Two more Black Wednesday events for you and a rare film screening at the Portage theater top today's listings. more ›

Today we shine a light on freebies from the Chicago History Museum and Chicago Cultural Center. more ›

In today's listings: an open house at the Alliance Francaise de Chicago. more ›

A free screening of The Goonies kicks off today's listings. more ›

A Jazz Fest preview and country music in Welles Park are in today's listings. more ›

In today's listings: celebrate Julia Child's birthday. Tonight's Brew & View schedule is loaded. BYOB at the Black Sheep and Custom House Tavern all month. more ›

In today's listings: Mar Bazer interviews Marc Maron; Jake Melnick's Pork-a-Palooza kicks off; The 7th Voyage of Sinbad at the Chicago Cultural Center. more ›

In today's listings: A sci-fi classic at the Portage Theater. Letter writing at the Hideout. more ›

Today's listings: Tangleweed releases a new cd. Pop-up restaurant Gypsy opens this weekend. A silent film classic with Gloria Swanson. more ›

Today's listings include a book sale for a good cause, rock at Reggie's and the start of the "Silent Summer" film festival. more ›

Win a chance for free tickets to Taste of the Nation Chicago tonight. more ›

Hannibal Buress comes home for a long residency at Zanie's. Also, Native Son at the Portage and Food Truck Thursdays at the new Ethyl's Beer & Wine Dive. more ›

Today's listings: a clambake, a film screening on bees and beers from Missouri. more ›

In today's listings: a "revolutionary' burger. A Hitchcock screening with a score from two popular local guitarists. A night of Japanese beer, sake and whiskey for tsunami relief. more ›

Today's listings include Kaki King at SPACE in Evanston, a screening of a Charlie Chaplin classic and free admission to the Museum of Contemporary Art. more ›

In today's listings, Do312.com celebrates its first anniversary. more ›

Today's the final day for free general admission at the Shedd Aquarium. more ›

The Siskel Film Center has announced that they'll be increasing ticket prices for their screenings $1 across the board starting July 1. General admission tickets will be 11, member admissions will be $6. more ›

Today's listings include a Randolph Scott classic Western, a wine dinner at Lockwood and a reading featuring our own Aaron Cynic. more ›

Lincoln Hall has a good sense of its past history as a second-run movie house as the 3-Penny Theater, which they've paid homage to before. Tomorrow night at 7 they'll be in pure guilty pleasure mode and hosting a free screening of The Goonies. more ›

Frasca turns five and Revolution Brewing debuts its collaborative beer with Firestone Walker Brewing. more ›

Today's listings include a reading in honor of comic books, a mystery writers roundtable and an anti Wal-Mart film screening. more ›

Today in "Pencil This In:" a screening of Deliverance, $6 spaghetti, and more. more ›

Today in "Pencil This In:" an obscure Louis Jordan film gets a new life at the Portage Theater. more ›

A reminder that tonight's Food Truck Summit at Goose Island Clybourn is a go, rain or more rain. more ›

Today in "Pencil This In:" Flourish Bakery's family dinner tackles sloppy joes, the return of YAWN, a film screening on the subject of Christianity and homosexuality. more ›

Bluebird is holding what they call a “Deep Tasting,” a beer event in collaboration with Left Hand Brewing Company, next Tuesday at 7:30. The company will be serving its entire line of beers, and they will also be pulling some vintage brews out of the back of the refrigerator - pretty much exclusive to this event, unless you know someone who knows someone. As always, Bluebird will serve some food to accompany the booze. Their events are always a great deal, and this is no exception - $25 for the whole deal. Email info@bluebirdchicago.com to reserve a spot. (1749 N. Damen) more ›

On May 4, 1961, civil rights activist started riding buses into the South to challenge segregation laws in the wake of the Supreme Court's decision in Boynton v. Virginia, which struck down racial segregation in public transportation as a violation of the Interstate Commerce Act. The mostly young men and women who embarked on these "Freedom Rides" expected violence and opposition, and were beaten, faced with angry mobs and imprisonment on their travels. But their courage from May to December 1961 in the face of the Jim Crow South inspired scores of citizens on both sides of the Mason-Dixon line to join the Civil Rights Movement. more ›

We're going to get some snow tonight, but not enough to freak out about (Actually, you shouldn't be freaking out about tomorrow's snow, either.) Chowdah Fest Chicago, happening tonight at Columbia Yacht Club (here's Anthony's preview) has put up a block of discounted day-of-event admissions for $35. more ›

Before rock poster creators became sought-after illustrators, fielding Q&A sessions, exhibiting in gallery shows and producing what have become highly collectible pieces of visual music history, they were an underground community of talented pioneers working for little recognition and less pay. From it's origins amidst the classic rock shows of the '60s, to the photocopied punk flyers of the '80s, to the multi-color screenprints adorning the walls of indie rock venues across the nation today, forged on sweat, empty pockets and paint, rock poster art has evolved into a significant movement in American contemporary art. more ›