Weekend

Here are our editor picks for the weekend.

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Brian Posehn

Comedy: Stand up

Brian Posehn

Tomorrow @ UP Comedy Club

With the "geek" and "cool" cultural divides narrowing as never before, few performers work the intersection like Brian Posehn. Hipster bona... 

Oscar Nominated Short Films 2012: Animated and Live Action

Film: Shorts

Oscar Nominated Short Films 2012

Tomorrow @ Landmark Century Centre Cinema

Whether you enjoy your cinema in bite-sized pieces, or want to be a know-it-all at the annual Oscar party, this theatrical... 

<em>House of Pleasures</em> (2011)

Film

House of Pleasures

Tomorrow @ Gene Siskel Film Center

Bertrand Bonello's languid portrait of a turn-of-the-century Parisian brothel made several critics' Best of 2011 lists, but it's only now finding... 

<em>Luminous Field</em> at Millennium Park

Art: Architecture

Luminous Field at Millennium Park

Tomorrow @ Millennium Park

If you've ever witnessed children spontaneously dancing in front of Anish Kapoor's Cloud Gate (aka The Bean) then you probably understand... 

<em>Addiction Incorporated</em>

Film: Documentary

Addiction Incorporated

Tomorrow @ Gene Siskel Film Center

Just what did the tobacco industry know about the evils of nicotine, and when did it know it? That's the subject... 

Netherfriends w/ Secret Colours and Vamos

Music: Indie

Netherfriends

Tomorrow @ The Empty Bottle

With the road regimen of Black Flag and the conceptual mania of Sufjan Stevens, Netherfriends ringleader Shawn Rosenblatt tasked himself an... 

A-Trak w/ Gun Love, DJ Trentino, and Phenom

Music: DJ

A-Trak

Tomorrow @ The Mid

Deadmau5 may be considered to be the most famous Canadian-born DJ right now, but we'd rather take Montreal-born A-Trak any day,... 

Fluxus Day

Art: Happening

Fluxus Day

Saturday 2/11 @ Chicago Cultural Center

Accompanying the Chicago Cultural Center's exhibition Write Now: Artists & Letterforms is Fluxus Day, a full schedule of various art activities... 

Martin Creed

Art: Performance

Martin Creed

Saturday 2/11 @ MCA Chicago

In the time since Martin Creed landed the Turner Prize in 2001 with Work No. 227, the lights going on and... 

Michelle L'amour's Big Sexy Show

Performing Arts: Burlesque

Michelle L'amour's Big Sexy Show

Saturday 2/11 @ Music Box Theatre

Those not ensconced in the subculture might not realize what a burlesque powerhouse Chicago has in Michelle L'amour. From her tireless... 

The Ninth Annual Erotic Fiction Contest and Benefit for Chicago Women's Health Center

Special Event: Benefit

Erotic Fiction Contest and Benefit for Chicago Women's Health Center

Sunday 2/12 @ The Whistler

Pen up, salacious scribes. The Whistler's annual erotic-fiction contest invites you to get your dirty literary jollies and assist a worthy...