All events on Sunday August 17
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- Handsome Furs
- Sunday Aug 17 (10pm) @ The Empty Bottle
- Giveaway
- Wolf Parade have always relied on the dichotomy created by their two lead songwriters: melancholic, Bowie-esque keyboardist Spencer Krug and tense, animalistic guitarist Dan Boeckner.... View details »
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- Wright Ride 2008
- Sunday Aug 17 (9am) @ Wright Ride
- Downtown Chicago might get more attention for its renowned skyscrapers, but the leafy suburb of Oak Park is an architectural jackpot in its own right.... View details »
- Performing Arts: Theatre
- Lady into Fox
- Sunday Aug 17 (2pm) @ Book Cellar
- Free
- It didn't take long for Joe Meno to rise from burgeoning new talent to celebrated Chicago literary name. The prolific Meno has authored four novels,... View details »
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- Art
- Jeff Koons
- Sunday Aug 17 (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 »
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- Randolph Street Market Festival
- Sunday Aug 17 (9am–4pm) @ Randolph Street Market More times »
- This year marks a revamp of the successful, Euro-style indoor/outdoor Chicago Antiques Market. The Randolph Street Market festival is a monthly summer-shopping hub that takes... View details »
- Performing Arts: Comedy
- Campaign Supernova!
- Sunday Aug 17 (7pm) @ 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
- Collecting for Chicago
- Sunday Aug 17 (10am–5pm) @ 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
- Mario Ybarra, Jr.
- Sunday Aug 17 (10am–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 »
- Film
- Tell No One
- Sunday Aug 17 @ Landmark Century Centre Cinema More times »
- Herein lies living proof that the French can spin a gorgeous existentialist drama in any genre. Pediatrician Alex (François Cluzet) has never gotten over the... View details »
- Art
- Mónica Herrera: Strings
- Sunday Aug 17 (noon–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 »
- Film
- What We Do Is Secret
- Sunday Aug 17 @ Music Box Theatre More times »
- In his biopic of LA punk legends the Germs, Rodger Grossman faces a tough assignment: balancing perspective on spitfire singer Darby Crash's suicidal tendencies with... View details »
- Film
- The Wackness
- Sunday Aug 17 @ Landmark Century Centre Cinema More times »
- The Wackness is the sort of movie whose most redeeming qualities are least likely to be advertised in its trailers. About a teenage weed dealer... View details »
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- Millennium Park Revealed
- Sunday Aug 17 (11am) @ Chicago Architecture Foundation More times »
- Millennium Park has only been open officially for four years, but it's already a Chicago landmark. And like most things in the Windy City, its... View details »
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- Montrose Point Bird Sanctuary
- Sunday Aug 17 @ 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 »
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- Alfred Caldwell Lily Pool
- Sunday Aug 17 (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 »
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- Flower Power
- Sunday Aug 17 (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
- Superior Donuts
- Sunday Aug 17 @ 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 »
- Film
- The Dark Knight
- Sunday Aug 17 @ Navy Pier More times »
- The Dark Knight might go down as Heath Ledger's final film, but it would be a shame if the actor's tragic death overshadowed its prodigious... View details »
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- Lurie Garden
- Sunday Aug 17 (10am–1pm) @ Millennium Park More times »
- Free
- Making good on Chicago's motto Urbs in Horto (City in a Garden), the University of Illinois Extension Master Gardeners offers 20-minute guided tours around Millennium... View details »
- Film
- Brideshead Revisited
- Sunday Aug 17 @ Landmark Century Centre Cinema More times »
- For fans of the book and miniseries, it's hard to imagine how Brideshead Revisited could conform to a two-hour feature-film format. The story of the... View details »
- Film
- Bottle Shock
- Sunday Aug 17 @ Landmark Century Centre Cinema More times »
- In 1976, British oenophile Steven Spurrier (Alan Rickman) hosted a much-ballyhooed blind tasting between France's finest wine and California's — including one made by small-vineyard... View details »
- Art
- Are We There Yet?
- Sunday Aug 17 (noon–5pm) @ 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 »
- Film: Festival
- Black Harvest International Festival
- Sunday Aug 17 @ Gene Siskel Film Center More times »
- All month long, the Gene Siskel Film Center screens critically acclaimed movies that focus on the black community. This is the 14th year that the... View details »
- Performing Arts: Theatre
- On an Average Day
- Sunday Aug 17 @ Greenhouse Theater More times »
- Route 66 Theatre Company's production of John Kolvenbach's On an Average Day sold out its inaugural run in Los Angeles, where critics lauded it as... View details »
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- Chicago Air & Water Show
- Sunday Aug 17 (9am–4pm) @ North Ave Beach More times »
- Free
- For the 50th Annual Chicago Air & Water Show, fireworks and famous people fly from Fullerton Avenue to the Oak Street Beach. To honor its... View details »
- Art
- A Declaration of Immigration
- Sunday Aug 17 (10am–5pm) @ National Museum of Mexican Art More times »
- Free
- It may be a country founded by those who arrived from elsewhere, but the United States arguably has a long way to go when it... View details »
- Art: Photography
- Beyond the Backyard
- Sunday Aug 17 (noon–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 »
- Art
- Howard Henry Chen
- Sunday Aug 17 (10am–5pm) @ Museum of Contemporary Art More times »
- Howard Henry Chen's exhibition at the MCA is made up of just four artworks — a photographic triptych and three sculptural ensembles — but that's... View details »
- Art: Photography
- Bill O'Donnell
- Sunday Aug 17 (10am–5pm) @ City Gallery More times »
- Free
- Bill O'Donnell's color photographs offer a world of spooky little vacation homes, troubling the eye with mixed-up scales and half-focused views. This series, on display... View details »
- Art: Photography
- Outdated: Polaroid Art Show
- Sunday Aug 17 (noon–5pm) @ Country Club Chicago More times »
- Free
- Polaroid cameras have fueled imaginations for decades, earning a following that runs the gamut from the guy next door to art giants like Andy Warhol.... View details »
- Art: Photography
- Death + Extinction
- Sunday Aug 17 @ Chicago Art Department More times »
- Free
- With the death knell sounding for Polaroid film, there's been an upsurge of exhibitions centering on those much-loved instant photos. But rather than waxing nostalgic,... View details »
- Art: Architecture/Design
- Design in the Age of Darwin
- Sunday Aug 17 (noon–5pm) @ 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
- Light from Inside: Art from Illinois Prisons
- Sunday Aug 17 @ Chicago Cultural Center More times »
- Free
- For those whose impressions of prisoners have mostly been shaped by watching Oz, this exhibition provides a look at prisoners' creative talent and dedication. Light... View details »
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- Smart Home
- Sunday Aug 17 @ Museum Campus More times »
- Just admit it, you've ogled the sleek modern houses you pass on certain streets and wished you could peek inside. The Museum of Science and... View details »
