Events on Sunday, May 25

Bank of America presents Bike the Drive

City Gems

Bike the Drive

Sunday 5/25 @ Various locations

As you enter downtown from the south side, Lake Shore Drive's skyline view is truly breathtaking. The skyscrapers swell with civic... 

Purbayan Chatterjee's Legacy Tour

Music: Classical

Purbayan Chatterjee's Legacy Tour

Sunday 5/25 @ Chicago Cultural Center

Tonight's show features two father/son combos. Sitar and tabla authorities Shri Parthapratim, Purbayan, Anindo, and Anubrata Chatterjee join forces to pay... 

Flameshovel Records Night

Music

Flameshovel Records Night

Sunday 5/25 @ Double Door

In just seven years, Chicago's Flameshovel Records has built an impressively eclectic roster. From local upstarts the Narrator (RIP) to scene... 

Ongoing Events

<em>Campaign Supernova!</em><em> or How Many Democrats Does It Take to Lose an Election?</em>

Comedy

Campaign Supernova!

Sunday 5/25 @ 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... 

<em>Avenue Q</em>

Theatre

Avenue Q

Sunday 5/25 @ Cadillac Palace Theater

The producers of Rent have caught lightning in a bottle a second time, proving again that musical theatre can be relevant... 

Millennium Park Revealed

Special Event

Millennium Park Revealed

Sunday 5/25 @ 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... 

<em>About Art</em>: Photographs by Jason Lazarus and Brian Ulrich

Art: Photography

Brian Ulrich and Jason Lazarus

Sunday 5/25 @ City Gallery

Jason Lazarus and Brian Ulrich take an irreverent glimpse behind the scenes of the art market with About Art, their photographic... 

<em>The Visitor</em>

Film

The Visitor

Sunday 5/25 @ 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... 

<em>The Witnesses</em>

Film

The Witnesses

Sunday 5/25 @ Music Box Theatre

The first French import of note this year, The Witnesses picks up at the onset of the AIDS epidemic in Paris... 

<em>A Steady Rain</em>

Theatre

A Steady Rain

Sunday 5/25 @ 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... 

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

Art: Photography

Three Hours Between Planes

Sunday 5/25 @ 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... 

Farnsworth House Plus by Bus

Special Event

Farnsworth House Plus by Bus

Sunday 5/25 @ Chicago Architecture Foundation

A seven-hour, $70 architectural tour may seem like a bit much. But when the Chicago Architecture Foundation hosts an authoritative, metro-area-spanning... 

<em>Redbelt</em>

Film

Redbelt

Sunday 5/25 @ 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... 

<em>Lipstick Traces: A Secret History of the 20th Century</em>

Theatre

Lipstick Traces

Sunday 5/25 @ 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... 

<em>Then She Found Me</em>

Film

Then She Found Me

Sunday 5/25 @ Various locations

Ever since Mad About You made Helen Hunt a household name, she's never been able to shake the distinct scent of... 

<em>Design in the Age of Darwin: From William Morris to Frank Lloyd Wright</em>

Art

Design in the Age of Darwin

Sunday 5/25 @ 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... 

<em>Everyday People</em>

Art

Everyday People

Sunday 5/25 @ estudiotres

Curators Rob Bondgren and David Getsy push beyond the reductive categories of sexuality and gender in the LGBT-themed exhibition Everyday People... 

Smart Home: Green + Wired

City Gems

Smart Home

Sunday 5/25 @ Museum Campus

Just admit it, you've ogled the sleek modern houses you pass on certain streets and wished you could peek inside. The... 

<em>Jellyfish</em>

Film

Jellyfish

Sunday 5/25 @ Music Box Theatre

Israeli co-directors Etgar Keret and Shira Geffen have both written children's books and graphic novels, so it's only natural that their... 

Joffrey Ballet:  American Moderns

Dance

American Moderns

Sunday 5/25 @ 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... 

Tony Fitzpatrick: <em>The Wonder:</em><em> Portraits of a Remembered City</em>

Art

Tony Fitzpatrick

Sunday 5/25 @ 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... 

Guided Tour of the Lurie Garden

Special Event

Lurie Garden

Sunday 5/25 @ 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... 

<em>Baby Mama</em>

Film

Baby Mama

Sunday 5/25 @ Various locations

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

<em>Roman de Gare</em>

Film

Roman de Gare

Sunday 5/25 @ Various locations

Roman de Gare takes its name from the French term for popular novels sold in train stations, and, indeed, this film's... 

<em>Black Is Black Ain't</em>

Art

Black Is Black Ain't

Sunday 5/25 @ The Renaissance Society

The subject of race seems to be on many minds of late, but in the art world, the topic is positively... 

Christa Donner: <em>ExtraSensory</em>

Art

Christa Donner

Sunday 5/25 @ 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... 

Randolph Street Market Festival

Festival: Performing Arts

Randolph Street Market Festival

Sunday 5/25 @ Randolph Street Market

This year marks a revamp of the successful, Euro-style indoor/outdoor Chicago Antiques Market. The Randolph Street Market festival is a monthly... 

<em>Son of Rambow</em>

Film

Son of Rambow

Sunday 5/25 @ Landmark Century Centre Cinema

Young Will lives in a religious household that forbids television or film. But once school bully Lee exposes him to a...