Events on Wednesday, July 1
Wednesday 7/ 1 @ Chicago Cultural Center
A Canadian take on the American buddy film, Bon Cop, Bad Cop is about two very different detectives who must work...
Wednesday 7/ 1 @ Sheffield's
At our nearest chain bookstore, there's eight bookcases for American history — and two are dedicated entirely to Abraham Lincoln. That's...
Galactic Zoo Dossier Magazine Release Party
Wednesday 7/ 1 @ Chopin Theatre
For years, Steve Krakow has been a preternaturally committed fixture on the Chicago music scene, contributing rock comics to the Reader,...
Ongoing Events
Wednesday 7/ 1 @ 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...
Wednesday 7/ 1 @ Glessner House Museum
Chicago's historic Prairie Avenue district — the site of the 1812 Fort Dearborn Massacre — became known after the Great Chicago...
Wednesday 7/ 1 @ 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...
Wednesday 7/ 1 @ 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...
Wednesday 7/ 1 @ 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...
Flight of the Conchords workshop
Wednesday 7/ 1 @ Old Town School of Folk Music
There was a time when the duo of Bret McKenzie and Jemaine Clement might have only been the fourth most popular...
Of This Land: The Artist's Touch
Wednesday 7/ 1 @ 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...
Jed Fielding: 30 Years on the Street
Wednesday 7/ 1 @ 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...
Wednesday 7/ 1 @ 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...
Wednesday 7/ 1 @ 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...
Wednesday 7/ 1 @ 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...
Wednesday 7/ 1 @ 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...
Wednesday 7/ 1 @ Chicago History Museum
In this glittering costume exhibition, the Chicago History Museum presents a rarely seen collection of haute couture fashions designed for the...
The Big World: Recent Art from China
Wednesday 7/ 1 @ Chicago Cultural Center
Since the Chicago Cultural Center last presented an exhibition of recent art from China 12 years ago, the country has experienced...
Wednesday 7/ 1 @ 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...
Wednesday 7/ 1 @ Kavi Gupta Gallery
For her second exhibition at Kavi Gupta Gallery, Clare Rojas returns with a carefully conceived installation of her distinctive gouache paintings,...
Wednesday 7/ 1 @ 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...
Wednesday 7/ 1 @ Various locations
Long ago, Woody Allen owned up: his one regret in life was that he was not someone else. Yet, for the...
Wednesday 7/ 1 @ 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...
Pop Sizzle Hum & Single Channels
Wednesday 7/ 1 @ 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...
Wednesday 7/ 1 @ 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
Wednesday 7/ 1 @ 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...
Wednesday 7/ 1 @ Chicago History Museum
Bertha Palmer reigned as the queen of Chicago society, but her influence was known around the world. She was a champion...
