Events on Saturday, June 27
Saturday 6/27 @ First Midwest Bank Amphitheatre
For hip-hop enthusiasts looking for more than just a concert, the Chicago edition of Rock the Bells — now in its...
Ongoing Events
Saturday 6/27 @ Chicago Shakespeare Theater
The freshly ousted governor of Illinois exploited its top job, squandered its treasure, hamstrung its legislature, and tarnished its reputation. Rod...
Saturday 6/27 @ 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...
Jed Fielding: 30 Years on the Street
Saturday 6/27 @ Catherine Edelman Gallery
Although the golden age of street photography may have passed, the genre didn't die with the likes of Garry Winogrand or...
Saturday 6/27 @ 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...
Saturday 6/27 @ Vic Theatre
Almost three decades and 16 albums into their career, Sonic Youth have established a reputation of cool, virtually unmatched by any...
Saturday 6/27 @ Gene Siskel Film Center
Even though burlesque has hit the mainstream, thanks to high-profile proponents such as Dita von Teese, it still has the power...
Saturday 6/27 @ Kavi Gupta Gallery
For her second exhibition at Kavi Gupta Gallery, Clare Rojas returns with a carefully conceived installation of her distinctive gouache paintings,...
Saturday 6/27 @ Chicago History Museum
In this glittering costume exhibition, the Chicago History Museum presents a rarely seen collection of haute couture fashions designed for the...
Saturday 6/27 @ 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...
The Big World: Recent Art from China
Saturday 6/27 @ Chicago Cultural Center
Since the Chicago Cultural Center last presented an exhibition of recent art from China 12 years ago, the country has experienced...
SKALD 10 Storytelling Festival
Saturday 6/27 @ Chicago Cultural Center, Studio Theater
As any radio host can attest, telling an interesting story that holds an audience's attention — without visual aids like props...
Saturday 6/27 @ Believe Inn
David Horvitz draws inspiration from "rabble-rousers, mischief makers, saboteurs," and other kinds of rascally figures, and his retooled version of '60s-style...
Saturday 6/27 @ Music Box Theatre
Film geeks can be every bit as gossipy as the TMZ crowd: Bring up Errol "In Like" Flynn to a cinephile...
Saturday 6/27 @ 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...
Saturday 6/27 @ 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...
Saturday 6/27 @ 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...
Saturday 6/27 @ 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...
Saturday 6/27 @ Gene Siskel Film Center
There are other movies (Citizen Kane, The Seventh Seal) that routinely top critics' all-time lists, but rarely does a movie so...
Saturday 6/27 @ 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...
Of This Land: The Artist's Touch
Saturday 6/27 @ 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...
Saturday 6/27 @ Various locations
Long ago, Woody Allen owned up: his one regret in life was that he was not someone else. Yet, for the...
Saturday 6/27 @ Glessner House Museum
Chicago's historic Prairie Avenue district — the site of the 1812 Fort Dearborn Massacre — became known after the Great Chicago...
Pop Sizzle Hum & Single Channels
Saturday 6/27 @ Tony Wight Gallery
A crop of painting-focused group shows has sprouted in the West Loop this summer. While you'll find some appealing works in...
Saturday 6/27 @ 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...
A Tribute to the Black Crooners (Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow)
Saturday 6/27 @ 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...
Saturday 6/27 @ 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...
The Picture Tells the Story: The Drawings of Joseph E. Yoakum
Saturday 6/27 @ Intuit: The Center for Intuitive and Outsider Art
An exhibition of Joseph Yoakum’s visionary landscapes, curated by Mark Pascale, caretaker of Whitney Halstead’s collection bequeathed to the Art Institute...
Mondays are always FREE at the Chicago History Museum
Saturday 6/27 @ Chicago History Museum
Every Monday is FREE at the Chicago History Museum. Come by and check us out! We have exhibitions and programs for...
Saturday 6/27 @ Chicago History Museum
Bertha Palmer reigned as the queen of Chicago society, but her influence was known around the world. She was a champion...
