CHICAGO NEIGHBORHOOD NEWS - PORTAGE PARK, LAKEVIEW, SOUTH LOOP, OLD TOWN, EVANSTON
PORTAGE PARK
Local and national craft beer brewers come together to host Kegs for Kidneys 2014, a fundraiser for the National Kidney Foundation of Illinois. Ticket includes souvenir mug, beer, live music, silent auction, rare beer raffle and much more. Friday 6/6 at 6:00 p.m. to 11:00 p.m. for $40 per person (21 and older event, ID required) at Fischman Liquors and Tavern located at 4780 North Milwaukee Avenue. Please call 773-545-0123 for more information.
LAKEVIEW
CONGRATS to Lakeside Pride Jazz Ensemble on celebrating over 15 years of music! Check out A Rainbow Rhapsody featuring such LGBT recording artists and composers as Leonard Bernstein, Billy Strayhorn and Cole Porter. Tuesday 6/10 at 7:30 p.m. for $12-$20 per person at the Hoover-Leppen Theatre at the Center on Halsted located at 3656 North Halsted Street. Please call 773-381-6693 for more information.
SOUTH LOOP
Printers Row Lit Fest is back for its 30th year! More than 200 authors will participate in book signings, readings and panel discussions. You can purchase new and used books, collect rare books, participate in writing workshops and attend cooking demos. Saturday 6/7 and Sunday 6/8 from 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. in the South Loop at Dearborn and Polk Streets. This event is FREE! Please call 312-222-3232 for more information.
OLD TOWN
Imagine getting professionally rejected. What do you do? If you are a comic, you step up to the mic again and swing for the bleachers at Zanies' 9th Annual Snubfest Comedy Festival! A panel of judges will give the comics an opportunity to win performance slots on local and national stages. Monday 6/9 through Thursday 6/12 at 8:30 p.m. for $20 per person at Zanies Comedy Night Club located at 1548 North Wells Street. Please call 312-337-4027 for more information.
EVANSTON
The Honest Theatre open its inaugural season with Theresa Rebeck's Spike Heels. This razor sharp comedy explores a power play between men and women with the possibility of a love triangle. Friday 6/6 and 6/13 at 8:00 p.m. and Sunday 6/8 and 6/15 at 2:00 p.m. at the Mussetter-Struble Theater at Northwestern University located at 1949 Campus Drive. Pay what you can! Please call 757-513-4761 for more information.
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