Events on Wednesday, July 9
Wednesday 7/ 9 @ United Center
Although his career is divided sharply between the sugary boy-band confections of the '80s and the adult-contemporary fare of the '90s,...
Wednesday 7/ 9 @ Block Cinema
With the recent passing of Charlton "cold dead hands" Heston, the Castro's screening of this reissued 40-year-old classic is actually more...
Wednesday 7/ 9 @ Abbey Pub
Spazz-punk band the Mae Shi follow in the footsteps of LA faves No Age, building their fan base through unremittingly energetic...
Ongoing Events
Wednesday 7/ 9 @ Carrie Secrist Gallery
During the quiet months of summer, dealers often turn to group exhibitions as an easy way to trot out the work...
Wednesday 7/ 9 @ 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....
Wednesday 7/ 9 @ 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...
Wednesday 7/ 9 @ Hyde Park Art Center
Since 1978, the Centre Pompidou in Paris has paired visual artists with choreographers and dancers at its annual Vidéodanse festival....
Several Landscapes and 3 Landscapes in the Modern Style
Wednesday 7/ 9 @ Western Exhibitions
If you relish summer group exhibitions and air conditioning, head to the two landscape-themed shows at Western Exhibitions. Director Scott Speh...
Wednesday 7/ 9 @ 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...
Portraying Food (and the Absence of It)
Wednesday 7/ 9 @ Walsh Gallery
Interest in Chinese art has reached a fever pitch, but Wu Hung has always been ahead of the curve. Since 1999,...
Wednesday 7/ 9 @ Music Box Theatre
Earthquakes and social protest make headlines, but a far more complex and subtle catastrophe is taking shape in the shadow of...
Wednesday 7/ 9 @ International Museum of Surgical Science
For decades, the International Museum of Surgical Science has spotlighted the macabre wonders of invasive surgery. But along with historical displays...
Wednesday 7/ 9 @ 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...
Grapes & Hops: A Celebration of Wine and Beer
Wednesday 7/ 9 @ Chicago Botanic Garden
The best way to brush up on a topic is through first-hand experience. With that in mind, the Regenstein Fruit &...
Wednesday 7/ 9 @ 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...
Wednesday 7/ 9 @ threewalls
Michael Jones McKean's ramshackle constructions combine disparate found objects with wood, clay, and papier-mâché. His work has a strong physical presence,...
When Did You Last See Your Father?
Wednesday 7/ 9 @ Landmark Century Centre Cinema
Adapted from writer Blake Morrison's 1993 memoir about his bullying father's death from cancer, When Did You Last See Your Father?...
Wednesday 7/ 9 @ 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...
Wednesday 7/ 9 @ Steppenwolf Downstairs Theatre
Chicago theatergoers might know better, but for a long time, most people only recognized Tracy Letts as "that guy from the...
Brian Ulrich and Jason Lazarus
Wednesday 7/ 9 @ City Gallery
Jason Lazarus and Brian Ulrich take an irreverent glimpse behind the scenes of the art market with About Art, their photographic...
Wednesday 7/ 9 @ 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...
Wednesday 7/ 9 @ Museum Campus
Just admit it, you've ogled the sleek modern houses you pass on certain streets and wished you could peek inside. The...
Wednesday 7/ 9 @ moniquemeloche gallery
A good group exhibition can feel like a free buffet serving top-quality market produce; it all looks so enticing, and you...
Wednesday 7/ 9 @ Music Box Theatre
In My Winnipeg, Guy Maddin fashions both a valentine and a Dear John letter to his hometown, with a hypnagogic blur...
Wednesday 7/ 9 @ 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...
Wednesday 7/ 9 @ 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...
Wednesday 7/ 9 @ 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....
Wednesday 7/ 9 @ 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...
Wednesday 7/ 9 @ The Arts Club of Chicago
David Hockney gained recognition in the '60s for his flat, single-panel paintings of swimming pools, but he also creates more narrative-based...
Wednesday 7/ 9 @ 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...
Wednesday 7/ 9 @ 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 —...
Wednesday 7/ 9 @ Facets Cinémathèque
Paris' Père-Lachaise — one of the most-visited cemeteries in the world — is the final resting place for a stunning number...
Alex Katz: Subject to Reversal
Wednesday 7/ 9 @ Richard Gray Gallery
At 81, Alex Katz has only recently emerged as one of America's major contemporary artists. The Richard Gray Gallery shows why...
Wednesday 7/ 9 @ 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...
Wednesday 7/ 9 @ Various locations
Let's be honest — exercising in gyms is boring and expensive. But the Chicago Park District has a solution to the...
Wednesday 7/ 9 @ 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...
Wednesday 7/ 9 @ Landmark Century Centre Cinema
With its sunflower hues poking through England's grime, Brick Lane cleaves to the trajectory of an East-to-West immigration tale. Teenager Nazneen...
