EAT
Chinese New Year Dumpling Making Class
The Garage 116 N. Aberdeen St. 312-344-1784
Jeff Wang of the soon-to-launch Yum Dum dumpling food truck leads you through techniques in a hands-on class and shares the secrets and traditions behind this traditional holiday food-which symbolizes wealth-as you share a family-style meal featuring the completed dumplings and sauces. 2-4:30 p.m. Saturday. $45. RSVP recommended: dabble.co/chicago
Brunch Menu
Parson's Chicken & Fish2952 W. Armitage Ave. 773-384-3333
Get a hearty start to your day with such eye-openers as a fried, de-boned Amish chicken thigh served with a housemade biscuit, sunnyside-up Slagel Farms egg, orange honey and lemon aioli ($12); or marinated Gulf shrimp with Three Sisters Garden grits, fried Slagel Farms egg, scallions, pickled peppers and sofrito ($12)-and there's a bar so you can order liquid eye-openers, too. 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Saturday-Sunday.
DRINK
Apres-Ski Party
Maria's Packaged Goods & Community Bar960 W. 31st St. 773-890-0588
Give in to the inevitable-hey, it's winter in Chicago-with a cold weather soiree featuring $7 lemongrass toddies-Applejack, honey syrup, baked apple bitters and lemongrass tea in a heat-proof mug as DJs Luis Aguilera and AT3CH (Hector Ahumada) heat up the room with soul, funk, electronica and lounge music. 8 p.m.-2 a.m. Friday. No cover.
Super Sunday
Tuman's Tap & Grill2159 W. Chicago Ave. 773-782-1400
Mac's American Grill1801 W. Division St. 773-782-4400
Choose your own football adventure with a pair of game-viewing parties at two different venues featuring $12 Bell's amber ale pitchers, $10 PBR pitchers and $5 bombs plus game-day food favorites including $8-$10 nachos, $6-7 chili and $8 teriyaki, buffalo or grilled jerk wings. 11 a.m.-11 p.m. Sunday. No cover.
DO
Mary's Attic5400 N. Clark St. 312-884-1733
Get kinky with The Bard as (Re)discover Theatre strips down-so to speak-the 12 sexiest scenes from Shakespeare's works to explore the gender roles, sexuality, power plays and relationships therein. The twist? The audience decides which actors portray which roles each night. 8 p.m. Friday; Saturday; Monday. Through Feb. 17. $10. Tickets: rediscovertheatre.com
"Plainsong"
Signal Ensemble Theatre1802 W. Berenice Ave. 773-698-7389
Ensemble member Bries Vannon directs the Chicago premiere of this drama-adapted from Kent Haruf's National Book Award-finalist novel of the same title-in which the lives of a suddenly homeless pregnant teenager, a father struggling to raise two sons alone and a lonely pair of ranching brothers unexpectedly converge in a small Colorado town. 8 p.m. Friday. Through March 8. $10-$20. Tickets: signalensemble.com.
Deuce's and The Diamond Club3505 N. Clark St. 773-644-5554
Watch the annual canine gridiron event (2 p.m.) on the bar's big screen and head to the back room for petting and paw-tograph signings with rescue dogs Sharpie and Taser-who are featured in the Animal Planet show-along with their families and the Romp Italian Greyhound Rescue Chicago crew. 2-4 p.m. Sunday. No cover.
REDEYE TIP OF THE DAY
Sign up for a Feb. 10 or 12 audition to compete in the Chicago's Biggest Liar contest May 3: thismuchistruechicago.com/auditions.html
Julia Borcherts ia RedEye special contributor.