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By Tankboy in Arts & Entertainment on Apr 22, 2008 4:00PM
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Books
Way back in prehistoric days -- 1979 to be exact -- Judy Chicago unveiled her 39-seat, triangular dinner table with seats for prominent women both real and fictional. tonight she stops into Women & Children First to discuss her new book, The Dinner Party: From Creation to Preservation, all about her iconic work.
5233 N Clark, 7:30 p.m., free
Eat Local
Join an esteemed panel of local foodie icons as they discuss just how one can go green through choosing local eating options. Find out who is trying to source food close to home, how you can do so yourself, and get your questions answered by folks like Rick Bayless, Sarah Stegner, and Dave Cleverdon.
Chicago History Museum, 1601 N Clark, 7 p.m., $10
Dance
Hedwig Dances performs improvisational dance amongst the Andy Warhol "Silver Clouds" installation. Most of you might know this art piece better as "all those silver helium balloons just waiting to get popped ... or thrown over a roomful of ravers." Perhaps the dance company will indulge both of those impulses?
Loyola University Museum of Art, 820 N Michigan, 7 p.m., free
We've participated in Cleo's on Armitage's iTuesdays in the past and really dug the vibe the bar is trying to build around local music types curating the evening's music. What we like even better is the fact that while the bands behind the board pick most of the tunes, anyone that brings an iPod with a pre-loaded playlist can get a chance to contribute to the evening's soundtrack. This week local band Welcome To Ashley is the guest, and we're guessing the playlist will be heavy on the alterna-hits from the '80s or '90s.
2048 W Armitage, 9 p.m., free, 21+
Photo of "The Dinner Party" via The Brooklyn Museum