🍺 Booze at the museum

Hey, Thursday! Maxwell and Moyo here with your events rundown for the first weekend in October.

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The Chicago Beer Festival returns to the Field Museum this weekend.

What to expect: Sample from over 65 breweries while strolling through selected exhibits at one of the city's most historic museums.

• Soldier Field Parking is available for $40 or save and take public transportation.

💭 Moyo's thought bubble: Think "Night at the Museum," except with booze and friends.

When: Doors open at 7pm for early admission, 8-11pm general admission on Saturday.

Address: 1400 South Lake Shore Drive

Tickets start at $55

More things to do this weekend in Chicago

🍫 Hershey Super Sweet Adventure: Calling all chocolate lovers! Doors open for this new interactive adventure tomorrow and will be held at the Water Tower Place. Tickets start at $24

• Flashback: Who remembers the Hershey's Chocolate World Store that closed its doors in January 2017?

🎶 Yard Act: Watch the British rock band that rose to fame after their debut EP, "Dark Days." Doors open at 8pm Friday at Wrigleyville's Metro, which our readers voted best local music venue last year. Tickets start at $25

• If you go: This venue is cash only, but ATM machines can be found inside.

🎞️ Chicago's First South Asian Festival Showcase: Learn about the city's South Asian community through dance, fashion, film and music. The show begins at 10:30am Saturday in the historic Athenaeum Center. Tickets start at $25

🍎 Lincoln Square Apple Fest: Satisfy your cider and doughnut cravings here. Shop 80+ vendors, and enjoy live music and family-friendly activities 9am-6pm Saturday and Sunday in the Lincoln Square neighborhood. $5 suggested donation.

❤️ St. Jude Dream Chicago: Enjoy tastings from Chicago restaurants including Modern Relish and Cafe Ba-Ba-Reeba! while supporting the research hospital from 5pm-10pm Saturday at Millennium Park. Tickets start at $250

• Chicago native and Food Network's Jeff Mauro will emcee.

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Here's what's new on Netflix, Prime Video, Max, PBS, Hulu, BET+, Apple TV+ and Peacock.

What we're watching: There's a new season of "Love Is Blind," a thriller about a haunted restaurant and a new comedy that pokes fun at superhero filmmakers.

Max's pick of the week

"Love Is Blind" Season 7 available now on Netflix

The intrigue: Thirty new singles from D.C. including an art dealer, quantum physicist and NFL marketing manager, will try to find their spouses in the pods.

Our thought bubble: While a lot of DMV locals have **thoughts** about some of the cast being from Baltimore, I'm all in and am shipping my favorite couple toward the altar, writes Axios' Mimi Montgomery.

Go deeper: How the "Love Is Blind" experiment has worked so far

Don't miss these

"House of Spoils" available now on Prime Video

The vibe: Academy Award-winner Ariana DeBose stars in this psychological thriller about a chef whose new farm-to-table restaurant is sabotaged by the spirit of the building's previous owner.

"The Franchise" available Sunday on Max

State of play: This comedy series shines a light on the secret chaos inside the world of superhero moviemaking.

Behind the scenes: Daniel Brühl, who plays Eric, was able to draw from the real-life experience of portraying "Zemo" in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.

More to watch

"The American Vice President" on PBS

• The film examines the evolution of the role of the vice president with a focus on the passage and first uses of the 25th Amendment. Available now

"Unsolved Mysteries" Season 5 on Netflix

• This series returns to examine a new slate of mysteries from around the country including the Roswell UFO incident. Available now

"Hold Your Breath" on Hulu

• Sarah Paulson and Ebon Moss-Bachrach star in this horror flick about a 1930s Oklahoma town threatened by a creature that lives among the dust storms. Available now

"It's What's Inside" on Netflix

• Things get crazy when an estranged friend shows up to a pre-wedding house party uninvited and brings a mystery suitcase that can perform body swaps in this new sci-fi thriller. Available Friday

"Salem's Lot" on Max

• Lewis Pullman and Alfre Woodard star in this adaptation of Stephen King's 1975 novel. Available now

"Queens Court" Season 2 on Peacock

• This dating show returns with a new trio of famous women looking for love including actress LisaRaye McCoy, singer K. Michelle and model London "Deelishis" Charles. Available Sunday

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Our picks:

📦 Maxwell is moving into a new apartment.

👻 Moyo is in search of a Halloween costume, stay tuned!

Thanks to our editor Ashley May.