Events on Thursday, March 4

Takeshi Murata & Robert Beatty

Art

Takeshi Murata & Robert Beatty

Thursday 3/ 4 @ Gene Siskel Film Center

Takeshi Murata makes mesmerizing digital animations that are intended to sensually transport the viewer. Liquified color spills across the screen, blobs... 

Jeff Garlin

Comedy

Jeff Garlin

Thursday 3/ 4 @ Park West

Jeff Garlin doesn't get the best lines or biggest moments on Curb Your Enthusiasm. As Larry David's manager, Jeff Greene, he... 

Thee Majesty feat. Genesis Breyer P-Orridge

Music: Experimental

Thee Majesty feat. Genesis Breyer P-Orridge

Thursday 3/ 4 @ St. Paul's Cultural Center

Genesis P-Orridge and his cohorts were infamously dubbed "wreckers of civilization" following COUM Transmissions' legendary Prostitution exhibit in 1976 — tough... 

Open Mic: The Dark Mirror

Performing Arts: Spoken Word

Open Mic: The Dark Mirror

Thursday 3/ 4 @ Smart Museum of Art

Step up to the open mic and share a few poems, a short story, or a creative essay about your darker... 

Ongoing Events

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

Art

William Eggleston: Democratic Camera

Thursday 3/ 4 @ 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... 

<em>punkplay</em>

Theatre

punkplay

Thursday 3/ 4 @ 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'... 

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

Special Event

Actions: What You Can Do With the City

Thursday 3/ 4 @ 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

Thursday 3/ 4 @ 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>Abigail's Party</em>

Theatre

Abigail's Party

Thursday 3/ 4 @ A Red Orchid Theatre

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

<em>Fish Tank</em>

Film

Fish Tank

Thursday 3/ 4 @ 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... 

Maya Lin

Art

Maya Lin

Thursday 3/ 4 @ 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... 

Sonnenzimmer: <em>Vorab Fabrik</em>

Art

Sonnenzimmer

Thursday 3/ 4 @ 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

Thursday 3/ 4 @ 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>Private Lives</em>

Theatre

Private Lives

Thursday 3/ 4 @ 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>Moholy: An Education of the Senses</em>

Art

Moholy: An Education of the Senses

Thursday 3/ 4 @ 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>The Twins Would Like to Say</em>

Theatre

The Twins Would Like to Say

Thursday 3/ 4 @ Steppenwolf Garage Theatre

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

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

Art: Photography

50% Grey

Thursday 3/ 4 @ 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

Thursday 3/ 4 @ 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>Trust</em>

Theatre

Trust

Thursday 3/ 4 @ Lookingglass Theatre

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

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

Art

Michiko Itatani: Personal Codes

Thursday 3/ 4 @ Walsh Gallery

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

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

Art

Susan Giles: Buildings and Gestures

Thursday 3/ 4 @ 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

Thursday 3/ 4 @ 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... 

Neo-Futurists: <em>I Am a Camera</em>

Theatre

I Am a Camera

Thursday 3/ 4 @ The Neo-Futurarium

Not to be confused with the John Van Druten Isherwood-inspired, Cabaret-inspiring play from which it takes its name, the second show... 

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

Art

Angel Otero

Thursday 3/ 4 @ 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... 

Martin Parr

Art: Photography

Martin Parr

Thursday 3/ 4 @ 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... 

<em>11:11</em>

Theatre

11:11

Thursday 3/ 4 @ Victory Gardens Biograph Theater

A group of college-aged counselors at a Christian summer camp accidentally take ecstacy, resulting in a night of romance, hilarity, and... 

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

Comedy

Studs Terkel's Not Working

Thursday 3/ 4 @ 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

Thursday 3/ 4 @ 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... 

Prairie Avenue House Museums

Get Social

Prairie Avenue House Museums

Thursday 3/ 4 @ 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

Thursday 3/ 4 @ moniquemeloche gallery

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

ComedySportz

Comedy

ComedySportz

Thursday 3/ 4 @ The ComedySportz Theatre

Our long running main stage show "ComedySportz" offers a unique blend of fast funny improv comedy that is appropriate for all... 

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

Art

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

Thursday 3/ 4 @ Mary and Leigh Block Museum of Art and Block Cinema

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The Dance Center of Columbia College Chicago - Troika Ranch

Dance

The Dance Center of Columbia College Chicago - Troika Ranch

Thursday 3/ 4 @ Columbia College Chicago

Complex, layered, and visually striking, Troika Ranch is known for hybrid works combining dance, theater and digital media. Recognized world wide... 

GIRLS RULE! with DJ GT & guests at Coup d'état @ The Shrine

Music: DJ

GIRLS RULE! with DJ GT & guests at Coup d'état @ The Shrine

Thursday 3/ 4 @ The Shrine

GIRLS RULE! With DJ GT and Special Guest...Get the weekend poppin' early! Ladies free ALL NITE. Gents: just five bucks.  ... 

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

Art

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

Thursday 3/ 4 @ Rotofugi

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

Benito Juárez  and the Making of Modern Mexico

Special Event

Benito Juárez and the Making of Modern Mexico

Thursday 3/ 4 @ Chicago History Museum

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

Garage Rep

Theatre

Garage Rep

Thursday 3/ 4 @ 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... 

The Treasure of Ulysses Davis

Art

The Treasure of Ulysses Davis

Thursday 3/ 4 @ 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... 

March Madness Improv Tournament

Comedy

March Madness Improv Tournament

Thursday 3/ 4 @ The ComedySportz Theatre

ComedySportz's 7th Annual March Madness improv tournament will take place over three Thursdays at 8pm this Spring starting March 4,... 

The Darker Side of Light

Art

The Darker Side of Light

Thursday 3/ 4 @ 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... 

Abraham Lincoln Transformed

Special Event

Abraham Lincoln Transformed

Thursday 3/ 4 @ Chicago History Museum

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