Hieroglyphic Being @ Sonotheque

This installment of Funk the Mental, a techno monthly at Sonotheque, features Hieroglyphic Being, who releases his own hybrid of acid house and techno on labels like Ghostly International and Gigolo. Gabe Palomo, Chris Widman, and Don Solo are also on the lineup. 1444 W. Chicago, 21+, 10pm, $5.

GB staff member JD will be in attendance.

The Robert Taylor Project @ Medill

Photographer Jack Bridges has a new show opening tonight at 7 pm at the Medill School of Journalism's McCormick Tribune Center (1870 Campus Drive) in Evanston. Go see "The Robert Taylor Project," a series of photographs documenting the culture at Chicago's Robert Taylor Homes. The work features portraits, scenes of everyday life, and images of the demolition, as the community is torn down piece by piece.

A 15 minute original film, "Inside Robert Taylor," will be shown at 7:45 pm with an open question and answer session to follow. Admission is free.

The Art of Design @ the Newberry

T0day at 6 pm, the Newberry Library presents “The Art of Design,” a program that explores the driving ideals and artistic output of the Arts and Crafts Movement at the turn of the twentieth century.

Presented in conjunction with a pair of exhibitions about the Arts and
Crafts Movement at the Mary and Leigh Block Museum of Art at Northwestern University, “The Art of Design” welcomes Corinne Granoff, associate curator at the Block Museum, for a look at the works of William Morris and Gustav Stickley, among other arts and crafts masters. The program will feature a slide lecture detailing two-dimensional designs for wallpapers, textiles, fine arts books, and ecclesiastical decoration.

“The Art of Design” will be held at the Newberry Library (60 W. Walton St). Admission is $12, or $7 for Newberry Associates, and includes light refreshments. For more information, call (312) 255-3510.

Douglas Coupland @ Borders

Douglas Coupland, author of the seminal Generation X, stops by Borders in Lincoln Park to discuss and sign his new book, Eleanor Rigby (which I'm totally going to read just because of the title). The reading, at 2817 N. Clark St., starts at 7:30 pm. Call 773-935-3909 for more information.

GB staff member VCB will be in attendance.