The youngsters of Chicago, city of kickass editors, could probably use a bit of sound instruction on whether the term is properly styled e-mail email e-mail, and we think that 826 Chicago is just the outfit to provide some solid guidance on that subject as well as “their creative and expository writing skills,” as they put it.

Think of it as the New Yorker Festival afterparty. On Monday, October 8, Ira Glass is hosting a benefit for 826Chi at Town Hall. The event is called “The New Kings of Nonfiction,” and showcases such New Yorker-affiliated lights as Malcolm Gladwell and Susan Orlean, not to mention Chuck Klosterman. Ira may be the finest “so wait” clarifier in the history of spoken utterance (listen for it on This American Life), and to see him do it live is surely the equivalent of watching Roger Federer hit a backhand or something.

Be diverted, help Chicago’s youth—not a bad combination. Our only complaint is that Maria Bamford, genius Comedian of Comedy, isn’t part of the lineup; she adds such goofy, nervy pizazz to every stage she’s on. —Martin Schneider