All events on Friday August 08
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- We Are Scientists
- Friday Aug 8 (9pm) @ Abbey Pub
- Giveaway
- NY indie rockers We Are Scientists burst onto the scene a few years ago with the snappy, punky single "Nobody Move Nobody Get Hurt" and... View details »
- Reading
- Ryan Claytor
- Friday Aug 8 (7–8pm) @ Quimby's Bookstore
- Free
- Comic-book artist Ryan Claytor is moving across the country with his lady friend and unveiling a new book along the way. Given the autobiographical focus... View details »
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- Chicago Film Race
- Friday Aug 8 @ Various locations More times »
- Filmmakers who are creative under fire get a chance to shine when the Diesel Film Racing tour arrives in Chicago, giving speedy visionaries 24 hours... View details »
- Music: Folk/Country
- Janis Ian
- Friday Aug 8 (8pm) @ Old Town School of Folk Music
- Folkie wunderkind, taboo buster, musi-biz survivor — Janis Ian has worn a lot of hats. And she just added published author to the list. Full... View details »
The following events are ongoing.
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- Brown Bag Stitching Salon
- Friday Aug 8 (noon–1:30pm) @ Jane Addams Hull House Museum More times »
- Free
- This bring-your-own-lunch gathering of handicrafters is held in honor of artist, educator, and social activist Ellen Gates Starr, who historically co-founded the progressive community Hull... View details »
- Art
- Jeff Koons
- Friday Aug 8 (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 »
- Film
- The Visitor
- Friday Aug 8 @ 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 »
- Performing Arts: Comedy
- Campaign Supernova!
- Friday Aug 8 (8 & 11pm) @ 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
- Friday Aug 8 (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
- Mario Ybarra, Jr.
- Friday Aug 8 (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
- Friday Aug 8 @ 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
- Jane Fisher
- Friday Aug 8 (11am–5:30pm) @ Packer Schopf Gallery More times »
- Free
- 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 »
- Art
- ISN'T IT
- Friday Aug 8 (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: Photography
- Daniel Traub
- Friday Aug 8 (10am–5:30pm) @ Catherine Edelman Gallery More times »
- Free
- ... 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 »
- Art
- Mónica Herrera: Strings
- Friday Aug 8 (9am–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
- The Wackness
- Friday Aug 8 @ 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
- Friday Aug 8 (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
- Friday Aug 8 @ 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
- Discarded Paintings by Gifted Amateurs
- Friday Aug 8 (11am–5pm) @ Intuit More times »
- Free
- Whereas most found-art exhibitions make aesthetic objects out of forgotten knick-knacks, the focus of this exhibition is, more literally, fine art that's found. Discarded Paintings... View details »
- Art
- Book and Paper Arts Triennial
- Friday Aug 8 (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
- Friday Aug 8 (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
- Friday Aug 8 (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
- Friday Aug 8 @ 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 »
- Performing Arts: Comedy/Improv
- Baby Wants Candy
- Friday Aug 8 (10:30pm) @ Apollo Theater More times »
- Whether you love or fear musicals, you can delight in Baby Wants Candy, a fully improvised comedy show with song, dance, and a live band.... View details »
- Film: Festival
- The 2008 Silent Summer Film Festival
- Friday Aug 8 (8pm) @ Portage Theater More times »
- The annual Silent Summer Film Festival resurrects the glory of film's Golden Age, screening classics from the silent era. Comedies, dramas, and sci-fi flicks are... View details »
- Art
- Several Landscapes and 3 Landscapes in the Modern Style
- Friday Aug 8 (noon–6pm) @ Western Exhibitions More times »
- Free
- If you relish summer group exhibitions and air conditioning, head to the two landscape-themed shows at Western Exhibitions. Director Scott Speh works with several artists... View details »
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- Mauled by Tigers Fest
- Friday Aug 8 @ Various locations More times »
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While the big-press festivals have passed (and so has Shark Week),
- Film
- The Dark Knight
- Friday Aug 8 @ 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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- Taste of Fitness
- Friday Aug 8 (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 »
- Film
- Brideshead Revisited
- Friday Aug 8 @ 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
- Friday Aug 8 @ 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 »
- Film
- Fight Club
- Friday Aug 8 (midnight) @ Music Box Theatre More times »
- When David Fincher released Fight Club, his adaptation of Chuck Palahniuk's cult novel, it caused a media frenzy. Everyone had a buzzword-filled opinion about the... View details »
- Film
- Pee-wee's Big Adventure (1985)
- Friday Aug 8 (midnight) @ Music Box Theatre More times »
- With its whimsical plot, highly stylized visuals, and star turn from Paul Reubens, Tim Burton's directorial debut is a hypnotic fever dream for the ages.... View details »
- Art
- Are We There Yet?
- Friday Aug 8 (10am–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
- Friday Aug 8 @ 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
- Zachary Cahill: The Best Laid Plans
- Friday Aug 8 (noon–5pm) @ DOVA Temporary More times »
- Free
- Explicitly political art has fallen out of favor in recent decades, although there have been signs of a comeback as the state of the union... View details »
- Performing Arts: Theatre
- On an Average Day
- Friday Aug 8 @ 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 »
- Art
- A Declaration of Immigration
- Friday Aug 8 (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
- Chicago Imagism: 1965-1985
- Friday Aug 8 (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: Photography
- Beyond the Backyard
- Friday Aug 8 (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
- Howard Henry Chen
- Friday Aug 8 (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
- Death + Extinction
- Friday Aug 8 @ 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
- Friday Aug 8 (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 »
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- Smart Home
- Friday Aug 8 @ 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 »
