Events on Monday, July 13

SHELebration: A Tribute to Shel Silverstein

Special Event: Tribute

A Tribute to Shel Silverstein

Monday 7/13 @ Jay Pritzker Pavilion

As evidenced by the outpouring of emotion at the untimely death of Michael Jackson, a true artist moves people on a... 

Locrian w/ Anatomy of Habit, the Human Quena Orchestra, and Pharmakon

Music: Experimental

Locrian

Monday 7/13 @ The Empty Bottle

Critics who praise doom-drone noiseniks Locrian for evoking "elemental human dread" are missing the mark. To be sure, the local duo... 

Ongoing Events

Montrose Point Bird Sanctuary

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Montrose Point Bird Sanctuary

Monday 7/13 @ 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... 

Graceland Cemetery

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Graceland Cemetery

Monday 7/13 @ 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>Two or Three Things I Know About Her</em> (1967)

Film

Two or Three Things I Know About Her

Monday 7/13 @ Gene Siskel Film Center

In Two or Three Things I Know About Her, Jean-Luc Godard curbs his usual bravado to muse on the title's double... 

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

Special Event

Chic Chicago

Monday 7/13 @ Chicago History Museum

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

Alfred Caldwell Lily Pool

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Alfred Caldwell Lily Pool

Monday 7/13 @ 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... 

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

Art

David Horvitz

Monday 7/13 @ 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... 

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

Art

Cy Twombly

Monday 7/13 @ 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... 

<em>Chicago Model City</em>

Art

Chicago Model City

Monday 7/13 @ 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... 

<em>Made in U.S.A.</em> (1966)

Film

Made in U.S.A.

Monday 7/13 @ Gene Siskel Film Center

Jean-Luc Godard's Made in U.S.A. (1966) was shown once in the United States, at the 1967 New York Film Festival, after... 

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

Art

The Big World: Recent Art from China

Monday 7/13 @ 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>The Hurt Locker</em>

Film

The Hurt Locker

Monday 7/13 @ Landmark Century Centre Cinema

Famous for sensational thrillers like Point Break, filmmaker Kathryn Bigelow stakes a new claim as a serious-minded action auteur with The... 

Harry Potter: The Exhibition

Special Event

Harry Potter: The Exhibition

Monday 7/13 @ 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... 

<em>Whatever Works</em>

Film

Whatever Works

Monday 7/13 @ Various locations

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

Mondays are always FREE at the Chicago History Museum

Special Event

Mondays are always FREE at the Chicago History Museum

Monday 7/13 @ Chicago History Museum

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

Bertha Honoré Palmer

Special Event

Bertha Honoré Palmer

Monday 7/13 @ Chicago History Museum

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