All events on Sunday June 08

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Film: Documentary
The Blinking Madonna
Sunday June 8 (1:30pm) @ Chicago History Museum
In the summer of 1991, indie filmmaker Beth Harrington — who had already filmed two short PBS documentaries on the religious traditions of Boston's Italian... View details »
The Blinking Madonna
Art: Architecture/Design
Chicago International Poster Biennial
Sunday June 8 (10am–3pm) @ Crown Hall More times »
The poster has gone from ephemera to collectible. The medium's widespread appeal warranted the founding of the Chicago International Poster Biennial Association (CIPBA), an organization... View details »
Chicago International Poster Biennial
Music: Rock/Pop
Mark Kozelek
Sunday June 8 (8pm) @ Old Town School of Folk Music
After Red House Painters' exceptional run through the '90s, Mark Kozelek became something of a godhead for all the sad young literary men (to borrow... View details »
Mark Kozelek

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Art
Tony Fitzpatrick
Sunday June 8 (10am–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
Sunday June 8 (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
Sunday June 8 (10am–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
Black Is Black Ain't
Sunday June 8 (noon–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
Sunday June 8 @ 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
Film
Baby Mama
Sunday June 8 @ 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
Sunday June 8 @ 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
Sunday June 8 @ 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
Sunday June 8 (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
Sunday June 8 @ 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!
Sunday June 8 (7pm) @ 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!
Art
Mark Booth
Sunday June 8 (10am–5pm) @ Museum of Contemporary Art More times »
In the current installment of the UBS 12x12 series, Mark Booth presents drawings and paintings that combine text with biomorphic forms and recall both cellular... View details »
Mark Booth
Art
Amanda Browder: Cyclone
Sunday June 8 (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.
Sunday June 8 (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.
Film
Constantine's Sword
Sunday June 8 @ 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
Sunday June 8 (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
Sunday June 8 @ 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
Art: Photography
Brian Ulrich and Jason Lazarus
Sunday June 8 (10am–5pm) @ 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
More Flavor: Fair
Printers Row Book Fair
Sunday June 8 (10am–6pm) @ Harold Washington Library More times »
Free
Boasting nearly 100 free literary programs and five blocks of booksellers, the annual Printers Row Book Fair is a summer playground for bibliophiles. The panel... View details »
Printers Row Book Fair
Film
Reprise
Sunday June 8 @ 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 »
Performing Arts: Dance
Same Planet Different World
Sunday June 8 (5pm) @ 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
More Flavor: Tour
Millennium Park Revealed
Sunday June 8 (11am) @ Chicago Architecture Foundation More times »
Millennium Park has only been open officially for four years, but it's already a Chicago landmark. And like most things in the Windy City, its... View details »
Millennium Park Revealed
More Flavor: City Gem
Flower Power
Sunday June 8 (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: Tour
Lurie Garden
Sunday June 8 (10am–1pm) @ Millennium Park More times »
Free
Making good on Chicago's motto Urbs in Horto (City in a Garden), the University of Illinois Extension Master Gardeners offers 20-minute guided tours around Millennium... View details »
Lurie Garden
Art: Architecture/Design
Design in the Age of Darwin
Sunday June 8 (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