Events on Monday, January 5

Classical Mondays: Chicago Chamber Musicians

Music: Classical

Classical Mondays: Chicago Chamber Musicians

Monday 1/ 5 @ Chicago Cultural Center

Clarinetist Larry Combs headlines this afternoon's Chamber Music edition of the LunchBreak Classical Mondays series. Principal clarinetist with the Chicago Symphony... 

Ongoing Events

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

Art: Photography

Michael Wolf

Monday 1/ 5 @ Museum of Contemporary Photography

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

McCormick Tribune Ice Rink

City Gems

McCormick Tribune Ice Rink

Monday 1/ 5 @ Millennium Park

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

Graceland Cemetery

City Gems

Graceland Cemetery

Monday 1/ 5 @ 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>Frost/Nixon</em>

Film

Frost/Nixon

Monday 1/ 5 @ 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... 

Coats for Cubs

Special Event: Benefit

Coats for Cubs

Monday 1/ 5 @ 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/ 5 @ Chicago History Museum

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

<em>Amarcord</em> (1973)

Film

Amarcord

Monday 1/ 5 @ Music Box Theatre

Winner of the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film in 1975, Federico Fellini's Amarcord is his most sentimental and unabashedly... 

Montrose Point Bird Sanctuary

City Gems

Montrose Point Bird Sanctuary

Monday 1/ 5 @ 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... 

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

Art: Photography

Scott Fortino

Monday 1/ 5 @ 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>Artifacts of Childhood: 700 Years of Children's Books</em>

Special Event

Artifacts of Childhood: 700 Years of Childrens Books

Monday 1/ 5 @ The Newberry Library

The Newberry Library's celebrated collection boasts copies of Shakespeare's first folio and the Popol Vuh, but a new exhibition showcases a... 

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

Film

Let the Right One In

Monday 1/ 5 @ 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... 

Bluegrass Banjo I

Workshop/Class

Bluegrass Banjo I

Monday 1/ 5 @ 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... 

Alfred Caldwell Lily Pool

City Gems

Alfred Caldwell Lily Pool

Monday 1/ 5 @ 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/ 5 @ Various locations

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

<em>Twisted Into Recognition: Clich&eacute;</em><em>s of Jews and Others</em>

Art

Twisted Into Recognition: Clichés of Jews and Others

Monday 1/ 5 @ Spertus Institute of Jewish Studies

Hoping to eliminate stereotypes about Jewish people — they all subsist on gefilte fish and bagels with lox, for example —... 

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

Art

If Artists Ran the Media

Monday 1/ 5 @ 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... 

Free Admission to Park District Fitness Centers

Sports

Free Fitness Centers

Monday 1/ 5 @ Various locations

Get a kick start on your New Year's resolution to lose last year's weight gain with two free weeks at the... 

Mondays are always FREE at the Chicago History Museum

Special Event

Mondays are always FREE at the Chicago History Museum

Monday 1/ 5 @ Chicago History Museum

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