Friday 7/24 – Thursday 7/30
25 SATURDAY A link between Chicago and Haiti began way back in the late 18th century, when Jean Baptiste Point DuSable founded the settlement that became our city. These days the local Haitian community numbers around 50,000–that’s why it’s surprising that today’s Taste of Haiti is the city’s first. The daylong event will feature typical Haitian food like griots (boiled and fried pork or goat), bananes pesees (fried plantains), and riz et pois colles (red beans and rice), as well as music by the Rafo International Combo, Frank Desire, Raphael Benito, and DJ Patrick Augustin. It’s from 11 to 8 outside the DuSable Museum of African American History, 740 E. 56th Place. Admission is free. Call 773-947-0600.
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28 TUESDAY “If you have too much empathy and compassion for other people and express feelings and are willing to listen to what other people are saying, you can’t make the hard business decisions like ‘Hey, who do we fire next week?’” says Bill Lundin, coauthor of the book When Smart People Work for Dumb Bosses. Lacking a sense of humor is also characteristic of many managers: “I had a man who came to one of our book signings who said that he would have to sneak it into work in a brown paper bag.” Lundin and his coauthor (and wife), Kathleen Lundin, will give advice tonight at 7:30 at Borders Books & Music, 49 S. Waukegan in Deerfield. It’s free. Call 847-559-1999.
