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Thursday, July 10: While traveling through the former Soviet Union, French photographer Frederic Chaubin captured the architectural relics of the Cold War's final years. Today, the Chicago Architectural Foundation opens an exhibit of Chaubin's work. Through October 3, 2009. Chicago Architecture Foundation, 224 S Michigan Ave.; (312) 922-3432; http://www.architecture.org

Sunday, July 13: The Hammer Museum opens an exhibit of the late modernist architect John Lautner, who designed more than 150 buildings in Southern California. Through October 12. Hammer Museum, 10899 Wilshire Blvd.; (310) 443-7000; http://hammer.ucla.edu

Friday, July 11: Architecture professor Marilys Nepomechie moderates this discussion of In Praise of Shadows, an essay by novelist Jun'ichiro Tanizaki on light and shadow in Japanese architecture. 7 p.m.; Wolfsonian - FIU, 1001 Washington Ave.; (305) 531-1001; http://www.wolfsonian.org

Tuesday, July 9: Midsummer Night Swing, a New York summer classic, keeps you grooving through the week. Tonight, catch Chuck Brown, followed by Michael Arenella & His Dreamland Orchestra, Dante Vargas & the Cat Band, and the Alan Gresik Swing Shift Orchestra in the days ahead. Through July 26. 6:30 p.m.; Damrosch Park, Lincoln Center, W. 62nd St. b/w Columbus and Amsterdam Aves.; (212) 875-5456; http://www.lincolncenter.org

Thursday, July 10: In a new exhibition titled 246 and Counting, SFMOMA celebrates the architecture and design acquisitions made over the past two years. Through January 4, 2009. San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, 151 3rd St.; (415) 357-4130; http://www.sfmoma.org