These 12 activities are worth leaving the house for.
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October 28 at 6:30pm
Gene Siskel Film Center · Chicago Loop
Static draws victims into a mysterious realm in Jane Schoenbrun's debut novel Public Access Afterworld, celebrated alongside a special screening of the breakthrough feature We're All Going to the World's Fair at the Gene Siskel Film Center.
October 31 at 5:30pm (This weekend)
Chicago History Museum · Lincoln Park • Free
Christian Holder tells his own story in this documentary portrait: Joffrey Ballet stardom, cabaret stages, and a life intertwined with the AIDS crisis and antiwar protests. Director Brigitte Berman joins for a post-screening Q&A.
November 18 at 6:30pm
Chicago Cultural Center · Chicago Loop • $0
This monthly film club digs into what it actually means to make art for a living, screening contemporary films about creative work and its hidden struggles. It's free, thoughtful, and held inside one of Chicago's most breathtaking buildings.
December 16 at 6:30pm
Chicago Cultural Center · Chicago Loop • $0
Catch a free screening of "Don't Think Twice" at the Chicago Cultural Center's gorgeous Claudia Cassidy Theater. This monthly film club explores what it really means to be a creative worker today, with conversation-worthy picks in a jaw-dropping architectural setting.
October 25 at 2:30pm
Block Museum of Art, Northwestern University · Evanston • $0
Cartoons grow up and get weird. Eyeworks' 15th annual showcase screens boundary-pushing animation from classic cartoon roots to underground cinema, with curators Alexander Stewart and Lilli Carré on hand.
October 25 at 12:30am
The Vic Theatre · Lake View East
Be first to see Shane Dawson's indie pilot "Cancelled," a skewering of cancel culture, before it hits streaming. Shane and the cast stick around for a live Q&A after.
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Wed, Nov 4 · 6:00 PM
Evanston Public Library · Evanston
Mon, Nov 16 · 5:00 PM
Evanston Public Library · Evanston
Free
Facets · Lincoln Park
Northlight Theatre · Evanston
Josephine Louis Theater · Evanston
$11-$28
Block Museum of Art, Northwestern University · Evanston
$0
Check what’s playing at Steppenwolf Theatre Company for theatre, or Sleeping Village for live music. Read about the actual production or listen to the artist before choosing. You don’t need to recognise a name for it to be your kind of evening.
Choose the show first, then make plans nearby. Leave enough room between dinner and curtain time to enjoy both. Tell me where you’re staying and whether you’re taking transit, and I can help narrow the search to an evening that fits together.
Tell me when you’re free, where you’ll be, and what sounds appealing. “Live music near me, somewhere I can sit, under $30” gives me more to work with than “something fun.” You can keep narrowing it down with me.
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