Events on Thursday, September 2
Thursday 9/ 2 @ The Art Institute of Chicago
Anyone with even a fleeting interest in photography should go see Henri Cartier-Bresson's retrospective at the Art Institute. Often heralded as...
Jean-Michel Basquiat: The Radiant Child
Thursday 9/ 2 @ Music Box Theatre
Chronicling the rapid rise and fall of celebrated painter Jean-Michel Basquiat, Tamra Davis' compelling documentary moves to a spirited soundtrack by...
Thursday 9/ 2 @ 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....
Thursday 9/ 2 @ The Neo-Futurarium
Anyone who thinks that Shakespeare's plays are an easy drama go-to ought to watch for the stunt-tastic, cultural mash-up bonanza that...
Thursday 9/ 2 @ Chicago Cultural Center
Howard Finster, often described as one of the most important folk artists of the 20th century, was an "outsider" artist whose...
Thursday 9/ 2 @ Andrew Rafacz Gallery
In this followup to last year's success, local creatives Someoddpilot and the Andrew Rafacz gallery buddy up for a second round...
Thursday 9/ 2 @ Various Chicago locations
If it weren't for a little lady named Lisbeth Salander, and her creator Stieg Larsson, Americans might forever think of Sweden...
Thursday 9/ 2 @ Gahlberg Gallery, McAninch Arts Center
Gahlberg Gallery says: This installation draws upon the ecological effects of vibration and the history of sonic warfare. At root is...
Thursday 9/ 2 @ DCA Theater
Emily Dendinger's play about the writing of Frankenstein brings to life the infamous group of Romantics living together in the Alps...
Works on Paper from the MCA Collection
Thursday 9/ 2 @ Museum of Contemporary Art
In the MCA's latest exhibit, an astutely chosen collection of works on paper depict exaggerated conflict, addressing various allegorical, emblematic, and...
Thursday 9/ 2 @ Chicago Urban Art Society
Chicago artist Doug Fogelson has been experimenting with the mediums of soil and rammed earth — an ancient, sustainable wall-building method...
Thursday 9/ 2 @ EBERSMOORE
BC MacEachran's second solo exhibition at ebersmoore, The Big Gray Con, brings to mind a game of optical illusions. The longer...
Thursday 9/ 2 @ Various Chicago locations
Like sausage, deep dish, and dirty politics, jazz is a unique part of Chicago's rich history. The Chicago Jazz Festival is...
Chicago Stories and H.C. Westermann
Thursday 9/ 2 @ The Art Institute of Chicago
This AIC exhibition charts the wild terrain of the Chicago post-war art scene — the adverse eccentrics, stylists, and self-taught artists...
Thursday 9/ 2 @ Landmark Century Centre Cinema
Following his mother's heroin overdose, 17-year-old Joshua "J" Cody (James Frecheville) is unwittingly thrust into the core of a criminal underworld...
Thursday 9/ 2 @ Hyde Park Art Center
Chicago Imagist Roger Brown is perhaps nearly as famous in Chicago now as a collector of art, particularly for the Roger...
The Absolute Best Friggin' Time of Your Life
Thursday 9/ 2 @ The Second City e.t.c.
The electric defibrillator paddles that briefly appear onstage during the Second City e.t.c.'s new sketch revue are an apt metaphor for...
Thursday 9/ 2 @ Catherine Edelman Gallery
A picture may not lie, but that doesn't mean it tells the full story. Proof, a group exhibition the Catherine Edelman...
Thursday 9/ 2 @ Glessner House Museum
Chicago's historic Prairie Avenue district — the site of the 1812 Fort Dearborn Massacre — became known after the Great Chicago...
Thursday 9/ 2 @ Hyde Park Art Center
Is there a Chicago art style? It's a question that the Hyde Park Art Center has sought to answer since Don...
Thursday 9/ 2 @ Intuit: The Center for Intuitive and Outsider Art
Intuit's new Peter Anton show provides a productive and evocative foil for the museum's overlapping show of drawings by Charles Steffen,...
Thursday 9/ 2 @ Museum of Contemporary Art
When a Modern Wing museumgoer accidentally stepped on Robert Smithson's floor-displayed Chalk-Mirror Displacement last month, jokes about the artist's pet themes...
Thursday 9/ 2 @ TimeLine Theatre
This critically acclaimed play (its Broadway and West End runs garnered dozens of awards from Drama Desks to Tonys) by Peter...
Carrie Schneider: Photography & Video
Thursday 9/ 2 @ Robert T. Wright Community Gallery of Art
Chicago and Brooklyn-based artist Carrie Schneider has built a quietly wondrous body of work, and her latest show continues her interest...
Thursday 9/ 2 @ Ukrainian Institute of Modern Art
Two of Chicago's central and most esteemed print institutions — also known for their community work and collaboration — present a...
Thursday 9/ 2 @ The Second City
Does the title of this sketch comedy show refer to the cast or the audience? The answer, of course, is both....
Everyday Adventures Growing Up
Thursday 9/ 2 @ The Art Institute of Chicago
AIC says: The world is an exciting and frightening place for a young child. It's fun to make a new friend,...
Thursday 9/ 2 @ Museum of Contemporary Photography
Concurrent with her first monograph of the same name, Paula McCartney's show Birdwatching features a provocative series of beautifully composed, lush...
Alexander Calder and Contemporary Art: Form, Balance, Joy
Thursday 9/ 2 @ MCA Chicago
The Alexander Calder exhibit at the Museum of Contemporary Art tries to reposition the artist's legacy. The selections from Calder's work...
Thursday 9/ 2 @ Museum of Contemporary Photography
The influential American conceptual artist John Baldessari — gadfly to contemporary art theory and master of image-text paintings — is represented...
Thursday 9/ 2 @ Richardson Adventure Farm
The Richardson Adventure is the largest, most intricate corn maze in the world. It's actually five separate mazes winding through 33...
Black Harvest International Festival
Thursday 9/ 2 @ Gene Siskel Film Center
The Siskel's 15th annual Black Harvest International Festival of Film and Video, devoted to the black experience on film, has the...
Rewind: 1970s to 1990s - Works from the MCA Collection
Thursday 9/ 2 @ MCA Chicago
During its forty-year history, the MCA has distinguished itself with groundbreaking exhibitions that have contributed substantially to the evolving history...
GIRLS RULE! with DJ GT & guests at Coup d'état @ The Shrine
Thursday 9/ 2 @ The Shrine
GIRLS RULE! With DJ GT and Special Guest...Get the weekend poppin' early! Ladies free ALL NITE. Gents: just five bucks. ...
Thursday 9/ 2 @ Smart Museum of Art
Mid-Century: "Good Design" in Europe and America, 1850–1950 Between 1850 and 1950, progressive artists, designers, and architects decisively reshaped the everyday...
Thursday 9/ 2 @ The ComedySportz Theatre
Our long running main stage show "ComedySportz" offers a unique blend of fast funny improv comedy that is appropriate for all...
Thursday 9/ 2 @ Chicago History Museum
A new costume exhibition shows the colorful history of wedding attire! I Do! presents 45 dresses, plus accessories, corsets, men's attire,...
Almost There: A Portrait of Peter Anton
Thursday 9/ 2 @ Intuit: The Center for Intuitive and Outsider Art
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