When unproven titles like Men’s Vogue go away, it seems like a natural case of the recession shivers amid an increasingly cold world for print periodicals. And honestly, Men’s Vogue never sounded quite right to anyone. 2009 closings from Conde Nast included Portfolio, Domino and Golf for Women magazines—due to declining ad revenue. The latest round of shutterings  includes prominent Conde Nast glossies such as Gourmet and shouldn’t-it-be-a-hit Cookie—and came after a business consultant was brought in to revamp the publisher for the long-term. So this latest wave of magazine shutterings has also come with some intense cost-cutting at all the publishing giant’s titles. Perks, says Gawker, are being slashed, too. That’s nothing to sneeze at. An entry-level editorial position with the Conde Nast empire was once known as a hard gig with a not-so-great starting salary (a friend of mine, while at Traveler, was once told straight-faced that one asset for getting her career going was another source of income—perhaps family money?) but, oh, the glamor and the perks. Perks, like a lifetime subscription to a magazine, don’t seem like much but they probably attract a certain personality type to the editorial side that may, in the new austerity, look elsewhere for work.

Less prominently, Urb, the music culture magazine, is going on hiatus—which means less exposure for DJs and club-music artists the world over—especially those from Chicago. Urb has been especially key in breaking acts and DJ teams such as Flosstradamus and Kid Sister in its pages—and offering up columns to many of the city’s DJ insiders. I’ll definitely miss it more than I miss the features on grouse hunting in Men’s Vogue. Here are five things to do.

ART & DESIGN - Doodleganza: The Drawing Extravaganza
Find your inner Kiki Smith at this fun workshop with help from artists Scott and Tyson Reeder. Museum of Contemporary Art, 220 E Chicago Ave. 6pm. FREE!

FILM - Ninotchka
The great comic director Ernst Lubitsch brings his wry wit to Ninotchka, in which stern Soviet official Greta Garbo (showing her mostly untapped gift for comedy) is wooed by a decadent capitalist charmer while in Paris on official business. Gene Siskel Film Center, 164 N State St at Randolph St (312-846-2600). El: Brown, Green, Orange, Pink, Purple (rush hrs) to State/Lake; Red to Lake; Blue to Clark/Lake. 6pm. $9, students $7, members $5.

THEATER - Stoop Stories
Pulitzer finalist Dael Orlandersmith tells tales out of Harlem in her accomplished solo show. Goodman Theatre, 7:30pm, $15–$40.

MUSIC - Yo La Tengo + Cheap Time
Its new album may be a bit of a snoozer, but the Hoboken trio of music geeks has a killer back catalog of Velvets-inspired indie-pop to draw from, not to mention a vast repertoire of covers. Fuzzy Tennessee power-pop trio Cheap Time opens. Vic Theatre, 7:30pm, $24. 18 and older.

BOOKS - Grant Reynolds
Reynolds is one of the great, underrated comic artists in town. Tonight, he’ll sign copies of his new book from Top Shelf, Comic Diorama. Quimby’s, 7pm, FREE!