Comedian Lewis Black returns to Chicagoland to deliver his impassioned brand of biting social and political commentary. (North Shore Center for the Performing Arts, 9501 Skokie Blvd, Skokie, 7:30pm. $63-$79)
County Barbecue pairs their best dishes with limited release and flagship beers by Off Color Brewing at this tap takeover in University Village/Little Italy. We recommend the Dino S'mores imperial stout with a s'mores sundae. (County Barbecue, 1352 W Taylor St, 6pm. Prices vary)
3. Attend a beauty pageant (seriously)
A beauty pageant held in a women's prison seems a little hokey for a premise to a play until you learn it's based on the real thing. The plot in José Rivera's Another Word for Beauty is drawn from interviews with actual inmate-contestants from the Buen Pastor Prison in Bogotá, Colombia. (Goodman Theatre, 170 N Dearborn St, 2pm & 7:30pm. $25–$75)