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- New Year Baby
- Tomorrow (2pm) @ Chicago Cultural Center, 78 E Washington St
- In 2002, filmmaker Socheata Poeuv's parents revealed a harrowing, 25-year-old secret: her family had barely survived the brutal Khmer Rouge regime ... Read more»
- MUSIC: Rock/Pop
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- The Cure
- Tomorrow (7–9pm) @ Allstate Arena, 6920 N Mannheim Rd
- Will there ever be a more endearing scary-face than Robert Smith's Joker-esque mug? His band's pre-emo, goth-lite mix of new wave ... Read more»
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Fri May 16 02:25pm
The Faint plan to release their next album, Fasciinatiion, on August 5th, via their own blank.wav label.
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Fri May 16 12:30pm
Art handlers at London's National Gallery drop a 16th-century panel painting by Domenico Beccafumi, breaking it in two.
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Fri May 16 11:19am
Camper Van Beethoven celebrate their 25th anniversary with a greatest-hits collection, Popular Songs..., and a short West Coast tour.
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Fri May 16 10:19am
US District Judge Michael Davis considers a retrial in the Jammie Thomas file-sharing lawsuit, after recognizing that jurors were likely misinformed about the legality of online music distribution.
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Fri May 16 09:40am
Barbarella’s blind, blond, and blue-eyed angel, John Phillip Law, dies in Los Angeles at age 70.
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Thu May 15 04:33pm
The National Museum in Krakow, Poland, opens a new wing later this month, displaying the country's first collection of contemporary art.
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Thu May 15 02:46pm
Scheduled to open in August, a new US embassy in China will exhibit work by 18 Chinese and American contemporary artists, including Jeff Koons, Yun-Fei Ji, and Louise Bourgeois.
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Thu May 15 01:11pm
Martin Scorsese plans to direct a Frank Sinatra biopic, according to the Rat Pack singer's youngest daughter, Tina.
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Thu May 15 11:21am
Veteran singer-songwriter Neil Diamond hits #1 on the Billboard album charts for the first time with his 29th studio effort, Home Before Dark.
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Thu May 15 09:48am
Following an apparent trend in the art market, Francis Bacon's Triptych, 1976 goes for $86.3 million at Sotheby's New York, making it the most expensive work of contemporary art ever sold.
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Wed May 14 05:00pm
The Library of Congress chooses 25 additions to the US National Recording Registry, including Michael Jackson's Thriller and Joni Mitchell's For the Roses.
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Wed May 14 04:53pm
Michael Moore announces a spring 2009 followup to his 2004 polemical documentary, Farenheit 9/11.
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- Tomorrow (8pm–midnight) @ Pulaski Park Auditorium, 1419 W Blackhawk St
- MORE FLAVOR: Food/Wine
- Consider the Cocktail
- Sunday (4–7pm) @ Weegee's Lounge, 3659 W Armitage Ave
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- Monday (7pm) @ Evanston Public Library, 1703 Orrington Ave in Evanston
- MUSIC: Rock/Pop
- Old Time Relijun
- Tuesday (9pm) @ Abbey Pub, 3420 W Grace St
- MORE FLAVOR: Discussion
- The Fight for the Right
- Wednesday (6pm) @ Jane Addams Hull House Museum, 800 S Halsted St
- FILM
- Troll 2 (1990)
- Friday May 23 (midnight) @ Music Box Theatre, 3733 N Southport Ave
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- Gary Panter, Chris Ware, and Dan Nadel
- Saturday May 24 (1pm) @ Museum of Contemporary Art, 220 E Chicago Ave
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Emmy-winning graphic artist Gary Panter — designer for Pee-Wee's Playhouse and album-cover artist for Frank Zappa and the Red ...
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- Sunday May 25 (5:30am–noon) @ Various locations
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As you enter downtown from the south side, Lake Shore Drive's skyline view is truly breathtaking. The skyscrapers swell with ...
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- MUSIC: Rock/Pop
- The Breeders
- Saturday May 31 (8–10pm) @ Metro, 3730 N Clark St
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