All events on Thursday January 03

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The Museum of Science and Industry
Thursday Jan 3 (9:30am–4pm) @ Museum of Science and Industry
The Museum of Science and Industry might not seem like the greatest pick for your vacation time until you get there and realize that, actually,... View details »
The Museum of Science and Industry
Music: Rock/Pop
People Noise
Thursday Jan 3 (9pm) @ The Empty Bottle
Giveaway
Though they're the brainchild of ex-VHS or Beta founder Zeke Buck and Matt Johnson of Boom Bip, People Noise depart from electro to wholeheartedly embrace... View details »
People Noise

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Art
Sympathy for the Devil
Thursday Jan 3 (10am–5pm) @ Museum of Contemporary Art More times »
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 »
Sympathy for the Devil
Art
Master Drawings from the Yale University Art Gallery
Thursday Jan 3 (10am–8pm) @ Smart Museum of Art More times »
Free
This selection of master works from Yale's prestigious collection is a thrill ride through the annals of art history, from a medieval rendering of a... View details »
Master Drawings from the Yale University Art Gallery
Art
William Pope.L
Thursday Jan 3 (10:30am–5pm) @ The Art Institute of Chicago More times »
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 »
William Pope.L
Film
Star Wars: Where Science Meets Imagination
Thursday Jan 3 (9:30am–4pm) @ Museum of Science and Industry More times »
Though it's presented as a chance to learn about the possibilities of real science, the true draw of this exhibit is the assortment of props... View details »
Star Wars: Where Science Meets Imagination
Art
The New Authentics
Thursday Jan 3 @ 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
Mapping the Self
Thursday Jan 3 (4am) @ Museum of Contemporary Art More times »
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 »
Mapping the Self
Art
Drawn from the Home of Henry Darger
Thursday Jan 3 (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
Film
Blade Runner: The Final Cut
Thursday Jan 3 @ Music Box Theatre More times »
Twenty-five years of hindsight, miraculously complete extra footage, and a serious need for closure all conspired to make Warner Brothers trot this dystopian neo-noir out... View details »
Blade Runner: The Final Cut
Film
Man in the Chair
Thursday Jan 3 @ Gene Siskel Film Center More times »
Film school isn't supposed to be like high school, with angsty teens shoving one another up against lockers and spewing threats like, "Forget about... View details »
Man in the Chair
Film
The Whole Shootin' Match
Thursday Jan 3 (4pm–midnight) @ Gene Siskel Film Center More times »
This independent, self-financed film by Texan director Eagle Pennell follows two chronically broke vagabond cowboy types. Between boozing, womanizing, and brawling, these ne'er-do-wells pin their... View details »
The Whole Shootin' Match
Art: Photography
Girls on the Verge
Thursday Jan 3 (10:30am–8pm) @ The Art Institute of Chicago More times »
Timidity and fearlessness; self-consciousness and bravado; naiveté and worldliness — all the dichotomies of female adolescence find expression in the Art Institute's photography exhibition Girls... View details »
Girls on the Verge
Film
There Will Be Blood
Thursday Jan 3 (9am–midnight) @ Various locations More times »
It was the strongest year cinema has seen in at least a decade, so the following claim is not a mild one: There Will Be... View details »
There Will Be Blood