Events on Monday, April 21

Colin Meloy w/ Laura Gibson

Music

Colin Meloy

Monday 4/21 @ Park West

Decemberists leader Colin Meloy strips away the accordions, melodicas, and Stephen Colbert-trumping sidemen for tonight's solo acoustic performance. Befitting the man... 

Ettrick w/ Elf Ass, Tralphaz, Tony Dryer, and Binges

Music

Ettrick

Monday 4/21 @ AV-aerie

San Francisco's Ettrick may be the world's first self-described "free jazz/black metal" duo. It sounds like a bad Tenacious D joke,... 

Ongoing Events

<em>The Visitor</em>

Film

The Visitor

Monday 4/21 @ Landmark Century Centre Cinema

Some character actors should really never be leading men (Jude Law), and some just haven't been given the chance. Richard Jenkins... 

Iron and Wine w/ Califone

Music

Iron and Wine

Monday 4/21 @ Vic Theatre

Sam Beam's creative growth over the last five years is more than a little miraculous. Though his early recordings as Iron... 

<em>Three Hours Between Planes: Contemporary Photography from Leipzig and Chicago</em>

Art: Photography

Three Hours Between Planes

Monday 4/21 @ Chicago Cultural Center

In Three Hours Between Planes, co-curators Marco Poloni and Eiko Grimberg find the common themes running through the work of 11... 

Edward Hopper

Art

Edward Hopper

Monday 4/21 @ 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.... 

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

Film

The Year My Parents Went on Vacation

Monday 4/21 @ 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 4/21 @ 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 4/21 @ 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 4/21 @ 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... 

Mondays are always FREE at the Chicago History Museum

Special Event

Mondays are always FREE at the Chicago History Museum

Monday 4/21 @ Chicago History Museum

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