If you want a laundry list of events, this calendar might not be for you. (Try this instead.) But if you're looking for a couple of sweet little recommendations - culled, sorted and vouched-for from the thousands of options - check out the calendar below.
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August 24
Mondays in the Park
It's your last chance to catch "Mondays in the Park," the free concert series your tax dollars pay for. Tonight it's Red Red Meat, a native Chicago band playing its blues-infused alternative rock at the Jay Pritzger Pavilion in Millennium Park.
Paciugo Gelato
Grand opening!
Gallery Talk: Japanese Prints
Follow a museum lecturer through a collection of Japanese prints from 12 to 1 p.m. at the Art Institute.
August 25
Free tater tot bar
Mahoney’s Pub and Grille
Neighborhood: Near North Side
312.773.2121
www.smalltabs.com
Free tater tot bar and $2 pabst blue ribbon.
August 26
August 27
Screenings and snow cones
Kit Kat Lounge & Supper Club
Neighborhood: Boystown
3700 N. Halsted St.
773.525.1111
www.kitkatchicago.com
Complimentary snow cone samples and themed food will be passed out while viewers take a trip back to 1980 with the screening of
Fame.
Happy hour cooking class
Nacional 27
325 W. Huron
Neighborhood: Near North Side
312.664.2727
n27chicago.com
For $20 you can sip on cocktails, snack on tapas, and learn how to make mixed drinks with this week’s ingredient of choice: heirloom tomatoes.
$5 burgers and great atmosphere
The Edgewater Lounge
5600 N Ashland Ave.
Neighborhood: Andersonville/Edgewater
www.edgewaterlounge.com
Not hungry enough for a full burger and fries? Split it with a friend.
August 28
William S. Burrough’s The Naked Lunch
Thinkart Salon
1530 N. Paulina
Neighborhood: Wicker Park
773.252.2294
www.cimmfest.org
A must for literary fans. To celebrate the 50th anniversary of Burrough’s novel, Thinkart Salon is hosting an art exhibit, a poetry reading, and a screening of
William S. Burroughs: A Man Within.
Pimprov
Chemically Imbalanced Theater
1420 W. Irving Park Rd.
Neighborhood: Lakeview
773.865.7731
cicomedy.com
Improv + actors dressed as pimps + BYOB. Tickets are $15.
August 30
Build your own margarita at brunch
Fireside Restaurant and Lounge
Neighborhood: Edgewater
5739 N. Ravenswood Ave.
www.firesidechicago.com
Possibly the perfect hangover cure - bacon and sausage and build your own margarita bar.
Free jazz festival
Grant Park
E. Jackson and Columbus
Neighborhood: The Loop
www.jazzinchicago.org
Jazz music is flowing for free from three stages all day. Meander over to Grant Park and relax to the smooth melodies of some of Chicago greatest jazz performers.
Stroll the Graceland Cemetary
The Graceland Cemetary
4001 N Clark St
Neighborhood: Lakeview
773.525.1105
Long rambling roads, victorian tombs and old architecture. Known as the "cemetary of architects," graceland can be explored by foot, car or bike.
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