Events on Monday, January 26

Kim Bobo: <em>Wage Theft in America</em>

Books: Reading

Wage Theft in America

Monday 1/26 @ Harold Washington Library

Each year, billions of dollars of wages are stolen from US workers by unscrupulous employers. From paying workers less than the... 

Ongoing Events

Michael Wolf: <em>The Transparent City</em>

Art: Photography

Michael Wolf

Monday 1/26 @ Museum of Contemporary Photography

Photographer Michael Wolf transitioned from keen observations of Hong Kong in his Architecture of Density series to a... 

Sigmar Polke: <em>Lens Paintings</em>

Art

Sigmar Polke

Monday 1/26 @ The Arts Club of Chicago

One of the giants of post-war painting, Sigmar Polke is an irreverant experimentalist — an artist of many moves whose work... 

<em>Abandoned Demolition</em>: New Painting by Andy Paczos

Art

Abandoned Demolition: New Painting by Andy Paczos

Monday 1/26 @ Hyde Park Art Center

Once a heavy-industry mecca, now a service-industry hub, Chicago has a changing industrial history that's ripe for artistic examination. Painter Andy... 

Alfred Caldwell Lily Pool

City Gems

Alfred Caldwell Lily Pool

Monday 1/26 @ 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... 

<em>Milk</em>

Film

Milk

Monday 1/26 @ Various locations

Gus van Sant's highly anticipated biopic of Harvey Milk — the nation's first openly gay man to hold a major elected... 

Bluegrass Banjo I

Workshop/Class

Bluegrass Banjo I

Monday 1/26 @ Old Town School of Folk Music

If artists like Akron/Family, Sufjan Stevens, and Iron and Wine inspired you to pick up that banjo gathering dust in your... 

McCormick Tribune Ice Rink

City Gems

McCormick Tribune Ice Rink

Monday 1/26 @ Millennium Park

A trip to the McCormick Tribune Ice Skating Rink at Millennium Park is quickly becoming a quintessential Chicago winter experience. Presenting... 

Maria Magdelena Campos-Pons: <em>Life Has Not Even Begun</em>&nbsp;

Art

Maria Magdelena Campos-Pons

Monday 1/26 @ Glass Curtain Gallery at Columbia College Chicago

Cuban political artist and performer Maria Magdelena Campos-Pons' newest exhibition seeks to uncover hidden truths and secret knowledge with large-scale Polaroid... 

<em>Let the Right One In</em>

Film

Let the Right One In

Monday 1/26 @ AMC Loews Pipers Alley 4

A pitch-perfect suspense film from Swedish director Tomas Alfredson, Let the Right One In is that rare bird: a chiller with... 

Montrose Point Bird Sanctuary

City Gems

Montrose Point Bird Sanctuary

Monday 1/26 @ 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... 

Coats for Cubs

Special Event: Benefit

Coats for Cubs

Monday 1/26 @ Buffalo Exchange locations

Feeling guilty about the fur-lined gloves, vintage mink stole, or old chinchilla coat hanging in your closet? Fret not, all will... 

<em>Chic Chicago: Couture Treasures from the Chicago History Museum</em>

Special Event

Chic Chicago

Monday 1/26 @ Chicago History Museum

In this glittering costume exhibition, the Chicago History Museum presents a rarely seen collection of haute couture fashions designed for the... 

Robert Davis and Michael Langlois: <em>House of the Rising Sun</em>

Art

Robert Davis and Michael Langlois

Monday 1/26 @ Chicago Cultural Center

Collaborative artists Robert Davis and Michael Langlois reconfigure their LA show of the same name for a three-month stint in the... 

<em>Frost/Nixon</em>

Film

Frost/Nixon

Monday 1/26 @ AMC River East 21

Showing a human, fragile and, to some extent, remorseful side of the former president for the first time, David Frost's 1977... 

Scott Fortino: <em>Elements: Earth, Sky, Water</em>

Art: Photography

Scott Fortino

Monday 1/26 @ City Gallery

Scott Fortino, a Chicago cop who used his insider's access to photograph jails, jury rooms, and public schools for his book... 

<em>If Artists Ran the Media</em>

Art

If Artists Ran the Media

Monday 1/26 @ C33 Gallery at Columbia College Chicago

If artists ran the media, would Fox News actually be fair and balanced? And where would the voices of Sean Hannity and... 

<em>Monty Python's Spamalot</em>

Theatre

Monty Python's Spamalot

Monday 1/26 @ Auditorium Theatre

After Monty Python's Flying Circus redefined television sketch comedy, the troupe turned its attention to feature films. With financing help from... 

<em>Waltz With Bashir</em>

Film: Animation

Waltz With Bashir

Monday 1/26 @ Various locations

Israeli filmmaker Ari Folman's version of memory lane is like none the world has ever really seen before. At the beginning... 

Christa Donner: <em>Re:Production</em>

Art

Christa Donner

Monday 1/26 @ threewalls

Chicago artist Christa Donner explores human and animal reproductive systems at threewalls' first SOLO exhibition of 2009. Donner employs drawing, animation,... 

Graceland Cemetery

City Gems

Graceland Cemetery

Monday 1/26 @ Graceland Cemetery

Hidden away on Chicago's north side, this secret memento of the city's architectural history is a large, rambling Victorian-style cemetery. Filled... 

<em>Revolutionary Road</em>

Film

Revolutionary Road

Monday 1/26 @ Landmark Century Centre Cinema

Despite his apparent disdain for American suburbs, British director Sam Mendes (American Beauty, 1999) has revisited them — in mid-'50s Connecticut,... 

Mondays are always FREE at the Chicago History Museum

Special Event

Mondays are always FREE at the Chicago History Museum

Monday 1/26 @ Chicago History Museum

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