It’s the final week to catch the School of the Art Institute of Chicago’s “SAIC Faculty Sabbatical Triennial” exhibition, which features work produced by 38 faculty members who completed a sabbatical or a similar paid leave during the last three academic years. Not only does this show represent the breadth of ideas and creative practices […]
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Jump into spring with these Chicagoland events
The spring equinox (the moment when the sun is exactly above the equator and day and night are of equal length) for this year starts at 10:33 AM on Sunday 3/20, and brings our chance to check out Chicagohenge (if you go to the Loop, you might see the sun framed by our skyscrapers). And […]
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Reader’s Agenda Wed 3/19: Chicago Nerd Comedy Festival, Soiree Grand Nord, and Fonema Consort
What’s on the Reader‘s Agenda for Wednesday, March 19
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Alliance Francaise to screen several new Francophone films, some of them for free
Previewing a five-film series at Chicago’s French language and culture center
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Not playing: Violette (1978)
A brief overview of the career of Claude Chabrol, whose 1978 Violette will not screen in Chicago this week.
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Craft spirits tasting and other food and drink events
A craft spirits tasting at the Chicago Botanic Garden, a Cheese 101 class, Kilbourn Park’s Gardening Exchange Event, Brews for History, and more.
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Best place to learn yoga and French in the same class
Alliance Francaise 810 N. Dearborn 312-337-1070 af-chicago.org I’ve been taking yoga classes for about a dozen years now and have only been able to completely quiet my mind and block out the world once—and that was during yoga en francais at the Alliance Francaise. The class is tiny, and the Hatha style of yoga is […]
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This Week’s Food and Drink Events
Jelly bean cakes, Passover lessons, beer dinners, and more.
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This Week’s Food and Drink Events
A meal with Jim Beam, a meal for James Beard, a meal by Julia Child, and more.
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This Week’s Food and Drink Events
A candy lecture, a seafood dinner, a mezcal tasting, and more.
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Inch’Allah Sunday
An Algerian woman reunites with her estranged husband, and finds herself drawn to French culture against the wishes of her conservative mother-in-law in Yamina Benguigui’s 2001 film “Inch’Allah Sunday,” screening Wednesday 5/12 at Alliance Francaise.
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This Week’s Food and Drink Events
A Two Brothers beer tasting, a Croque Monsieur class, Earth Hour events, and more.
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Arch of Repose and On Falling…
The dancing films “Arch of Repose” and “On Falling…” follow their sold out premiere with an encore screening Friday 11/13 at Alliance Francaise.