EAT
Gold Mayan
Shaman
1438 W. Chicago Ave. 312-226-4175
Popular Lakeview restaurant Chilam Balam has a new West Town sibling also serving Mayan-inspired cuisine, such as pan-seared quail with bacon-chipotle broth, spaghetti squash and green grape pico de gallo ($14.95) and gingerbread tres leches with Kahlua ice cream and blackstrap molasses whipped cream ($7.50). 5-10 p.m.
DRINK
Legalize It
25 Degrees
736 N. Clark St. 312-943-9700
No need to fight for your right to party-it was 79 years ago today that Prohibition was repealed. The River North spot celebrates with $4 Batch 19 bottled beer (11 a.m.-11 p.m.)-made from a pre-Prohibition recipe-and $5 food specials (4-7 p.m.) including Bobak hot dogs and roasted beet salad.
Spiked Sweets
Drumbar
201 E. Delaware Place 312-924-2531
Chilly? You could grab a sweater. Or you could warm up at Sweet on Scotch, which features tastings of four Glenfiddich scotches paired with booze-spiked mini-cupcakes from More, including the Glenfiddich Malt Master's Edition with a coconut cupcake. Not a scotch fan? There's a cash bar. 6-8 p.m. No cover. RSVP: cheekyrsvp@gmail.com.
DO
Wink and a Nod
Bar Louie
335 N. Dearborn St. 312-729-6178
Wink at someone-hey, it's for a good cause!-or maybe just say hello at Flirting for Disaster: Ring in the Red, a Red Cross benefit mixer that includes appetizers, desserts, one glass of wine, $4 drafts, $5 well drinks, raffles and beats by DJ Pascale. 6-9 p.m. $30; $20 if you mention RedEye at the door.
Dead Poets Society
Raven Theatre
6157 N. Clark St. 847-556-8679
History's great poets-well, OK, costumed actors-throw down at the Dead or Alive Battle Royale for Slam Poetry Supremacy for All Eternity, a mock slam in which Gwendolyn Brooks (Paulette McDaniels), Langston Hughes (Shannon Matesky), Anne Sexton (Rebecca Levine) and others face off against six Chicago spoken-word artists. 8 p.m. $14. Tickets: chicagoslamworks.com.
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Julia Borcherts is a RedEye special contributor.