Events on Sunday, December 2

<i>It's a Wonderful Life</i> (1946)

Film

It's a Wonderful Life

Sunday 12/ 2 @ Chicago History Museum

Though it never won an Oscar and was initially considered a flop thanks to high production costs, mixed reviews, and low ticket... 

[SOLD OUT] Modest Mouse

Music

Modest Mouse

Sunday 12/ 2 @ Congress Theater

Modest Mouse 2.0 is a cleaner, craftier machine. Off drugs and less consumed with angst, ship captain Isaac Brock proves himself... 

<i>A Christmas Carol</i>

Special Event: Benefit

A Christmas Carol

Sunday 12/ 2 @ The Celtic Knot

Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol was quite literally made for a listening audience. For his first public reading, Dickens read the... 

<i>Superbad</i>

Film

Superbad

Sunday 12/ 2 @ Doc Films

Hailed and denounced alike by critics as a sort of Gen-Y Revenge of the Nerds, Superbad is the brainchild of writers... 

Ongoing Events

<i>The New Authentics: Artists of the Post-Jewish Generation</i>

Art

The New Authentics

Sunday 12/ 2 @ Spertus Institute of Jewish Studies

In The New Authentics, 16 Jewish-American artists examine the role of Judaism in everyday American life, exploring the ways in which... 

Crispin Hellion Glover: <i>Big Slide Show</i> and <i>It is Fine! EVERYTHING IS FINE.</i>

Film

It Is Fine! EVERYTHING IS FINE.

Sunday 12/ 2 @ Music Box Theatre

Crispin Glover has earned his status as one of Hollywood's preeminent weirdos. Reducing his cult appeal to simple eccentricity is unfair,... 

DEPART-ment

Fashion/Style: Shopping

DEPART-ment

Sunday 12/ 2 @ AV-aerie

Everyone knows how spirit-crushing department stores can be around Christmas. When one considers how much overseas-crafted junk you've bought from underpaid... 

Satoru Aoyama: Ancient Pixels

Art

Satoru Aoyama: Ancient Pixels

Sunday 12/ 2 @ 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... 

<I>Meanwhile in Baghdad…</I>

Art

Meanwhile in Baghdad…

Sunday 12/ 2 @ The Renaissance Society

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

William Pope.L

Art

William Pope.L

Sunday 12/ 2 @ 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>Mapping the Self</i>

Art

Mapping the Self

Sunday 12/ 2 @ 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... 

Master Drawings from the Yale University Art Gallery

Art

Master Drawings from the Yale University Art Gallery

Sunday 12/ 2 @ 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... 

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

Film

Star Wars: Where Science Meets Imagination

Sunday 12/ 2 @ 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>Casting a Shadow: Creating the Alfred Hitchcock Film</i>

Art

Casting a Shadow

Sunday 12/ 2 @ 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... 

Christkindlmarket

City Gems

Christkindlmarket

Sunday 12/ 2 @ Daley Plaza

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

Cody Hudson

Art

Cody Hudson

Sunday 12/ 2 @ 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... 

Vivien Park: <i>Head Games</i>

Art

Head Games

Sunday 12/ 2 @ 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... 

<i>Sympathy for the Devil</i>

Art

Sympathy for the Devil

Sunday 12/ 2 @ 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...