Chicago Calendar
- Nov 20
Music
Two Fresh and Heavyweight Dub Champion
Beat Kitchen
10 p.m.
The twin brothers of Nashville's Two Fresh incite laptop-powered dance parties, producing a mix of thumpy hip-hop remixes, synth melodies,...more
Willy Porter and Luke DoucetEvanston SPACE
8 p.m.
On “How To Rob A Bank,” the title track from Willy Porter’s forthcoming record, the Milwaukee singer-songwriter sings...more
Peaches and Amanda BlankMetro
10 p.m.
It’s been nearly a decade since Peaches releasedThe Teaches Of Peaches, an album that dropped filthy electroclash tracks...more
Pixies, Black Gold, No Age, and Jay Reatard
Aragon Ballroom
7:30 p.m.
For many, the Pixies peaked with their 1989 album, Doolittle. Boasting an astute mastery of the quiet-loud-quiet dynamic, Black...more
Brendan Benson and Cory ChiselLincoln Hall
10:30 p.m.
Brendan Benson had a devoted following of his own for years before he ever strapped on a guitar to play with Jack White and Co. in The...more
Brendan BensonThe Apple Store6:30 p.m.
Brendan Benson had a devoted following of his own for years before he ever strapped on a guitar to play with Jack White and Co. in The...more
Ian McLaganMartyrs'7 p.m.
An influential keyboardist who's played with rock 'n' roll's Mount Rushmore (The Rolling Stones, Bob Dylan,...more
Graham Colton and Dick PrallSchubas
7 p.m.
Graham Colton plays straight-ahead, radio-friendly heartland rock that wears its debt to Counting Crows and Tom Petty on its sleeve....more
Deadmau5 and Ghostland ObservatoryCongress Theater
8 p.m.
Deadmau5, a.k.a. Joel Zimmerman, is a budding dance-music star who hails from Canada and wears a big red mouse mask....more
Audion, Hecatomb, DJ Frankie Vega, and Gianna HardtSmart Bar10 p.m.
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The Mother Hips and Backyard Tire FireSchubas
10:30 p.m.
A resourceful trio building Americana’s traditional charm into something more liberating, Backyard Tire Fire manages to sound...more
Land Of Lincoln, Nick Coury, and Monica Del Castillo Abbey PubLoading...
Aventura Allstate ArenaLoading...
Corey Wilkes Andy's Jazz ClubLoading...
Aaron Koppel Quartet Andy's Jazz ClubLoading...
The Gorilla Press, The Sweeps, Flights, and Split Bottom LoungeLoading...
Susie Gomez And Her Multiple Cats California ClipperLoading...
Kids At The Bar, Antennas Up, Satellite 66, and Caroline Smith And The Good Night Sleeps DarkroomLoading...
Black Actress, The Paver, Lophophora, and Hobo And Boxcar Double DoorLoading...
72 Hours, Algren, and Kickbricks Elbo RoomLoading...
Devlin And Darko, DJ Rupture, Matt Shadetek, and DJ Trew Empty BottleLoading...
Savoy Brown FitzGerald'sLoading...
Step Afrika! Harris Theater For Music & DanceLoading...
Identity Crisis Heartland CafeLoading...
Esmee Denters House Of BluesLoading...
Vance Kelly and Linsey Alexander Kingston MinesLoading...
Blue Rodeo and Lee Harvey Osmond Martyrs'Loading...
Sicko Mojoes Rock HouseLoading...
Danny Barnes and Hot Club Of Cowtown Old Town School of Folk MusicLoading...
Mad Caddies, The Johnstones, Rule 22, and Drop Steady Reggie's Rock ClubLoading...
The Copyrights, Nothington, The Brokedowns, and Dead Town Revival SubterraneanLoading...
Kelly And The Thespians The HideoutLoading...
The Blue Ribbon Glee Club, The Back Pockets, and Simco Band The HideoutLoading...
Rough Cut and No Exit The Kinetic PlaygroundLoading...
Lorna Boston Underground Wonder BarLoading...
Poi Dog Pondering Vic TheatreLoading...
Comedy
America: All Better!Second City (Mainstage)
8 p.m. , 11 p.m.
Kick starting the theater's 49th year in existence, Second City's new mainstage show sees Barack Obama's "Yes, we can" mantra...more
1, 2, 3, Fag!iO Theater (Cabaret)8 p.m.
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The Improvised Shakespeare CompanyiO Theater (Del Close)
8 p.m. , 10:30 p.m.
Improv guru Del Close didn't invent the unscripted art, but he accomplished something equally as innovative when he provided a storytelling...more
Co-Ed Prison SlutsAnnoyance TheatreLoading...
Shootin' The Shit With EJ And TJ Annoyance TheatreLoading...
Tyler Perry's Laugh To Keep From Crying Arie Crown TheaterLoading...
Cocktail Hour ComedySportz TheatreLoading...
Hot Karl ComedySportz TheatreLoading...
Kevin Pollak Improv Comedy ClubLoading...
Glenn Wool Lakeshore TheaterLoading...
Intergalactic Sex Rodeo Lakeshore TheaterLoading...
Seeking Your Approval Second City (Donny's Skybox)Loading...
Studs Terkel's Not WorkingSecond City (e.t.c.)Loading...
Haji Outlaw, CJ Toledano, and Bill Cruz The Lincoln LodgeLoading...
ObamaNation: Revised Edition!The Playground TheaterLoading...
Bye Bye Liver: The Chicago Drinking PlayThe Pub Theater at FizzLoading...
Mike Lukas Zanies Comedy Night ClubLoading...
Revolver iO Theater (Cabaret)Loading...
The Improv Jam iO Theater (Cabaret)Loading...
Guy Friends: Paradise Cove iO Theater (Cabaret)midnight
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Shock Corridor iO Theater (Cabaret)Loading...
BlackOut iO Theater (Del Close)Loading...
The Improvised Star Trek iO Theater (Del Close)Loading...
Theater
HairsprayMarriott Lincolnshire Theatre8 p.m.
Even those suffering from Hairspray fatigue (half the parents in the suburbs) should find something to love in Marriott’s...more
A Very Merry Unauthorized Children's Scientology Pageant A Red Orchid TheatreLoading...
The Tortoise & The Hare Beverly Arts CenterLoading...
Chicago Kids Company: The Tortoise & The HareBeverly Arts CenterLoading...
The Mel Brooks Musical: Young FrankensteinCadillac Palace TheatreLoading...
Richard IIIChicago Shakespeare TheaterLoading...
Banana Shpeel: A New Twist On VaudevilleChicago TheatreLoading...
All The Fame Of Lofty Deeds Chopin TheatreLoading...
Carnival Nocturne DCA-Storefront TheaterLoading...
A Christmas CarolGoodman TheatreLoading...
High HolidaysGoodman TheatreLoading...
HeroesGreenhouse Theater CenterLoading...
The Brides Of Ghost Hunter Richard Crowe: Zombies Built ChicagoLiars ClubLoading...
The Man Who Was Thursday New Leaf Theatre at Lincoln Park Cultural CenterLoading...
Phèdra New World Repertory TheatreLoading...
Death Of A SalesmanRaven TheatreLoading...
Too Much Light Makes The Baby Go Blind The Neo FuturariumLoading...
When She DancedTimeLine Theatre CompanyLoading...
Arts
B Like Burnham Chicago Architecture Foundation9:30 a.m.
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Select Media Festival 8: Super Bad Ass Exhibition Co-Prosperity SphereLoading...
Film
Ali: Fear Eats The SoulGene Siskel Film Center6 p.m.
Just two years after the calamitous 1972 Olympics in Munich, when Israeli athletes were taken hostage and later killed by Palestinian...more
Polish Film Festival In America: The Magic TreeBeverly Arts CenterLoading...
Polish Film Festival In America: Taras BulbaBeverly Arts CenterLoading...
Black Block Cinema - Northwestern UniversityLoading...
Tetro Doc Films - Max Palevsky CinemaLoading...
Visual Acoustics: The Modernism Of Julius Shulman Facets CinémathèqueLoading...
All Tomorrow's Parties Facets CinémathèqueLoading...
Polish Film Festival In America: The Man Who Would Be Polka KingGallery TheatreLoading...
Polish Film Festival In America: Sometime Ago In AfricaGallery TheatreLoading...
Polish Film Festival In America: The American In Polish People's RepublicGallery TheatreLoading...
The Baader Meinhof Complex Gene Siskel Film CenterLoading...
Eye Of The SandmanGene Siskel Film CenterLoading...
Polish Film Festival In America: The Gift To StalinGolf Glen 5Loading...
Polish Film Festival In America: Love And DanceGolf Glen 5Loading...
