The Handsome Family September 18
Chance the Rapper’s Magnificent Coloring Day September 24
Lyric Opera opens its season with a new production of Das Rheingold, the first work in Richard Wagner’s mighty four-opera Ring cycle. It will be followed over the next three seasons by new productions of each of the others, culminating, in the spring of 2020, in an orgiastic undertaking: the presentation of the full cycle three times in three weeks. —Deanna Isaacs a 10/1, 6 PM; 10/5, 10/13, and 10/22, 7:30 PM; 10/9 and 10/16, 2 PM, Civic Opera House, 20 N. Wacker, $34-$299.
Freaky Deaky October 28-30
The experimental ensemble formed in 2001 to create live accompaniment for the work of filmmaker Stan Brakhage—one of his films provided the group with its name—but over the years it’s expanded its reach. The current lineup of guitarists Alan Licht and Lee Ranaldo (ex-Sonic Youth) and drummer Tim Barnes gives a rare local performance to the daring films of Bauhaus school heavy László Moholy-Nagy—the brilliant artist, designer, and cofounder of the Institute of Design (now IIT)—whose work is the subject of “Future Present,” an exhibition at the Art Institute of Chicago that opens October 2. —Peter Margasak a 6 PM, Rubloff Auditorium, Art Institute of Chicago, 230 S. Columbus, free with museum admission, registration required. v
