All events on Thursday July 03
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- Thursday July 3 (9pm) @ The Empty Bottle
- Giveaway
- In Indieland, the "Baltimore sound" usually refers to either Dan Deacon's Wham City pep rallies or Spank Rock's seemingly ironic booty rap. Both have their... View details »
- Music: Rock/Pop
- Matt & Kim
- Thursday July 3 (9pm) @ The Hideout
- While a drum-and-keyboard combo may seem small on paper, food-fighting duo Matt & Kim's giddy alt-punk is bigger than it has any right to be.... View details »
- Music: DJ
- Frankie Knuckles
- Thursday July 3 (10pm–4am) @ Green Dolphin Street
- Free
- As a point of pride, dance-music fans happily leave the retro fetishism to the rock dudes, preferring to think of it as anti-nostalgic progressivism. But... View details »
- Music: Rock/Pop
- F Yeah Tour
- Thursday July 3 (7pm) @ The Mansion
- Giveaway
- Mannequin Men's swaggering stomp-alongs bring to mind Midwestern brethren like Naked Raygun and MC5. Whether snottily preening or unleashing hooky riffs, frontman Kevin Richard sounds... View details »
- Music: Jazz/Blues
- Vincent Davis Percussion Plus
- Thursday July 3 (8:30pm) @ Velvet Lounge
- Every once in a while, the legendary Vincent Davis emerges from his South Side digs to remind people that he's one of free jazz's best... View details »
The following events are ongoing.
- Film
- The Visitor
- Thursday July 3 @ 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 »
- Art: Photography
- Three Hours Between Planes
- Thursday July 3 (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 »
- Art
- David Hockney
- Thursday July 3 (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 »
- Art
- Christa Donner
- Thursday July 3 (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 »
- Performing Arts: Comedy
- Campaign Supernova!
- Thursday July 3 (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 »
- Art: Architecture/Design
- Design in the Age of Darwin
- Thursday July 3 (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 »
- Art: Photography
- Brian Ulrich and Jason Lazarus
- Thursday July 3 (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 »
- Art
- Chicago Imagism: 1965-1985
- Thursday July 3 (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 »
- Art
- Shape-Shifters
- Thursday July 3 (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 »
- Art
- Mario Ybarra, Jr.
- Thursday July 3 (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 »
- Art
- Clouds, et al
- Thursday July 3 (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 »
- Art
- Jeff Koons
- Thursday July 3 (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 »
- Art
- Portraying Food (and the Absence of It)
- Thursday July 3 (10:30am–5:30pm) @ Walsh Gallery More times »
- Free
- Interest in Chinese art has reached a fever pitch, but Wu Hung has always been ahead of the curve. Since 1999, the curator and scholar... View details »
- More Flavor: City Gem
- Flower Power
- Thursday July 3 (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 »
- Performing Arts: Theatre
- Bloody Bess
- Thursday July 3 (7:30pm) @ Storefront Theater More times »
- Bloody Bess isn't a pirate story for children, and it's definitely not your standard, polite downtown theater — the show's full of swashbuckling swagger, clamoring... View details »
- Art
- Ladylike
- Thursday July 3 (1–6pm) @ Gosia Koscielak Gallery More times »
- Free
- 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 »
- Film
- When Did You Last See Your Father?
- Thursday July 3 @ Landmark Century Centre Cinema More times »
- Adapted from writer Blake Morrison's 1993 memoir about his bullying father's death from cancer, When Did You Last See Your Father? tackles potentially maudlin material... View details »
- Art
- ISN'T IT
- Thursday July 3 (11am–5pm) @ Tony Wight Gallery More times »
- Free
- 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 »
- Art
- Collecting for Chicago
- Thursday July 3 (10:30am–9pm) @ The Art Institute of Chicago More times »
- 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 »
- Art
- Alex Katz: Subject to Reversal
- Thursday July 3 (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 »
- More Flavor: City Gem
- Alfred Caldwell Lily Pool
- Thursday July 3 (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 »
- Performing Arts: Theatre
- Superior Donuts
- Thursday July 3 @ Steppenwolf Downstairs Theatre More times »
- Chicago theatergoers might know better, but for a long time, most people only recognized Tracy Letts as "that guy from the Festivus episode of Seinfeld."... View details »
- Art
- Jim Tansley
- Thursday July 3 (8am–7pm) @ Chicago Cultural Center More times »
- Free
- 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 »
- Film: Documentary
- Up the Yangtze
- Thursday July 3 @ Music Box Theatre More times »
- Earthquakes and social protest make headlines, but a far more complex and subtle catastrophe is taking shape in the shadow of China's Three Gorges Dam,... View details »
- Art
- Boys of Summer
- Thursday July 3 (11am–5pm) @ Monique Meloche More times »
- Free
- 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 »
- Art: Photography
- Beyond the Backyard
- Thursday July 3 (10am–8pm) @ 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 »
- Art
- Videodance
- Thursday July 3 (9am–8pm) @ Hyde Park Art Center More times »
- Free
- 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 »
- Performing Arts: Theatre
- Gutenberg! The Musical!
- Thursday July 3 (8pm) @ Royal George Theatre Center More times »
- Aspiring Broadway composer/lyricists trying to attract angel investors usually consider more contemporary material than Johannes Gutenberg's invention of the printing press. Yet that's the sputtering... View details »
- Performing Arts: Theatre
- It Came from the Neo-Futurarium
- Thursday July 3 (8pm) @ The Neo-Futurarium More times »
- Substandard cinema usually has a special place on Blockbuster's back shelves, but the Neo-Futurists drag it back into the spotlight by transforming the best worst... View details »
- Performing Arts: Comedy/Improv
- The Improv Match Game
- Thursday July 3 (10pm) @ The ComedySportz Theatre More times »
- Although Improv Match Game panelists concoct impromptu answers to broad questions, it's less an exercise in traditional improv comedy than a faithful revival of the... View details »
- Film
- Milos Forman
- Thursday July 3 @ Facets Cinémathèque More times »
- 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 »
- Art
- Michael Jones McKean
- Thursday July 3 (11am–6pm) @ ThreeWalls More times »
- Free
- 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 »
- Film
- Brick Lane
- Thursday July 3 @ Landmark Century Centre Cinema More times »
- 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 »
- Film
- My Winnipeg
- Thursday July 3 @ Music Box Theatre More times »
- 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 »
- Film
- 4 Months, 3 Weeks, and 2 Days
- Thursday July 3 (6pm) @ Gene Siskel Film Center More times »
- Many critics have been quick to claim harrowing Romanian import 4 Months, 3 Weeks, and 2 Days as the best foreign film of the past... View details »
- More Flavor: Sports
- Taste of Fitness
- Thursday July 3 (6pm) @ Various locations More times »
- Free
- Let's be honest — exercising in gyms is boring and expensive. But the Chicago Park District has a solution to the ubiquitous dilemma: free outdoor... View details »
