Pencil This In

By Staff in Arts & Entertainment on Apr 21, 2011 6:00PM

Food

Green City Market's Junior Board kicks off its "Meet the Market" series tonight at the Southern (1840 W. North Ave., 6-8 p.m.). This series brings produce from various GCM vendors directly to the restaurants that support them. Tonight the featured farms are Three Sisters Garden and The Edible Gardens at Green City Market. Southern Chef Cary Taylor will be making mini Shrimp 'N' Grits dish ($8) with old bay spiced grilled baja blue prawns, slow cooked peppers, Laack cheese and Tracy's white grits along with Mississippi Milk ($6) a mix of Death's Door Vodka House Infused with Three Sister’s Roasted Pecans and cream.

The folks behind Man B Que have teamed up with Three Aces chef Matt Troost to bring you the "Death From Above" burger - an all duck meat patty, topped with a duck egg, bourbon prune jam and coleslaw with apple and spices. This burger is being paired with duck fat fries topped with duck confit poutine. The burger and side, paired with a glass of New Holland's Golden Cap Saison, is all yours for the low price of $20 from 7-10 p.m. tonight. (1321 W. Taylor St.)

Readings

The Whistler is hosting live erotic fiction contest readings and an auction to benefit Chicago Women's Health Center at 7 p.m. tonight. (2421 N. Milwaukee, pay what you can.)

Music

The Budos Band have been one of the anchors of Daptone Records throwback soul sound for years. Live, they walk a fine line between retro soul and Afrobeat without blatantly mimicking either style. For their gig tonight at Subterranean (2011 W. North Ave.) they're bringing along for the ride 63-years-young raw soul singer Charles Bradley, whose touring behind a new Daptone/Dunhill release of his own that's rocking our turntable. 9 p.m. Doors open at 8 p.m.