Friday 8/29 – Thursday 9/4
The sight of a 1959 Volkswagen bus painted like the official Jerry Garcia credit card may not be enough to convince patrons of the Chicago Jazz Festival to unload all those cans of creamed corn and lima beans weighing down their picnic baskets. But that’s the idea anyway. While the Jerry Garcia Fan Bus probably isn’t filling the void in the lives of any bereaved Deadheads either, it will be in town collecting nonperishables for the duration of the festival, then donating them to the Greater Chicago Food Depository. What’s in it for you? A chance to win the bus and paint it something respectable (warning: you have to fill out a credit card application to be eligible). It will be parked at the festival’s art fair on Jackson in Grant Park today from 4 to 10 PM as well as all day Saturday and Sunday. Call 773-247-3663.
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2 TUESDAY Thanks to those swells in Congress, nearly 100,000 children with disabilities that are not “marked” or “severe” have lost their disability benefits from Social Security. To explain just how bad one’s problems must be to get a little help, attorney Clyde Ogg will discuss recent developments in a lecture called “Changes in Social Security Laws: Are You Prepared?” The free talk starts tonight at 7 at the Conrad Sulzer Regional Library, 4455 N. Lincoln. Call 312-554-2010.
