Hey all you post-announcement sadsacks and sour Olympickles: Just because we won't be hosting those kick-ass trampoline and steeplechase competitions in 2016 doesn't mean you should spend the weekend all bitter and defeated-like. Go see some art! It's Chicago Artists Month, after all. In Chicago's art world, every day is like the Olympics — with the painting, drawing, and collaging equivalents of Mitch Gaylord and Bart Conner scoring perfect 10s in creativity and talent. Artists don't bankrupt the city, or inspire weird marketing decisions like "let's turn the water spritzies in Daley Plaza into an orange Faygo Fountain" (it looked so Juggalo!) or anything hokey and bullshitty like that. So pay 'em some respect by checking out these cool events: more ›