 7 p.m.)

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