Free on Tuesday June 24
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- Jeff Parker
- Tuesday June 24 (10:30pm) @ Rodan More times »
- Free
- If for some incomprehensible reason you're feeling down on the Chicago music scene, the fact that you can see Jeff Parker play for free every... View details »
The following events are ongoing.
- Art
- Tony Fitzpatrick
- Tuesday June 24 (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 »
- Art: Photography
- Three Hours Between Planes
- Tuesday June 24 (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 »
- Art
- Ladylike
- Tuesday June 24 (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 »
- Art
- Portraying Food (and the Absence of It)
- Tuesday June 24 (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 »
- Art
- Videodance
- Tuesday June 24 (9am–8pm) @ 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 »
- Art
- Mario Ybarra, Jr.
- Tuesday June 24 (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 »
- Art
- Everyday People
- Tuesday June 24 (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 »
- Art
- Alex Katz: Subject to Reversal
- Tuesday June 24 (10am–5:30pm) @ Richard Gray Gallery More times »
- Free
- At 81, Alex Katz has only recently emerged as one of America's major contemporary artists. The Richard Gray Gallery shows why the artist's profile has... View details »
- Art
- Jim Tansley
- Tuesday June 24 (8am–7pm) @ 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 »
- Art
- David Hockney
- Tuesday June 24 (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 »
- Art: Photography
- Brian Ulrich and Jason Lazarus
- Tuesday June 24 (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 »
- Art
- ISN'T IT
- Tuesday June 24 (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 »
- Art
- Shape-Shifters
- Tuesday June 24 (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 »
- Art
- Clouds, et al
- Tuesday June 24 (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 »
- More Flavor: City Gem
- Alfred Caldwell Lily Pool
- Tuesday June 24 (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 »
- More Flavor: City Gem
- Flower Power
- Tuesday June 24 (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 »
- More Flavor: City Gem
- Farmers' Market
- Tuesday June 24 (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 »
- Art
- Boys of Summer
- Tuesday June 24 (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 »
- Art
- Chicago Imagism: 1965-1985
- Tuesday June 24 (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 »
- Art: Photography
- Beyond the Backyard
- Tuesday June 24 (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
- Tuesday June 24 (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 »
