Cindy Pritzker Auditorium, Harold Washington Center, 400 S. State St., December 10, 6 p.m., Free more ›

What a change? We woke up this morning and remembered that occasionally the sky is clear enough that you can see the sun. We have put together some events that are going on around town today so that you can't get out before the wind kicks your ass. As always, feel free to add events in the comments. more ›

The Gene Siskel Film Center picked a helluva time roll out some excellent retrospectives. With the temps so low, all we want to do is roll ourselves up in blankets and watch our Tivo’ed episodes of Law and Order. But The Gene is tempting us to bundle up and head downtown for some great revivals and overlooked films of 2005. First up is "Merry Marilyn," a look at the films of Marilyn Monroe. Now: you... more ›

Been enjoying the Toulouse-Lautrec exhibit at the Art Institute? Wishing you could see those can-can girls come to life in vivid Technicolor but have an intense dislike of musicals based on pop songs? Then head over to The Gene Siskel Film Center for a screening of John Huston’s 1952 version of Moulin Rouge starring Jose Ferrer as Toulouse-Lautrec. Unlike the version by Baz Luhrmann that focused on the love story between Nicole Kidman and Ewan McGregor, Huston’s version has Lautrec as its lead. more ›

There’s a reason Blake Edwards received an honorary Oscar at the Academy Awards this year. He was a master of what former Reader critic (and current New York Times DVD columnist) Dave Kehr called the “sophisticated comedy.” Never one to follow comic conventions – he accepted that Oscar with a staged wheelchair crash – his impressive body of work includes Chicagoist favorites The Party and 10 (which he reportedly wants to remake). more ›