Events for October 12th, 2008
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Sunday - October 12th
Museums / Museum Exhibit
Dia de los Muertos: La Vida Sin Fin
National Museum of Mexican Art - 1852 W. 19th St. - Chicago (Little Tuscany)
Billed as the nation's largest Dia de los Muertos/Day of the Dead exhibit, this 22nd annual collection highlights local and international artists and includes a tribute to student demonstrators killed 10 days before the 1968 summer Olympics in the Tlatelolco massacre.
Events / Gallery Exhibit
11th Annual Chicago Art Open
Merchandise Mart - 222 Merchandise Mart Plaza - Chicago (River North)
Drawings, paintings, photographs, prints, sculptures, textiles and more by nearly 300 emerging and established artists.
Events / Gallery Exhibit
Jack Kerouac: On the Road
Columbia College Chicago's Center for Book & Paper Arts - 1104 S. Wabash Ave. - Chicago (South Loop)
An exhibition features the original manuscript scroll on which Kerouac wrote the novel "On the Road." All features 66 international book covers of the novel's foreign editions.
Theater / Theater Event
Anna, In the Darkness
Dream Theatre - 556 W. 18th St. - Chicago (Pilsen/Heart of Chicago/Little Village)
7 p.m. and 8:30 p.m.
Dream Theatre remounts ensemble member Jeremy Menekseoglu's suspense thriller about a town that gathers to kill a teacher who's trapped in a house--and the audience is trapped with her.
Theater / Theater Event
Anna, In the Darkness
Dream Theatre - 556 W. 18th St. - Chicago (Pilsen/Heart of Chicago/Little Village)
7 p.m. and 8:30 p.m.
Dream Theatre remounts ensemble member Jeremy Menekseoglu's suspense thriller about a town that gathers to kill a teacher who's trapped in a house--and the audience is trapped with her.
Events / Gallery Exhibit
Enduring. Omissions. Awakenings., a group show
Chrome Gallery - 1462 N. Milwaukee Ave. - Chicago (Bucktown/Wicker Park)
Features works by Patti Bartelstein, Jennifer Bisbing and Maggie Meiners.
Events / Gallery Exhibit
Chicago Connection: The 5 Artists Project, a group show
Ossia Space - 410 S. Michigan Ave. - Chicago (Grant Park Museums)
Features works by Frank Connet, Iris Goldstein, Darrell Roberts, Mirjana Ugrinov and Dale Washington.
Events / Gallery Exhibit
The Local Seven, a group show
Tandem Co-op Gallery - 3258 N. Seminary Ave. - Chicago (Lakeview)
Features ceramics, paintings, photography and mixed media by Leanne M. Bazzetta, Gabriel Carroll-Dolci, Alix Klingenberg, Torie McMillan, Chelcie Porter, Vanessa Ruiz and Kara Wabbel.
Events / Gallery Exhibit
Mark Di Suvero sculptures
Millennium Park - 201 E. Randolph St. - Chicago (Grant Park Museums)
Five large-scale works by the artist are on display in the park's Boeing Galleries.
Museums / Museum Exhibit
Milagros y Santos de Todos los Dias
National Museum of Mexican Art - 1852 W. 19th St. - Chicago (Little Tuscany)
Juan Carlos Macias's acrylic and glass bead paintings on canvas depict the Mexican tradition of ex-voto and retablo paintings, used to give thanks for a saint's miracle.
