Events on Sunday, November 23

<em>North By Northwest </em>(1959)<em> </em>

Film

North By Northwest

Sunday 11/23 @ Facets Multi-Media

Before Don Draper, there was Roger Thornhill — the superhumanly suave ad executive all the boys want to be and all... 

Darker My Love w/ The Strange Boys and Grimble Grumble

Music

Darker My Love

Sunday 11/23 @ Schubas

Darker My Love's overdriven soul isn't the most original thing in the world — imagine the Jesus and Mary Chain channeled... 

Ongoing Events

Francis Al&yuml;s

Art

Francis Alÿs

Sunday 11/23 @ The Renaissance Society

Francis Alÿs is a renowned nomad who follows a global circuit of art biennials and museum commissions, but in his work... 

Michael Wolf: <em>The Transparent City</em>

Art: Photography

Michael Wolf

Sunday 11/23 @ Museum of Contemporary Photography

Photographer Michael Wolf transitioned from keen observations of Hong Kong in his Architecture of Density series to a... 

Jenny Holzer: <em>PROTECT PROTECT</em>

Art

Jenny Holzer

Sunday 11/23 @ Museum of Contemporary Art

Her art may blend in with Las Vegas-strip-style lighted advertisements, but Jenny Holzer's brightly colored Truisms and arresting catchphrases are unlike... 

2008 FamilyFarmed EXPO

Festival: Fair

2008 FamilyFarmed EXPO

Sunday 11/23 @ Chicago Cultural Center

Foodies have always known that locally-grown, seasonal ingredients are fresher, tastier, and more nutritious. But facing an economic crisis and climate... 

<em>I've Loved You So Long</em>

Film

I've Loved You So Long

Sunday 11/23 @ Landmark Century Centre Cinema

English actress Kristin Scott Thomas possesses a bristly elegance that has always restricted her options in English-language films. So it makes... 

<em>Meet Me in St. Louis</em>

Theatre

Meet Me in St. Louis

Sunday 11/23 @ Drury Lane Theatre Water Tower Place

If you like your holiday entertainment gentle, heartwarming, and family-friendly, this is the show for you. Based on Sally Benson's short... 

Smart Home: Green + Wired

City Gems

Smart Home

Sunday 11/23 @ 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>From the Arctic to the Prairie: New Art from Finland and Chicago</em>

Art

From the Arctic to the Prairie

Sunday 11/23 @ Golden

Helsinki-born, Spain-based Riiko Sakkinen's work appeals to hungry global palates, offering a witty update of the pop-art aesthetic. Stealing source materials... 

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

Art: Photography

Made in Chicago

Sunday 11/23 @ 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... 

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

Art

Deceptive Design

Sunday 11/23 @ 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... 

<em>Humboldt County</em>

Film

Humboldt County

Sunday 11/23 @ Wilmette Theatre

Fans of coming-of-age stories like Catcher in the Rye and The Graduate should enjoy new indie film Humboldt County, the tale... 

<em>Synecdoche, New York</em>

Film

Synecdoche, New York

Sunday 11/23 @ Landmark Renaissance Place Cinema

Not everyone adores the sprawling stories-within-stories that identify Charlie Kaufman's screenplays (e.g. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind and Being John... 

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

Special Event

Chic Chicago

Sunday 11/23 @ Chicago History Museum

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

Montrose Point Bird Sanctuary

City Gems

Montrose Point Bird Sanctuary

Sunday 11/23 @ 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... 

<em>Displacement: The Three Gorges Dam and Contemporary Chinese Art</em>

Art

Displacement

Sunday 11/23 @ Smart Museum of Art

China's Three Gorges Dam has become a dark muse for many artists. One of the largest engineering efforts in history, it... 

Joseph Grigely: <em>St. Cecilia</em>

Art

Joseph Grigely: St. Cecilia

Sunday 11/23 @ Museum of Contemporary Art

Joseph Grigely's artwork has a definite visual appeal, but sound — or the absence of it — drives his practice as... 

<em>A Very Merry Unauthorized Children's Scientology Pageant</em>

Theatre

A Very Merry Unauthorized Children's Scientology Pageant

Sunday 11/23 @ A Red Orchid Theatre

A bunch of children singing carols about Scientology founder L. Ron Hubbard sounds like the recipe for an episode of South... 

<em>Labyrinth</em> (1986)

Film

Labyrinth (1986)

Sunday 11/23 @ Gene Siskel Film Center

Any fantasy movie starring David Bowie is bound to be genius. This one comes to us from the imagination of Jim... 

Michael Pfisterer: <em>The Fall of Bodies Near the Earth</em>

Art: Photography

Michael Pfisterer: The Fall of Bodies Near the Earth

Sunday 11/23 @ Dan Devening Project+Editions

Michael Pfisterer's recent photographs collect multiple views of 19th-century mathematical models on single large sheets of white paper, depicting these varied... 

Modern Vintage Holiday Market

Fashion/Style: Shopping

Modern Vintage Holiday Market

Sunday 11/23 @ Old Tower Records

Instead of spending Christmas Eve shuffling through the clearance racks at whatever store happens to be open, get your holiday shopping... 

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

Art

Twisted Into Recognition: Clichés of Jews and Others

Sunday 11/23 @ 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> Henri Cartier-Bresson and the Art and Photography of Paris</em>

Art

Henri Cartier-Bresson

Sunday 11/23 @ 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>Dublin Carol</em>

Theatre

Dublin Carol

Sunday 11/23 @ Steppenwolf Theatre Company

Sure, many people find the holidays depressing, but at least you're not a functionally alcoholic Dublin undertaker whose estranged daughter shows... 

<em>The Exiles</em> (1961)

Film: Animation

The Exiles (1961)

Sunday 11/23 @ Gene Siskel Film Center

Originally released to much ballyhoo at the 1961 Venice Film Festival, The Exiles has sunk into an undeserved oblivion over the... 

Selina Trepp: <em>Private Dancer</em>

Art

Selina Trepp

Sunday 11/23 @ Old Gold Exhibitions and Events

Selina Trepp invited dancer Ayako Kato to respond to Tina Turner's plaintive ballad "Private Dancer" for her latest collaboration. In Old... 

<em>Let the Right One In</em>

Film

Let the Right One In

Sunday 11/23 @ AMC Loews Pipers Alley 4

A pitch-perfect suspense film from Swedish director Tomas Alfredson, Let the Right One In is that rare bird: a chiller with... 

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

Special Event

Jack Kerouac: On the Road

Sunday 11/23 @ 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... 

Scott Fortino: <em>Elements: Earth, Sky, Water</em>

Art: Photography

Scott Fortino

Sunday 11/23 @ City Gallery

Scott Fortino, a Chicago cop who used his insider's access to photograph jails, jury rooms, and public schools for his book... 

Alfred Caldwell Lily Pool

City Gems

Alfred Caldwell Lily Pool

Sunday 11/23 @ 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... 

H.P. Lovecraft's <em>The Dreams in the Witch House</em>

Theatre

The Dreams in the Witch House

Sunday 11/23 @ Athenaeum Theatre

The singular H.P. Lovecraft casts a substantial shadow over modern horror fiction, and although his grandiloquent tales of "cosmic terror" aren't... 

<em>Ashes of Time Redux</em>

Film

Ashes of Time Redux

Sunday 11/23 @ Music Box Theatre

Ashes of Time may have been an instant wuxia classic when it was released in 1994, but Hong Kong director Wong...