All events on Thursday June 05

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Tales of Colt 45
Thursday June 5 (9pm) @ The Hideout
VICE magazine is many things to many people, but more than anything, it's responsible for reintroducing the world to the joys of Colt 45. 'Tis... View details »
Tales of Colt 45
Music: Rock/Pop
Dark Dark Dark
Thursday June 5 (8pm) @ Heaven Gallery
With folksy, stripped-down arrangements of accordion, banjo, strings, and vocals, Minneapolis' Dark Dark Dark bring to mind Beirut, a Hawk & a Hacksaw, or DeVotchKa,... View details »
Dark Dark Dark
Music: Electronic
Motor
Thursday June 5 (10pm) @ SmartBar
Giveaway
Motor's unjustly slept-on Unhuman album is the kind of dance record purists love to hate. It's hooky, poppy, and unabashedly retro, with airless production and... View details »
Motor
Performing Arts: Dance
Same Planet Different World
Thursday June 5 (8pm) @ Links Hall More times »
Since 1997, Same Planet Different World Dance Theatre has earned a reputation for producing innovative, surprising, whip-smart works in styles ranging from classical, jazz, and... View details »
Same Planet Different World
Reading
2nd Story
Thursday June 5 (7pm) @ The Spot
Serendipity Theatre Collective's "hybrid performance series" 2nd Story is a unique blend of staged theatre and seemingly improvisational storytelling. Initially conceived by members as a... View details »
2nd Story
Reading
Ed Park: Personal Days
Thursday June 5 (7pm) @ Book Cellar
Free
Welcome to the working weak: reading Personal Days the debut novel by Ed Park, a founding editor of The Believer — is like staying... View details »
Ed Park: Personal Days

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Art
Tony Fitzpatrick
Thursday June 5 (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
Jeff Koons
Thursday June 5 (10am–5pm) @ Museum of Contemporary Art More times »
It's easy to forget that art star and auction darling Jeff Koons made his name as a provocateur. His Made in Heaven series includes photographs... View details »
Jeff Koons
Art: Photography
Three Hours Between Planes
Thursday June 5 (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
Black Is Black Ain't
Thursday June 5 (10am–5pm) @ The Renaissance Society More times »
Free
The subject of race seems to be on many minds of late, but in the art world, the topic is positively hot. This large group... View details »
Black Is Black Ain't
Film
The Visitor
Thursday June 5 @ Landmark Century Centre Cinema More times »
Some character actors should really never be leading men (Jude Law), and some just haven't been given the chance. Richard Jenkins (I Heart Huckabees, 2004)... View details »
The Visitor
Art
Maleonn and Brian Yates
Thursday June 5 (11am–5pm) @ Kasia Kay Art Projects More times »
Free
The term "visual artist" is a relatively vague one, but it's a dead-on description of Shanghai's Maleonn; his work demands a general characterization, anyhow, not... View details »
Maleonn and Brian Yates
Film
Baby Mama
Thursday June 5 @ Various locations More times »
With their smart mouths and hyperactive wit, Amy Poehler and Tina Fey have already proven irresistible as a comic team, most memorably as the SNL... View details »
Baby Mama
Film
Redbelt
Thursday June 5 @ Landmark Century Centre Cinema More times »
Gulf War veteran Mike (Chiwetel Ejiofor) runs a Jiu-Jitsu studio, but refuses to participate in competitions — which he believes compromise the martial art's principles.... View details »
Redbelt
Film
Son of Rambow
Thursday June 5 @ Landmark Century Centre Cinema More times »
Young Will lives in a religious household that forbids television or film. But once school bully Lee exposes him to a bootleg copy of First... View details »
Son of Rambow
Art
Christa Donner
Thursday June 5 (10am–4pm) @ International Museum of Surgical Science More times »
For decades, the International Museum of Surgical Science has spotlighted the macabre wonders of invasive surgery. But along with historical displays of bizarre artifacts and... View details »
Christa Donner
Film
Roman de Gare
Thursday June 5 @ Various locations More times »
Roman de Gare takes its name from the French term for popular novels sold in train stations, and, indeed, this film's whodunit plot is pure... View details »
Roman de Gare
Performing Arts: Comedy
Campaign Supernova!
Thursday June 5 (8pm) @ The Second City e.t.c. More times »
From the director of the recent hit Between Barack and a Hard Place comes another election-season winner, Campaign Supernova!, performed by Second City. Where... View details »
Campaign Supernova!
Film
Love and Honor
Thursday June 5 @ Facets Cinémathèque More times »
He's directed over 70 films, but Yoji Yamada was virtually unknown outside Japan until 2002's Oscar-nominated Twilight Samurai. His new Love and Honor closely follows... View details »
Love and Honor
Art
Mario Ybarra, Jr.
Thursday June 5 (10:30am–8pm) @ 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.
Film
Constantine's Sword
Thursday June 5 @ Music Box Theatre More times »
Too often, "essay films" — documentaries arguing a specific point of view — are made by those antipathetic to their subjects. What's unusual about Constantine's... View details »
Constantine's Sword
Art
Everyday People
Thursday June 5 (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
Film
Then She Found Me
Thursday June 5 @ Various locations More times »
Ever since Mad About You made Helen Hunt a household name, she's never been able to shake the distinct scent of sitcom, even after garnering... View details »
Then She Found Me
Performing Arts: Theatre
For Keeps and a Single Day
Thursday June 5 (7:30–9:30pm) @ Museum of Contemporary Art More times »
Lookingglass Theatre Company has chosen to revive the 2000 hit For Keeps and a Single Day for its 20th season. Thomas J. Cox won raves... View details »
For Keeps and a Single Day
Art: Photography
Ben Gest
Thursday June 5 (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
David Hockney
Thursday June 5 (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
Thursday June 5 (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
Performing Arts: Theatre
Avenue Q
Thursday June 5 @ Cadillac Palace Theater More times »
The producers of Rent have caught lightning in a bottle a second time, proving again that musical theatre can be relevant to the twentysomething crowd.... View details »
Avenue Q
Film
Reprise
Thursday June 5 @ Landmark Century Centre Cinema More times »
Joachim Trier deftly interweaves disparate themes, including ambition, love, punk rock, and the writer's life, in his debut feature-length film. Set in Oslo, Norway, Reprise... View details »
Art
Shape-Shifters
Thursday June 5 (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
Thursday June 5 (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
Art
Chicago Imagism: 1965-1985
Thursday June 5 (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
Thursday June 5 (10am–8pm) @ 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
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Smart Home
Thursday June 5 @ Museum Campus More times »
Just admit it, you've ogled the sleek modern houses you pass on certain streets and wished you could peek inside. The Museum of Science and... View details »
Smart Home