Events on Wednesday, September 9
Diversity and Contemporary Art: Glenn Ligon, Tania Bruguera, and Melissa Harris-Lacewell
Wednesday 9/ 9 @ Museum of Contemporary Art
Tonight, two artists and a political scientist broach the weighty topic of how diversity resonates in the work of modern art...
Wednesday 9/ 9 @ The Empty Bottle
The psychedelic noiseniks in Caroliner describe themselves as "industrial bluegrass," and their identity-blurring self-mythologizing garners frequent Residents comparisons. But they have...
Ongoing Events
Wednesday 9/ 9 @ A Red Orchid Theatre
Aglow with an Oscar nomination for his supporting role in Revolutionary Road, Michael Shannon reunites with A Red Orchid Theatre, the...
Wednesday 9/ 9 @ 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 9/ 9 @ Glessner House Museum
Chicago's historic Prairie Avenue district — the site of the 1812 Fort Dearborn Massacre — became known after the Great Chicago...
Michael Ruglio-Misurell: Project #12
Wednesday 9/ 9 @ Gallery 400
Some of the more memorable artworks of recent years have been immersive, meticulously constructed environments (see Mike Nelson, or Marfa's Hello...
Wednesday 9/ 9 @ 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 9/ 9 @ 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 9/ 9 @ AMC River East 21
Overturning the usual alien invasion scenario, District 9 recasts a million extraterrestrial visitors as refugees, confined to a slum in Johannesburg....
Wednesday 9/ 9 @ 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...
Wednesday 9/ 9 @ 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...
Robert Davis and Michael Langlois
Wednesday 9/ 9 @ Museum of Contemporary Art
Believers in the classic power of large-scale oil painting, Robert Davis and Michael Langlois work collaboratively to give the venerable art...
Wednesday 9/ 9 @ 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...
Wednesday 9/ 9 @ 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...
Wednesday 9/ 9 @ 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...
Wednesday 9/ 9 @ Rotofugi
Kaiju cultists have about 70 reasons to celebrate as Toy Karma II unveils another overstuffed exhibition of Japanese toys and art...
Wednesday 9/ 9 @ 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...
Wednesday 9/ 9 @ TimeLine Theatre
The History Boys treads familiar ground, following a band of students and the teachers who light their way — but Alan...
Constellations: Paintings from the MCA Collection
Wednesday 9/ 9 @ Museum of Contemporary Art
Our usual introductions to the history of 20th-century art tend to lean on certain narratives — the subversive march of the...
Wednesday 9/ 9 @ 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 9/ 9 @ iO Chicago Theater
It's tough for an improv troupe to set itself apart in a city bursting with quality comedy options. With nine cute, floppy...
Wednesday 9/ 9 @ 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...
Wednesday 9/ 9 @ The Hideout
Community gardens win big at the Hideout's weekly Veggie Bingo. Each Wednesday until September, Martha Bayne, the gastronome behind this winter's...
Wednesday 9/ 9 @ 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...
MP3 II: Curtis Mann, John Opera, and Stacia Yeapanis
Wednesday 9/ 9 @ 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...
Wednesday 9/ 9 @ 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...
Joseph Yoakum: Line and Landscape
Wednesday 9/ 9 @ Smart Museum of Art
During the last decade of his life, self-taught artist and South Side resident Joseph Yoakum (1890–1972) began drawing almost full time....
Wednesday 9/ 9 @ Chicago History Museum
Bertha Palmer reigned as the queen of Chicago society, but her influence was known around the world. She was a champion...
The Picture Tells the Story: The Drawings of Joseph E. Yoakum
Wednesday 9/ 9 @ 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...
