Events on Sunday, June 28

Chicago 40th Annual Pride Parade

Festival: Parade

Chicago 40th Annual Pride Parade

Sunday 6/28 @ N Halsted St

Years from now, when equal rights for gay people have taken their place next to women's suffrage and the end of... 

The Present w/ Queens and the Wood Knots

Music: Experimental

The Present

Sunday 6/28 @ The Empty Bottle

The Present's Rusty Santos has helped mastermind some of the most chaotically beautiful music of the last five years, from Animal... 

Ongoing Events

Montrose Point Bird Sanctuary

City Gems

Montrose Point Bird Sanctuary

Sunday 6/28 @ 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>Rod Blagojevich Superstar!</em>

Comedy

Rod Blagojevich Superstar!

Sunday 6/28 @ 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>Of This Land: The Artist's Touch</em>

Art

Of This Land: The Artist's Touch

Sunday 6/28 @ 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>Cy Twombly: The Natural World, Selected Works 2000&ndash;2007</em>

Art

Cy Twombly

Sunday 6/28 @ 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 6/28 @ 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... 

Sonic Youth

Music

Sonic Youth

Sunday 6/28 @ Vic Theatre

Almost three decades and 16 albums into their career, Sonic Youth have established a reputation of cool, virtually unmatched by any... 

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

Special Event

Chic Chicago

Sunday 6/28 @ 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 6/28 @ Music Box Theatre

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

David Horvitz: <em>Impossible to See the Whole Thing at the Same Time</em>

Art

David Horvitz

Sunday 6/28 @ 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... 

Dance Dance Party Party

Party

Dance Dance Party Party

Sunday 6/28 @ 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... 

<em>Artists Run Chicago</em>

Art

Artists Run Chicago

Sunday 6/28 @ 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 6/28 @ 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 6/28 @ 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>A Tribute to the Black Crooners (Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow)</em>

Music

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

Sunday 6/28 @ 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... 

Shellac w/ Bear Claw and Three Second Kiss

Music

Shellac

Sunday 6/28 @ Bottom Lounge

Imagine asking Shellac: "What do you pimp out your MySpace with?" It probably wouldn't be an answer of disdain, but a... 

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

Art

The Big World: Recent Art from China

Sunday 6/28 @ 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>Whatever Works</em>

Film

Whatever Works

Sunday 6/28 @ Various locations

Long ago, Woody Allen owned up: his one regret in life was that he was not someone else. Yet, for the... 

<em>America: All Better!</em>

Comedy

America: All Better!

Sunday 6/28 @ 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... 

Prairie Avenue House Museums

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Prairie Avenue House Museums

Sunday 6/28 @ 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 6/28 @ 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 6/28 @ 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 6/28 @ Chicago History Museum

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