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10 / 22 (event) Our World at War: Photojournalism Beyond the Front Lines Start: 9:00 am End: 7:00 pm Attend this free photo exhibit at the Loyola University Chicago School of Communication. Witness the emotional impact of war through the lenses of award-winning photojournalists Ron Haviv, Antonin Kratochvil, Christopher Morris, James Nachtwey and Franco Pagetti. This exhibit is hosted by the Greater Chicago Red Cross, presented by the International Committee of the Red Cross, in collaboration with VII Photo Agency and the Newseum. The exhibit will display from September 25, 2009 through November 20, 2009. more info (event) Tales for Tots from Around the Globe Start: 9:45 am End: 10:30 am Join us the first four Thursdays of the month as we share some of our favorite stories and crafts from different parts of the world. Each child attending will receive a free book. Ages 3-5. The readings will take place in the Robeson Pavilion Room A & B. more info (event) Tales for Tots from Around the Globe Start: 10:30 am End: 11:15 am Join us the first four Thursdays of the month as we share some of our favorite stories and crafts from different parts of the world. Each child attending will receive a free book. Ages 3-5. The readings will take place in the Robeson Pavilion Room A & B. more info (event) The Art of the Crazy Quilt Start: 12:30 pm End: 3:30 pm Exhibit featuring nineteenth century crazy quilts from the collection of The Historical Society of Oak Park and River Forest. The exibit will display on Thursdays - Sundays from 12:30 - 3:30 PM from October 8, 2009 through October 25, 2009. Opening night on October 5 features a lecture in the history of quilts in America by guest curator Georgette Sinkler. more info (event) ARTfusion Start: 4:00 pm End: 5:00 pm Children of all ages are welcome to make a craft at the Douglass Branch library. Meets Thursdays from 4-5 PM during October 2009. more info (event) Chicago Teen Museum: Visit to Studio Pros Arts: Teen Led Discussion Start: 4:30 pm End: 7:00 pm In the Fall of 2009, the Chicago Teen Museum will engage in partnership with the Chicago Children's Museum (CCM) to create a Teen Council made up of Chicago youth from various backbrounds and neighborhoods of Chicago. The Council will engage other area youth and museum professionals in order to advise the CCM on the design of 8-9 future exhibits. The Council will also continue to work with the CCM and an advisory board to comprise the driving force behind the nation's first teen museum. more info (event) Art for Empowerment-printmaking exhibition Start: 5:00 pm End: 8:00 pm An exhibition of linocuts and fiber art by printmaker Elka Kazmierczak, former Head of Illustration Program at SUNY Buffalo. This exhibition presents a woman's journey toward the empowerment. Artist, Elka Kazmierczak, will talk about her prints and a book Art of Survival: Women, Healing, and the Arts at an opening reception for Domestic Violence Awareness Month. She will be signing and selling copies of her book during the event that will feature food, refreshments, and a concert by Jenny Choi. The exhibition is on view during office hours and during special events from October 2, 2009 - October 22, 2009. more info (event) 40 North \| 88 West ACE Awards Start: 5:30 pm Join us at the 40 North \| 88 West ACE Awards. The ACE awards celebrates outstanding contributions in arts, culture. and entertainment. more info (event) Museum of Mystery: A Thirty-year Bannerline of Paintings by Glen C. Davies Start: 6:00 pm End: 8:00 pm Retrospecitve Exhibition featuring Illinois Artist Glen C. Davies that focuses on his series of "Bannerline" paintings influenced by his experience traveling with circuses and carnivals. Loose canvas formats reveal his personal language. This exhibit will be on display from October 5, 200 - November 17, 2009. Hours: Mondays - Fridays 10 AM - 3 PM; Mondays - Thursdays 6 PM - 8 PM; and Saturdays Noon - 2 PM more info (event) Childhood Denied: International and Local Realities Start: 7:00 pm End: 8:30 pm Dialogue with experts as we examine humanitarian issues, and the principles at the core of the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement. Presented through the assistance of the family of Evelyn T. and Raymond I. Geraldson. Jimmie Briggs, an educator and author who has traveled worldwide and worked with child soldiers and authored "Innocents Lost: When Child Soldiers Go to War." Katherine Kaufka, director of the Center for the Human Rights of Children at Loyola University Chicago, a national expert on child trafficking issues. Maurice McFarlin, an attorney and Northeastern Illinois University professor of Justice Studies, who has worked extensively with street organizations to prevent gang homicides in Chicago. more info (event) Format and Function: The legacy of the book in the design of information spaces by Johanna Drucker Start: 7:30 pm Join the IPRH and the Illinois Informatics Institute for a lecture by Johanna Drucker (Martin and Bernard Breslauer Professor of Information Studies, University of California, Los Angeles). Reception following lecture. more info (event) Poe in Person Start: 7:30 pm End: 9:00 pm Baltimore actor David Keltz offers dramatic presentations of some of Edgar Allan Poe's biggest hits. See nationally recognized Poe performer in the gorgeous 100-year-old Unity Temple designed 100 years ago by Frank Lloyd Wright. more info (event) Bonesbare 3 Start: 7:30 pm *Bonesbare 3* is the third installment in the annual artistic collaborative event hosted by Chicago modern dance collective, CORE PROJECT. This year, CORE PROJECT tackles humor with new movements from choreographers Megan Beseth, Melanie Palmer, and Jessica Melville Goodin + videos by Matt Pierce and Susan Kwon + new work by guest artists Mary Tisa and Candace Winters-March. Throughout history, humor has been used as a form of entertainment all over the world, whether in the courts of the Western kings or the villages of the Far East. Today, many theories exist about what humor is and what social function it serves. As with any form of art, acceptance of humor depends on social demographics and varies from person to person. And as with any artist, the motivation and purpose to evoke laughter may also vary between humorists. This October, CORE PROJECT invites you to explore what makes us laugh. What makes YOU laugh? And perhaps more importantly, why do we make others laugh? more info
10 / 23 (event) Wicker Women Installation Start: 12:00 am Installation of J. Bisbing's Wicker Women portraits benefiting CAWC By Appointment Only from October 10, 2009 - October 30, 2009. more info (event) Our World at War Start: 9:00 am End: 7:00 pm Witness the emotional impact of war through the lenses of award-winning photojournalists: Ron Haviv, Antonin Kratochvil, Christopher Morris, James Nachtwey, and Franco Pagetti. The exhibit will display from September 25, 2009 through November 20, 2009 on Mondays - Fridays from 9 AM - 7 PM and Saturdays from 9 AM - 5 PM. more info (event) Palos West Student Exhibit Start: 9:00 am End: 6:00 pm "Experience the Arts in Palos" presents Palos West Student Exhibit The student exhibit will be displayed at Standard Bank & Trust Co. for the month of October, 2009 on Mondays - Thursdays 9 AM - 5 PM; Fridays 9 AM - 6 PM; and Saturdays 9 AM - 1 PM. A "Meet the Artist" reception will be held on Saturday, October 3rd from 4 - 5 PM at the bank. more info (event) Town and Country Art League Exhibit Start: 9:00 am End: 7:00 pm "Experience the Arts in Palos" presents month long exhibit of local artists The exhibition will display from October 1, 2009 through October 31, 2009 during normal business hours: Monday - Thursday 9 AM - 5 PM; Fridays 9 AM - 7 PM; and Saturdays 9 AM - 1 PM. more info (event) Laureen Dunne: October Featured Artist Start: 10:00 am End: 5:00 pm Exhibit and sale of colorful pallette knife oil paintings by artist Laureen Dunne Artist Reception Sunday, October 18 1-4pm; Exhibit will be up 10/3/09 thru 10/31/09 Gallery Hours: Mon-Sat 10am-5pm more info (event) Mexican Folk Art Exhibition Start: 10:00 am End: 5:00 pm Contemporary works in ceramics, wood, papier mâché, and paintings, including many works relating to The Day of the Dead by noted Mexican folk artists as well as vintage pieces from the Tarble Arts Center collection and private collections. This exibition is on display from October 2, 2009 - December 6, 2009. Tarble Arts Center hours are 10 AM - 5 PM Tuesdays - Fridays; 10 AM - 4 PM Saturdays, and 1 PM - 4 PM on Sundays. Note: Related film showings on October 29 and November 5, 7 PM Note: As part of Latino Heritage Month, there will be a ublic guided tour of this exhibition on October 13, 2009 at 3 PM. more info (event) Freaks & Flash Start: 11:00 am End: 5:00 pm An exhibition celebrating the art of tattoo flash and circus banners. Thise exhibition runs from September 11, 2009 - December 31, 2009 more info (event) Get The Balance Right Start: 11:00 am End: 5:00 pm Get the Balance Right features works by "Basia Toczdlowska ", "Dana Day ", and "Marci Rubin ". Works will be on display from October 2, 2009 - October 31, 2009. Gallery Hours: Tuesdays - Thursdays 11 AM - 7 PM; Fridays and Saturdays 11 AM - 5 PM An artist's reception and anniversary party will be held on Saturday, October 24, 2009 from 6 - 9 PM. more info (event) Arlington Artists on Display Start: 1:30 pm End: 4:30 pm The Heritage Gallery of the Arlington Heights Historical Museum is transformed into an art gallery showcasing the multi-media work of over fifty local artists. Artists works will be displayed Fridays - Sundays from August 29, 2009 - November 22, 2009. Additional Event: November 15, 1:00-5:00pm - Art Around the Town (Visit local artists' studios. Art work for sale throughout the event.) more info (event) The Dreamers Start: 2:00 pm End: 3:30 pm The Time of Your Life Players present "The Dreamers," a new, original one-act musical comedy about a band of aging rockers hoping for a record contract and tour. The cast of "The Dreamers" will be available for a post-show discussion after each performance, to be led by Martha A. Jacob, Specialization Coordinator, Gerontology, Department of Sociology and Criminology at Dominican University and by Karen N. Kolb, MS, RFG, Manager, Community Engagement, Mather LifeWays. Where and When: The Apollo Theater Studio at 2540 North Lincoln Avenue, Chicago, beginning October 7th and running every Wednesday and Friday at 2:00 PM through October 30th For Tickets: Call the Apollo Theater box office at 773-935-6100 or go to: http://www.apollochicago.com. Individual tickets are $15.00; groups of 10 or more are $10.00. About "The Dreamers" "The Dreamers" is set in Judy's garage where her band of old rockers practice. They are anxiously awaiting word of a possible record contract and tour. When Judy's long lost younger sister arrives the band is thrown into chaos, and threatened with dissolution. Can Guardian Angels sent by Elvis himself save the band? more info (event) VOICE Reading Series Start: 3:30 pm End: 5:00 pm Graduate students at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, read from their fiction and poetry. Featured writers are Dana Burchfield, Baron Haber, and Eric Tanyavutti. more info (event) Extreme Pumpkin Carving Start: 4:00 pm End: 5:30 pm We have the tools, you bring the skills! Come out and have some fun carving up pumpkins before Halloween. No experience necessary. For teens. more info (event) Evanston Envisions Start: 6:00 pm End: 8:00 pm The Evanston Art Center has "look-back" fashion designs on display. Display runs 6-8 PM from October 16, 2009 - October 30, 2009. more info (event) Marching Band Homecoming Concert Start: 7:00 pm Kick off NU's Homecoming Parade with Wildcat Marching Band more info (event) Mata Ortiz Lecture Start: 7:00 pm End: 10:00 pm MATA ORTIZ Lecture/Demonstration. Barrington High School will host Spencer MacCallum, the American anthropologist who introduced Mata Ortiz pottery to the United States and master potter Diego Vallas for a weekend of workshops, demonstrations, and lectures. Events held at the high school will include a two day interactive workshop for high school students (workshop size will be limited); a Friday evening lecture by Spencer MacCallum; and Saturday demonstration conducted by Diego Vallas. Saturday's lecture/demonstration will feature the unique Mata Ortiz hand building and decorating techniques followed by a pit firing. Mata Ortiz pottery will be on display Friday and Saturday October 23 and 24. more info (event) Opening Reception for Artist Exhibition Start: 7:00 pm End: 9:00 pm Celebrate recent paintings by Leslie Bell and Peter Xiao at an opening reception with complimentary wine and appetizers more info (event) The Sublime Beauty of Hands and Klown Kantos Start: 7:30 pm Michael Montenegro's puppets run an astounding gamut, from tiny Punch and Judy figures to a headless, life-size doppelganger of the puppeteer. Most beautiful is a delicate moving sculpture of bones in the 2004 Sublime Beauty of Hands, which tells an oblique, poetic story about evil munitions makers, the vulnerability of the body, and the limitations of puppetry. Matters turn much less serious in the delightful Klown Kantos: six very funny puppet bits, loosely connected by the ensemble's clowning. Montenegro's interactions with his creations--comic revelations of the tender, antagonistic, complicated relationship between puppet and puppeteer--are a highlight. Display running Friday & Saturdays at 7:30pm and Sundays at 3pm from October 16, 2009 - November 1, 2009. more info (event) Bonesbare 3 Start: 7:30 pm *Bonesbare 3* is the third installment in the annual artistic collaborative event hosted by Chicago modern dance collective, CORE PROJECT. This year, CORE PROJECT tackles humor with new movements from choreographers Megan Beseth, Melanie Palmer, and Jessica Melville Goodin + videos by Matt Pierce and Susan Kwon + new work by guest artists Mary Tisa and Candace Winters-March. Throughout history, humor has been used as a form of entertainment all over the world, whether in the courts of the Western kings or the villages of the Far East. Today, many theories exist about what humor is and what social function it serves. As with any form of art, acceptance of humor depends on social demographics and varies from person to person. And as with any artist, the motivation and purpose to evoke laughter may also vary between humorists. This October, CORE PROJECT invites you to explore what makes us laugh. What makes YOU laugh? And perhaps more importantly, why do we make others laugh? more info (event) Tango After Hours Start: 8:00 pm End: 11:55 pm The Madden Arts Center will be transformed into an Argentinean dance hall with tango lessons by the hot Chicago duo Ramona Nita and Daniel Noce. Enjoy a drink, take a partner, and dance into the night amongst the downtown glow and the sultry tango music of the live musicians. Schedule: 8:00-9:30 PM--Professional Argentine Tango Lessons with Daniel & Ramona; 9:30-10:00 PM--Daniel Noce & Ramona Nita Performance; 10:00 PM-12:00 AM--Dancing with Live Musicians Only 100 tickets available. Ticket price includes drinks and Argentinean desserts. more info (event) 2nd Story, Late Night @ Strawdog Start: 10:00 pm 2nd Story is a hybrid storytelling, music, and wine event. more info
10 / 24 (event) Art on the Library! Start: 7:23 am End: 6:00 pm The Colona District Public Library invites everyone to come and enjoy our new outdoor artwork. Artist Sarah Robb has painted a spectacular 60 foot long mural on the outside of the building, for all to see! more info (event) Mata Ortiz Workshop for Professional Artists Start: 8:00 am End: 5:00 pm MATA ORTIZ Lecture/Demonstration. Barrington High School will host Spencer MacCallum, the American anthropologist who introduced Mata Ortiz pottery to the United States and master potter Diego Vallas for a weekend of workshops, demonstrations, and lectures. Events held at the high school will include a two day interactive workshop for high school students (workshop size will be limited); a Friday evening lecture by Spencer MacCallum; and Saturday demonstration conducted by Diego Vallas. Saturday's lecture/demonstration will feature the unique Mata Ortiz hand building and decorating techniques followed by a pit firing. Mata Ortiz pottery will be on display Friday and Saturday October 23 and 24. more info (event) Our World at War Start: 9:00 am End: 5:00 pm Witness the emotional impact of war through the lenses of award-winning photojournalists: Ron Haviv, Antonin Kratochvil, Christopher Morris, James Nachtwey, and Franco Pagetti. The exhibit will display from September 25, 2009 through November 20, 2009 on Mondays - Fridays from 9 AM - 7 PM and Saturdays from 9 AM - 5 PM. more info (event) With Malice Toward None: The Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Exhibition Start: 9:00 am End: 5:00 pm With "Malice Toward None: The Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Exhibition," an exhibition created by the Library of Congress, will open at the Newberry Library on October 10, 2009, in commemoration of the 200th birthday of America's 16th president. The exhibition offers the public the opportunity to view rarely seen treasures from the Library of Congress's collections. "With Malice Toward None" charts Lincoln's growth from prairie lawyer to preeminent statesman and addresses the monumental issues he faced, including slavery and race, the dissolution of the Union, and the Civil War. The exhibit reveals Lincoln the man, whose thoughts, words, and actions were deeply affected by personal experiences and pivotal historic events. By placing Lincoln's words in a historical context, the exhibition gives visitors a deeper understanding of how remarkable Lincoln's decisions were for their time and why his words continue to resonate today. This exhibition is on display from October 10, 2009 - December 19, 2009. more info (event) Palos West Student Exhibit Start: 9:00 am End: 1:00 pm "Experience the Arts in Palos" presents Palos West Student Exhibit The student exhibit will be displayed at Standard Bank & Trust Co. for the month of October, 2009 on Mondays - Thursdays 9 AM - 5 PM; Fridays 9 AM - 6 PM; and Saturdays 9 AM - 1 PM. A "Meet the Artist" reception will be held on Saturday, October 3rd from 4 - 5 PM at the bank. more info (event) Town and Country Art League Exhibit Start: 9:00 am End: 1:00 pm "Experience the Arts in Palos" presents month long exhibit of local artists The exhibition will display from October 1, 2009 through October 31, 2009 during normal business hours: Monday - Thursday 9 AM - 5 PM; Fridays 9 AM - 7 PM; and Saturdays 9 AM - 1 PM. more info (event) Journey Stories Start: 10:00 am End: 4:00 pm *Journey Stories* tells how we and our ancestors came to America. From Native Americans to new American citizens and regardless of our ethnic or racial background, everyone has a story to tell. Our history is filled with stories of people leaving behind everything - families and possessions - to reach a new life in another state, across the continent, or even across an ocean. Many chose to move, searching for something better in a new land. Others had no choice, like enslaved Africans captured and relocated to a strange land and bravely asserting their own cultures, or like Native Americans already here, who were often violently removed by newcomers. This exhibition runs from October 24 - December 6, 2009. more info (event) Laureen Dunne: October Featured Artist Start: 10:00 am End: 5:00 pm Exhibit and sale of colorful pallette knife oil paintings by artist Laureen Dunne Artist Reception Sunday, October 18 1-4pm; Exhibit will be up 10/3/09 thru 10/31/09 Gallery Hours: Mon-Sat 10am-5pm more info (event) Mexican Folk Art Exhibition Start: 10:00 am End: 4:00 pm Contemporary works in ceramics, wood, papier mâché, and paintings, including many works relating to The Day of the Dead by noted Mexican folk artists as well as vintage pieces from the Tarble Arts Center collection and private collections. This exibition is on display from October 2, 2009 - December 6, 2009. Tarble Arts Center hours are 10 AM - 5 PM Tuesdays - Fridays; 10 AM - 4 PM Saturdays, and 1 PM - 4 PM on Sundays. Note: Related film showings on October 29 and November 5, 7 PM Note: As part of Latino Heritage Month, there will be a ublic guided tour of this exhibition on October 13, 2009 at 3 PM. more info (event) Exhibition: Almost Alice: New Illustrations of Wonderland by Maggie Taylor Start: 10:00 am End: 4:00 pm Fantastic, surreal narrative composite images by Maggie Taylor made using sources ranging from snapshots to 19th-century daguerreotypes and tintypes created to illustrate Lewis Carroll's classic Alice's Adventures in Wonderland This exibition is on display from October 24, 2009 - December 20, 2009. Tarble Arts Center hours are 10 AM - 5 PM Tuesdays - Fridays; 10 AM - 4 PM Saturdays, and 1 PM - 4 PM on Sundays. Note: Related film showings on October 29 and November 5, 7 PM more info (event) Wellsprings Eternal: Imagination and Innovation for Oil and Water Start: 11:00 am End: 1:00 pm The challenges we face ahead in managing oil and water resources can be daunting. What are the imaginative and creative solutions being developed? Can technology and design really solve the problems we face or will we need to consider much more significant changes and sacrifices at the individual, community, and global level? Panelists: more info (event) Museum of Mystery: A Thirty-year Bannerline of Paintings by Glen C. Davies Start: 12:00 pm End: 2:00 pm Retrospecitve Exhibition featuring Illinois Artist Glen C. Davies that focuses on his series of "Bannerline" paintings influenced by his experience traveling with circuses and carnivals. Loose canvas formats reveal his personal language. This exhibit will be on display from October 5, 200 - November 17, 2009. Hours: Mondays - Fridays 10 AM - 3 PM; Mondays - Thursdays 6 PM - 8 PM; and Saturdays Noon - 2 PM more info (event) Art in Picture Book Technique Workshops Start: 1:00 pm End: 2:30 pm Technique Workshop Series for children 6-12 with one adult to explore media used in award winning picture books. This workshop features experimenting in paint. This workshop is made possible by a grant from Target. more info (event) World Rhythms with Jason Finkelman Start: 2:00 pm End: 2:45 pm A listening adventure awaits families as percussionist Jason Finkelman presents an afternoon concert featuring a wide variety of African and Brazilian instruments, found objects, and interactive improvisation. more info (event) Piven's Empowerment through Enrichment Program Start: 2:00 pm End: 3:30 pm Stellar adults with developmental disabilities present their work. more info (event) Civic Cinema: Copyright Criminals Start: 2:00 pm End: 4:00 pm Join us for a screening of *Copyright Criminals, a film produced by Benjamin Franzen and Kembrew McLeod. Can you own a sound? As hip-hop rose from the streets of New York to become a multibillion-dollar industry, artists such as Public Enemy and De La Soul began reusing parts of previously recorded music for their songs. But when record company lawyers got involved everything changed. Years before people started downloading and remixing music, hip-hop sampling sparked a debate about copyright, creativity and technological change that still rages today. Following the film, Anton Seals* will host a discussion with filmmaker Brad Lichtenstein about the remix generation and copyright law. Does the age of the mash-up threaten the concept of intellectual property? What is the commons? How was Hip Hop changed by the wave of lawsuits? When is sampling theft and when is it fair use? more info (event) Chicago Teen Museum: MCA Roundtable Discussion Start: 4:30 pm End: 7:00 pm In the Fall of 2009, the Chicago Teen Museum will engage in partnership with the Chicago Children's Museum (CCM) to create a Teen Council made up of Chicago youth from various backbrounds and neighborhoods of Chicago. The Council will engage other area youth and museum professionals in order to advise the CCM on the design of 8-9 future exhibits. The Council will also continue to work with the CCM and an advisory board to comprise the driving force behind the nation's first teen museum. more info (event) Haunted Dinner Start: 6:00 pm End: 9:00 pm Haunted Dinner and Cocktails, Auction, and Haunted Walk, if you dare, in Historic Mansion decked out for Halloween. Fundraiser for the development of an Arts Center for Kankakee County. Sponsored by the Community Arts Council of Kankakee County. more info (event) Get The Balance Right Artist's Reception and Anniversary Party Start: 6:00 pm End: 9:00 pm Celebrate Framing Mode & Gallery's 6th anniversary and Chicago Artist's month: "Basia Toczdlowska ", "Dana Day ", and "Marci Rubin " more info (event) 'Salute to the Military' Start: 7:00 pm End: 8:30 pm The Centralia Cultural Society's Philharmonic Orchestra will presents a concert, "Salute to the Military,", featuring patriotic pieces. more info (event) The Sublime Beauty of Hands and Klown Kantos Start: 7:30 pm Michael Montenegro's puppets run an astounding gamut, from tiny Punch and Judy figures to a headless, life-size doppelganger of the puppeteer. Most beautiful is a delicate moving sculpture of bones in the 2004 Sublime Beauty of Hands, which tells an oblique, poetic story about evil munitions makers, the vulnerability of the body, and the limitations of puppetry. Matters turn much less serious in the delightful Klown Kantos: six very funny puppet bits, loosely connected by the ensemble's clowning. Montenegro's interactions with his creations--comic revelations of the tender, antagonistic, complicated relationship between puppet and puppeteer--are a highlight. Display running Friday & Saturdays at 7:30pm and Sundays at 3pm from October 16, 2009 - November 1, 2009. more info
10 / 25 (event) Journey Stories Start: 1:00 pm End: 4:00 pm *Journey Stories* tells how we and our ancestors came to America. From Native Americans to new American citizens and regardless of our ethnic or racial background, everyone has a story to tell. Our history is filled with stories of people leaving behind everything - families and possessions - to reach a new life in another state, across the continent, or even across an ocean. Many chose to move, searching for something better in a new land. Others had no choice, like enslaved Africans captured and relocated to a strange land and bravely asserting their own cultures, or like Native Americans already here, who were often violently removed by newcomers. This exhibition runs from October 24 - December 6, 2009. more info (event) Exhibition: Almost Alice: New Illustrations of Wonderland by Maggie Taylor Start: 1:00 pm End: 4:00 pm Fantastic, surreal narrative composite images by Maggie Taylor made using sources ranging from snapshots to 19th-century daguerreotypes and tintypes created to illustrate Lewis Carroll's classic Alice's Adventures in Wonderland This exibition is on display from October 24, 2009 - December 20, 2009. Tarble Arts Center hours are 10 AM - 5 PM Tuesdays - Fridays; 10 AM - 4 PM Saturdays, and 1 PM - 4 PM on Sundays. Note: Related film showings on October 29 and November 5, 7 PM more info (event) Mexican Folk Art Exhibition Start: 1:00 pm End: 4:00 pm Contemporary works in ceramics, wood, papier mâché, and paintings, including many works relating to The Day of the Dead by noted Mexican folk artists as well as vintage pieces from the Tarble Arts Center collection and private collections. This exibition is on display from October 2, 2009 - December 6, 2009. Tarble Arts Center hours are 10 AM - 5 PM Tuesdays - Fridays; 10 AM - 4 PM Saturdays, and 1 PM - 4 PM on Sundays. Note: Related film showings on October 29 and November 5, 7 PM Note: As part of Latino Heritage Month, there will be a ublic guided tour of this exhibition on October 13, 2009 at 3 PM. more info (event) Rodgers and Hammerstein's 'Cinderella' Start: 2:00 pm End: 2:45 pm Become part of the fairy tale magic when the Illini Union Board Musicals delights all ages with a preview of songs from their upcoming production. more info (event) French Keyboard Extravaganza Start: 2:30 pm Evanston Symphony Orchestra's season opener more info (event) Rembrandt Chamber Players Start: 3:00 pm Music by Vivaldi, Dvorak and Saint-Saens opens 20th season. more info (event) Spooks, Reeds, and Witches Start: 3:00 pm End: 4:15 pm The Chicago Licorice Sticks Clarinet Orchestra presents a Halloween concert sure to have you on the edge of your seat with such selections as Dance Macabre, Night on Bald Mountain, Theme from Batman, Fingal's Cave, Licorice Licks, and other surprises. This group takes an entertaining approach to music of all types: jazz, classical, Dixieland, show tunes, and pop. more info (event) The Sublime Beauty of Hands and Klown Kantos Start: 3:00 pm Michael Montenegro's puppets run an astounding gamut, from tiny Punch and Judy figures to a headless, life-size doppelganger of the puppeteer. Most beautiful is a delicate moving sculpture of bones in the 2004 Sublime Beauty of Hands, which tells an oblique, poetic story about evil munitions makers, the vulnerability of the body, and the limitations of puppetry. Matters turn much less serious in the delightful Klown Kantos: six very funny puppet bits, loosely connected by the ensemble's clowning. Montenegro's interactions with his creations--comic revelations of the tender, antagonistic, complicated relationship between puppet and puppeteer--are a highlight. Display running Friday & Saturdays at 7:30pm and Sundays at 3pm from October 16, 2009 - November 1, 2009. more info (event) Ars Viva presents Mendelssohn Start: 4:30 pm End: 6:30 pm Piano Concerto No. 1 in g minor. Elizabeth Joy Roe - soloist Symphony No. 2 in B-flat St Paul Overture Symphony No. 5 in d minor Also Music for Life program for children 4 - 10 years. Music for Life offers families to experience classical music together. Parents bring children between the ages of four and ten to our concerts. They sit together in the audience for the first orchestral work on the program. Then Maestro Heatherington excuses the children to go to a separate room with professional music educators from the Music Institute of Chicago. There they learn more about the music they have heard. Instructors use visual arts, drama, storytelling and movement to stimulate the children's own imagination and creativity. Adult companions enjoy the remainder of the concert, join their children during the intermission for refreshments, and pick them up when the concert is over. more info
10 / 26 (event) Cynthia Hellyer-Heinz, Drawings in the Gallery Start: 8:00 am End: 3:00 pm Recent work by Cynthis Hellyer-Heinz on display in the Clair E. Smith Art gallery at Barrington High School The gallery is open school days 8 AM to 3 PM and evenings during performances. The works will be on display from October 26 , 2009 - November 12, 2009. more info (event) Meet Our Legislators -- Coffee & Conversation Start: 8:30 am Coffee and Conversation more info (event) Palos West Student Exhibit Start: 9:00 am End: 5:00 pm "Experience the Arts in Palos" presents Palos West Student Exhibit The student exhibit will be displayed at Standard Bank & Trust Co. for the month of October, 2009 on Mondays - Thursdays 9 AM - 5 PM; Fridays 9 AM - 6 PM; and Saturdays 9 AM - 1 PM. A "Meet the Artist" reception will be held on Saturday, October 3rd from 4 - 5 PM at the bank. more info (event) Town and Country Art League Exhibit Start: 9:00 am End: 5:00 pm "Experience the Arts in Palos" presents month long exhibit of local artists The exhibition will display from October 1, 2009 through October 31, 2009 during normal business hours: Monday - Thursday 9 AM - 5 PM; Fridays 9 AM - 7 PM; and Saturdays 9 AM - 1 PM. more info (event) Museum of Mystery: A Thirty-year Bannerline of Paintings by Glen C. Davies Start: 10:00 am End: 3:00 pm Retrospecitve Exhibition featuring Illinois Artist Glen C. Davies that focuses on his series of "Bannerline" paintings influenced by his experience traveling with circuses and carnivals. Loose canvas formats reveal his personal language. This exhibit will be on display from October 5, 200 - November 17, 2009. Hours: Mondays - Fridays 10 AM - 3 PM; Mondays - Thursdays 6 PM - 8 PM; and Saturdays Noon - 2 PM more info (event) Authors Corner Reading: John Griswold Start: 4:30 pm End: 5:30 pm Author John Griswold reads from his debut novel, *A Democracy of Ghosts* (Wordcraft of Oregon, 2009). more info (event) Literature & Medicine: "The Echomaker" Start: 5:00 pm Discussion of The Echomaker by Richard Powers. *Literature & Medicine: Humanities at the Heart of Healthcare* is a discussion-based program that brings hospital staff together monthly to reflect on the larger mission of medicine through facilitated conversations about literature. more info (event) Co-op Month Start: 6:00 pm End: 7:00 pm The Public Square is partnering with the North Side Community Federal Credit Union (CFCU) to co-sponsor a Café Society conversation in honor of Co-op Month. Join us for a lively discussion about the history and models of cooperative business, financial institutions and collective non-profits. Special guests include Mark Fick* with North Side Community Federal Credit Union, Victor Cortez of Salsedo Press, Lowell Thompson of Stone Soup Cooperative and Ali McDonald of the Chicago Women’s Health Center. They will discuss the values their cooperatives share, and how they matter now more than ever with so many changes taking place in the global marketplace. This event is co-sponsored by The Public Square and the North Side Community Federal Credit Union. Co-op Month more info (event) Invited Guest Poetry Reading Start: 6:30 pm End: 9:00 pm National prize-winning poets Kimberly Johnson and Jay Hopler will read and discuss their work as part of an "Invited Guest Poetry Reading" event. Also, original poems, previously submitted and juried, will be read by their authors. Annually, Kankakee Community College (KCC) invites guest poets to read their original poems to a public audience, and this year's invited participants will be part of the program with Johnson and Hopler. To be considered for public reading and for more information, send an email to pstickney@kcc.edu. Identify the subject line as "Guest Poet Question." more info
10 / 27 (event) Cynthia Hellyer-Heinz, Drawings in the Gallery Start: 8:00 am End: 3:00 pm Recent work by Cynthis Hellyer-Heinz on display in the Clair E. Smith Art gallery at Barrington High School The gallery is open school days 8 AM to 3 PM and evenings during performances. The works will be on display from October 26 , 2009 - November 12, 2009. more info (event) Journey Stories Start: 10:00 am End: 2:00 pm *Journey Stories* tells how we and our ancestors came to America. From Native Americans to new American citizens and regardless of our ethnic or racial background, everyone has a story to tell. Our history is filled with stories of people leaving behind everything - families and possessions - to reach a new life in another state, across the continent, or even across an ocean. Many chose to move, searching for something better in a new land. Others had no choice, like enslaved Africans captured and relocated to a strange land and bravely asserting their own cultures, or like Native Americans already here, who were often violently removed by newcomers. This exhibition runs from October 24 - December 6, 2009. more info (event) Get The Balance Right Start: 11:00 am End: 7:00 pm Get the Balance Right features works by "Basia Toczdlowska ", "Dana Day ", and "Marci Rubin ". Works will be on display from October 2, 2009 - October 31, 2009. Gallery Hours: Tuesdays - Thursdays 11 AM - 7 PM; Fridays and Saturdays 11 AM - 5 PM An artist's reception and anniversary party will be held on Saturday, October 24, 2009 from 6 - 9 PM. more info (event) Virtual Worlds: The Business and Recreation of Gaming Culture Start: 4:00 pm Join the Illinois Program for Research in the Humanities (IPRH) at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign for a panel discussion with Guy Garnett (Music/Illinois Informatics Institute, U of I), Kevin Hamilton (Art and Design, U of I), Lisa Nakamura (Asian American Studies/Institute of Communications Research, U of I). Mimi Thuy Nguyen (Asian American Studies/Gender and Women's Studies, U of I) will moderate the discussion. more info (event) Chicago Teen Museum: Elements of a Concept Start: 4:30 pm End: 7:00 pm In the Fall of 2009, the Chicago Teen Museum will engage in partnership with the Chicago Children's Museum (CCM) to create a Teen Council made up of Chicago youth from various backbrounds and neighborhoods of Chicago. The Council will engage other area youth and museum professionals in order to advise the CCM on the design of 8-9 future exhibits. The Council will also continue to work with the CCM and an advisory board to comprise the driving force behind the nation's first teen museum. more info (event) Revolt on Goose Island Start: 6:30 pm End: 8:00 pm It has been one of the most closely watched U.S. labor struggles in recent memory. Ten months ago, 200 workers at Chicago’s Republic Windows and Doors occupied their factory for nine days after factory owners gave workers just three days’ notice of the plant’s closure after Bank of America cut off the company’s line of credit. The protest, organized by the United Electrical Workers union, was one of the first U.S. factory sit-ins since the 1930s. In the months since the occupation, there have been some surprising turns: the factory was bought by another company, and some of the workers involved in the takeover have returned to their jobs. But will more come of the story? Are the tactics used at Republic to be used again? more info (event) Dancing Under the Library Lights Start: 7:00 pm End: 8:00 pm Professional dancers Norm and Heidi Lucky dance the Samba, Cha Cha, Fox Trot, Tango, Waltz and Viennese Waltz. more info
10 / 28 (event) Cynthia Hellyer-Heinz, Drawings in the Gallery Start: 8:00 am End: 3:00 pm Recent work by Cynthis Hellyer-Heinz on display in the Clair E. Smith Art gallery at Barrington High School The gallery is open school days 8 AM to 3 PM and evenings during performances. The works will be on display from October 26 , 2009 - November 12, 2009. more info (event) Eat, THINK, and Be Merry 2009 Benefit Luncheon Start: 11:30 am The *Eat, Think,* and Be Merry 2009 Benefit Luncheon celebrates the culmination of the IHC's 35th anniversary and will honor the wonderful work of the IHC through the creation of conversations. Each table will have its own discussion on a timely issue, facilitated by well-known local personalities and experts in their field. Click here for an up-to-date list of conversation hosts and topics! Registration starts at 11:30 AM. The luncheon begins at noon. Honorary Chairman: Richard M. Daley, Mayor, City of Chicago Co-Chairs: Deborah Epstein and Arthur M. Sussman more info (event) The Dreamers Start: 2:00 pm End: 3:30 pm The Time of Your Life Players present "The Dreamers," a new, original one-act musical comedy about a band of aging rockers hoping for a record contract and tour. The cast of "The Dreamers" will be available for a post-show discussion after each performance, to be led by Martha A. Jacob, Specialization Coordinator, Gerontology, Department of Sociology and Criminology at Dominican University and by Karen N. Kolb, MS, RFG, Manager, Community Engagement, Mather LifeWays. Where and When: The Apollo Theater Studio at 2540 North Lincoln Avenue, Chicago, beginning October 7th and running every Wednesday and Friday at 2:00 PM through October 30th For Tickets: Call the Apollo Theater box office at 773-935-6100 or go to: http://www.apollochicago.com. Individual tickets are $15.00; groups of 10 or more are $10.00. About "The Dreamers" "The Dreamers**" is set in Judy's garage where her band of old rockers practice. They are anxiously awaiting word of a possible record contract and tour. When Judy's long lost younger sister arrives the band is thrown into chaos, and threatened with dissolution. Can Guardian Angels sent by Elvis himself save the band? more info (event) SPOOOOKY Stories: Halloween Party and Reading Start: 7:00 pm End: 10:00 pm The Gwendolyn Brooks Center for Black Literature and Creative Writing is sponsoring a Halloween Party and Reading, featuring the mysterious, grotesque and scary works of critically-acclaimed writers Nnedi Okorafor and Tony Lindsay, as well as the poetry of emerging writer Chanell Ruth. Bring your costume for the food, the fun and the words. We'll have music too. more info (event) 2nd Story Start: 7:00 pm End: 10:00 pm 2nd Story is a hybrid storytelling, music, and wine event. more info
10 / 29 (event) Cynthia Hellyer-Heinz, Drawings in the Gallery Start: 8:00 am End: 3:00 pm Recent work by Cynthis Hellyer-Heinz on display in the Clair E. Smith Art gallery at Barrington High School The gallery is open school days 8 AM to 3 PM and evenings during performances. The works will be on display from October 26 , 2009 - November 12, 2009. more info (event) Our World at War: Photojournalism Beyond the Front Lines Start: 9:00 am End: 7:00 pm Attend this free photo exhibit at the Loyola University Chicago School of Communication. Witness the emotional impact of war through the lenses of award-winning photojournalists Ron Haviv, Antonin Kratochvil, Christopher Morris, James Nachtwey and Franco Pagetti. This exhibit is hosted by the Greater Chicago Red Cross, presented by the International Committee of the Red Cross, in collaboration with VII Photo Agency and the Newseum. The exhibit will display from September 25, 2009 through November 20, 2009. more info (event) The Art of the Crazy Quilt Start: 12:30 pm End: 3:30 pm Exhibit featuring nineteenth century crazy quilts from the collection of The Historical Society of Oak Park and River Forest. The exibit will display on Thursdays - Sundays from 12:30 - 3:30 PM from October 8, 2009 through October 25, 2009. Opening night on October 5 features a lecture in the history of quilts in America by guest curator Georgette Sinkler. more info (event) ARTfusion Start: 4:00 pm End: 5:00 pm Children of all ages are welcome to make a craft at the Douglass Branch library. Meets Thursdays from 4-5 PM during October 2009. more info (event) Chicago Teen Museum: Conceptual Framework Start: 4:30 pm End: 7:00 pm In the Fall of 2009, the Chicago Teen Museum will engage in partnership with the Chicago Children's Museum (CCM) to create a Teen Council made up of Chicago youth from various backbrounds and neighborhoods of Chicago. The Council will engage other area youth and museum professionals in order to advise the CCM on the design of 8-9 future exhibits. The Council will also continue to work with the CCM and an advisory board to comprise the driving force behind the nation's first teen museum. more info (event) Haunted Hors d'oeuvres Evening Start: 5:30 pm End: 7:30 pm Bewitching Gourmet Hors d'oeuvres and cash bar, auction, and Haunted Walk (if you dare) held in a mansion decorated for Halloween. Fun evening to raise funds for the development of an Arts Center for Kankakee County. Sponsored by the Community Arts Council of Kankakee County. more info (event) IPRH Film Series Presents 'The Great Dictator' Start: 5:30 pm Join the Illinois Program for Research in the Humanities (IPRH) at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign for its screeing of "The Great Dictator." more info (event) Museum of Mystery: A Thirty-year Bannerline of Paintings by Glen C. Davies Start: 6:00 pm End: 8:00 pm Retrospecitve Exhibition featuring Illinois Artist Glen C. Davies that focuses on his series of "Bannerline" paintings influenced by his experience traveling with circuses and carnivals. Loose canvas formats reveal his personal language. This exhibit will be on display from October 5, 200 - November 17, 2009. Hours: Mondays - Fridays 10 AM - 3 PM; Mondays - Thursdays 6 PM - 8 PM; and Saturdays Noon - 2 PM more info (event) Neighborhood Music: A Night Out with Salle Huber and Jeff Deutsch Start: 7:00 pm End: 8:00 pm An informal night of music in beautiful Immanuel Hall, Hinsdale. Jeff and Salle will perform jazz, blues and pop in the one-of-a-kind setting of Immanuel Hall. more info (event) Piccolo Halloween Boolewque Start: 8:00 pm When the lights come on, anything can come off. more info

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