24 CHICAGO READER | SEPTEMBER 30,2005 | SECTION TWO Galleries & Museums

10/15. Tue-Fri 10-6, Sat 11-5. 312-432-0708 10/1-Sun 11/6. E Opens Sat 10/1, 10 AM-6 PM....Kristen Kieffer, Dolores Fortuna, Festivals Habatat 222 W. Superior. Scott Chaseling, Ayumi Horie, ceramics, through Sat 10/8. Mel Douglas, glasswork, through Sat 10/15. Mon-Thu 10-7:30, Fri-Sat 10-6, Sun 10-5. Tue-Sat 11-5. 312-440-0288 773-769-4226

Carl Hammer 740 N. Wells. “The Chicago Lobby 731 N. Sangamon. “T Here,” work by Connection: Twelve Outsider Artists Ben Dallas and J.B. Daniel, here and at NAB Chicago Artists’ Month Intersect the Mainstream,” through Sat Gallery, through Sat 10/8. Sat noon-5. 312- 10/22. Tue-Sat 11-5. 312-266-8512 432-4327

In 1996 the Chicago Artists’ Coalition, Tours High Risk 1113 W. Belmont. Work address- Liz Long 1957 S. Spaulding. Work by local seeking to draw attention to the art Hubbard Street Mural Project walk, Sat 10/1, ing “the meaning of art,” Thu 10/6-Sun artists, Sat 10/1-Sat 10/29. E Opens Sat making that goes on year-round, des- noon, starting from Hubbard and Racine 11/20. E Opens Thu 10/6, 7-9 PM. Wed-Fri 10/1, 1-4 PM. Sat 1-4. 773-542-9126 ignated November Chicago Artists’ (artists’ reception, 5-10 PM, at the Feather 4-8, Sat 1-8, Sun 1-6. 773-296-6974 Month; the city’s Department of Building, 355 N. Laflin), $5, 312-226-4858. Lydon 309 W. Superior. Trevor Bell, mono- Cultural Affairs took over in 2000 Riverfront sculpture tour, Wed 10/5, 5:15 Rhona Hoffman 118 N. Peoria. Work by chrome , through Wed 10/19. Tue- and the next year moved the obser- PM, starting from northeast corner of Siebren Versteeg, through Sat 10/8 (see Sat 10-5, Sun 9-2. 312-943-1133 vance to October. Most of the exhibits Columbus and Wacker, 312-939-0490. Now Showing). Tue-Fri 10-5:30, Sat 11-5:30. noted in this year’s brochure are listed 312-455-1990 Thomas Masters 245 W. North. Georges by venue under Galleries, here or at Talks Mazilu, paintings of human-animal hybrids, www.chicagoreader.com. For a full Gisela Insuaste on her art’s ties to surreal- Hull House Center for the Arts 1136 W. through Fri 9/30 C . Wed-Fri noon-6, Sat 11- schedule, see chicagoartistsmonth.org ism, Sat 10/1, noon, in Price Auditorium Wilson. “Chicago Does Wood,” group show, 6, Sun noon-5. 312-440-2322 or call 312-744-6630. Among this at the Art Institute, Michigan and Adams. Sat 10/1-Sat 10/29. E Opens Sat 10/1, 6-9 week’s highlights: Paul R. Jones on his collection of PM. Mon-Tue & Thu-Fri 10-6, Wed 11-7, Sat Thomas McCormick 835 W. Washington. African-American art, Sat 10/1, 2 PM, noon-5. 773-907-9403 Lisa Nankivil, paintings, through Sat 10/15. Neighborhood Events at Parkway Ballroom, 4455 S. King, Tue-Sat 10-5:30. 312-226-6800 312-656-8275; a related exhibit runs Glenwood Avenue Arts Fest—kickoff Fri Hyde Park Arts Center 5307 S.Hyde Park. Sat-Sun 10/1-10/2, 11-6. 9/30, 7-9 PM, at Heartland Cafe, 7007 N. “The Ornamental Systems of Louis Monique Meloche 118 N. Peoria. “Stay Glenwood; open studios and kids’ activi- Six members of the Chicago Art Critics Sullivan,” sculpture and by Black and Die,” work by Rashid Johnson, ties, Sat-Sun 10/1-10/2, 11-5, on the 6900 Association on the work of six area Bernard Williams, through Sat 10/8. Mon- through Sat 10/8. Tue-Sat 11-6. 312-455- block of Glenwood, with tours starting artists, Sat 10/1, 3 PM, at the Chicago Fri 9-5, Sat-Sun noon-4. 773-324-5520 0299 from Farwell and Glenwood at 2 PM Cultural Center, 78 E. Washington. Saturday and 4 PM Sunday, 773-262-3790. I Space 230 W. Superior, 2nd fl. “Urban, Mess Hall 6932 N. Glenwood. Alexis Pilsen East Artists’ Open House—opening Benefit Rural, Wild,” work by Laurie Palmer, Petroff, paintings, “collages on tape,” and Fri 9/30, 6-10 PM, at 2003 S. Halsted Art for Animals, annual art auction fund- Michael Piazza, Nance Klehm, and others; photos of “salvage trucks and shopping (site of a 12-artist curated show) and in raiser for Tree House Animal Foundation, Cat on Bourbon Street, by “Prelude to the Prairie Style,” models of carts,” through Sun 10/23. Sun 1-5. 773- nearby galleries, studios, and apartments; a no-kill shelter, Thu 10/6, 6-9 PM, Mark Nelson, in Tree House Animal unbuilt Frank Lloyd Wright houses, through 465-4033 continues Sat-Sun 10/1-10/2, noon-7; at the Chicago Cultural Center, 78 Foundation’s Art for Animals benefit Sat 10/22. E Talk by the “Urban, Rural, maps available at 18th and Halsted and E. Washington, $45, $40 in advance, auction Thursday Wild” curator and artists, Sat 10/1, 3 PM; at Metropolitan Capital Bank 9 E. Ontario. participating venues, 312-377-4444. 773-784-5488, ext. 231. 4:30, artist Melinda Fries leads a tour Vera Klement, paintings, through Wed along the north branch of the Chicago 10/5 C . E Reception Wed 10/5, 5:30-7:30 River. Tue-Sat 11-5. 312-587-9976 PM; reservations required. Mon-Fri 9-6. Framing Mode 1526 S. Wabash. Group self- 312-640-2388 portrait show, Sat 10/1-Sun 10/30. E Opens Illinois Institute of Art 250 N. Orleans. Sat 10/1, 6-9 PM. Tue-Thu 11-7, Fri-Sat 11-5, Work by Christine Boos, Gary Gordon, Janet Peter Miller 118 N. Peoria. “Mediated Sun noon-5. 312-566-0027 Leszczynski, Mike Manthey, and Diane Pop,” fabric collages by Ai Kijima, through Masuda, through Thu 11/10. E Reception Sat 10/15. Tue-Sat 10-5:30. 312-226-5291 Galleries Maurice Sternberg 875 N. Thu 10/6, 5:30-7:30 PM. Mon-Fri 9-6, Sat 9- Michigan #2850. American paintings 1860- 5. 312-280-3500 NAB 1117 W. Lake. “T Here,” two-site exhib- 1960, through Tue 11/15. E Opens Fri 9/30, it by Ben Dallas and J.B. Daniel (see listing 5-8 PM. Tue-Sat 11-6. 312-642-1700 Intuit 756 N. Milwaukee. Work from the for Lobby), through Sat 10/15. Sat noon-5. Anthony Petullo art brut collection, 312-738-1620 Gallery 400 Univ. of Illinois at Chicago, through Sat 12/31. Wed-Sat noon-5. 312- 1240 W. Harrison. Caminando inesperada- 243-9088 Ann Nathan 212 W. Superior. Caleb mente, installation by Gisela Insuaste, Wed O’Connor, paintings, through Fri 10/14. Tue- 10/5-Sat 10/22. E Opens Wed 10/5, 5-8 PM. Gwenda Jay/Addington 704 N. Wells. Fri 10-5:30, Sat 11-5. 312-664-6622 Tue-Fri 10-5, Sat noon-5. 312-996-6114 Howard Hersh, Kevin Sonmor, paintings, through Tue 10/18. Tue-Sat 11-6. 312-664- Nicole 230 W. Huron. Work by Allen Gallery Guichard 3521 S. King. Work by 3406 Stringfellow, through Sat 10/29. E Opens artists featured in Daniel Parker’s book Fri 9/30, 5-8 PM. Tue-Sat 11-5:30. 312-787- African Art: The Diaspora and Beyond , Johnsonese 2149 W. Armitage. “NOLA 7716 through Sat 11/12. E Receptions Fri-Sat Aid,” group show, Sat 10/1-Sat 11/5. Sales 9/30-10/1, 5-9 PM. Tue-Sat 11-6, Sun noon- benefit hurricane relief. E Opens Sat 10/1, G.R. N’Namdi 110 N. Peoria. Nanette 4. 773-791-7003 6-8 PM. Tue-Sat 11-6. 773-252-8750 Carter, oil paintings on Mylar, through Fri 10/14. Tue-Sat 11-6. 312-563-9240

North Lakeside Cultural Center 6219 N. Sheridan. Work by students of painter Alain Gavin, Sat 10/1-Fri 10/28. E Opens Sat 10/1, 5:30-9 PM. Mon-Fri 2:30-5:30. 773-743-4477

Northern Illinois Univ. Art Museum 215 W. Superior, 3rd fl. “The Art of Burma,” sculpture and tapestries, through Sat 10/29. Wed-Sat 11-5. 312-642-6010

Array of painted wood disks by Betty Cleeland, on view Saturday at 1200 W. 35th Nova Project Space 840 W. Washington, (see Special Events: Quickies) 2nd fl. Work by Brian Getnick and Andy Young, through Sat 10/8. Sat noon-6. 312- 421-2227 Columbia College Glass Curtain Gallery Caro d’Offay 2256 W. Grand. “Time-Based 1104 S. Wabash. Anni Holm, Masaru Aggregate Formations,” paintings and Aron Packer 118 N. Peoria. Bill Woolf, paint- Nakamoto, Camila Olarte, photos, through drawings by Tricia Rumbolz, through Sat ings; Mark Crisanti, painted collages, through Fri 10/14. Tue-Wed & Fri 10-5, Mon & Thu 10/29. Tue-Thu & Sat 1-6. 312-829-5863 Sat 10/15. Tue-Sat 11-5:30. 312-226-8984 10-7. 312-344-6643 Catherine Edelman 300 W. Superior. Page Brothers Open Studio Project 179 Contemporary Art Workshop 542 W. Joel-Peter Witkin, photos; “The Animal N. State. Drop Off Corner/Option Station, Grant. Kumiko Murakami, Tracy Taylor, Within,” paintings and photos by James installation by Michael Piazza, Mon 10/3-Fri paintings, through Tue 11/1. Mon-Fri 12:30- Balog, Esther Bubley, and others, 10/28. Mon-Fri noon-6. 312-744-6630 5:30, Sat noon-5. 773-472-4004 through Sat 10/29. Tue-Sat 10-5:30. 312- 266-2350 Parts Unknown 645 W. 18th. Deva Melanee Cooper 740 N. Franklin. Cheryl Suckerman, paintings; Greta Zakrzewska, Warwick, Laura Bowman, Wade Hoefer, Fine Arts Bldg. Gallery 410 S. Michigan ceramic sculpture, through Sat 11/5. paintings, through Fri 10/28. Tue-Fri 11-5, #433. Kathleen King, paintings, Wed 10/5- Intrusion, wall sculpture by Ruyell Ho, in “Chicago Does Wood,” opening Saturday E Reception Fri 9/30, 7-10 PM. Sat noon-5. Sat noon-4. 312-202-9305 Sat 10/29. Wed-Sat noon-6. 312-913-0537 at Hull House Center for the Arts Sat-Sun 10/1-10/2, noon-7. 312-492-9058 Wendy Cooper 119 N. Peoria #2D. Carolyn Flatfile 217 N. Carpenter. Work by Gillian Perimeter 210 W. Superior. Robert Swiszcz, works on paper; Wendy White, Brown and Inga McCaslin Frick; work made GardenFresh 840 W. Washington, 2nd fl. Kamp 140 E. Walton. Francis Chapin (1899- Hudson, sculpture, through Fri 10/14. Tue- paintings and sculpture, through Sat 10/15. using “alternative photographic process- “The Wrestlers,” photos of high school 1965), watercolors, Sat 10/1-Tue 11/15. Sat 10:30-5:30. 312-266-9473 Tue-Sat 11-6. 312-455-1195 es,” through Fri 10/28. Tue-Sat 11-6. 312- grapplers by Justin Schmitz, through Sat E Reception Sat 10/1, noon-6 PM. Mon-Sat 491-1190 10/8. Sat noon-6. 773-837-9809 11-6. 312-664-0090 Pilsen Photo Group 1839 S. Halsted. Corbett vs. Dempsey 1120 N. Ashland. Photos by Renae Lillie, Ned Broderick, and Philip Hanson, paintings and artist’s books, 40000 1001 N. Winchester. Nevin Gescheidle 118 N. Peoria, 4th fl. Tom Kraft Lieberman 835 W. Washington. others, through Sun 10/2. E Reception Fri through Sat 10/15. Fri-Sat 11-4. 773-278-1664 Tomlinson, abstract paintings, through Sat Burtonwood and Holly Holmes, Geoffrey Stephen Knapp, “light paintings” (tinted 9/30, 7-10 PM. Sat-Sun 10/1-10/2, noon-7. 10/8. Sat noon-6. 773-342-4930 Smalley, paintings, through Sat 10/22. Tue- light projected on the wall), through Sun 312-505-4392 Stephen Daiter 311 W. Superior #404- Sat 11-6. 312-226-3500 10/30. Tue & Fri 10:30-5:30, Sat 11-5. 312- 408. “The Last Great Maxwell Street 4Arts 1932 S. Halsted #100. Rotating show, 948-0555 Maya Polsky 215 W. Superior. Gabriela Picture Show,” group photo exhibit; Leora through Fri 12/30. E Reception Fri 9/30, 6- Kavi Gupta 835 W. Washington. Scott Morawetz, photos printed on fabric, Laor, photos, through Sat 10/29. Wed-Sat 10 PM. Tue-Sat 10-6. Sat-Sun 10/1-10/2, Anderson, paintings; Panzoomtilt, video Lillstreet 4401 N. Ravenswood. “Material through Sat 10/15. Tue-Fri 10-5, Sat 10:30- 11-6. 312-787-3350 noon-7. 312-850-1816 installation by Susan Giles, through Sat Field,” installation by Mia Capodilupo, Sat 5. 312-440-0055 CHICAGO READER | SEPTEMBER 30,2005 | SECTION TWO 25

Polvo 1458 W. 18th. Group show; Terence Hannum, paintings; CarianaCarianne, mini installation, through Sat 10/1 C . Sat noon- Now Showing 5. 773-344-1940

Printworks 311 W. Superior #105. Audrey Niffenegger, paintings, drawings, and prints, through Sat 10/15. Tue-Sat 11-5. 312- 664-9407 The Limits of Logical Systems Byron Roche 750 N. Franklin. Paul Hunter, Jiwon Son, paintings, through Sat 12/31. Tue-Sat 11-6. 312-654-0144 ur contested presidential elections are still Schneider 230 W. Superior. Jay Wolke, being decided, 30 times per second, in photos of southern Italy, through Sat 10/15. O Siebren Versteeg ’s Nearly Half, Undecided, Tue-Fri 10:30-5, Sat 11-5. 312-988-4033 Balanced, Perfect, Dead. One of 11 software-based works by Versteeg at Rhona Hoffman, it consists of Schopf 942 W. Lake. Roy Cacek, Scott an LCD screen showing a U.S. map with each state Kaven, Carl Virgo, paintings, through Sat colored red or blue—though a random-number 10/8. Tue-Sat 11-5. 312-432-1630 generator makes the colors change quickly, while a bar at the bottom charts the rapidly fluctuating Skestos Gabriele 212 N. Peoria. Shane election results. When you wear the 3-D glasses Huffman, photos and drawings, through available on a nearby shelf, the map flickers even Sat 10/8. Tue-Fri 11-6, Sat noon-5. 312-243- more dynamically, bringing the viewer’s experience 1112 “back into the body,” Versteeg says. For him, the piece points out the limitations of the electoral South Shore Cultural Center 7059 S. college and of binary oppositions like the two-party South Shore. Group show, Sat 10/1-Fri system. Those who believe the 2000 and 2004 10/28. E Reception Wed 10/5, 6-9 PM. Daily elections were improperly decided may find his 9-6. 773-256-0149 playful approach insufficiently critical. Versteeg did some programming when he was 12 Steelelife 4655 S. King, 2nd fl. Group or 13, trying to get a computer to write music: since show, Sat 10/1-Sat 10/29. E Opens Sat 10/1, his early teens he’s played bass in one band or anoth- 5-9 PM. Tue-Sat 1-8. 773-538-4773 er. “I think my interest in music has a great influence on my approach to art making—live music is created Sydiart Studio 2201 S. Halsted #1347. and consumed in the same “Occurrences Artists Crossroads,” work by Siebren Versteeg moment.” His art is simi- U.S., Argentine, and Venezuelan artists, WHEN Through Sat larly fleeting—it often takes Thu 10/6-Fri 11/4. E Opens Thu 10/6, 6-10 ON 10/8 you right to the ideas KS AC

PM. Mon-Sat 10-5. 773-218-7004 WHERE Rhona behind it. He didn’t use J A. Hoffman, 118 N. Peoria computers again until the Siebren Versteeg with Flash (“Flash”) 33 Collective 1029 W. 35th, 3rd fl. “Color INFO 312-455-1990 mid-90s, in college, but by Matters,” work by artists of color; Leah 2000 he was working as a Hume-Wilson, paintings and drawings, Sat Web designer and learning several programming to an eye-opening look at music’s diversity—or lack er logic both originates in and differs from human 10/1-Fri 10/14. E Opens Sat 10/1, 6-10 PM. languages. “The graphical user interface is a layer on thereof, in that the selections are mostly pop or rock. thought. After a year at the School of Visual Arts in Fri 3-6, Sat 1-5. 708-837-4534 top that enables you to work in a more intuitive way,” Versteeg grew up in Connecticut near New York New York, he was motivated in part by Chicago’s he says. “But that layer is only an abstraction of City but lives in Chicago now. His father is a metal pioneering video art to move here to complete his 3Arts Club 1300 N. Dearborn. “Early what’s really happening,” which is far more complex. fabricator who’s worked for such artists as David undergrad studies at the School of the Art Institute, Adopters,” work by Adelheid Mers and col- “In their effort to simplify things for users, software Smith and Claes Oldenburg, so Versteeg was aware and he earned an MFA in 2003 from the University laborators, through Thu 10/27. E Reception manufacturers do quite the opposite, making it more of the conceptual aspects of art making from an of Illinois at Chicago. Thu 10/6, 5:30-8 PM, with a talk at 6 PM by and more difficult for people to manage things them- early age. His friends didn’t understand that his dad Versteeg’s fascination with the Web is tied to his curator Annie Morse and three arts admin- selves. I’m inquisitive for the fun of it, but I also like was not the artist of the pieces he constructed—and interest in testing the limits of logical systems. For istrators. Mon-Fri 9-5. 312-744-6630 to know how the things I rely on work.” Versteeg the boundary between idea and substance is still a Flash (“Flash”), he wrote a program that automati- began making pieces that mirrored his efforts to theme in Versteeg’s work. Like many children, he cally downloads images described by the word ThreeWalls 119 N. Peoria #2A. Dani understand computers, seeing in these attempts a was obsessed with spaceships, but he also “flash” from a popular public photo site. Another Leventhal, work “tackling the reality of parallel to the process of understanding art. For created a set of interactive drawings, encouraging program brightened some of the images at the cen- white privilege,” through Sat 10/1 C . Enjoying Uncertainty, he wrote a program that his friends to add more weapons or other spaceships ter of a grid he created, so it appears a giant flash E Leventhal speaks Fri 9/30, 4 PM; a searches Amazon for CD and album covers, plugging or to make a spaceship explode. Long interested in has gone off. Often the photos themselves make the reception follows. Tue-Sat noon-6. 312-432- an ever-changing selection into a plasma-screen math, he thinks there’s a false dichotomy between limitations of verbally describing a picture readily 3972 photo that shows Versteeg holding them. If you learn science and art: “Both explore why things behave apparent: while in some of them people lift their how the piece was made, it changes from a kitschy the way they do.” An obsession with George Romero shirts, and a few show flashes of light, many seem to Vespine 1907 S. Halsted. Doug Thome, presentation of a show-off and his musical selections zombie movies led to reflections on the way comput- have no connection to the word at all. —Fred Camper ceramics, through Sat 10/29. E Reception Fri 9/30, 7-10 PM. Fri 4-9, Sat 10-4. Sat-Sun 10/1-10/2, noon-7. 312-962-5850 Taken Over,” group show, through Sun through Sat 10/29. Fri-Sat noon-6. 312-307- in 1961, sank before it could be recovered Artists, 1910-1960,” work by some 75 Vonzweck 1626 N. Humboldt. David 10/16. Tue-Thu 11-6, Fri-Sat 11-7, Sun noon- 4685 (Grissom escaped), and was retrieved from artists; Maybelle Stamper, works on paper; Michael Coyle, paintings and video, Thu 5. 773-772-2922 the Atlantic in 1999. a Mon-Fri 9:30-4:30, Steina Vasulka, videos from the 1970s, 10/6-Thu 10/27. E Opens Thu 10/6, 6-9 PM. Donald Young 933 W. Washington. Bruce Sat-Sun 9-4:30. $7; $6 seniors; $4 kids 4-17 many produced using homemade mechani- Thu 6-9. 773-208-7222 Linda Warren 1052 W. Fulton. Jeremy Nauman, “fountain sculptures” and other (+ $5 per sky show). Also open 4:30-10 the cal and digital devices to modify image and Long, paintings, through Sat 10/29. Tue-Sat work, through Sat 10/22. Tue-Fri 10-5:30, first Friday of each month ($15, $12 kids, sound, through Sun 12/11. E “Crossing Wag 2121 W. Division. Beatrice Roitman 11-5. 312-432-9500 Sat 11-5:30. 312-455-0100 includes sky shows). 312-922-7827 Paths: American Women Artists as Metrick, painting and print retrospective, Printmakers, 1910-1960,” talk by curator through Mon 10/31. E Opens Fri 9/30, 6-9 Western Exhibitions 1648 W. Kinzie, 2nd Zg 300 W. Superior. Gregory Jacobsen, Art Institute of Chicago Michigan & Elizabeth Seaton, Thu 10/6, 6 PM. Exhibit PM. Family members discuss Metrick’s fl. Work by Mike Andrews, Jimmy Baker, paintings and drawings, through Sat 10/15. Adams. Renzo Piano, models and render- tours, 2 PM Saturdays and Sundays, work, Sat 10/1, 1 PM....“The Animals Have Carl Baratta, Paul Fuchs, and Ben Stone, Tue-Sat 10-5:30. 312-654-9900 ings of AIC’s new north wing, slated for through 12/11. a Tue 10 AM-5 PM, Wed-Fri completion in 2009, through Sun 10/2, 10 AM-8 PM, Sat-Sun noon-5 PM. F 847- Zolla Lieberman 325 W. Huron. Buzz Gallery 200C . . .. “Toulouse-Lautrec and 491-4000 Spector, drawings and other work; Maria Montmartre,” images of Parisian cafe life Tomasula, paintings, through Sat 10/8. Tue- by Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec and his con- Chicago Architecture Foundation Fri 10-5:30, Sat 11-5:30. 312-944-1990 temporaries, through Mon 10/10, Rice Bldg. ArchiCenter 224 S. Michigan. “Five (see below for admission surcharge). Architects,” documentation of five public Suburban E “Toulouse-Lautrec: Then and Now,” talk buildings designed by firms with female by SAIC art historian Charles Stuckey, Fri principals, through Sun 11/20....Photos of Evanston Art Center 2603 Sheridan, 9/30, 11 AM. demos by Anchor buildings by 125-year-old Chicago architec- Evanston. “Allegorical Landscape,” work by Graphics artists, 5 PM Thursdays, 10 AM tural firm Holabird & Root (nee Holabird & Lisa Boumstein-Smalley, Suzy Poling, Saturdays and Sundays, through Sun 10/9, Roche), through Sun 2/12. a Daily 9:30-6. Antonio Guerrero, and Tyler Cufley, Gallery 142....“A View With a Room,” cam- F 312-922-3432 through Sun 10/16. Mon-Thu 10-10, Fri-Sat era obscura photos by Abelardo Morell, 10-4, Sun 1-4. 847-475-5300 through Sun 10/16, galleries 3-4....Michael Chicago Children’s Museum Navy Pier, 700 Asher, installation (Gallery 220), plus relat- E. Grand. “Making America’s Music: Rhythm, Gallery Mornea 602 Davis, Evanston. Bert ed documents and photos (Ryerson Roots & Rhyme,” through Sun 11/27. a Daily Menco, Diane Thodos, paintings and works Reading Room), through Sun 1/1....“1945: 10-5, Thu & Sat till 8. $7; $6 seniors; kids on paper, through Tue 10/11. Tue-Fri 11-6, Creativity and Crisis, Chicago Architecture under one free. Thu 5-8 free; first Monday of Sat-Sun 1-5. 847-864-1906 and Design of the World War II Era,” draw- each month free. 312-527-1000 ings and artifacts from the AIC collection, Riverside Arts Center 32 E. Quincy, through Sun 1/8, Gallery 227. a Mon-Fri Chicago Cultural Center 78 E. Washing- Riverside. M.M. Robinson, paintings and 10:30-4:30, Thu till 8; Sat-Sun 10-5. $12 ton. “Images From an Undefined Novel,” photos, through Sat 10/22. Tue-Sat 11-5. suggested admission; $7 students, seniors, watercolors and prints of faces by Mark 708-442-6400 kids six and up. (Toulouse-Lautrec: $15 Pelnar, through Fri 10/7. . .. “Crossings,” Mon-Thu, $18 Fri-Sun, includes general work by five local artists and five from admission.) Tuesdays free. 312-443-3600 Kaohsiung, Taiwan, through Sun 10/9. . .. “On the Mark: Chicago Printmakers Museums Block Museum of Art Northwestern Univ., Collaborative, 1989-2005,” prints by 26 40 Arts Circle Dr., Evanston. “Drawing the artists, through Sun 11/6. E Gallery talk by Adler Planetarium 1300 S. Lake Shore Dr. Form of Nature,” architectural presenta- artists Deborah Maris Lader and Tony Journal kept by Private Joseph Whitehouse on Lewis and Clark’s 1804-1806 “Lost Spacecraft,” the Mercury 4 capsule tion drawings, botanical drawings, and Fitzpatrick, Thu 10/6, 12:15 PM. ... expedition “from the to the Pacific Ocean,” in a show focusing on (aka Liberty Bell 7), Gus Grissom’s space landscape paintings by Marion Mahony Eleftheria Lialios, photos and other work, their passage through “Indian country” at the Newberry Library; historian Gary suit, and a flight simulator, Sat 10/1-Sun 1/8. Griffin, through Sun 12/4. . .. “Paths to the through Sun 11/13. a Mon-Thu 10-7, Fri 10- Moulton discusses the expedition’s journals Saturday The craft made a 15-minute suborbital flight Press: Printmaking and American Women 6, Sat 10-5, Sun 11-5. F 312-346-3278