All events on Saturday January 05

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Music: Rock/Pop
[SOLD OUT] Dresden Dolls
Saturday Jan 5 (7pm) @ Vic Theatre
Sold Out!
Self-described "Brechtian punk cabaret" band the Dresden Dolls bring their dark, irreverent burlesque to the Vic tonight. Comprised of singer/songwriter/pianist Amanda Palmer and drummer Brian... View details »
[SOLD OUT] Dresden Dolls
Art: Photography
Rania Matar
Saturday Jan 5 (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
Film
The Party
Saturday Jan 5 (11:30am–midnight) @ Music Box Theatre More times »
Peter Sellers-vehicle The Party sees the comedic great as Hrundi Bakshi, a terrible, clueless bit actor who is mistakenly invited to the studio chief's... View details »
The Party

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Art
Sympathy for the Devil
Saturday Jan 5 (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
Saturday Jan 5 (11am–5pm) @ 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
Saturday Jan 5 (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
Saturday Jan 5 (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
Saturday Jan 5 @ 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
Saturday Jan 5 (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
Saturday Jan 5 (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
Girls on the Verge
Saturday Jan 5 (10am–5pm) @ 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
Saturday Jan 5 (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