Here’s a holiday hit list of food and drink events to keep your spirits merry.
1) Cookies, cocoa and coloring
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For a little bit of quiet time with the little ones, head to Imagination Children’s Academy this weekend for a coloring session, complete with hot cocoa and cookies. Art Heart Kidz provides the supplies, including holiday-themed coloring sheets. $10 for take-home goodie bag. 11 a.m. to noon Saturday, Dec. 17, at Imagination Children’s Academy, 1144 W. Madison St., bit.ly/coloringcocoa
2) Craft beer meets Christmas carols
Craft beer bar Tribe Alehouse hosts the whole family for a Christmas carol singalong. The kid-friendly joint will offer free hot cocoa to kids under 12, while parents can buy from a list of more than 15 beers on tap — with 10 percent knocked off the final bill. Musician John Condron will provide the tunes. Free to attend. 3-5 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 18, at Tribes Alehouse, 9501 W. 171st St., Tinley Park, 708-966-2051, www.tribesalehouse.com
3) Take a bloody mary shopping break
Shopping on Michigan Avenue? Head to the Streeterville location of Beatrix for its new bloody mary bar before trudging back into the cold. Pick your juice, then your poison (vodka, gin, whiskey, tequila or beer), then go crazy with the mix-ins, which include kung pao Brussels sprouts and potato salad deviled eggs. $14. 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays at Beatrix Streeterville, 671 N. St. Clair St., 312-642-0001, www.beatrix.com
4) Don you now your gay apparel
Lakeview’s Kit Kat Lounge and Supper Club is getting in on the ugly holiday sweater party action. At the spot’s Divalicious brunch, enjoy seasonal martinis, dishes from chilaquiles to rice crispy French toast and, if you choose, bottomless brunch drinks for $15, all to the backdrop of holiday music and films. Dress in your most gaudy Christmas sweater, and you can win a $100 cash prize. 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 18, at Kit Kat Lounge, 3700 N. Halsted St., 773-525-1111, www.kitkatchicago.com
5) Get to know another Dickens Christmas classic
We all know “A Christmas Carol,” but did you know Charles Dickens had four other Christmas books? Newberry Library invites the community to a performance of the author’s third book in the series, “The Cricket on the Hearth: A Fairy Tale of Home.” Eight actors from The Shakespeare Project of Chicago will perform the work, while hot chocolate and cookies will be served. Free to attend, no registration required. 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 17, at Newberry Library, 60 W. Walton St., 312-943-9090, www.newberry.org.
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