Events on Thursday, January 10

Elaine Lewinnek: Mapping Chicago, Imagining Metropolises

Special Event

Mapping Chicago, Imagining Metropolises

Thursday 1/10 @ Chicago History Museum

An assistant professor of American studies at California State University, Fullerton, Elaine Lewinnek brings her expertise to... 

Ongoing Events

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

Art

The New Authentics

Thursday 1/10 @ 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... 

<em>There Will Be Blood</em>

Film

There Will Be Blood

Thursday 1/10 @ Various locations

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

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

Art: Photography

Girls on the Verge

Thursday 1/10 @ 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... 

<i>Mapping the Self</i>

Art

Mapping the Self

Thursday 1/10 @ 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... 

Kate&#345;ina Šedá

Art

Kateřina Šedá

Thursday 1/10 @ The Renaissance Society

Kateřina Šedá's familial project It Doesn't Matter (Je to Jedno) began as a simple exercise to help integrate her grandmother Jana... 

William Pope.L

Art

William Pope.L

Thursday 1/10 @ 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,... 

Rania Matar: <i>Women of Islam</i>

Art: Photography

Rania Matar

Thursday 1/10 @ Chicago Cultural Center

Contemporary Lebanese society is increasingly torn between the influence of Western culture and traditional Islamic devotion. Rania Matar captures the poignant... 

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

Art

Drawn from the Home of Henry Darger

Thursday 1/10 @ 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...