Laura Kipnis Talks Sex On Campus The House Music Conference And More Things To Do In Chicago His Week

There’s plenty to do this week. Here’s some of what we recommend:

Tue 5/23: This month the Girl Talk at Hideout (1354 W. Wabansia) focuses on wrongful conviction with attorney Jennifer Bonjean, the Exoneration Project’s Eva Nagao, and Mellon Sawyer fellow Deana G. Lewis. 6:30 PM5/23-5/24: Cultural critic and serial provocateur Laura Kipnis discusses her book Unwanted Advances: Sexual Paranoia Comes to Campus and the “feminine passivity” of rape culture twice this week: Tue 5/23 at 57th Street Books (1301 E. 57th) and Wed 5/24 at Studebaker Theater (410 S. Michigan). (Last week Kipnis was named in a defamation lawsuit connected with the book, so these should be especially interesting talks.) 6 PM

5/25-5/26: The House Music Conference at the Chicago Cultural Center features musicians, DJs, and industry professionals leading panels like “House Preservation: Cultivating the Next Generation of Practitioners” and “Gender/Sexuality/Generation: Evolving Attitudes and Making Safe Spaces in House Culture.” The conference leads into the Chicago House Party at Millennium Park on Sat 5/27, 2-9 PM. Thu 11 AM-9 PM, Fri 6-7:30 PM