Events on Monday, April 28

David Rothkopf

Books: Reading

David Rothkopf

Monday 4/28 @ International House

In his new book Superclass, David Rothkopf makes a compelling argument: international business leaders — much more than elected politicians —... 

When Dinosaurs Ruled the Earth w/ Cave and Head of Skulls

Music

When Dinosaurs Ruled the Earth

Monday 4/28 @ The Empty Bottle

When Dinosaurs Ruled the Earth once described their spastic sound as "digging through your trash and finding leftovers." The Austin-based septet... 

Hanah Jon Taylor Artet

Music

Hanah Jon Taylor Artet

Monday 4/28 @ Velvet Lounge

Hanah Jon Taylor is a resident of Madison, but he's no stranger to Chicago's jazz scene; until a few years ago,... 

When Dinosaurs Ruled the Earth w/ Cave and Head of Skulls

Music

When Dinosaurs Ruled the Earth

Monday 4/28 @ The Empty Bottle

When Dinosaurs Ruled the Earth once described their spastic sound as "digging through your trash and finding leftovers." The Austin-based septet... 

Ongoing Events

<em>Baby Mama</em>

Film

Baby Mama

Monday 4/28 @ Various locations

With their smart mouths and hyperactive wit, Amy Poehler and Tina Fey have already proven irresistible as a comic team, most... 

Edward Hopper

Art

Edward Hopper

Monday 4/28 @ 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>Bomb It</em>

Film: Documentary

Bomb It

Monday 4/28 @ Facets Cinémathèque

A modern-day incarnation of 1983's groundbreaking Style Wars, graffiti documentary Bomb It moves past the boroughs of New York to survey... 

<em>Double Indemnity</em> (1944)

Film

Double Indemnity

Monday 4/28 @ Gene Siskel Film Center

Double Indemnity is the quintessential film noir — a pitch-black whirlwind of double entendres and triple crosses in which Barbara Stanwyck... 

<em>The Visitor</em>

Film

The Visitor

Monday 4/28 @ 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... 

David Hockney<em>:</em> <em>Looking at Woldgate Woods</em>

Art

David Hockney

Monday 4/28 @ The Arts Club of Chicago

David Hockney gained recognition in the '60s for his flat, single-panel paintings of swimming pools, but he also creates more narrative-based... 

<em>Snow Angels</em>

Film

Snow Angels

Monday 4/28 @ 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 4/28 @ 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... 

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

Film

The Year My Parents Went on Vacation

Monday 4/28 @ 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... 

Goffo at NEXT: The Invitational Exhibition of Emerging Art

Art: Happening

Goffo

Monday 4/28 @ Merchandise Mart

Does the mega-conglomerate of art fairs that is Artropolis seem a bit overwhelming? We'd say so. Not that you shouldn't check... 

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

Art: Photography

Three Hours Between Planes

Monday 4/28 @ 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... 

Mondays are always FREE at the Chicago History Museum

Special Event

Mondays are always FREE at the Chicago History Museum

Monday 4/28 @ Chicago History Museum

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