Events on Monday, May 5

<em>Little Caesar </em>(1931)

Film

Little Caesar

Monday 5/ 5 @ Gene Siskel Film Center

It may not have The Public Enemy's eye for composition or the nihilism of Howard Hawks' Scarface, but Mervyn LeRoy's Little... 

Books: Reading

Quimby's Release Party

Monday 5/ 5 @ Quimby's Bookstore

This evening Quimby's does what Quimby's does best, showcasing new books and publications by nine creative minds. Tonight's readers cover a... 

Tokyo Police Club w/ Smoosh and Maps and Atlases

Music

Tokyo Police Club

Monday 5/ 5 @ Metro

The fast-and-frantic style of Canadian quartet Tokyo Police Club is so speedy that songs seem to be ending just as they... 

Ongoing Events

Art

Frau Fiber

Monday 5/ 5 @ 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... 

Edward Hopper

Art

Edward Hopper

Monday 5/ 5 @ The Art Institute of Chicago

Edward Hopper, the quintessential American realist, receives one of the most comprehensive stateside surveys of his work in this far-reaching retrospective.... 

<em>Last Year at Marienbad </em>(1961)<em> </em>

Film

Last Year at Marienbad

Monday 5/ 5 @ Music Box Theatre

Stanley Kubrick, Michel Gondry, and even George Romero owe a debt to Alain Resnais' new-wave classic Last Year at Marienbad. The... 

<em>Baby Mama</em>

Film

Baby Mama

Monday 5/ 5 @ Various locations

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

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

Art

David Hockney

Monday 5/ 5 @ 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>Three Hours Between Planes: Contemporary Photography from Leipzig and Chicago</em>

Art: Photography

Three Hours Between Planes

Monday 5/ 5 @ 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>Watercolors of Winslow Homer: The Color of Light</em>

Art

Watercolors of Winslow Homer

Monday 5/ 5 @ The Art Institute of Chicago

Winslow Homer began his career as a humble illustrator for Harper's, but he retired as the self-taught American master of watercolor... 

<em>The Visitor</em>

Film

The Visitor

Monday 5/ 5 @ 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... 

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

Art

Tony Fitzpatrick

Monday 5/ 5 @ 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... 

Mondays are always FREE at the Chicago History Museum

Special Event

Mondays are always FREE at the Chicago History Museum

Monday 5/ 5 @ Chicago History Museum

Every Monday is FREE at the Chicago History Museum. Come by and check us out!  We have exhibitions and programs for...