Chicago Human Rhythm Project presents "JUBA! Masters of Tap and Percussive Dance"
Chicago Human Rhythm Project presents "JUBA! Masters of Tap and Percussive Dance" Aug. 1-3 at the Cultural Center, Loyola University’s Sheridan Campus and the Theater and Interpretation Center of Northwestern University in Evanston. Call 773-281-1825 for tickets.
Location: Cultural Center, Loyola University’s Sheridan Campus and the Theater and Interpretation Center of Northwestern University in Evanston
Starts: Aug 01
Ends: Aug 03
Collecting for Chicago: Prints, Drawings and Patronage and Benin-Kings and Rituals: Court Arts from Nigeria
Art Institute of Chicago, 111 S. Michigan Ave., 312-443-3600, presents Collecting for Chicago: Prints, Drawings and Patronage through Sept. 14. Benin-Kings and Rituals: Court Arts from Nigeria runs through Sept. 21. Graphic Thought Facility runs through Aug. 17.
Location: Art Institute of Chicago
Starts: Aug 10
Ends: Sep 14
Green with Desire: Can We Live Sustainably in our Homes?
Chicago Architecture Foundation, 224 S. Michigan Ave., 312-922-3432, hosts Green with Desire: Can We Live Sustainably in our Homes? through Sept. 5.
Location: Chicago Architecture Foundation
Starts: Aug 10
Ends: Sep 05
Temple of Flora
Chicago Botanic Garden, 1000 Lake Cook Rd., Glencoe, 847-835-5440, presents Temple of Flora through Aug. 17.
Location: Chicago Botanic Garden
Starts: Aug 10
Ends: Aug 17
Martin Koenig: Voices and Images from Bulgaria, Life as Legend: Marilyn Monroe and Stephen Wilkes’ Ellis Island: Ghosts of Freedom
Chicago Cultural Center, 78 E. Washington St., 312-744-6630, presents Martin Koenig: Voices and Images from Bulgaria, 1966-1979 through Sept. 28. Life as a Legend: Marilyn Monroe continues through Sept. 21. Stephen Wilkes’ Ellis Island: Ghosts of Freedom continues through Oct. 5.
Location: Chicago Cultural Center
Starts: Aug 10
Ends: Oct 05
Catholic Chicago
Chicago History Museum, 1601 N. Clark St., 312-642-4600, presents Catholic Chicago through Jan. 4.
Location: Chicago History Museum
Starts: Aug 10
Ends: Jan 04
Chicago Children’s Theatre presents "Esperanza Rising"
Chicago Children’s Theatre presents "Esperanza Rising" July 12 through Aug. 10 at the Goodman Theatre, 170 N. Dearborn. Call 312-742-8497.
Location: Goodman Theatre
Starts: Aug 10
Ends: Aug 10
Mythic Creatures: Dragons, Unicorns & Mermaids and Nature Unleashed: Inside Natural Disasters
Field Museum, 1400 S. Lake Shore Dr., 312-922-9410, hosts Mythic Creatures: Dragons, Unicorns & Mermaids through Sept. 1. Nature Unleashed: Inside Natural Disasters runs through Jan. 4.
Location: Field Museum
Starts: Aug 11
Ends: Jan 01
Kiss on the Cheek: Portraits by Dale Washington
Hyde Park Art Center, 5020 S. Cornell Ave., 773-324-5520, presents Kiss on the Cheek: Portraits by Dale Washington, depicting the personalities in Chicago’s current South Side art collecting community, through Sept. 28. They Call Me Theirs runs through Oct. 5.
Location: Hyde Park Art Center
Starts: Aug 11
Ends: Sep 28
Anatomical Stained Glass Images by Laura Kurtenbach and Fabric Installation about DNA Fingerprinting by Geraldine Ondrizek
International Museum of Surgical Science, 1524 N. Lake Shore Dr., 312-642-6502, presents anatomical stained glass images by Laura Kurtenbach and fabric installation about DNA fingerprinting by Geraldine Ondrizek through Oct. 17.
Location: International Museum of Surgical Science
Starts: Aug 11
Ends: Oct 17
Chris Hipkiss: Drawings and Sunday Painters: Discarded Paintings by Gifted Amateurs
Intuit: The Center for Intuitive and Outsider Art, 756 N. Milwaukee Ave., 312-243-9088, features Chris Hipkiss: Drawings through Aug. 30. Sunday Painters: Discarded Paintings by Gifted Amateurs continues through Jan. 3.
Location: Intuit: The Center for Intuitive and Outsider Art
Starts: Aug 11
Ends: Jan 03
Chagall for Children
Kohl Children’s Museum of Great Chicago, 2100 Patriot Blvd., Glenview, 847-832-6600, presents Chagall for Children through Aug. 31.
Location: Kohl Children’s Museum of Great Chicago
Starts: Aug 11
Ends: Aug 31
Design in the Age of Darwin: From William Morris to Frank Lloyd Wright and Theo Leffmann: Weaving a Life into Art
Mary and Leigh Block Museum of Art, 40 Arts Circle, Evanston, 847-491-4000, hosts Design in the Age of Darwin: From William Morris to Frank Lloyd Wright through Aug. 24. Theo Leffmann: Weaving a Life into Art continues through the same date.
Location: Mary and Leigh Block Museum of Art
Starts: Aug 11
Ends: Aug 24
Everything’s Here: Jeff Koons and His Experience of Chicago
Museum of Contemporary Art, 220 E. Chicago Ave., 312-280-2660, presents Jeff Koons through Sept. 21. Everything’s Here: Jeff Koons and His Experience of Chicago runs through Oct. 26.
Location: Museum of Contemporary Art
Starts: Aug 11
Ends: Oct 26
Beyond the Backyard
Museum of Contemporary Photography, 600 S. Michigan Ave., 312-663-5554, features Beyond the Backyard, an exhibition on outdoor places in which we spend our leisure time, through Aug. 23.
Location: Museum of Contemporary Photography
Starts: Aug 11
Ends: Aug 23
Smart Home: Green + Wired
Museum of Science and Industry, 5700 S. Lake Shore Dr., 773-684-1414, hosts Smart Home: Green + Wired through Jan. 4. The Glass Experience runs through Sept. 1.
Location: Museum of Science and Industry
Starts: Aug 11
Ends: Jan 04
Seeing the City: Sloan’s New York
Smart Museum of Art, 5550 S. Greenwood, 773-702-0200, presents Seeing the City: Sloan’s New York through Sept. 14.
Location: Smart Museum of Art
Starts: Aug 11
Ends: Sep 14
Sandra Binion
Swedish American Museum, 5211 N. Clark, 773-728-8111, presents Sandra Binion through Sept. 21.
Location: Swedish American Museum
Starts: Aug 11
Ends: Sep 21
Lookingglass Alice
Lookingglass Theatre Company, 821 N. Michigan, 312-337-0665, presents Lookingglass Alice through Aug. 17.
Location: Lookingglass Theatre Company
Starts: Aug 11
Ends: Aug 17
Work by Robin Denevan and Thomas Monaghan
Addington Gallery, 704 N. Wells, 312-664-3406, features work by Robin Denevan and Thomas Monaghan through Sept. 2.
Location: Addington Gallery
Starts: Aug 11
Ends: Sep 02
World Wired Web, a show featuring work by Korean wire sculptor, Keysook Geum
Andrew Bae Gallery, 300 W. Superior, 312-335-8601, hosts World Wired Web, a show featuring work by Korean wire sculptor, Keysook Geum, through Aug. 16.
Location: Andrew Bae Gallery
Starts: Aug 11
Ends: Aug 16
A group show at the Byron Roche Gallery
Byron Roche Gallery, 750 N. Franklin, 312-654- 0144, presents a group show through Aug. 27.
Location: Byron Roche Gallery
Starts: Aug 11
Ends: Aug 27
Francois Robert: Contents and New Work: Reflections of the Subversive Humor of Life Commemorated on Uniquely Printed Postage Stamps by Michael Hernandez De Luna
Carl Hammer Gallery, 740 N. Wells, 312-266-8512, presents Francois Robert: Contents through Aug. 28. New Work: Reflections of the Subversive Humor of Life Commemorated on Uniquely Printed Postage Stamps by Michael Hernandez De Luna runs Sept. 5 through Oct. 25.
Location: Carl Hammer Gallery
Starts: Aug 11
Ends: Oct 25
Daniel Traub’s City’s Edge and Joel-Peter Witkin: Poetic Realism
Catherine Edelman Gallery, 300 W. Superior, 312-266-2350, presents Daniel Traub’s City’s Edge through Aug. 29. Joel-Peter Witkin: Poetic Realism runs Sept. 5 through Nov. 1.
Location: Catherine Edelman Gallery
Starts: Aug 11
Ends: Nov 01
Sublime Experience in Ordinary Space and Who Gets What: A Political Show
David Weinberg Gallery, 300 W. Superior, 312-529-5090, presents Sublime Experience in Ordinary Space through Aug. 30. Who Gets What: A Political Show runs Sept. 5 through Oct. 18.
Location: David Weinberg Gallery
Starts: Aug 11
Ends: Oct 18
CSI Biennale and It’s All About Lights and Freedom of Speech
Flatfile Galleries, 217 N. Carpenter, 312-491-1190, presents CSI Biennale through Aug. 22. It’s All About Lights and Freedom of Speech run through the same date.
Location: Flatfile Galleries
Starts: Aug 11
Ends: Aug 22
Work by Antonio Carreno at the G.R. N’Namdi Gallery
G.R. N’Namdi Gallery, 110 N. Peoria, 312-563-9240, shows work by Antonio Carreno through Aug. 30.
Location: G.R. N’Namdi Gallery
Starts: Aug 11
Ends: Aug 30
glass and steel sculpture by JP Long and Sculpture by Christina Bothwell
Habatat Galleries, 222 W. Superior, 312-440-0288, features glass and steel sculpture by JP Long through Aug. 30. Sculpture by Christina Bothwell is on display Sept. 5 through Oct. 18.
Location: Habatat Galleries
Starts: Aug 11
Ends: Oct 18
Work by Luciana Abait and Donna Rosenthal and Hunt Slonem: Manors of Elegance and Birds of Paradise
Jean Albano Gallery, 215 W. Superior, 312-440-0770, features work by Luciana Abait and Donna Rosenthal through Aug. 23. Hunt Slonem: Manors of Elegance and Birds of Paradise runs Sept. 5 through Nov. 1.
Location: Jean Albano Gallery
Starts: Aug 11
Ends: Nov 01
Raw Boundaries
KN Gallery, 875 N. Michigan Ave., Ste. 2515, 312-640-5550, presents Raw Boundaries through Aug. 23.
Location: KN Gallery
Starts: Aug 11
Ends: Aug 23
Hollis Brown Thornton’s The Earth on the Back of the Giant Turtle, Work by Megan Euker and Conrad Freiburg: A Great Daydream at the Linda Warren Gallery
Linda Warren Gallery, 1052 W. Fulton Market, 312-432-9500, features Hollis Brown Thornton’s The Earth on the Back of the Giant Turtle and work by Megan Euker through Aug. 16. Conrad Freiburg: A Great Daydream runs Sept. 5 through Oct. 11.
Location: Linda Warren Gallery
Starts: Aug 11
Ends: Oct 11
Bertil Vallien
Marx Saunders Gallery, 230 W. Superior, 312-573-1400, presents Bertil Vallien through Aug. 31.
Location: Marx Saunders Gallery
Starts: Aug 11
Ends: Aug 31
Work by Cheryl Warrick and Tremain Smith
Melanee Cooper Gallery, 740 N. Franklin, 312-202-9305, presents work by Cheryl Warrick and Tremain Smith through Aug. 31.
Location: Melanee Cooper Gallery
Starts: Aug 11
Ends: Aug 31
Jane Fisher’s Big Women and Bigger Heads and Stephen Warde Anderson’s Fairy Tales and Michael Dinges: Engraved Mac Laptops
Packer Schopf Gallery, 942 W. Lake, 312-226-8984, features through Aug. 16. Michael Dinges: Engraved Mac Laptops runs Sept. 5 through Oct. 11.
Location: Packer Schopf Gallery
Starts: Aug 11
Ends: Oct 11
Work by Janis Pozzi-Johnson
Perimeter Gallery, 210 W. Superior, 312-266-9473, presents work by Janis Pozzi-Johnson through Aug. 31.
Location: Perimeter Gallery
Starts: Aug 11
Ends: Aug 31
Chicago Imagism: 1965-1985
Russell Bowman Art Advisory, 311 W. Superior, 312-751-9500, presents Chicago Imagism: 1965-1985 through Aug. 16.
Location: Russell Bowman Art Advisory
Starts: Aug 11
Ends: Aug 16
Chicago Group Show and new work by Thomas Kellner at the Schneider Gallery
Schneider Gallery, 230 W. Superior, 312-988-4033, features Chicago Group Show through Aug. 30. New work by Thomas Kellner is on display Sept. 5 through Oct. 18.
Location: Schneider Gallery
Starts: Aug 11
Ends: Oct 18
Second to None: Abstract Expressionism
Thomas McCormick Gallery, 835 W. Washington, 312-226-6800, presents Second to None: Abstract Expressionism through Aug. 16.
Location: Thomas McCormick Gallery
Starts: Aug 11
Ends: Aug 16
Lauren Camp: The Fabric of Jazz
Vale Craft Gallery, 230 W. Superior, 312-337-3525, hosts Lauren Camp: The Fabric of Jazz through Aug. 30.
Location: Vale Craft Gallery
Starts: Aug 11
Ends: Aug 30
Beth Reitmeyer’s Hope Springs Eternal
Zg Gallery, 300 W. Superior, 312-654-9900, features Beth Reitmeyer’s Hope Springs Eternal, new installation and paintings, through Aug. 30.
Location: Zg Gallery
Starts: Aug 11
Ends: Aug 30
Maria Tomasula
Zolla/Lieberman Gallery, 325 W. Huron, 312-944-1990, presents Maria Tomasula through Aug. 16.
Location: Zolla/Lieberman Gallery
Starts: Aug 11
Ends: Aug 16
Freedom of Color: Major Exhibition of Moshe Rosenthalis
Zygman Voss Gallery, 222 W. Superior, 312-787-3300, presents Freedom of Color: Major Exhibition of Moshe Rosenthalis through Sept. 6.
Location: Zygman Voss Gallery
Starts: Aug 11
Ends: Sep 06
The Boys from Syracuse
Drury Lane Oakbrook Terrace Theatre, 100 Drury Lane, Oakbrook, 630-530-0111, presents The Boys from Syracuse Aug. 14 through Sept. 28.
Location: Drury Lane Oakbrook Terrace Theatre
Starts: Aug 14
Ends: Sep 28
Fake Lake
The Neo-Futurists, 5153 N. Ashland, 773-275-5255, present Fake Lake Aug. 14 through Sept. 20.
Location: The Neo-Futurists
Starts: Aug 14
Ends: Sep 20
Stages 2008, a festival of new musicals in progress
Theatre Building Chicago, 1225 W. Belmont, 773-327-5252, hosts Stages 2008, a festival of new musicals in progress, Aug. 15-17.
Location: Theatre Building Chicago
Starts: Aug 15
Ends: Aug 17
The Joffrey Ballet and Tony Bennett at Ravinia Festival
Ravinia Festival, 418 Sheridan Rd., Highland Park, 847-266-5000, presents the Joffrey Ballet Aug. 16. Tony Bennett performs Aug. 22-23.
Location: Ravinia Festival
Starts: Aug 16
Ends: Aug 23
Picnic and Nixon's Nixon at the Writers' Theatre
Writers’ Theatre, 325 Tudor Ct., Glencoe, 847-242-6000, features Picnic Sept. 16 through Nov. 16. Nixon’s Nixon runs Aug. 18 through Oct. 12 at 664 Vernon Ave., Glencoe.
Location: Writers' Theatre
Starts: Aug 18
Ends: Nov 16
John Williams and Yo-Yo Ma
Chicago Symphony Orchestra, 220 S. Michigan Ave., 312-294-3000, presents John Williams and Yo-Yo Ma performing Memoirs of a Geisha Aug. 20-21.
Location: Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Starts: Aug 20
Ends: Aug 21
Glamorama, featuring Cyndi Lauper, MC Hammer and DJ Berrie, benefiting the Art Institute of Chicago
Chicago Theatre, 175 N. State, hosts Glamorama, featuring Cyndi Lauper, MC Hammer and DJ Berrie, benefiting the Art Institute of Chicago, Aug. 22. Call 312-902-1500 for tickets.
Location: Chicago Theatre
Starts: Aug 22
Ends: Aug 22
Dance for Life and The San Francisco Ballet at the Harris Theatre for Music and Dance
Harris Theater for Music and Dance, 205 E. Randolph, 312-334-7777, presents Dance for Life Aug. 23. The San Francisco Ballet performs Sept. 16-21.
Location: Harris Theatre for Music and Dance
Starts: Aug 23
Ends: Sep 21
The Glenwood Avenue Arts Fest
The Glenwood Avenue Arts Fest, featuring 36 bands and 100 artist-vendors, takes place Aug. 23-24 on Glenwood and Morse Avenues. Call 773-761-4477 for information.
Location: Glenwood and Morse Avenues
Starts: Aug 23
Ends: Aug 24
Superior Donuts by Tracy Letts and Kafka on the Shore at the Steppenwolf Theatre Company
Steppenwolf Theatre Company, 1650 N. Halsted, 312-335-1650, presents Superior Donuts by Tracy Letts through Aug. 24. Kafka on the Shore runs
Sept. 18 through Nov. 16.
Location: Steppenwolf Theatre Company
Starts: Aug 24
Ends: Nov 16
Chicago Outdoor Film Festival
Chicago Outdoor Film Festival takes place Tuesday evenings through Aug. 26 in Grant Park.
Location: Grant Park
Starts: Aug 26
Ends: Aug 26
Seanachai Theatre Company presents Scenes from the Big Picture
Seanachai Theatre Company presents Scenes from the Big Picture Aug. 28 through Oct. 5 at the Storefront Theater, 66 E. Randolph. Call 312-742-8497 for tickets.
Location: The Storefront Theatre
Starts: Aug 28
Ends: Oct 05
Chicago Jazz Festival
Chicago Jazz Festival runs Aug. 28-31, featuring Sonny Rollins, Dee Dee Bridgewater, The Gerald Wilson Orchestra and Ornette Coleman. Call 312-744-3315 for information.
Location: Grant Park
Starts: Aug 28
Ends: Aug 31
Randolph Street Market Festival
Randolph Street Market Festival, home to the Chicago Antique Market and the Indie Designer Market, runs Aug. 30-31, Sept. 27-28 and Oct. 25-26 at the 1350 block of West Randolph Street. Visit www.randolphstreetmarket.com for more information.
Location: 1350 block of west Randolph Street
Starts: Aug 30
Ends: Oct 26