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Second City debuts a new review this month. Art Chicago percolates through the Merchandise Mart with many compelling satellite shows buzzing around it. Garfield Park Conservatory turns 100. Find those top choices and more for April in Chicago here.

---------------FIRST WEEK OF APRIL---------------
----------Tuesday, April 1 to Sunday, April 6----------

9th Annual Edible Books and Tea Show
Spoofs and Serious Riffs on Books with the only Requirement Being that It's Edible

• Tuesday, April 1
• 5pm to 7pm
• Columbia College Library, 3rd Floor
• 624 S. Michigan Avenue, Chicago, IL
• $10 Admission More Info
• 9am to 5pm

----------SECOND WEEK OF APRIL---------------
----------Monday, April 7 to Sunday, April 13----------

24th Annual Latino Film Festival
Runs now through April 16
What began as some movies shown on the concrete wall of a church, now attracts more than 30,000 movie goers every year.

Chicago White Sox Home Opener
If they don't win it's a shame.

• Home Opener vs. Minnesota Twins
• Monday, April 7
• 3:05pm start
• Tickets for Sale at StubHub

Teen Arts Expo
An exhibit and celebration of art created by high school students in cooperation with Chicago's Park District and local arts organizations.

• Friday, April 11
• 11am to 4pm
• South Shore Cultural Center
• 7059 S. South Shore Dr., Chicago, IL

Play Ball!
The city celebrates the baseball season with batting cages, speed pitching games, former players, and more.

• Tuesday, April 8
• Daley Plaza
• 10am to 3pm

Jerry Seinfeld
Very funny.

• Friday, April 11 at 7pm. and 9:30pm
• Saturday, April 12 at 7pm and 9:30pm
• Chicago Theatre
• 175 N. State St., Chicago, IL
• Tickets and More Info

2008 Creative Chicago Expo
Smorgasbord of services, job opportunities, training, and more for Chicago-area artists and arts organizations.

• Saturday, April 12
• 10am to 4pm
• Chicago Cultural Center, 78 E. Washington St., Chicago, IL
• Free

Garfield Park Conservatory's Centennial Birthday Celebration
Miraculously, what opened as an oasis in 1908 has stayed an oasis. That's worth celebrating.

• Garfield Park Conservatory
• Sunday, April 13
• 9am to 5pm
• 300 N. Central Park Ave., Chicago, IL
• (312)746-5100

No Country for Old White Men
The 95th Revue at the Legendary Second City Opens on the Main Stage

• Opens Sunday, April 13 at 7pm
• Second City
• 1616 N. Wells Street, Chicago, IL
• Open Run
• Tuesday to Friday, 8pm
• Fridays and Saturdays at 8pm and 11pm
• Sundays at 7 pm

---------------THIRD WEEK OF APRIL---------------
----------Monday, April 14 to Sunday, April 20----------

Chicago Golden Gloves Boxing FINAL BOUTS
Sporting Chicago at its Best

• Thursday, April 17 through Saturday, April 19
  
• 7:30 p.m.
  
• St. Andrew's Gym
  
• 1658 West Addison (at Paulina), Chicago, IL
  
• Tickets and More Info Here
  
• $20 to $50

12th Annual Chicago Día del Niño Family Festival
Sponsored by the National Museum of Mexican Art in celebration and support of Children

• Saturday, April 19, 2008
• 11am to 4pm
• UIC Pavilion, 525 S. Racine, Chicago, IL
• FREE

Schadenfreude's 10th Anniversary Rent Party Tour
The Chicago comedy group celebrates its ten year anniversary of performing in Chicago by touring six local neighborhood bars in April and May.

• Opening Night: Saturday, April 19
• Gallery Cabaret
• 2020 N. Oakley Avel, Chicago, IL
• 9pm - $10
• Five more performances on April 26, May 3, May 10, May 17, May 24.
• More info.

---------------FOURTH WEEK OF APRIL---------------
----------Monday, April 21 to Sunday, April 27----------

Art Chicago
Chicago's premiere international exhibit of contemporary art
Also, the Intuit Show for Outsider Art and the Artist Project Independent Artists Exhibition

• Preview Night Thursday, April 24
• Friday, April 25 to Monday, April 28
• Hours: Fri & Sat: 11am to 7pm; Sunday: 11am to 6pm and Monday: 11am to 4pm
• The Merchandise Mart
• 222 Merchandise Mart Plaza, Chicago, IL

NEXT Invitational Art Fair of Emerging Art
"A portal to seeing contemporary art in brand new, innovative, eye-opening ways."

• Friday, April 25 to Monday, April 28
• The Merchandise Mart
• 222 Merchandise Mart Plaza, Chicago, IL

The Merchandise Mart International Spring Antiques Fair
The 11th Annual Fair of Unique and Exquisite Antiques

• Friday, April 25 to Monday, April 28
• The Merchandise Mart
• 222 Merchandise Mart Plaza, Chicago, IL

ARTE Ahora Now
The inaugural run of the Chicago Latin American Art Fair

• Thursday, April 24 to Monday, April 28
• 10am to 6pm
• River East Arts Center
• 435 W. Illinois, Chicago, IL
• FREE and OPEN to the Public