Events on Tuesday, May 27

Stitch 'n' Bitch

City Gems

Stitch 'n' Bitch

Tuesday 5/27 @ Museum of Contemporary Art

On the fourth Tuesday of each month, knitters of all stripes congregate in the airy, Takashi Murakami-wallpapered Puck's Café for a... 

Andy Austin: <em>Rule 53</em>

Books: Reading

Andy Austin

Tuesday 5/27 @ 57th Street Books

For over four decades, Andy Austin has enjoyed front-row seats at some of the most important trials in Chicago's criminal history.... 

Too $hort w/ Connie Price and the Keystones

Music: Hip-Hop

Too $hort

Tuesday 5/27 @ Metro

Too $hort, the Bay Area's self-appointed "Godfather of Hip-Hop," has been on the scene for over two decades, so clearly he... 

Ongoing Events

Ken Fandell, <em>Part II: Until It Doesn't Matter </em>

Art

Ken Fandell

Tuesday 5/27 @ 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... 

Film

Reprise

Tuesday 5/27 @ Landmark Century Centre Cinema

Joachim Trier deftly interweaves disparate themes, including ambition, love, punk rock, and the writer's life, in his debut feature-length film. Set... 

Christa Donner: <em>ExtraSensory</em>

Art

Christa Donner

Tuesday 5/27 @ 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... 

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

Art

Design in the Age of Darwin

Tuesday 5/27 @ 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>Baby Mama</em>

Film

Baby Mama

Tuesday 5/27 @ Various locations

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

<em>Split!</em> and <em>Shatter</em>

Comedy

Split! and Shatter

Tuesday 5/27 @ The Second City e.t.c.

Before Steve Carell and Chris Farley springboarded from Chicago's Second City main stage to the big time, they spent years honing... 

<em>Roman de Gare</em>

Film

Roman de Gare

Tuesday 5/27 @ Various locations

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

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

Art

David Hockney

Tuesday 5/27 @ 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>About Art</em>: Photographs by Jason Lazarus and Brian Ulrich

Art: Photography

Brian Ulrich and Jason Lazarus

Tuesday 5/27 @ City Gallery

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

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

Art: Photography

Three Hours Between Planes

Tuesday 5/27 @ 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... 

<em>Son of Rambow</em>

Film

Son of Rambow

Tuesday 5/27 @ 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... 

Millennium Park Revealed

Special Event

Millennium Park Revealed

Tuesday 5/27 @ 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>Avenue Q</em>

Theatre

Avenue Q

Tuesday 5/27 @ Cadillac Palace Theater

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

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

Art

Black Is Black Ain't

Tuesday 5/27 @ The Renaissance Society

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

<em>Chicago Imagism: 1965-1985</em>

Art

Chicago Imagism: 1965-1985

Tuesday 5/27 @ Russell Bowman Fine Art

Chicago Imagism began with a group of artists from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago who first showed their... 

<em>The Visitor</em>

Film

The Visitor

Tuesday 5/27 @ 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... 

Los Campesinos! w/ Jeffrey Lewis and the Jitters

Music

Los Campesinos!

Tuesday 5/27 @ The Empty Bottle

Declaring a band "darlings" is one of the music press' more backhanded compliments. But really, there's no better way to describe... 

<em>The Witnesses</em>

Film

The Witnesses

Tuesday 5/27 @ 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>Strange Habit</em>

Art

Strange Habit

Tuesday 5/27 @ I Space Gallery

For Strange Habit, curator Luke Batten selected artists — Emily Kennerk, Curtis Mann, Alice Shaw, Shane Huffman, and Steven Husby —... 

<em>Everyday People</em>

Art

Everyday People

Tuesday 5/27 @ estudiotres

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

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

Art

Tony Fitzpatrick

Tuesday 5/27 @ 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... 

<em>Redbelt</em>

Film

Redbelt

Tuesday 5/27 @ 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>A Steady Rain</em>

Theatre

A Steady Rain

Tuesday 5/27 @ 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>Then She Found Me</em>

Film

Then She Found Me

Tuesday 5/27 @ Various locations

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

Justin Cooper: <em>Thread</em>

Art

Justin Cooper

Tuesday 5/27 @ 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... 

<em>Shape-Shifters</em>

Art

Shape-Shifters

Tuesday 5/27 @ Alfedena Gallery

Curated by Newcity art editor Jason Foumberg and hosted by Alfedena Gallery, the Contemporary Arts Council's 14th annual emerging-artist exhibition illustrates... 

Smart Home: Green + Wired

City Gems

Smart Home

Tuesday 5/27 @ 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

Tuesday 5/27 @ 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...