Free on Tuesday June 17

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Music: DJ
Minor Figure$
Tuesday June 17 (9pm–2am) @ Sonotheque
Free
For recession-stricken beat addicts, Sonotheque's free Minor Figure$ series is an oasis. Every Tuesday, the city's best DJs spin sets as varied as they are... View details »
Minor Figure$

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Art
Tony Fitzpatrick
Tuesday June 17 (8am–6pm) @ Chicago Cultural Center's Studio Theater More times »
Free
Born and raised on the South Side, Tony Fitzpatrick is a prolific artist whose work ethic and oeuvre are both quintessentially Chicago. This exhibition comprises... View details »
Tony Fitzpatrick
Art: Photography
Three Hours Between Planes
Tuesday June 17 (8am–7pm) @ Chicago Cultural Center More times »
Free
In Three Hours Between Planes, co-curators Marco Poloni and Eiko Grimberg find the common themes running through the work of 11 young artists from Chicago's... View details »
Three Hours Between Planes
Art
Ladylike
Tuesday June 17 (1–6pm) @ Gosia Koscielak Gallery More times »
Free
In a post-third-wave landscape of mommy wars, Sex and the City fever, and continuous political upheaval, feminism is having a bit of an identity crisis.... View details »
Ladylike
Art
Portraying Food (and the Absence of It)
Tuesday June 17 (10:30am–5:30pm) @ Walsh Gallery More times »
Free
Interest in Chinese art has reached a fever pitch, but Wu Hung has always been ahead of the curve. Since 1999, the curator and scholar... View details »
Portraying Food (and the Absence of It)
Art
Mario Ybarra, Jr.
Tuesday June 17 (10:30am–5pm) @ The Art Institute of Chicago More times »
Free
In his first solo museum exhibition, Mario Ybarra, Jr. presents a witty comparison of Chicago and Los Angeles through the exploits of William Wrigley, Jr..... View details »
Mario Ybarra, Jr.
Art
Everyday People
Tuesday June 17 (10am–5pm) @ estudiotres More times »
Free
Curators Rob Bondgren and David Getsy push beyond the reductive categories of sexuality and gender in the LGBT-themed exhibition Everyday People at estudiotres in Chicago's... View details »
Everyday People
Art
David Hockney
Tuesday June 17 (11am–6pm) @ The Arts Club of Chicago More times »
Free
David Hockney gained recognition in the '60s for his flat, single-panel paintings of swimming pools, but he also creates more narrative-based work, like pieced-together canvases... View details »
David Hockney
Art: Photography
Brian Ulrich and Jason Lazarus
Tuesday June 17 (10am–6:30pm) @ City Gallery More times »
Free
Jason Lazarus and Brian Ulrich take an irreverent glimpse behind the scenes of the art market with About Art, their photographic exhibition at City Gallery... View details »
Brian Ulrich and Jason Lazarus
Art
ISN'T IT
Tuesday June 17 (11am–5pm) @ Tony Wight Gallery More times »
Free
At first glance, ISN'T IT appears to be a loose collection of sculptures that brings modest materials to life. But the exhibition rewards close viewing,... View details »
ISN'T IT
Art
Shape-Shifters
Tuesday June 17 (10am–6pm) @ Alfedena Gallery More times »
Free
Curated by Newcity art editor Jason Foumberg and hosted by Alfedena Gallery, the Contemporary Arts Council's 14th annual emerging-artist exhibition illustrates the ways that familiar... View details »
Shape-Shifters
Art
Clouds, et al
Tuesday June 17 (10:30am–6:30pm) @ Carrie Secrist Gallery More times »
Free
During the quiet months of summer, dealers often turn to group exhibitions as an easy way to trot out the work of multiple artists. In... View details »
Clouds, et al
More Flavor: City Gem
Flower Power
Tuesday June 17 (9am–5pm) @ Garfield Park Conservatory More times »
Free
If the concrete trek and throngs of spectators at Friday's Fourth of July festivities leave you pining for something a little more spacious and herbaceous,... View details »
Flower Power
More Flavor: City Gem
Farmers' Market
Tuesday June 17 (9am–4pm) @ Museum of Contemporary Art More times »
Free
In addition to the hot sticky days and fighting crowds at the Taste of Chicago, summertime means a barrage of fresh, beautiful produce. The... View details »
Farmers' Market
Art
Chicago Imagism: 1965-1985
Tuesday June 17 (10am–5pm) @ Russell Bowman Fine Art More times »
Free
Chicago Imagism began with a group of artists from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago who first showed their work at the Hyde... View details »
Chicago Imagism: 1965-1985
Art: Architecture/Design
Design in the Age of Darwin
Tuesday June 17 (10am–5pm) @ Block Museum, Northwestern University More times »
Free
What effect did Charles Darwin's On the Origin of Species have on the development of early modern architecture? What can we make of the canon-splitting... View details »
Design in the Age of Darwin