At the Hideout This Weekend, See All the Chicago Bands Playing SXSW

South by Southwest kicks off this weekend, but if you're not going, Saturday is the Hideout's 20th annual South By Southwest Send-off Party, a concert and fundraiser featuring all eight bands representing Chicago at the festival. The party, launched by Hideout owners Tim and Katie Tuten in the late '90s, raises between $5,000 and $10,000 annually … Read more

Best of the Rest

The Trinity Irish Dancers performing in the St. Patrick’s Day Parade Photo: John J. Kim/Chicago Tribune COMEDY TOM PAPA 3/19 at 7:30 Discovered by Jerry Seinfeld, this late-night-TV regular tackles everything from his greedy children to grown men wearing shorts. $26–$36. City Winery, 1200 W. Randolph. citywinery.com KATT WILLIAMS 3/19 at 8 Williams’s Conspiracy Theory … Read more