Friday 5/7 – Thursday 5/13
The massive exhibit that is Art 1999 Chicago will be open to the general public from 11 to 7 today through Monday and 11 to 5 Tuesday in Festival Hall at Navy Pier, 600 E. Grand. Tomorrow six members of the Chicago Art Critics Association will each give a slide lecture on a local artist followed by a discussion called “Chicago Critics on Chicago Art.” It’s from 4 to 6 in room 325; Reader contributor Fred Camper will moderate. Admission for the art fair (which includes the lecture) is $10, $7 for students and seniors; multiday passes are also available. For more info, call 312-587-3300 or see the art listings in Section Two.
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8 SATURDAY Today and tomorrow the Brookfield Zoo will outfit visitors with binoculars and books to help them spot and identify birds heading north. They’ll also provide maps to where the zoo’s own wood ducks, green herons, flycatchers, white-throated sparrows, and snowy egrets can be found. The Migratory Bird Weekend, which includes games and tours of Dragonfly Marsh and Indian Lake, takes place today and Sunday from 8 to noon at the zoo, First Avenue and 31st Street in Brookfield (708-485-0263). Admission is $6, $3 for children.
9 SUNDAY At last year’s annual four-day University of Chicago scavenger hunt, teams of students were asked to round up items including hillbillies, Jerry Springer, a half pound of cigarette butts, and a photo of a team member sporting an army jacket and a Mohawk and standing in front of a New York City landmark. They were also asked to stage a paint-ball war between tenure-track professors, build a centrifugal compressor, find out how many people signed the 1918 Lithuanian Declaration of Independence, and more. Final judging for this year’s installment of the 13-year-old contest takes place today from noon to 5 at the Midway Plaisance between Cottage Grove and Stony Island and at Ida Noyes Hall, 1212 E. 59th. Call 773-702-8360 for more.
13 THURSDAY Exito’s Alejandro Riera and the Illinois Entertainer’s Jim Turano are two of the five film critics joining Columbia College’s Ted Hardin to discuss the fate of science fiction flicks at Millennium Trends: Star Wars, Technology, and the Future of Hollywood. It’s at 6:30 in Columbia’s Hokin Auditorium, 623 S. Wabash. Admission is $5; for more information call 312-344-7301.
