Events on Wednesday, June 18
Wednesday 6/18 @ Double Door
Crystal Castles love small-scale blippy melodies styled after old-school video games, but their songs are always dance-floor ready, given a sensual...
Wednesday 6/18 @ Portage Theater
The first movie that paired Rock Hudson and Doris Day, Pillow Talk is a classic tale of a womanizer who gets...
Wednesday 6/18 @ Schubas
Call her the next British blue-eyed soul export if you want, but Alice Russell doesn't need a trademark look, tabloid troubles,...
Ongoing Events
Wednesday 6/18 @ The Art Institute of Chicago
In his first solo museum exhibition, Mario Ybarra, Jr. presents a witty comparison of Chicago and Los Angeles through the exploits...
Wednesday 6/18 @ Mess Hall
Regarding those who toil on Madison Avenue, the acid-tongued Bill Hicks once riffed, "You are Satan's little helpers… kill yourself, seriously…...
Wednesday 6/18 @ estudiotres
Curators Rob Bondgren and David Getsy push beyond the reductive categories of sexuality and gender in the LGBT-themed exhibition Everyday People...
Wednesday 6/18 @ Garfield Park Conservatory
If the concrete trek and throngs of spectators at Friday's Fourth of July festivities leave you pining for something a little...
Wednesday 6/18 @ Museum of Contemporary Art
Lookingglass Theatre Company has chosen to revive the 2000 hit For Keeps and a Single Day for its 20th season. Thomas...
Wednesday 6/18 @ 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 6/18 @ Museum of Contemporary Art
It's easy to forget that art star and auction darling Jeff Koons made his name as a provocateur. His Made in...
Wednesday 6/18 @ 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...
Wednesday 6/18 @ 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 6/18 @ Kasia Kay Art Projects
The term "visual artist" is a relatively vague one, but it's a dead-on description of Shanghai's Maleonn; his work demands a...
Wednesday 6/18 @ 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...
Wednesday 6/18 @ The Art Institute of Chicago
You may not have noticed, but the Art Institute's Department of Prints and Drawings has been running in stealth mode —...
Wednesday 6/18 @ Museum of Contemporary Art
In the current installment of the UBS 12x12 series, Mark Booth presents drawings and paintings that combine text with biomorphic forms...
Wednesday 6/18 @ 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 6/18 @ The Chicago Theatre
It was a pretty sweet moment when Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova won the Oscar for their song "Falling Slowly" from...
Wednesday 6/18 @ 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 6/18 @ 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 6/18 @ Music Box Theatre
Too often, "essay films" — documentaries arguing a specific point of view — are made by those antipathetic to their subjects....
Wednesday 6/18 @ Carrie Secrist Gallery
During the quiet months of summer, dealers often turn to group exhibitions as an easy way to trot out the work...
Brian Ulrich and Jason Lazarus
Wednesday 6/18 @ City Gallery
Jason Lazarus and Brian Ulrich take an irreverent glimpse behind the scenes of the art market with About Art, their photographic...
Wednesday 6/18 @ 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...
Portraying Food (and the Absence of It)
Wednesday 6/18 @ Walsh Gallery
Interest in Chinese art has reached a fever pitch, but Wu Hung has always been ahead of the curve. Since 1999,...
When Did You Last See Your Father?
Wednesday 6/18 @ Landmark Century Centre Cinema
Adapted from writer Blake Morrison's 1993 memoir about his bullying father's death from cancer, When Did You Last See Your Father?...
Wednesday 6/18 @ 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 6/18 @ 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...
Wednesday 6/18 @ 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 6/18 @ 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 6/18 @ Various locations
Roman de Gare takes its name from the French term for popular novels sold in train stations, and, indeed, this film's...
