Events on Saturday, July 26

Bughouse Square Debates

City Gems

Bughouse Square Debates

Saturday 7/26 @ Washington Square Park

From the '20s to the '60s, Chicago's Washington Square Park was a hotbed of rhetoric, as poets, preachers, left-wing agitators, and... 

Isis w/ Dub Trio

Music

Isis

Saturday 7/26 @ Subterranean

Prog rock never died — it just grew a tougher skin. Like a more meditative hybrid of Neurosis and Godflesh, Isis... 

Earlimart w/ Peter and the Rabbits

Music

Earlimart

Saturday 7/26 @ The Hideout

Most towns could only dream of this kind of cred: named after a city in California, Earlimart polish taut, melodic gems... 

Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti w/ Chairlift

Music

Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti

Saturday 7/26 @ The Empty Bottle

From the beginning, the LA-based art rocker Ariel Pink has been a love-him-or-hate-him sort of guy. His mix of muddied home... 

Ongoing Events

<em>Collecting for Chicago: Prints, Drawings, and Patronage</em>

Art

Collecting for Chicago

Saturday 7/26 @ The Art Institute of Chicago

You may not have noticed, but the Art Institute's Department of Prints and Drawings has been running in stealth mode —... 

<em>Gonzo: The Life and Work of Dr. Hunter S. Thompson</em>

Film: Documentary

Gonzo

Saturday 7/26 @ Various locations

The father of gonzo journalism and a '60s-counterculture icon, Hunter S. Thompson revolutionized American prose with his drug-fueled, first-person narrative style.... 

Tim Miller: <em>Us</em>

Performing Arts

Tim Miller: Us

Saturday 7/26 @ Links Hall

In his acclaimed 2003 work Us, Tim Miller goes into forced exile when his British partner's visa expires and he's not... 

<em>Are We There Yet?</em>

Art

Are We There Yet?

Saturday 7/26 @ Hyde Park Art Center

Curated by photographer Dawoud Bey, Are We There Yet? is a group show of lens-based work that touches on issues of... 

<em>Several Landscapes </em>and <em>3 Landscapes in the Modern Style</em>

Art

Several Landscapes and 3 Landscapes in the Modern Style

Saturday 7/26 @ Western Exhibitions

If you relish summer group exhibitions and air conditioning, head to the two landscape-themed shows at Western Exhibitions. Director Scott Speh... 

Garfield Park Conservatory: Flower Power

City Gems

Flower Power

Saturday 7/26 @ Garfield Park Conservatory

If the concrete trek and throngs of spectators at Friday's Fourth of July festivities leave you pining for something a little... 

Wicker Park Fest

Festival: Performing Arts

Wicker Park Fest

Saturday 7/26 @ Wicker Park

As Chicago neighborhoods go, Wicker Park isn't exactly flying under the radar, so this annual festival celebrates the area's communal energy,... 

<em>The Visitor</em>

Film

The Visitor

Saturday 7/26 @ Landmark Century Centre Cinema

Some character actors should really never be leading men (Jude Law), and some just haven't been given the chance. Richard Jenkins... 

<em>Boys of Summer</em>

Art

Boys of Summer

Saturday 7/26 @ moniquemeloche gallery

A good group exhibition can feel like a free buffet serving top-quality market produce; it all looks so enticing, and you... 

<em>The Dark Knight</em>: The IMAX Experience

Film

The Dark Knight

Saturday 7/26 @ Navy Pier

The Dark Knight might go down as Heath Ledger's final film, but it would be a shame if the actor's tragic... 

<em>About Art</em>: Photographs by Jason Lazarus and Brian Ulrich

Art: Photography

Brian Ulrich and Jason Lazarus

Saturday 7/26 @ City Gallery

Jason Lazarus and Brian Ulrich take an irreverent glimpse behind the scenes of the art market with About Art, their photographic... 

<em>Gutenberg! The Musical!</em>

Theatre

Gutenberg! The Musical!

Saturday 7/26 @ Royal George Theatre Center

Aspiring Broadway composer/lyricists trying to attract angel investors usually consider more contemporary material than Johannes Gutenberg's invention of the printing press.... 

<em>Chicago Imagism: 1965-1985</em>

Art

Chicago Imagism: 1965-1985

Saturday 7/26 @ Russell Bowman Fine Art

Chicago Imagism began with a group of artists from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago who first showed their... 

<em>Design in the Age of Darwin: From William Morris to Frank Lloyd Wright</em>

Art

Design in the Age of Darwin

Saturday 7/26 @ Block Museum, Northwestern University

What effect did Charles Darwin's On the Origin of Species have on the development of early modern architecture? What can we... 

Art

Michael Jones McKean

Saturday 7/26 @ threewalls

Michael Jones McKean's ramshackle constructions combine disparate found objects with wood, clay, and papier-mâché. His work has a strong physical presence,... 

<em>Eraserhead</em> (1977)

Film

Eraserhead (1977)

Saturday 7/26 @ Music Box Theatre

Pointedly personal and unapologetically polemical, Eraserhead is David Lynch's 1977 invitation into a wonderful well of weird. The offbeat classic is... 

Randolph Street Market Festival

Festival: Performing Arts

Randolph Street Market Festival

Saturday 7/26 @ Randolph Street Market

This year marks a revamp of the successful, Euro-style indoor/outdoor Chicago Antiques Market. The Randolph Street Market festival is a monthly... 

Art

Portraits from the Mind

Saturday 7/26 @ Chicago Cultural Center

Despite a well-respected decades-long career, painter William Utermohlen didn't enjoy widespread fame until he became unable to make art or communicate.... 

Summer Artist in Residence: Gisela Insuaste

Art

Gisela Insuaste

Saturday 7/26 @ Museum of Contemporary Art

Local artist Gisela Insuaste mines the terrain of personal recollection and material culture for her multidisciplinary installations. In painting, drawing, and... 

<em>Ladylike</em>

Art

Ladylike

Saturday 7/26 @ Gosia Koscielak Gallery

In a post-third-wave landscape of mommy wars, Sex and the City fever, and continuous political upheaval, feminism is having a bit... 

<em>Orchestrations</em>: Paintings and Drawings by Jim Tansley

Art

Jim Tansley

Saturday 7/26 @ Chicago Cultural Center

Jim Tansley's abstract paintings and drawings combine seemingly familiar lines with expanses of soft color to create arrangements that appear both... 

<em>Hud </em>(1963)

Film

Hud (1963)

Saturday 7/26 @ Music Box Theatre

Cinema hottie-turned-salad-dressing connosieur Paul Newman stars in this Oscar-winning drama about cattle disease, rape, and other frontier tomfoolery, inspired partly by... 

Montrose Point Bird Sanctuary

City Gems

Montrose Point Bird Sanctuary

Saturday 7/26 @ Montrose Point Bird Sanctuary

If nothing else, taking up birdwatching gives you a convenient excuse to bring terms like "Magnificent Frigatebird" and "Purple Gallinule" into... 

<em>ISN'T IT</em>

Art

ISN'T IT

Saturday 7/26 @ Tony Wight Gallery

At first glance, ISN'T IT appears to be a loose collection of sculptures that brings modest materials to life. But the... 

<em>Superior Donuts</em>

Theatre

Superior Donuts

Saturday 7/26 @ Steppenwolf Downstairs Theatre

Chicago theatergoers might know better, but for a long time, most people only recognized Tracy Letts as "that guy from the... 

Mario Ybarra, Jr.: <em>Take Me Out</em>&hellip;<em> No Man Is an Island</em>

Art

Mario Ybarra, Jr.

Saturday 7/26 @ The Art Institute of Chicago

In his first solo museum exhibition, Mario Ybarra, Jr. presents a witty comparison of Chicago and Los Angeles through the exploits... 

<em>Campaign Supernova!</em><em> or How Many Democrats Does It Take to Lose an Election?</em>

Comedy

Campaign Supernova!

Saturday 7/26 @ The Second City e.t.c.

From the director of the recent hit Between Barack and a Hard Place comes another election-season winner, Campaign Supernova!, performed by... 

<em>A Declaration of Immigration</em>

Art

A Declaration of Immigration

Saturday 7/26 @ National Museum of Mexican Art

It may be a country founded by those who arrived from elsewhere, but the United States arguably has a long way... 

Zachary Cahill: <em>The Best Laid Plans </em>

Art

Zachary Cahill: The Best Laid Plans

Saturday 7/26 @ DOVA Temporary

Explicitly political art has fallen out of favor in recent decades, although there have been signs of a comeback as the... 

Alfred Caldwell Lily Pool

City Gems

Alfred Caldwell Lily Pool

Saturday 7/26 @ Alfred Caldwell Lily Pool

Escape the roaring cars on Lake Shore Drive and the crowds at Lincoln Park Zoo by slipping through the unobtrusive entrance... 

<em>Sunday Painters: Discarded Paintings by Gifted Amateurs</em>

Art

Discarded Paintings by Gifted Amateurs

Saturday 7/26 @ Intuit: The Center for Intuitive and Outsider Art

Whereas most found-art exhibitions make aesthetic objects out of forgotten knick-knacks, the focus of this exhibition is, more literally, fine art... 

<em>Tell No One</em>

Film

Tell No One

Saturday 7/26 @ Landmark Century Centre Cinema

Herein lies living proof that the French can spin a gorgeous existentialist drama in any genre. Pediatrician Alex (François Cluzet) has... 

Jeff Koons

Art

Jeff Koons

Saturday 7/26 @ Museum of Contemporary Art

It's easy to forget that art star and auction darling Jeff Koons made his name as a provocateur. His Made in... 

<em>Roman Polanksi: Wanted and Desired</em>

Film: Documentary

Roman Polanksi

Saturday 7/26 @ Music Box Theatre

Roman Polanski may be best known in some circles as the director of such classics as Rosemary's Baby (1968) and Chinatown... 

Daniel Traub: <em>City's Edge</em>

Art: Photography

Daniel Traub

Saturday 7/26 @ Catherine Edelman Gallery

 As China becomes a major player in global culture, attention shifts towards its booming cities. In a new series of photographs,... 

<em>Gentlemen Prefer Blondes</em> (1953)

Film

Gentlemen Prefer Blondes

Saturday 7/26 @ Chicago Cultural Center

Marilyn Monroe and Jane Russell star as Lorelei Lee and Dorothy Shaw, two lounge singers and best friends who travel to... 

Art: Photography

Beyond the Backyard

Saturday 7/26 @ Museum of Contemporary Photography

Recognized as a fixture in Americana, the backyard has, over the previous two decades, become a space favored almost as much... 

Barbara Hashimoto: <em>Junk Mail</em>

Art

Barbara Hashimoto

Saturday 7/26 @ 2003 S Halsted St

A landscape of mountain ridges is visible through the wide windows of this storefront space in the Chicago Arts District —... 

Smart Home: Green + Wired

City Gems

Smart Home

Saturday 7/26 @ Museum Campus

Just admit it, you've ogled the sleek modern houses you pass on certain streets and wished you could peek inside. The... 

Jane Fisher: <em>Big Heads and Bigger Women</em>

Art

Jane Fisher

Saturday 7/26 @ Packer Schopf Gallery

Figurative painter Jane Fisher returns to Chicago with her latest series of paintings: a simple celebration of humanity entitled Big Heads... 

<em>The Wackness </em>

Film

The Wackness

Saturday 7/26 @ Landmark Century Centre Cinema

The Wackness is the sort of movie whose most redeeming qualities are least likely to be advertised in its trailers. About... 

Mondays are always FREE at the Chicago History Museum

Special Event

Mondays are always FREE at the Chicago History Museum

Saturday 7/26 @ Chicago History Museum

Every Monday is FREE at the Chicago History Museum. Come by and check us out!  We have exhibitions and programs for...