Events on Monday, October 27

Of Montreal

Music

Of Montreal

Monday 10/27 @ Riviera Theatre

Athens, Georgia's Of Montreal have evolved a unique and eclectic musical style that might best be termed "indie glam." Since 2004's... 

Jolie Holland w/ Herman Dune

Music

Jolie Holland w/ Herman Dune

Monday 10/27 @ Lakeshore Theater

Jolie Holland's songs are at once old and new — too freaky for blues, too jazzy for folk, and too punky... 

A Sandra Bernhard Halloween

Party: Halloween

A Sandra Bernhard Halloween

Monday 10/27 @ Steppenwolf Theatre Company

Sandra Bernhard may be best remembered for her acidic '80s heyday as Madonna's best friend and David Letterman's favorite guest, but... 

Starfucker w/ Mother Mother

Music

Starfucker w/ Mother Mother

Monday 10/27 @ The Hideout

While Starfucker's name might seem pedestrian (or at least juvenile), it turns out that the moniker comes from a Rolling Stones... 

Ongoing Events

<em>The Dark Knight</em>: The IMAX Experience

Film

The Dark Knight

Monday 10/27 @ Navy Pier

The Dark Knight might go down as Heath Ledger's final film, but it would be a shame if the actor's tragic... 

<em> Henri Cartier-Bresson and the Art and Photography of Paris</em>

Art

Henri Cartier-Bresson

Monday 10/27 @ The Art Institute of Chicago

A canonized master of photography, Henri Cartier-Bresson's legacy includes a staggering number of great images, as well as his influential idea... 

<em>Artifacts of Childhood: 700 Years of Children's Books</em>

Special Event

Artifacts of Childhood: 700 Years of Childrens Books

Monday 10/27 @ The Newberry Library

The Newberry Library's celebrated collection boasts copies of Shakespeare's first folio and the Popol Vuh, but a new exhibition showcases a... 

44th Chicago International Film Festival

Festival: Performing Arts

Chicago International Film Festival

Monday 10/27 @ Various locations

Now in its 44th year, the Chicago International Film Festival offers a sneak preview of the most anticipated movies of the... 

<em>Radiolab</em> Live!: Martian Invasion

Performing Arts: Spoken Word

Radiolab Live!

Monday 10/27 @ Victory Gardens Biograph Theater

When Orson Welles' radio drama War of the Worlds first aired on October 30, 1938, some listeners — despite an intermission... 

Bill O'Donnell: <em>Elevations</em>

Art: Photography

Bill O'Donnell

Monday 10/27 @ City Gallery

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.... 

<em>Deceptive Design: Experiments in Furniture</em>

Art

Deceptive Design

Monday 10/27 @ Chicago Cultural Center

Can a chair be more than just a place to sit and rest your feet? In a modern-art exhibit, the answer... 

Montrose Point Bird Sanctuary

City Gems

Montrose Point Bird Sanctuary

Monday 10/27 @ Montrose Point Bird Sanctuary

If nothing else, taking up birdwatching gives you a convenient excuse to bring terms like "Magnificent Frigatebird" and "Purple Gallinule" into... 

Art

Marcel Broodthaers: Décor: A Conquest

Monday 10/27 @ The Arts Club of Chicago

Though it's cited as a seminal example of installation art, Marcel Broodthaers imagined his late work Décor: A Conquest (1975) as... 

<em>Chic Chicago: Couture Treasures from the Chicago History Museum</em>

Special Event

Chic Chicago

Monday 10/27 @ Chicago History Museum

In this glittering costume exhibition, the Chicago History Museum presents a rarely seen collection of haute couture fashions designed for the... 

<em>Religulous</em>

Film: Documentary

Religulous

Monday 10/27 @ Landmark Century Centre Cinema

In Religulous, veteran comedian and free thinker Bill Maher travels the world, visiting a Holy Land theme park in Florida, London's... 

<em>Twisted Into Recognition: Clich&eacute;</em><em>s of Jews and Others</em>

Art

Twisted Into Recognition: Clichés of Jews and Others

Monday 10/27 @ Spertus Institute of Jewish Studies

Hoping to eliminate stereotypes about Jewish people — they all subsist on gefilte fish and bagels with lox, for example —... 

<em>Made in Chicago: Photographs from the Bank of America LaSalle Collection</em>

Art: Photography

Made in Chicago

Monday 10/27 @ Chicago Cultural Center

For years, the photographic collection of Chicago's LaSalle Bank has been one of the small number of corporate art collections to... 

Smart Home: Green + Wired

City Gems

Smart Home

Monday 10/27 @ Museum Campus

Just admit it, you've ogled the sleek modern houses you pass on certain streets and wished you could peek inside. The... 

<em>Jack Kerouac: On the Road</em>

Special Event

Jack Kerouac: On the Road

Monday 10/27 @ Center for Book & Paper Arts at Columbia College Chicago

Jack Kerouac's On the Road — the landmark work of the Beat Generation — is a thrilling, chaotic, Benzedrine-soaked whirl of... 

Alfred Caldwell Lily Pool

City Gems

Alfred Caldwell Lily Pool

Monday 10/27 @ Alfred Caldwell Lily Pool

Escape the roaring cars on Lake Shore Drive and the crowds at Lincoln Park Zoo by slipping through the unobtrusive entrance... 

Mondays are always FREE at the Chicago History Museum

Special Event

Mondays are always FREE at the Chicago History Museum

Monday 10/27 @ Chicago History Museum

Every Monday is FREE at the Chicago History Museum. Come by and check us out!  We have exhibitions and programs for...