Taste of Autumn at the Beachland

You can support local foods and dig up some good eats too at tonight's Taste of Autumn benefit for the Coit Road Farmers Market. Your $35 ticket gets you live music and samplings of savory tidbits from Superior Pho, Arts Collinwood Café, Sow Food, Umami, and personal chef Eric Wells, among others. Also on the menu: a raffle, a cash bar, and a chance to hobnob with television personality and slow-foods supporter Fred Griffith, who will be hosting the night's festivities. Proceeds will go toward keeping the non-profit market — and the local farmers who rely on it — in business during the slow winter months. It's all happening at the Beachland Ballroom from 6 to 9 p.m. Score tix by phone or online at the Beachland, or via the market's website. — Cicora 15711 Waterloo Rd., 216-383-1124, beachlandballroom.com, coitmarket.org.