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Holley Bishop
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Saturday Aug 2 (noon) @ Green City Winter Market
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The humble honeybee has gotten lots of press lately: in films (Bee Movie), novels (The Secret Life of Bees), and buzzing across headlines, the famously... View details »
- Music: Rock/Pop
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Battles
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Saturday Aug 2 (10:30pm) @ Double Door
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Steeped in complex rhythms and esoteric asides, Battles are destined to strike the world as difficult. Featuring an all-star lineup of math-rock vets (including John... View details »
- Music: Rock/Pop
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Broken Social Scene
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Saturday Aug 2 @ Metro
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Canadian supergroup Broken Social Scene features an ever-rotating collective of musicians, many hand-plucked (former member Feist, anyone?) from Toronto's indie-rock underground. Part rock band, part... View details »
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Lloyd Dobler Art Hunt
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Saturday Aug 2 @ Lloyd Dobler Gallery
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Some of the most meaningful encounters with art provide a real feeling of discovery, like coming across something extraordinary where you least expect it. The... View details »
- Music: Rock/Pop
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Bloc Party
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Saturday Aug 2 (10:15pm) @ House of Blues
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Britain's flagship post-punk revivalists, Bloc Party, are in the midst of a makeover. The quartet's latest singles, "Flux" and "Mercury," have eschewed Silent Alarm's angular... View details »
- Film
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The Tenant (1976)
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Saturday Aug 2 (11:30am) @ Music Box Theatre
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This brilliant paranoiac-critical black comedy finds a mild-mannered Trelkovsky (played by Roman Polanski) scoring the Paris apartment of his dreams, only to find that the... View details »
- Reading
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Joe Carducci
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Saturday Aug 2 (7–8pm) @ Quimby's Bookstore
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Multitalented music vet Joe Carducci has worn many (rad) hats in the industry. In the '70s, the Naperville native ran a mail-order indie-record business. A... View details »
- Music: Punk/Metal
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Witchcraft
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Saturday Aug 2 (8pm) @ The Bottom Lounge
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Encyclopaedia Metallum lists a whopping 12 bands named Witchcraft, two of which are from Sweden. Only one of these bands sports cable-knit sweaters and bell-bottoms... View details »
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Howard Henry Chen
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Saturday Aug 2 (10am–5pm) @ Museum of Contemporary Art
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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 »
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Barbara Hashimoto
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Saturday Aug 2 (noon–4pm) @ 2003 S Halsted St
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A landscape of mountain ridges is visible through the wide windows of this storefront space in the Chicago Arts District — or maybe it's a... View details »
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The Visitor
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Saturday Aug 2 @ Landmark Century Centre Cinema
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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 »
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Mario Ybarra, Jr.
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Saturday Aug 2 (10am–5pm) @ The Art Institute of Chicago
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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 »
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Jeff Koons
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Saturday Aug 2 (10am–5pm) @ Museum of Contemporary Art
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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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ISN'T IT
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Saturday Aug 2 (11am–5pm) @ Tony Wight Gallery
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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 »
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Collecting for Chicago
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Saturday Aug 2 (10am–5pm) @ The Art Institute of Chicago
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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 »
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Boys of Summer
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Saturday Aug 2 (11am–5pm) @ Monique Meloche
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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 »
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Michael Jones McKean
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Saturday Aug 2 (11am–6pm) @ ThreeWalls
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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
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Tell No One
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Saturday Aug 2 @ Landmark Century Centre Cinema
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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 »
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Jane Fisher
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Saturday Aug 2 (11am–5:30pm) @ Packer Schopf Gallery
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Figurative painter Jane Fisher returns to Chicago with her latest series of paintings: a simple celebration of humanity entitled Big Heads and Bigger Women. The... View details »
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The Wackness
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Saturday Aug 2 @ Landmark Century Centre Cinema
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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 »
- Art: Photography
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Daniel Traub
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Saturday Aug 2 (10am–5:30pm) @ Catherine Edelman Gallery
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... China becomes a major player in global culture, attention shifts towards its booming cities. In a new series of photographs, Daniel Traub looks farther... View details »
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Are We There Yet?
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Saturday Aug 2 (10am–5pm) @ Hyde Park Art Center
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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 »
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Portraits from the Mind
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Saturday Aug 2 @ Chicago Cultural Center
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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 »
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Mónica Herrera: Strings
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Sunday Aug 3 (3–5pm) @ Hyde Park Art Center
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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
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Brideshead Revisited
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Saturday Aug 2 @ Landmark Century Centre Cinema
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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 »
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Contempt (1963)
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Saturday Aug 2 @ Music Box Theatre
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Jean-Luc Godard's 45-year-old masterpiece Contempt is still a conundrum. Coming off a run of shoestring gems, the French New Wave icon suddenly had a big... View details »
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Take
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Saturday Aug 2 @ Gene Siskel Film Center
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Take begins with two close-ups: that of Ana (Minnie Driver), her face drawn and mouth grim; and Saul (Jeremy Renner), wearing handcuffs, his eyes clouded.... View details »
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