Events on Monday, April 27

Dinnerluck & Tablet Weaving Workshop

Workshop/Class

Dinnerluck & Tablet Weaving Workshop

Monday 4/27 @ Mess Hall

Hipsters suck at karate, the old adage tells us, "cause they can't get past the white belt." One-up 'em by handcrafting... 

Stripped Stories

Performing Arts: Spoken Word

Stripped Stories

Monday 4/27 @ Zanies Comedy Nightclub

Stripped Stories hosts Giulia Rozzi and Margot Leitman have been swapping tales of sexual foibles ever since they found themselves in... 

Ongoing Events

Montrose Point Bird Sanctuary

City Gems

Montrose Point Bird Sanctuary

Monday 4/27 @ 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... 

Alfred Caldwell Lily Pool

City Gems

Alfred Caldwell Lily Pool

Monday 4/27 @ 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>Valentino: The Last Emperor</em>

Film: Documentary

Valentino: The Last Emperor

Monday 4/27 @ Various locations

The titular allusion of Matt Tyrnauer's warts-and-all portrait of Italian couturier Valentino Garavani to Bernardo Bertolucci's 1987 epic is an apt... 

<em>Loaded: Hunting Culture in America</em>

Art

Loaded: Hunting Culture in America

Monday 4/27 @ Glass Curtain Gallery at Columbia College Chicago

Hunting is one of our country's semi-submerged traditions, stretching well beyond the red states. Gathering a varied group of insiders, outside... 

<em>Several Silences</em>

Art

Several Silences

Monday 4/27 @ The Renaissance Society

On April Fool's Day, an LTH Forum reader pranked the online foodie community with news on a Hot Doug's Celebrity Sausage... 

<em>Our City Dreams</em> (2008)

Film: Documentary

Our City Dreams

Monday 4/27 @ Gene Siskel Film Center

Chiara Clemente's Our City Dreams is a lyrical and joyful portrait of five female artists reflecting on their shared home of... 

Marc Swanson: <em>The Tenth of Always</em>

Art

Marc Swanson

Monday 4/27 @ Richard Gray Gallery

In his more extravagant moments, Marc Swanson hones a style that one might call "glam hunting lodge": think of the artist... 

<em>The Big World: Recent Art from China</em>

Art

The Big World: Recent Art from China

Monday 4/27 @ Chicago Cultural Center

Since the Chicago Cultural Center last presented an exhibition of recent art from China 12 years ago, the country has experienced... 

<em>Hunger</em>

Film

Hunger

Monday 4/27 @ Music Box Theatre

Hunger takes its aesthetic and narrative cues from its protagonist, IRA hunger striker Bobby Sands (Michael Fassbender). Focusing on Sands' last... 

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

Special Event

Chic Chicago

Monday 4/27 @ 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>Buckminster Fuller: Starting with the Universe</em>

Art

Buckminster Fuller

Monday 4/27 @ Museum of Contemporary Art

Buckminster Fuller was a man of vision and contradiction. The twentieth-century architect and inventor was well ahead of his time, yet... 

<em>Examined Life</em>

Film: Documentary

Examined Life

Monday 4/27 @ Gene Siskel Film Center

Amid the economic gloom, universities are reporting a sharp enrollment surge in the "practical" majors (including finance and health) and a... 

<em>Double Exposure: African Americans Before and Behind the Camera</em>

Art: Photography

Double Exposure

Monday 4/27 @ DePaul Art Museum

Pairing a collection of small 19th-century photographs with larger works by contemporary artists, DePaul University's engaging group exhibition Double Exposure takes... 

Graceland Cemetery

City Gems

Graceland Cemetery

Monday 4/27 @ 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>Tokyo Sonata</em>

Film

Tokyo Sonata

Monday 4/27 @ Music Box Theatre

Kiyoshi Kurosawa normally plies his trade in the horror genre, so Tokyo Sonata, a meditation about modern domesticity, marks a compelling... 

Mondays are always FREE at the Chicago History Museum

Special Event

Mondays are always FREE at the Chicago History Museum

Monday 4/27 @ Chicago History Museum

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