Today's Top Events
Best bets from the magazine, plus late-breaking updates on what to do today, tomorrow, and in the month ahead
Jul 19, 2008 - Sep 21, 2008Life as a Legend: Marilyn MonroeThe camera loved her; men swooned for her; and ladies are still mimicking her iconic style. This exhibition of 300 Marilyn-centric works by more than 80 artists and photographers (Andy Warhol, Richard Avedon) traces the definitive blonde bombshell from Norma ... |
Aug 19, 2008 - Oct 19, 2008Nixon’s NixonThe multi-Jeff-nominated production returns with its original and highly lauded leads, William Brown and Larry Yando, and director, Michael Halberstam. The show reimagines a meeting between Kissinger and Nixon on the eve of the latter’s resignation. A warning: Tickets are ... |
Aug 22, 2008 - Sep 19, 2008Fake LakeSummer's on the wane, and we'll take a final dip wherever we can get it. Fake Lake, a site-specific play from the The Neo-Futurists, uses a local public pool as a stand-in for Utah’s Lake Powell, the backdrop for this coming-of-age story. The ... |
Aug 25, 2008 - Sep 2, 2008Aloha at the AquariumLabor Day weekend marks visitors’ last chance until summer 2009 to ogle the 3-million-gallon Oceanarium, which closes in September for extensive renovations. Make a date now to see Miki (Inuit for “tiny”), the one-year-old beluga calf. Along with their trainers, ... |
Aug 28, 2008 - Aug 31, 2008Chicago Jazz FestivalOur top picks for don't-miss concerts at the city's annual ode to jazz: August 28th at 6:30 p.m.: Sonny Rollins. The fest finally scores a prime slot in the acoustic paradise of the Pritzker Pavilion and makes the most of it, ... |
Aug 28, 2008Nico MuhlyThe new-music It Boy who came up under the tutelage of none other than Philip Glass is making classical cool again. Hear him perform pieces from his most recent album, Mothertongue, along with Thomas Bartlett and Sam Amidon of the ... |
Aug 31, 2008Aimee Mann, SqueezePop music from L.A. and London, as embodied by the sardonic songwriting of Mann and the mild eccentricities of the Brit band Squeeze. |
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