MAY
Thu16 Fifth House Ensemble in Austin Town Hall Park The community-based chamber music ensemble presents a narrative concert about a secretary whose work piles up as she’s sucked into a consumerist nightmare on the Internet. Hm. 6:30-8 PM, 5610 W. Lake, 773-287-7658, chicagoparkdistrict.com, free.
Mon20 Chicago Craft Beer Week We’re in the thick of Craft Beer Week (5/16-5/26) and pubs all over town are hosting beer dinners, beer tastings, trivia nights, and brewing demonstrations. Find a place with a porch. Drink. Various times and locations, chibeerweek.com.
Sat25 Cannibal Holocaust A midnight screening of a 1980 Italian horror film so graphic and upsetting it’s still banned in several countries. Doesn’t that sound fun? 11:59 PM, Music Box, 3733 N. Southport, 773-871-6604, musicboxtheater.com, price TBA.
Thu30 Camp out in your backyard Lock every gate, pitch a tent and “rough it” for a night. Not recommended in all Chicago neighborhoods.
Tue4 Go to an arcade bar You spent the summers of your youth in an arcade. Now, at places like Emporium in Wicker Park (1366 N. Milwaukee) and Headquarters in Lincoln Park (950 W. Wolfram), it’s even more fun because you can get drunk at the same time.
Sun9 Judy Blume at the Printers Row Lit Fest Author Judy Blume, a lady who was likely integral in fostering your love of reading, is presented with the 2013 Chicago Tribune Young Adult Literary Prize. Superfudge really is great. 10 AM-6 PM, Cindy Pritzker Auditorium, Harold Washington Library Center, 400 S. State, 312-747-4300, chicagotribune.com/entertainment/books/printersrowlitfest.
