Chicago Flat Sammies

Chicago's Historic Pumping Station - sister to the landmark Water Tower - offers an opportunity budget dining and people-watching. This popular spot for oven-baked sandwiches, flatbread pizzas and salads has opened an 85-seat outdoor café with views of Magnificent Mile. Housed in a three-season tent, it will remain open through the autumn. Sandwiches include the 'Grilled Cheese Sammie' with Gruyere, Swiss, cheddar, mozzarella, roasted tomatoes and fresh basil. Other selections include Asian chicken, Caesar and Cobb salads and potato chips glazed with cheese sauce and crumbled blue cheese. Wine and beer available.

Tallulah

Kathleen Turner stars in Sandra Ryan Heyward's one-woman play 'Tallulah'. Once called the next Marlene Dietrich, Tallulah Bankhead was an actress with a flare for cynicism and a taste for alcohol. While her talent was criticised, she quickly became famous for her party-girl social adventures. Heyward's play takes a slice out of Tallulah's high-society life. The play unfolds one evening, as Tallulah prepares a private fund-raiser for incumbent President Harry S Truman. Sipping champagne and spilling secrets, the expectant hostess stews about, revealing the sultry tales and woeful regrets of her luxurious life.