Events on Sunday, March 2

Smoking Popes

Music

Smoking Popes

Sunday 3/ 2 @ Schubas

Brothers Matt, Eli, and Josh Caterer — the core members of the pop-punk four-piece Smoking Popes — burst on the Chicago... 

Ongoing Events

Light Drawings: The Zagreb School of Animation

Film: Animation

The Zagreb School of Animation

Sunday 3/ 2 @ Gene Siskel Film Center

Somewhere between Sleeping Beauty's first kiss and Winnie the Pooh's honey binge, a small Croatian studio called Zagreb reconsidered the possibilities... 

Quest Theatre Ensemble: <em>Little Shop of Horrors</em>&nbsp;

Theatre

Little Shop of Horrors

Sunday 3/ 2 @ The Blue Theatre

Boy falls in love with girl; girl rejects boy; boy spends his days dreaming of capturing girl's seemingly unattainable heart —... 

<em>Adaptation</em>

Art

Adaptation

Sunday 3/ 2 @ 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,... 

Rania Matar: <i>Women of Islam</i>

Art: Photography

Rania Matar

Sunday 3/ 2 @ Chicago Cultural Center

Contemporary Lebanese society is increasingly torn between the influence of Western culture and traditional Islamic devotion. Rania Matar captures the poignant... 

Peter Hoffman: <em>Post-Paintings</em>

Art

Peter Hoffman: Post-Paintings

Sunday 3/ 2 @ Mini Dutch Gallery

Chicago artist Peter Hoffman drew inspiration for his newest art from… an Internet questionnaire. For his exhibit Post-Paintings, Hoffman created his... 

<I>Drawn from the Home of Henry Darger</I>

Art

Drawn from the Home of Henry Darger

Sunday 3/ 2 @ 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... 

<i>The New Authentics: Artists of the Post-Jewish Generation</i>

Art

The New Authentics

Sunday 3/ 2 @ 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... 

<em>My Dinner with Amy</em>

Theatre

My Dinner with Amy

Sunday 3/ 2 @ 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... 

<em>This Land Is Your Land</em>

Art: Photography

This Land Is Your Land

Sunday 3/ 2 @ 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... 

<em>Watercolors of Winslow Homer: The Color of Light</em>

Art

Watercolors of Winslow Homer

Sunday 3/ 2 @ 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... 

See and Ski Beverly Hills

Sports

See and Ski Beverly Hills

Sunday 3/ 2 @ Beverly Bike and Ski

Unlike the often difficult, expensive, and outright scary sport of downhill skiing, cross-country skiing is easy to learn and a fantastic... 

Gordon Matta-Clark: <em>You Are the Measure</em>

Art

Gordon Matta-Clark

Sunday 3/ 2 @ 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... 

<i>Mapping the Self</i>

Art

Mapping the Self

Sunday 3/ 2 @ 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... 

<em>Soft Life</em>

Art

Soft Life

Sunday 3/ 2 @ Hyde Park Art Center

Exploring love's sordid relationship to art, this exhibition of finely crafted threadings, embroidery works, sculpture, and related installation and video art... 

Edward Hopper

Art

Edward Hopper

Sunday 3/ 2 @ 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....