Events on Sunday, May 11
Sunday 5/11 @ Music Box Theatre
Based on the scandalous tell-all memoir by Joan Crawford's daughter, Mommie Dearest is an enduring camp classic, thanks in no small...
Ongoing Events
Sunday 5/11 @ Various locations
Ever since Mad About You made Helen Hunt a household name, she's never been able to shake the distinct scent of...
Sunday 5/11 @ 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...
Sunday 5/11 @ Pullman State Historic Site
The Free Store is a roving first-come, first-serve collection of shoes, books, music, sports equipment — anything and everything that's free...
Sunday 5/11 @ International Museum of Surgical Science
For decades, the International Museum of Surgical Science has spotlighted the macabre wonders of invasive surgery. But along with historical displays...
Sunday 5/11 @ The Second City e.t.c.
From the director of the recent hit Between Barack and a Hard Place comes another election-season winner, Campaign Supernova!, performed by...
Sunday 5/11 @ Museum of Contemporary Art
Male perspectives dominate public dialogue about the Iraq War (about most wars, in fact). Smothered in praise since its 2003 UK...
Sunday 5/11 @ Chicago Architecture Foundation
Millennium Park has only been open officially for four years, but it's already a Chicago landmark. And like most things in...
Sunday 5/11 @ Museum Campus
Just admit it, you've ogled the sleek modern houses you pass on certain streets and wished you could peek inside. The...
Sunday 5/11 @ Various locations
Artist/activist Frau Fiber's investigation of the history and global politics of the garment industry is the latest installment in Gallery 400's...
Sunday 5/11 @ Gene Siskel Film Center
In the wrong hands, Steve James' Hoop Dreams and Stevie could've been rote fodder for ESPN or Dateline — instead, they...
Sunday 5/11 @ Extension Gallery
Sinuous and perceptually disorienting, Ball–Nogues Studio's installation is enigmatic and fascinating. The entire exhibition centers and flows around an amorphous orange...
Sunday 5/11 @ 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...
Sunday 5/11 @ 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...
Sunday 5/11 @ AV-aerie
After combing the American mythos of early-to-mid-'70s rock in Mystery Train, Greil Marcus looked to Europe in search of punk's hidden...
Sunday 5/11 @ Porchlight Theatre
Winner of the 1982 Tony Award for Best Musical, Nine is based on Italian director Federico Fellini's classic film 8 1/2....
Sunday 5/11 @ Block Museum, Northwestern University
What effect did Charles Darwin's On the Origin of Species have on the development of early modern architecture? What can we...
Sunday 5/11 @ Millennium Park
Making good on Chicago's motto Urbs in Horto (City in a Garden), the University of Illinois Extension Master Gardeners offers 20-minute...
Sunday 5/11 @ Gene Siskel Film Center
Whether or not it's a "true noir" is a debate we'll leave to the online message boards — but good luck...
Sunday 5/11 @ The Renaissance Society
The subject of race seems to be on many minds of late, but in the art world, the topic is positively...
Sunday 5/11 @ Chicago Cultural Center, Studio Theater
Born and raised on the South Side, Tony Fitzpatrick is a prolific artist whose work ethic and oeuvre are both quintessentially...
Sunday 5/11 @ Music Box Theatre
James Bond is one of the longest-running characters in movie history, dating back to 1962. Last year's Casino Royale was a...
