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Friday, May 09, 2008
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"10 Virgins,"
| Chicago | theater |
| World premiere of Laura Jacqmin's folkloric play about 10 girls whose existence in the Wabansia swam... |
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"2nd Story Festival,"
| Chicago | on stage |
| Serendipity Theatre Collective presents a series of stories in a cozy bar setting. Featuring Matt Mi... |
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"9 Parts of Desire,"
| Chicago | theater |
| Iraqi-American playwright Heather Raffo performs her own examination of nine Iraqi women's lives ran... |
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"Angel Street,"
| Highwood | theater |
| Patrick Hamilton's thriller (later adapted to film as "Gaslight") about a Victorian wife who fears h... |
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Arlington Squares,
| Arlington Heights | dancing |
| A square dance club that meets every second, fourth and fifth Friday of the month through June 2008.... |
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Art Institute of Chicago
| Chicago | museums |
| Edward Hopper Retrospective, through May 10. Exhibit of 90 paintings, prints and watercolors from Ho... |
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Art Institute of Chicago
| Chicago | museums |
| "Watercolors by Winslow Homer: The Color of Light," through May 10. Features 25 rare works by Americ... |
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Art Institute of Chicago
| Chicago | museums |
| "Graphic Thought Facility: Resourceful Design," March 27-Aug. 17 in Gallery 24. First solo exhibitio... |
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The Arts Club of Chicago
| Chicago | art openings |
| "Looking at Woldgate Woods," through July 18. Oil paintings by David Hockney.... |
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"The Ballad of Emmett Till,"
| Chicago | theater |
| Oz Scott directs the world premiere of Ira Bayeza's dramatic work that incorporates interviews, jazz... |
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"Bear Force One,"
| Chicago | theater |
| A spoof of the 1997 Harrison Ford film which features a gay "bear" president coping with the nefario... |
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"Boneyard Prayer,"
| Chicago | theater |
| A Depression-era tale of one man's fractured life and ultimate redemption with puppetry, shadow imag... |
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"Boozelegger's Ball,"
| Chicago | comedy |
| An hour-long comedy show that self-proclaims it a "hyperactive screamfest." For mature audiences onl... |
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"Checkmates,"
| Chicago | theater |
| Ron Milner's examination of marriage experienced by an upwardly mobile couple and one steeped in tra... |
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Chicago Cultural Center
| Chicago | museums |
| "The Wonder: Portraits of a Remembered City," May 3-June 29. Text and photos by Tony Fitzpatrick rec... |
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Chicago Cultural Center
| Chicago | museums |
| "Dean Sharp: Photographs of the Chicago Picasso," April 5-June 29 in the Michigan Avenue Galleries.... |
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Chicago Cultural Center
| Chicago | museums |
| "Brad Temkin: New Pictures," May 3-June 29. Large-scale works from the Chicago photographer.... |
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Chicago Cultural Center
| Chicago | museums |
| "eMotion Pictures: An Exhibition of Orhtopaedics in Art," through July 20. A juried exhibit of paint... |
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