Mar 18
- Deakin, Glitter Bones, and Netherfriends Empty Bottle, 9:30 p.m.
  Succinctly articulating Netherfriends is no easy feat. The local collective is a musical chameleon of ...
  
  Jay-Z, Young Jeezy, and Trey Songz United Center, 7 p.m.
  
  SXSW Round-Up: Born Ruffians, Freelance Whales, The Hood Internet, Japandroids, Maps And Atlases, The Rural Alberta Advantage, The Smith Westerns, We Are Scientists, And We Were Promised Jetpacks Schubas, noon
Mar 19
- Nick Thune Lakeshore Theater, 7:30 p.m.
  L.A. comedian Nick Thune's penchant for wordplay should be instantly apparent from the ...
  
  The Appleseed Cast and Dreamend Bottom Lounge, 8 p.m.
  
  Nick Thune Lakeshore Theater, 10:30 p.m.
Mar 20
- The Cody Rivers Show iO Theater (Cabaret), 8 p.m.
  Like clockwork, The Cody Rivers Show—a Bellingham, Washington-based duo—comes to town every year ...
  
  Swear Jar Annoyance Theatre, 10 p.m.
  
  Alice In Chains Aragon Ballroom, 8 p.m.
Mar 21
- Forget Cassettes, Tender, and Rrind Empty Bottle, 9:30 p.m.
  Forget Cassettes is to Nashville what The White Stripes are to Detroit: arguably that city ...
  
  Too Much Light Makes The Baby Go Blind The Neo Futurarium, 7:30 p.m.
  
  John Oates Evanston SPACE, 7 p.m.
Mar 22
- EUFF: Dogtooth Gene Siskel Film Center, 8:15 p.m.
  Although Dogtooth is due for a limited release later in 2010, the annual European Union ...
Mar 23
- 7 Day Shorts Second City (DeMaat Theatre), 10:30 p.m.
  Shrinking the gap between Second City and Saturday Night Live even more, the improv-comedy titan ...
  
  Cook County Social Club and To What End? iO Theater (Cabaret), 8 p.m.
  
  Cowboy Junkies and Grant Lee Phillips Evanston SPACE, 8 p.m.
Mar 24
- Willie Nelson And Family Rialto Square Theatre, 7:30 p.m.
  Willie Nelson's history boasts all the easy navigability of an iceberg. The 76-year-old's ...
  
  Air and AM Riviera Theatre, 8 p.m.
  
  Pere Ubu Lincoln Hall, 8 p.m.