Events on Saturday, March 1
Saturday 3/ 1 @ Harris Theater for Music and Dance
Dance described as "a fusion of different techniques" is often only partially so — more a whistle-stop tour of an artist's...
Saturday 3/ 1 @ AV-aerie
While UK indie roots-rocker Lightspeed Champion (aka singer/guitarist Devonte Hynes) rose to semi-prominence with Test Icicles, little trace of that band's...
Saturday 3/ 1 @ Rosemont Theatre
Some may consider them kiddy stuff, but video games gross more money in America than Hollywood movies. So it makes sense...
Saturday 3/ 1 @ The Empty Bottle
Googling Bradford Cox yields a few key points: he's tall, he's confrontational, and he sings in Georgian dream-punk band Deerhunter. The...
Saturday 3/ 1 @ Logan Square Auditorium
Black Lips just can't stand to sit still. Not letting up on 2007's relentless schedule, the Atlanta group has announced a...
Ongoing Events
Saturday 3/ 1 @ Spertus Institute of Jewish Studies
In The New Authentics, 16 Jewish-American artists examine the role of Judaism in everyday American life, exploring the ways in which...
Georgy Porgy and Other Stories by Roald Dahl
Saturday 3/ 1 @ The Annoyance Theatre
Chicago's Annoyance theater usually sticks to homemade sketch and stage comedy written by talented locals, but tonight's weirdo wordsmith is just...
Saturday 3/ 1 @ Thomas Robertello Gallery
Nowheresville is a multimedia interpretation of utopian ideals, based on the writings of early 19th-century philosopher Charles Fourier. Collaborative duo Knut...
Drawn from the Home of Henry Darger
Saturday 3/ 1 @ Smart Museum of Art
Self-taught artist Henry Darger was in many ways the archetypical mad genius, a recluse holed up in a tiny Chicago studio...
Saturday 3/ 1 @ Chicago Cultural Center
Contemporary Lebanese society is increasingly torn between the influence of Western culture and traditional Islamic devotion. Rania Matar captures the poignant...
Saturday 3/ 1 @ Linda Warren Gallery
Joseph Noderer's paintings — New England landscapes and images of the Chicago suburbs rendered in a warm, old-timey palette — could...
Saturday 3/ 1 @ The Art Institute of Chicago
Winslow Homer began his career as a humble illustrator for Harper's, but he retired as the self-taught American master of watercolor...
Saturday 3/ 1 @ Stage 773
After its extended run on 54th Street in Manhattan (that's off-off Broadway, not off-off-off, thankyouverymuch), Tony Fiorentino's theatrical rom-com My Dinner...
Saturday 3/ 1 @ moniquemeloche gallery
Ohio native Cindy Loehr exhibits her grandiose installation Fuel for Constant Light, a theatrical installation featuring ethereal, nine-foot-tall metal wings, colored...
Saturday 3/ 1 @ Museum of Contemporary Art
Artist Chris Burden put it best when he said that Gordon Matta-Clark's 1978 death was "a drag" — he was referring...
Saturday 3/ 1 @ Gallery 400
Andy Roche's film-based installation finds a common thread running between the ever-elusive Catholic leftist movement and recent cultural phenomena. Roche juxtaposes...
Saturday 3/ 1 @ Smart Museum of Art
It isn't just the title of a plot-twisting Spike Jonze film — "adaptation" also refers to the artistic practice of reappropriation,...
Saturday 3/ 1 @ The Art Institute of Chicago
Edward Hopper, the quintessential American realist, receives one of the most comprehensive stateside surveys of his work in this far-reaching retrospective....
Saturday 3/ 1 @ Museum of Contemporary Art
As part of the citywide Festival of Maps, kicking off at the Field Museum on November 2, curator Tricia Van Eck...
Saturday 3/ 1 @ The Blue Theatre
Boy falls in love with girl; girl rejects boy; boy spends his days dreaming of capturing girl's seemingly unattainable heart —...
Saturday 3/ 1 @ Gescheidle
In the midst of asinine warfare and random violence, an artist's role is always unclear. Former Chicagoan James J. Peterson reacts...
Saturday 3/ 1 @ Tony Wight Gallery
Chicago's John Phillips employs witty, music-inspired titles and jaunty patterns in his large-scale "semi-intuitive doodles." The SAIC professor's latest solo show...
Saturday 3/ 1 @ Museum of Contemporary Photography
Inspired by the subtle subversion of Woody Guthrie's populist anthem, This Land Is Your Land is a thoughtful investigation of US...
Mondays are always FREE at the Chicago History Museum
Saturday 3/ 1 @ Chicago History Museum
Every Monday is FREE at the Chicago History Museum. Come by and check us out! We have exhibitions and programs for...
