There’s no food at his cafe. Chicago mentalist Fred Zimmerman’s “Psyche-Out Cafe” is an evening of mind games, fascinating stories, experiments to test your psychic abilities and demonstrations of ESP that provide a glimpse into the secret world of “psychic” practitioners. The Wednesday, March 3, event is the first of two special March “Magic Chicago” shows hosted by Robert Charles and Benjamin Barnes, with Jeanette Andrews in Edgewater.
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We have upped the ante in our Top Chef Masters contest. Today is Triple Points Day at Lettuce Entertain You Enterprises! Members the restaurant group’s Frequent Diners program will threefold points toward future meals if they dine at participating restaurants today. What it is: Cassoulet is an earthy, peasant dish from southwestern France, traditionally a casserole of beans, pork, poultry and herbs, slowly baked until a dark crust forms. Recipes vary throughout the region, though, so that in 1929, Chef Prosper Montagné declared, “God the Father is the cassoulet of Castelnaudary, God the Son that [...] What it is: Hearty fall and winter fare, the iconic bistro dish coq au vin is a savory French braise of chicken with wine, bacon and onions. It’s usually made with red wine, often Burgundy. Le Beaujolais Nouveau est arrivé! The October harvest of wine events continues. Osteria Via Stato Autumn Harvest Wine Tasting, River North, 5:30 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 14, $20. In Lookingglass Theatre Company’s “Fedra: Queen of Haiti,” playwright J. Nicole Brooks moves the ancient Greek myth of Phaedra and Hippolytus into a near-future alternate Haiti that’s become a world power. Given the island’s rich history and culture (the first Western Hemisphere country after the U.S. to achieve independence from imperial Europe … the first [...] |
 
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