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<em>The Artist</em>

Film

The Artist

Today @ Various Chicago theaters

This black-and-white, near-silent throwback by French filmmaker Michel Hazanavicius (OSS 117) delivers film-geek kicks in both form (gleefully antiquated transitions, early-cinema... 

<em>The Feast: an intimate Tempest</em>

Theatre

The Feast: an intimate Tempest

Today @ Chicago Shakespeare Theater

This taut, streamlined Tempest hurtles through CST with gale-force creative energy. Condensing Shakespeare's play to an hour-long romp through a fragmented... 

<em>Tomboy</em>

Film: Independent

Tomboy

Today @ Music Box Theatre

In Tomboy, filmmaker Céline Sciamma's (Water Lilies) second feature, a family with two daughters, 10-year-old Laure (Zoé Heran) and 6-year-old Jeanne... 

<em>Pina</em>

Film: Documentary

Pina

Today @ AMC River East 21

Wim Wenders pays poetic tribute to friend and influential German choreographer Pina Bausch using 3D technology. On the surface, it seems... 

<em>Carnage</em>

Film

Carnage

Today @ Various Chicago theaters

Roman Polanski doesn't make bad films. He may be known for his bad decisions off set, but on set, he remains... 

<em>Time Stands Still</em>

Theatre: Drama

Time Stands Still

Today @ Steppenwolf Upstairs Theatre

In Donald Margulies' Time Stands Still, a harrowing and personal look at the difficult ethics of war journalism, Sarah, a talented... 

<em>A Separation</em>

Film: Independent

A Separation

Today @ Music Box Theatre

Iran's entry for Best Foreign Language Oscar and winner of Berlin's Golden Bear, A Separation is a complex family drama that... 

<em>Race</em>

Theatre: Drama

Race

Today @ The Goodman Theatre

The Chicago premiere of David Mamet's crackling new play, Race, gives 2009's Broadway production a serious run for its money in the... 

The 23rd Annual Rhinofest

Theatre: Festival

Rhinofest

Today @ Prop Thtr

Last year's 22nd annual Rhinofest celebrated its history by looking back to over two decades of fringe theatre, reviving some original... 

The Hypocrites: <em>Six Characters in Search of an Author</em>

Theatre: Drama

Six Characters in Search of an Author

Today @ Chopin Theatre

The Hypocrites take on a play as metatheatrical as they are, with some mixed but generally entertaining results. Luigi Pirandello's early-1920s... 

<em>Mr. Rickey Calls a Meeting</em>

Theatre: Drama

Mr. Rickey Calls a Meeting

Today @ Lookingglass Theatre

This entertaining piece of historical fiction posits a secret 1947 summit meeting in which Brooklyn Dodgers general manager Branch Rickey seeks... 

<em>Write Now: Artists & Letterforms</em>

Art: Group Show

Write Now: Artists & Letterforms

Today @ Chicago Cultural Center

Save some time to read through the packed exhibition at the Chicago Cultural Center, Write Now: Artists & Letterforms. Featuring many... 

<em>Black Gossamer</em>

Art: Group Show

Black Gossamer

Today @ Glass Curtain Gallery at Columbia College Chicago

An anxiousness exists among people of color because there is still an expectation to "perform," explain and react to one's Blackness... 

<em>The World Finder: A Pocket Guide to Hell</em>

Art

The World Finder: A Pocket Guide to Hell

Today @ Gallery 400

A logical complement to Global Cities, Model Worlds, the Pocket Guide to Hell collective has created a multimedia exploration for the... 

Laura Letinsky

Art: Photography

Laura Letinsky

Today @ MCA Chicago

BMO Harris Bank Chicago Works: Laura Letinsky debuts the artist's newest body of work, a photographic series titled "Ill Form and...