Tuesday, July 8, 2008 @ 7:30 p.m. Chicago All-Stars: Book Release and Showcase Louder Than a Bomb's All-star team is on their way to the National Youth Poetry Slam in Washington, D.C. Come celebrate at this one-night event & see these fabulous writers strut their stuff!
Thursday, July 10, 2008 @ 5:30 p.m. Jens Jensen, Community, and Gardening: A workshop with historical and horticultural components Jens Jensen, creator of the Prairie style of architecture and influential advocate for green spaces, was a friend of Jane Addams and an important Chicago reformer.  Come out for a workshop that will explore his beliefs in community gardening and in connecting to the natural world that produces our food.
Thursday, July 10, 2008 @ 6-9:30 p.m. Chicago SummerDance: Slavic Soul Party! Head out to the Spirit of Music Garden for free Oros, Horos, and Kolos dance lessons, followed by live Balkan funk music from Slavic Soul Party!
Thursday, July 10, 2008 @ 6:00 p.m. The History and Transformation of a Benin Exhibition This summer, the Art Institute is the exclusive North American venue for the landmark exhibition Benin-Kings and Rituals: Court Arts from Nigeria, featuring the royal arts of the Benin kingdom in south-central Nigeria. Dig deeper into the exhibition with this opening day lecture from Barbara Plankensteiner of the Museum of Ethnology, Vienna.
Thursday, July 10, 2008 @ 7:30 p.m. Wait Wait...Don't Tell Me! Live Join host Peter Sagal and scorekeeper Carl Kasell for the hilarious news quiz. Each week, a rotating roster of cultural pundits try their hand at the week's top headlines.
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