Events on Monday, September 6

Charlie Deets w/ Aleks Eva and Photo.sans.nom

Music

Aleks Eva

Monday 9/ 6 @ The Empty Bottle

Chicago local Charlie Deets layers funny, dark lyrics in songs like "Older Married Couple Silently Eating Together" with heavily synthesized, shiny... 

Ongoing Events

<em>The Cremaster Cycle</em> and <em>De Lama Lamina</em>

Film

The Cremaster Cycle

Monday 9/ 6 @ Music Box Theatre

Murderer Gary Gilmore does the Texas two-step, Master Masons experience spiritual transcendence in the Chrysler building, and satyrs compete in motorcycle... 

<em>Tommy</em> (1975)

Film

Tommy

Monday 9/ 6 @ Gene Siskel Film Center

Before there was Green Day on Broadway or even Rent, there was Tommy, Ken Russell's psychedelic film adaptation of the Who's... 

<em>Roger Brown: Calif USA</em>

Art

Roger Brown

Monday 9/ 6 @ 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... 

<em>Everyday Adventures Growing Up: Art From Picture Books</em>

Art

Everyday Adventures Growing Up

Monday 9/ 6 @ 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,... 

Paula McCartney: <em>Birdwatching</em>

Art: Photography

Paula McCartney: Birdwatching

Monday 9/ 6 @ 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... 

<em>Henri Cartier-Bresson: The Modern Century</em>

Art: Photography

Henri Cartier-Bresson

Monday 9/ 6 @ 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... 

Carrie Schneider: Photography & Video

Art: Photography

Carrie Schneider: Photography & Video

Monday 9/ 6 @ 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... 

Deborah Stratman: <em>Tactical Uses of a Belief in the Unseen</em>

Art

Deborah Stratman

Monday 9/ 6 @ 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... 

John Baldessari: <em>A Print Retrospective From the Collections of Jordan D. Schnitzer and His Family Foundation</em>

Art: Photography

John Baldessari

Monday 9/ 6 @ Museum of Contemporary Photography

The influential American conceptual artist John Baldessari — gadfly to contemporary art theory and master of image-text paintings — is represented... 

<em>Ground Floor</em>

Art

Ground Floor

Monday 9/ 6 @ 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... 

<em>Chicago Stories: Prints</em> and H.C. Westermann: <em>See America First</em>

Art

Chicago Stories and H.C. Westermann

Monday 9/ 6 @ 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... 

<em>Stranger in Paradise: The Works of Reverend Howard Finster</em>

Art

Howard Finster

Monday 9/ 6 @ Chicago Cultural Center

Howard Finster, often described as one of the most important folk artists of the 20th century, was an "outsider" artist whose... 

I Do! Chicago Ties the Knot

Special Event

I Do! Chicago Ties the Knot

Monday 9/ 6 @ 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,... 

Mondays are always FREE at the Chicago History Museum

Special Event

Mondays are always FREE at the Chicago History Museum

Monday 9/ 6 @ Chicago History Museum

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