Events on Sunday, November 11
Sunday 11/11 @ Lookingglass Chase Studio Theater
For three years, Writers on the Record has combined programming for the stage (live interviews), radio (live broadcasts), and print media...
Sunday 11/11 @ Chicago History Museum
If it weren't for the bohemian landlords who discovered his creations shortly before his death in 1972, reclusive Chicago artist Henry...
Ongoing Events
19th Annual Polish Film Festival
Sunday 11/11 @ Various locations
The 19th Annual Polish Film Festival promises Chicago — second only to Warsaw in our number of Polish-speaking residents — a...
Sunday 11/11 @ Mini Dutch Gallery
Sculptor/painter Vivien Park makes an ambitious debut for her first solo show at Mini Dutch, the recently opened Logan Square apartment...
Sunday 11/11 @ Chicago Cultural Center
Tokyo-born, Chicago-educated Satoru Aoyama would be a photorealist painter, if his preferred medium weren't a needle and thread. His striking pictorial...
Sunday 11/11 @ Block Museum, Northwestern University
Alfred Hitchcock's legendary attention to detail in his mise en scene — literally, "setting the scene" within the cinematic frame through...
Sunday 11/11 @ The Art Institute of Chicago
William Pope.L, the self-proclaimed "friendliest black artist in America," first received recognition for belly-crawling along city streets, often dressed in costume,...
Sunday 11/11 @ Museum of Contemporary Art
As part of the citywide Festival of Maps, kicking off at the Field Museum on November 2, curator Tricia Van Eck...
Sunday 11/11 @ Music Box Theatre
The rough gem of the Music Box's Midnight Movies series, The Telephone Book is everything you could ask for in cult...
Sunday 11/11 @ The Renaissance Society
How the United States' ill-fated war in Iraq resonates in contemporary art — both in literal depictions and creeping undercurrents —...
Star Wars: Where Science Meets Imagination
Sunday 11/11 @ Museum of Science and Industry
Though it's presented as a chance to learn about the possibilities of real science, the true draw of this exhibit is...
Joe Strummer: The Future Is Unwritten
Sunday 11/11 @ Music Box Theatre
Twenty-one years after the release of the last Clash album, director Julien Temple's Joe Strummer: The Future Is Unwritten examines the...
Sunday 11/11 @ Steppenwolf Downstairs Theatre
Steppenwolf director Anna D. Shapiro has elicited profoundly felt performances from her ensemble that bring fresh life to well-worn roles. Disregarding...
Master Drawings from the Yale University Art Gallery
Sunday 11/11 @ Smart Museum of Art
This selection of master works from Yale's prestigious collection is a thrill ride through the annals of art history, from a...
Sunday 11/11 @ Museum of Contemporary Art
Graphic-designer-turned-painter Cody Hudson makes a splash with the most recent in a series of MCA 12 x 12 solo shows, There...
Sunday 11/11 @ Metro
The often-bearded Seattle rock outfit Band of Horses walks a fine line between exploding power ballads and moody indie rock, a...
Sunday 11/11 @ Museum of Contemporary Art
Taking its title from the 1968 Rolling Stones song, Sympathy for the Devil is grouped into geographical vignettes: New York, West...
Complexions Contemporary Ballet
Sunday 11/11 @ Auditorium Theatre
Heavily influenced by William Forsythe's sexy deconstructionism, former Alvin Ailey member Dwight Rhoden and beloved star dancer Desmond Richardson aim to...
