Events on Sunday, July 19
Signs of the Apocalypse/Rapture
Sunday 7/19 @ Hyde Park Art Center
So the end is near. Different cultures have felt this way for ages, with the myths and prophecies to prove it,...
Sunday 7/19 @ Bottom Lounge
Selkirk, Scotland's Frightened Rabbit have spent a lot of time supporting other bands, but on their latest album, 2008's The Midnight...
Sunday 7/19 @ The Empty Bottle
The Pitchfork Music Festival is known for booking the year's most noteworthy acts, but like Lollapalooza, sometimes the best sets to...
Ongoing Events
Sunday 7/19 @ 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...
Sunday 7/19 @ 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...
Sunday 7/19 @ Facets Cinémathèque
The End of the Line's tagline asks viewers to "imagine a world without fish," as the powerful Rupert Murray-directed documentary sniffs...
Sunday 7/19 @ 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...
Sunday 7/19 @ 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...
Sunday 7/19 @ Various locations
We may never know what a teenaged Shakespeare's rhymes were like, but we can find out what this generation's most talented...
Sunday 7/19 @ 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...
Sunday 7/19 @ Chicago History Museum
In this glittering costume exhibition, the Chicago History Museum presents a rarely seen collection of haute couture fashions designed for the...
Sunday 7/19 @ 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...
Sunday 7/19 @ 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...
Sunday 7/19 @ 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...
A Tribute to the Black Crooners (Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow)
Sunday 7/19 @ 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...
MP3 II: Curtis Mann, John Opera, and Stacia Yeapanis
Sunday 7/19 @ Museum of Contemporary Photography
MP3 II presents works by three Midwest-based photographers, their divergent approaches united by the transformative nature of their pieces. Curtis Mann...
Sunday 7/19 @ Music Box Theatre
Visual catchphrases borrowed from Lynch, Bergman, and Billy Wilder get a thoroughly modern treatment in the Turkish noir Three Monkeys, a...
Sunday 7/19 @ The Second City e.t.c.
After taking aim at Obama, Hillary and McCain in its recent shows, the Second City looks homeward with a heaping helping...
Sunday 7/19 @ Union Park
Since its inception four years ago, the Pitchfork Music Festival has become the end-all, be-all of summer music fests. Each year,...
Sunday 7/19 @ 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...
Sunday 7/19 @ 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...
Sunday 7/19 @ 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...
Sunday 7/19 @ Chicago Shakespeare Theater
The freshly ousted governor of Illinois exploited its top job, squandered its treasure, hamstrung its legislature, and tarnished its reputation. Rod...
Sunday 7/19 @ Glessner House Museum
Chicago's historic Prairie Avenue district — the site of the 1812 Fort Dearborn Massacre — became known after the Great Chicago...
The Big World: Recent Art from China
Sunday 7/19 @ Chicago Cultural Center
Since the Chicago Cultural Center last presented an exhibition of recent art from China 12 years ago, the country has experienced...
Sunday 7/19 @ Various locations
Long ago, Woody Allen owned up: his one regret in life was that he was not someone else. Yet, for the...
Sunday 7/19 @ Chicago History Museum
Bertha Palmer reigned as the queen of Chicago society, but her influence was known around the world. She was a champion...
