Events on Monday, April 14

Global Grapes Series: Cabernet Sauvignon

Food/Wine

Global Grapes Series: Cabernet Sauvignon

Monday 4/14 @ Just Grapes

Just Grapes makes wine connoisseurship a little more manageable with the Global Grapes Series. Purple mouths abound as vino fans take... 

Kimya Dawson w/ Angelo Spencer & L'Orchidee D'Hawaii

Music

Kimya Dawson

Monday 4/14 @ The Mansion

As half of anti-folk icons the Moldy Peaches, Kimya Dawson has spent her recording career playing indie rock with an irreverent,... 

Chicago Books to Women in Prison

Special Event: Benefit

Chicago Books to Women in Prison

Monday 4/14 @ Danny's Tavern

Apparently, consuming booze kills brain cells; how novel, then, to contribute to someone else's education with every downed pint or cocktail.... 

Ongoing Events

<em>The Year My Parents Went on Vacation</em>

Film

The Year My Parents Went on Vacation

Monday 4/14 @ Landmark Century Centre Cinema

It's the summer of 1970 in Brazil, and 12-year-old Mauro's radical parents have left him at his grandfather's house so hastily... 

<em>Someplace Else</em>

Film: Documentary

Someplace Else

Monday 4/14 @ Gene Siskel Film Center

Someplace Else is a tender portrait of one of Chicago's hardest-working bluesmen, an impressionistic meditation on place, belonging, and passion. The... 

<em>Snow Angels</em>

Film

Snow Angels

Monday 4/14 @ Landmark Century Centre Cinema

Working with a sympathetic, clear eye, writer/director David Gordon Green (All the Real Girls, 2003) may be the best portraitist of... 

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

Art

Watercolors of Winslow Homer

Monday 4/14 @ 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... 

24th Chicago Latino Film Festival

Film

24th Chicago Latino Film Festival

Monday 4/14 @ Various locations

For 24 years, this annual festival has been bringing the best of Latin American and Spanish cinema to Chicago. Opening night... 

Edward Hopper

Art

Edward Hopper

Monday 4/14 @ 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.... 

Mondays are always FREE at the Chicago History Museum

Special Event

Mondays are always FREE at the Chicago History Museum

Monday 4/14 @ Chicago History Museum

Every Monday is FREE at the Chicago History Museum. Come by and check us out!  We have exhibitions and programs for...