Shit Under $20 in Chicago

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.”

Elastic Arts, Logan Square

TMRW 1:00 PM • Free

“Cheap records, SP-404 lessons and DJs for crate diggers. Free in, workshop's $15.”

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”

Co-Prosperity, Bridgeport

MON 12:00 PM • Free

“Two-hour play session about rabbits: Playboy bunny, witch hare, twitching prey. Noon. Free.”

Charlie's Chicago, Other

MON 7:00 PM • Free

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

Alamo Drafthouse Wrigleyville, Wrigleyville

MON 7:00 PM • Free

“Free Jeopardy in a movie theater bar. Finally your useless trivia pays off.”

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.”

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.”

Hydrate Nightclub, Wrigleyville

THU 11:00 PM • $5-$20

“Horror drag at 11pm: Dragula Season 7's Areal Haunting joins Vanda LaRose's killer lineup”

Subterranean, Wicker Park

THU 11:30 PM • Free

“Gabber, hardcore and baile funk at 11:30 on a Thursday. Free, and not gentle about it.”

National Public Housing Museum, Other

FRI 11:30 AM • Free

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

Le Nocturne Chicago, Other

FRI 11:00 PM • $0-$21

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

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”

Simone's, Pilsen

SAT 9:30 PM • $8

“Afrobeats and dancehall in a Pilsen bar built out of pinball machines. Eight bucks.”

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”

Morgan's on Fulton, West Loop

NOV 22 3:00 PM • $15-$25

“Latin and Arabic music on a heated rooftop from 3pm. Free dance classes, live drummers”

Masada, Logan Square

NOV 22 9:00 PM • $13

“Late Sunday dance floor on California Ave. Monday is a rumor.”

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.”

Elston Studio, Other

NOV 24 7:00 PM • $20

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

Hairpin Arts Center, Logan Square

NOV 24 7:00 PM • $20

“Ballroom kiki battles in fall colors, cameras rolling, money on the line. Bring it.”

The Lincoln Lodge, Logan Square

NOV 24 9:00 PM • $10

“Comics put each other on trial. The audience is the jury. Nobody wins.”

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.”

Smartbar, Wrigleyville

NOV 25 10:00 PM • $20-$25

“Derrick Carter at Smartbar on a Wednesday, running till 4am. Tomorrow's plans are your problem.”

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.”

Logan Square Improv, Logan Square

NOV 26 7:30 PM • $11

“Improv on Thanksgiving night, because your family already did a two-hour scene”

Parlay River North, River North

NOV 27 10:00 PM • $13

“The only doorbuster is the bass. River North, 10pm, leftovers optional.”

Smartbar, Wrigleyville

NOV 27 10:00 PM • $20-$25

“DVS1 at Smartbar with Videowaste on visuals. Doors at 10, lights up at 4.”

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.”

Cheesie's Pub & Grub - Wrigleyville, Wrigleyville

NOV 28 12:00 PM • FREE

“Badgers vs Gophers, a Wrigleyville bar full of Wisconsin expats, grilled cheese. You'll get adopted.”