Weekender with Alison Cuddy
By WeekenderWeekender with Alison Cuddy
By WeekenderThe holiday season rolls around and I start yearning for bite-sized food. Wouldn’t a diet of sliders, baby carrots and cake pops help prevent my usual seasonal over-indulgence? Apparently not according to this food curmudgeon! Still life in miniature has its appeals. There’s no better way to test that theory than with a visit to Mrs. James Ward Thorne’s Miniature Rooms at the Art Institute of Chicago. Added incentive - every year they get all dressed up for the holidays. But if you’re happier on the couch with a small snack or two hit up this cool interactive version of the Thorne Rooms. That’s just one idea for your weekend - the rest are below!
Here are Weekender‘s top picks:
1. Letters from the Big ManScreenings all weekend thru Dec 8th
Facets Cinémathèque 1517 W Fullerton Ave
Hear film critic Jonathan Miller’s review here
Friday 10am-4pm Sunday Noon-4pm
Jane Addams Hull-House Museum 800 S Halsted
Hear artist and scholar Terri Kapsalis discuss the museum’s newest label here
3. What’s Your Art?Saturday 12-5pm
Celebrating The Art Centers of Chicago
Chicago Cultural Center 78 E Washington St
Saturday 6:30pm
Congress Theater 2135 N Milwaukee Ave
Watch Jerry Lee Lewis rock out in a clip from 1957 here
5. 1st Annual Afro Latin Record Collectors FairSunday 2-5:30pm
The Institute of Puerto Rican Arts and Culture 3015 W Division St
To find out more tune to Radio M tonight - one of the organizers of these events will be talking with host Tony Sarabia.
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