All events on Wednesday October 01
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- Rick Perlstein: Nixonland
- Wednesday Oct 1 (7:30pm) @ 57th Street Books
- In his 896-page tour de force, Nixonland, historian Rick Perlstein argues that the hallmarks of contemporary American political discourse can be traced back to one... View details »
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- Fashion Focus
- Wednesday Oct 1 @ Various locations More times »
- The fourth year of Fashion Focus Chicago honors all levels of local clothing design — from elaborate couture to college-student creations — during its style-conscious... View details »
- Music: Rock/Pop
- The Wedding Present
- Wednesday Oct 1 (10pm) @ The Empty Bottle
- David Gedge formed the Wedding Present in 1985 after his former band fell apart. (In an act of delicious scandal, his drummer left him for... View details »
- Music: Electronic
- The Bug
- Wednesday Oct 1 (9pm) @ Subterranean
- Like so much music out of the UK, Kevin Martin's projects have always shown a strong Jamaican influence. Whether recording as Pressure, Ladybug (his collaborations... View details »
- Music: Rock/Pop
- Heartless Bastards w/ Langhorne Slim
- Wednesday Oct 1 (10pm) @ Abbey Pub
- Alt-folk threesome Langhorne Slim have a history of popping up in unexpected places. The bluesy, freewheeling band from Brooklyn recently made appearances on NPR and... View details »
- Music: Rock/Pop
- Ray LaMontagne
- Wednesday Oct 1 (7:30pm) @ The Chicago Theatre
- After two long years, shoemaker-cum-troubadour Ray LaMontagne returns with a dazzling new record. Gossip in the Grain lands with "You Are The Best Thing," teasing... View details »
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- Film
- Tell No One
- Wednesday Oct 1 @ Landmark Century Centre Cinema More times »
- Herein lies living proof that the French can spin a gorgeous existentialist drama in any genre. Pediatrician Alex (François Cluzet) has never gotten over the... View details »
- Art
- Mónica Herrera: Strings
- Wednesday Oct 1 (9am–8pm) @ Hyde Park Art Center More times »
- Free
- For her interactive sound installation at Hyde Park Art Center, Mónica Herrera transforms the gallery into a giant musical instrument and invites viewers to play... View details »
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- Montrose Point Bird Sanctuary
- Wednesday Oct 1 @ Montrose Point Bird Sanctuary More times »
- Free
- If nothing else, taking up birdwatching gives you a convenient excuse to bring terms like "Magnificent Frigatebird" and "Purple Gallinule" into conversation. In this sancturary,... View details »
- Art
- Discarded Paintings by Gifted Amateurs
- Wednesday Oct 1 (11am–5pm) @ Intuit More times »
- Free
- Whereas most found-art exhibitions make aesthetic objects out of forgotten knick-knacks, the focus of this exhibition is, more literally, fine art that's found. Discarded Paintings... View details »
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- Alfred Caldwell Lily Pool
- Wednesday Oct 1 (7:30am–7:30pm) @ Alfred Caldwell Lily Pool More times »
- Free
- Escape the roaring cars on Lake Shore Drive and the crowds at Lincoln Park Zoo by slipping through the unobtrusive entrance to the Alfred Caldwell... View details »
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- Chic Chicago
- Wednesday Oct 1 (9:30am–4:30pm) @ Chicago History Museum More times »
- In this glittering costume exhibition, the Chicago History Museum presents a rarely seen collection of haute couture fashions designed for the residents who helped put... View details »
- Art
- Art of Democracy
- Wednesday Oct 1 (10am–5pm) @ Loyola University Museum of Art More times »
- Whether critiquing economic injustice, spotlighting social issues, satirizing public officials, or inspiring change, 20th-century printmaking has a long and storied history of disseminating ideas to... View details »
- Film
- The Dark Knight
- Wednesday Oct 1 @ Navy Pier More times »
- The Dark Knight might go down as Heath Ledger's final film, but it would be a shame if the actor's tragic death overshadowed its prodigious... View details »
- Art: Photography
- Alec Soth
- Wednesday Oct 1 (11am–6pm) @ Stephen Daiter Gallery More times »
- Free
- In 2002, after finishing his breakthrough series Sleeping by the Mississippi, photographer Alec Soth traveled to Bogotá, Columbia, to adopt a baby girl. During his... View details »
- Film
- Bottle Shock
- Wednesday Oct 1 @ Landmark Century Centre Cinema More times »
- In 1976, British oenophile Steven Spurrier (Alan Rickman) hosted a much-ballyhooed blind tasting between France's finest wine and California's — including one made by small-vineyard... View details »
- Art
- Angles in America
- Wednesday Oct 1 (10am–5:30pm) @ Rhona Hoffman Gallery More times »
- Free
- You may find this show's title easy to misread, and that's by design — such ambiguity is all part of the game for the exhibition's... View details »
- Art
- Henri Cartier-Bresson
- Wednesday Oct 1 (10:30am–5pm) @ The Art Institute of Chicago More times »
- A canonized master of photography, Henri Cartier-Bresson's legacy includes a staggering number of great images, as well as his influential idea of capturing "the decisive... View details »
- Art
- Stan Shellabarger: Walking Books
- Wednesday Oct 1 (11am–6pm) @ Western Exhibitions More times »
- Free
- Artist Stan Shellabarger repeats mundane actions over and over again, turning them into extreme undertakings. For his second show at Western Exhibitions the artist displays... View details »
- Film
- Elegy
- Wednesday Oct 1 @ Landmark Century Centre Cinema More times »
- Elegy is what happens when a female Spanish director (Isabel Coixet, My Life Without Me) adapts, of all things, a Philip Roth short story. Renowned... View details »
- Art
- Walead Beshty & James Welling
- Wednesday Oct 1 @ The Suburban More times »
- Free
- The Suburban pairs two like-minded artists of different generations in this exhibition, which is rich with conceptual layers and enthralling in its attention to form.... View details »
- Art
- Scavenger Constructs: Site-Specific Sculptures
- Wednesday Oct 1 (9am–5pm) @ Glass Curtain Gallery at Columbia College Chicago More times »
- Free
- Andy Warhol's Campbell's Soup Cans turned mass-produced objects into meaningful art. With this transmutability in mind, Scavenger Constructs features five artists who give new meaning... View details »
- Art: Photography
- Bill O'Donnell
- Wednesday Oct 1 (10am–6:30pm) @ City Gallery More times »
- Free
- Bill O'Donnell's color photographs offer a world of spooky little vacation homes, troubling the eye with mixed-up scales and half-focused views. This series, on display... View details »
- Art
- Mark Porter
- Wednesday Oct 1 @ Northeastern Illinois University Fine Arts Center Gallery More times »
- Free
- Fusing found objects and his own custom-made creations, Mark Porter produces one-of-a-kind pieces that gradually transform themselves — and the gallery — as the show... View details »
- Art
- Chances Are the Comets in Our Future
- Wednesday Oct 1 (10am–6pm) @ Gallery 400 More times »
- Free
- Music may come first for Chicago-based Drag City — the record label has championed singular talents like Bonnie "Prince" Billy and Bill Callahan/Smog for years... View details »
- Art
- Conrad Freiburg
- Wednesday Oct 1 (11am–5pm) @ Linda Warren Gallery More times »
- Free
- Conrad Freiburg's clever contraptions require audience participation, but viewers' actions can sometimes lead to destruction. The artist's exquisite handiwork doesn't exist for its own sake... View details »
- Film
- Hamlet 2
- Wednesday Oct 1 @ Various locations More times »
- With a name like Hamlet 2, a movie is bound to be either the worst piffle to be hurled down the cinematic pike, or pure... View details »
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- Artifacts of Childhood: 700 Years of Childrens Books
- Wednesday Oct 1 (8:15am–7:30pm) @ The Newberry Library More times »
- Free
- The Newberry Library's celebrated collection boasts copies of Shakespeare's first folio and the Popol Vuh, but a new exhibition showcases a lesser-known facet of the... View details »
- Art
- Rashid Johnson: The New Escapist Promised Land Garden and Recreation Center and Cosmic Slops
- Wednesday Oct 1 (11am–5pm) @ Monique Meloche More times »
- Free
- Rashid Johnson is one of the more promising young artists to emerge from Chicago in recent years, with photographs and sculptures in exhibitions across the... View details »
- Art
- Francis Alÿs
- Wednesday Oct 1 (10am–5pm) @ The Renaissance Society More times »
- Free
- Francis Alÿs is a renowned nomad who follows a global circuit of art biennials and museum commissions, but in his work he often returns to... View details »
- Art
- Twisted Into Recognition: Clichés of Jews and Others
- Wednesday Oct 1 (10am–5pm) @ Spertus Institute of Jewish Studies More times »
- Free
- Hoping to eliminate stereotypes about Jewish people — they all subsist on gefilte fish and bagels with lox, for example — the Spertus Institute has... View details »
- Performing Arts: Comedy/Improv
- HERO
- Wednesday Oct 1 (8pm) @ iO Chicago Theater More times »
- The late David Foster Wallace demonstrated that the structure and ambition of the novel are limited only by the author's imagination. Similarly, a long-form improvisational... View details »
- Film
- Shoot the Piano Player
- Wednesday Oct 1 @ Music Box Theatre More times »
- In François Truffaut's playful adaptation of David Goodis' noir Down There (1956), the French chanteur Charles Aznavour plays Charlie, a crestfallen (you guessed it) piano... View details »
- Performing Arts
- Carpenters Halloween
- Wednesday Oct 1 (8pm) @ Mary's Attic More times »
- What do you get when you mix a schlock-horror cinema classic with a couple of cheesy, soft-rock icons? You get Carpenters Halloween, a stage performance... View details »
- Performing Arts: Theatre
- Gore Vidal's Weekend
- Wednesday Oct 1 (7:30pm) @ TimeLine Theatre More times »
- Gore Vidal's cutting political satire Weekend was written (and is set) during the fraught 1968 presidential campaign. Weekend follows a Republican senator as he prepares... View details »
- Film: Documentary
- Derek
- Wednesday Oct 1 @ Gene Siskel Film Center More times »
- This loving elegy to one of the titans of queer cinema comes sandwiched between the June release of the... >Glitterbox set and KINO's November-slated Derek Jarman... View details »
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- WIRED NextFest
- Wednesday Oct 1 (11am–7pm) @ Millennium Park More times »
- Free
- To see the most recent technological innovations in robotics, health care, sustainable energy, and art — or if you simply want to hang out at... View details »
- Film
- Towelhead
- Wednesday Oct 1 @ Landmark Century Centre Cinema More times »
- It's hard to imagine how director/writer Alan Ball managed to pitch Towelhead. Jasira (Summer Bishil) is a 13-year-old Arab-American girl stranded in the Texas suburbs... View details »
- Performing Arts: Theatre
- Buddy
- Wednesday Oct 1 (2 & 7:30pm) @ Drury Lane Theatre Water Tower Place More times »
- Mamma Mia! and Movin' Out conquered Broadway even though their books are, respectively, a silly romantic melodrama and a confused narrative told through dance. Their... View details »
- Performing Arts: Theatre
- Kafka on the Shore
- Wednesday Oct 1 (2 & 7:30pm) @ Steppenwolf Downstairs Theatre More times »
- Novelist Haruki Murakami may be our preeminent purveyor of dreamlike narratives, fraught with surrealist tremors, pop-culture curios, and the echoes of history. His recent "metaphysical... View details »
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- Smart Home
- Wednesday Oct 1 @ Museum Campus More times »
- Just admit it, you've ogled the sleek modern houses you pass on certain streets and wished you could peek inside. The Museum of Science and... View details »
