Events on Monday, March 29

<em>The Wild One</em> (1953)

Film

The Wild One

Monday 3/29 @ Doc Films

The Wild One may not be a great film, but it is an enormously influential one. Bob Dylan rode — and... 

Ongoing Events

James Olley: <em>In Motion</em>

Art

James Olley

Monday 3/29 @ Kasia Kay Art Projects

Highly textured layers of impasto animate the dynamic subjects in James Olley's paintings, which tackle suburbia as their subject. Luckily, Olley... 

Maya Lin

Art

Maya Lin

Monday 3/29 @ 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... 

Stan Chisholm: <em>ThingsThatNeverReallyHappened</em>

Art

Stan Chisholm

Monday 3/29 @ 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 Red Riding Trilogy</em>

Film

The Red Riding Trilogy

Monday 3/29 @ 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>Prodigal Sons</em>

Film: Documentary

Prodigal Sons

Monday 3/29 @ Facets Cinémathèque

Facets says:
Debut filmmaker Kimberly Reed dives headfirst into an unflinching portrait of her family that is absolutely engrossing and... 

<em>Taming of the Flu</em>

Comedy

Taming of the Flu

Monday 3/29 @ 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>Paschke's Women</em>

Art

Paschke's Women

Monday 3/29 @ Russell Bowman Fine Art

Blaming Ed Paschke for Jeff Koons makes about as much sense as blaming Nietzsche for Mussolini. Regardless of how one responds... 

<em>A True History of the Johnstown Flood</em>

Theatre

A True History of the Johnstown Flood

Monday 3/29 @ The Goodman Theatre

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

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

Art

William Eggleston: Democratic Camera

Monday 3/29 @ 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... 

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

Art

Christine Tarkowski

Monday 3/29 @ 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>Chloe</em>

Film

Chloe

Monday 3/29 @ Music Box Theatre

Atom Egoyan's new thriller explores themes of consuming jealousy and passion with a smart European sensibility that puts an exciting spin... 

Matisse: Radical Invention, 1913&ndash;1917

Art

Matisse: Radical Invention, 1913–1917

Monday 3/29 @ The Art Institute of Chicago

Mondays are always FREE at the Chicago History Museum

Special Event

Mondays are always FREE at the Chicago History Museum

Monday 3/29 @ Chicago History Museum

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

Wee Epic Masterpiece Theatre: New Works by Travis Lampe

Art

Wee Epic Masterpiece Theatre: New Works by Travis Lampe

Monday 3/29 @ Rotofugi

Come check out Travis Lampe's newest work for his second Rotofugi Gallery exhibition, following 2007's "Fantasy Cryland" which inspired the Squibbles... 

Benito Juárez  and the Making of Modern Mexico

Special Event

Benito Juárez and the Making of Modern Mexico

Monday 3/29 @ Chicago History Museum

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

Beneath the Noise: New Work by Dan May

Art

Beneath the Noise: New Work by Dan May

Monday 3/29 @ Rotofugi

Come check out Dan May's newest work at his first Rotofugi Gallery exhibition. Dan will be in attendance opening night. For... 

Abraham Lincoln Transformed

Special Event

Abraham Lincoln Transformed

Monday 3/29 @ Chicago History Museum

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