All events on Wednesday July 02
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Lost, Lost, Lost
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Wednesday July 2 (8pm) @ Doc Films
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Jonas Mekas' cinematic diary, Lost, Lost, Lost is an evocative and disorienting trip through 14 years of the filmmaker's life. Forced to leave Lithuania in... View details »
- Music: Rock/Pop
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Samantha Crain
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Wednesday July 2 (8pm) @ Schubas
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Meshing freak folk with a deep-seated, dust-bowl soul, Oklahoma-bred act Samantha Crain & the Midnight Shivers are at once contemporary and backward-looking. Set against slowly... View details »
- Reading
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Reading Under the Influence
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Wednesday July 2 (7–10pm) @ Sheffield's
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From 19th-century tipplers Baudelaire and Poe to more modern-age boozers like Hemingway and Bukowski, alcohol has, for better or worse, been one of literary types'... View details »
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Jeff Koons
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Wednesday July 2 (10am–5pm) @ Museum of Contemporary Art
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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 »
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Jay Davis
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Wednesday July 2 (11am–6pm) @ Bucket Rider
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Brooklyn-based artist Jay Davis returns to Chicago with new paintings on vinyl. His colorful, mystical pieces are complex and full of life, vibrating with recurring... View details »
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The Visitor
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Wednesday July 2 @ Landmark Century Centre Cinema
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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 »
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Ladylike
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Wednesday July 2 (1–6pm) @ Gosia Koscielak Gallery
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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 »
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Christa Donner
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Wednesday July 2 (10am–4pm) @ International Museum of Surgical Science
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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 »
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Collecting for Chicago
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Wednesday July 2 (10:30am–5pm) @ The Art Institute of Chicago
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You may not have noticed, but the Art Institute's Department of Prints and Drawings has been running in stealth mode — its world-class collection was... View details »
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Videodance
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Wednesday July 2 (9am–8pm) @ Hyde Park Art Center
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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 »
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Mario Ybarra, Jr.
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Wednesday July 2 (10:30am–5pm) @ The Art Institute of Chicago
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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 »
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Jim Tansley
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Wednesday July 2 (8am–7pm) @ Chicago Cultural Center
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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 »
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David Hockney
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Wednesday July 2 (11am–6pm) @ The Arts Club of Chicago
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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 »
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Milos Forman
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Wednesday July 2 @ Facets Cinémathèque
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Given his terrific contribution to cinema, it's surprising that director Milos Forman isn't more of a household name. His relatively under-the-radar profile may stem from... View details »
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Michael Jones McKean
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Wednesday July 2 (11am–6pm) @ ThreeWalls
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Michael Jones McKean's ramshackle constructions combine disparate found objects with wood, clay, and papier-mâché. His work has a strong physical presence, and the unusual artifacts... View details »
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Brick Lane
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Wednesday July 2 @ Landmark Century Centre Cinema
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With its sunflower hues poking through England's grime, Brick Lane cleaves to the trajectory of an East-to-West immigration tale. Teenager Nazneen leaves her small Bangladeshi... View details »
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ISN'T IT
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Wednesday July 2 (11am–5pm) @ Tony Wight Gallery
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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 »
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My Winnipeg
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Wednesday July 2 @ Music Box Theatre
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In My Winnipeg, Guy Maddin fashions both a valentine and a Dear John letter to his hometown, with a hypnagogic blur of sliding typography, found... View details »
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Shape-Shifters
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Wednesday July 2 (10am–6pm) @ Alfedena Gallery
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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 »
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Clouds, et al
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Wednesday July 2 (10:30am–6:30pm) @ Carrie Secrist Gallery
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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 »
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Boys of Summer
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Wednesday July 2 (11am–5pm) @ Monique Meloche
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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 »
