Events on Thursday, March 20
Thursday 3/20 @ Borders
Scott Simon's new novel about Chicago politics, Windy City, is part Julius Caesar, part Primary Colors. When the mayor is killed...
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Thursday 3/20 @ Riviera Theatre
Despite their recent ubiquity (thanks a lot, New York Times), Justice show no signs of compromise. Treating first-wave French filter house...
Thursday 3/20 @ Metro
Literary fiction occasionally pops up in the most unlikely places. Just the other day, the New York Times revealed that a...
Thursday 3/20 @ Beat Kitchen
More than any other band, Pennsylvania's An Albatross epitomize turn-of-the-century grind punk. Anchored by prog chops and pinched-throat screamo vocals, the...
Thursday 3/20 @ AV-aerie
Combining bright bits of lo-fi electro, pouty girl-pop, and dance music, the Ting Tings are perfectly cut out for our post-Justice...
Ongoing Events
Thursday 3/20 @ 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...
Thursday 3/20 @ 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...
Thursday 3/20 @ Linda Warren Gallery
Joseph Noderer's paintings — New England landscapes and images of the Chicago suburbs rendered in a warm, old-timey palette — could...
Thursday 3/20 @ 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...
Thursday 3/20 @ Music Box Theatre
Forgive Bruce Weber for his sculpted Abercrombie and Fitch ads or his too-chic-for-comfort Calvin Klein photography if only to fully appreciate...
Thursday 3/20 @ 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....
Thursday 3/20 @ 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...
Thursday 3/20 @ Chicago Cultural Center
Contemporary Lebanese society is increasingly torn between the influence of Western culture and traditional Islamic devotion. Rania Matar captures the poignant...
Thursday 3/20 @ Gescheidle
In the midst of asinine warfare and random violence, an artist's role is always unclear. Former Chicagoan James J. Peterson reacts...
Thursday 3/20 @ Carrie Secrist Gallery
Medium Cool features photographs by Joy Episalla and paintings by Michael Antkowiak. Episalla depicts the quiet, transitional spaces of hotel rooms,...
Thursday 3/20 @ Rhona Hoffman Gallery
This exhibition consists of Robert Heinecken's photograms, film transparencies, and works on canvas from 1963-74, including work from his pivotal series...
Thursday 3/20 @ Royal George Theatre Center
Most playwrights would kill for the rave reviews that have been heaped upon Keith Huff's A Steady Rain. Happily, the only...
Thursday 3/20 @ 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...
Thursday 3/20 @ 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,...
Thursday 3/20 @ Gage Gallery of Roosevelt University
Despite continuous media coverage on the inflammatory issue of border security, the US-Mexico divide still lacks effective federal oversight. That means...
Thursday 3/20 @ Gene Siskel Film Center
British director Ken Loach (The Wind that Shakes the Barley, 2006) just may be the reigning king of cinematic socialist realism....
Thursday 3/20 @ 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...
Thursday 3/20 @ Museum of Contemporary Art
Craig Doty's photographs are urban slices of life, depicting flash personal reactions and responses in theatrical tableaux. His past images often...
