All events on Tuesday March 18

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Music: Rock/Pop
Glorytellers
Tuesday Mar 18 (9pm) @ Schubas
Giveaway
With his hushed, sweetly urgent voice, melancholic lyrics, and signature jazzy guitar riffs, Geoff Farina always seemed on the cusp of indie-rock greatness. But after... View details »
Glorytellers
Music: DJ
Shuttered
Tuesday Mar 18 (9pm) @ Sonotheque
Free
If there's any doubt that Sonotheque is the city's finest venue for experimental DJ talent, the Minor Figure$ series — named for the pennywise, no-cover... View details »
Shuttered
Music: Rock/Pop
Japan Nite US Tour
Tuesday Mar 18 (9pm) @ The Empty Bottle
Giveaway
Benten Records' Japan Nite showcase offers a swarm of musical genres and styles, from the punk-meets-island vibe of the Beaches to the ukulele-driven Petty Booka.... View details »
Japan Nite US Tour
Music: Rock/Pop
The Raveonettes
Tuesday Mar 18 (9–11pm) @ Double Door
Giveaway
Owing as much to the Ronettes and the Everly Brothers as to electronica and shoegaze, Danish duo the Raveonettes play their '50s-style rock with a... View details »
The Raveonettes

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Art
The New Authentics
Tuesday Mar 18 @ Spertus Institute of Jewish Studies More times »
Free
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 »
The New Authentics
Art
Gordon Matta-Clark
Tuesday Mar 18 (10am–8pm) @ Museum of Contemporary Art More times »
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 »
Gordon Matta-Clark
Art: Photography
Rania Matar
Tuesday Mar 18 (8am–7pm) @ Chicago Cultural Center More times »
Free
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 »
Rania Matar
Art
Soft Life
Tuesday Mar 18 (9am–8pm) @ Hyde Park Art Center More times »
Free
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 »
Soft Life
Art: Photography
Border Film Project
Tuesday Mar 18 (9am–5pm) @ Gage Gallery of Roosevelt University More times »
Free
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 »
Border Film Project
Art
Adaptation
Tuesday Mar 18 (10am–4pm) @ Smart Museum of Art More times »
Free
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 »
Adaptation
Art
Edward Hopper
Tuesday Mar 18 (10:30am–5pm) @ The Art Institute of Chicago More times »
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 »
Edward Hopper
Art
Watercolors of Winslow Homer
Tuesday Mar 18 (10:30am–5pm) @ The Art Institute of Chicago More times »
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 »
Watercolors of Winslow Homer
Art: Photography
This Land Is Your Land
Tuesday Mar 18 (10am–5pm) @ Museum of Contemporary Photography More times »
Free
Inspired by the subtle subversion of Woody Guthrie's populist anthem, This Land Is Your Land is a thoughtful investigation of US national identity, politics, and... View details »
This Land Is Your Land
Art
Joseph Noderer
Tuesday Mar 18 (11am–5pm) @ Linda Warren Gallery More times »
Free
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 »
Joseph Noderer
Art: Photography
Craig Doty
Tuesday Mar 18 (10am–8pm) @ Museum of Contemporary Art More times »
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 »
Craig Doty
Film: Documentary
Let's Get Lost
Tuesday Mar 18 (7pm–midnight) @ Music Box Theatre More times »
Forgive Bruce Weber for his sculpted Abercrombie and Fitch ads or his too-chic-for-comfort Calvin Klein photography if only to fully appreciate his exceptional, incisive documentary... View details »
Let's Get Lost
Art: Photography
Robert Heinecken
Tuesday Mar 18 (10am–5:30pm) @ Rhona Hoffman Gallery More times »
Free
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 »
Robert Heinecken
Film
The Inner Life of Martin Frost
Tuesday Mar 18 (8:15pm) @ Gene Siskel Film Center More times »
Giveaway
Author/director Paul Auster has been plumbing his internal depths ever since he debuted with The Invention of Solitude. The Inner Life of Martin... View details »
The Inner Life of Martin Frost
Art
Medium Cool
Tuesday Mar 18 (10:30am–6:30pm) @ Carrie Secrist Gallery More times »
Free
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 »
Medium Cool