Events on Monday, January 25

Daria Martin: <em>Minotaur</em>

Art

Daria Martin: Minotaur

Monday 1/25 @ Museum of Contemporary Art

This show's titular maze-dwelling man-bull of Greek myth inspired Rodin in 1886, who inspired choreographer Anna Halprin for a duet filmed... 

Anna Shteynshleyger

Art

Anna Shteynshleyger

Monday 1/25 @ Renaissance Society

Moscow-born, Yale-trained artist Anna Shteynshleyger's austere images belie a host of influences. Her large, arresting photographs of the Siberian countryside are... 

<em>Private Lives</em>

Theatre

Private Lives

Monday 1/25 @ Chicago Shakespeare Theater

At one point in Noël Coward's Private Lives, Amanda — half of a divorced socialite couple who rekindle their romance (and... 

<em>35 Shots of Rum</em>

Film

35 Shots of Rum

Monday 1/25 @ Music Box Theatre

Those who haven't kept up with Claire Denis since her hysteria-prone Trouble Every Day (2001) will be surprised by the low-key... 

<em>Picturing the Studio</em>

Art

Picturing the Studio

Monday 1/25 @ Sullivan Galleries, SAIC

An impressive if somewhat theoretically unoriginal show, Picturing the Studio examines the artist's space as a site of fantasy, myth, production,... 

Richard Rezac

Art

Richard Rezac

Monday 1/25 @ Rhona Hoffman Gallery

Precisely composed and impeccably fabricated, Richard Rezac's sculptures feel a bit like fragments of a high-end manufacturing process, re-combined by machinery... 

<em>Cheat Codes: Lessons in Love</em>

Art

Cheat Codes: Lessons in Love

Monday 1/25 @ Antena

Watching curator Amelia Winger-Bearskin's Cheat Codes: Lessons in Love, an hour-long presentation featuring the works of 12 video artists, feels like... 

<em>Hughie</em> and <em>Krapp's Last Tape</em>

Theatre

Hughie and Krapp's Last Tape

Monday 1/25 @ The Goodman Theatre

From time to time a director and an actor so inspire each other that they build an enduring artistic partnership: Jimmy... 

The 21st Annual Rhinofest

Theatre

Rhinofest

Monday 1/25 @ Prop Thtr

For the next month, Prop Thtr is the place to be in Chicago for absurdly original theater, avant-garde performance art, and... 

<em>Taming of the Flu</em>

Comedy

Taming of the Flu

Monday 1/25 @ The Second City

The Second City has recently mined the public lives of Rod Blagojevich, Rich Daley, and Rahm Emanuel for creative and box-office... 

<em>The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus</em>

Film

The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus

Monday 1/25 @ Music Box Theatre

Terry Gilliam's visually rich follow-up to such cult gems as Brazil (1985), The Adventures of Baron Munchausen (1988), and Fear and... 

<em>The Year of Magical Thinking</em>

Theatre

The Year of Magical Thinking

Monday 1/25 @ Court Theatre at the University of Chicago

Joan Didion is one of our most acclaimed essayists, and her incisive observational gifts and fluid style drive The Year of... 

<em>Touch with Your Eyes</em>: Recent Work by Angel Otero

Art

Angel Otero

Monday 1/25 @ Chicago Cultural Center

These aren't your grandma's still-life paintings, even if the artist is inspired by memories of his own grandma's house in Puerto... 

<em>The White Ribbon</em>

Film

The White Ribbon

Monday 1/25 @ Landmark Century Centre Cinema

In Michael Haneke's latest film, a series of mysterious acts of violence disturbs a small, puritanical Northern German village on the... 

Mondays are always FREE at the Chicago History Museum

Special Event

Mondays are always FREE at the Chicago History Museum

Monday 1/25 @ Chicago History Museum

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

Benito Juárez  and the Making of Modern Mexico

Special Event

Benito Juárez and the Making of Modern Mexico

Monday 1/25 @ Chicago History Museum

As America faced its darkest days during the Civil War, Mexico, too, waged war that led to the creation of its... 

Abraham Lincoln Transformed

Special Event

Abraham Lincoln Transformed

Monday 1/25 @ Chicago History Museum

He is often revered as the president who freed the slaves, but how did Abraham Lincoln arrive at his highly controversial...