All events on Wednesday October 01
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- Reading
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Rick Perlstein: Nixonland
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Wednesday Oct 1, 2008 (7:30pm) @ 57th Street Books
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In his 896-page tour de force, Nixonland, historian Rick Perlstein argues that the hallmarks of contemporary American political discourse can be traced back to one... View details »
- Music: Rock/Pop
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The Wedding Present
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Wednesday Oct 1, 2008 (10pm) @ The Empty Bottle
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David Gedge formed the Wedding Present in 1985 after his former band fell apart. (In an act of delicious scandal, his drummer left him for... View details »
- Music: Electronic
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The Bug
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Wednesday Oct 1, 2008 (9pm) @ Subterranean
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Like so much music out of the UK, Kevin Martin's projects have always shown a strong Jamaican influence. Whether recording as Pressure, Ladybug (his collaborations... View details »
- Music: Rock/Pop
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Ray LaMontagne
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Wednesday Oct 1, 2008 (7:30pm) @ The Chicago Theatre
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After two long years, shoemaker-cum-troubadour Ray LaMontagne returns with a dazzling new record. Gossip in the Grain lands with "You Are The Best Thing," teasing... View details »
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- Film
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Tell No One
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Wednesday Oct 1, 2008 @ Landmark Century Centre Cinema
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Herein lies living proof that the French can spin a gorgeous existentialist drama in any genre. Pediatrician Alex (François Cluzet) has never gotten over the... View details »
- Art
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Mónica Herrera: Strings
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Wednesday Oct 1, 2008 (9am–8pm) @ Hyde Park Art Center
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For her interactive sound installation at Hyde Park Art Center, Mónica Herrera transforms the gallery into a giant musical instrument and invites viewers to play... View details »
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Chic Chicago
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Wednesday Oct 1, 2008 (9:30am–4:30pm) @ Chicago History Museum
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In this glittering costume exhibition, the Chicago History Museum presents a rarely seen collection of haute couture fashions designed for the residents who helped put... View details »
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Art of Democracy
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Wednesday Oct 1, 2008 (10am–5pm) @ Loyola University Museum of Art
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Whether critiquing economic injustice, spotlighting social issues, satirizing public officials, or inspiring change, 20th-century printmaking has a long and storied history of disseminating ideas to... View details »
- Film
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The Dark Knight
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Wednesday Oct 1, 2008 @ Navy Pier
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The Dark Knight might go down as Heath Ledger's final film, but it would be a shame if the actor's tragic death overshadowed its prodigious... View details »
- Art: Photography
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Alec Soth
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Wednesday Oct 1, 2008 (11am–6pm) @ Stephen Daiter Gallery
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In 2002, after finishing his breakthrough series Sleeping by the Mississippi, photographer Alec Soth traveled to Bogotá, Columbia, to adopt a baby girl. During his... View details »
- Film
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Bottle Shock
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Wednesday Oct 1, 2008 @ Landmark Century Centre Cinema
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In 1976, British oenophile Steven Spurrier (Alan Rickman) hosted a much-ballyhooed blind tasting between France's finest wine and California's — including one made by small-vineyard... View details »
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Angles in America
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Wednesday Oct 1, 2008 (10am–5:30pm) @ Rhona Hoffman Gallery
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You may find this show's title easy to misread, and that's by design — such ambiguity is all part of the game for the exhibition's... View details »
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Henri Cartier-Bresson
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Wednesday Oct 1, 2008 (10:30am–5pm) @ The Art Institute of Chicago
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A canonized master of photography, Henri Cartier-Bresson's legacy includes a staggering number of great images, as well as his influential idea of capturing "the decisive... View details »
- Film
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Elegy
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Wednesday Oct 1, 2008 @ Landmark Century Centre Cinema
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Elegy is what happens when a female Spanish director (Isabel Coixet, My Life Without Me) adapts, of all things, a Philip Roth short story. Renowned... View details »
- Art: Photography
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Bill O'Donnell
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Wednesday Oct 1, 2008 (10am–6:30pm) @ City Gallery
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Bill O'Donnell's color photographs offer a world of spooky little vacation homes, troubling the eye with mixed-up scales and half-focused views. This series, on display... View details »
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Mark Porter
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Wednesday Oct 1, 2008 @ Northeastern Illinois University Fine Arts Center Gallery
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Fusing found objects and his own custom-made creations, Mark Porter produces one-of-a-kind pieces that gradually transform themselves — and the gallery — as the show... View details »
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Conrad Freiburg
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Wednesday Oct 1, 2008 (11am–5pm) @ Linda Warren Gallery
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Conrad Freiburg's clever contraptions require audience participation, but viewers' actions can sometimes lead to destruction. The artist's exquisite handiwork doesn't exist for its own sake... View details »
- Film
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Hamlet 2
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Wednesday Oct 1, 2008 @ Various locations
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With a name like Hamlet 2, a movie is bound to be either the worst piffle to be hurled down the cinematic pike, or pure... View details »
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Francis Alÿs
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Wednesday Oct 1, 2008 (10am–5pm) @ The Renaissance Society
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Francis Alÿs is a renowned nomad who follows a global circuit of art biennials and museum commissions, but in his work he often returns to... View details »
- Film
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Shoot the Piano Player
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Wednesday Oct 1, 2008 @ Music Box Theatre
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In François Truffaut's playful adaptation of David Goodis' noir Down There (1956), the French chanteur Charles Aznavour plays Charlie, a crestfallen (you guessed it) piano... View details »
- Film: Documentary
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Derek
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Wednesday Oct 1, 2008 @ Gene Siskel Film Center
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This loving elegy to one of the titans of queer cinema comes sandwiched between the June release of the... >Glitterbox set and KINO's November-slated Derek Jarman... View details »
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Towelhead
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Wednesday Oct 1, 2008 @ Landmark Century Centre Cinema
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It's hard to imagine how director/writer Alan Ball managed to pitch Towelhead. Jasira (Summer Bishil) is a 13-year-old Arab-American girl stranded in the Texas suburbs... View details »
- Performing Arts: Theatre
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Buddy
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Wednesday Oct 1, 2008 (2 & 7:30pm) @ Drury Lane Theatre Water Tower Place
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Mamma Mia! and Movin' Out conquered Broadway even though their books are, respectively, a silly romantic melodrama and a confused narrative told through dance. Their... View details »
