Go Looking
By Lauri Apple in Arts & Entertainment on Aug 7, 2009 8:20PM
Perhaps you couldn't afford to Lolla this year -- sux. Or maybe you are disenchanted with the whole music festival scene: the $6 hot pretzel dinners, and the foul-smelling porta-potties, and the crappy bands you have to sit through to get to the good bands. Well, we are here to remind you that you have entertainment options -- and they don't involve wristbands, or Perry Farrell, or the onset of tinnitus, or even hot pretzels. Instead, they involve mingling, and pine-scented bathrooms, and possibly some bowls of Sun Chips. Oh -- and visual art!
New gallery alert! Tonight, Gallerie MK in the River North Art District opens its doors with a group exhibition from 6-9 p.m. 750 N. Franklin, #105.
The Chicago Artists' Coalition's gallery at 2010 W. Pierce St. hosts an opening reception featuring works by more than 20 artists. 5-8 p.m. Through Aug. 30.
Also tonight: Rotofugi hosts Greetings from Near and Afar -- new works by Michigan-based art duo 64 Colors and Mexico Citizen Chema Skandal. Music by DJ QBot. 7-10 p.m. Through Aug. 23. 1955 W. Chicago.
After doing the 'Fugi, head south a bit to Spoke, which hosts the opening reception of Palestine Revisited. Tirtza Even and Toby Millman each translate their experiences of personal encounters in Palestine into 3-D animations and cut paper works. 6-9 p.m. 119 N. Peoria, Unit 3D.
Keep going south until you reach Pilsen, where the Antena Gallery offers up Tape Epiphany (pictured), an installation by Chicago artist Cole Pierce that incorporates VHS magnetic tape and nails. 6-10 p.m. 1765 S. Laflin St.
Threewalls hosts its Walking Through Walls: Summer Symposium this weekend. On Saturday, Aug. 8, Jenni Sorkin, Mark Jeffery and Sara Rabinowitz discuss the influence of performance art on alternative art spaces and studio practices in a panel discussion moderated by Peter Taub. 2 p.m. On Sunday at 2 p.m., return to Threewalls for a salon/open forum with 2009 Thematic Resident Artists, CamLab, Gitte Bog, Kang-hyun Ahn, and Susan Lee-Chun. Moderated by Shannon Stratton, this forum encourages public participation. 119 N. Peoria, #2D.
On Saturday, the Murphy Hill Gallery in the historic Sears & Roebuck Building holds its opening reception for a new media art show. 6-10 p.m. Through Sept. 12. 3333 W. Arthington Ave., 3rd Floor.
Photo of Cole Pierce's "Tape Epiphany"