Things to do in Chicago, IL

92 events · Theater, Food & Drink · afternoon/evening

Today · Saturday, September 5

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Sat · Sep 5 · 10:30 PM

The Infinite Wrench

The Neo-Futurists

Tomorrow · Sunday, September 6

Sun · Sep 6 · 3:00 PM

Washington State vs. Washington Watch Party

Burning Bush Brewery

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Sun · Sep 6 · 7:00 PM

The Infinite Wrench

The Neo-Futurists

Monday, September 7

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Mon · Sep 7 · 7:00 PM

Trivia Night

Guinness Open Gate Brewery

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Mon · Sep 7 · 7:00 PM

Trivia Night

Pilot Project Brewing - Logan Square

Tuesday, September 8

Tue · Sep 8 · 7:00 PM

Between the Lines book club

The Book Cellar

Wednesday, September 9

Wed · Sep 9 · 6:30 PM

Robert Patrick Conlon, "Celtic Knot"

The Book Cellar

Thursday, September 10

Thu · Sep 10 · 4:00 PM

Jill D. Swenson - "The Land of Everlasting Sky" - MT Cozzola

Seminary Co-op Bookstore

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Thu · Sep 10 · 5:00 PM

Jam's Market & Deli Food Pop-Up

Burning Bush Brewery

Thu · Sep 10 · 7:00 PM

Victor Ladis Schultz in conversation with Michael Welch, "The Book of the Jaguar"

The Book Cellar

Friday, September 11

Fri · Sep 11 · 2:00 PM

ESPN Radio Live with Waddle & Silvy

Burning Bush Brewery

Fri · Sep 11 · 7:00 PM

Yosha Gunasekera, "Midnight Taxi" w/ conversation partner Mia P. Manansala

The Book Cellar

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Fri · Sep 11 · 10:30 PM

The Infinite Wrench

The Neo-Futurists

Saturday, September 12

Sat · Sep 12 · 7:00 PM

Burning Red: Tribute to Taylor

Beverly Arts Center

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Sat · Sep 12 · 10:30 PM

The Infinite Wrench

The Neo-Futurists

Sunday, September 13

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Sun · Sep 13 · 7:00 PM

The Infinite Wrench

The Neo-Futurists

Monday, September 14

Mon · Sep 14 · 5:30 PM

Afterwords Book Club

The Book Cellar

Mon · Sep 14 · 6:30 PM

Racial Justice Book Club (Online)

The Book Cellar

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Mon · Sep 14 · 6:30 PM

Writing & Performing

The Neo-Futurists

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Mon · Sep 14 · 7:00 PM

Trivia Night

Guinness Open Gate Brewery

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Mon · Sep 14 · 7:00 PM

Trivia Night

Pilot Project Brewing - Logan Square

Tuesday, September 15

Tue · Sep 15 · 4:00 PM

Valena Beety - "Pink Crime: Fighting Against the Criminalization of Motherhood, Pregnancy, and Queer Identity" - Nathan Maxwell

Seminary Co-op Bookstore

Tue · Sep 15 · 5:00 PM

Football Themed Trivia + Taco Tuesday

Burning Bush Brewery

Tue · Sep 15 · 6:30 PM

Dane Bahr, "The Dead Ringer" with conversation partner Michael Welch

The Book Cellar

Wednesday, September 16

Wed · Sep 16 · 7:00 PM

Cleyvis Natera, "The Grand Paloma Resort"

The Book Cellar

Thursday, September 17

Thu · Sep 17 · 1:00 PM

Rachel Walther, "Born to Lose" @ Music Box Theater

The Book Cellar

Thu · Sep 17 · 4:00 PM

Michael E. Sawyer - "The of No Return: Being-As-Black"

Seminary Co-op Bookstore

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Thu · Sep 17 · 5:00 PM

Jam's Market & Deli Food Pop-Up

Burning Bush Brewery

Thu · Sep 17 · 6:00 PM

Alexander McCall Smith, 'The Big Cats Dance Party' @ Harold Washington Library

The Book Cellar

Thu · Sep 17 · 6:30 PM

Mary Dean Cason, "Daughters of Eve"

The Book Cellar

Thu · Sep 17 · 7:00 PM

A Conversation with Nikita Gill!

Seminary Co-op Bookstore

Thu · Sep 17 · 7:00 PM

BAPA Presents: Old House Lecture Series

Beverly Arts Center

Friday, September 18

Fri · Sep 18 · 6:30 PM

Veronica Bane, "We're All Going to Die Tonight!" with conversation partner Courtney Corlew

The Book Cellar

Fri · Sep 18 · 7:00 PM

75th Anniversary Celebration of Nelson Algren's "Chicago: City on the Make" @ Bernice's Tavern

The Book Cellar

Fri · Sep 18 · 7:00 PM

Cortney LaCorte (@cheesegal), "Oversharing" at Everybody's Coffee

The Book Cellar

Fri · Sep 18 · 7:30 PM

Wonderlove “The Stevie Wonder Experience”

Beverly Arts Center

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Fri · Sep 18 · 10:30 PM

The Infinite Wrench

The Neo-Futurists

Saturday, September 19

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Sat · Sep 19 · 12:00 PM

Writing & Performing

The Neo-Futurists

Sat · Sep 19 · 1:00 PM

75th Anniversary Celebration of Nelson Algren's "Chicago: City on the Make" @ Old Town Ale House

The Book Cellar

Sat · Sep 19 · 3:00 PM

Serena Solin - "A Barer Sky" - Rob Macaisa Colgate, Lisa Low, and Leah Flax Barber

Seminary Co-op Bookstore

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Sat · Sep 19 · 10:30 PM

The Infinite Wrench

The Neo-Futurists

Sunday, September 20

Sun · Sep 20 · 5:00 PM

75th Anniversary Celebration of Nelson Algren's "Chicago: City on the Make" @ The Hideout

The Book Cellar

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Sun · Sep 20 · 7:00 PM

The Infinite Wrench

The Neo-Futurists

Monday, September 21

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Mon · Sep 21 · 12:00 AM

Writing & Performing

The Neo-Futurists

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Mon · Sep 21 · 7:00 PM

Trivia Night

Pilot Project Brewing - Logan Square

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Mon · Sep 21 · 7:00 PM

Trivia Night

Guinness Open Gate Brewery

Mon · Sep 21 · 7:00 PM

Salon Classics Book Club

The Book Cellar

Tuesday, September 22

Tue · Sep 22 · 4:00 PM

Jeremy Simmons - "Sea of Treasures" - Derek Kennet

Seminary Co-op Bookstore

Tue · Sep 22 · 6:30 PM

Aaron Crippen, "Love At First Fall"

The Book Cellar

Wednesday, September 23

Wed · Sep 23 · 5:30 PM

STORE STILL OPEN!

The Book Cellar

Thursday, September 24

Thu · Sep 24 · 5:00 PM

Limoni Belli Food Truck

Burning Bush Brewery

Friday, September 25

Fri · Sep 25 · 7:00 PM

The Kates @ The Book Cellar!

The Book Cellar

Fri · Sep 25 · 7:30 PM

Second Hand News: A Fleetwood Mac Tribute

Beverly Arts Center

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Fri · Sep 25 · 10:30 PM

The Infinite Wrench

The Neo-Futurists

Saturday, September 26

Sat · Sep 26 · 3:00 PM

Ian Rosenberg - "Terrible Stuff Damaging Everybody: The True Story of Lies and Libel in Dominion v. Fox"

Seminary Co-op Bookstore

Sat · Sep 26 · 3:00 PM

Ian Rosenberg - "Terrible Stuff Damaging Everybody" - Samantha Chatman

Seminary Co-op Bookstore

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Sat · Sep 26 · 10:30 PM

The Infinite Wrench

The Neo-Futurists

Sunday, September 27

Sun · Sep 27 · 12:00 PM

Burning Bush Fall Fest '26

Burning Bush Brewery

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Sun · Sep 27 · 7:00 PM

The Infinite Wrench

The Neo-Futurists

Monday, September 28

Mon · Sep 28 · 6:30 PM

Old St. Pat's Book Club

The Book Cellar

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Mon · Sep 28 · 7:00 PM

Trivia Night

Guinness Open Gate Brewery

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Mon · Sep 28 · 7:00 PM

Trivia Night

Pilot Project Brewing - Logan Square

Tuesday, September 29

Tue · Sep 29 · 5:30 PM

Thant Myint-U, "Peacemaker"

The Book Cellar

Wednesday, September 30

Wed · Sep 30 · 7:00 PM

Never Too Old: The YA Book Club

The Book Cellar

Friday, October 2

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Fri · Oct 2 · 10:30 PM

The Infinite Wrench

The Neo-Futurists

Saturday, October 3

Sat · Oct 3 · 1:30 PM

26th World Music Festival Chicago

Beverly Arts Center

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Sat · Oct 3 · 10:30 PM

The Infinite Wrench

The Neo-Futurists

Monday, October 5

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Mon · Oct 5 · 7:00 PM

Trivia Night

Pilot Project Brewing - Logan Square

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Mon · Oct 5 · 7:00 PM

Trivia Night

Guinness Open Gate Brewery

Wednesday, October 7

Wed · Oct 7 · 4:00 PM

Garrison Lovely - "Obsolete: The AI Industry's Trillion Dollar Race to Replace Us — And How to Stop It"

Seminary Co-op Bookstore

Friday, October 9

Fri · Oct 9 · 4:00 PM

Emily Dufton - "Addiction, Inc."

Seminary Co-op Bookstore

Saturday, October 10

Sat · Oct 10 · 4:00 PM

Julian Hattem - "Shelter from the Storm: How Climate Change is Creating a New Era of Migration

Seminary Co-op Bookstore

Sat · Oct 10 · 7:30 PM

The Petty Kings: A Tribute to Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers

Beverly Arts Center

Monday, October 12

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Mon · Oct 12 · 7:00 PM

Trivia Night

Guinness Open Gate Brewery

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Mon · Oct 12 · 7:00 PM

Trivia Night

Pilot Project Brewing - Logan Square

Wednesday, October 14

Wed · Oct 14 · 4:00 PM

Martha C. Nussbaum - "The Republic of Love" - Douglas Baird

Seminary Co-op Bookstore

Wed · Oct 14 · 7:00 PM

Joe Dombrowski

The Den Theatre

Thursday, October 15

Thu · Oct 15 · 12:00 PM

East Asia by the Book! CEAS Author Talks ft. Julia Alekseyeva

Seminary Co-op Bookstore

Thu · Oct 15 · 4:00 PM

Stephanie Soileau - "Should the Waters Take Us"

Seminary Co-op Bookstore

Friday, October 16

Fri · Oct 16 · 4:00 PM

Ruth Bloch Rubin - "Divided Parties, Strong Leaders"

Seminary Co-op Bookstore

Saturday, October 17

Sat · Oct 17 · 2:00 PM

Anastasia Klimchynskaya - "From the Earth to the Moon: Annotated for the Spacefaring Age" - Jordan Bimm & Katherine Buse

Seminary Co-op Bookstore

Sat · Oct 17 · 7:30 PM

Sons of Chicago: The Rolling Stones & Rocking Blues

Beverly Arts Center

Monday, October 19

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Mon · Oct 19 · 7:00 PM

Trivia Night

Guinness Open Gate Brewery

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Mon · Oct 19 · 7:00 PM

Trivia Night

Pilot Project Brewing - Logan Square

Wednesday, October 21

Wed · Oct 21 · 4:00 PM

Russell P. Johnson - "Beyond Civility in Social Conflict" - Marvin Wickware

Seminary Co-op Bookstore

Friday, October 23

Fri · Oct 23 · 4:00 PM

Jonathan González - "Ways to Move: Black Insurgent Grammars" - Anna Martine Whitehead

Seminary Co-op Bookstore

Saturday, October 24

Sat · Oct 24 · 3:00 PM

Rowenna Miller - "The Dancer and the Dream Thief"

Seminary Co-op Bookstore

Sat · Oct 24 · 7:30 PM

The Smiley Tillmon Band with Billy Flynn

Beverly Arts Center

Monday, October 26

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Mon · Oct 26 · 7:00 PM

Trivia Night

Guinness Open Gate Brewery

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Mon · Oct 26 · 7:00 PM

Trivia Night

Pilot Project Brewing - Logan Square

Saturday, November 7

Sat · Nov 7 · 4:00 PM

R.P. Singletary - "Speak Softly Among Icebergs" - Elizabeth, or Ez, Pence

Seminary Co-op Bookstore

Sunday, November 8

Sun · Nov 8 · 7:30 PM

Chicago Jazz Philharmonic & Orbert Davis ~ Sketches of Spain: Revisited

Beverly Arts Center