Events on Monday, November 12

Alex Kuczynski: <i>Style and Substance: Reporting on Popular Culture</i>

Special Event

Style and Substance: Reporting on Popular Culture

Monday 11/12 @ Harris Hall, Northwestern University

New York Times style reporter and Beauty Junkies author Alex Kuczynski is a divisive figure in journalism. For some, the Critical... 

Ghostface Killah w/ Rakim and Brother Ali

Music: Hip-Hop

Ghostface Killah

Monday 11/12 @ House of Blues

Ghostface Killah is unstoppable — as other warriors of Shaolin stumbled or fell, the Ironman released a critically acclaimed double-whammy of... 

Ongoing Events

19th Annual Polish Film Festival

Film

19th Annual Polish Film Festival

Monday 11/12 @ Various locations

The 19th Annual Polish Film Festival promises Chicago — second only to Warsaw in our number of Polish-speaking residents — a... 

William Pope.L

Art

William Pope.L

Monday 11/12 @ 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,... 

<i>King Corn</i>

Film

King Corn

Monday 11/12 @ Facets Cinémathèque

It seems everyone - from Eric Schlosser's Fast Food Nation to Michael Pollan's The Carnivore's Dilemma- is starting to wonder just... 

<i>Star Wars: Where Science Meets Imagination</i>

Film

Star Wars: Where Science Meets Imagination

Monday 11/12 @ 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... 

<i>The Telephone Book</i> (1971)

Film

The Telephone Book

Monday 11/12 @ 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... 

Frisbie

Music

Frisbie

Monday 11/12 @ Schubas

Lovable power-pop combo Frisbie is similar to Wham-O, manufacturer of a similarly named toy — in that spinning their discs makes... 

<i>Joe Strummer: The Future Is Unwritten</i>

Film: Documentary

Joe Strummer: The Future Is Unwritten

Monday 11/12 @ 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... 

Band of Horses w/ the Drones and Tyler Ramsey

Music

Band of Horses

Monday 11/12 @ Metro

The often-bearded Seattle rock outfit Band of Horses walks a fine line between exploding power ballads and moody indie rock, a... 

Satoru Aoyama: Ancient Pixels

Art

Satoru Aoyama: Ancient Pixels

Monday 11/12 @ 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... 

Mondays are always FREE at the Chicago History Museum

Special Event

Mondays are always FREE at the Chicago History Museum

Monday 11/12 @ Chicago History Museum

Every Monday is FREE at the Chicago History Museum. Come by and check us out!  We have exhibitions and programs for...