Events on Thursday, November 22

Thanksgiving Day Parade

City Gems

Thanksgiving Day Parade

Thursday 11/22 @ State St btwn E Congress Pkwy & W Randolph St

Even the hard-hearted secretly crave glittering floats, eye-popping balloons, sequined dancers, and toe-tapping marching bands. Besides, the Thanksgiving Day Parade is... 

[SOLD OUT] 25th Annual Vegan Thanksgiving Feast

City Gems

Vegan Thanksgiving Feast

Thursday 11/22 @ Chicago Diner

Whether you're considering vegetarianism, want to give your clogged arteries a rest, or are just too lazy to deal with all... 

Against Me! w/ Sage Francis, World/Inferno Friendship Society, and Cobra Skulls

Music

Against Me!

Thursday 11/22 @ Metro

After gorging yourself on Thanksgiving goodies all day, roll on over to Metro — that is, if you can get your... 

Ongoing Events

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

Film

The Telephone Book

Thursday 11/22 @ 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... 

Grace Chicago Curatorial Project: <i>Making Peace</i> & Ann Toebbe: <i>Stained Glass</i>

Art

Grace Chicago Curatorial Project: Making Peace & Ann Toebbe: Stained Glass

Thursday 11/22 @ threewalls

You might expect a group of artists and art administrators to meet in art school, or perhaps while commiserating over a... 

SAIC Fall Undergraduate Exhibition

Art

SAIC Fall Undergraduate Exhibition

Thursday 11/22 @ Gallery 2 and project space

The School of the Art Institute of Chicago's 2007 fall graduates display their thesis projects in all types of media: painting,... 

Master Drawings from the Yale University Art Gallery

Art

Master Drawings from the Yale University Art Gallery

Thursday 11/22 @ 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... 

Cody Hudson

Art

Cody Hudson

Thursday 11/22 @ 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... 

John Parot: <i>Biological Exuberance</i>

Art

John Parot

Thursday 11/22 @ Western Exhibitions

Jack Daniel's bottles, pink rope, dripping caves, and mesmerizing tendrils are just a few things you will encounter at Biological Exuberance,... 

William Pope.L

Art

William Pope.L

Thursday 11/22 @ 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,... 

Adam Pendleton: <i>Rendered in Black and Rendered</i>

Art

Rendered in Black and Rendered

Thursday 11/22 @ Rhona Hoffman Gallery

Showing work from three series — Rendered in Black, Events Are, and Reading — New York-based artist Adam Pendleton displays an... 

<i>Margot at the Wedding</i>

Film

Margot at the Wedding

Thursday 11/22 @ Landmark Century Centre Cinema

Director Noah Baumbach's breakthrough film, The Squid and the Whale, featured Laura Linney and Jeff Daniels as a squabbling Brooklyn couple... 

<i>Chalk</i>

Theatre

Chalk

Thursday 11/22 @ Chicago Cultural Center, Studio Theater

The British faux documentary Death of a President raised eyebrows last year by imagining the assassination of the sitting American chief... 

Audrey Niffenegger: <i>Elegy for Isabella Blow</i>

Art

Audrey Niffenegger

Thursday 11/22 @ Printworks Gallery

British fashion-magazine editor and style icon Isabella Blow was a true original — a modern-day Marchesa Casati who dared to wear... 

<i>Sympathy for the Devil</i>

Art

Sympathy for the Devil

Thursday 11/22 @ 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... 

Satoru Aoyama: Ancient Pixels

Art

Satoru Aoyama: Ancient Pixels

Thursday 11/22 @ 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... 

Christopher Patch: <i>Matinicus</i>

Art

Christopher Patch

Thursday 11/22 @ moniquemeloche gallery

American painterly realism makes a comeback in these paintings by Maine native Christopher Patch. Matinicus began when Patch set out onboard... 

Christkindlmarket

City Gems

Christkindlmarket

Thursday 11/22 @ Daley Plaza

Adding a bit of authentic Deutsche flavor to Chicago's holiday season, the four-week, outdoor Christkindlmarket — named for the historic winter... 

<I>Meanwhile in Baghdad…</I>

Art

Meanwhile in Baghdad…

Thursday 11/22 @ The Renaissance Society

How the United States' ill-fated war in Iraq resonates in contemporary art — both in literal depictions and creeping undercurrents —... 

<i>Mapping the Self</i>

Art

Mapping the Self

Thursday 11/22 @ 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... 

<i>Mr. Fluxus</i>

Performing Arts

Mr. Fluxus

Thursday 11/22 @ The Neo-Futurarium

In an ironic twist, many of the 20th-century "anti-art" movements, like Dada and Surrealism, have arguably become enshrined in the canon... 

Andrea Myers

Art

Andrea Myers

Thursday 11/22 @ Lisa Boyle Gallery

Decay is rarely a stunning sight, but Chicago artist Andrea Myers gives it an element of real beauty. Her continuous use... 

<i>Casting a Shadow: Creating the Alfred Hitchcock Film</i>

Art

Casting a Shadow

Thursday 11/22 @ 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... 

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

Film

Star Wars: Where Science Meets Imagination

Thursday 11/22 @ 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...