Events on Tuesday, January 1

Fireworks

Special Event

Fireworks

Tuesday 1/ 1 @ Navy Pier

The difference between the fireworks shows on Fourth of July and New Year's  is layers and layers of clothing and blankets.... 

New Year's Day Pajama Brunch

Food/Wine

Pajama Brunch

Tuesday 1/ 1 @ Café Ba-Ba-Reeba!

As one of the oldest tapas restaurants in the city, Café Ba-Ba-Reeba! is an ideal place to try a variety of... 

Polar Bear Club New Year's Day Swim

City Gems

New Year's Day Swim

Tuesday 1/ 1 @ North Ave Beach

The annual Chicago Polar Bear Club New Year's Day Swim is a local tradition that's funnier to watch than to do.... 

Ongoing Events

<i>Man in the Chair</i>

Film

Man in the Chair

Tuesday 1/ 1 @ 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... 

<i>Sympathy for the Devil</i>

Art

Sympathy for the Devil

Tuesday 1/ 1 @ 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... 

<i>Mapping the Self</i>

Art

Mapping the Self

Tuesday 1/ 1 @ 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>The Whole Shootin' Match</i> (1979)

Film

The Whole Shootin' Match

Tuesday 1/ 1 @ 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,... 

<I>Drawn from the Home of Henry Darger</I>

Art

Drawn from the Home of Henry Darger

Tuesday 1/ 1 @ Smart Museum of Art

Self-taught artist Henry Darger was in many ways the archetypical mad genius, a recluse holed up in a tiny Chicago studio... 

<i>Blade Runner: The Final Cut</i>

Film

Blade Runner: The Final Cut

Tuesday 1/ 1 @ 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... 

<em>Girls on the Verge: Portraits of Adolescence</em>

Art: Photography

Girls on the Verge

Tuesday 1/ 1 @ 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... 

<em>There Will Be Blood</em>

Film

There Will Be Blood

Tuesday 1/ 1 @ Various locations

It was the strongest year cinema has seen in at least a decade, so the following claim is not a mild... 

Master Drawings from the Yale University Art Gallery

Art

Master Drawings from the Yale University Art Gallery

Tuesday 1/ 1 @ 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>The New Authentics: Artists of the Post-Jewish Generation</i>

Art

The New Authentics

Tuesday 1/ 1 @ 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... 

William Pope.L

Art

William Pope.L

Tuesday 1/ 1 @ 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>Star Wars: Where Science Meets Imagination</i>

Film

Star Wars: Where Science Meets Imagination

Tuesday 1/ 1 @ 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...