Events on Monday, July 6

Edible Audible Picnic: Experimental Sound Studio

Music: Experimental

Edible Audible Picnic: Experimental Sound Studio

Monday 7/ 6 @ Great Lawn

Today's lunchtime listening session at Millennium Park comes with a decidedly different menu, as sonic artists from Chicago and abroad fill... 

Dusk Variations: A Chamber Series feat. the Biava Quartet

Music: Classical

The Biava Quartet

Monday 7/ 6 @ Jay Pritzker Pavilion

As globe-trotting, award-winning performers and the quartet-in-residence at the prestigious Julliard School, the Biava Quartet has perfected a repertoire of traditional... 

Ongoing Events

Montrose Point Bird Sanctuary

City Gems

Montrose Point Bird Sanctuary

Monday 7/ 6 @ 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>Chic Chicago: Couture Treasures from the Chicago History Museum</em>

Special Event

Chic Chicago

Monday 7/ 6 @ 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/ 6 @ 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... 

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

Art

Cy Twombly

Monday 7/ 6 @ 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/ 6 @ 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... 

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

Art

David Horvitz

Monday 7/ 6 @ 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>The Big World: Recent Art from China</em>

Art

The Big World: Recent Art from China

Monday 7/ 6 @ Chicago Cultural Center

Since the Chicago Cultural Center last presented an exhibition of recent art from China 12 years ago, the country has experienced... 

Harry Potter: The Exhibition

Special Event

Harry Potter: The Exhibition

Monday 7/ 6 @ 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/ 6 @ Various locations

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

Graceland Cemetery

City Gems

Graceland Cemetery

Monday 7/ 6 @ 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... 

Bertha Honoré Palmer

Special Event

Bertha Honoré Palmer

Monday 7/ 6 @ Chicago History Museum

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

Mondays are always FREE at the Chicago History Museum

Special Event

Mondays are always FREE at the Chicago History Museum

Monday 7/ 6 @ Chicago History Museum

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