Events on Sunday, March 14

Story Week Festival of Writers - 2nd Story

Performing Arts

Story Week Festival of Writers - 2nd Story

Sunday 3/14 @ Columbia College Chicago

This high-energy presentation of storytelling, sound effects, and music kicks off Columbia College Chicago's Story Week with Fiction Writing Department chair... 

Ongoing Events

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

Art: Photography

50% Grey

Sunday 3/14 @ 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>punkplay</em>

Theatre

punkplay

Sunday 3/14 @ Steppenwolf Garage Theatre

Punk rock will always fit coming-of-age stories like tartan patterns on drainpipe pants; and this Pavement Group production of Gregory Moss'... 

William Eggleston: <em>Democratic Camera, Photographs and Video, 1961&ndash;2008</em>

Art

William Eggleston: Democratic Camera

Sunday 3/14 @ The Art Institute of Chicago

You've seen a William Eggleston or five, we'll put money on it, whether it's his famous ground-level trike shot or the... 

Dance Dance Party Party

Party

Dance Dance Party Party

Sunday 3/14 @ 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>Touch with Your Eyes</em>: Recent Work by Angel Otero

Art

Angel Otero

Sunday 3/14 @ 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 Red Riding Trilogy</em>

Film

The Red Riding Trilogy

Sunday 3/14 @ Music Box Theatre

"Dickens on bad acid" is a description that captures the unsparing, paranoiac nature of the Red Riding Quartet, David Peace's cult... 

<em>Moholy: An Education of the Senses</em>

Art

Moholy: An Education of the Senses

Sunday 3/14 @ 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... 

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

Art

Christine Tarkowski

Sunday 3/14 @ 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... 

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

Comedy

Studs Terkel's Not Working

Sunday 3/14 @ 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>The Brother/Sister Plays</em>

Theatre

The Brother/Sister Plays

Sunday 3/14 @ 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>Abigail's Party</em>

Theatre

Abigail's Party

Sunday 3/14 @ A Red Orchid Theatre

In films like Secrets & LiesLife Is Sweet and Happy-Go-Lucky, Mike Leigh explores the foibles of... 

<em>Trust</em>

Theatre

Trust

Sunday 3/14 @ Lookingglass Theatre

David Schwimmer became a household name and earned a king's ransom trading quips on a slick, lightweight sitcom. To his credit,... 

Prairie Avenue House Museums

Get Social

Prairie Avenue House Museums

Sunday 3/14 @ Glessner House Museum

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

<em>The Twins Would Like to Say</em>

Theatre

The Twins Would Like to Say

Sunday 3/14 @ Steppenwolf Garage Theatre

Dog & Pony presents this strange and astounding promenade show about the true story of identical twins June and Jennifer Gibbons.... 

<em>I Am Love</em>

Film

I Am Love

Sunday 3/14 @ Gene Siskel Film Center

Tilda Swinton is an uncommon sort of silver-screen powerhouse: still a formidable actor's actor and a consistent scene stealer, but with... 

<em>Fish Tank</em>

Film

Fish Tank

Sunday 3/14 @ 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... 

Sonnenzimmer: <em>Vorab Fabrik</em>

Art

Sonnenzimmer

Sunday 3/14 @ The Family Room

The newest collaborative exhibition from Sonnenzimmer duo Nadine Nakanishi and Nick Butcher, Vorab Fabrik, takes inspiration from the mechanical process of... 

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

Art

Production Site

Sunday 3/14 @ 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>Rush Limbaugh! The Musical</em>

Comedy

Rush Limbaugh! The Musical

Sunday 3/14 @ 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,... 

Stan Chisholm: <em>ThingsThatNeverReallyHappened</em>

Art

Stan Chisholm

Sunday 3/14 @ 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>The Illusion</em>

Theatre

The Illusion

Sunday 3/14 @ Court Theatre at the University of Chicago

In the hands of director Charles Newell, Tony Kushner's adaptation of Corneille's baroque reverie is equal parts gorgeous vision and comic... 

<em>Rewind: 1970s to 1990s Works from the MCA Collection</em>

Art

Rewind: 1970s to 1990s

Sunday 3/14 @ Museum of Contemporary Art

No better excuse to clear the dust bunnies from a collection of old favorites than to put together a best-of show.... 

<em>Taming of the Flu</em>

Comedy

Taming of the Flu

Sunday 3/14 @ 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>A True History of the Johnstown Flood</em>

Theatre

A True History of the Johnstown Flood

Sunday 3/14 @ The Goodman Theatre

The 1889 Pennsylvania flood that claimed 2200 lives was a more deadly natural disaster than Hurricane Katrina, but in both cases,... 

Benito Juárez  and the Making of Modern Mexico

Special Event

Benito Juárez and the Making of Modern Mexico

Sunday 3/14 @ Chicago History Museum

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

Red Star, Black Eye: New Work by Josh (Shag) Agle

Art

Red Star, Black Eye: New Work by Josh (Shag) Agle

Sunday 3/14 @ Rotofugi

 Come check out Shag's newest work at his first Chicago exhibition in over three years....colorful, precise, fun work by one of... 

Rewind: 1970s to 1990s - Works from the MCA Collection

Special Event

Rewind: 1970s to 1990s - Works from the MCA Collection

Sunday 3/14 @ MCA Chicago

  During its forty-year history, the MCA has distinguished itself with groundbreaking exhibitions that have contributed substantially to the evolving history... 

Abraham Lincoln Transformed

Special Event

Abraham Lincoln Transformed

Sunday 3/14 @ Chicago History Museum

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

Second Sundays

Workshop/Class

Second Sundays

Sunday 3/14 @ Hyde Park Art Center

Join us for this FREE drop in day of... 

The Darker Side of Light

Art

The Darker Side of Light

Sunday 3/14 @ 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... 

DIRT: LAND/USE

Festival

DIRT: LAND/USE

Sunday 3/14 @ Links Hall

Three weekends of performance, dance, readings, and videos about how we shape the land and how the land shapes us curated... 

The Brother/Sister Plays Marathon Sundays

Food/Wine

The Brother/Sister Plays Marathon Sundays

Sunday 3/14 @ Steppenwolf Theatre Company

The Brother/Sister Plays are presented in repertory with In the Red and Brown in rotation with The Brothers Size and Marcus;... 

Ballet Folklorico de Mexico de Amalia Hernandez

Dance

Ballet Folklorico de Mexico de Amalia Hernandez

Sunday 3/14 @ Auditorium Theatre

"...a fast-paced, entertaining show that can make viewers want to rush right off to Mexico." -The New York Times In... 

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

Art

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

Sunday 3/14 @ Mary and Leigh Block Museum of Art and Block Cinema

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Garage Rep

Theatre

Garage Rep

Sunday 3/14 @ Steppenwolf Theatre Company

Steppenwolf's Visiting Company Initiative is pleased to present Garage Rep, three productions from some of Chicago's most innovative theatre companies, presented... 

Exhibition Tours

Art

Exhibition Tours

Sunday 3/14 @ Mary and Leigh Block Museum of Art and Block Cinema

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