By Cara Jepsen
Anyone who’s been to a movie at the Fine Arts has passed under the entry arch that bears the message “All Passes–Art Alone Endures.” And it does: a national historic landmark, the building is home to 36 artists whose work will be exhibited through June 29 in a show called The Fine Arts Building: A Personal Reflection. The opening reception is tonight from 5 to 8 at the Fine Arts Building Gallery, 410 S. Michigan, suite 433. It’s free; call 913-0537.
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This year’s Sculpture Chicago program, “Re-Inventing the Garden City,” opens today and features Polish-born artist Miroslaw Rogala’s interactive audio installation and multimedia work Electronic Garden/NatuRealization at Washington Square Park, 901 N. Clark; Ellen Rothenberg’s sculptural installation An American Garden, which chronicles Union Park’s history, at 1501 W. Randolph; and Puerto Rican-born artist Pepon Osorio’s sculptural portraits of unrecognized local heroes, El gran salon de la fama, at the Humboldt Park Fieldhouse, 1400 N. Sacramento. The parks are open from 6 AM to 11 PM today. Resident-guided tours take place every other Saturday. They begin next week and run through August. Admission is free; call 759-1690 for information about other Sculpture Chicago events, including a lecture series and docent training program.
Today’s dog wash to benefit Evanston’s Community Animal Rescue Effort will raise money for the injured and hard-to-place dogs and cats at the Evanston Animal Shelter. It runs from 10 to 4 today at 2310 Oakton in Evanston. A $10 wash includes grooming, and a nail trim is $5. Call 847-705-2653 for more.
Timothy Hiatt’s one-man show, Chapman, is set in New York during the three days prior to John Lennon’s death and looks at the inner workings of the mind of Mark David Chapman, Lennon’s assassin. It opens tonight and plays Mondays and Tuesdays at 7 through July 16 at Cafe Voltaire, 3231 N. Clark. Tickets are $7. Call 348-4860 for more.
Comic lesbian authors Mary Dugger (The History of Lesbian Hair), Jorjet Harper (Lesbomania and Tales From the Dyke Side), and Ellen Orleans (Can’t Keep a Straight Face, The Butches of Madison County, and Who Cares If It’s a Choice) will appear together as “Lezbocious Lezzies” at Unabridged Bookstore. They’ll read from their books as part of the National Gay and Lesbian Pride Month celebration; the free event will be hosted by Nightlines columnist and UB employee Kathie Bergquist. It’s tonight at 7:30 at Unabridged Bookstore, 3251 N. Broadway. Call 883-9119.
After-hours jazz at the Art Institute has spawned, so to speak, a spin-off at the Shedd Aquarium. Jazzin’ at the Shedd takes place from 6 to 9 on Thursdays and features live jazz on the north terrace. The aquarium has extended its hours until 9 through August 29. Admission is free, but the oceanarium and frog exhibit, which close at 8, cost $5, $4 for children and seniors. The aquarium’s at 1200 S. Lake Shore Drive. Call 939-2438 for more.
