Events on Wednesday, February 17

Local Author Night: Kathleen Rooney, Cristina Henriquez, and Melanie Benjamin

Books: Reading

Kathleen Rooney

Wednesday 2/17 @ Book Cellar

Live Nude Girl, Kathleen Rooney's stellar 2009 memoir of her supplemental career as an artists' nude model, effortlessly, um, pulled off... 

The Iconoclastic Economist: John Maynard Keynes and the Bloomsbury Group

Art

The Iconoclastic Economist: John Maynard Keynes and the Bloomsbury Group

Wednesday 2/17 @ Mary and Leigh Block Museum of Art and Block Cinema

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Ongoing Events

<em>Rush Limbaugh! The Musical</em>

Comedy

Rush Limbaugh! The Musical

Wednesday 2/17 @ The Second City e.t.c.

From the creative team that brought you Second City's 2009 hit Rod Blagojevich Superstar! comes this loving homage to a bloated,... 

Susan Giles: <em>Buildings and Gestures</em>

Art

Susan Giles: Buildings and Gestures

Wednesday 2/17 @ Kavi Gupta Gallery

Everyone may have a certain building etched into memory, whether one that's magnificent or just personally meaningful. Projected inside a large,... 

Christine Tarkowski: <em>Last Things Will Be First and First Things Will Be Last</em>

Art

Christine Tarkowski

Wednesday 2/17 @ Chicago Cultural Center

It's clear now that the Cultural Center was really waiting for a mammoth, cardboard clipper ship with a broken corkscrew mast... 

Dance Dance Party Party

Party

Dance Dance Party Party

Wednesday 2/17 @ 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... 

<em>Private Lives</em>

Theatre

Private Lives

Wednesday 2/17 @ Chicago Shakespeare Theater

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

Martin Parr

Art: Photography

Martin Parr

Wednesday 2/17 @ Stephen Daiter Gallery

The Stephen Daiter Gallery has re-opened at a new location with an exhibition of the tongue-in-cheek British social documentary photographer, Martin... 

UBS 12x12: Aspen Mays

Art: Photography

Aspen Mays

Wednesday 2/17 @ Museum of Contemporary Art

Aspen Mays' photographs are among the more colorful, eye-catching works to grace the 12x12 exhibition series, but they're also the product... 

<em>Studs Terkel's Not Working</em>

Comedy

Studs Terkel's Not Working

Wednesday 2/17 @ 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... 

<em>Fish Tank</em>

Film

Fish Tank

Wednesday 2/17 @ Music Box Theatre

Acclaimed British drama Fish Tank follows troubled teen and aspiring urban dancer Mia Williams (played by first-time actress Katie Jarvis) as... 

Prairie Avenue House Museums

Get Social

Prairie Avenue House Museums

Wednesday 2/17 @ Glessner House Museum

Chicago's historic Prairie Avenue district — the site of the 1812 Fort Dearborn Massacre — became known after the Great Chicago... 

Laura Letinsky: <em>The Dog and The Wolf</em>

Art

Laura Letinsky

Wednesday 2/17 @ moniquemeloche gallery

Artist Laura Letinsky's lush photographs, rife with allusions to Dutch still lifes, are meditations on the detritus of our lives. Whether... 

Michiko Itatani: <em>Personal Codes</em>

Art

Michiko Itatani: Personal Codes

Wednesday 2/17 @ Walsh Gallery

A ring of mystical lights keeps appearing among the trees in Michiko Itatani's paintings of forests, which are draped in darkness... 

<em>Actions: What You Can Do With the City</em>

Special Event

Actions: What You Can Do With the City

Wednesday 2/17 @ Graham Foundation

We all know city life doesn't have to mean swimming a sea of concrete, braving traffic, and fighting off urban alienation,... 

Stan Chisholm: <em>ThingsThatNeverReallyHappened</em>

Art

Stan Chisholm

Wednesday 2/17 @ Hyde Park Art Center

Very funny and very dark, Stan Chisholm's installation consists of line drawings on paper and foam board and multimedia dioramas that... 

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

Theatre

Hughie and Krapp's Last Tape

Wednesday 2/17 @ The Goodman Theatre

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

Maya Lin

Art

Maya Lin

Wednesday 2/17 @ The Arts Club of Chicago

The name Maya Lin goes hand in hand with the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in DC. Less well-known is Lin's long-running practice... 

<em>Production Site: The Artist's Studio Inside-Out</em>

Art

Production Site

Wednesday 2/17 @ Museum of Contemporary Art

Most visitors to Production Site aren't going to come away with a dramatically altered impression of the artist's studio, even in... 

<em>Felt</em>

Performing Arts: Puppetry

Felt

Wednesday 2/17 @ 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... 

<em>The Brother/Sister Plays</em>

Theatre

The Brother/Sister Plays

Wednesday 2/17 @ Steppenwolf Theatre Company

Three poetic, stark, and incredibly funny plays by Tarell Alvin McCraney, documenting several generations of intertwined African-American families in an abstracted... 

<em>Still Bill</em>

Film: Documentary

Still Bill

Wednesday 2/17 @ Facets Cinémathèque

After a string of soul classics such as "Grandma's Hands" and "Ain't No Sunshine," Bill Withers went a bit Salinger in... 

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

Film

The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus

Wednesday 2/17 @ 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>Moholy: An Education of the Senses</em>

Art

Moholy: An Education of the Senses

Wednesday 2/17 @ Loyola University Museum of Art

After a notable stint at Germany's Bauhaus school, László Moholy-Nagy became one of the great modernists to work in Chicago, where... 

<em>50% Grey: Contemporary Czech Photography Reconsidered</em>

Art: Photography

50% Grey

Wednesday 2/17 @ Museum of Contemporary Photography

Full of black-and-white photographs with unassuming subject-matter, mostly tacked to the walls without frames, 50% Grey is resolutely low-key. That's not... 

<em>Taming of the Flu</em>

Comedy

Taming of the Flu

Wednesday 2/17 @ 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>Touch with Your Eyes</em>: Recent Work by Angel Otero

Art

Angel Otero

Wednesday 2/17 @ 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... 

The Treasure of Ulysses Davis

Art

The Treasure of Ulysses Davis

Wednesday 2/17 @ Intuit: The Center for Intuitive and Outsider Art

Intuit kicks off its 2010 season with The Treasure of Ulysses Davis. A Savannah barber, Davis spent his free time carving... 

A Room of Their Own: The Bloomsbury Artists in American Collections

Art

A Room of Their Own: The Bloomsbury Artists in American Collections

Wednesday 2/17 @ Mary and Leigh Block Museum of Art and Block Cinema

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Brazilian Funk

Music: Electronic

Brazilian Funk

Wednesday 2/17 @ The Shrine

Brazilian Funk returns to The Shrine for the month of February! DJs FLX and David Pardo will spin the Latin Spectrum... 

Abraham Lincoln Transformed

Special Event

Abraham Lincoln Transformed

Wednesday 2/17 @ Chicago History Museum

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

The Joffrey Ballet - Cinderella

Dance

The Joffrey Ballet - Cinderella

Wednesday 2/17 @ Auditorium Theatre

Choreography by Sir Frederick Ashton
Music by Serge Prokofiev Sir Frederick Ashton’s Cinderella returns to The Joffrey Ballet! Cinderella grows... 

The Darker Side of Light

Art

The Darker Side of Light

Wednesday 2/17 @ Smart Museum of Art

In the second half of the nineteenth century, Paris reigned as the city of light and Impressionism captured the bustle of... 

Benito Juárez  and the Making of Modern Mexico

Special Event

Benito Juárez and the Making of Modern Mexico

Wednesday 2/17 @ Chicago History Museum

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