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Susan Wicklund
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Wednesday Jan 30, 2008 (7:30pm) @ Women & Children First Bookstore
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Sure, films like Juno and Knocked Up make passing references to it, but pop culture, and even society at large, still regard "that word that... View details »
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- Art
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The New Authentics
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Wednesday Jan 30, 2008 @ Spertus Institute of Jewish Studies
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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 »
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Aaron Van Dyke
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Wednesday Jan 30, 2008 (noon–6pm) @ Western Exhibitions
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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 »
- Art: Photography
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Rania Matar
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Wednesday Jan 30, 2008 (8am–7pm) @ Chicago Cultural Center
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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 »
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Kateřina Šedá
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Wednesday Jan 30, 2008 (10am–5pm) @ The Renaissance Society
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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 »
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Soft Life
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Wednesday Jan 30, 2008 (9am–8pm) @ Hyde Park Art Center
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Exploring love's sordid relationship to art, this exhibition of finely crafted threadings, embroidery works, sculpture, and related installation and video art mines the often-excruciating emotions... View details »
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Clive Barker
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Wednesday Jan 30, 2008 (11am–5:30pm) @ Packer Schopf Gallery
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... rror-fiction master Clive Barker, whose writing inspired films like Lord of Illusions (1995) and Candyman (1992), also happens to be... View details »
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Border Film Project
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Thursday Jan 31, 2008 @ Gage Gallery of Roosevelt University
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Despite continuous media coverage on the inflammatory issue of border security, the US-Mexico divide still lacks effective federal oversight. That means that, for all the... View details »
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Nowheresville
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Wednesday Jan 30, 2008 (11am–6pm) @ Thomas Robertello Gallery
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Nowheresville is a multimedia interpretation of utopian ideals, based on the writings of early 19th-century philosopher Charles Fourier. Collaborative duo Knut Hybinette and Troy Richards... View details »
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John Sabraw
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Wednesday Jan 30, 2008 (10am–5:30pm) @ McCormick Gallery
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Hyper-realistic landscapes and eerily futuristic still lifes come together in new work by English-born painter John Sabraw. In this exhibit, titled Harbinger, he displays elegantly... View details »
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The Commercial Woman
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Wednesday Jan 30, 2008 (noon–7pm) @ Woman Made Gallery
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Woman Made Gallery's current group exhibition investigates the role of the female form in advertising and how it effects women's perceptions of themselves and others.... View details »
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Drawn by Wesley Willis
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Wednesday Jan 30, 2008 (10am–6pm) @ Dominican University O'Connor Gallery of Art
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Was the late Wesley Willis secretly a Renaissance man? With magical musical hits like "Rock 'n Roll McDonalds" and "Smoke Crack Rocks," you would think... View details »
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Tiffany Calvert: New Work
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Wednesday Jan 30, 2008 (noon–6pm) @ Lisa Boyle Gallery
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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 »
