Events on Sunday, June 14

Metric w/ Sebastien Grainger

Music

Metric

Sunday 6/14 @ Metro

Metric doesn't rely on any extraneous instrumentation to win you over, bucking indie rock's trend toward overindulgent "growers" in favor of... 

Chicago Air Sex Championships

Special Event

Chicago Air Sex Championships

Sunday 6/14 @ Logan Square Auditorium

Finally, the perfect competition for those of us who find no day complete without a proper air-hump. Austin's Air Sex Championship... 

Passion Pit w/ Harlem Shakes and Cale Parks

Music

Passion Pit

Sunday 6/14 @ The Empty Bottle

Since releasing their first EP last year, which sent ripples through the web, Passion Pit have grown grandly into their fervid-sounding... 

Ongoing Events

Montrose Point Bird Sanctuary

City Gems

Montrose Point Bird Sanctuary

Sunday 6/14 @ 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... 

<em>A Tribute to the Black Crooners (Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow)</em>

Music

A Tribute to the Black Crooners (Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow)

Sunday 6/14 @ Black Ensemble Theater

News of R&B superstar Maxwell's return after a long hiatus is a reminder of times past, and not just his previous... 

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

Art: Photography

Double Exposure

Sunday 6/14 @ 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... 

<em>Cy Twombly: The Natural World, Selected Works 2000&ndash;2007</em>

Art

Cy Twombly

Sunday 6/14 @ The Art Institute of Chicago

Keeping to his own path, Cy Twombly has developed a singular idiom over five decades. His energetic paintings are marked by... 

Alfred Caldwell Lily Pool

City Gems

Alfred Caldwell Lily Pool

Sunday 6/14 @ 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>America: All Better!</em>

Comedy

America: All Better!

Sunday 6/14 @ The Second City

The 2008 election may have delivered a ray of hope, but storm clouds still hang above us. That's the uneasy premise... 

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

Special Event

Chic Chicago

Sunday 6/14 @ Chicago History Museum

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

Errol Flynn Series

Film

Errol Flynn Series

Sunday 6/14 @ Music Box Theatre

Film geeks can be every bit as gossipy as the TMZ crowd: Bring up Errol "In Like" Flynn to a cinephile... 

<em>Enlighten Up!</em>

Film: Documentary

Enlighten Up!

Sunday 6/14 @ Landmark Century Centre Cinema

With more than 18 million people practicing in the US, Enlighten Up! asks a fundamental question: Can yoga transform your life?... 

<em>Rod Blagojevich Superstar!</em>

Comedy

Rod Blagojevich Superstar!

Sunday 6/14 @ Chicago Shakespeare Theater

The freshly ousted governor of Illinois exploited its top job, squandered its treasure, hamstrung its legislature, and tarnished its reputation. Rod... 

<em>Artists Run Chicago</em>

Art

Artists Run Chicago

Sunday 6/14 @ Hyde Park Art Center

Launched in storefronts and spare bedrooms, artist-run exhibition spaces have played a dynamic role in Chicago's creative life for years. Hyde... 

Harry Potter: The Exhibition

Special Event

Harry Potter: The Exhibition

Sunday 6/14 @ Museum of Science and Industry

Raised eyebrows and a few chuckles greeted the 1990s announcement that an exhibit of Star Wars movie memorabilia would tour such... 

Graceland Cemetery

City Gems

Graceland Cemetery

Sunday 6/14 @ 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... 

Stephen Sondheim's <em>Follies</em>

Theatre

Stephen Sondheim's Follies

Sunday 6/14 @ Kathleen Mullady Memorial Theatre at Loyola University

Stephen Sondheim set Follies at the 30-year reunion of the Weismann Follies, a Broadway musical revue based on Flo Ziegfeld's real-life... 

<em>Of This Land: The Artist's Touch</em>

Art

Of This Land: The Artist's Touch

Sunday 6/14 @ Salvage One

Nestled inside the labyrinthine West Loop antiques-and-architecture warehouse that is Salvage One, Of This Land: The Artist's Touch is a unique... 

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

Art

The Big World: Recent Art from China

Sunday 6/14 @ 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>Buckminster Fuller: Starting with the Universe</em>

Art

Buckminster Fuller

Sunday 6/14 @ 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... 

Dance Dance Party Party

Party

Dance Dance Party Party

Sunday 6/14 @ Perpetual Motion Dance Studio

Since its inception in 2006 by two New York dance enthusiasts, Dance Dance Party Party has developed into a fully-fledged, ladies-only... 

Prairie Avenue House Museums

Get Social

Prairie Avenue House Museums

Sunday 6/14 @ Glessner House Museum

Chicago's historic Prairie Avenue district — the site of the 1812 Fort Dearborn Massacre — became known after the Great Chicago... 

<em>Your Pal, Cliff: Selections from the H.C. Westermann Study Collection</em>

Art

H.C. Westermann

Sunday 6/14 @ Smart Museum of Art

A remarkable artist with a sensibility all his own, H.C. Westermann pursued themes of love, death, and catastrophe in his works... 

<em>Chicago Model City</em>

Art

Chicago Model City

Sunday 6/14 @ Chicago Architecture Foundation

As the city celebrates the centennial of Daniel Burnham's Plan of Chicago (if you don't think it's brilliant, try navigating a... 

Bertha Honoré Palmer

Special Event

Bertha Honoré Palmer

Sunday 6/14 @ Chicago History Museum

Bertha Palmer reigned as the queen of Chicago society, but her influence was known around the world.  She was a champion...