EAT
Summer residence
PT, 20 E. Delaware Place 312-640-8135
Mercadito's Patricio Sandoval opens a new restaurant this fall at the Talbott, but through summer he takes over the hotel's bar and patio with this pop-up spot featuring Latin-influenced American dishes including brick chicken with serrano-potato hash ($14.50-$19.50) and-in true pop-up style-a revolving cocktail menu. 6:30 a.m.-10:30 p.m.
DRINK
Controlled chaos
Berlin, 954 W. Belmont Ave. 773-348-4975
Loosen up with beer and champagne tastings (10 p.m.-midnight), $1 shots, $3 Bacardi bombs and $5 Tropical Sex pints while viewing art and video installations by Katie Kimmel and Joanne Kim, then dance to sets by producers The Chaotic Good, Da$htone and others. 10 p.m.-4 a.m. $5-$10; RSVP for free entry before 11 p.m.: do312.com
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Whatever floats your boat
31st Street Harbor, 3100 S. Lake Shore Drive
Browse, buy and test-drive more than 100 boats-including luxury yachts, sailboats, flyboards and performance crafts-when the inaugural Chicago In-Water Boat Show cruises into town for four days of on-the-lake fun including free boat rides, hands-on boating courses and Caribbean live music. Noon-8 p.m. $10. Schedule: chicagoinwaterboatshow.com.
Metro music
Atrium Events space, 4325 N. Ravenswood Ave.
See nearly 30 Chicago bands-from indie pop to dubstep to garage rock-on two stages at the new, two-day Metropia festival, which also features live art installations, free snacks and Vitamin Water and-if you're over 21-a complimentary cocktail. Partial proceeds benefit The Bully Project. 2-10 p.m. $65; $27 for students; $115 for Thursday-Friday pass. Schedule: themetropiaexperience.com.
Tree of life (free!)
Inland Steel Building, 77 S. Dearborn St.
A tree that crashed during a Chicago storm lives on as core material in more than 40 furniture and accessory pieces from a student design competition in "Idea Tree," the featured installation in the Chicago Loop Alliance's Pop Up Art Loop gallery walk, which also includes a Romare Bearden 100th birthday exhibition, a comics-related show and more at five additional galleries. 5-8 p.m. Schedule: popupartloop.com.
REDEYE TIP OF THE DAY
Check justforlaughschicago.com to win passes for Adam Sandler's appearance at the June 14 advance screening of "That's My Boy."
JULIA BORCHERTS IS A REDEYE SPECIAL CONTRIBUTOR.
