Events on Saturday, April 10

Creative Chicago Expo 2010

Conferences

Creative Chicago Expo 2010

Saturday 4/10 @ Chicago Cultural Center

Cultural Center says:
The Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs and the Chicago Department of Community Development announce the seventh annual... 

Major Lazer w/ Rusko

Music: Electronic

Major Lazer

Saturday 4/10 @ Metro

Major Lazer is the freewheeling dancehall-inspired project imagined by DJ/producers Diplo and Switch. Songs from the duo's 2009 debut, like the... 

Sci-Fi Spectacular 4

Festival: Film

Sci-Fi Spectacular 4

Saturday 4/10 @ Music Box Theatre

With doors opening at 11:00am, and a special half hour of "Horror, Sci Fi, and Hilarious Trailers" at 11:30, you could... 

Chicago Jazz Ensemble

Music

Chicago Jazz Ensemble

Saturday 4/10 @ Pick-Staiger Concert Hall

  featuring Jon Faddis and Victor Goines   The celebrated Chicago Jazz Ensemble, led by the great... 

Ongoing Events

Sarah Pickering: <em>Incident Control</em>

Art: Photography

Sarah Pickering: Incident Control

Saturday 4/10 @ Museum of Contemporary Photography

Exploring issues of security in a time of terror, Sarah Pickering's MoCP survey show, Incident Control, draws upon her vivid, disquieting... 

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

Art

James Olley

Saturday 4/10 @ 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... 

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

Theatre

The Brother/Sister Plays

Saturday 4/10 @ 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... 

Richard Hull

Art

Richard Hull

Saturday 4/10 @ Western Exhibitions

Richard Hull's current show at Western Exhibitions feels like looking at single frames from an animated film. In his new series... 

Matisse: Radical Invention, 1913&ndash;1917

Art

Matisse: Radical Invention, 1913–1917

Saturday 4/10 @ The Art Institute of Chicago

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

Theatre

The Twins Would Like to Say

Saturday 4/10 @ Steppenwolf Garage Theatre

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

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

Art

Rewind: 1970s to 1990s

Saturday 4/10 @ 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

Saturday 4/10 @ 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... 

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

Art

Christine Tarkowski

Saturday 4/10 @ 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... 

Sol Lewitt

Art

Sol Lewitt

Saturday 4/10 @ Rhona Hoffman Gallery

<em>Paschke's Women</em>

Art

Paschke's Women

Saturday 4/10 @ 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... 

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

Art

William Eggleston: Democratic Camera

Saturday 4/10 @ 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... 

David Sharpe: New Work

Art

David Sharpe

Saturday 4/10 @ Carl Hammer Gallery

Carl Hammer's featured artist at Art Chicago 2010, David Sharpe creates paintings on various scales that effectively represent the gallery's promotion... 

Cougars! The Musical

Comedy

Cougars! The Musical

Saturday 4/10 @ Greenhouse Theater

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

Art

Moholy: An Education of the Senses

Saturday 4/10 @ 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>Trust</em>

Theatre

Trust

Saturday 4/10 @ Lookingglass Theatre

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

<em>The Illusion</em>

Theatre

The Illusion

Saturday 4/10 @ 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>Production Site: The Artist's Studio Inside-Out</em>

Art

Production Site

Saturday 4/10 @ 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>Studs Terkel's Not Working</em>

Comedy

Studs Terkel's Not Working

Saturday 4/10 @ 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... 

Stan Chisholm: <em>ThingsThatNeverReallyHappened</em>

Art

Stan Chisholm

Saturday 4/10 @ 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... 

Prairie Avenue House Museums

Get Social

Prairie Avenue House Museums

Saturday 4/10 @ Glessner House Museum

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

Karl Haendel & Walead Beshty, Sheree Hovsepian, and Barbara Kasten

Art

Karl Haendel & Walead Beshty, Sheree Hovsepian, and Barbara Kasten

Saturday 4/10 @ moniquemeloche gallery

Featuring the collaborative work of Karl Haendel & Walead Beshty, Sheree Hovsepian, and Chicago photographer Barbara Kasten, the current group show... 

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

Theatre

A True History of the Johnstown Flood

Saturday 4/10 @ The Goodman Theatre

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

<em>punkplay</em>

Theatre

punkplay

Saturday 4/10 @ 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'... 

2010 CHIRP Record Fair and Other Delights

Festival: Fair

CHIRP Record Fair and Other Delights

Saturday 4/10 @ Plumbers Hall

Record fairs can be pretty painful. Attic clearers don't offer much, and one Ghost World lookalike, mumbling "rare Turkish psych" as... 

Jason Salavon: <em>Old Codes</em>

Art

Jason Salavon

Saturday 4/10 @ Tony Wight Gallery

Jason Salovan uses custom software of his own design to create works that reformat data from mass culture into digital patterns... 

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

Art

Michiko Itatani: Personal Codes

Saturday 4/10 @ 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>My Son, My Son What Have Ye Done</em>

Film

My Son, My Son What Have Ye Done

Saturday 4/10 @ Music Box Theatre

More recently known for visceral documentaries with strong central characters like Grizzly Man (2005), Werner Herzog's latest foray into narrative is... 

Licorice Saturdays&nbsp;w/ Timbuck2 & Shon Dervis

Music: Hip-Hop

Licorice Saturdays w/ Timbuck2 & Shon Dervis

Saturday 4/10 @ The Shrine

Chicago's BEST Saturday night party blows up each and every week with The Heavy Hitter, Timbuck2 (in the main room) and... 

Benito Juárez  and the Making of Modern Mexico

Special Event

Benito Juárez and the Making of Modern Mexico

Saturday 4/10 @ Chicago History Museum

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

Teen Dream: New Works by Jon Knox (Hello, Brute)

Art

Teen Dream: New Works by Jon Knox (Hello, Brute)

Saturday 4/10 @ Rotofugi

Teen Dream
New Work by Jon Knox aka Hello, Brute April 9-25, 2010 Opening Reception
Friday, April 9, 2010,... 

Engraving the Ephemeral

Art

Engraving the Ephemeral

Saturday 4/10 @ Mary and Leigh Block Museum of Art and Block Cinema

... 

The Treasure of Ulysses Davis

Art

The Treasure of Ulysses Davis

Saturday 4/10 @ 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... 

Endgame

Theatre

Endgame

Saturday 4/10 @ Steppenwolf Theatre Company

  75 riveting minutes that will have you talking all night long.

Masterful storyteller Frank Galati makes
... 

Abraham Lincoln Transformed

Special Event

Abraham Lincoln Transformed

Saturday 4/10 @ Chicago History Museum

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

Garden of Light: New Works by APAK

Art

Garden of Light: New Works by APAK

Saturday 4/10 @ Rotofugi

Garden of Light
New Work by APAK April 9-25, 2010 Opening Reception
Friday, April 9, 2010, 7-10PM... 

The Hot Karl

Comedy

The Hot Karl

Saturday 4/10 @ The ComedySportz Theatre

Since 1999, The Hot Karl has been presenting their brand of stage-clawing, no-holds-barred long-form improv to packed houses. You may gasp,... 

The Brilliant Line: Following the Early Modern Engraver, 1480–1650

Art

The Brilliant Line: Following the Early Modern Engraver, 1480–1650

Saturday 4/10 @ Mary and Leigh Block Museum of Art and Block Cinema

... 

Garage Rep

Theatre

Garage Rep

Saturday 4/10 @ 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... 

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

Special Event

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

Saturday 4/10 @ MCA Chicago

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

ComedySportz

Comedy

ComedySportz

Saturday 4/10 @ The ComedySportz Theatre

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

Mondays are always FREE at the Chicago History Museum

Special Event

Mondays are always FREE at the Chicago History Museum

Saturday 4/10 @ Chicago History Museum

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

The Darker Side of Light

Art

The Darker Side of Light

Saturday 4/10 @ 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...