Events on Wednesday, January 2

<i>Man in the Chair</i>

Film

Man in the Chair

Wednesday 1/ 2 @ 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

Wednesday 1/ 2 @ 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

Wednesday 1/ 2 @ 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

Wednesday 1/ 2 @ 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

Wednesday 1/ 2 @ 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

Wednesday 1/ 2 @ 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

Wednesday 1/ 2 @ 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

Wednesday 1/ 2 @ 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

Wednesday 1/ 2 @ 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

Wednesday 1/ 2 @ 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

Wednesday 1/ 2 @ 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

Wednesday 1/ 2 @ 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...