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Christine Stansell
Thursday Jan 17, 2008 (4:30–6pm) @ University of Chicago - Social Sciences
Free
Christine Stansell, a leading historian of gender history and a new professor at the University of Chicago, speaks tonight about the tensions between second-wave feminists... View details »
Christine Stansell

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Art
The New Authentics
Thursday Jan 17, 2008 @ Spertus Institute of Jewish Studies More times »
Free
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 »
The New Authentics
Art
Aaron Van Dyke
Thursday Jan 17, 2008 (noon–6pm) @ Western Exhibitions More times »
Free
Deranged imagery, disjointed aesthetics, disruption of visual order: if any of these sound appealing, you might like artist Aaron Van Dyke. His appropriation of text,... View details »
Aaron Van Dyke
Art
Drawn from the Home of Henry Darger
Thursday Jan 17, 2008 (10am–4pm) @ Smart Museum of Art More times »
Free
Self-taught artist Henry Darger was in many ways the archetypical mad genius, a recluse holed up in a tiny Chicago studio apartment with his art... View details »
Drawn from the Home of Henry Darger
Art: Photography
Rania Matar
Thursday Jan 17, 2008 (8am–7pm) @ Chicago Cultural Center More times »
Free
Contemporary Lebanese society is increasingly torn between the influence of Western culture and traditional Islamic devotion. Rania Matar captures the poignant inner conflicts of Lebanese... View details »
Rania Matar
Art
Kateřina Šedá
Thursday Jan 17, 2008 (10am–5pm) @ The Renaissance Society More times »
Free
Kateřina Šedá's familial project It Doesn't Matter (Je to Jedno) began as a simple exercise to help integrate her grandmother Jana back into family life... View details »
Kateřina Šedá
Art
Clive Barker
Thursday Jan 17, 2008 (11am–5:30pm) @ Packer Schopf Gallery More times »
Free
... rror-fiction master Clive Barker, whose writing inspired films like Lord of Illusions (1995) and Candyman (1992), also happens to be... View details »
Clive Barker
Art
Tiffany Calvert: New Work
Thursday Jan 17, 2008 (noon–6pm) @ Lisa Boyle Gallery More times »
Free
Constant chandeliers and displaced furniture bind Tiffany Calvert's paintings into a series entitled NOLA (New Orleans, Louisiana). Revisiting the tragic aftermath of Hurricane Katrina with... View details »
Tiffany Calvert: New Work