MONDAY FREEBIE
Intersection
Jay Pritzker Pavilion, Millennium Park, 201 E. Randolph St.
Windy City stories and songs converge at Steppenwolf’s 2008 Traffic series: Dream Chicago, where Steppenwolf actors perform tales by Chicago authors, including Elizabeth Crane, Stuart Dybek and Dawn Tuner Trice. Jazz singer Maggie Brown performs songs by her father, the late Oscar Brown Jr. Part of Millennium Park’s Blockbuster Week. 6:30 p.m.
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MON 8
Canoodle with your poodle
Various locations. 773-404-6467.
Take Your Dog to Dinner welcomes pups to patios at Enoteca Roma (2144 W. Division St.), Stanley’s on Racine (324 S. Racine Ave.) and others, so you can treat Fido to a night out that goes beyond the fire hydrant. The $20 suggested donation benefits Canine Therapy Corps and includes a gift for your doggie. 5:30 p.m. Rain date: Tuesday. Participating restaurants: takeyourdogtodinner.com
Speed zone
Custom House, 500 S. Dearborn St. 312-523-0200.
Ease into your evening with a Slow Food Dinner, featuring four courses with wine pairings. The menu showcases Seedling Farm fruits in dishes such as duck confit with spiced pears and a 2005 Martin Schaetzel pinot gris, and pork chops and applesauce with a 2006 montepulciano d’Abruzzo. 7 p.m. $50. Reservations required.
TUE 9
Naughty and nice
Design Dance, 4710 N. Damen Ave. 312-361-0864.
Looking to master the old-fashioned art of tease? Learn all the right moves at Ms. Bea Haven’s Art of Burlesque class, where local dancer and show producer J.T. Newman (a.k.a. Ms. Bea Haven) teaches the basics of exotic dance and helps you create your own sultry routine. 7:30 p.m. Through Dec. 9. $14-$16 per class.
WED 10
Perfect pair
Allerton Hotel, 701 N. Michigan Ave.
Learn the secrets behind food and wine pairing at the Taste of Sonoma seminar, led by winemakers Jim Murphy and Joel Peterson. Sample vintages such as Montemaggiore syrah paired with peppered tuna and Ravenswood Belloni zinfandel with duck confit “poppers.” 6 p.m. $65. Reservations required: sonomainchicago.com
THU 11
Hats off
Chicago History Museum, 1601 N. Clark St. 312-924-4220.
More than a dozen local chefs, including executive chef Michael Shrader (N9NE Steakhouse) and pastry chef Tim Dahl (Blackbird) serve up gourmet dishes from chef stations at Toque: An Evening with Chicago’s Culinary Masters, a benefit for Children’s Oncology Services. WXRT-FM 93.1’s Lin Brehmer hosts the event, which includes cocktails and live and silent auctions. 6 p.m. $250. Reservations: onestepcamp.org
