Pencil This In

By Staff in Arts & Entertainment on Sep 28, 2011 5:20PM

Beer

Mucho Chingon, the Local Option's 666th beer event, kicks off 3 p.m. Friday. The menu for the event features 31 rare beers from Belgium, Holland, Scandinavia, Canada and the U.S. It's all first come, first serve. (1102 W. Webster)

The Village Tap hosts an IPA Smackdown tomorrow starting at 5 p.m. Among the IPAs being poured are Dark Horse Double Crooked Tree IPA, Bells The Oracle Double IPA Ale, Bells Hopsolution, Uinta Detour, Revolution Brewery Anti Hero IPA, Half Acre Stickyfat and Emelisse Double IPA. (2055 W. Roscoe)

Art

The kick-off event for this year's Chicago Calling Arts Festival is "Bicycles & the Arts," a look into meaningful connections between values of bicycle culture and values found in the arts community; highlighting the values of bicycling such as healthy lifestyles; and making meaningful connections with other related topics such as safe streets and progressive urban planning. In addition, this event will be a fundraiser for Co-op Image’s Fall 2011 Glassworks Program. This event is being presented by the Borderbend Arts Collective, in partnership with Chicago Hot Glass. "Bicycles & the Arts" happens 8-11 p.m. Friday at Chicago Hot Glass (1250 N. Central Park Ave.)

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