EAT
Doggie Bowl
Filini221 N. Columbus Drive 312-477-0234
Bond with your pooch at a pet-friendly Puppy Bowl IX viewing party, where the menu accompanying the Animal Planet canine competition includes themed specialties such as gin-based English Bulldog cocktails ($12) and Chesapeake Bay Retriever oysters on the half-shell ($15)-partial proceeds benefit PAWS-plus free treats for Fido. Bring along a photo of your dog to enter in a raffle for a $50 restaurant gift certificate. 2-10 p.m. Sunday. No cover.
DIY Dumplings
Hing Kee Restaurant2140A S. Archer Ave. 312-842-1988
Get ready for the Year of the Snake at the Chinese New Year Dumpling Making Dinner, a hands-on class from the Chicago Chinese Cultural Institute which also features a Chinese lion dance, lessons on New Year symbols and traditions, a meal featuring your handmade dumplings, a special Lantern Festival dessert and more. 3:30-6 p.m. Sunday. $35-$50. RSVP: chicagocci.com.
DRINK
German-Style Karneval
Dank Haus4740 N. Western Ave. 773-561-9181
Whether or not you can pronounce it, you can celebrate a German-style Mardi Gras at the Weiberfastnacht Women's Karneval, which features $6 half-liter German beers and Hunter's Kiss cocktails (German sparkling wine and plum liqueur; $7) plus gender-bending sketches, German techno and pop DJs and traditional fare including krapfen Lenten doughnuts ($1) and chicken schnitzel dinners ($7). Don a costume-men are encouraged to arrive in dresses and wigs. 7-11 p.m. Friday. $5.
Fabulous Football
Kit Kat Lounge and Supper Club3700 N. Halsted St. 773-525-1111
Gridiron action goes glam at a Beyonce-themed Super Bowl party where you can watch the game-and Beyonce's halftime concert-on seven screens with live entertainment by Beyonce impersonator Traci Ross and $6 Put a Ring On It martinis made with Effen Black Cherry, St. Germain elderflower liqueur, champagne splash and ring pop garnish. 5:30 p.m.-2 a.m. Sunday. No cover.
(Free!) Sippy Cups
Lillstreet Art Center and Gallery4401 N. Ravenswood Ave. 773-769-4226
Celebrate that from which you sip at the opening reception for Neat: The Art of the Whiskey Vessel, an exhibition featuring ceramic liquor flasks, cups, bottles and jugs by 14 artists, plus whiskey tastings from Koval Distillery, Goose Island beer samples and live music from local band Can I Get an Amen. 6-9 p.m. Friday.
DO
(Free!) Living History
DuSable Museum of African-American History740 E. 56th Place 773-947-0600
Kick off Black History Month-and take advantage of the museum's free Sundays for Illinois residents (regularly $7-$10)-with an exploration of exhibitions including the "Reflections" photography collection of the homes of 60 influential activists and "A Slow Walk To Greatness: The Harold Washington Story," about Chicago's first African-American mayor. Noon-5 p.m. Sunday.
Rock On
Vic Theatre3145 N. Sheffield Ave. 773-472-0449
Hoboken-based indie rockers Yo La Tengo-often pegged as a "critics' band" due to good reviews that outweigh album sales-celebrate their new album, "Fade," the culmination of more than 25 years of making music at this Chicago stop on the band's national tour. 8:30 p.m. Friday. $21.50. Tickets: victheatre.com.
Style Council
Dovetail1452 W. Chicago Ave. 312-508-3398
The West Town boutique has got you covered-literally-with a new line of women's pants and shorts from Chicago menswear label Domestic Workwear, whose founder, Daniel Evans, displays custom-made trouser designs, measures you and helps you select fabrics. Chicago jewelry and necktie designer Liz Bloom is also on hand with a trunk show for her Dorus Mhor line. 7-10 p.m. Friday. No cover.
REDEYE TIP OF THE DAY
Saturday, author and McSweeney's founder Dave Eggers appears at The Book Cellar (10 a.m.) and Unabridged Bookstore (2 p.m.).
Julia Borcherts is a RedEye special contributor.