Free on Saturday June 21

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Art
Videodance
Saturday June 21 (9am–5pm) @ Hyde Park Art Center More times »
Free
Since 1978, the Centre Pompidou in Paris has paired visual artists with choreographers and dancers at its annual Vidéodanse festival. The results of these... View details »
Videodance
Film
The Golden Compass
Saturday June 21 (8:30pm) @ Holstein Park Fieldhouse
Free
For a film ostensibly geared toward children, The Golden Compass, based on the first installment of Philip Pullman's His Dark Materials trilogy, inspired a great... View details »
The Golden Compass

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Art
Tony Fitzpatrick
Saturday June 21 (9am–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
Saturday June 21 (9am–6pm) @ 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
Saturday June 21 (noon–4pm) @ 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)
Saturday June 21 (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
Amanda Browder: Cyclone
Saturday June 21 (1–6pm) @ Green Lantern More times »
Free
Dynamic fiber and performance artist Amanda Browder spins into Chicago again — this time with a stuffed tornado in tow. Browder is known for large... View details »
Art
Mario Ybarra, Jr.
Saturday June 21 (10am–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
Saturday June 21 (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
Jim Tansley
Saturday June 21 (9am–6pm) @ Chicago Cultural Center More times »
Free
Jim Tansley's abstract paintings and drawings combine seemingly familiar lines with expanses of soft color to create arrangements that appear both carefully structured and completely... View details »
Jim Tansley
Art: Photography
Ben Gest
Saturday June 21 (11am–6pm) @ Stephen Daiter Gallery More times »
Free
Ben Gest's portraits of friends and family are carefully orchestrated to seem totally improvised. But where like-minded photographers Sally Mann, Tina Barney, and Alec Soth... View details »
Ben Gest
Art: Photography
Brian Ulrich and Jason Lazarus
Saturday June 21 (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
Saturday June 21 (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
Saturday June 21 (10am–5pm) @ 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
Saturday June 21 (11am–5pm) @ 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
Alfred Caldwell Lily Pool
Saturday June 21 (7:30am–7:30pm) @ Alfred Caldwell Lily Pool More times »
Free
Escape the roaring cars on Lake Shore Drive and the crowds at Lincoln Park Zoo by slipping through the unobtrusive entrance to the Alfred Caldwell... View details »
Alfred Caldwell Lily Pool
More Flavor: City Gem
Flower Power
Saturday June 21 (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
Art
Boys of Summer
Saturday June 21 (11am–5pm) @ Monique Meloche More times »
Free
A good group exhibition can feel like a free buffet serving top-quality market produce; it all looks so enticing, and you don't know where to... View details »
Boys of Summer
Art
Chicago Imagism: 1965-1985
Saturday June 21 (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: Photography
Beyond the Backyard
Saturday June 21 (10am–5pm) @ Museum of Contemporary Photography More times »
Free
Recognized as a fixture in Americana, the backyard has, over the previous two decades, become a space favored almost as much by postmodern thinkers as... View details »
Art: Architecture/Design
Design in the Age of Darwin
Saturday June 21 (noon–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
Art
Barbara Hashimoto
Saturday June 21 (noon–4pm) @ 2003 S Halsted St More times »
Free
A landscape of mountain ridges is visible through the wide windows of this storefront space in the Chicago Arts District — or maybe it's a... View details »
Barbara Hashimoto