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Film
Death Becomes Her
Monday July 28 (8:30pm) @ South Shore Cultural Center
Free
Meryl Streep, Goldie Hawn, and Bruce Willis star in this Academy Award-winning black comedy. Hawn and Streep play rivals Helen and Madeline, two self-centered women... View details »
Death Becomes Her
Reading
William McKeen: Outlaw Journalist
Monday July 28 (6pm) @ 57th Street Books
Free
Since his 2005 suicide (and dramatic funeral), the ghost of Hunter S. Thompson has lingered over the cultural zeitgeist. The subject of countless new biographies,... View details »
William McKeen: Outlaw Journalist
Music: Rock/Pop
Bill Callahan
Monday July 28 (12:15–1:30pm) @ Millennium Park
Free
Weary-voiced Bill Callahan now performs free of his (Smog) moniker, offering the antithesis of everything associated with the "singer/songwriter" tag. Sure, guitars are ever-present, and... View details »
Bill Callahan
Reading
Eddie Campbell
Monday July 28 (7–8pm) @ Quimby's Bookstore
Free
The divide between Comic-Con superheroes and alternative comics isn't all that big. Dark Knight vs. Jimmy Corrigan? Why choose only one? If a rift exists,... View details »
Eddie Campbell

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Art
Mario Ybarra, Jr.
Monday July 28 (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 »
Mario Ybarra, Jr.
Art
Alex Katz: Subject to Reversal
Monday July 28 (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 »
Alex Katz: Subject to Reversal
Art: Photography
Brian Ulrich and Jason Lazarus
Monday July 28 (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
Art
Mónica Herrera: Strings
Sunday Aug 3 (3–5pm) @ Hyde Park Art Center More times »
Free
For her interactive sound installation at Hyde Park Art Center, Mónica Herrera transforms the gallery into a giant musical instrument and invites viewers to play... View details »
Mónica Herrera: Strings
More Flavor: City Gem
Montrose Point Bird Sanctuary
Monday July 28 @ Montrose Point Bird Sanctuary More times »
Free
If nothing else, taking up birdwatching gives you a convenient excuse to bring terms like "Magnificent Frigatebird" and "Purple Gallinule" into conversation. In this sancturary,... View details »
Montrose Point Bird Sanctuary
Art
Book and Paper Arts Triennial
Monday July 28 (10am–6pm) @ Chicago Center for Book & Paper Arts More times »
Free
This juried triennial exhibition, dedicated to paper preservation and innovation in an increasingly paperless world, opens today at Columbia College Chicago's Center for Book &... View details »
More Flavor: City Gem
Alfred Caldwell Lily Pool
Monday July 28 (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 »
Alfred Caldwell Lily Pool
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Flower Power
Monday July 28 (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
Art
Portraits from the Mind
Monday July 28 @ Chicago Cultural Center More times »
Free
Despite a well-respected decades-long career, painter William Utermohlen didn't enjoy widespread fame until he became unable to make art or communicate. When the septuagenarian, now... View details »
Art
Are We There Yet?
Monday July 28 (10am–8pm) @ Hyde Park Art Center More times »
Free
Curated by photographer Dawoud Bey, Are We There Yet? is a group show of lens-based work that touches on issues of mobility. It's a timely... View details »
Are We There Yet?
Art: Photography
Beyond the Backyard
Monday July 28 (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 »