Events on Wednesday, May 14
The Destruction and Looting of Iraq's Past
Wednesday 5/14 @ The Oriental Institute
Curator Katharyn Hanson leads a lunchtime tour of the Oriental Institute's ongoing exhibit Catastrophe!, which explores the devastating effect that the...
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Wednesday 5/14 @ The Chicago Theatre
If you consider brushing your teeth part of foreplay, chances are you're familiar with "Business Time" — the intense two-minute form...
Wednesday 5/14 @ Chicago Center for the Performing Arts
The Talent Show is, as you might expect, an eclectic, old-fashioned variety show in which the audience votes for its favorite...
Wednesday 5/14 @ Beverly Arts Center
British director Ken Loach (The Wind That Shakes the Barley, 2006) just may be the reigning king of cinematic socialist realism....
Ongoing Events
Wednesday 5/14 @ Various locations
Ever since Mad About You made Helen Hunt a household name, she's never been able to shake the distinct scent of...
Wednesday 5/14 @ 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...
Wednesday 5/14 @ 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...
Wednesday 5/14 @ 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...
Wednesday 5/14 @ 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...
Wednesday 5/14 @ 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...
Wednesday 5/14 @ The Renaissance Society
The subject of race seems to be on many minds of late, but in the art world, the topic is positively...
Wednesday 5/14 @ Museum Campus
Just admit it, you've ogled the sleek modern houses you pass on certain streets and wished you could peek inside. The...
Wednesday 5/14 @ 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...
Wednesday 5/14 @ 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...
Wednesday 5/14 @ Stephen Daiter Gallery
Ben Gest's portraits of friends and family are carefully orchestrated to seem totally improvised. But where like-minded photographers Sally Mann, Tina...
Wednesday 5/14 @ 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...
Wednesday 5/14 @ 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...
Wednesday 5/14 @ Auditorium Theatre
Last we checked, high-modernist dance peaked at 1972's Stravinsky Festival, and what followed hasn't improved much with age — which makes...
Wednesday 5/14 @ Western Exhibitions
In the springtime, most of us use our money to catch up on overdue heating bills, but New York-based artist Mark...
Wednesday 5/14 @ 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...
Wednesday 5/14 @ 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...
Wednesday 5/14 @ 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...
Wednesday 5/14 @ I Space Gallery
For Strange Habit, curator Luke Batten selected artists — Emily Kennerk, Curtis Mann, Alice Shaw, Shane Huffman, and Steven Husby —...
Wednesday 5/14 @ 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...
Wednesday 5/14 @ 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...
