Events on Friday, March 7
Friday 3/ 7 @ Music Box Theatre
The final chapter in Sam Raimi’s cult-classic Evil Dead trilogy, Army of Darkness is nearly impervious to criticism. It's not perfect...
Friday 3/ 7 @ Facets Cinémathèque
The Life of Reilly is an adaption of the late, great Charles Nelson Reilly's one-man stage show. It traces the comedic...
Friday 3/ 7 @ Schubas
Evangelicals' nutty psych-pop is tailor-made for folks who think the Flaming Lips don't have enough in common with Queen. Wrapping massive...
Friday 3/ 7 @ Music Box Theatre
Documentary Girls Rock! follows the trials and triumphs of four tweens and teenagers at the Rock 'n' Roll Camp for Girls....
Ongoing Events
Friday 3/ 7 @ 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...
A Survey of Hallucinogenic Printmaking
Friday 3/ 7 @ Co-Prosperity Sphere
Co-Prosperity Sphere's Radar Eyes exhibition showcases over 50 artists' experimental prints evoking altered states, perceptual distortions, and outright hallucinations. The trippy...
Friday 3/ 7 @ Jane Addams Hull House Museum
This bring-your-own-lunch gathering of handicrafters is held in honor of artist, educator, and social activist Ellen Gates Starr, who historically co-founded...
Friday 3/ 7 @ 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....
Friday 3/ 7 @ 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,...
Friday 3/ 7 @ 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...
Friday 3/ 7 @ 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...
Friday 3/ 7 @ 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...
Friday 3/ 7 @ Carrie Secrist Gallery
Medium Cool features photographs by Joy Episalla and paintings by Michael Antkowiak. Episalla depicts the quiet, transitional spaces of hotel rooms,...
Friday 3/ 7 @ Music Box Theatre
A first-rate example of '80s punksploitation cinema, Class of 1984 stars Perry King as a heart-of-gold high-school teacher who eventually takes...
Friday 3/ 7 @ Gescheidle
In the midst of asinine warfare and random violence, an artist's role is always unclear. Former Chicagoan James J. Peterson reacts...
Friday 3/ 7 @ 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...
Drawn from the Home of Henry Darger
Friday 3/ 7 @ 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...
Friday 3/ 7 @ Chicago Cultural Center
Contemporary Lebanese society is increasingly torn between the influence of Western culture and traditional Islamic devotion. Rania Matar captures the poignant...
Friday 3/ 7 @ The Blue Theatre
Boy falls in love with girl; girl rejects boy; boy spends his days dreaming of capturing girl's seemingly unattainable heart —...
Friday 3/ 7 @ 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...
Friday 3/ 7 @ 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...
Friday 3/ 7 @ 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...
Urban Bush Women/Compagnie JANT-BI
Friday 3/ 7 @ Dance Center of Columbia College
The ladies of Urban Bush Women are an expressive bunch: few companies share so many facets of their performers in every...
Friday 3/ 7 @ The Annoyance Theatre
When Harrison Ford starred in the 1997 action movie Air Force One, he couldn't have been aware that his hard work...
Friday 3/ 7 @ Linda Warren Gallery
Joseph Noderer's paintings — New England landscapes and images of the Chicago suburbs rendered in a warm, old-timey palette — could...
Friday 3/ 7 @ 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...
Friday 3/ 7 @ 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...
