All events on Tuesday April 01
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America the Beautiful
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Tuesday Apr 1 (7:30–9pm) @ Landmark Century Centre Cinema
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In his new documentary, Chicago filmmaker Darryl Roberts attempts to explain why Americans are so obsessed with looking picture-perfect — why we're willing to shell... View details »
- Music: Rock/Pop
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Lair of the Minotaur
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Tuesday Apr 1 (9pm–midnight) @ The Note
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As Lair of the Minotaur know, thrash metal and Greek mythology have always gone hand-in-hand. But while the band will unleash plenty of both for... View details »
- Music: Rock/Pop
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Kaki King
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Tuesday Apr 1 (9pm) @ The Empty Bottle
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Kaki King's latest album, Dreaming of Revenge, is drawing notice for its mix of virtuosic instrumental tracks and evocative lyrics — not to mention King's... View details »
- Music: Rock/Pop
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Explosions in the Sky
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Tuesday Apr 1 (8pm) @ Congress Theater
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Explosions in the Sky are America's answer to Scotland's Mogwai and Canada's Godspeed You! Black Emperor. The Austin band's epic rock instrumentals conjure up cinematic... View details »
- Music: Rock/Pop
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FrostituTron
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Tuesday Apr 1 (2–3pm) @ Eczema Room
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From the dirt-stained child pornographers of Frostitute comes this year's hottest, steaming-est pile of beat-powered dance-floor napalm: FrostituTron. Slinging passive-aggressive tracks the way cafeteria lunch... View details »
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The New Authentics
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Tuesday Apr 1 @ 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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Tuesday Apr 1 (10am–8pm) @ 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 »
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Adaptation
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Tuesday Apr 1 (10am–4pm) @ 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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Tuesday Apr 1 (10:30am–5pm) @ 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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Tuesday Apr 1 (10:30am–5pm) @ 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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Robert Heinecken
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Tuesday Apr 1 (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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Snow Angels
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Tuesday Apr 1 @ Landmark Century Centre Cinema
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Working with a sympathetic, clear eye, writer/director David Gordon Green (All the Real Girls, 2003) may be the best portraitist of small-town America working in... View details »
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Medium Cool
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Tuesday Apr 1 (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 »
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CJ7
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Tuesday Apr 1 @ Landmark Century Centre Cinema
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Chinese director/star Stephen Chow's Kung Fu Hustle (2004), a whirl of martial-arts pyrotechnics and tomfoolery, proved irresistible to even the most disinclined audiences. His latest,... View details »