Featherproof is here to ask you to carry over your summertime habits into the beautiful season of autumn: Call in sick on Friday. We have a party that you not only won't want to miss, but you won't want to leave until the lights are up, the cabs are all outside and you're all regretting your decision to have not left at a reasonable hour.

It's the Hiding Out release party! Show up at the Hideout at 8pm Thursday and enjoy the shadow puppetry of Jill Summers (Stray Dog Recording), the solo-performance brilliance of Christopher Piatt (Partly Dave Show,Time Out Chicago) and the comedic riot of Kumail (Unpronounceable). Hiding Out author and Dollar Store host Jonathan Messinger will also read from his new book. And if you feel like you might have to show up too late for all that goodness, know that through the late night, DJ Nathan Keay will preside over a dance party the likes of which have never been seen.

Here's the deal: Not only has Hiding Out been labeled a Critic's Choice by the Chicago Reader and continued to garner praise from respectable press outlets in this country, it's Kumail's last show. He's not dying or anything, he's just moving to New York, so even if you're not into this book stuff, come for the funny stuff.

The details:
Hiding Out Release Party
Featuring Jill Summers, Christopher Piatt, Kumail, Jonathan Messinger
The Hideout, Thursday, 8pm, $5
1354 W Wabansia
Featherproof!