All events on Tuesday September 02

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Pecha Kucha Night
Tuesday Sep 2 (9pm) @ Martyrs'
Named for a Japanese phrase that describes the sound of conversation, Pecha Kucha Night (pronounced "puh-check-ka-chuh" in a staccato burst) is a global phenomenon with... View details »
Pecha Kucha Night
Art
Scavenger Constructs: Site-Specific Sculptures
Tuesday Sep 2 (9am–5pm) @ Glass Curtain Gallery at Columbia College Chicago More times »
Free
Andy Warhol's Campbell's Soup Cans turned mass-produced objects into meaningful art. With this transmutability in mind, Scavenger Constructs features five artists who give new meaning... View details »
Scavenger Constructs: Site-Specific Sculptures

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Art
Jeff Koons
Tuesday Sep 2 (10am–8pm) @ 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 »
Jeff Koons
Art
Collecting for Chicago
Tuesday Sep 2 (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 »
Collecting for Chicago
Film
Tell No One
Tuesday Sep 2 @ 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 »
Tell No One
Art
Mónica Herrera: Strings
Tuesday Sep 2 (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 »
Mónica Herrera: Strings
Music: Jazz/Blues
Jeff Parker
Tuesday Sep 2 (10:30pm) @ Rodan More times »
Free
If for some incomprehensible reason you're feeling down on the Chicago music scene, the fact that you can see Jeff Parker play for free every... View details »
Jeff Parker
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Millennium Park Revealed
Tuesday Sep 2 (5:30pm) @ 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 »
Millennium Park Revealed
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Montrose Point Bird Sanctuary
Tuesday Sep 2 @ 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 »
Montrose Point Bird Sanctuary
Art
Discarded Paintings by Gifted Amateurs
Tuesday Sep 2 (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 »
Discarded Paintings by Gifted Amateurs
Art
Book and Paper Arts Triennial
Tuesday Sep 2 (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
Tuesday Sep 2 (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 »
Alfred Caldwell Lily Pool
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Flower Power
Tuesday Sep 2 (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 »
Flower Power
Film: Documentary
The Axe in the Attic
Tuesday Sep 2 @ Facets Cinémathèque More times »
Directors Lucia Small and Ed Pincus cut their teeth on the old-school concept of documentaries: filmmaker as fly on the wall. As Northern liberals interviewing... View details »
The Axe in the Attic
Film
The Dark Knight
Tuesday Sep 2 @ 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 »
The Dark Knight
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Farmers' Market
Tuesday Sep 2 (9am–4pm) @ Museum of Contemporary Art More times »
Free
In addition to the hot sticky days and fighting crowds at the Taste of Chicago, summertime means a barrage of fresh, beautiful produce. The... View details »
Farmers' Market
Music: Folk/Country
Devil in a Woodpile
Tuesday Sep 2 (9:30pm) @ The Hideout More times »
Free
It's no wonder that Devil in a Woodpile draw a crowd each Tuesday at the Hideout, where they've been playing country blues for years; they've... View details »
Devil in a Woodpile
Film
Brideshead Revisited
Tuesday Sep 2 @ 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 »
Brideshead Revisited
Film
Bottle Shock
Tuesday Sep 2 @ 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 »
Bottle Shock
Art
Are We There Yet?
Tuesday Sep 2 (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 »
Are We There Yet?
Art
A Declaration of Immigration
Tuesday Sep 2 (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 »
A Declaration of Immigration
Film
Elegy
Tuesday Sep 2 @ Landmark Century Centre Cinema More times »
Elegy is what happens when a female Spanish director (Isabel Coixet, My Life Without Me) adapts, of all things, a Philip Roth short story. Renowned... View details »
Elegy
Film
Eight Miles High
Tuesday Sep 2 @ Music Box Theatre More times »
German model/actress Uschi Obermaier could have been dismissed as a classic '60s groupie — running away from her Bavarian parents to sleep her way through... View details »
Eight Miles High
Art: Photography
Bill O'Donnell
Tuesday Sep 2 (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 »
Bill O'Donnell
Film
Derrida and Zizek!
Tuesday Sep 2 (6:30pm) @ Gene Siskel Film Center More times »
The Gene Siskel Film Center gives you the chance to do Derrida and Zizek in one night with this deconstructionist double whammy. Derrida, by... View details »
Derrida and Zizek!
Art
Chances Are the Comets in Our Future
Tuesday Sep 2 (10am–6pm) @ Gallery 400 More times »
Free
Music may come first for Chicago-based Drag City — the record label has championed singular talents like Bonnie "Prince" Billy and Bill Callahan/Smog for years... View details »
Chances Are the Comets in Our Future
Art
Light from Inside: Art from Illinois Prisons
Tuesday Sep 2 @ 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 »
Film
Hamlet 2
Tuesday Sep 2 @ Various locations More times »
With a name like Hamlet 2, a movie is bound to be either the worst piffle to be hurled down the cinematic pike, or pure... View details »
Hamlet 2
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Smart Home
Tuesday Sep 2 @ 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 »
Smart Home