Night life: Band performs at Ballydoyle
Bombs awayCatch Allison Wonder Band at Bloomingdale#146;s Ballydoyle Irish Pub and Restaurant Saturday. Toast the high-energy female-fronted rock cover band with $5 bombs and Jameson all night long.9 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 13, at Ballydoyle Irish Pub and Restaurant at Stratford Square Mall, 152 Stratford Square, Bloomingdale. (630) 924-8800 or www.bally doylepub.com. Agio wines for halfAgio Italian Bistro is cutting the wine bill in half on Thursdays throughout the month of August. Select bottles of wine are half price. The list includes: Pieropan Soave Classico Superiore, 2008; Alois Lageder pinot grigio #147;Riff#148; 2009; Kim Crawford sauvignon blanc 2009; Rombauer Vineyards chardonnay 2008; Querceto Chianti Classico, 2008; David Bruce Pinot Noir 2008; Ben Marco Malbec 2008; and the Ferrari-Carano cabernet sauvignon, 2007.Thursdays at Agio Italian Bistro, 64 S. Northwest Hwy., Palatine. (847) 991-2150 or www.agiobistro.com.Fantasy draft partyFootball is on and it#146;s time to draft fantasy teams. Do it at The Lucky Monk with a three-hour packaged party for $25 per person. Amenities include free Wi-Fi, an A/V projector and screen or flat-screen TV and three hours of house drafts or Miller Lite bottles. Guests also choose three appetizers from a menu that includes Buffalo wings, mini pretzels and pizza.Now through Wednesday, Sept. 7, at the Lucky Monk, 105 Hollywood Bvld., South Barrington. (847) 898-0500 or www.theluckymonk.com. #8212; Sara Hooker