13 Things To Do In Wicker Park and Bucktown This Weekend
WICKER PARK — Happy Friday!
Here are some ideas for things to do this weekend, in addition to going to column sponsor Falafel & Grill, 1317 N. Milwaukee Ave., ordering something delicious and documenting the experience with hashtag #falafelandgrill.
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Find Handmade Gifts. The Ukrainian Village Winter Market offers jewelry, artwork, crafts, local honey, food, a children’s book fair and a free Tiny Tunemakers’ music/movement class, according to a poster. Hours are 10 a.m. — 3 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, St. Nicholas School, 2200 W. Rice St.
Fleetwood Mac Cabaret. The classic 1975 Fleetwood Mac album “Rumors” will be honored with “Say You Love Me,” a returning show featuring hit songs Rhiannon, Landslide, Second Hand News and more. Tickets are $18 (plus two drink minimum), at 8 p.m. Friday, 1383 N. Milwaukee Ave.
Friday Night At The Hideout. Doubleheader Infomercial USA and The Claudettes features Soviet sexbots, shopping ladies twirling machine guns and American roots music, respectively. Buy $10 tickets here. At 9 p.m. Friday, 1354 W. Wabansia Ave.
Shop At The Just-Opened Burton. After closing its Gold Coast flagship, Vermont-based maker of snowboards Burton Chicago opens today in the former American Apparel. The store sells snowboards, boots and bindings, apparel, bags, outerwear and accessories. Weekend hours are 11 a.m.- 8 p.m. Friday-Saturday and noon- 8p.m. Sunday, 1563 N. Milwaukee Ave.
Gamble (For The Children). Spend Saturday night at Friends of Pritzker School’s swanky Monte Carlo-themed Casino Night . All proceeds raised from the gaming, eating and drinking bonanza will go to “Play on Pritzker,” a planned public sports field and community running track. Tickets are $50 and include drinks and starter chips. At 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Ukrainian Cultural Center, 2247 W. Chicago Ave.
Toys For Tots Scavenger Hunt. Gather your friends or be paired with strangers on a hunt across the neighborhood. Admission to the West Town Scavenger Hunt is one unwrapped toy per person, to be donated to needy families this Christmas through Toys for Tots. Visit the hunt’s Facebook page to sign up yourself and/or your team of four. The hunt starts at E-Z Inn, 4 p.m. Saturday, 921 N. Western Ave.
Decorate The Park Fountain. Dress up the centerpiece of Wicker Park’s namesake park for the holiday by installing lights and garlands around the fountain and urns. Bring some “finger foods” to share potluck-style at the free social, set for 8 a.m.- 4 p.m. Saturday, 1425 N. Damen Ave.
Hang At New Coffee Shop. The Marcus Lemonis-backed Red Beard Coffee Traders opened earlier this week in a former dentist office. There are plenty of seats and free WiFi, for those who are mourning the just-closed Filter (rumored to become a Werewolf Coffee or another DMK-coffee concept). Red Beard hours hours are 6 a.m. — 9 p.m. daily, 1948 W. North Ave.
Get Inked, Help Animals. The weekend-long “Ink Fur Life” at Insight Studios will donate tattooing proceeds to Friends of Chicago Animal Care & Control. From 8 p.m. — 12 a.m. Saturday and Sunday, 1062 N. Milwaukee Ave.
Taste The Delta Without Going There. Reader reviewer Mike Sula doesn’t dish out praise easily, so this positive account caught our eye. Weekend hours at The Delta — which opened back in September in the former Monarch and is inspired by Souhern food from the Mississippi Delta region — are 4 p.m. to 1 a.m. Friday and Sunday and 4 p.m. — to 3 a.m. on Saturday. Brunch is served from 10 a.m. — 2 p.m. Sunday, 1745 W. North Ave.
See A Gruesome But Sexy Musical. “LIZZIE BORDEN TOOK AN AXE, GAVE HER MOTHER FORTY WHACKS. WHEN SHE SAW WHAT SHE HAD DONE, GAVE HER FATHER FORTY-ONE.” That’s the opener to the nursery rhyme inspired by the 1892 made-for-tabloids murder reimagined by Firebrand Theatre with a musical snagging 4-star reviews . Shows are 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday and 3 p.m. Sunday. Buy tickets ($20-$45) here, at The Den Theatre, 1333 N. Milwaukee Ave.
Score Fresh Veggies. The indoor Logan Square Farmers Market at Emporium Arcade Bar runs every Sunday through spring. Hours are 10 a.m. — 3 p.m. Sunday, 2363 N. Milwaukee Ave.
Throw Pie Into Danielle Colby’s Face. Keep the weekend magic going into the Thanksgiving holiday week and pop by Cobra Lounge to raise money for an orphanage in Puerto Rico that was destroyed by Hurricane Maria. Admission is a $20 donation. At 6 p.m. Monday, 235 N. Ashland Ave.
