All events on Monday August 18
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- The Ex
- Monday Aug 18 (12:15–1:30pm) @ Millennium Park
- Free
- Dutch anarcho-punk quartet the Ex have always been a cut above the spikes-and-leather set. Since the early '80s, they've approached their politically charged squall with... View details »
- Performing Arts: Dance
- Chicago Dancing Festival
- Monday Aug 18 (7:30pm) @ Various locations More times »
- Free
- The Lollapalooza of dance returns for a second year, held over three weeknights. Monday's performance at the Harris Center focuses on 20th-century choreographers with household... View details »
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- boring boring boring... Book/CD Release
- Monday Aug 18 (8pm) @ The Hideout
- Free
- Zach Plague’s debut novel, boring boring boring boring boring boring boring, is an enchanting, garbage-juice mishmash of art-scene characters, absurdist storylines, Megan Jasper-esque slang, hyperactive... View details »
- Reading
- Tommy Chong: Cheech & Chong
- Monday Aug 18 (7:30pm) @ Borders
- Free
- Stand-up duo Cheech Marin and Tommy Chong practically invented the pothead stereotype. Their breakthrough film, Up in Smoke (1978), established the parameters of almost every... View details »
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- Art
- Collecting for Chicago
- Monday Aug 18 (10:30am–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.
- Monday Aug 18 (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 »
- Film
- Tell No One
- Monday Aug 18 @ 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
- Monday Aug 18 (9am–8pm) @ 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
- Monday Aug 18 @ 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
- Monday Aug 18 @ 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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- Montrose Point Bird Sanctuary
- Monday Aug 18 @ 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 »
- Art
- Book and Paper Arts Triennial
- Monday Aug 18 (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 »
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- Alfred Caldwell Lily Pool
- Monday Aug 18 (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
- Monday Aug 18 (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
- Monday Aug 18 @ 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
- Monday Aug 18 @ 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 »
- Film
- Brideshead Revisited
- Monday Aug 18 @ 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
- Monday Aug 18 @ 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?
- Monday Aug 18 (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 »
- Film: Festival
- Black Harvest International Festival
- Monday Aug 18 @ 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 »
- Art: Photography
- Beyond the Backyard
- Monday Aug 18 (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 »
- Art: Photography
- Bill O'Donnell
- Monday Aug 18 (10am–6:30pm) @ 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
- Death + Extinction
- Monday Aug 18 @ 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
- Light from Inside: Art from Illinois Prisons
- Monday Aug 18 @ 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
- Monday Aug 18 @ 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 »
