All events on Thursday March 13
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- Reading
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Jessica Hagy
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Thursday Mar 13 (7–8pm) @ Quimby's Bookstore
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Jessica Hagy uses analytical tools like Venn diagrams and line graphs to bring sharp humor to the otherwise banal (a self-storage unit, say, or President... View details »
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Mike Brown
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Thursday Mar 13 (7–9pm) @ Adler Planetarium
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Three years ago, Caltech astronomy professor Mike Brown rocketed to stardom with his discovery of Eris, a Kuiper belt body significantly larger than our ninth... View details »
- Music: Rock/Pop
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The Pussy Pirates
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Thursday Mar 13 (8pm) @ The Empty Bottle
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All-female Ann Arbor punk quintet the Pussy Pirates headline tonight's freeform benefit for local art duo Actor Slash Model. Like Mika Miko without the early... View details »
- Music: Rock/Pop
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The Chinese Stars
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Thursday Mar 13 (9pm) @ AV-aerie
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Formed from the remains of Providence noise-punks Arab on Radar, the Chinese Stars streamline their former band's abrasive tendencies. It's easy to toss... View details »
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- Art
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The New Authentics
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Thursday Mar 13 @ Spertus Institute of Jewish Studies
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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 »
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Gordon Matta-Clark
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Thursday Mar 13 (10am–5pm) @ Museum of Contemporary Art
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Artist Chris Burden put it best when he said that Gordon Matta-Clark's 1978 death was "a drag" — he was referring to the loss of... View details »
- Art: Photography
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Rania Matar
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Thursday Mar 13 (8am–7pm) @ Chicago Cultural Center
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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 »
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Soft Life
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Thursday Mar 13 (9am–8pm) @ Hyde Park Art Center
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Exploring love's sordid relationship to art, this exhibition of finely crafted threadings, embroidery works, sculpture, and related installation and video art mines the often-excruciating emotions... View details »
- Art: Photography
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Border Film Project
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Thursday Mar 13 (9am–5pm) @ Gage Gallery of Roosevelt University
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Despite continuous media coverage on the inflammatory issue of border security, the US-Mexico divide still lacks effective federal oversight. That means that, for all the... View details »
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Adaptation
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Thursday Mar 13 (10am–8pm) @ Smart Museum of Art
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It isn't just the title of a plot-twisting Spike Jonze film — "adaptation" also refers to the artistic practice of reappropriation, of combining tropes from... View details »
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Edward Hopper
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Thursday Mar 13 (10:30am–8pm) @ The Art Institute of Chicago
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Edward Hopper, the quintessential American realist, receives one of the most comprehensive stateside surveys of his work in this far-reaching retrospective. It includes his most... View details »
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Watercolors of Winslow Homer
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Thursday Mar 13 (10:30am–8pm) @ The Art Institute of Chicago
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Winslow Homer began his career as a humble illustrator for Harper's, but he retired as the self-taught American master of watercolor painting, with landscapes depicting... View details »
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Joseph Noderer
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Thursday Mar 13 (11am–5pm) @ Linda Warren Gallery
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Joseph Noderer's paintings — New England landscapes and images of the Chicago suburbs rendered in a warm, old-timey palette — could easily be mistaken for... View details »
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James J. Peterson
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Thursday Mar 13 (noon–5pm) @ Gescheidle
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In the midst of asinine warfare and random violence, an artist's role is always unclear. Former Chicagoan James J. Peterson reacts the only way he... View details »
- Art: Photography
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Craig Doty
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Thursday Mar 13 (10am–5pm) @ Museum of Contemporary Art
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Craig Doty's photographs are urban slices of life, depicting flash personal reactions and responses in theatrical tableaux. His past images often focus on the human... View details »
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John Phillips: New Paintings
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Thursday Mar 13 (11am–5pm) @ Tony Wight Gallery
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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 at the newly christened... View details »
- Art: Photography
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Robert Heinecken
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Thursday Mar 13 (10am–5:30pm) @ Rhona Hoffman Gallery
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This exhibition consists of Robert Heinecken's photograms, film transparencies, and works on canvas from 1963-74, including work from his pivotal series Are You Rea (1966-67).... View details »
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Medium Cool
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Thursday Mar 13 (10:30am–6:30pm) @ Carrie Secrist Gallery
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Medium Cool features photographs by Joy Episalla and paintings by Michael Antkowiak. Episalla depicts the quiet, transitional spaces of hotel rooms, as reflected in the... View details »
