Issue date: 7/3/08 Section: Arts

THURSDAY
STRING JAZZ AT ART INSTITUTE

The Old Town School of Folk Music and the Art Institute team up to present the Summer Music Series in the Institute's Garden Restaurant. This week see renowned banjoist and mandolinist Keith Baum in the Keith Baum String Jazz Duo from 5:30 p.m. to 8:45 p.m.

FRIDAY
BAGHDAD IN BRIDGEPORT BBQ

Chicago's very own Lumpen magazine is hosting a barbeque slash "social phenomena of America show" for the release of their one-hundred-and-ninth issue. Head down to Wicker Park for an exciting night of provocative performances, food and celebration.

SATURDAY
SNEAKER SHOW ON NAVY PIER

The Dime Child Foundation, an area not-for-profit bent on providing educational resources to at-risk children, and DJ Jamal Smallz present a Sneaker Showcase in conjunction with the Car and Bike Show in Navy Pier Exhibition Hall B from 10 a.m.-7 p.m.

SUNDAY
NEW TRAGEDY AT THE CHOPIN

Emily Schwartz's whimsical new play The Mysterious Elephant and the Terrible Tragedy of the Unlikely Addington Twins (*Who Kill Him) is showing at the Chopin Theatre at 1543 W. Division St. Fraught with humor and dread, the play runs through July 19. See a special 2 p.m. Sunday showing.

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