Spike Lee ripped the cover off urban America for my 13-year-old self with his 1989 tour de force. He speaks and signs copies of his photo memoir "Spike Lee: Do the Right Thing" 12/24 at Barbara's Bookstore at Maxwell Street, er, University Village.
Lupe Fiasco and Michael Ealy perform at a screening of excerpts from the alternative history documentary "The People Speak," Wednesday 11/11 at Northwestern.
The Block Museum kicks off its Gordon Parks photo exhibit with a Thursday screening of his film "The Learning Tree," the first modern studio film by a black director.