Events on Monday, September 22

Changing the Tune of a Nation: Music as a Political Force

Special Event

Changing the Tune of a Nation

Monday 9/22 @ Sonotheque

Music has a long and storied history of mobilizing support for political causes and effecting social change. But if you think... 

Dressy Bessy w/ Le Concorde, the Coast, and Tiny Speakers

Music

Dressy Bessy

Monday 9/22 @ Bottom Lounge

Dressy Bessy, quite simply, are all about having a good time. The playful tone this Denver-based collective adopts has bubbled over... 

Ongoing Events

Mark Porter:  <em>Nurture/Alter: Recent Kinetic Sculptures and Preliminary Drawings</em>

Art

Mark Porter

Monday 9/22 @ Northeastern Illinois University Fine Arts Center Gallery

Fusing found objects and his own custom-made creations, Mark Porter produces one-of-a-kind pieces that gradually transform themselves — and the gallery... 

<em>Beautiful Losers</em>

Film: Documentary

Beautiful Losers

Monday 9/22 @ Gene Siskel Film Center

The artists featured in the documentary Beautiful Losers were hardly the first to root their work in street art, but they... 

<em>Towelhead</em>

Film

Towelhead

Monday 9/22 @ Landmark Century Centre Cinema

It's hard to imagine how director/writer Alan Ball managed to pitch Towelhead. Jasira (Summer Bishil) is a 13-year-old Arab-American girl stranded... 

<em>Bottle Shock</em>

Film

Bottle Shock

Monday 9/22 @ Landmark Century Centre Cinema

In 1976, British oenophile Steven Spurrier (Alan Rickman) hosted a much-ballyhooed blind tasting between France's finest wine and California's — including... 

<em>Angles in America</em>

Art

Angles in America

Monday 9/22 @ Rhona Hoffman Gallery

You may find this show's title easy to misread, and that's by design — such ambiguity is all part of the... 

Garfield Park Conservatory: Flower Power

City Gems

Flower Power

Monday 9/22 @ Garfield Park Conservatory

If the concrete trek and throngs of spectators at Friday's Fourth of July festivities leave you pining for something a little... 

Art

Light from Inside: Art from Illinois Prisons

Monday 9/22 @ Chicago Cultural Center

For those whose impressions of prisoners have mostly been shaped by watching Oz, this exhibition provides a look at prisoners' creative... 

Montrose Point Bird Sanctuary

City Gems

Montrose Point Bird Sanctuary

Monday 9/22 @ Montrose Point Bird Sanctuary

If nothing else, taking up birdwatching gives you a convenient excuse to bring terms like "Magnificent Frigatebird" and "Purple Gallinule" into... 

Walead Beshty & James Welling

Art

Walead Beshty & James Welling

Monday 9/22 @ The Suburban

The Suburban pairs two like-minded artists of different generations in this exhibition, which is rich with conceptual layers and enthralling in... 

Bill O'Donnell: <em>Elevations</em>

Art: Photography

Bill O'Donnell

Monday 9/22 @ City Gallery

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.... 

Alfred Caldwell Lily Pool

City Gems

Alfred Caldwell Lily Pool

Monday 9/22 @ Alfred Caldwell Lily Pool

Escape the roaring cars on Lake Shore Drive and the crowds at Lincoln Park Zoo by slipping through the unobtrusive entrance... 

Art

Panorama of Modern Brazilian Architecture: From the 1950s to the Present

Monday 9/22 @ Crown Hall

This exhibition provides a thorough visual survey of Brazil's modern architecture. Photographs, drawings, and design concepts profile the work of well-established... 

<em>The Dark Knight</em>: The IMAX Experience

Film

The Dark Knight

Monday 9/22 @ Navy Pier

The Dark Knight might go down as Heath Ledger's final film, but it would be a shame if the actor's tragic... 

<em> Henri Cartier-Bresson and the Art and Photography of Paris</em>

Art

Henri Cartier-Bresson

Monday 9/22 @ The Art Institute of Chicago

A canonized master of photography, Henri Cartier-Bresson's legacy includes a staggering number of great images, as well as his influential idea... 

M&oacute;nica Herrera: <em>Strings</em>

Art

Mónica Herrera: Strings

Monday 9/22 @ Hyde Park Art Center

For her interactive sound installation at Hyde Park Art Center, Mónica Herrera transforms the gallery into a giant musical instrument and... 

World Music Festival: Chicago

Music: Global

World Music Festival: Chicago

Monday 9/22 @ Museum of Contemporary Art

With the rising tide of indie acts that have globe-spanning influences — consider M.I.A. and Vampire Weekend — the genres that... 

Smart Home: Green + Wired

City Gems

Smart Home

Monday 9/22 @ Museum Campus

Just admit it, you've ogled the sleek modern houses you pass on certain streets and wished you could peek inside. The... 

<em>Elegy</em>

Film

Elegy

Monday 9/22 @ Landmark Century Centre Cinema

Elegy is what happens when a female Spanish director (Isabel Coixet, My Life Without Me) adapts, of all things, a Philip... 

<em>Are We There Yet?</em>

Art

Are We There Yet?

Monday 9/22 @ Hyde Park Art Center

Curated by photographer Dawoud Bey, Are We There Yet? is a group show of lens-based work that touches on issues of... 

<em>Scavenger Constructs: Site-Specific Sculptures</em>

Art

Scavenger Constructs: Site-Specific Sculptures

Monday 9/22 @ Glass Curtain Gallery at Columbia College Chicago

Andy Warhol's Campbell's Soup Cans turned mass-produced objects into meaningful art. With this transmutability in mind, Scavenger Constructs features five artists... 

<em>Hamlet 2 </em>

Film

Hamlet 2

Monday 9/22 @ Various locations

With a name like Hamlet 2, a movie is bound to be either the worst piffle to be hurled down the... 

<em>Tell No One</em>

Film

Tell No One

Monday 9/22 @ Landmark Century Centre Cinema

Herein lies living proof that the French can spin a gorgeous existentialist drama in any genre. Pediatrician Alex (François Cluzet) has... 

Mondays are always FREE at the Chicago History Museum

Special Event

Mondays are always FREE at the Chicago History Museum

Monday 9/22 @ Chicago History Museum

Every Monday is FREE at the Chicago History Museum. Come by and check us out!  We have exhibitions and programs for...