Other: What's Actually Happening

Prysm Nightclub, Other

TODAY 11:00 PM • See tickets

“Ragie Ban, Braydon Terzo and Clowver run Prysm from 11pm to 4:30am. Pace yourself.”

Hydrate Nightclub, Other

TODAY 11:00 PM • $25

“Dan Slater plays house, circuit and tech house till 5am. Fast pass skips the cover line”

Zanies Comedy Club, Other

TODAY 11:15 PM • $26

“11:15pm Saturday stand-up at Zanies. 21+, for people whose night isn't over yet.”

The Green Mill, Other

TMRW 1:00 AM • $5

“Organ, guitar, drums, 1am to 4am, $5 cover. The Green Mill's Saturday night refuses to end.”

The Land School, Other

TMRW 3:00 PM • Free

“Duane Powell's Sunday Service: join the congregation for a free 3pm set on the South Side”

Trickery, Other

TMRW 4:00 PM • $36

“Close-up magic in a tiny Halsted storefront. You will not figure it out. Stop trying.”

Charlie's Chicago, Other

MON 7:00 PM • Free

“Free bingo run by drag queens in a country-western gay bar. Chicago is undefeated.”

Dorothy, Other

MON 7:00 PM • Free

“Stud Life on the big screen, prizes at intermission, captions on. Free, 21+.”

UIC Theatre, Other

TUE 10:00 AM • $5-$15

“Orwell's pigs take over the farm and rewrite the rules. A 10am Tuesday show, darkly funny.”

Seventeenth Church of Christ, Scientist, Other

WED 12:15 PM • Free

“Free lunch-hour cello and piano: Boulanger, Japanese folk songs, a 25-minute Clarke rhapsody.”

The Insect Asylum, Other

WED 6:30 PM • $32

“Pin a beetle to a board and take it home. Yes this is a real Wednesday.”

Intuit Art Museum, Other

THU 6:00 PM • $20

“An art historian argues about monuments while you drink in a museum”

Stars and Garters Theater, Other

THU 7:00 PM • $20-$25

“The 90s Animorphs books, script thrown out. You call the morphs, improvisers save the planet.”

National Public Housing Museum, Other

FRI 11:30 AM • Free

“Lunchtime Potawatomi storytelling talk, plus a buffet of indigenous food from Ketapanon Kitchen.”

Hideout, Other

FRI 8:00 PM • See Website

“Texas outlaw-country belter at the dive that started it all. Boots optional.”

Le Nocturne Chicago, Other

FRI 11:00 PM • $0-$21

“Monthly Caribbean party in Uptown, 11pm start. Soca, dancehall, afrobeats until you can't”

Prysm Nightclub, Other

FRI 11:00 PM • See tickets

“Natalia Roth, Iváno Lima and Phlury at Prysm from 11pm to 3:30am. 21+. Nap first.”

Hydrate Nightclub, Other

FRI 11:30 PM • See tickets

“Martin plays throwbacks, Top 40 and Latin till 4am on Halsted. Set starts 11:30. Dance.”

The Green Mill, Other

SAT 1:00 AM • $5

“Friday night refuses to end: the 1am jazz jam with Marquis Hill. Five bucks at the door.”

The Green Mill, Other

SAT 3:00 PM • Free

“Free Saturday-afternoon live magazine at the Green Mill. Doors 1pm, show 3-5, get there early”

Prysm Nightclub, Other

SAT 11:00 PM • See tickets

“Enrico Sangiuliano techno at Prysm until 4:30am. Doors 10pm, 11pm start. Pace yourself.”

The Green Mill, Other

NOV 22 1:00 AM • $5

“Organ trio from 1am to 4am for a $5 cover. Sunday morning starts at the Green Mill”

Daley Plaza, Other

NOV 23 11:00 AM • Free

“Glühwein in a souvenir mug, pretzels, currywurst. Opens at 11am and costs nothing to enter.”

TaskForce Prevention and Community Services, Other

NOV 23 5:00 PM • FREE

“Free vogue lessons on the West Side. Duckwalk now, dip later.”

Charlie's Chicago, Other

NOV 23 7:00 PM • FREE

“Free drag bingo at a Lakeview country bar. Yell BINGO, get roasted.”

The Comedy Bar, Other

NOV 23 7:00 PM • $52-$65

“West Side Chicago's own Lil Rel, the Get Out scene-stealer, on a Monday. Two-item minimum”

Elston Studio, Other

NOV 24 7:00 PM • $20

“Twenty bucks to draw a naked stranger badly. Nobody is grading you.”

Charlie's Chicago, Other

NOV 24 11:00 PM • Free

“Reggaeton, R&B, hip hop and bachata house on a Tuesday at 11. Free RSVP, 21+. Wear your best.”

Puerto Rican Arts Alliance, Other

NOV 25 10:30 AM • Free

“Five decades of Chicago through Carlos Flores's camera. Free, no appointment, no excuse.”

State Street (Ida B. Wells to Randolph), Other

NOV 26 7:45 AM • Free

“Giant helium balloons on State Street, Ida B. Wells to Randolph. Step-off moved up to 7:45am”

South Asia Institute, Other

NOV 26 11:00 AM • FREE

“Free gallery open on Thanksgiving morning. Go look at 4,000-year-old seals instead.”

Bar 22, Other

NOV 26 12:00 PM • Free

“Bears vs. Lions on Thanksgiving, Chicago and Detroit fans in one bar. Pray for peace.”

Le Nocturne Chicago, Other

NOV 27 11:00 PM • Free

“Afrobeats, soca, reggae and hip-hop until 4am. The dress code says impress, so impress.”

Goblin Market Manga & Curiosities, Other

NOV 28 7:00 PM • $31

“Play a doomed 1930s film crew in a manga shop. Everyone came alone. Everyone goes insane together.”