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Formerly Known As
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Thursday Dec 6, 2007 (9pm) @ Big Chicks
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Formerly known as Trans-Mission, FKA packs them in first Thursdays with the unbeatable combination of bumpin’ sets and free entry.... g Chicks’ considerable assets--separate rooms... View details »
- Music: Rock/Pop
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Richard Hawley
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Thursday Dec 6, 2007 (9pm) @ Abbey Pub
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Although Richard Hawley's resume is heavy on the Britpop — he was the guitarist for the Longpigs and Pulp — his solo work finds the... View details »
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The Wilders
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Thursday Dec 6, 2007 (9–10pm) @ The Hideout
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Kansas City's the Wilders are one of the hardest-working bands in country music, with a grueling year-round touring schedule and a frenetic live show that... View details »
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Electroma
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Thursday Dec 6, 2007 (8pm–midnight) @ Piper's Alley Theater
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In an inscrutable case of art imitating life (or is it art imitating art?), iconic French electronica duo Daft Punk — known for conducting performances... View details »
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Ignite! Chicago
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Thursday Dec 6, 2007 (6–8pm) @ Debonair Social Club
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Ignite! is a geek-centric, multi-city phenomenon, the concept of which is "20 PowerPoint slides in five minutes." After an impromptu, science-fair-esque contest (building Popsicle-stick bridges... View details »
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Casting a Shadow
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Thursday Dec 6, 2007 (10am–8pm) @ Block Museum, Northwestern University
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Alfred Hitchcock's legendary attention to detail in his mise en scene — literally, "setting the scene" within the cinematic frame through production design, lighting, blocking,... View details »
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Sympathy for the Devil
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Thursday Dec 6, 2007 (10am–5pm) @ Museum of Contemporary Art
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Taking its title from the 1968 Rolling Stones song, Sympathy for the Devil is grouped into geographical vignettes: New York, West Coast/Los Angeles, Midwest, United... View details »
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William Pope.L
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Thursday Dec 6, 2007 (10:30am–5pm) @ The Art Institute of Chicago
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William Pope.L, the self-proclaimed "friendliest black artist in America," first received recognition for belly-crawling along city streets, often dressed in costume, to draw attention to... View details »
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Satoru Aoyama: Ancient Pixels
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Thursday Dec 6, 2007 (8am–7pm) @ Chicago Cultural Center
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Tokyo-born, Chicago-educated Satoru Aoyama would be a photorealist painter, if his preferred medium weren't a needle and thread. His striking pictorial embroideries appear to be... View details »
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David Coyle
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Thursday Dec 6, 2007 (4am) @ Gallery 40000
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With pensive abstraction aplenty, Brooklyn-based artist David Coyle presents new oil paintings and video for his second solo show at 40000. Coyle's bewitching brush strokes,... View details »
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The New Authentics
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Thursday Dec 6, 2007 @ Spertus Institute of Jewish Studies
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In The New Authentics, 16 Jewish-American artists examine the role of Judaism in everyday American life, exploring the ways in which faith and history color... View details »
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Mr. Fluxus
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Thursday Dec 6, 2007 (7:30pm) @ The Neo-Futurarium
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In an ironic twist, many of the 20th-century "anti-art" movements, like Dada and Surrealism, have arguably become enshrined in the canon they worked so hard... View details »
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Audrey Niffenegger
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Thursday Dec 6, 2007 (11am–5pm) @ Printworks Gallery
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British fashion-magazine editor and style icon Isabella Blow was a true original — a modern-day Marchesa Casati who dared to wear the world's most outrageous... View details »
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Mapping the Self
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Thursday Dec 6, 2007 (4am) @ Museum of Contemporary Art
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As part of the citywide Festival of Maps, kicking off at the Field Museum on November 2, curator Tricia Van Eck has organized an exhibition... View details »
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Meanwhile in Baghdad…
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Thursday Dec 6, 2007 (10am–5pm) @ The Renaissance Society
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How the United States' ill-fated war in Iraq resonates in contemporary art — both in literal depictions and creeping undercurrents — will no doubt be... View details »
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John Parot
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Thursday Dec 6, 2007 (noon–6pm) @ Western Exhibitions
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Jack Daniel's bottles, pink rope, dripping caves, and mesmerizing tendrils are just a few things you will encounter at Biological Exuberance, John Parot's new show.... View details »
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Andrea Myers
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Thursday Dec 6, 2007 (noon–6pm) @ Lisa Boyle Gallery
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Decay is rarely a stunning sight, but Chicago artist Andrea Myers gives it an element of real beauty. Her continuous use of reduction and accrual... View details »
