1. The Onion Comedy and Arts Festival kicks off five nights of programming around town this evening, starting with a public conversation with current and former Onion staffers about the satirical news publication’s 30-year history. That talk takes place at Lincoln Hall at 8pm; tickets are $20.
2. Logan Square’s Voice of the City and theater company the Plagiarists host a talk with author Jonathan Lethem (Motherless Brooklyn, The Fortress of Solitude) about his 2007 Harper’s essay “The Ecstasy of Influence.” The event is at 7:30pm, and tickets are $25.
3. The Music Box Theatre’s outdoor movies series at Wrigleyville’s Gallagher Way will screen the 1993’s The Fugitive, with Harrison Ford on the run and on the lookout for a one-armed man. Gates open at 6pm for the free 7:30 screening.
For more events, check in with Time Out throughout the day.