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Gottlieb Hall at the Merit School of Music, 38 S. Peoria, 7:30 p.m., $20-$40, $10 students

CIFF is over but a rich cinematic harvest has only just begun. Feast your eyes:

With the weather being all gray and gloomsville as it has been lately, making art at home seems like a preferable alternative to actually leaving the house to go places/have a life/recreate. But Chicagoist understands that some of you might have no interest in making art whatsoever, or might be allergic to the chemicals in paint, so here are some artsy events you can check out instead:

There are probably few of you reading this who remember what it was like to gather 'round the radio for the newest installment of The Shadow, FBI In Peace And War, or The Green Hornet. Actually, we only know of one for sure (Hi Dad!). But just because you weren't there the first time around doesn't mean you won't enjoy some classic entertainment. For tonight only, The AFTRA/SAG Senior Radio Players present Fog from "The Whistler" and Mr. Sycamore from "The Columbia Workshop," two radio scripts originally broadcast in 1942 and 1937, respectively.

We’re kicking ourselves for waiting so long to see the Cultural Center’s exhibition of works by Chicago-based photographer Jed Fielding—Look at me: Photographs from Mexico City. The exhibit, which closes on Tuesday, July 7, displays Fielding’s candid portraits which intimately examine facial features and gestures of blind children, affirmatively stripping away self-consciousness while celebrating their lives and confronting the concept of “disability”. The photos were taken at children’s schools for the blind in Mexico City, in collaboration with the children, their parents, as well as teachers.

Problem: You want to treat your mom to some classy tunes this Sunday, but you don't know which concert to see.

Articles of Faith, an exhibit of Jordano's color photographs currently on display at the Chicago Cultural Center, focuses on the interiors and select patrons of some of these churches while raising questions about the ideas of private vs. public space and what it means to "belong" to a place. No Starbucks or mechanized holy water dispensers in any of Jordano's shots: Instead, you'll find walls covered with photos of church patrons and their families, and personal touches -- a well-worn "prophet rug," a hand-made sign blessing all visitors -- underscoring the very private nature of these otherwise public meeting places and community gathering spaces.

The Carnatica Brothers, the South Indian classical vocal duo performing tomorrow night at the Cultural Center, have a misleading name. Their family name isn't Carnatica, and, actually, they're not even brothers.

Aw ... poor wittle wone-wee singleton has no romantical dinner plans tonite? Well, stop your whining and crying, Sadsack, and get out of the house to see some art:

Tomorrow is my dad's birthday. You should all celebrate by smoking cigarettes, drinking coffee, reading the news, feeding and cautiously petting your fat, old Doberman with the stupid name (Prince?) and putting in eight hours of hard work at your nearest power plant. But if that doesn't sound appealing, try these:

Claudia Cassidy Theater at the Chicago Cultural Center, 78 E. Randolph, tonight, 6 p.m., Free.

The farmers markets are heading indoors with the coming of winter. The Family Farmed EXPO 2008, held this weekend at the Cultural Center, is an annual event featuring an indoor farmers market, seminars on the food to table movement, exhibitions and cooking demonstrations.

600 S. Michigan Ave., Ferguson Lecture Hall, 10/23 @ 6 p.m., Free

It's been a season of milestones for the city-sponsored music festivals. Today marks the 10th anniversary of the World Music Festival. What started out as a small festival centered in Chicago's notable places for international music has evolved into a city-wide event, with artists performing throughout the city limits. WMF highlights Chicago's reputation as a city of neighborhoods. In incorporating most of the major club venues, WMF also does more to shine a positive spotlight on our vibrant music club scene in one week than venue owners often do themselves. Only the ongoing resistance to the promoters ordinance can unite club owners as well.

Recently Chicagoist stopped by the Chicago Cultural Center to check out Life as a Legend: Marilyn Monroe, the collection of 300 photos and works documenting the tragic bombshell's icon status and ineffable glamor. Organized by Artoma in Hamburg, Germany, and circulated by International Arts & Artists, the exhibit has passed through six countries before stopping at the CCC, where it remains until September 21.

Coinciding with this week's International Conference on Alzheimer's Disease at McCormick Place, a new exhibit premiering last Saturday at the Chicago Cultural Center means to use art to visually demonstrate the progression of the disease. Portraits from the Mind: The Works of William Utermohlen, 1955-2000 chronicles the artist’s life before and after being diagnosed with Alzheimer’s in 1995. Supported by Myriad Pharmaceuticals, the free exhibit aims “to raise awareness of Alzheimer’s disease and its impact on families and society.”

We enjoy going to the opera, but classical opera plots tend to drag on for-ev-er. Luckily, this is not a problem with Georges Bizet’s Djamileh, a free mini-opera enjoying its Midwest premiere at the Chicago Cultural Center this August. The one-act “oriental fairy tale”, set in an Egyptian palace, will appropriately be taking place beneath the newly renovated Tiffany dome of Preston Bradley Hall.

The Chicago Cultural Center is restoring its Tiffany dome, which will finally be illuminated by natural light as intended, rather than the color-draining flourescent light that's been keeping it aglow since the 1960s.

The art of skillful storytelling is not to be pooh-poohed; not only can you actually get a graduate degree in the subject, but consider the role of storytelling in a culture’s oral traditions, or modern applications like the successful This American Life and (maybe most importantly) what can make childhood summer campfires almost unbearably scary.

Even before Chicagoland got its first 70 degree day of the year, area beekeepers were preparing for spring. Beehives—like the ones on the roofs of City Hall and the Chicago Cultural Center, in Garfield Park Conservatory, and the 100-plus hives in a North Lawndale co-op community— have already been checked to make sure the bees have survived the winter and have enough food to last them until the first dandelions, willows, and soft maples bloom. Keepers have cleaned and medicated the hives as necessary and might have ordered a few more thousand bees or a new queen, which are shipped through the U.S. Postal Service.

The “Marilyn Monroe – Life as a Legend” art exhibit is coming to Chicago in July, and Chicagoist is squirming with excitement. Featuring about 300 pieces of work ranging from fashion photography to pop art, the exhibit serves to document Monroe’s life and rise to stardom, as well as her impact on the more than 80 featured artists whose work will be on display. Still, the very existence of the exhibit makes us ponder how Marilyn Monroe can continue to draw crowds, even almost fifty years after her death in 1962.

There's plenty going on this weekend in Chicago, like UFO symposiums, science fairs, and no shortage of places to eat. But if none of those things float your boat, maybe one of these events will.

Here are some things going around town to make you consider giving the weather a big ol' raspberry.

Some events in the next seven days to consider saving your freshly shoveled parking space with a few chairs.

This was a good year to be a large cultural institution. If cuts in state arts funding and unstable financial markets made a dent in Chicago’s largest museums, they sure weren’t letting on. The Art Institute remained one of the city’s prime attractions, attracting hordes of frugal visitors on free Thursday nights to piece together Richard Misrach’s disorienting beach photography and William Pope.L’s naïvely charming travelogue, or to enjoy Jeff Wall’s mind-bending photography — his mid-career retrospective was the year’s most breathtaking exhibit.

Yesterday we learned that almost all of us have toxic chemicals hanging out in our bodies, and artists and musicians are no exception to the rule. Visual artists are often exposed to harmful chemicals on a long-term basis. Musicians risk hearing loss and/or vocal chord strain after a long career playing in loud clubs. And both groups risk repetitive motion disorders such as carpal tunnel. The upcoming Musicians at Work forum at the Cultural Center...