Friday 7/23 – Thursday 7/29
24 SATURDAY Feminists and cheapskates take note: Women & Children First’s annual storewide sale starts today. Every book in stock is 20 percent off and some are reduced as much as 50 percent. The store’s at 5233 N. Clark and is open from 10 AM to 7 PM; the sale runs through August 1. Call 773-769-9299. i The Garfield Park Conservatory started keeping honeybees in 2001 and is now home to eight productive hives. At today’s Honey Harvest participants will learn about the care and feeding of bees from the beekeepers, help extract the honey from the hives, and taste the goods. It’s from 10 AM to 4 PM at the conservatory, 300 N. Central Park, 773-638-1766, ext. 24. A $3 donation is requested.
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26 MONDAY Schubas and the Chicago Council on Foreign Relations stage the second debate in the series GOAt (Globally Occupying the Attention of Chicago’s Untapped Audience, possibly the worst acronym ever). Designed to attract a younger demographic than the council’s usual staid and pricey events, the series invites policy wonks to discuss foreign affairs in the bar’s cozy back room. Tonight University of Chicago political scientist Daniel Drezner and Kennette Benedict, the MacArthur Foundation’s director of international peace and security, debate whether current American security policy really keeps democracy safe and whether terrorism is the communism of the 21st century; musician Jon Langford moderates, and will play a set afterward. It starts tonight at 7 at Schubas, 3159 N. Southport; call 312-821-7529. Admission is $10 and you must be 18 or over.
