Events on Monday, December 31
Monday 12/31 @ The Motel Bar
Housed in the former Montgomery Ward catalog building, Motel Bar is a low-lit homage to the hotel bars of yesteryear, with...
Monday 12/31 @ Metro
Spoon don't need us to tell you to go see them. Like nearly every record they've released, 2007's aptly titled
Monday 12/31 @ Darkroom
This combo of some of the city's best party spinners — the Beta Theta DJs and the Darkwave Disco DJs —...
Monday 12/31 @ Old Town School of Folk Music
Mandolin virtuoso Chris Thile was a child prodigy who recorded his first album at age 12, won a Grammy in 2002...
Monday 12/31 @ Marché
Monday 12/31 @ Subterranean
Headlining as themselves (sorry, no Kiss or Nirvana this time), the unorthodox Local H apply their unorthodox antics to celebrate the...
Walk This Way vs Gutter Butter
Monday 12/31 @ The Hideout
One of
Monday 12/31 @ Green Zebra
Green Zebra in West Town offers an exciting, five-course vegetarian menu for New Years' Eve. Created by Chef Shawn McClain, the...
Monday 12/31 @ Club Lucky
Tucked into a residential block just north of Wicker Park, Club Lucky is one of the city's great neighborhood dining-and-drinking joints....
Monday 12/31 @ Harris Theater for Music and Dance
With his extensive industry resume, it's amazing that Jon Brion is still so indie. He has a long-standing relationship with director...
Monday 12/31 @ Debonair Social Club
Since its inception by the Crobar club cartel, Debonair has been a nexus of the
Monday 12/31 @ Le Colonial
For a ritzy New Year's Eve, this French-Vietnamese fusion restaurant in
Monday 12/31 @ The Empty Bottle
Jacksonville, Florida's five-piece Black Kids have skyrocketed from unknowns to critical darlings in only a few months (and they're still unsigned!)....
Monday 12/31 @ Delilah's
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Monday 12/31 @ Briar Street Theatre
Blue Man Group put an imaginative twist on New Year's traditions, with their remix of the familiar song "Auld Lang Syne."...
Monday 12/31 @ Joey's Brickhouse
Joey's Brickhouse is not just your ordinary restaurant — it's a home away from home, a karaoke bar, and a...
Too Much Light Makes the Baby Go Blind
Monday 12/31 @ The Neo-Futurarium
Up and running since 1988, Too Much Light Makes the Baby Go Blind is a one-hour whirlwind performance of...
Monday 12/31 @ The Note
Even if they haven't inspired the same fervent devotion as John Haggerty's previous band, Naked Raygun, Pegboy still occupy a big...
Monday 12/31 @ Tizi Melloul
Voted one of the "best-looking restaurants in America," Tizi Melloul provides a striking, exotic backdrop for New Year's revelry. The restaurant's...
Ongoing Events
Monday 12/31 @ Gene Siskel Film Center
Film school isn't supposed to be like high school, with angsty teens shoving one another up against lockers and spewing threats...
Monday 12/31 @ 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,...
Monday 12/31 @ 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...
Monday 12/31 @ Music Box Theatre
Twenty-five years of hindsight, miraculously complete extra footage, and a serious need for closure all conspired to make Warner Brothers trot...
Monday 12/31 @ Gene Siskel Film Center
This independent, self-financed film by Texan director Eagle Pennell follows two chronically broke vagabond cowboy types. Between boozing, womanizing, and brawling,...
Monday 12/31 @ Various locations
It was the strongest year cinema has seen in at least a decade, so the following claim is not a mild...
Monday 12/31 @ The Art Institute of Chicago
Timidity and fearlessness; self-consciousness and bravado; naiveté and worldliness — all the dichotomies of female adolescence find expression in the Art...
Monday 12/31 @ Aragon Ballroom
Umphrey's McGee have been an industry standard in the jam-band scene for nearly a decade, and they're doing a three-night stint...
Monday 12/31 @ Beverly Arts Center
The entertainment industry has its time-honored rites of passage. In Los Angeles, aspiring moguls set their egos aside and toil in...
Star Wars: Where Science Meets Imagination
Monday 12/31 @ 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...
Mondays are always FREE at the Chicago History Museum
Monday 12/31 @ Chicago History Museum
Every Monday is FREE at the Chicago History Museum. Come by and check us out! We have exhibitions and programs for...
