The Great American Trailer Park Musical (The Great American Trailer…)
August 01, 2012|By Julia Borcherts, For RedEye
EAT
Market fresh (Free!)
Daley Plaza, 50 W. Washington St. 312-744-3316
Watch "Top Chef" Season 9 runner-up Sarah Grueneberg (Spiaggia), Season 3 runner-up Dale Levitski (Frog 'N' Snail) and Telegraph pastry chef Katie Wyler compete for a judging panel of local culinary luminaries in the sixth annual Country Chef Challenge. They will create a dish in 30 minutes with produce they purchase from the Daley Plaza farmers' market. Then, browse the market yourself to recreate the dishes at home. 11 a.m.
Attain some Spain
Eno Wine Bar, 505 N. Michigan Ave. 312-321-8738
For a snack that will also quench your thirst, head to the patio for Cider and Sliders, which includes two sliders made with Angus beef, balsamic onions and Zamorano Spanish sheep's milk cheese, paired with an Isastegi Natural Cider from Spain. 4 p.m.-midnight. $22.
DRINK
Brews and tunes
Sheffield's, 3258 N. Sheffield Ave. 773-281-4989
Lagunitas Brewing Co. owner Tony Magee plays a live acoustic guitar set in the beer garden as the Wrigleyville spot offers up $4 Lagunitas Pils, IPA, Dogtown Pale Ale, A Little Sumpin' Sumpin' and A Little Sumpin' Wild, plus a $10 Lagunitas beer-battered fish fry. 7 p.m. No cover.
DO
Scenes from a marriage
Theater Wit, 1229 W. Belmont Ave. 773-975-8150
Think you've got drama? Forget about your own troubles at Kokandy Productions' "The Great American Trailer Park Musical," a country and blues musical comedy in which an agoraphobic woman finds her marriage threatened when a runaway stripper in five-inch heels arrives at the mobile home park. 8 p.m. $30. Tickets: kokandyproductions.com.
Nude directions
Joe's Bar, 940 W. Weed St. 312-337-3486
Glam-o-rama striptease acts including former Miss Exotic World Michelle L'amour, Frenchie Kiss, Greta Layne and nearly a dozen more burlesque artists light up the stage with some high-class bump and grind. 9 p.m. $20.
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Julia Borcherts is a RedEye special contributor.
