Wednesday's best bets: Silence of the Lambs, Slo 'Mo, more

ART & DESIGN
Making It in Chicago
Bad at Sports podcasters Duncan Mackenzie and Richard Holland moderate this discussion with artists Shane Huffman, Davis/Langlois and Oli Watt, threewalls director Shannon Stratton and gallerist Monique Meloche in conjunction with “Re: Chicago.” DePaul Art Museum, 935 W Fullerton Ave (773-325-7506,museums.depaul.edu). 6–8pm. FREE.

AROUND TOWN
Silence of the Lambs
If this scary movie doesn't spook you into the Halloween spirit, perhaps nothing will. Watch Anthony Hopkins as Hannibal Lecter in the classic thriller. Chicago History Museum's Uihlein Plaza. 6pm.

GAY & LESBIAN
Slo 'Mo
Reader marketing guru and culture vulture Kristen Kaza presents this night of slow jams (Sade, Curtis Mayfield, Al Green, Marvin Gaye, etc.) for homos and their friends. The Whistler. 9pm.

DANCE/KIDS
Joffrey Ballet: Don Quixote
Expect lush detail: French engraver Paul Gustave Doré (1832–83) is the touchstone for an impressive design team for this update by Yuri Possokhov to Marius Petipa's 1869 choreography. Jack Mehler helms sets and lighting, Wendall Harrington (Lar Lubovitch's Othello) returns with projection work, costumes are by Travis Halsey, and Chicago puppetmaker Cynthia Von Orthal contributes a life-sized Rocinante, the eccentric Don's horse. With live music by the Chicago Sinfonietta; through Oct 23. Auditorium Theatre (50 E Congress Pkwy, 312-922-2110, auditoriumtheatre.org). 7:30pm; $15–$155.

MUSIC
Immediate Sound Series
Bass journeyman Joshua Abrams anchors two sets, the first with rising drummer Frank Rosaly, and the second as part of a terrific quartet featuring a few of Chicago’s most in-demand improvisers: trombonist Jeb Bishop, guitarist Jeff Parker and drummer Hamid Drake. Hideout, 9:30pm, $7.

NIGHTLIFE
Drop the Lime + Clique Talk
Trouble & Bass frontman Luca Venezia, a.k.a. Drop the Lime, shows off his bass-heavy dance tunes—and his greaser slick hair and penchant for rock & roll—with his new live band. In advance of his debut record, which was picked up by bigwig dance label Ultra, Venezia has shed the turntables for guitars, upright bass, funky drums and doo-wop girls. If you've heard the honky-tonk house of "Hot as Hell," then you get the idea. Local synth-popper Clique Talk opens. Empty Bottle. 9:30pm, $10.