Events on Monday, September 21
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- Music: Rock/Pop
- The Antlers
- @ Subterranean
- Brooklyn trio the Antlers go the way of Bon Iver with guitar-led, simplistic melodies and tales of pain. (Their 2009 release... View details »
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- Art: Architecture/Design
- Chicago Model City
- @ 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... View details »
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- Film: Documentary
- No Impact Man
- @ Music Box Theatre
- Environmental documentaries have been popping up at an increasingly rapid rate, providing lots of proselytizing, but little action. No Impact Man... View details »
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- Music: Global
- World Music Festival 2009
- @ Various locations
- As diverse as the big-ticket summer festivals are, few unite the diaspora quite like Chicago's World Music Festival. The week-long gala... View details »
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- Art: Photography
- Jason Lazarus, Wolfgang Plöger, and Zoe Strauss
- @ The Art Institute of Chicago
- In the third installment of the AIC's On The Scene series, the divergent work of three artists is displayed in a... View details »
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- John Stezaker
- @ Richard Gray Gallery
- It seems so simple at first: cut or combine salvaged old photographs. John Stezaker has used variants of this method since... View details »
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- Harry Potter: The Exhibition
- @ 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... View details »
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- Montrose Point Bird Sanctuary
- @ 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... View details »
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- Alfred Caldwell Lily Pool
- @ 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... View details »
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- Performing Arts: Theatre
- Jersey Boys
- @ Bank of America Theatre
- The Chicago theater scene has been blessed of late with a raft of high-quality jukebox musicals: the Black Ensemble Theater showcased... View details »
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- Elizabeth Murray
- @ The Arts Club of Chicago
- In the early '80s, Elizabeth Murray started "making paintings that would blow up into the space," a breakthrough she later recalled... View details »
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- Zarina Bhimji: Out of Blue
- @ The Art Institute of Chicago
- Turner Prize nominee Zarina Bhimji returned to Uganda, her childhood home, to shoot this gorgeous, mournful short film. As Out of... View details »
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- Graceland Cemetery
- @ 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... View details »
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- Performing Arts: Theatre
- Fake
- @ Steppenwolf Theatre Company
- Steppenwolf Theatre Company kicks off its new season on the theme of belief with a world premiere written and directed by... View details »
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- Film
- It Might Get Loud
- @ Landmark Century Centre Cinema
- You can imagine it started with a big idea: get three guitar gods in the same room and let them talk... View details »
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- Music: Rock/Pop
- The Fruit Bats
- @ Schubas
- After platooning with bands like Vetiver and the Shins over the last few years, native Chicagoan Eric Johnson re-dons the Fruit... View details »
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- Cy Twombly
- @ 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... View details »
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- Mondays are always FREE at the Chicago History Museum
- @ Chicago History Museum
- Every Monday is FREE at the Chicago History Museum. Come by and check us out! We have exhibitions and programs for... View details »
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- Bertha Honoré Palmer
- @ Chicago History Museum
- Bertha Palmer reigned as the queen of Chicago society, but her influence was known around the world. She was a champion... View details »
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