Smart Night Out

Professors, experts and storytellers present “The Cadaver Synod: The Trial of a Papal Corpse” as part of a lecture series held in Chicago bars.

Test your knowledge at Jeopardy! Bar League, a quiz night at Trader Todd’s.

Hear four featured storytellers and open-mic participants share mature, funny and thought-provoking stories at Theater Wit; admission is free with food, otherwise $5–$23.18.

Explore mind-controlled insects with a neuroparasitologist, then learn to pin a zombie bug specimen.

Put your knowledge to the test at Kahoot Trivia Night; tickets are free with a one-drink minimum purchase.

Hear Mary Trent’s lecture, “Cutting and Pasting a World,” during the Intuit Art Museum’s after-hours programming, with admission at $20.

Martin Sorge, a winner of The Great American Baking Show, discusses Great Bakes and its more than 100 recipes celebrating the Midwest.

Read the featured book at The Whale’s Boozy Book Club, with themed drinks and low-stakes discussion; admission is $13.64.

Discuss Ray Bradbury’s Something Wicked This Way Comes at an additional Chicago SFF Book Club session, open even if you have not finished the book.