Events on Tuesday, May 13
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- Reading
- Arianna Huffington
- @ Borders
- Reagan's line about not leaving the Democratic party ("it left me") has become such a tired conservative mantra; progressives can be... View details »
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- Music: Rock/Pop
- Liars
- @ Reggies Rock Club
- Liars concurrent gigs opening up for Radiohead seem like a dicey proposition. You'd hope the In Rainbows audience would be among... View details »
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- Music: Hip-Hop
- Yo Majesty
- @ The Mansion
- Pairing Tampa shock-hop duo Yo Majesty and UK dance punks Does It Offend You, Yeah? is an inspired idea — if... View details »
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- More Flavor: Lecture
- Lise Anne Couture
- @ Museum of Contemporary Art
- Architect Lise Anne Couture and Hani Rashid founded the highly innovative, rule-breaking firm Asymptote in 1988, taking its name from a... View details »
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Ongoing Events
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- Film
- The Visitor
- @ 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... View details »
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- Art
- Tony Fitzpatrick
- @ 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... View details »
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- Frau Fiber
- @ 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... View details »
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- Performing Arts: Theatre
- A Steady Rain
- @ 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... View details »
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- Ken Fandell
- @ Tony Wight Gallery
- In part two of his exhibition at Tony Wight Gallery, Ken Fandell continues working with an image taken by NASA's Hubble... View details »
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- Justin Cooper
- @ Gallery 400
- Justin Cooper's installation is a combination of opposites: small-scale material creates large-scale sculpture, and conceptual performance art runs up against personal-space... View details »
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- Film
- James Bond Festival
- @ 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... View details »
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- Art: Architecture/Design
- Design in the Age of Darwin
- @ 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... View details »
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- Film
- Redbelt
- @ Landmark Century Centre Cinema
- Gulf War veteran Mike (Chiwetel Ejiofor) runs a Jiu-Jitsu studio, but refuses to participate in competitions — which he believes compromise... View details »
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- More Flavor: City Gem
- Smart Home
- @ Museum Campus
- Just admit it, you've ogled the sleek modern houses you pass on certain streets and wished you could peek inside. The... View details »
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- More Flavor: Tour
- Millennium Park Revealed
- @ 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... View details »
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- Art
- David Hockney
- @ 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... View details »
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- Art
- Christa Donner
- @ 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... View details »
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- Film
- Baby Mama
- @ Various locations
- With their smart mouths and hyperactive wit, Amy Poehler and Tina Fey have already proven irresistible as a comic team, most... View details »
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- Art: Photography
- Three Hours Between Planes
- @ 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... View details »
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- Film
- Then She Found Me
- @ Various locations
- Ever since Mad About You made Helen Hunt a household name, she's never been able to shake the distinct scent of... View details »
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- Film: Documentary
- At the Death House Door
- @ 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... View details »
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- Strange Habit
- @ I Space Gallery
- For Strange Habit, curator Luke Batten selected artists — Emily Kennerk, Curtis Mann, Alice Shaw, Shane Huffman, and Steven Husby —... View details »
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- Black Is Black Ain't
- @ The Renaissance Society
- The subject of race seems to be on many minds of late, but in the art world, the topic is positively... View details »
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