Culture, Arts and Entertainment Calendar for Hyde Park and Kenwood area Chicago

A service of the Hyde Park-Kenwood Community Conference and its website, www.hydepark.org. Send us your additions and corrections: hpkcc@aol.com. Calendar Manager: Gary Ossewaarde.
Help support our work: Join the Conference!
Navigate via portal to our other calendars and directories. For a few recommended activities see our fanpage in Facebook, the Hot Events/Mtgs calendar in HPKCC's Hyde Park Record , and the Calendar (when it is up again) in the new hydepark.org homepage.

"Chicago's Culture Coast- Discover Hyde Park": visit the HyPa (Hyde Park Alliance for Arts and Culture) website: http://www.hypachicago.org.

Visit http://www.hydeparkjazzfestival.org (last Sept. weekend of year). http://www.hypachicago.org. http://www.explorechicago.org.

Visit titles-only for next two weeks linked to complete calendar by date.
Go directly to events calendar By Date. Next 2 Weeks each day listing with links to the date. Start dates beyond former.
What's going on next few weeks at various venues/museums- quick, details. Performance Series.
Appeal from SHoP re disposing remains


In this page:

To Cultural and Arts Venues and Resources Directory - Provider, venue Links by type and by alpha run with some description
To Community Events, Entertainment
To Community Resources- Arts and Culture section
To Cultural and Arts News and perspectives
To Hyde Park Arts Fest, a different synopsis of Hyde Park's cultural venues/wealth
This website's (Hyde Park Record) other Calendars and Directories
The calendar in the new hydepark.org (HPKCC website) will have the events and meetings of the Conference or others it is promoting.
University of Chicago: start with http://arts.uchicago.edu and http://music.uchicago.edu. Find a whole set of UC arts links in our Neighborhood Links.

Cultural Plan 2012
City of Chicago Bureau of Tourism, including calendars and cultural tourism, and it's voted number one in Twitter feeds- http://www.ExploreChicago.org. The following are just examples:
Wine, Dine and Fun and reviews- http://www.chicago.metromix.com (/restaurants, etc.)
Our restaurants/entertainment venues plus page.
Half off deals etc.- http://www.groupon.com
Cultural happenings- http://www.explorechicago.org (Get the South Chicago edition of "Eat, Play, Love" from them.),
http://www.centerstagechicago.com/, ...../festival/styles/ethnicultural.html
Playing-general- http://www.chicagomag.com, http://chicagomag.com/Chicago-Magazine/Going-Out, http://timeout.com
Community calendars- http://webblogs.cltv.com/community/news/chicago

Chicago Artist Resources (CAR) from the Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs-- includes notices of seminars, grants/scholarships, events etc. To get on the listserve, contact through http://www.cityofchicago.org/culturalaffairs.

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Chicago Cultural Plan 2012 - Join the Conversation. Plan released in fall 2012.

July 16 2012 the Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events (DCASE) released the DRAFT Chicago Cultural Plan 2012 plan for public comment and will host four town halls meetings to continue the conversation with Chicago residents and stakeholders across the city. The draft plan can be downloaded at www.chicagoculturalplan2012.com or www.cityofchicago.org/dcase.
More on the plan in our Arts and Cultural News page.

The City of Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events (DCASE) is asking residents, cultural organizations, community groups and the business and civic community for their input in developing the 2012 Chicago Cultural Plan. The plan will deliver a set of recommendations to further build on Chicago’s vast cultural assets and vibrant communities, as well as to promote economic growth and to strengthen Chicago’s reputation as a global cultural destination.

Please help us spread the word about the City of Chicago’s efforts to develop a new cultural plan. All are welcome and encouraged to participate in a series of Neighborhood Cultural Conversations that will result in the 2012 Chicago Cultural Plan. Each of the neighborhood conversations will have an area devoted to promoting awareness of cultural resources in the area. If you are interested in promoting your organization at a resource table at any of the neighborhood conversations, please contact Lisa McDonald at lisa@researchexplorers.com. Lisa is part of the Cultural Plan team.
PUBLIC HEARING - THE LOCAL IS DONE, BUT THERE ARE SEVERAL MORE YOU CAN ATTEND. AND THEY WILL BE BACK AFTER WRITING A SUMMARY OF WHAT THEY THINK "WE" SAID- to register go to http://www.chicagoculturalplan2012.org (THIS IS ALSO THEIR BLOG AND SUMMARIZATION SITE.

1537news.com. http://www.1537news.com. Lots of events and news and blog material. Nicely done, appears to be open to all. 1537news@gmail.com. Or sign up for Good Neighbors and Wave Makers with Jay Mulberry.


With the ending of the UC's Chronicle, now more than before one should consult University of Chicago calendars: http://calendar.uchicago.edu. And http://events.uchicago.edu. Also http://news.uchicago.edu. Subscribe to U of C's Inside Out (print version) at http://oca.uchicago.edu/insideout/. Civic Knowledge, Southside Arts and Humanities Network. (additional and updated U of C cultural and arts links in our Neighborhood Websites/Media and Online Links)
Civic Knowledge UC Calendar: http://civicknowledge.uchicago.edu/calendar.shtml.

Hyde Park Neighborhood Club- http://www.hpnclub.org
Website of Hyde Park Alliance for Arts and Culture and its links.
Maps

Hyde Park-Kenwood Community Conference is a Member of the Hyde Park Alliance for Arts and Culture
Proud to support
Visit their website, hypachicago.org. Peek at their calendar. And get your Passport to Jazz and see its calendar. See here
"Chicago's Culture Coast- Discover Hyde Park." More about
Hyde Park Jazz Festival site. Add /volunteer to volunteer at the Festival September 25.




(Logo use by permission of HyPa)

To Dept. of Cultural Affairs Bureau of Tourism http://www.ExploreChicago.org. Becoming one of the most comprehensive of such websites. Next Tour of Hyde Park from Chicago Cultural Center, 77 E. Randolph October 24. http://www.chicagoneighborhoodtours.com.


BIG 30+: Neighborhood "big events" to seek here or in the Community Events page are: (See also "12 Free" a sampler in the HyPa section.

Best bets' circle:

HARPER THEATER STARTS SHOWING MOVIES JANUARY 18, 2013. HarperTheater.com.

January 22, Tuesday, 12 pm. Discussion at Harris School of Public Policy Studies. "Give Voice to a Creative State: The Future of Arts Advocacy in Illinois." Ra Joy, Exec. Dir. Arts Alliance of Illinois. 1155 E. 60th St. room 289B. 773 702-1999.

BOTH THE CHICAGO CULTURAL PLAN 2012 AND THE CPS ARTS AND CULTURE PLAN HAVE NOW BEEN RELEASED.

Hyde Park-Kenwood Community Conference received from Harper Court Art Foundation a generous check $1,000 for the Schools Committee's School Supplies Fund and Drive, and a very gracious letter. Thank you.

Free Chamber Music concerts at Orchestra Hall (must preregister for ticket)


12/5/12 6:30PM
2/23/13 2PM
3/20/13 6:30PM
4/13/13 2PM

You can get up to 4 tickets for each of these concerts by going to
Orchestra Hall box office and asking for them.
Go to web site All-Access Chamber Series for more info.

done til next year

done til next year.

SHoP gone

History- coming attractions: see in History and Preservation homepage

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The City of Chicago seeks your input on the first district-wide Chicago Public Schools Arts Education Plan. Developed by the CPS Department of Arts Education, in partnership with Ingenuity Incorporated and the Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events, the Plan will set the standards and policies for improved and expanded arts programs across Chicago's public schools. Weigh in at one of these sessions:

Also: Common Core Workshop with experts for Public Schools arts partners. Thursday, July 26, 10-noon. RSVP to get the location- eventbrite.com/event3578771201.

Great Conversations Series by Graham School- 2 locations. North side Great Conversations at the Gleacher Center, which you can sign up for at https://grahamschoolapp.uchicago.edu/offering.php?oi=6653 , and a south side series at the AKArama Foundation, which you can sign up for at https://grahamschoolapp.uchicago.edu/offering.php?oi=6701

Puppet course at SHoP mid-late July. With Sean Hernandez. Contact laura.shaeffer@gmail.com. Performance July 29 4 pm.

Logan Center is in Open House mode. website: arts.uchicago.edu/logan and new phone no. 773 702-arts.

Participate in, react to the Chicago Cultural Plan 2012- next round of meetings kicks of July 25 6 pm at South Shore Cultural Center, 7059 S. South Shore Drive. July 25, Wednesday, 6-8 pm. Chicago Cultural Plan 2012 next to final iteration will be rolled out at 4 citywide meetings, the nearest being tonight at South Shore Cultural Center, 7059 S. South Shore Drive. Other locations- 7/24 Malcolm X, 7/28 10 am St. Augustine College/Essanay, 7/31 6 pm Chicago Cultural Center.
Download draft at http://www.chicagoculturalplan2012.com.
Next area convening- July 25 at South Shore Cultural Center.

Joan Collaso and RainbowPUSH are forming a Voices of Social Justice young adult choir. To schedule audition, call 773 373-3366.

Seminary Co-op Bookstore's move from 5757 S. University to 5751 S. Woodlawn will commence in November or December 2012.

Little Black Pearl Art and Design Center has launched a quarterly program, "Black: Unplugged," with live poetry, arts, lectures, and music performances. Hosts/producers are singer-songwriter Nona Hendryx and musician Terri Lynn Carrington. December 16 is the first. This is tied into membership in the Black Card program with discounts, exclusive admissions, and merchant discounts. Funds are being raised for afterschool and summer programs.

Hyde Park Jazz Society returned to Room 43. "We are so grateful to you for being a friend and supporter of jazz on the South Side of Chicago. As the HPJS is halfway into our 6th year of producing jazz, we want to give a special thanks to those of you who have been with us from our modest beginnings in 2006 to the great successes that followed. And we send out a BIG thanks to all of you, recent and long-time audience members, who have followed us during our many moves. It has often been challenging and always an adventure!
"And now we have exciting news to share with you. In the new year, we return home to ROOM 43--on JANUARY 8th. The City licenses are in place, and our plans are made. Room 43 is now secure for us.
For our kick-off event, we will present the John Burnett Orchestra, featuring vocalist Frieda Lee. Additionally, the Hyde Park Jazz Society and John Wright Music will honor Frieda for her contributions to jazz in Chicago. That night will also be our annual Black & White evening where we ask our patrons to dress in black, white, or black and white. To celebrate our homecoming, many of our patrons will be wearing evening attire. But the door charge remains a modest $10. And whatever your clothes, black jeans or black tie, we want you to celebrate our "opening night" with us."

Free Museum Passes. Ald. Will Burns writes:

Did you know that you can visit the Art Institute, Field Museum or Brookfield Zoo for FREE with a museum passport from the Chicago Public Library?

Passes for families of up to four people are available for check out from Chicago Public Library branches. Each library location has a limited number of Passports for each of the 13 museums that participate in the program, and one Museum Passport can be checked out per person, per loan period. The loan period for each Great Kids Museum Passport is one week.

More information and a list of participating museums and institutions is available at http://www.chipublib.org/eventsprog/programs/kids/grkids_museumpass.php.

Museum of Science and Industry is looking for your old photos of Christmas Around the World, for display in a special gallery with this year's Christmas Around the World. Go to http://www.msichicago/Christmas and click "Season's Snapshots" by October 7.

Month at the Museum applications opened in late June. Visit monthatthemuseum.org. Now it's down to 5!

Hyde Park Neighborhood Club- To Fall 2011 update.

op shop. See other notices

 

HYDE PARK JAZZ FESTIVAL 2013, but there are likely to be special events through the year.

Hyde Park Jazz Festival news. Visit http://www.hydeparkjazzfestival.org. V

 

Hyde Park Youth Symphony. View schedule http://www.hpys.org. Email director@hpys.org.

Hyde Park Suzuki is one of several key, quality programs engaging young people in the arts and integrating arts into the curriculum. Founder Lucinda Ali-Landing, Recently on NBC television, says "I am excited to have the opportunity to speak to a national audience about the importance of music education", says Lucinda. "I am equally proud that my former students are the ones who are putting the spotlight on the issue."

Jazz in the Alley, 1809 E. 71st St. Universal Alley Jazz Jam 2012

More information: Rev. Dr. C. Siddha Webber @312.953.1075 or universalalleyjazz@yahoo.com

 

Festival Weekends- "Celebrate Hyde Park." Next is Oktoberfest Oct. 6-7. Details under date, October 6-7.

57th St. Children's Book Fair has now become the Children's Book Fair- now 12-5 pm in Nichols Park Sunday October 7. Part of Octoberfest.

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Explore Chicago: This summer, the Chicago Office of Tourism and Culture (COTC) is making it easier than ever for visitors and residents to experience the city's diverse neighborhoods and discover hidden gems and other 'must sees' along the way. Urban Excursions- check out at ExploreChicago.org.

Our Urban Excursions: Explore Chicago website offers numerous resources to help plan a perfect roadmap for exploring the city, from daily blog postings highlighting fun recommended itineraries to new SCVNGR and Foursquare games for mobile phones spotlighting iconic neighborhoods, Chicago music trivia and local ice cream shops, among others.

The centerpiece of Urban Excursions is the North American premiere of En route, a theatrical journey through Chicago presented by Chicago Shakespeare Theater; the Australian performance company, One Step at a Time Like This; and Richard Jordan Productions. Taking their cues from Motorola ATRIX™ 4G smartphones, audience members wind their way through Chicago, where performance artists will spontaneously open their eyes to new ways of understanding the city, and themselves, in the process.

Another exciting offering this summer is Family Adventures, fun one-day guided excursions with plenty of hands-on activities to keep the kids active while learning about unique Chicago neighborhoods and parks. Lunch, round-trip transportation from the Chicago Cultural Center and all other fees are conveniently included in the ticket price.

COTC's ever-popular visitor programs, such as Chicago Neighborhood Tours, Chicago Greeter and Instagreeter, are bigger and better than ever before too, including an all-new Instagreeter outpost offering free guided walks of the vibrant arts and ethnic enclave of Pilsen.

Visit Urban Excursions: Explore Chicago to learn more about these and the hundreds of other free programs and activities taking place this summer in Chicago.

HP Community Players- This time 6 presentations of the fall production- "Desire, Desire, Desire, and More Desire."

Art Speaks returns to U of C for 2011-12.

Tickets for all 3 $50, $12. Single $20, $5. 773 702-8080, 5720 s. Woodlawn room 100 M-% 10-5.

DuSable Museum to send vans to neighborhoods, schools

Hyde Park Herald, October 6, 2010. By Daschell M. Phillips

the DuSable Museum of African American History's new "Making History Come Alive through the Arts" (MHCA) initiative endeavors to bring its exhibits and education programs into schools and neighborhoods.

DuSable has commissioned two vehicles that will showcases its art collections and assist in the telling of the life of its namesake Jean Baptiste Point du Sable, who founded the city of Chicago. " We are taking it to the street," said Carol Adams, president an CEO of DuSable Museum.

The "Scout" is a repurposed van that displays images of Du Sable and other iconic African symbols. The van, which has video and sound amplifiers and an extended canopy, will transport storytellers and interpreters to neighborhood functions. In addition to showing up at planned events, the van may do what the musuem is calling a "DuSable drive-by" meaning that a team of troubadours might pull up anywhere and make an impromptu presentation about teh life of DuSable to a group of young people.

The "StoryBus," which is a recreation vehicle (RV) that was gutted and transformed into a mobile museum, will hold mini exhibits, interactive activities and storytelling for kids led by the museum's artists and educators. "There are people who have never been to the museum or can't afford to get here," Adams said. "So we want to bring the experience to them."

Adams said the mobiles should be ready by the end of October and will service communities in Chicago before branching out to suburban an rural areas.

The musuem will also send 100 visual and performing artists out to schools to lead history through the arts programs. In the eight-week program, student will paint, dance, sing and write about notable African Americans; participate in in-school workshops with their teachers and parents; and attend matinee performance in the musuem's theater.

Information dusablemuseum.org or 773 946-0600.

 

Chicago Humanities Festival is revving up- and events continue year round. October and November 2011- Sunday OCTOBER 21 2012 is the day in Hyde Park.
Registration (required) http://www.chicagohumanities.org or 312 494-9509. Or http://humanitiesday2012.uchicago.edu

October 21, Sunday. Chicago Humanities Festival- Hyde Park Day. Full schedule and instructions for tickets (some events ticketed separately)- http://www.chicagohumanities.org.
Law School Lloyd Aud. 1111 E. 60th St. 2 pm #203 High Rise Stories. 4 pm #207 Lady Gaga's of the 19th Century
Reva and David Loan Ctr. for Arts 915 E. 60 th St. Perf. Hall 12 pm #200 Adam Copnkc: The Table Comes first. 2 pm #204 Sinha: The War within th war in Afghanistan. 6 pm #210 Fred Hersch: Leaves of Grass
Logan Center Performance Penthouse. 1:30 pm #202 Women and the Word in Early America. 3:30 pm Poetic Outrider- a performance with Anne Waldman
Logan Center Screening room 201 #208 Beyond Hollywood: The Ascendant Israeli Film Scene
Walking Tour- Leopold and Loeb with Paul Durica- start location 49th and Ellis, sep. purchase of tickets. 3 times, 201 at 12 pm, 205 at 2 pm, 209 at 4 pm.

New hours for Blackstone Library (48 hours per week only): M, W 12-8 pm. T, Th 10 am-6 pm. F and Sat 9 am-5 pm.

One Book One Chicago- The Book Thief.

Hyde Park Neighborhood Club has many programs for toddlers, kids, youth that are arts or cultural. Their remade website will soon be up. You can get a sense in the Neighborhood Club Programs page in this site, and in this page in "By Date," for today's date into the next week for every day they are open. See in News of Collaborers and Neighborhood Club Programs.
WE WISH TO CALL TO YOUR ATTENTION THE PROGRAMS BY BABY PHD CHILDCARE NETWORK, which go far beyond what the name connotes-- for information on this UC supported program contact phdccn@gmail.com.
There are also programs for toddlers and beyond at Joan's Studio, Marsha's Music Together, Blackstone Library, KAM Nursery School, and most preschools.

HyPa (Hyde Park Alliance for Arts and Culture- NOW BECOMING CULTURE COAST NETWORK)

"Chicago's Culture Coast- Discover Hyde Park"


12 free places/things to see in Hyde Park- from the HyPa eblasts: (Note- CBS-2 mentioned Oriental, Renaissance and Smart in its 10 best free spots in Chicago!)

1.57th Street Art Fair and Hyde Park Community Art Fair – June 5th and 6th. Join artists and art lovers at Chicago’s oldest juried art fair in the streets of the historic Hyde Park neighborhood and visit the annual arts and crafts fair that runs next to the Art Fair on 57th Street.

2.Friends of the Blackstone Library. Free events and presentations at the Library, 4904 S. Lake Park Ave.

3.Hyde Park Art Center at 5020 S. Cornell Ave. It is the oldest alternative exhibition space in Chicago with on going exhibitions, events, and activities for all ages.

4.Hyde Park Historical Society. Open on weekends at 5529 S. Lake Park Ave., offering exhibits and information about the unique history of Hyde Park.

5.International House. Founded in 1932 by John D. Rockefeller, Jr., it is a dynamic program center and residence hall offering a variety of free events at 1414 E. 59th St.

6.Little Black Pearl at 1060 E. 47th St. is a cultural arts center providing opportunities in art, culture and entrepreneurship to youth, adults and families across Chicago.

7.Oriental Institute Museum at 1155 E. 58th St., is a world-renowned showcase for the history, art, and archaeology of the ancient Near East.

8.Renaissance Society. The Society at 5811 S. Ellis Ave., Bergman Gallery, Cobb Hall 418, is actually an exhibition space presenting art seldom seen in the Midwest showing the most recent developments in contemporary art.

9.Rockefeller Memorial Chapel at 5850 S. Woodlawn Ave. is a magnificent tiled Gothic cathedral and their carillon is the single largest musical instrument ever built.

10.Smart Museum of Art at 5550 S. Greenwood Ave. houses a permanent collection of over 10,000 objects, spanning five millennia of both Western and Eastern civilizations.

11.Special Collections Research Center in the University of Chicago Library at 1100 E. 57th St. exhibits rare books, manuscripts, University Archives, and the Chicago Jazz Archives, and special programming.

12.The Opportunity Shop temporarily located at 1530 E. 53rd St., is a transitory, experimental project space for contemporary art in Hyde Park. -Watch for it's next "pop up" in the 5200 block of S. Harper.

For more visit http://arts.uchicago.edu for a calendar and link to more calendars centered around UC. For more, visit our Culture and Arts Resources page-- scroll in table to calendars and directories and in main alpha run below to links under University of Chicago and visit Neighborhood Links- University of Chicago section.

UC announces Arts in Public Life Initiative and Washington Park Arts Incubator. September 2011. Theaster Gates first director

We are excited to share with you news of the launch of the University of Chicago’s Arts and Public Life Initiative, with Theaster Gates appointed as its inaugural director. A major component of the Initiative will be the creation of the Washington Park Arts Incubator. We invite you to read the official announcement:http://news.uchicago.edu/article/2011/09/29/arts-and-public-life-initiative-deepen-university039s-engagement-local-arts-commu

This initiative is a vital component of our plans to expand the role of the arts on campus by strengthening our relationship with cultural and civic partners in the city and especially on Chicago's south side. We look forward to collaborating with and learning from all of you as we expand our role in the Chicago arts community through this and other initiatives.

The Arts and Public Life Initiative will complement the arts-based community engagement already happening on campus. Existing programs at Court Theatre, the Smart Museum of Art, the Oriental Institute, and Theater and Performance Studies, among others, offer superb models and opportunities for continued partnership in community outreach and arts education. The Arts and Public Life Initiative will also increase interactions between the University of Chicago and artists and organizations across the city.

As Director of Arts and Public Life, Theaster will work to achieve the initiative’s primary goals: advancing artistic ambition through a program of artist residencies, amplifying cultural assets by promoting interactions between artists and cultural institutions on the South Side and the University’s faculty and students, and inspiring creativity in youth through apprenticeship programs and enhanced K-12 arts education efforts. The Washington Park Arts Incubator will play a central role in the success of the endeavor.

Theaster, who is also an accomplished practicing artist, brings a wealth of experience and insight to the project. He will work closely with University colleagues, our Aldermen, and other community partners to ensure a high level of artistic, scholarly, and community engagement happens in Washington Park, on campus, and elsewhere in the city. In addition, Theaster will continue as Resident Artist and Lecturer at the University.

Please join us in congratulating Theaster on his new role as the inaugural Director of Arts and Public Life. Expect more exciting news on this front in the coming months.

Finally, we thank all of you for your continued support of the arts at the University of Chicago. We are fortunate to be part of Chicago's rich arts community. This announcement follows the news of the Richard and Mary L. Gray Center for Arts and Inquiry and precedes the 2012 opening of the Reva and David Logan Center for the Arts, all initiatives that support the distinctive culture of arts practice and scholarship at the University of Chicago.

Sincerely,

Larry Norman

Deputy Provost for the Arts

Professor, Department of Romance Languages and Literatures, Theater and Performance Studies, and the College

 

Mary J. Harvey

Associate Provost for Program Development

 

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UC Humanities Day. October 20, Saturday. Humanities 2012 at University of Chicago. http://humanitiesday.uchicago.edu.

Chicago Humanities Festival Hyde Park Day. October 21 2012, Sunday

October 21, Sunday. Chicago Humanities Festival- Hyde Park Day. Full schedule and instructions for tickets (some events ticketed separately)- http://www.chicagohumanities.org.
Law School Lloyd Aud. 1111 E. 60th St. 2 pm #203 High Rise Stories. 4 pm #207 Lady Gaga's of the 19th Century
Reva and David Loan Ctr. for Arts 915 E. 60 th St. Perf. Hall 12 pm #200 Adam Copnkc: The Table Comes first. 2 pm #204 Sinha: The War within th war in Afghanistan. 6 pm #210 Fred Hersch: Leaves of Grass
Logan Center Performance Penthouse. 1:30 pm #202 Women and the Word in Early America. 3:30 pm Poetic Outrider- a performance with Anne Waldman
Logan Center Screening room 201 #208 Beyond Hollywood: The Ascendant Israeli Film Scene
Walking Tour- Leopold and Loeb with Paul Durica- start location 49th and Ellis, sep. purchase of tickets. 3 times, 201 at 12 pm, 205 at 2 pm, 209 at 4 pm.

Architour- CAF's Open House Chicago coming Oct. 13-14. Hyde Park and South Shore featured.

October 13, Saturday and October 14, Sunday. Chicago Architecture Foundation's Open House Chicago features local treasures as hubs for area self-guided tours and for trolley tours-- a free, two day event that takes guests behind the scenes at great spaces normally closed to the public in several neighborhoods plus a green trail tour of environmentally friendly structures. - http://www.architecture.org. Volunteers are sought. Hyde Park Historical Society is among the places open.

The Op Shop needs help . Southside Hub of Production in Fenn House, 5638 S. Woodlawn. Full of programs of all kind, it's becom a center, burt likely . Hours- Sat 9-5 (including Thrift Shop), Sun 3-9, Wed 9:30-6, and when there there are events.

http://www.southsidehub.org Donate at http://www.kickstarter.com- search for southside hub. This did make its goal. You can still donate directly.

http://southsidehub@wordpress.com - doesn't work- use

laura.shaeffer@gmail.com.

George Rumsey says SHoP does not get its space free-- needs support. Herald, November 16, 2011

For many years, much of he neighborhood has enjoyed the fusion of art and culture in our own special Hyde Park blend through the industrious efforts of the folks who put on the Op Shops. Now those daring souls have undertaken a new endeavor called the South Side Hub of Production, or SHOP.

Shop provides a stimulating array of contemporary art practices, creative and inspiring programming and even community meals. It foster independent cultural productions outside of the usual instructions for and by the community.

I want to encourage everyone who is interested to become a part of SHOP. Bring your family, your friends and your creativity to Fenn House at 5638 South Woodlawn Avenue. You will find classes, concerts, readings, art rooms for use, a thrift store, library space for tutoring, game playing and socializing. There are even plans in the works for a wood shop and a recording studio.

But SHOP needs community support and involvement. Many people assume that the space has been donated, or that the costs are being subsidized by some outside organization or company. The Unitarian Church generously makes Fenn House available to SHOP for a space use fee, and the organizers must raise the funds to pay these fees, as well as to cover costs, materials, supplies, advertising and minimal staffing-with no assumed funding except that donated by volunteers and members (donations are tax-deductible through The Resource Center.

Check out the SHOP website at southsidehub.org for a list of artists, projects, workshops, classes and updates. and then consider becoming a supporter, by making a donation at kickstarter.com (search for "southside hub"). We need community help for SHOP to become a sustainable center for contemporary arts and independent culture.

 

Open at Museum of Science and Industry-- Storm Science, a permanent exhibit.

An exhibit of wonderful wooden carvings and giant totems at Little Black Pearl, 1060 E. 47th St.

Shopping for art ... From Mia Ruyter of the Renaissance Society via http://www.hypachicago.org, site of the Hyde Park Alliance for Arts and Culture.

Shop for gifts in Hyde Park and find wonderful, unusual presents for everyone on your list.

The Op Shop opens March 27 in its latest temporary space, 1530 E. 53rd St. Party 5-9. Open Thursdays-Sundays 11-7, Saturday is Market Day.

The Renaissance Society has exhibition posters, books, and limited edition objects by contemporary artists like Thomas Struth, Kara Walker, and Sol Lewitt. You can also shop online on their website.

The Renaissance Society
5811 South Ellis Avenue, 4th floor
(The University of Chicago Cobb Hall)
Tuesday to Friday - 10am to 5 pm, Saturday and Sunday noon to 5pm.

The Oriental Institute has wonderful handmade crafts from Ethiopia, such as a delicate hand woven scarves, and beautiful jewelry with semi-precious stones.

Oriental Institute Museum
1155 East 58th Street
Tuesday to Saturday - 10am to 6 pm, open until 8:30 on Wednesdays. Sundays noon to 6 pm.

The gift shop at the Smart Museum has great children’s books, beautiful stationary from India, and gorgeous handmade jewelry with woven gold and Murano glass beads, and the cafe has some of the best espresso in town.

The Smart Museum of Art
5550 S. Greenwood Avenue
Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Friday - 8 am to 4 pm
Thursday - 8 am to 7:30 pm
Saturday and Sunday – 11 am to 4:30 pm

The Robie House has wonderful Frank Lloyd Wright designed items, like a silk scarf inspired by Machine Age Screen (c. 1934) and a bold mural design adapted in 1973 for use as wallpaper in the Biltmore Hotel (Phoenix, Arizona, 1927).

Robie House Museum Shop [Frank Lloyd Wright Preservation Trust]
5757 S. Woodlawn Avenue (enter through garage court on 58th street)
Thursday to Monday - 10 am to 5 pm.
Closed Tuesdays and Wednesdays

The Little Black Pearl Art and Design Center has ceramics for sale. The glazes are beautiful, and each piece is unique. Bowls, mugs and plates in earth tones and brilliant reds are fabulous gifts.

Little Black Pearl Art and Design Center
1060 East 47th Street
Monday to Friday – 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.
Saturday and Sunday Closed

And while you’re at the Little Black Pearl, step next door to enjoy a sandwich at Hyde Park’s newest gourmet deli, Zaleski & Horvath Market Cafe. (1126 East 47th Street.)

Open at Museum of Science and Industry. New permanent exhibit, YOU! the experience. Celebrate everything that makes you..YOU! More than just as body, you are a complex blend of your choices, your personality, and your environment. Who you are depends on how you care for yourself and enjoy your your life. YOU! brings these elements together into an interactive exhibit examining and celebrating the experience of life itself. Whether testing your basketball moves with a virtual coach or playing Mind Ball, a game of "competitive relaxation" in which players win by controlling their brainwaves, you will see yourself--and your health--in new and fascinating ways: use your heartbeat to make the new giant Heart come alive, diagnose with the Human Patient Simulator, watch your face age based on lifestyle choices and habits, run a hamster wheel with real-time feedback, examine human embryos and other human specimens.
See also d The White House, a Look Inside. And coming March 19 "Science Storms."

Looking to Get Involved in the Arts? Join Art Corps at the Hyde Park Art Center !

Want to get more involved in art and serve your community at the same time? Then the Art Corps needs YOU!

The Hyde Park Art Center Art Corps is a special group of volunteers who receive in-depth training about the Art Center and our programs. Art Corps members commit to volunteering 10 times a year at our events and in our gallery. In exchange, Art Corps members get a back stage view of the Art Center , a chance to interact with our staff, and to learn more about our programming. Here’s more information:

•A select group of volunteers interested in learning more about contemporary art with a community focus
•Art Corps is a volunteer program where participants assist the Art Center staff at least ten times per year and can specialize in specific program areas, such as exhibitions, publicity, and our school and studios
•Art Corps members will receive training on how to interact with our visitors through art, our exhibitions program and the history of the Hyde Park Art Center and our place in the community
•You must be at least 18 years old to join.

Interested? Click here to visit the website and download an application. The deadline is December 27, 2009. If you have questions, please contact Crystal at cpernell@hydeparkart.org.

Or be a greeter- You are needed as a Chicago Greeter in the neighborhood for InstaGreeter tours and more. Contact http://www.chicagogreeter.com.


Some Volunteer seekers:

Blackstone Library/Friends of Blackstone Library for dramatic readings from Robert Elder's book, "Last Words of the Executed" at the Library's Despres Family Lectures Wednesday May 26 6 pm. If interested, contact Brenda Sawyer.

Chicago Bureau of Tourism- Be a greeter- You are needed as a Chicago Greeter in the neighborhood for InstaGreeter tours and more. Contact http://www.chicagogreeter.com.

Frank Lloyd Wright Robie House. Lead tours, special events, ed. programs, office, gift shop, info booth. At least 4 hours a month. Training. 5757 S. Woodlawn, 798 848-1976. http://www.gowright.org.

Gilbert and Sullivan.

HyPa- contact irene@hypachicago.org.

Hyde Park Art Center. Exhibit building and installation, family and class workshops, events like Cocktails and Clay, auxil/bd service orgs... Apply in person or ask for Crystal Pernell at x 1003 or cpernell@hydeparkart.org. 18+ with a year to commit can apply for Art Corps for in depth training. 5020 S. Cornell, 773 324-5520. http://www.hydeparkart.org.

Hyde Park Community Players. All kinds of activities! Paul Baker, plsbkr@netscape.net, 773 319-9249.

Hyde Park Historical Society. Adult members can work as docents, assist with archives and programming, event and exhibition planning, and maintain the building. 2 hours a week. 5529 S. Lake Park, 773 493-1893. http://www.hydeparkhistory.org.

Hyde Park Jazz Festival September 25. http://www.hydeparkjazzfestival.org.

Hyde Park School of Dance. sew costumes, help with stage production, sell merchandise. 18+. Email Ann Billingsley at ann@hydeparkdance.org. 5650 S. Woodlawn, 773 493-8498. http://www.hydeparkdance.org.

Hyde Park Suzuki Institute. Assist with grant writing, tech support, instrument tuning, chaperoning. Apply online or email corps@hydeparksuzuki.com. 5500 S. Woodlawn, 773 643-1388. http://www.hydeparksuzuki.com.

Little Black Pearl. Assist students with homework and artists with projects and exhibits. Some require background check. 1060 E. 47th St. 773 285-1211. http://blackpearl.org.

Metro Squash. About 60 students get academic instruction and squash lessons 3 times a week after school. Vols-- High school sophomores or older, help mainly with the tutoring or as chaperones on field trips, games, community service projects. E-mail david@metrosqush.org or call 773 251-1711. 5655 S. University, 773 241-5150. http://www.metrosquash.org.

Museum of Science and Industry. Act as an exhibit guide and lead interactive activities. Adults and teens (14-17) must commit to 40 hours a year with no less than one shift every three months, and attend orientation. Also opportunities for youth to train with professionals. Apply online , call volunteer coordinator Rachel Carter at 773 753-1382, or e-mail rachel.carter@msichicago.org. 5700 S. Lake Shore Drive, 773 684-1414. http:/www.msichicago.org.

Op Shop

Oriental Institute Museum. Lead tour, work in the gift shop, assist with the archives, and participate in outreach programs. Not less than three hours a week fo one yer required. Extensive training and great rewards to those avid in the areas of study. Apply online; interview and training will follow. Email c-duenas@uchicago.edu or et-friedman@uchicago.edu. 1155 E. 58th T. 773 702-9514. http://oi.uchicago.edu.edu/museum.

 

OTHER "SOONS" AND RECURRING SECTION

Hyde Park Community Players. See The Rhinoceros by Ionesco. June 1-3 2o12. Experimental Station, 6100 S. Blackstone. $10? Contact plsbkr@netscape.net and http://www.hydeparkcommunityplayers.org.

Hyde Park Community Players
c/o Paul Baker
5014 S. Dorchester Ave
Chicago, IL 60615.

During summer through Sept., the Chicago Department of Tourism has free "Instagreeter" customized trolley tours of the neighborhood on Saturdays listed 10-3 pm from Hyde Park Art Center, 5020 S. Cornell. Kiosk outside. Visit http://www.ChicagoGreeter.com. Call the Dept of Tourism, although pre registration is not necessary and tours are on a first-come first served basis. Local docents. Tours can be arranged the rest of the year.

Jackson Park Wooded Island Bird Walks are now on Saturdays, 8 am and wednesdays at 7. Informal, Meet at Darrow Bridge south of the Museum. 773 493-7058.

Come to Blackstone Library year round- find programs in the Friends of Blackstone page. 4904 S. Lake Park. 312 747-0505. Despres Family Author Series- next March 31- on the folk scene in 60s Chicago with photographs. 6:30 pm. FLYER in pdf.

 

CULTURAL AND ARTS VENUES SECTION

Hyde Park Art Center with a bevy of ongoing exhibits, classes and specials. 5020 S. Cornell. Always free (almost) .

exhibit and event schedule - Not to be missed, Roger Brown, Calif. USA.

At Hyde Park Art Center. 773 324-5520. generalinfo@hydeparkart.org

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NOWHERE BETTER
March 3-May 19. Reception April 14 3-5
The two person exhibition nowhere better combines new artworks by Iain Muirhead and Alison Ruttan that challenge our perception of danger and violence in relation to place. Whether the artists are borrowing from documentary images of terrorist attacks, crimes, tragic accidents, or natural disasters in local or global locations, the artworks present a powerful reminder that safety is a false concept. Striking clay sculptures by Rutan an fiery abstract oil paintings by Muirhead maintain a fascination with teh sublime behind the horrific acts of destruction reported online and in the news.

CAULEEN SMITH: 17. Reception April 14 3-5
March 10-July 7
Most known for her film, video, and performance work, award-winning artist and Art
Center student Cauleen Smith introduces printmaking into her repertoire with the site-specific installation at Hyde Park Art Center. The show, titled 17 , will feature approximately 260 feet of hand screen-printed wallpaper. The exhibition title references many facets of arts and culture traditions from ancient history to the modern day, arising out of Smith’s meditations on the number’s spiritual significance as a marker of immortality, as well a number of noteworthy cultural and historical facts and figures featuring the number itself. A porti9on of the project will be produced in conjunction with Arts and Public Life and Center for teh Study of Race Politics and Culture at the U of C, where Smith is Artists-in-Residence at the Garfield (Washington) Incubator.

LEE BLALOCK: NEUE
March 17-July 23. Reception April 14 3-5
Building from her personal history, an obsession with rules and order, and a love of Speculative Fiction, Lee Blalock creates a new series of art work that documents and hypothesizes a process of the future superbody and its daily operations and the mechanics of prosthetics and how rhythm and movement can be interpreted through body amplification and prostheses. Her works on paper combine computer code, geometric diagrams, and organic hand-drawn gestures to render the imagined figure. Far from a modern day Frankenstein, but not quite the bionic woman, the bodies Blalock creates absorb the digital into the corporeal, and question the possibility of a body without race, gender, or biological deficiency. Building from her personal history, an obsession with rules and order and a love of speculative fiction, Blalock creates a new series of art work that documents and hypothesizes a process for the future superbody and its daily operations.

JEREMIAH HULSEBOS-SPOFFORD: HALL OF KHAN
April 14-July 28. Reception April 14 3-5
Equestrian war monuments get a modern makeover from emerging artist Jeremiah Hulsebos-Spofford in a grand new site-specific installation, Hall of Khan. Live horses in the gallery will replace bronze sculptures and abstracted forms will take the place of historical riders whose lives and legends have shaped history through the present day. Having long been a celebratory symbol of territorial conquest and cultural domination throughout history and nations, the artist calls both the form and purpose of the monument into question in this exhibition.

ABSTRACTING THE SEAM
May 12-September 1. Reception. May 12 3-5.
The seam breaks away from textile art in this exhibition surveying the influence of quilting techniques and practices on emerging artists working on a variety of media. Using traditional pattern, line, and repetition similar to textile art, the artists featured make geometric configurations in attempt to redefine a physical space and urban experience. participating artists include Shannon Kerrigan, Christopher Michlig, Patrick McDonough, Sarah Nishiura, Andres Rigsby, Hans Sundquist, and Stacia Yeapanis. (Kerrigan and Nishiura are HPAC faculty.)

PASSAGES FROM CANTER MIDDLE SCHOOL Reception Sunday, May 26, 3-5pm
Passages is a group exhibition of art created by students from Canter Middle School during a yearlong arts education program provided by the Art Center. During the program, students learned about a wide range of materials and processes including printmaking, silkscreen, darkroom photography, sewing, clay sculpture, and painting, discovering how to express themselves in a variety of media. Click here for more info.

(New!) The Residency at the Hyde Park Art Center. Catalyzing Global Experience, The Jackman Class:
next: Minouk Lim with public performance/ video program January 26 2013 (open studio phase) - see http://www.hydeparkart.org/residency. Lim is from Seoul, South Korea and is a major exhibited rising star in Asia and Europe and LA and biennials. She will be part of the Chicago citywide performance festival IN>TIME '13 throughout Chicago in February.

Deniz Gul (video, phot., installation.) From Istanbul
Miouk Lim (video, performance) Seoul
Hema Uphadyay (phot, sculpture, installation) Mumbai
Jen Delos Reyes (a leading social practice artist) Portland, OR
Jeremiah Husebos-Spofford (working on a large-scale instillation for solo exhibit April 2013) Chicago.

Not Just Another Pretty Face- a collaborative commissioning project designed by HPAC: The Center arranges commissions between patrons and artists who then create engaging personalized works of art, from traditional to very untraditional, that are shown for several months in the main gallery then (to check: belong to the patrons or are auctioned). NJAPF is designed to develop a new and diverse group that thinks of themselves as patrons and supporters of contemporary art who with other local collectors invest directly in the city's artists and their work-- to build lasting relationships that will be a new base of support for artists and in growing the vitality of Chicago's cultual community. This is a new model that is spreading across the country and has had major impact in Chicago- over 200 participants, over 200 original works created, $200,000 to artists and $200,000 raised for the Center's programs. Find out about it at semi-annual salons- next Feb. 7, 2013- visit hydeparkart.org/support or contact Alex Myagkova at amyagkova@hydeparkart.org, 773 324-5520 x1016.

Volunteer at HPAC: Exhibit building and installation, family and class workshops, events like Cocktails and Clay, auxil/bd service orgs... Apply in person or ask for Crystal Pernell at x 1003 or cpernell@hydeparkart.org. 18+ with a year to commit can apply for Art Corps for in depth training. 5020 S. Cornell, 773 324-5520. http://www.hydeparkart.org.

School Days Off programs for kids including "Creativity series" at Hyde Park Art Center: December and January breaks and holidays. Sept 25 Sound Suits. Oct. 12 Books and Stories. October 23 Masks. November 6 Puppet Theater. November 11 A Day with Clay. November 18 Memory boxes. December 4 Portraits and Identity.....
Youth and adult classes

Summer Creativity Camp New Art Explorations 2010. Started June 15. 5 weekly sessions and two mini camps. Grades re-1, 2 and 3, 4 and 5. $600 to $650, discounts, minicamps $350-375, aftercare available with cost. Also a camp fo kids aged 10 and up. Subjects include various visual arts in the morning and theater arts in the afternoon. Includes stop motion animation, printmaking, guerilla art, video, models and miniatures, scrolls and screens, still life, digital photo, costumes, printmaking, comics, metalsmithing. June 14-September 3.

Fun for All family programs 2nd Sundays once a quarter (Sept. this time 12-4 pm) and the rest are called Second Sundays 1-4 pm-

Adult workshops -

Hyde Park Art Center
Clay and Cocktails on 2nd Friday evenings.
Second Sundays Family Days

1st Mondays Talking Points- with artists.

1st Tuesdays Art Thing-

A Series Readings - selected or periodic.

Cocktails and Clay first Fridays 8-midnight.

A:List (hydeparkart.org/alist)- online curated database as part of 4833 rph. (Replaced by various cutting edge writers and author talks or discussions) Poetry workshops.

Hyde Park Art Center quarterly classes- kids, youth, adult. Times range from start 10 am through close at 9:30 pm and various run every day of the week except holidays and for a few sessions to weeks. Sample includes digital-photo-video labs, painting, figuration, art exploration, ceramics (big), stenciling, abstraction, puppetry, knitting, acrylic, digital and other photography, asian another ink painting, sculpture, weaving, printmaking, wire wrapped jewelry, experimental digital, watercolor, oil approaches, media, origami, crochet, creative process, stained glass, printmaking, silkscreening, quilting, graphite pencil, metalsmithing and jewelry, animation, writing for artists, multicultural. For various levels and ages.

The Hyde Park Art Center and the Chicago Artists Coalition recently partnered to create a reciprocal membership, providing even more exciting benefits to members of both organizations.

CAC's members have exhibited at dozens of venues, including Art Loop open, which awarded over $65,000 in prizes and expanded their skills through the A.B.C. series of professional development workshops designed to educate artists on the business of art, covering such vital topics as legal rights and protections, proposal writing, fiscal sponsorship, tax and record keeping, budget building, portfolio reviews, pricing work and more.

Be among the first to learn about our upcoming move to the vibrant, art-centric west loop and the launch of Bolt Residency, a one-year artist residency program consisting of nine studios and exhibition space with ongoing professional development programming. This dynamic program will be juried by the Art Center's very own Director of Exhibitions Allison Peters Quinn.

Chicago Artists' Coalition
www.chicagoartistscoalition.org
773.772.2385

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An alpha run of upcoming programs in various venues:

Artisans 21 is opening again, at least for the holidays, at 5503 S. Hyde Park Blvd. Hours of operation 12-7 Tuesdays-Fridays, 11-7 Saturdays, 12-6 Sundays.

Artspeak Series University of Chicago.

Blackstone Branch Library. See Friends of Blackstone /Blackstone programs page.One Book One Chicago:
4094 S. Lake Park. "View from a Chicago Cab" work of Dmitry Samarov, author of "Hack". Through October 31.

Catholic Theological Union- Mary-Frances and Bill Veeck Gallery, 5416 S. Cornell. Weekdays 90-4:30, weekends by appointment. Catholic Theological Union, 5416 S. Cornell. 773 371-5415, communications@ctu.edu. April 12, Friday, 5:30-7:30 pm. Opening at the Catholic Theological Union Veeck Gallery: "Spiritus," extraordinary collections of five unique artists,- Sun Choi, Sharon Gilmore, Jill King, Joan McLain, and Janis Pozzi-Johnson. Through July 15.

Checkerboard Lounge Blues 'n' Jazz! Jazz Suns, blues, poetry, dj various days- Call the club daily after 5:00 p.m. at: (773) 684-1472.
Visit our Checkerboard page.

Famous for presentation of blues for over two decades, the Checkerboard Lounge re-opened, in its new location in Harper Court at 5201 S. Harper. The Checkerboard is now hosting jazz every Sunday night--with possibly a second night of jazz to be added to the programming. See by date.
There is a nominal cover charge, and drinks are reasonably priced. There is ample parking on the site.


Chicago Storytelling Guild. Meets monthly 3rd Tuesday at KAM, produces an annual Tellebration Sunday before Thanksgiving. Special Halloween at Hyde Park Neighborhood Club Oct. 23. Contact Judith Heineman, 5020 S. Lake Shore Dr. Apt. 1214-16, 60615, 773 288-7217, juhestories@aol.com.

Civic Knowledge Project classes in conj. with Graham School

http://grahamschool.uchicago.edu/php/ckp or 773 834-3929 x1.

 

Court Theatre 5535 S. Ellis. 773 753-4472. http://www. courttheatre.org- includes link to rehearsal blog. 773 753-4472.

Subscriptions are also still available in 3, 4, and 5 play packages, or flex tickets. It's not too late to lock in your seats for the whole season and enjoy subscriber benefits like free ticket exchanges and discounts on additional tickets. Subscribing is the best way to ensure you don't miss a single moment of "the most consistently excellent theatre in the country.

 

Court Theatre 2012-13 season

The Misanthrope. May 9-June 9 2013. Moliere, tr. Richard Wilbur. Dir. Charles Newell

Tartuffe. June 20-July 14, 2013. Moliere, tr. Richard Wilbur. Dir. Charles Newell

 

2013-14 season

The Mountaintop- sept 5-oct 6

An Iliad- nov 13-dec 8

Seven Guitars- jan 9-feb 9

Water by the Spoonful-mar6-apr 6

M Butterfly-may 8-june 8

Crerar Library atrium, 5730 S. Ellis. - Opening October 4 "Transcending Tradition: Jewish Mathematicians in German-Speaking Academic Culture. " 5:30-8 pm. http://tt.lib.uchicago.edu.

Doc Films. To go to daily run.

DOVA Temporary. Department of Visual Arts, UC. At the Temporary Space, 5228 S. Harper 773 324-2089.
DOVA Gallery, 5228 S. Harper. Ryszud Kapuscinski, Poet of Reportage. At Dept. of Visual Arts Temp Gallery through Feb. 4. 5228 S. Harper.

DuSable Museum, 740 E. 56th Pl. 773 947-0600. Mon-Sat. 10-5, Sunday noon-5

DUSABLE SUMMER: Movies in the Park, Sounds of History Jazz Series, Stepping, Civil War Reenactment, Annual Arts and Crafts Festival (July 13-14).

"A Slow Walk to Greatness: The Harold Washington Story"
****"Red, White, Blue & Black: A History of African Americans in the Armed Forces."
"Tracing the Civil Rights Movement 1948-1968"

"The Freedom Now Mural"
Africa Speaks
Thomas Miller Mosaics
 "Harold Washington in Office"
"Masterpieces From the DuSable Museum Collection"

"Dust in Their Veins: A Visual Response to the Global Water Crisis" created by Chicago artist Candace Hunter. Ext. through May 31.

Reflections- Terrance A Reese, photographer- extended through June 30.

Exhibit of art of 1st 3 winners of MSI Black Creativity- in the Gallery Guichard at the DuSable, Feb. 15-April 1.

July 26-Setp. 29 AfroCOBRA Part III

AfroCOBRA (African Commune of Bad Relevant Artists) retrospective exhibit opens in three venues. Southside Community Arts Center, 3831 S. Michigan; Logan Center, 915 E. 60th St.; DuSable Museum, 740 E. 56th Pl.
PROLOGUE AT SSCAC: May 10--July 7 at SSACC. Opening reception May 10, Friday, 6-9 pm - Flashback Music and Spoken Word concert with AACM and other notables.
June 1, Saturday, 3:15-5 pm. Visualizing Black Chicago panel- Northwestern University Black Arts Initiative.
June 2, Sunday, 3-6 pm. Ritual Theatre Revival- Val Gray Ward, founder of Kuumba Theater (f. 1967) and other original members.
June 21, Friday, 6-9 pm. A Special Bronzeville Trolley Tour of Faie, Guichard, Blanc, and Ratcliff Hunter galleries.
PART II AT LOGAN: June 28-August 11, Afrocobra: Philosophy
PART III AT DUSABLE MUSEUM: July 26-September 29.


Experimental Station with Backstory Cafe and more. Ongoing art, music, lectures-symposia-workshops, cafe with books from Powell's, farmers market. Seeks to combine service to and input from-connections between diverse neighborhoods, arts, sustainable-living green communities and lives, activist politics and lots more.

The Experimental Station is located at 6100 S. Blackstone Avenue (map). Admission to the exhibition is free.

Hours:
Weekdays: 12:00 - 4:00 pm.
Wednesday evenings: 6:00 - 8:00 pm
Saturdays and Sundays: 10:00 am - 4:00 pm.

This project was made possible by the support of WBEZ and the Wisconsin Humanities Council.
The Invisible Institute is a program of the Experimental Station.

Franke Institute for the Humanities at University of Chicago

Garfield Arts Incubator, 301 E. 55th (Garfield). Inaugural exhibition "Feedback." (Through April 28) Theme is exchange, from dance to public dinners and Logan to South Side Artists to UC arts and faculty. Curated by Ashley Odulami. 301 E. 55th St. arts.uchicago.edu. Open M 12-3, W 3-6.
Artists in residence as of March 2013- Terry Adkins, Blanche Bruce, Alexandria Eregbu, Cecil McDonald R., Nyeema Morgan, Abbey Odulami, Kamau Patton, Cauleen Smith.
May 8-June 9: Kellie Romany paintings (rec. May 19)

Gender Studies. April 9, Thursday. http://genderstudies.uchicago.edu. 5733 S. University.

Gilbert and Sullivan Opera Company: For 50 years has been a mainstay of Chicago's Hyde Park cultural scene since its first production, The Gondoliers, in 1960. The Company is devoted to the promotion and performance of the musical arts and to the presentation of Gilbert and Sullivan's delightful operatic oeuvre and in so doing support the University of Chicago's concert program. The 2010 Production was one of the most popular of them all, and was absolutely first rate: The Mikado.
2013: March 15, Friday, 16, Saturday (both 8 pm), March 17, Sunday (matinee). The Gilbert and Sullivan Opera Company with the University Chamber Orchestra. The 2013 production will be "The Pirates of Penzance; or, The Slave of Duty." Mandel Hall, 1131 E. 57th St. Tickets open in February, various. The production is presented by, and benefits, the University of Chicago Department of Music.
Best to visit http://www.gilbertandsullivanoperacompany.org.

Gordon Center for Integrative Science. 929 E. 57th St.

Graham School of General Studies at the University of Chicago

Summer Programs for Teachers and Educators. Kari Stachura at 773 702-4950 or kstachura@uchicago.edu.
Basic Program.
UChicago Summer Session for Visiting College Students and UChicago Summer Session for High School Students. Apply at https://summer.uchicago.edu/register-today.cfm and https://summer.uchicago.edu/apply-today.cfm.

Harper Library. "Bureaucratics"- 51 portaits by Dutch photojournalist Jim Banning. Through June 11.

Home Gallery, (SHoP) 1407 E. 54th Pl. Laura Shaeffer. By appointment, http://crookedarm.blogspot.com or http://www.thelarch.org. by appointment only. Home Gallery (SHoP). March 16-May 4- resumption of "This House Is not a Home" exhibit with artists Alberto Aguilar * Kayce Bayer * Marissa Lee Benedict * Jim Duignan * Paul Durica * Mejay Gula * Rachel Herman * Samantha Hill * Chris Lin * Jorge R. Lucero * John Preus * Kevin Reiswig * Hui-min Tsen * Hoyun Son * This exhibit is open by appointment (inside), and always (outdoor projects by Jim Duignan, John Preus and Alberto Aguilar) until May 4th or until the poppies bloom! ;) See our website for photos and events (coming soon). www.thelarch.org.

Hyde Park Community Players. Plays several times a year, various locations, very low price. Paul Baker, 773 319-9249. June production tickets on sale- contact plsbkr@netscape.net.

Hyde Park Community Players. Next production April 12 at 8, 13that 3 and 8, 14th at 3 2013- Neil Simon's The Good Doctor at Experimental Station, 6100 Blackstone. 3 weekends in May- Oedipus! The Musical! at University Church, 5655 S. University.

Hyde Park Historical Society. Seminary Co-op Bookstore project. June ? - History Fair winners.

Hyde Park Jazz Society. Sunday jazz 7:30-11:30 pm at Room 43, 1041 E. 43rd St. See website http://www.hydeparkjazzsociety.org/calendar for next lineup and venues or Jazz Scene below.

Hyde Park Suzuki. Classes year round based at Augustana Lutheran, perfs quarterly include in Mandel Hall (such as Nutcracker). Buy their CD for outreach classes in south suburban schools- http://kickstarter.com/projects/1269416/arcadia-elementary-stings-project.

IIT- incl Kemper Gallery of Galvin Library and Mies van de Rohe Society (http://miesvanderohesociety.creates1.com/)
- c 35th and State. http://www.iit.edu.

Incubator- see Garfield

Kalapriya Dance, 1438 E. 57th St. 773 363-9303
I would like to introduce the Kalapriya Foundation, Center for Indian Performing Arts (a 501 3 c organization) to you. Kalapriya has recently taken office space at 1438 E. 57th St. in Joan's Studio. The company has had a presence in Hyde Park for a few years now, starting with the company's annual cross cultural dance festival presented at The International House of the University of Chicago and with Bharata Natyam training classes being given at Joan's Studio. You can get move information about the organization at www.kalapriya.org. info@kalapriya.org.

Little Black Pearl. 1060 E. 47th St. 773 285-1211. M-F 7:30-6, Sat 8-12:30.
Little Black Pearl is a special and growing place.
Little Black Pearl Art and Design Center has launched a quarterly program, "Black: Unplugged," with live poetry, arts, lectures, and music performances. Hosts/producers are singer-songwriter Nona Hendryx and musician Terri Lynn Carrington. December 16 2011 is the first. This is tied into membership in the Black Card program with discounts, exclusive admissions, and merchant discounts. Funds are being raised for afterschool and summer programs.
Little Black Pearl Art and Design Center/Workshop, 1060 E. 47th St. M-F 7:30-6, Sat 8-12:30. "The Tipping Point Between Me and We" through July 6 looks at society's breaking points using a variety of platforms including visual land performing arts, writings, artist-led discussions and film screenings. At the June 1 opening a set of films by South Side Projections in analogue technology was shown. Honey Pot Performance is on June 13 presenting "The Price Point of Living"- notions of fairness and balance. Tempestt Hazel is curator. Seasoned and rising artists. Five writers follow and write in depth the stories of the artists for the catalogue. These are Michel Dinges, EJ Hill, Peter Kepha, Nicholas Lambert, Paul Kjelland, Kendrick Mcfarlane, Mark Moleski, Sarah Ross, and Javbari Zuberi. Writers include Allison Glenn, Joseph D. Jordan, Patrick, Lichty, Jennifer Patifio, Rebecca Zorach. Through July 6. 1060 E. 47th St., 288-1211.

Logan Center for Creative and Performing Arts
Ongoing multi artist exhibition "Wall Text." Second level
Ongoing- Installation "Sonic Environments: The Work of Richard Lerman" in the Tower Stairwell.

GALLERY HOURS:
Tue-Sat: 9 am-9 pm
Sun: 11 am-9 pm
Mon: Closed

On view through Sept 2013
William Pope.L: Cliff (2012) and Better (2013)
Logan Center Tower Level 9, 8, 7 windows, beginning in southwest stairwell
Free
Cliff, a site-specific drawing in vinyl, speaks in a contradictory fashion to its surroundings: its peaks and valleys are cast against the ultra-flat Midwestern urban scape that is visible through the windows in all directions. Amidst the incongruous desert cliffs one can make out single letters that spell out a slogan: ON STRIKE FOR BETTER SCHOOLS.
With the extended presentation of Cliff, a bumper sticker and an armband are being produced; they share a graphic sensibility and the title 'Better' (2013). Both will proliferate into the social surround through various means from self-directed actions to roving group action.

May 3, Friday, 6-8 pm. Opening reception for MFA exhibit "Wayward" (May 4-12). Logan, 915 E. 60th St.
May 3-12
Viewings of "Untitled" by Jen Smoose- Room 034 (Lower Level) | Free
"Untitled" is a sound installation (13:42 minutes) that immerses participants in a completely dark room. MFA student Jen Smoose presents this new work as part of the 2013 MFA thesis exhibition Wayward (May 4-12).
Fri, May 3, 7:30-8:30pm
Sat, May 4, 3-5pm
Thu, May 9, 10am-2pm
Fri, May 10, 2-4pm
Sun, May 12, 2-4pm
The door will open approximately every 15 minutes during viewing hours.

AfroCOBRA (African Commune of Bad Relevant Artists) retrospective exhibit opens in three venues. Southside Community Arts Center, 3831 S. Michigan; Logan Center, 915 E. 60th St.; DuSable Museum, 740 E. 56th Pl.
PROLOGUE AT SSCAC: May 10--July 7 at SSACC. Opening reception May 10, Friday, 6-9 pm - Flashback Music and Spoken Word concert with AACM and other notables.
June 1, Saturday, 3:15-5 pm. Visualizing Black Chicago panel- Northwestern University Black Arts Initiative.
June 2, Sunday, 3-6 pm. Ritual Theatre Revival- Val Gray Ward, founder of Kuumba Theater (f. 1967) and other original members.
June 21, Friday, 6-9 pm. A Special Bronzeville Trolley Tour of Faie, Guichard, Blanc, and Ratcliff Hunter galleries.
PART II AT LOGAN: June 28-August 11, Afrocobra: Philosophy
PART III AT DUSABLE MUSEUM: July 26-September 29.


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Multicultural Center/OMSLA, 5710. Woodlawn. Various permanent and temporary art. Ditto 5733 S. University- Center for Study of Race, Politics and Culture and Gender Studies.

Museum of Science and Industry, lots of temporary as well as permanent exhibits, M-Sat 9:30-4, Sun 11-4 varies through the year. Periodic free days

New MSI permanent exhibit "Fast Forward-Inventing the Future" features new inventions. Highlighted is the work of a dozen engineers and inventors. From expanding human life span to all-electric cars, they feature works in progress in a display that will rotate.

New permanent exhibit, YOU! the experience. Celebrate everything that makes you..YOU! More than just as body, you are a complex blend of your choices, your personality, and your environment. Who you are depends on how you care for yourself and enjoy your your life. YOU! brings these elements together into an interactive exhibit examining and celebrating the experience of life itself. Whether testing your basketball moves with a virtual coach or playing Mind Ball, a game of "competitive relaxation" in which players win by controlling their brainwaves, you will see yourself--and your health--in new and fascinating ways: use your heartbeat to make the new giant Heart come alive, diagnose with the Human Patient Simulator, watch your face age based on lifestyle choices and habits, run a hamster wheel with real-time feedback, examine human embryos and other human specimens.

Opened - new permanent exhibit Storm Science. In this exhibit you experience a 40-foot tornado, 20-foot avalanche, high-voltage lightning storms and a live fire exhibit, and how tsunamis, earthquakes, eruptions et al happen. There is also a re-creation of Sir Isaac Newton's prism experiment and a display of a first edition copy of his "Opticks." Video presentations are a big part, focusing on the scientists and on what can't be seen by the naked eye. It's an enormous two-story, 26,000 sq. ft. new installation in the north center of the Museum.

Open March 14-September 2- Animal Inside Out!
The Art of the Bicycle.

Now at Omnimax- Space Junk


Sub U505 massive exhibit open. "Capture the Experience, Experience the Capture"
New: a 3-D High definition theater. Shorts include Mars 3-D and Misadventures.
The Museum of Science and Industry 57th at Lake Shore Drive. 773 684-1414. Has a garage at 57th/Cornell Drive ($8)

 

Neighborhood Writing Alliance. Performs various incl. May 19 2010 6 pm at Experimental station. http://www.jot.org.

The Op Shop. Watch for the next and for S.H.o.P. in Fenn House 5638 S. Woodlawn

 

Oriental Institute Museum. 1155 E. 58th St. 773 702-9507.

Lectures, family features et al. Films on Sunday at 2. IPOD tours- and if you provide contact info, you will get a monthly electronic newsletter, the E-Tablet.

Temporary exhibit October 16, Tuesday. Opening at Oriental Institute, temporary exhibit "Between Heaven and Earth: Birds in Ancient Egypt." Through July 28.

Now open for 5th and 6th graders schools- the Kipper Family Archaeology Discovery Center. Dig in a reconstruction of the ancient tel Har Megiddo (yes, that one).

OI is looking for docent volunteers. Lots of perks. contact the Volunteer Office at 773 702-9507, oi-education@uchicago.edu.

Regenstein Library. 1100 E. 57th St. (Many of their former exhibits are now on line- lib.uchicago.edu/e/webexhibits/.)

May ?- July 1. "Recipes for Domesticity: Cookery, Household Management, and the Notion of Expertise."

Special Collections: My Life Is an Open Book: D.I.Y. Autobiography. Showcasing autobiographical, person zines "perzines") by women from the 1990s-present. Jan 14-April 13. "Zines" were/are small self-published (often by hand) magazines, primarily by women including the "riot grrrrl" punk rock subculture; perzines were even more person but provide much historical context.

The Chicago Jazz Archive at the University of Chicago Library’s Special Collection Research Center invites all jazz lovers to explore the history of Chicago jazz online and in person this fall:

1. View and hear our new Web exhibit, Sounds from Tomorrow’s World: Sun Ra and the Chicago Years, 1946-1961. While living in Chicago, Herman Poole “Sonny” Blount became Sun Ra—the leader of the Arkestra and a composer and arranger of some of the most avant-garde jazz of the time. He was also the architect of a philosophy that informed his music, his life, and the lives of those around him: a synthesis of Black Nationalism, Egyptology, futurism, occultism and Southern Baptist preaching. This Web exhibit explores Sun Ra’s Chicago years through images and sound recordings of his poetry and music, vinyl records and album artwork, promotional materials and early controversial broadsheets. A media kit is available online.

2. Visit the Special Collections Research Center to consult the original materials shown in the Sun Ra Web exhibit and thousands of other publications, photographs, articles, posters, programs, ticket stubs, and other ephemera of musicians, clubs, record companies, and jazz organizations found in the Chicago Jazz Archive.

3. Visit our updated Chicago Jazz Library Guide for information on researching the history of Chicago jazz at libraries across the city.

4. Stop by the Chicago Jazz Archive table at the Hyde Park Jazz Festival this Saturday, September 25. The Special Collections Research Center is a member of the Hyde Park Alliance for Arts and Culture (HyPa), which co-produces the festival.

Please contact me if you have questions about any of these offerings.

Best regards, Rachel A. Rosenberg, Director of Communications, The University of Chicago Library

Special Collections: :"My Life Is an Open Book: DIY Autobiography" (perzines) Through April 13

April 22-June 20- exhibit on the Seminary Co-op move Project by Megan Doherty and Jasmine Kwong.

Special Collections: RR Donnelley Printers' Marks. Permanent.
2nd floor exhibit-


Renaissance Society.

Cobb 418, 5811 S. Ellis. 773 702-8670.

Renaissance Society-. Renaissance Society Bergman Gallery.
of work and its place in larger subjects- particularly the place of installation.

March 3-April 14: John Neff. photographs.

Forelsen- William Pope.L (interdisciplinary)- April 28-June 23. William Pope.L of DOVA- an interdisciplinary artist who brings familiarity to new spaces: Best know for tactile public performance of "crawls" across New York City that tackle race, class, politics-- how difference is marked between opposites, including the spaces separating blackness and whiteness. Uses inventive play with media-- installation of walls, drawings, sculptures, and video room, making the space a reflection and investigation of the mazelike texture intrinsic to controversial issues.

Frank Lloyd Wright's Robie House, run by Wright Plus, the Frank Lloyd Wright Preservation Trust, gives tours, has a bookstore et al, special events, is restoring the "most important historic residential property in America" at multimillion dollar cost in conjunction with the National Trust. Extended access are now Fri-Sun and will in July go to Thurs-Mon 11-5:30, with several in depth interactive programs rotate and there are photo options . http//gowright.org. 708 848-1976. 5757 S. Woodlawn. See our Robie House page.

Rockefeller Chapel exhibits. 5850 S. Woodlawn. New: Center for Interfaith Worship and Fellowship, in the undercroft. Do not miss the carillon--programs every Sunday at during academic year at 12:15 after service and weekdays 12 and 6 in academic year. Summer Carillonathon, 6 pm.
January 22, Tuesday- February 19. Opening at Rockefeller Chapel, Cosmic Consciousness, a commissioned installation by artist and neurologist/neuroscientist Audrius V. Plioplys. Three large-scale works representing metaphorical investigation of thinking and consciousness. Origins is on the high walls of the east transept- 2 10x20' works. Whirling is a rotating set of 4 semi-transparent pieces 4x8 in the west transept. On the lower level are four 5x12 canvases called Chromodynamics.
Origins deals with cosmic and human consciousness and their origins- galactic, stellar, planetary, and cultural. Stellar and neuronal cortical units are combined and depicted in photographs, memories, and evocations of places of cultural-linguistic origins in the Middle East back c 10,000 years.
Whirling consists of Plioplys' memories of his artistic activities transformed into neuronal profiles melded with his brain's MRI images and thought electro tracings. Reference is in part to Sufi whirling dervishes and related Rumi writings of Turkey (See a dervish performance as part of the February 15 Yuval Ron performance, q.v.)
Chromodynamics is a visual investigation of the question of where memories are stored- enter the world of quantum and string theory- inspired by microscopic examination of his previous series Symphonic Thoughts - micro examination of the new resultant works in turn show similarities to Monet's large water lily paintings, and this is also explored.
During chapel hours, 5850 S. Woodlawn.

Tea and Pipes Tuesdays at 4 in academic year. Restorative Yoga Tuesdays at 64:35 in academic year. Interspiritual drumming circle 1st Tuesdays at 8 in academic year. Weekday Carillon recital M-F at noon and 6 in academic year. Open Chapel Choir rehearsal Thursdays at 7 Oct 19 example.

Summer Carillonathon Sundays 6 pm (tours at 5:30) through early August.

Visit By Date or in Series for a whole suite of programs. Most Sunday 11 am services have special sacred music presentations, from early to contemporary.

SHoP- Southside Hub of Production. Probably closes at the end of December 2012.

Smart Museum: 5550 S. Greenwood. Main number 773 702-0700. Hours now expanded- 10-5 Tu-Sun and 10-8 Thursdays.

Threshold. This fall (2010) the Smart Museum will launch Threshold, an annual series of contemporary art projects in our reception hall and outdoor sculpture garden. These specially commissioned installations will set contemporary art within the everyday life of our visitors as they walk to class, grab coffee, or chat with friends. The Threshold series also extends to the courtyard...as well as in the lobby, Coming next Indian artist Gigi Scaria's site-specific installation City Unclaimed (Part of the Sahmat Collective exhibit).
Revealing teh complex layers adn stark contrasts of Delhi, this site-specific-installation combines a large phot-based mural of an imaginary landscape with a working fountain that stands as both a monument to a glorious past and also a reminder of bubbling societal tension. Scaria says: "Urban and rural, class and caste, religion and practice, and the endless list of eccentric and idiosyncratic exchanges of different social groups somehow create their own mystery in a any urban space in India."
Covering the central wall of the Smart Museum's reception hall, the immersive mural is manipulated and stitched together from photographs Scaria has taken around his home city of Delhi. The collage of images shows the extreme differences and layers of social and economic class that are characteristic of the city, which Scaria says "grows and decays by its own logic." In front of the mural stands a 12-foot high fountain that echoes the architecture and images behind it. The five tiers of the fountain resemble Delhi apartment buildings with windows and balconies, and the flowing water raises issues about scarcity, abundance, and the allocation of resources in urban spaces.

Awash in Color: French and Japanese Prints. October 4-January 20 2013. This exhibition explores the roles, functions, and technology of color in French an Japanese prints. It feature more than one hundred prints and illustrated books from the eighteenth to twentieth centuries, drawn from the Smart Museum's substantial holdings as well as major public and private collections across the country. These remarkable works reveal two unfolding traditions--each shaped by artistic experimentation and technological progress--that came to complement each other aesthetically, even while preserving their own distinctive features. Curators Chelsea Foxwell and Anne Leonard, UC. Curator tour on closing day January 20.

Divine and Princely Realms: Indian Art from the Permanent Collection. December 18-April 28 2013.
Information coming.

Explore how India's distinct art was molded over time by the region's major religions- Buddhist, Hindu, Islamic, and Jain faiths among others and influenced by the patronage of its Mughul kings and Hindu princes. this small presentation of works from the Smart's collection is a historical companion to the major exhibit on contemporary Indian art (see next) and the exhibit Maharaja at the Field Museum.

Sahmat Collective- Art and Activism in Modern India. February 13-June 9.
Visit http://smartmuseum.uchicago.edu/exhibitions/the-sahmat-collective-art-and-activism-in-india-since-1989/. #sahmat

February 13, Wednesday, 7-8:30 pm. Opening reception for Smart Museum's "The Sahmat Collective," modern art and activism in India exhibit. Come together and celebrate the transformative power of art at the opening reception for the Smart's new exhibition exploring art and activism in India. The evening features music and dance performances by the UChicago South Asian community. 5550 S. Greenwood. 773 702-0200.
See also events February 16, 18, March 23.

"Sahmat likes to define itself as a "platform." Open-ended and inclusive, it has helped to create and maintain the space for cultural resistance (in India). It is on this platform that the historian, even the archeologist, can be a cultural activist. "

Since 1989, the influential Delhi-based Sahmat has offered a platform for artists, writers, poets, musicians, actors, and activists to create and present works of art that promote artistic freedom and celebrate secular, egalitarian values.

The collective formed in the weeks after playwright, actor, and activist Safdar Hashmi was fatally attacked by political thugs while performing a street play. In the more than twenty years since, Sahmat has drawn on India’s secular heritage and an expansive group of collaborators to produce a series of projects that engage in important political and social debates through a mix of high art and street culture. This exhibition will introduce Sahmat's work to the United States through a survey of art and ephemera while assessing the impact this unique—and sometimes controversial—collective has had on contemporary Indian society and artistic practice.

About Safdar Hashmi
Safdar Hashmi (1954–1989) was a political activist, actor, playwright, poet, and founding member of the street theater group Jana Natya Manch, or Janam ("birth") for short. He was deeply committed to secularism and egalitarianism, and built Janam into a forum for democratic and accessible theater aimed at political change.

On January 1, 1989, Hashmi and Janam were violently attacked while performing the play Halla Bol! (Raise Your Voice!) during municipal elections outside of Delhi. Hashmi died of his injuries the next day. His death aroused a nationwide wave of revulsion against political violence and led to the founding of Sahmat. The name is both an acronym for the Safdar Hashmi Memorial Trust and the Hindi word for "in agreement."

India's culture wars
Ever since, Sahmat has been at the heart of what co-curator Ram Rahmen likens to "India's culture wars."

Animated by the urgent belief that art can propel change and that culture can reach across boundaries, Sahmat has offered a platform for an expansive group of artists and collaborators to present powerful works of art that defend freedom of expression and battle intolerance within India's often divisive political landscape.

Sahmat's projects (timeline PDF) are defined in part by their consistent stance against the threat of religious fundamentalism and sectarianism—known in South Asia as "communalism"—in public life. Collaborations have cut across class, caste, and religious lines and have involved artists, performers, scholars, and a wide array of other participants, such as the Hindu, Sikh, and Muslim auto-rickshaw drivers in the contest Slogans for Communal Harmony. Projects also have sought to counter political distortions to India's history, most notably in Sahmat's multifaceted response to the demolition of Babri Masjid (Babur's Mosque) in Ayodhya. In other cases, Sahmat has sought celebrate India's cultural diversity and democratic ideals, engaging artists to create work that responds to ideas of national history and individual identity.

A 2009 work inviting creation of new work in testament to Hashmi and such self- exiles as HMF Husain, is Motherland with Om Flag and Trishul by Pushpamala N, which has the artist in a staged tableau is dressed as Mother India with militant symbols and mocking a cynical "staging" of the "new nationalism."- often done for political advancement and not out popular outrage. Recent, unhistoric attacks on nudity in artistic portrayals is another subject.

Participating artists (complete list link at exhibit website)
The Sahmat Collective includes works in a variety of media from over sixty artists including Manjeet Bawa, Atul Dodiya, Subodh Gupta, Zarina Hashmi, Rummana Husain, Bharti Kher, Pushpmala N., Nalini Malani, Gigi Scaria, Nilima Sheikh, and Vivan Sundaram.

Curators: Jessica Moss, Smart Museum Associate Curator for Contemporary Art, and Ram Rahman, photographer and independent curator.

In conjunction and dominating the "Threshold" foyer Jan. 19-Dec. 8 2013: Gigi Saria: City Unclaimed. Revealing the complex layers and stark contrasts of Delhi, Indian artist Gigi Scaria’s site-specific installation City Unclaimed combines a large photo-based mural of an imaginary cityscape with a working fountain that stands as both a monument to a glorious past and also a reminder of bubbling societal tension.

Covering the central wall of the Smart Museum’s reception hall, the immersive mural is manipulated and stitched together from photographs Scaria has taken around his home city of Delhi. The collage of images shows the extreme differences and layers of social and economic class that are characteristic of the city, which Scaria says “grows and decays by its own logic.” In front of the mural stands a twelve-foot high fountain that mirrors the architecture and images behind it. The five tiers of the fountain resemble Delhi apartment buildings with windows and balconies, and the flowing water raises issues about scarcity, abundance, and the allocation of resources in urban spaces. City Unclaimed is the artist’s first project for a U.S. museum.

Other Modernisms. Serge Charchoune (1889-1975) May 7-August 25
The achievement of Franco-Russian painter Serge Charchoune (1889-1975) is among the least widely known or understood in twentieth-century European art. Sometimes seen a a minor practitioner of major modernist styles-- Dada, Cubism, Purism, informal abstraction-- Charchoune in fact operated quite independently within and beyond those tendencies. He was an unpredictable individualist, who in his resistance to stylistic conformity presages a strain of post-conceptualist painting only full recognized toward the turn of twenty-first century. Organized by the Talbot Rice Galley, U Edinburgh. About 20 works for the 1920s to the 1970s selected to demonstrate the painter's diversity, uniqueness, and current relevance. Curators Merlin James and David Schutter w. Richard A. Born.
Discover his work and its relevance to painting today in a free public lecture by artist, writer, and co-curator Merlin James (May 6, 5:30 pm) at the Logan Center for the Arts and an in-gallery talk by James and fellow co-curator David Schutter (May 7, 12:30 pm) at the Smart. Free. Space is limited for the gallery talk on May 7. Please register in advance. These talks are co-sponsored by the Nicholson Center for British Studies and the Department of Visual Arts at the University of Chicago.

The Land Beneath Our Feet: American Art at the Smart Museum. June 27-August 25.
Tracing a chronological arc of almost a century, this exhibition showcase both familiar and lesser-known works form SM's collection of American art. It presents approximately 80 works- paintings, sculptures, prints, drawings, and photographs- by American artists while exploring national context and changes in art between 1850 and 1940. Makes a subtle nod to the 100th anniversary of the 1013 Armory Show with two paintings by key artist-organizers, Arthur Davies and Walt Kuhn. Western survey photographs, etchings by James McNeill Whistler, landscapes by Tonalist master George Inness, and photos by Walker Evans. Curator Anne Leonard.

SmartFamilies@Coleman Library and at Blackstone Library-- suspended.
Morning at Coleman, afternoon at Blackstone Branch, 4904 S. Lake Park and Bessie Coleman Library, 731 E. 63rd St.
Second Saturdays except summer: 2-4 pm.
The Smart Museum of Art and the Blackstone Branch of the Chicago Public Library are teaming up for an exciting new series of FREE drop-in family workshops. Visit the children's reading room in the library and join Smart Museum staff for exciting art and reading-related activities. Parents, caregivers and children can make art projects together, read related stories, and explore artworks on the Smart's children's website, smARTkids. Best for children ages 3 and up. All children must be accompanied by an adult. For more information, call 773-702-4540.

Smart Sounds: Concerts in the Courtyard

This summer-fall, enjoy great performances in the Smart Museums's idyllic sculpture garden. Done, but Sabertooth with Pat Malinger will be here during the Jazz Festival September 24 2011.

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South Asia Language and Area Center.

South Side YMCA- has occasional blues and jazz.

South Shore Cultural Center Gallery, 7059 South Shore Drive. 773 256-0149. Creative Artist Association exhibit into August.

Washburne Culinary Institute of City Colleges of Chicago (Kennedy King)- regular and community classes continue/return at South Shore Cultural Center, 7059 South Shore Drive. This is one of the best and oldest cooking schools in the country. All community classes meet on Saturdays 10-1 and costs $45. Lower age limit uncertain. Each month a single-day class starts late each month and includes such topics as hearty soups, vegetarian, thrill of the grill, cajun/creole, pickling and canning, Parrot Cage restaurant, Sikia Restaurant African Dishes, Thanksgiving Favorites and more. Contact Continuing Education Department at 773 602-5042. Registration is a t 6343 S. Halsted Building @ room 220.

In the Fine Arts Gallery: LOIZA in Chicago. Traveling Exhibition that explores the West African and Spanish history of the Vejigante Traditions July 5-September 7.

South Shore Opera Company of Chicago.

Next- February 16 2013, Saturday, 6 pm- Black Heritage concert; June 06 2013, Saturday, 6 pm- Variety; October 19 2013 6 pm- OPERA by a black composer- black tie ticketed event.

Special Collections- see Regenstein Library.

Third World Cafe. Photographs by Kevin Eatinger including interiors of area boarded up churches. 1301 E. 53rd St.


UC Special Collections Regenstein Library, 1100 E. 57th St.

Special Collections and Reg. Library: Jewish Heritage, Gilbert and Sullivan, more. Tadanori Kokoo: Recent Poster Works. (psychedelic + album works from the Beatles on question what is being advertised.) Through June 19.
"On the Edge: Medieval Margins and the Margins of Academic Life."

At Crerar: "Science at the University of Chicago: A History from the Library's Photofiles." Celebrate over 100 years of groundbreaking scientific research and discoveries with this amazing collection of photographs from the University of Chicago. Sponsored by the John Crerar Foundation.

UChicago Tech. 6030 S. Ellis.

University Theater - visit http://ut.uchicago.edu for schedule. March 26, Monday. STARTING NOW (THIS QUARTER) UNIVERSITY THEATER MOVES TO LOGAN ON 60TH ST. Plays will include Mickel Maher's adapation of An Actor Prepares and (Deans' Men) Shakespeare's Cymbeline in the Courtyard.

Washington Park Incubator - see Garfield.

Ongoing select Wednesdays 3-4 pm. WHPK's (88.5, whpk.org) The Groks Science Show. 3/18, 4/1, 4/15, 4/29, 5/13, 5/27, 6/10, 6/24, 7/8, 7/22, 8/5, 8/19...

The Chicago Ensemble, Mostly Music, University of Chicago Presents, and The Chicago Chorale events at Rockefeller Chapel. Jazz and Gamelan events at Hyde Park Union Church. Series section.

Astronomical viewing with Ryerson Astronomical Society Wednesdays 7-9 weather permitting. Ponder the heavens through the vintage 6-inch telescope. Ryerson is at the northeast corner of the campus circle drive.

Jazz (and other music) on Tap (or coffee houses/restaurants)

*****(http://www.hydeparkjazzfestival.org) Became even bigger with the TWO DAY Hyde Park Jazz Festival September 24-25 2011. And the benefit with Freddye Cole on Sept. 22. Watch for it in September 2012.

The Chicago Jazz Archive at the University of Chicago Library’s Special Collection Research Center invites all jazz lovers to explore the history of Chicago jazz online and in person this fall:

1. View and hear our new Web exhibit, Sounds from Tomorrow’s World: Sun Ra and the Chicago Years, 1946-1961. While living in Chicago, Herman Poole “Sonny” Blount became Sun Ra—the leader of the Arkestra and a composer and arranger of some of the most avant-garde jazz of the time. He was also the architect of a philosophy that informed his music, his life, and the lives of those around him: a synthesis of Black Nationalism, Egyptology, futurism, occultism and Southern Baptist preaching. This Web exhibit explores Sun Ra’s Chicago years through images and sound recordings of his poetry and music, vinyl records and album artwork, promotional materials and early controversial broadsheets. A media kit is available online.

2. Visit the Special Collections Research Center to consult the original materials shown in the Sun Ra Web exhibit and thousands of other publications, photographs, articles, posters, programs, ticket stubs, and other ephemera of musicians, clubs, record companies, and jazz organizations found in the Chicago Jazz Archive.

3. Visit our updated Chicago Jazz Library Guide for information on researching the history of Chicago jazz at libraries across the city.

4. Stop by the Chicago Jazz Archive table at the Hyde Park Jazz Festival this Saturday, September 25. The Special Collections Research Center is a member of the Hyde Park Alliance for Arts and Culture (HyPa), which co-produces the festival.

Please contact me if you have questions about any of these offerings.

Best regards, Rachel A. Rosenberg, Director of Communications, The University of Chicago Library
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Jazz in Mandel Hall: April 15, 2012, Sunday, 6 pm. Chicago Presents a Special Event, jazz. Gretchen Parlato Quartet. $20, $5. Mandel Hall, 1131 E. 57th St. Jazz program to be announced from stage. First place winner of the Thelonious Monk International Jazz Vocals Competition (2004), Gretchen Parlato is a rising jazz star described as having a "deep almost magical connection to the music," by jazz pianist Herbie Hancock. Saxophonist/composer Wayne Shorter said that, "in an inconspicuous way, Gretchen plays th same instrument as frank Sinatra. There's no on out there like Gretchen." Next April 22.

AACM- see L26. Also at DuSable frequently. Summer series at Carruthers Center 700 E. Oakwood- see in By Date June 30, July 8, August 12, September 9. Also at South Side Center July-Sept at l3 every 1t and 2nd Sunday. Every Friday at L26 (qv) at 10 $10 and jam sessions every Thurs there at 9 $5.

Hyde Park Jazz Society, http://www.hydeparkjazzsociety.com for lineup. Formed to do what its former name says, Committee to Restore Jazz in Hyde Park, including bringing the Checkerboard to Hyde Park. Now organizes the large, annual jazz festival in Hyde Park, supports jazz Sunday night at the various venues-- see their website for next. Find description and contacts at their site and in our Arts and Cultural Directory alpha run. Sunday evening sets are now at L26 in South Loop Hotel, 12 W. 26th at State.

Checkerboard Lounge. Check our Checkerboard page for their lineup of blues, jazz, and other music. Checkerboard Lounge, 5201 S. Harper 773 684-1472.
Jazzy Sundays with Jabon Jazz or other groups. To book jazz groups, call Ms. Acklin at 773 447-5927.

Now underway 2010- Friday noon jazz or concerts in Hyde Park Shopping Center courtyard near 55th and Lake Park. Summer Fridays for noontime concerts in Hyde Park Shopping Center courtyard. Into September.

Also (not always live music at) 2nd weekends this summer 10-8 as part of International Art and Craft Shows. The latter also occurs 3rd weekends in summer in Harper Court--also with live music.

Nichols Park Sunday afternoon concert series mid July-September. 4-6 pm by the north fountain.

Jazz (and blues and gospel) brunches in HP and beyond: Chant, 1509 E. 53rd- Sundays 11-3,
Backstory (often the avant guarde trio Recovery)
W.C. Handy's Bistro in South Shore
Blues47 Gospel Brunch on Sundays? King and 47th Suffered major fire damage, don't know if/when it reopens
South Side YMCA sometimes has jazz, blues or.

New venue- Jackson Park Fieldhouse, 2nd Mondays April-June at 1 pm- in conjunction with the seniors program. "Blue Mondays." (starts again fall 2011)

CLOSED> Backstory Cafe at Experimental Station. There is a new place, B Grabs may or not have performance.

ETA Creative Art Foundation- Charles Hath presents Jazz'n on the South Side. 7558 S. chicago Ave. June 2011 remaining- Wednesdays, june 22 Marquis Hill, June 29 Curtis Robinson. Doors open at 6, perf. at 7. $10 cover.

Hyde Park Art Center including AACM occasionally on weekends.

Hyde Park Jazz Society Sundays- moving Dec. 4 2011 to the Marmon Grand, 2230 S. State.

??Little Black Pearl Art and Design Center- Hidden Pearl Art Cafe. Jazz offerings 2nd and 4th Thursdays 7-11 pm. Currently Crosswind, leader and percussionist Greg Penn. Food and bevs available. $10, $ students with ID and LBP members or jam session participants. 1060 E. 47th St. 773 285-1211. info@blackpearl.org.

1st Fridays jazz at Quadrangle Club bar, 1155 E. 57th st. Dress, cover.

Friday and Saturday evenings starting at 9:30 pm And Sundays 11 am- 3 pm at C.H.A.N.T Chinese and Asian American tapas restaurant, 1509 E. 53rd St., has jazz and blues soloists, several of them stars such as Ray Silkman, and sometimes DJs. 773 324-1999, http://www.chantchicago.com.

Jimmy's Woodlawn Tap- Blues Sundays 4-7:30, Curtis Black Trio (mostly jazz) 9 pm- 1 am. 1172 E. 55th St. 773 643-5516.

L26 at South Loop Hotel, 12 W. 26th at State - Fridays at 10 $10 AACM Fred Anderson Memorial Series- July 8 Art Turk Burton and Congo Square, July 15 Maggie Brown Quartet, July 22 saalik Ziyad Collective, Aug. 19 Corey Wilkes Trio, Aug. 26 Edwin Daugherty, Sept. 2 Earnest Dawkins Black Star Project, Sept. 9 Ann Ward with Ari Brown, Sept 16 Chicago Horns, Sept. 23 Vincent Davis Percussion Plus, Sept. 30 Justin Dillard Trio. And jam sessions every Thursday at 9 $5.
And Sundays 7:30-11:30 pm Hyde Park Jazz Society Series $10, $5.

Mellow Yellow, Occasional Friday (or some holidays or Saturdays) night Jazz 8 or 9-midnight. James Tyler Quintet, Snatch Jazz. Kevin Nabors Quintet, or Chester McSween. 1508 E. 53rd St. 773 667-2000. No cover, 2 dr. min. http://www.mellowyellowrestaurant.com. http://www.snatchband.com.

Park 52, Wednesdays, 7:30-9 pm. 5201 S. Harper. 773 241-5200, http://www. Park52Chicago.com.
Special show based on Oscar Brown - see by date Feb. 9, 16, 24. Otherwise jazz Wednesdays.

Piccolo Mondo. Italian fine restaurant has a Spanish Guitarist Wednesday evenings. 1642 E. 56th St. 773 643-1106. Norberto Zas, mzas@sbcglobal.net.

Potbelly Sandwich Works in Hyde Park Shopping Center has Samuel "Savoir Faire" Williams playing Tuesday and Thursday evenings 6-9 pm.
Michael Beetly Mons non-1 pm.

Room 43, 1039-43 E. 43rd St.

Quadrangle Club, 1st Fridays Jazz, 6 pm-?. 1155 E. 57th St.

Curtis Black Trio, other groups Sundays at 9 pm, Jimmy's Woodlawn Tap, 11-- E. 55th St.

Hyde Park Art Center, Renaissance Society, and Hyde Park Shopping Center and Harper Court are places for occasional jazz concerts.

Occasionally there are large concerts at Mandel Hall and even on the quads.

At least once a quarter the Jazz XTet under Mtawa Bowden perform at the University of Chicago's Fulton Hall. music.uchicago.edu.

First Unitarian, 5650 S. Woodlawn, and Hyde Park Union Church, 5600 S. Woodlawn often have jazz events, including by Willie Pickens and Jimmy Ellis. Don't miss the Christmas concert. Also Sunday afternoon monthly series various quarters.

Some outside include Live in the Alley Sats. 2-8 in summer, at Black United, 1801 E. 71st St.

Op Shop 1530 E. 53rd St- 1530 E. 53rd St.

Smart Sounds: Concerts in the Courtyard- summer Passport series 2010 done, but

The free performances continue with the Hyde Park Jazz Festival on September 25. The fourth annual festival includes another mammoth lineup of jazz greats, including Art Hoyle and Rio Bamba at the Smart. Visit hydeparkjazzfestival.org.

The concerts wrap up under a tent in the courtyard on September 30, with the premiere performance of a new score by composer Jeffrey Rukaman. The eclectic, meditative piece--commissioned by the Smart to celebrate the opening of Echoes of Past--will be performed by members of Kansas City's acclaimed Spoonbender Orchestra [which was involved in the art of the Midwest exhibit].

Passport to Jazz- discontinued.

Jazz in Chicago-- it lives in at least these venues: (Pub Crawl with Jazz Institute of Chicago September 1, 6-Midnight. JazzInChicago.org.

Andy's- 11 E. HubbardBacroom 1007 N. Rush
Buddy Guy's Legends- 700 S. Wabash
City Life-712 E. 83rd st.
Close Up 2- 416 S. Clark
Marmon Grand- 2230 S. Michigan
Green Mill- 4802 N. Broadway
Jazz Showcase- 806 S. Plymouth
M Lounge- 1520 S. Wabash
New Regal Theater- 1645 E. 79th St.
Reggie's- 2109 S. State St.
Red Pepper's Masquerade Lounge- 428 E. 87th St.
Velvet Lounge- 67 E. Cermak

Then Chicago Jazz Festival September Labor Day weekend- Millennium and Grant Parks and Chicago Cultural Center. Programmed by the Jazz Institute of Chicago. jazzinchicago.org/jazzfest. Don't miss Joan Collaso, sponsored by Hyde Park Jazz Society.

Rock Scene

Hyde Park has a U of C scene, centered performances in Bartlett and Hutchinson and Main Quads, Uncommon Grounds (2nd fl. Reynolds), Hutchinson Commons, or the several coffee shops-- and thought by some to be rather subdued and fusion. It also has a cutting edge underground scene-- literally more often than not in a basement, often in west Hyde Park. For the latter especially, you have to get into the scene or on various email. facebook, twitter, or pass-the-flyer groups to find them.

To start with the South Side rock and cutting edge scene, frequent such spots as Reggies Rock Club, 2109 S. State, South Union Arts, 1352 S. Union, Go0Go Town, 3117 S. Morgan.

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Series

Persons needing assistance at U of C programs should call 773 702-8484. To Artspeak 2009-2010

Amadeus Consort (at Shrine of Christ the King)
Apollo Chorus
Baroque Band
Bella Voce (Rockefeller perfs.)
Chicago a cappella
Chicago Chorale
Chicago Ensemble
Christ the King - Hidden Treasures series
Series Music UC
UC non-Presents quarter programs
Noontime Music Series at UC
Chicago Presents
St. Paul Chamber Orchestra
Chicago Presents Classic
Chicago Presents Early
Chicago Presents Contempo
Gilbert and Sullivan operetta in March- dir. to info in this page. Website. Benefits perf. ensembles at U of C.
Winter groups
Pacifica Quartet
** 2010-11 Chicago Presents
Newberry Consort
Court Theatre
Mostly Music
Music Teachers of Hyde Park
Rembrandt
South Shore Opera
Sundays at First Unitarian
The Tiny Mahler Orchestra

Amadeus Consort (info coming) holds concerts 4th Sundays 3 pm at St. Gelasius (Institute of Christ the King Sovereign Priest, 6415 S. Woodlawn)- free. Hidden Trasures Classical Consert Series: baroque and early classical from known authors but rarely heard pieces.

Apollo Chorus. http://www.apollochorus.org. 2012-2013

March 2, Saturday, 7:30 pm. Apollo Chorus of Chicago (over 140 years!) presents Choral Classics- Charpentier and Haydn and a little Mozart. Apollo is joined by Evanston's Renovo String Orchestra for this year's Choral Classics Concert. The program features Franz Joseph Haydn's Mass in B flat major "Theresienmesse" (Hob. XXII: 12) and Marc-Antoine Charpentier's Te Deum in D major, with the famous "Eurovision" prelude. And orchestral divertimenti of Mozart. Presented in glorious Rockefeller Chapel, these brilliant sacred works are sure to delight the ears and inspire the soul. Tickets $35 front section, $25 rear, students $30/$20 at the Apollo website or at the door. However, Rockefeller ad gives the prices as $30 general, $25 student. Buy from Apollo website. 5850 S. Woodlawn. (Only remaining in Hyde Park)

Baroque Band. (either .com or .org work on its busy website.) Partial (Hyde Park) schedule. Programs are often also in Rockefeller Chapel, Nichols Hall of Chicago Music Institute in Evanston and Symphony Center. New to Chicago and Hyde Park in 2007. Director is Briton Garry Clarke. "Informed period performance." Outstanding. $35, 15 single, series range from $54 student to $126. Hyde Park dates and locations tba or visit their website.

Garry Clarke - Artistic Director

Get all FOUR concerts for just $126 ($114 Seniors)

2012-13 Season


Oct. 20, 2012, Jan. 19, 2013, March 8, June 7 Augustana Lutheran Church, Hyde Park

 June 7, Friday, 7:30 pm. (June 8 Music Institute of Chicago, June 12 Grainger Ballroom Symphony Center). Baroque Band. "The Godfather." Music by Bach is heavily used in this movie. Keyboard works of Bach ("godfather" of western music), Telemann, Pachelbel, Sebastian Nagel (godfather to Bach) , and JS Bach's real son CPE Bach- all but the 1st and last were godfathers to famous composers. Augustana Lutheran Church, 5500 S. Woodlawn Ave. Last of the season. 312 235-2363.

2013-2014- Augustana Lutheran Church, Hyde Park: Sept. 21, Jan. 18, Mar. 22, June 6


Bella Voce (Rockefeller performances- ) ??925 W. Huron #608, Chicago, IL 60622, http://www.bellavoce.org, mail@bellavoce.org. Also given as Bella Voce, c/o Department of Performing Arts, College of Architecture and tArts, University of Illinois at Chicago, 1040 E. Harrison St., Rm L018, MC255, Chicago, IL 60607-7130.

2012-2013

Mosaic Masterpieces Bella Voce kicks off its 30th anniversary season with William Byrd's Mass for Four Voices and Frank Ferko's Stabat Mater. Featuring soprano Patrice Michaels
Saturday, October 13, 7:30 Grace Lutheran Church, River Forest
Sunday, October 14, 4:00 Rockefeller Memorial Chapel, Chicago
Saturday, October 20, 7:30 St. Luke's Episcopal Church, Evanston
Byrd"s Mass weaves together elemens of teh early Tudor Mass with strong Continental influences. Leading Americn composer and former Hyde Park organist and choir director Ferko's complex and luminous Stabat Mater, composed for Bella Voce under its former name His Majestie's Clerkes, is acclaimed the world over. $38, $30, $5 and some free student tickets.

Handel's Messiah. Hear Handel's masterpiece as he meant it to be performed! Bella Voce and period instrument ensemble the Callipygian Players collaborate to present this Baroque classic in authentic period style.
Friday, November 16, 7:00 St. Luke's Episcopal Church, Evanston
Saturday, November 17, 7:00 Grace Lutheran Church, River Forest
Sunday, November 18, 7:00 Fourth Presbyterian Church, Chicago

Holiday Delights- Join Bella Voce as we journey through distant centuries and far-off lands to revel in the gorgeous choral works of the holidays. This musical feast features fresh arrangements of timeless pieces and Bella Voce's signature treatment of Renaissance classics.
Saturday, December 8, 7:30 St. Procopius Abbey, Lisle
Sunday, December 9, 4:00 St. Luke's Episcopal Church, Evanston

The Sweetness of Spring featuring a world premiere commission by Gabriel Jackson. Join us for an evening of English pastoralism by Vaughan Williams, Britten, and Howells, as well as the world premiere of a new work by visionary composer Gabriel Jackson. |
Saturday, April 27, 7:30 St. Luke's Episcopal Church, Evanston
Sunday, April 28, 7:30 Fourth Presbyterian Church, Chicago
Saturday, May 4, 7:30 Grace Lutheran Church, River Forest

Chicago a cappella (Rockefeller performances 2012-2013 (except Oct. 13 is at KAM and April 28 is at Logan Ctr.)
http://www.chicagoacappella.org.

February 9, Saturday, 8 pm. Chicago a cappella, "Spirit/Breath/Voice." Music direction William Chin. 5 sections of the Renaissance Mass. Gwyneth Walker's new Songs of Ecstasy on texts of Thomas Merton, Shaker Gentle Words, Ukrainian composer Oleh Haravyy's Veni, Creator Spiritus. $12-$35. Rockefeller Memorial Chapel, 5850 S. Woodlawn. (Also Feb. 10 4 pm at Pilgrim Congr Oak Park, Feb 15 8 pm Nichols Concert Hall Evanston, Feb 17 4 pm Wentz Concert Hall Naperville.) (Next/last in Hyde Park- April 28 at Logan.) http://www.chicagoacappella.org.
Featuring a world premiere by Gwyneth Walker, movements from a Renaissance Mass exemplifying highest qualities, and the uplifting sounds Shaker tunes, the ten virtuosic singers of Chicago a capella offer an inspiring concert focused on generosity, peace, and joy. With guest music director William Chin, assistant director for the Chicago Symphony Chorus. Preferred seating $35, general $28, senior discount $22, student $12 online at chicagoacapella.org or at door with $2 additional.

March 9, Saturday, 5 pm. Chicago a cappella Youth Choir performance at Rockefeller Chapel. The concert of the Youth Choral Festival, featuring outstanding high school ensembles and Chicago a cappella, each performing alone and together as a large festival choir. Tickets at the door, $10 general, $5 students. 5850 S. Woodlawn.

April 28, Sunday, 7:30 pm. Chicago a cappella, The A Cappella American Songbook, music direction John William Trotter. Gershwin, Porter, Berlin, others. $12-$35. Also April 20 8 pm Nichols Concert Hall Evanston, April 21 pm Pilgrim Congregational Oak Park, April 26 8 pm Wentz Concert Hall Naperville. Last of season. April 28, Logan Center for the Performing Arts, 915 E. 60th St. Parking.


Chicago Chorale. Bruce Tammen, Director. Hyde Park-based and largely HP artists but absolutely top rate. 1100 E. 55th St. (Lutheran School). Contact: Jana French, 5550 S. Blackstone 60637. 773 288-8459, janaf@sbcglobal.net. http://www.chicagochorale.org. chicagochorale@gmail.com.

2012-2013 season (remaining)

March 24, Sunday, 2, 3 pm. Quire and Place Series at Rockefeller Chapel and Chicago Chorale. Bach St. John Passion with Chicago Chorale.
Preconcert lecture by Prof. Emeritus Martin Marty 2 pm in Ida Noyes Hall (free, but if past years is followed, you need to show your ticket-- section is reserved at the concert for lecture goers).
Bach's St. John Passion presents the baroque master in his most urgent, streamlined, theatrical mode. Steven Soph, Evangelist; Gerard Sundberg, Jesus; Ellen Haris, Susan Druck, William Bennett, Paul Tipton and orchestra of period instrument specialists led by concertmaster Elizabeth Blumenstock. Conductor Bruch Tammen, Dir. of Chicago Chorale.
$35 reserved, $25 general, $20 student advance online or $5 extra at door. http://www.chicagochorale.org. (other cats. may also be $5 extra at door.)

May 17-19. Chicago Chorale. A Cappella Motets.

Chicago Ensemble at I-House Sundays, 3 pm (except one). (also Tuesdays- succeeding or following-- at Fourth Presbyterian 126 E. Chestnut 7 pm). All works have a personal introduction by Founder and Artistic Director /pianist Gerald Rizzer and refreshments. $25, student $10. Subscription $10o for 5 programs, plus intro complementary tickets to distribute. International House, 1414 E. 59th St. theceweb@thechicagoensemble.org 773 889-4206. (Dates given generally are at International House. Alternates for the same program are various days before or after at private residences, LaSalle St. Church, or Sherwood Academy of Music.) http://www.thechicagoensemble.org. Mail contacts P.O. Box 409048, Chicago, IL 60640. 773 889-4206. Managing Director Jennifer Harris. You can buy tickets from their site from Brown Paper Tickets (which claims to be "fair trade").
Join The Chicago Ensemble for its 36th season of eclectic classical chamber music performances!

Contact: Jennifer Harris, (773) 889-4206
Managing Director, The Chicago Ensemble
theceweb@thechicagoensemble.org

Venues
Performances will take place at Hyde Park's International House of University of Chicago Select Sundays at 3 pm and at Fourth Presbyterian Church on Chicago's Gold Coast.

June 9, Sunday, 3 pm. The Chicago Ensemble, Program V. Piano Quartets: Mozart, Copland, Taneyev. International House, 1414 E. 59th St. Assembly Hall. (4th Presbyterian June 4, Tuesday, 7:30 pm.) theceweb@thechicagoensemble.org. Last of season.
Susan Levitin, flute * Ricardo Castaneda, oboe * Elizandro Garcia-Montoya, clarinet * John Gaudette, bassoon * Dan O'Connell, french horn * Rizzer, pian0
Quantz: Trio-sonata in C Major, for flute, oboe, bassoon and piano
Mozart: Quintet in Eb Major, K. 452, for oboe, clarinet, french horn, bassoon and piano
Needham: Five Movements (2007), for flute, oboe, clarinet, french horn and bassoon
Winner: Discover America VII competition
Jacob: Sextet in Bb Major (1962), for flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, french horn and piano

 

Christ the King Hidden Treasures of Classical Music. Monthly.

Institute of Christ the King, resumes its monthly concert program, Hidden Treasures in Classical Music. Hear the works of Baroque composers known and unknown performed in the acoustically beautiful Shrine of Christ The King as presented by The Amadeus Consort.http://www.classicalconcerts.org.
Watch for 2012-13.


UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO MUSIC SERIES-Chicago Presents and other series: Chicago Presents 2011-12 subscription sales are now open.

Non- University of Chicago Presents, non noontime and non colloquium Winter program (see details in By Date under date):


Colloquia-

Besides the series below, Chicago Presents has combination mini-series such as Quartet

Noontime Concert Series Thursdays except as noted, 12:15 pm. at Fulton Recital Hall, Goodspeed 4th, 1010 E. 59th St.


Chicago Presents- most in Mandel Hall, 1131 E. 57th St. Office 5720 S. Woodlawn, 60637, 773 702-8068.

Subscription Series: Full pass $299 ($295 staff, $60 UC student). Saves 40%
Classic Plus: $184 ($180, $34)
Classic" $144 (($140, $25)
Quartet Series: $100 ($17)
Early Music: $75 ($13)
Single tickets with subscription- generally $25, 35, or 40 except Contempo Ganz Hall $15, Lise de la Salle $10, Lionele Loueke Tri0 $20
(Most performances are $35 non student, some $25. Mandel and Logan are the main venues, a few are at Rockefeller.

View preconcert lectures at http://chicagopresents.uchicago.edu.

Chicago Presents Classic Series 2012-13

October 5, Friday, 7:30 pm. Chicago Presents. Takacs Quartet. Haydn: String Quartet in E-flat major, Op. 76, No. 5. Britten: String Quartet in C major, Op. 36, No. 2. Dvorak: String Quartet ion F major. Op. 96, No. 12, "American." Mandel Hall, 1131 E. 57th St. 772 702-8068.

November 16, Friday, 7:30 pm. Chicago Presents. Cho-Liang Lin (La Jolla Mus. Soc. Summerfest), violin, John Bruce Yeh (CSO), clarinet, Deborah Hoffman (Metropol. Opera Orch. principal harpist) , harp, Joshua Roman ("classical rock star"), cello. Paul Reade: Suite from The Victorian Garden. Ingolf Dahl: Concerto a Tre for clarinet, violin and cello. Jacques Ibert: Trio pour violon, violoncelle et harp. Handel, arr. Halvorsen: Passacaglia for violin and cello. Saint-Saens: Fantasie for violin and harp in A major, O. 124. John Williams: Quartet La Jolla for clarinet, violin, cello and harp. Mandel Hall, 1131 E. 57th St. 772 702-8068.

2013

January 25, Friday, 7:30 pm. Chicago Presents. Brooklyn Rider. A genre-defying string quartet that plays standing up (except cello). Mendelssohn String Quartet No. 1 in E-flat major, Op. 12, Brooklyn Rider's group composition "Seven Steps" and an exploration of works from the Brooklyn Rider Almanac. Mandel Hall, 1131 E. 57th St. 772 702-8068.

February 1, Friday, 7:30 pm. Chicago Presents. Steven Isserlis, cello, Kirill Gerstein, piano. Liszt: Romance Oubliee. Liszt: Die Zell im Nonnenwerth (IV). Busoni: Kutaselle, variations on a Finnish folksong. Brahms: Sonata for cello and piano in E minor, Op. 38, No. 2. Bartok: Rhapsody No. 1 for cello and piano. Brahms: Sonata for cello and piano in F major, Op. 99, No. 2. Mandel Hall, 1131 E. 57th St. 772 702-8068.

February 22, Friday, 7:30 pm. Chicago Presents. Kalichstein-Laredo-Robinson Trio. Mozart: Trio in B-flat Major, K 502. Andre Previn: Piano Trio (Chicago premiere and commissioned for the Trio). Tchaikovsky: Piano Trio in A Minor, Op. 50. Mandel Hall, 1131 E. 57th St. 772 702-8068.

April 12, Friday, 7:30 pm. Chicago Presents. Pavel Haas Quartet from Prague. Brahms: String Quartet No. 3, Schnittke: String Quartet No. 3, Beethoven: Quartet in B-flat major Op. 130 with Grosse Fuge Op. 133. Mandel Hall, 1131 E. 57th St. 772 702-8068.

 

Chicago Presents Howard Mayer Brown International Early Music Series- 2012-13 season. Subscr. $85 general, $40 student reduced. Single $35 and student less.

November 9, Friday, 7:30 pm. Chicago Presents. Howard Mayer Brown Int'l Early Music Series. Cappella Pratensis- Sounds of Salvation: Music for a 15th Century Bruges Merchant. Centerpiece is the Missa de Sancto Donitiano by Flemish Jacob Obrecht, and his polyphony and plainchant. Rockefeller Memorial Chapel, 5850 S. Woodlawn. 772 702-8068.

February 8, Friday, 7:30 pm. Chicago Presents. Howard Mayer Brown Int'l Early Music Series. Kristian Bezuidenhout, harpsichord. Johann Kasper Kerll: Toccata No. 3 in G minor; Passacaglia in D minor. Louis Couperin: Allemande-Courante-Sarabande. Johann Jakob Froberger: Toccata in C major. No. 16 Partita in C major, No. 12 Fb WV 612/612a (Lamento sopra la dolorosa). Handel: allemande, from Suite for keyboard, Vol. 1, No. 3 in D minor, HWV 428; Courante from Suite for keyboard, Vol 2, No. 11 in D minor, HWV 437; Aria and Variations, from HWV 428. Bach,: Toccata in D minor, BWV 913; Parita in A minor (after BWV 1002 for solo violin in D minor), transcribed for solo harpsichord by L. U. Mortensen. Logan Center Performance Hall, 915 E. 60th St. . 772 702-8068.

April 19, Friday, 7:30 pm. Chicago Presents. Howard Mayer Brown Int'l Early Music Series. Scottish Ensemble/Alison Balsom, trumpet. Handel: Concerto Grosso in B-flat major, Op. 6/7, HWV 325. Albinoni (arr. Balsom): Oboe Concerto in B-flat major, No. 2, BWV 1042. Vivaldi (arr Balsom): Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 3/9, No. 9, RV 230 ("L'estro armonico"). Purcell: "Dance of the Furies" from Dido and Aeneas; Chacony in G; Fantasia upon One Note. Biber: Battalia in D major, C. 61. Handel: Suite for Trumpet adn Strings in D major. Logan Center Performance Hall, 915 E. 60th St. 772 702-8068.

Chicago Presents Specials and co-presentations

October 14, Sunday, 3 pm. Chicago Presents Special in conjunction with Grand Opening of the Logan Center for the Arts. Turtle Quartet, in Homage to Hendrix. Logan Performance Hall, 915 E. 60th St.

October 19, Friday, 7:30 pm. Chicago Presents. Julie and Parker Hall Annual Jazz Concert: The Music of Chick Corea. SFJAZZ Collective. Mandel Hall, 1131 E. 57th St. 773 702-8068.

October 30, Tuesday, 7:30 pm. Chicago Presents, with Chicago Latino Music festival. Fabio Biondi and Europa Galante present Early Music in the Spanish Court. 6:30 pm lecture by Robert Kendrick. $25, $5. Logan Perf. Hall, 915 E. 60th St. Baroque music knew no boundaries, traveling at the pleasure of kings. This intriguing concert features music from the Spanish court in vogue during the early part of the 18th century, including works by Vivaldi, Corelli, Mascitti, Jose Herrando an Francisco Jose de Castro.

February 16, Saturday, 7:30 pm. Chicago Presents with Chicago Jazz Philharmonic (Orbert Davis' group). Music from "DuSable to Obama: Chicago's Black Metropolis." Logan, 915 E. 60th St. $35, $10.
6:30 pm: Discussion with composer Orbert Davis and documentary team.
Orbert Davis leads his 15-piece Chicago Jazz Philharmonic chamber ensemble in th first LIVE performance of music from the Emmy(r) winning WTTW television documentary. the uniquely African-American history integrates video highlights and evocative melodies from early 20th century ragtime to the present.


Artist in Residence Pacifica Quartet. 2011-12 season

2012-13 season

November 4, Sunday, 3 pm. Chicago Presents. Pacifica Quartet. Boccherini: String Quartet, Op. 51. Bartok: String Quartet No 6. Beethoven: String Quartet N. 15 in A minor, Op. 132. Logan Center Performance Hall, 915 E. 60th St.

February 17, Sunday, 3 pm. Chicago Presents. Pacifica Quartet. Haydn: Quartet in B-flat major, Op. 76, No. 4, "Sunrise." Shostakovich: String Quartet No 2. in A major, Op. 68. Ravel: String Quartet in F major (dedicated to Faure). Logan Center Performance Hall, 915 E. 60th St.

May 12, Sunday, 3 pm. Chicago Presents. Pacifica Quartet. Smetana: String Quartet No. 1, "From My Life." Janacek: String Quartet No. 2, "Intimate Letters." Beethoven: String Quartet No. 16 in F Major, Op. 135 (his last string quartet). Logan Center Performance Hall, 915 E. 60th St.

Chicago Presents Contempo. 2012 season

 

2013 season

January 12, Saturday, 3 pm. Chicago Presents. Contempo. Cliff Colnot conducts eighth blackbird and Pacifica Quartet in University of Chicago faculty and other composers. Logan Center Performance Hall, 915 E. 60th St.

April 14, Sunday, 3 pm. Chicago Presents. Contempo- Double Bill. Cliff Colnot, conductor in Jorge Liderman: Antigona Furiosa and Pablo Asian and Trio Tango Music (echoes of Piazzolla). Logan Center Performance Hall, 915 E. 60th St.

May 10,Friday, 3 pm. Chicago Presents. Contempo. Tomorrows' Music Today I. eighth blackbird and Pacifica Quartet in works by Yuan-Chen Li, Katherine Pukinskis, and Philip Taylor. Fulton Hall (Goodspeed 4th), 1010 E. 59th St.

May 17, Friday,7:30 pm. Chicago Presents. Contempo-Tomorrow's Music Today II. Cliff Colnot, conductor, eighth blackbird, Pacifica Quartet. Dissertation works by Francisco Castilo-Trigueros, Andrew Jasinski, Dylan Schneider, Takuma Tanikawa. Logan Center Performance Hall, 915 E. 60th St.

Chicago Presents other specials:

U of C Chamber and Symphony Orchestras, New Music Ensemble, Wind Ensemble, New Budapest Orpheum, Renaissance, Jazz X-tet-

Chicago Presents 2013-2014 Series. Britten, Classic, Early, Pacifica, Contempo, Jazz at the Logan, Music Across Genres

Benjamin Britten Festival 2013-14 EACH CONCERT IS PRECEDED BY A LECURE OR EVENT ONE HOUR PRIOR)

The String Quartets- (see descriptions in Classic, Early, Across Genres...)
October 4- Jupiter String Quartet
October 6- Pacific Quartet

Dedicated to Friends
October 15- Jean-Guihen Queyras
October 18- Nicholas Phan and Friends

Influences Among Centuries
November 8- Fretwork/Elizabeth Kenny Dowland's 7 Teares- and at 6:30 Roger Chase Britten's sim. and Elegy
November 10- Spektral Quartet

RelatEd Events
September 11 at 7 pm- Poetic Muses: Britten, Auden and Sitwell (at Poetry Foundation)
October 5 at 10:30 am- Jupiter Quartet and Spektral Quartet with Seth Brodsky (rels. 3rd Str Q and Thomas Ades' Arcadiana)
October 11 at 7 pm- A Time There Was with Tony Palmer, filmmaker
November 10 at 3 pm- Spektral Quartet at Logan (has a charge of $15)
At Rockefeller 11 am- October 13, November 10, December 8, January 12, February 9, March 9 and
March 9 at 3 pm at Rockefeller Rejoice in the Lamb (choral)

Classic Concert Series (at Mandel)

October 4, 7:30 m. Jupiter String Quartet (Britten and Brahms) (lecture 1 hour in advance)

October 18, 7:30 pm. Nicholas Phan and Friends (Britten and Schubert) (lecture 1 hour in advance)

November 1, 7:30 pm. Cuarteto Casals with Denis Azabagic (Haydn, Debussy, Boccherini)

January 31, 7:30 pm. Goldstein-Peled-Fiterstein Trio (Beethoven, Verdi/Liszt, Debussy, Kopytman, Brahms)

April 25, 7:30 pm. Rafal Blechacz, piano (Chgo debut). (Mozart, Beethoven, Chopin)

May 2, 7:30 pm. Shanghai Quartet (Haydn, Krystztof, Zhou Long, Verdi)

Early Music Series (var. locs)

November 8, 7:30 pm. Fretwork with Elizabeth Kenny, lute. (Dowland- Lachrimae or Seaven Teares)
6:30 performance violist Roger Chase performs BRITTEN's work based on the same and Britten's Elegy

February 28, 7:30 pm. Venice Baroque Orchestra (Porpora, Veracini, Geminiani, Vivaldi)

April 4, 7:30 pm. Anonymous 4 (Marie and Marion from the 13th c. Montpellier Codex)

Pacifica Quartet (Logan)

October 6, 3 pm. (Britten String Q 2 and Beethoven String Quartet B-flat 130 with Grosse Fuge) (pre-concert lecture 1 hour prior)

January 12, 3 pm. Mozart, Shostakovich, Brahms)

April 13, 3 pm, with Anthony McGill! (Mozart Quintet for Clarinet and Strings, Brahms Clarinet Quintet in B minor)

Contempo (Logan except May 16)

February 4, 7:30 pm. eighth blackbird, Anubis Quartet, Julia Bentley, and Daniel Won- Myth and Awakening

March 2, 3 pm. New Music for Violin and Piano--Miranda Cuckson, Ning Yu

April 26, 7:30 pm. Double Bill 10 Anniv. Pacific Quartet, Patricia Barber and others

May 9, 7:30 pm. Tomorrow's Music Today I- 8th blackbird and Pacifica Quartet

May 16, 7:30 pm. Tomorrow's Music Today II- " " (in Ganz Hall Roosevelt University)

Jazz in the Logan

October 25, 7:30 pm. The Bad Plus "On Sacred Ground"

December 6, 7:30 pm. Rudresh Mahanthappa Quartet "Gamak"

May 30, 7:30 pm. Double Bill: The Great American Songbook- Dick Hyman then Bill Carlap Trio

Music Across Genres (Logan except April 16 in Rockefeller)

October 15, 7:30 pm. Jean-Guihen Queyras (Bach, Britten, Kodaly)

February 21, 7:30 pm. Third Coast Percussion

April 16, 7L30 pm. Seraphic Fire and Spectral Quartet (Haydn- 7 Last Words of Christ. In Rockefeller)

 

The Newberry Consort. $35, $28? Performs at the Newberry, U of C, and Northwestern. Theme this year is Treasures from the Newberry Library. The Consort is Artist-in-Residence at all three but is now an independent 501. Performances are Friday evening at the Newberry's Ruggles Hall, Saturday 7:30 at the U of C, and Sunday, 3 pm at Lutkin Hall at Northwestern in Evanston. Visit the website for information on subscription, advance ticket sales, and exchanges. Address is The Newberry Consort, 60 W. Walton St., Chicago, Il 60610. Center for Public Programs, 312 255-3610.

pre-lecture concert an hour ahead.

2013-2014.

October 18, 19, or 20, 8 pm. The Newberry Consort in Hyde Park. Howard Meyer Brown Memorial Concert. Playing with Fire: virtuoso music from the 16th and 17th centuries. Next February 7, 8, or 9.

February7, 8, or 9. , 8 pm. The Newberry Consort in Hyde Park. The Feast of the Pheasant: a reconstruction of a 15th century banquet. With projected images. Last May 2, 3, or 4.

May 2, 3, or 4, 8 pm. The Newberry Consort in Hyde Park. Celestial Sirens II: music from the Mexican Convent of the Encarnacion with newly-edited music from teh Newberry Choirbooks. End of series.

Rembrandt Chamber Players. PO Box 0547, Chicago, IL 60690, Fax 312 360-0606, phone 312 360-3145, Website http://www.rembrandtchamberplayers.org. 5 concerts a year. 2 are at Driehaus Museum in River North (and also in Evanston)- October 1 Driehaus, Sept. 30 Nichols; March 11 Driehaus, March 10 Nichols. May 12 is only at Nichols. February 10 is only at Logan.

February 10, Sunday, 3 pm. Rembrandt Chamber Players. At Logan Arts Center. Concert III, "Folk Inspirations." Rembrandt Players with Yuan-Qing Yu, Kathleen Braue, violins; Roger Chase, viola. Chicago premiere of Augusta Reed Thomas' Pilgrim Soul for English horn and two violins. Beethoven, Serenade in D Major. Dvorak "Dumky" Piano Trio in E Minor (melancholy and lighthearted folk). $35 each; 3 concerts $90, 4 $120, 5 $145. On line or to Rembrandt Chamber Players, PO Box 0547 Chicago IL 60690. http://www.rembrandtchamberplayers.org, 312 360-3145. Logan, 915 E. 60th St.

 

There are too many other groups to do more than list here--Jazz X-Tet, Middle Eastern Ensemble, Rockefeller Chapel ensembles, Computer Music Studio, University Wind Ensemble, Motet Choir, University Chamber Orchestra, University Symphony Orchestra, New Music Ensemble. 12 groups are underwritten in part by the Gilbert and Sullivan production (this year Pinafore, March 9-11). music.uchicago.edu.

Noontime Concert Series Thursdays at 12:15 pm. Above

University Symphony

University Wind Ensemble

University Chamber Orchestra

University Chorus

Motet Choir

Rockefeller Chapel Choir

New Music Ensemble

Jazz X-tet

Middle East Music Ensemble

Central Javanese Gamelan

Gilbert and Sullivan. March 15, Friday, 16, Saturday (both 8 pm), March 17, Sunday (matinee). The Gilbert and Sullivan Opera Company with the University Chamber Orchestra. The 2013 production will be "The Pirates of Penzance; or, The Slave of Duty." Mandel Hall, 1131 E. 57th St. Tickets open in February, various. The production is presented by, and benefits, the University of Chicago Department of Music.

End of season concerts/Alumni weekend

Noontime Concert Series, Thursdays at 12:15

Student Composers Alliance

Chicago Men's A Cappella, Unaccompanied Women, Umoja Gospel Choir, Voices in Your Mind, Goluska, Midway Brass (See May 3), Fire Wire Ensemble....

 

Monthly organ concerts on the Ganz Organ at Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago, 1100 E. 55tth St. First Tuesdays in academic year.

Mostly Music - Hyde Park Series- Sundays at 4 pm. Master (11 at different venues) $150, flex 4 (you choose which) $95, flex 4 $75?, individual $30, $15. http://www.mostlymusicchicago.com.
info@mostlymusicchicago.com. Jan Feldman President
312 287-5761, fax 312 268-6318. Or 312 287-5761. 180 N. Michigan Ave., Ste. 908.

2012-2013 season includes

September 23- David Schrader (keyboards)
David Schrader celebrates his birthday: Sunday, September 23, 2012 @ 3:00 - World-renowned harpsichordist David Schrader turns 60 this year and celebrates the occasion with us! In this very special performance, David plays his favorites just for us. He will announce his selections from the stage so you have to come to the gorgeous Driehaus Museum (40 E. Erie) to find out just what are his favorites.

November 18- Peter and Katherine van de Graaff (opera stars)
Peter Van De Graaff and Kathleen Van De Graaff : Sunday, November 18, 2012 @ 3:00 - Hear and see one of history's greatest love stories come alive in music and words as WFMT's Peter Van De Graaff and his lovely wife, Kathleen, enact "The Life and Love of Robert and Clara Schumann". Private residence in Evanston.

January 13- Ian Maksin and Ani Gogova: Sunday, January 13, 2013 @ 3:00 - These two accomplished soloists have joined forces and combined their artistic vision as the iAN&ANi DUO. With Ian playing the cello and Ani on the piano this duo is committed to the classical repertoire as well as great music of the last 100 years from Russia, Spain and Latin America. Private residence not in Hyde Park.

Ars Antigua Presents:
Sunday, April 7, 2013 @ 3:00 - Ars Antiqua. Join Eve Straussman-Pflanzer, the Patrick G. and Shirley W. Ryan Associate Curator of European Painting and Sculpture before 1750 at the Art Institute of Chicago and Ars Antigua, directed by Jerry Fuller, for this special program event...an exploration of the Art Institute's most interesting renaissance and baroque art through discussion of the art itself and performances of music related to the art. Art Institute of Chicago?

Music Teachers of Hyde Park Changed to 3rd Wednesdays 6:30 pm- Fall-Spring, skipping December - at Blackstone Library, 4904 S. Lake Park. 312 747-0511 or 773 643-9251. Proceeds to charity.

Rembrandt Chamber Players. PO Box 0547, Chicago, IL 60690, Fax 312 360-0606, phone 312 360-3145, Website http://www.rembrandtchamberplayers.org. 5 concerts a year. 2 are at Driehaus Museum in River North (and also in Evanston)- October 1 Driehaus, Sept. 30 Nichols; March 11 Driehaus, March 10 Nichols. May 12 is only at Nichols. February 10 is only at Logan.

February 10, Sunday, 3 pm. Rembrandt Chamber Players. At Logan Arts Center. Concert III, "Folk Inspirations." Rembrandt Players with Yuan-Qing Yu, Kathleen braue, violins; Roger Chase, viola. Chicago premiere of Augusta Reed Thomas' Pilgrim Soul for English horn and two violins. Beethoven, Serenade in D Major. Dvorak "Dumky" Piano Trio in E Minor (melancholy and lighthearted folk). $35 each; 3 concerts $90, 4 $120, 5 $145. On line or to Rembrandt Chamber Players, PO Box 0547 Chicago IL 60690. http://www.rembrandtchamberplayers.org, 312 360-3145. Logan, 915 E. 60th St.

 

South Shore Opera Company of Chicago. http://www.southshoreopera.org.

Next concert October 27, 2012, 6 or 6:30 pm. 4th Annual Benefit Gala, featuring scenes from 2 great operas and West Side Story on the theme of Amore, Amour, Love: Romeo and Juliet). $? poss. 85. more. 7059 South Shore Drive. Free. Parking on site at $1 per hour.

 

Sunday Afternoon Concerts at First Unitarian Church. Various sets during the year.

The Tiny Mahler Orchestra.

September 21, Friday 7:30 pm. Tiny Mahler Orchestra. Facing Imprisonment. Hyde Park Union Church, 5600 S. Woodlawn.

$20 at the door
$15 with advanced purchase (made by giving a $15 pledge given at http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1294313056/facing-imprisonment)

About the concert:

In collaboration with Toby Lurie (composer, painter and poet), Raya Wolfsun (mask dancer/artist) and Chris Nasodowski (dancer/choreographer), the concert presents four pieces born out of different responses to imprisonment.

Symphony #12, “of the Holocaust” by Toby Lurie
World premiere!
Toby Lurie’s “word music” is music for speaking voices – fully notated but without pitch. Inspired by the resistance by the inmates of the Treblinka concentration camp, his Symphony #12, of the Holocaust will receive its world premiere at this concert. Additional word music by Mr. Lurie will also be performed.

“Coming Together” by Frederic Rzewski
Frederic Rzewski’s galvanic “Coming Together” was composed in response to the 1971 Attica prison massacre. It is based on a letter sent by inmate Sam Melville shortly before he was killed by the police retaking the prison.

Facade II by William Walton
Edith Sitwell’s poetry is brought to life by William Walton’s music in Facade II, a vivid phantasmagoria whose whimsy belies darker themes arising from her disturbing childhood and unsettled adult life.

Socrate by Erik Satie
Socrate, a setting of three Platonic dialogs culminating in the imprisonment and execution of Socrates, is generally considered the masterpiece of Erik Satie (known universally for his “Gymnopedies”). It will receive its Chicago premiere on this concert, some 90 years after its composition.

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Continuing, next few weeks and by running date--mostly places

(For most religious venues, links can be found in the Religious Directory.
A more extensive listing of the incredible array of cultural programming providers is in the
Cultural Directory, especially the alpha listings. See also After School.)

Continuing or set-period run

Every Saturday? Robie House offers interior tours . Robie House. 5757 S. Woodlawn Ave. 708 848-1976.

Court Theatre. 5535 S. Ellis Ave. 773 753-4472.
Special deals such as preview week, student rush available. Occasional staged readings also. 773 753-4472. See above for 2007-08 run.

Continuing at DuSable Museum:
The DuSable Museum of African American History is located in Washington Park near the corner of 56th Street and Cottage Grove Avenue at 740 E. 56th Pl.

Short runs. University Theater Reynolds 1st fl. th. or 3rd floor, us. Wed.-Sat. 7506 S. University. http://ut.uchicago.edu.
Continuing or short run: the Big ones

Continuing at Hyde Park Art Center:
See in types-art exhibits below and in "Best Bets" above.
Hyde Park Art Center classes, exhibits, events. 773 324-5520.
Park Art Center.
Now at 5020 S. Cornell

Continuing. Museum of Science and Industry: More see in alpha listing. 773- 955-9503.
Submarine U 505 new underground exhibit opens June 4. Watch for special events.
57th at Lake Shore Drive , 773 684-1414.
Omnimax:

Smart Home: Green and Wired

Oriental Institute 1155 E. 58th St. 773 702-9507.
Films on Sunday at 2, other specials, periodic lectures and classes. New permanent exhibits. " special exhibits and interactive programs, lectures, Sunday films a t 2 pm.
Open at Oriental Institute: "Catastrophe! The Looting and Destruction of Iraq's Past." Through December. Lecture by McGuire Gibson, followed by candlelight vigil. 1155 E. 58th St. 773 702-9514. See symposium April 12.


Renaissance Society Bergman Gallery. 4th (418) floor Cobb Hall, 5811 S. Ellis Ave. 773 702-8670.10-5 Tu-F, 12-5 Sat.-Sun, Exhibits and openings with lectures, concerts and more.
info@renaissancesociety.org.


Continuing at Smart Museum: see in venue section above and types section below.
5550 S. Greenwood. 773 702-0200.

Continuing or short run: Other venues

Continuing at Augustana Lutheran, 55th and Woodlawn.

Continuing at Catholic Theological Union. 5416 S. Cornell, replacing Courtyard Gallery. 773 324-8000. M-F 9-4.y.

Continuing. Center for Gender Studies. 5733 S. University

Continuing. John Crerar Library, M-S 8:30-5. 5730 S. Ellis. 773 702-8717.

Continuing . Experimental Station, 6100 S. Blackstone. Concerts and exhibits.

Continuing. Franke Institute, JRL S-118 1100 E. 57th St.

Friends of the Gamelan. gamelan@uchicago.edu. Or info@chicagogamelan.org.

April 9, Thursday. Opening at Gender Studies, "The Life of the Female Mind: Gender and Education at the University of Chicago." (cf. exhibit at Regenstein Special Collections.) Shows student research. Through June 13. http://genderstudies.uchicago.edu. 5733 S. University.

God's Gang artists coop. Contact 773 213-6992, http://godsgang1.net.

Grand Ballroom, 6357 S. Cottage Grove.

Great Frame Up, The. 1413 E. 53rd St., 773 752-2020.

U of C Library Society lectures are often on public affairs matters. For information and RSVP: Barbara Palmer-Bostick at 773 702-7695 or bbostick@uchicago. edu. http://www.lib.uchicago.edu/e/alumnifriends/libsoc/programs.html.

Continuing at Hyde Park Neighborhood Club. 5480 S. Kenwood.

Continuing at Hyde Park School of Ballet. Classes (Quarter system) culminating in recitals and performances in collaboration with U of C performing groups. More details in Afterschool.

Continuing. Every Tuesday, 7 pm. International Folk Dancing at Quaker House, 5615 S. Woodlawn. 8-10:15. $4. 773 241-5834 or Mike at 773 241-5834. (Check and see if still functioning.)

Continuing. Little Black Pearl Art and Design Center. 1060 E. 47th St. 773 285-1211. Through June 30: "A Father's Choice/Chicago artists." Opening ? through July 31: "Printmaking Exhibition."

Lookingglass Theatre Summer Camp for 9-15 year olds at Promontory Point fieldhouse on the lake. Create an original piece July -August 1 to be performed on the mainstage. 773 477-9257 x193. lookingglasstheatre.org/education.

Occasional at Montgomery Place, 5550 South Shore.

Continuing. Marsha Melsheimer presents Music Anytime with the Young Child in the basement of Blackstone Branch Library. Several other ongoing programs for kids and a book club there. Call the Library, 312 747-0511. Visit the Friends of Blackstone page. Marsha's Music Together holds classes in var. venues, esp. at Joan's Studio on 57th. email. 773 288-3815.

At Nichole2 Gallery, 4653 S. King Dr. 312 787-7716. (See more South Side Galleries in "Outside the Hyde Park Box.")
One of 3 closely set Bronzeville galleries, Nichole Smith's 2nd space is currently featuring not only Haitian and other Caribbean art but that of Africa, specifically Nigeria.See also Steele Life, Gallery Guichard in South Side Art Outside the Hyde Park Box (below) and Cultural Resources page-Galleries.

Continuing mid through late each academic quarter except summer: Off-Off Campus improv comedy at University Church, 5655 S. University. Resumes a few weeks into fall quarter.

Continuing at Regenstein Special Collections. Watch for next fall's, specialcollections@lib.uchicago.edu

Continuing at Renaissance Society, Cobb 418, 5811 S. Ellis, 773 702-8670. Rockefeller Chapel. 5850 S. Woodlawn. Religious and Music events, special art exhibits. Details passim By Date.
5850 S. Woodlawn. 773 702-5059. 773 702-2100.

Continuing. South Shore Shore Cultural Center Gallery. 7059 South Shore Drive. 773 256-0149.

University Theater Reynolds Club, 5706 S. University.

Continuing. Every Monday and Wednesday morning there is toddler storytelling and read-a-book at 57th Street Books, 1301 E. 57th St. 773 684-1300. New monthly book club has started.

Continuing. Every first and third Thursday evening (7:30>) at Borders'. Cyber Session Poetry Open Mic. 1539 E. 53rd St. 774 752-8663. And every Thursday is Storytime Thursday for children at 11 am.

Continuing. Sunday evenings at 9 the Curtis Black Trio performs jazz at Jimmy's Woodlawn Tap, 1174 E. 55th St.

Continuing. University of Chicago Argentine Tango Club. Lessons during academic year. Ida Noyes 2nd fl. west lounge./ 1212 E. 59th St. Sometimes just nominal fee. Lots of styles of dance being taught and demonstrated at Ida. A different one almost every night!

Nichols Park field house classes and sessions. Includes arts and crafts and other programs for tots. small fee. 1355 E. 53rd St. 312 747-2703. Say Salsa at Neighborhood Club and Nichols fieldhouse ? (Tuesdays at 7?) 4 week $100, 8 week $160. info@saysalsa.com, 773 955-0222.

 

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The next few weeks and beyond- best bets by major type (a selection)

Art shows and talks, other exhibits

February 6-10 the Art Institute is Free.

Smart Museum. 5550 S. Greenwood. 773 702-0200. See in Best Bets above.

See best bets.

Exhibits at the Regenstein Special Collections -see in Best Bets, above

DuSable Museum
The DuSable Museum of African American History is located in Washington Park near the corner of 56th Street and Cottage Grove Avenue. 740 E. 56 th Pl.
For information call 773/947-0600 or visit the website at http://www.dusablemuseum.org/exhibit1.asp. For other specials see above in Best Bets.


Hyde Park Art Center.
5020 S. Cornell--

Exhibit and event schedule is near top in best bets. Class schedule at their website.

Catholic Theological Union Gallery (replaces Courtyard Gallery). 5416 S. Cornell. 773 324-8000. M-F 9-4.

John Crerar Library at University of Chicago. 5730 S. Ellis (west side of inner quadrangle behind Bookstore).

Little Black Pearl Art and Design Center sometimes has open studio or classes Wednesday evenings, many other classes. 1060 E. 47th St., 773 285-1211.

Montgomery Place. 5550 South Shore Drive. 773 753-4100.

Museum of Science and Industry See Best Bets and Continuing above. The Glass Experience. Smart Home.

Nichole2 Gallery, 4653 S. King Dr. 312 787-7716. Tu-Sat 11-5. In the revitalized Bronzeville Center.
Nichole Smith's 2nd space is currently featuring not only Haitian and other Caribbean art but that of Africa, specifically Nigeria. See also Steele Life, Gallery Guichard in South Side Art Outside the Hyde Park Box (below) and Cultural Resources page-Galleries.

Nichols Park field house fall classes for kids of various ages registration (online at www.chicagoparkdistrict.com or a Saturday in person, is underway. 773 747-2307. Field house is at 1355 E. 53rd.

Oriental Institute , 1155 E. 59th St. 773 702-9514. Films on Sunday at 2.

Renaissance Society Cobb 418, 5811 S. Ellis. 773 702-8670.
10-5 Tu-F, 12-5 Sat, Sun. "Several Silences" through June 7.

Regenstein Library Special Collections. Renovated and reopened. Regenstein Library Special Collections exhibit, 1100 E, 57th St. specialcollections@lib.uchicago.edu.

Crerar Library in the science quad, 5730 S. Ellis.
bkern@uchicago. edu.
www.lib.chicago.edu/e/crerar/exhibits/

Rockefeller Chapel exhibits. Statuary models. Next phase opens?
5850 S. Woodlawn. 773 702-5059., 773 702-2100.
http://rockefeller.uchicago.edu. 773 703-2100. 5850 S. Woodlawn.

Third World Cafe. 1301 E. 53rd St. 773 288-3882. Always south side artists' work on display. Medici on 57th also has a long-standing art display.

eta Gallery, 7558 S. South Shore Drive.

South Shore Cultural Center Gallery. 7059 S. Shore Drive. Call 773 256-0149 for hours. South Shore Cultural Center. 7059 S. Shore Drive. Lots- look in South Shore or above in Best Bets alpha run, or below by date. "Interiors."

U of C- Dept. Visual Arts MFA temp. exhibit at 5228 S. Harper. August 15, 5-7pm.

UC Hospitals bridge between Mitchell and DCAM

General Lectures, Literature/Literacy, programs on culture or specific cultures, reading/literature, classes, workshops

 

Hyde Park Art Center 773 324-5520.
Mondays, 6 pm. Hyde Park Art Center presents monthly Talking Point series by artists for artists. 5020 S. Cornell. 773 324-5520.
Talking Point is a (often 2nd) Monday program with artists and a ceramics class- starts at 6 pm. 2nd Monday Talking Point programs
See Sept. 18, Oct 23, Nov. 20 for the 3rd Tuesday Series A lectures.

Quarterly classes.

Classes at Little Black Pearl 773 285-1211, 1060 E. 47th St.

Jazz Dance classes for kids 6-12, arts and crafts classes for toddlers all fall at Nichols Park field house, 1355 E. 53rd St. 312 747-2307. Various times of day incl. after school.

Chicago Public Library One Book, One Chicago Contact Blackstone Branch Library, 4904 S. Lake Park Ave., 312 747-0511. Look for events in By Date below and also the Friends of Blackstone Library page.

Arthur H. Compton, Charles Huggins Lecture Series (c 11 weeks) at the University of Chicago, Saturday mornings 11 am. Kersten Physics Ctr. in the Fall and Spring series 11 am, Kersten Physics, 5620 S. University. 312 572-2718.

U of C Civic Knowledge Project/Odyessy Enhancing Assets hosts workshops and classes, often with the Graham School, for community arts orgs. esp on public relations and other "how to" classes. Information 773 834-3929.
rschultz@uchicago.edu or 773 834-3929.
Listhost service info: listhost:http://listhost.uchicago.edu/mailman/listinfo/civicknowledge
Also: Odyssey Project free yearlong course in five humanities subjects for adults at or below poverty level. 6 college credits. Also in Spanish. 773 834-3929.

Museum of Science and Industry Omnimax Theater.

Ongoing series of author talks and readings offered by 57th Street Books (with Seminary Co-op Bookstore and Newberry Library-those outside Hyde Park generally are not listed here). http://www.semcoop.com.

Oriental Institute classes: 773 702-9514.

Hyde Park School of Ballet classes in progress. 3 Hyde Park locations. www.hydeparkschoolofballet.org, 773 493-8498. Top

Blackstone Branch Library All kinds of activities. Adult and teen book groups, stories for kids, Despres Family Author Series. 4904 S. Lake Park. 312 747-0511.

Music-

 

Rockefeller Memorial Chapel

U of C Dept. of Music. University of Chicago Presents.

Music Teachers of Hyde Park 4th Monday series at Blackstone Library, 4904 S. Lake Park, 7:30 pm. 312 747-0511. (not summer)

South Shore Cultural Center certain times of the year- a new opera company, Civic Orchestra, various by Chicago Music Assoc. and UC Young Composers.

Music groups-see Series above. Includes University of Chicago Concert and Chicago Presents series (incl. St. Paul Chamber Orchestra), Chicago Chorale, Chicago Ensemble, Mostly Music. See below and in Series.

Checkerboard Lounge, 5201 S. Harper, open. Blues all days except Sun eves CheckerJazz 7:30-11 pm. 773 684-1472.

Compton Lectures of Enrico Fermi Institute. Fall and Spring series. (Winter has Huggins Lectures at the Medical Center.) Kersten Physics Teaching Center, 5720 S. Ellis (southeast corner).

Friends of the Gamelan. At Union Church 5600 S. Woodlawn; Beginning Classes

Quadrangle Club- 1st Fridays Jazz in the bar, 6:30-9 pm. 1155 E. 57th St.

First Unitarian Church 5650 S. Woodlawn has concerts including Sunday series at 3 pm. Check in by date or their website, http://www.firstuchicago.org.
Hyde Park Union Church, 5600 S. Woodlawn. Check their website for concerts, http://www.hpuc.org.

 

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Theater and performance, dance, cinema, festivals, classes.

Films winter quarter from Film and Media Center - visit http://1537news.com/eventsFilm.php. or http://filmstudiescenter.uchicago.edu.
DOC Films.

Backstory Cafe will have occasional film series-- 6100 S. Blackstone.

Civic Knowledge courses, esp. for the members of Southside Arts and Humanities Network. LAEPPK. Bart Schultz at rschultz@uchicago.edu or 773 702-8821. Silk Road Theatre Project. www.srtp.org.

University of Chicago Argentine Tango Club. Lessons every Thursday in academic quarters. 7:30-9:30 pm by Somer Surgit and an hour of dancing $3 UC students, faculty, staff; $5 others. Ida Noyes 2nd fl. west lounge. 1212 E. 59th St.

Cafe Society at Valois Cafeteria, 1520? E. 53rd St. Thursdays, 7 pm. Moderated discussions of cultural or civic/political subjects.

Court Theatre. 5535 S. Ellis Ave. 773 753-4472.
Special deals such as preview week, student rush available. 773 753-4472 For 2007-2008 playbill see near top in Best Bets. Opens January 10- Titus Andronicus.

Hyde Park Community Players. Contact plsbkr@netscape.net.

Journal of Ordinary Thought/Creative Writers Alliance.

Doc Films Max Palevsky Cinema, 1212 E. 59th St. Details. 773 486-9612. $4, Passes $24. 773 702-8575. See below.

DuSable Museum (see in best bets above). Sunday movies with a mission at 2 or 3. 740 E. 56th Pl. 773 947-0700.

Friends of the Gamelan. At Union Church 5600 S. Woodlawn. Beginning Classes
gamelan@uchicago.edu. Or info@chicagogamelan.org. Programs including . puppets November 17, 2 and 5.

Gilbert and Sullivan Opera Company. March middle weekend. Benefits the performance ensembles , including student groups at University of Chicago. Information: 773 702-8069, music.uchicago.edu. Best to visit http://www.gilbertandsullivanoperacompany.org.

Hyde Park Art Center. Classes. 773 324-5520. Creativity Camps , classes.

Hyde Park Neighborhood Club has "Films on Friday" noontime for seniors at 1 pm at a nominal fee. Generally real classics or first-run. Shown on large-screen tv.

Little Black Pearl.

Museum of Science and Industry Omnimax Theater. At Omnimax:

NWA Writing Group every Thursday 9:30-11:30 am at Blue Gargoyle, 5638 S. Woodlawn. 773 684-2742.

Nu-Stage Theatre Company, 500 E. 67th St 773 493-0901 offers classes to ages 5-20. Saturdays, $5 reg, $15 per class.

Oriental Institute films every Sunday at 2, specials see by date. 1155 E. 58th St. 773 702-9507.
Classes four to six sessions each. 773 702-9507.

Renaissance Society Bergman Gallery. 4th (413) floor Cobb Hall, 5811 S. Ellis Ave. 773 702-8670.10-5 Tu-F, 12-5 Sat.-Sun, Exhibits and openings with lectures, concerts and more.

Dorchester Project/Civic Knowledge summer films and shorts series.

If you love movies with connections to Chicago and the South side, do we have
the film festival for you. Beginning this Thursday and into August, the
Dorchester Projects will team up with the Chicago Film Archives and show an
assortment of films (documentaries and home movies). The Chicago Tribune had a
great article about us in Friday's edition. For those who are interested, I have
the program notes for all of the films (except the home movies) in the series.

Here's the story:

http://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/movies/ct-mov-0708-movies-grand-crossing-20110709,0,7032936.story

About the program- Erika Dudley via http://civicknowledge.uchicago.edu.

Best,
Erika Dudley
Civic Knowledge Project
Dorchester Projects

 

DOC Films

South Side Art & performance outside the Hyde Park box, and HP related happenings

The Zhou Brothers has a new major art manufactory and gallery in the old Spiegel hq, 35th and Morgan. 1029 W. 35th. 87,000 sq. ft. It's fast becoming a major and chic art center in Chicago. Raises stipend money for struggling artists and arts organizations. Third Fridays-reception and artists at work. Note, big public events/bashes are suspended due to police interference.

Art crawls- 2nd Fridays in Pilsen, 3rd Fridays in Bridgeport.

23rd Atmosphere group gallery, 1907 S. Halsted. Beyond Warhol in the 21st Century, a Post-PopMetaRomanticRetrofit.

32ndandurban gallery in Bridgeport. 3201 S. Halsted. Th-F 5-9, Sat 12-6. Gallery closed.

33 Contemporary/33 Collective. 1029 W. 35th St. 773 837-4534. Mario Zore Gonzales- art of the tag, Jan. 18-Feb. 9

47th St. Marketplace. 4655 S. King. Sn 12-5;30, Tu-Sat 11-5:30.

4Art Inc. 1932 S. Halsted, (Zhou B) Unit 100. Tu-Sat 10-6.

ACRE Projects, 1913 W 17th St. 773 837-0145. Melt, Jan. 20.

Alexander Fedirko. 1932 S. Halsted #206. 2nd Fridays 6-10 or by appointment. Monochromatics.

antena, 1765 S. Laflin, 773 257-3534. http://www.antennapilsen.com. (Sat noon -5? by appointment.) Nick Black's The Road to Candyland- the sexual and the mundane, May 18-June 9.

Art Within Reason- see Within.

Artpentry. 1827 S. Halsted, 312 624-8687. http://www.artpenny.com. By appointment. Floyd Davis IV. Out of carpentry....

Ben Russell, 1716 S. Morgan.

Beverly Art Center. 2407 W. 111th St. 773 445-3838. Play: "Tour Guides" from Poetic Performance Incubator.

Black Cloud Theatre. 1909 S. Halsted. 773 678-3950. Natural Selection (ecology and artistic symbiosis) through May 30.

Black Ensemble Theater. 740 W. 63rd St. (at Kennedy King College). $45, $25, ticketmaster or 773 769-4451. http://www.blackensemble.org.

Blackstone Library, 4094 S. Lake Park. "View from a Chicago Cab" work of Dmitry Samarov, author of "Hack". Through October 31.

Blanc. 4445 S. King, 773 752-4394, blancchicago.com. A gallery in Bronzeville. Dreams in Jay Z Minor.

BLOC Artist Collective. Pilsen W. 19th. Exhibits in a truck ("This is not a truck"/TiNT) and seeks to rehabilitate a warehouse on the South side. Find via blocartistudios.com, blockartistsstudios@gmail.com.

Bronzeville Community Theater. Jacob Carothers Center, 700 E. Oakwood. Nov. 12 and 13 A Raisin in the Sun.

Bronzeville Visitors Information Center has performances, exhibits, talks and classes. 3501 S. King Dr. 773 436-4169.

Brown Derby club. 5107 S. Prairie.

Bruehmueller Studio. 571 W. 18th St. By Appt. Dagmar Bruehmueller.

Cerqua Rivera Dance Theater (CRDT). A company that has redefined the concept of performance ensemble by fusing contemporary dance, live music, and visual art together on stage. Each concert focuses on a different era and segment of society. Ethnically diverse. Includes in-school presentations and CR Youth Ensemble of underserved high school students. Kevin Holt, 7741 S. Indiana 60619 and 2449 S. California 60608. 773 847-0305, http://www.cerquarivera.org, cerquadrivera@sbcglobal.net.

Chicago Art Department gallery. stacey@chicagoartdepartment.org. (1837?) 1932 S. Halsted, 312 226-8601 or 312 725-4223. Mon-Thurs 7-10 or by appt. Both a creating community and cutting edge display place. Big Dreams I'm Chasing (Free Write Jail Arts and Literacy Program. freewritejailarts.org.)
Corporeal- Laudra Chiaramonte April 26-27.

Chicago Arts District.1915 S. Halsted. By appointment only. Southern Illinois University MFA Exhibition (Opening?) June 11.

Chicago State University's President's Gallery. 9501 S. ML King, 773 995-3984. Heritages and Horizons exhibit Feb. 1-26.

Chicago Urban Art Society. 600 W. Cermak. Works with Chicago Public Art Group, Urban gateways, and the mega galleries. In the Chicago Sustainable Manufacturing District, 2003 S. Halsted. http://www.chicagourbanartsociety.org. Medley through June 16.

Chinese American Museum of Chicago. 238 W. 23rd St. 312 949-1000.

Columbia College Chicago Center for Book And Paper Arts. 1104 S. Wabash 2nd floor.

Columbia College A+D Gallery, 619 S. Wabash. Hokin Gallery

The Connection, 4321 S. Cottage Grove. Nov. 21 Holidays Around the World- Comedian Damen Williams, live music.

Contemporary pop-up. 310 S. Michigan. October 12, Tuesday. Opening in CONTEMPORARY Gallery, 310 S. Michigan. Photography exhibition: Tony Gleaton, " Africa's Legacy in Mexico" co-sp. Hyde Park Art Center, UC Center Race, Politics, Culture, Columbia College. Curator Dawoud Bey. Through Nov. 19.

Co-Prosperity sphere/Lumpen. Dedicated to the underrepresented-- art and people. 3210-21 S. Morgan, 773 837-0145. May- annual Version Festival. Over the Influence: The Art of Beer. Big blast May 18.

cyt O Gallery, 1932 S. Halsted. www.cytogallery.com.

Diasporal Rhythms Gallery (Cottage Grove near 43rd) http://www.diasporalrhythms.net.

Design Lab Workshop, 1932 S. Halsted, Studio 405. 1x.

Dorchester Project. Somewhere in Grand Crossing. Led by Theaster Gates.

Dream Theater, 556 W. 18th St. 773 552-8516. Peter Pan's Shadow Pat II Everland.

Dubhe Carreno. 1841 S. Halsted. Tues-Sat. 11-5. Substantial Equivalence - ceramicist Tyler Lotz

East Bank Storage (in Bridgeport)

Eastern Expansion. 244 W. 31st St. 773 837-0145. This House Ain't a Home. Through Dec. 1.

Englewood Film Festival- Kennedy King 6258 S. Halsted and Ice Theater, 210 W. 87th St.. Oct 26 5 pm to Oct. 26 7 pm. $30 pass.

EP Theater in Pilsen, 1820 S. Halsted, 60608. 312 850-4299. Original local performing artwork. Annual Holiday Special Dec 7-21, Th-Sat 8 pm. Three short holiday comedies by Shawn Pfautsch, Scott Barsotti, and Andrew Swanson accompanied by rotating Chicago musicians incl. the Joe Hurt Trio (jazz), Ornery Little Darlings (glam rock), Pet Peeve (gypsy), and Paul Gulyas ) blues originals and interpreted holiday songs)-- so call if you are interested in which music. $15

eta Creative arts. Gallery, classes, and performance. 7558 S. South Chicago Avenue. 773 752-3955. Nancy McKeever, Board President. Director Abena Joan P. Brown. http://www.etacreativeartsfoundation.org. email@etacreativearts.org. Music Mondays- adm. $10.
Jazz Wednesdays?. Plays: Katori Hall's "Hoodoo Love" . June 6-July 28. $30 general. F, S, Su mat.

Experimental Station. 6100 S. Blackstone. Usually co-presents in other venues, but has classes and projects there. 6100 S. Blackstone.

Extension Gallery and experimental architecture space. 1835 S. Halsted.

EXPgallery, 726 W. 18th.

FaiE African Art in Bronzeville. 4317 S. Cottage Grove Ave. 7773 268-2889.

Fedirko- See Alex Fedirko.

Floyd Atkin's Underground Studio, 2215 S. Michigan.

Gallery Guichard, 3521 S. King Dr., 773 373-8000. MAJOR! Third Fridays gallery trolley tours, 6-9 pm. Galleries participating: Guichard, Neleh Artistic Expressions, Nichole, South Side Community Art Center, Steelelife. Guichard stresses art of the Diaspora.
Danny Campbell- Repurposed Wonders opens Feb. 22.

Galvin Library IIT- see Kemper Room.

Get Knifed Gallery, 1932 S. Halsted.

Glass Curtain Gallery, 1104 S. Wabash. Part of Columbia College gallery.

God's Gang Collective. Woodlawn? Contact 773 213-6992.

Go Go Town. 3117 S. Morgan. Cutting edge and earlier rock groups. Read about in myspace.com/gogotown3117

Golden Age, 17444 W. 18th. Activity #91 (Alex de Corte) through Jan. 31.

Governors State University- President's Gallery 3rd floor. Opening Jan. 27: Bobby Stentacke of Chicago Defender family

Grand Ballroom, 6357 S. Cottage Grove Avenue.

Grass Roots Art. Ollie Dantzler. 8048 S. Escanaba, Chicago, IL 60617

Harold Washington Cultural Center, 4701 S. King Drive.

Ice Theaters Chatham 14. 210 E. 87th St. Includes 1st Thursday showings of Black World Cinema (http://blackworldcinema.net).

IIT- See Kemper Room.

Jazz N the Alley N the Valley. Summer outdoor jazz and blues at an old-time venue: Jazz N the Alley N the Valley behind 641 E. 47th. 312 263-1649. Moved to 71st St?

Jokes and Notes. 4641 S. King, 773 373-3390. A Black comedy club in Bronzeville. Weds open mic, Thurs talent and variety with spoken word, stand-up and singing. Saturday jazz too(7:30-9:30 $10. Fri and Sat comedy! 8:30, 10:30 $20. Suns jazz 6-9 $10. Note, 2 drink minimum.

Kemper Room Gallery at Illinois Institute of Technology's Galvin Library, 35 W. 33rd St. Mon-Th 12-10, Fr 12-5, Sat 8:30-5, Sun 2-10.

Knock Knock Gallery. 3658 S. Wolcott, 2F. Sat and Sun 12-6 and by appointment, 719-651-7623. http://www.knockknockgallery.wordpress.com. Unique and isolated-- and closes August 2010.

Kristoffer's Cafe and Bakery. Thursday evenings from 7 live Jazz ex. Kells Nottenberger and Sandbox Trio, 1733 S. Halsted. 312 829-4150.

Lee's Unleaded Blues, 7401 S. South Chicago. 773 493-3477. $5 cover. Shows at 10.

L26 see South Loop Hotel.

Logsdon 1909 Gallery, 1909 S. Halsted, 312 666-8966. Saturday 11-5 or by Appointment. Work of Gabe and Jillian Lanza and work of Logsdon.

The Lumpen Version Art Festival various times of year. www.versionfest.com. http://www.selectmedia.festival.org.

Mexican Fine Arts Museum- See National Museum of Mexican Art.

Mies van der Rohe- see Kemper.

Mijiza Art Gallery and Creativity Center. Niambi Jaha, 1508 E. Marquette Road, 60609. 773 324-5704, njaha@excite.com.

mn gallery. 3524 S. Halsted.

Moka Gallery, 1825 S. Halsted. Tu-Sat 11 am-6 pm.

National Museum of Mexican Art. 1852 W. 19th. Art from the Heart silent auction December 5; temp. exhibit on murals

National Vietnam Veterans Art Museum, 1801 S. Indiana. www.nvvam.org.

Negro League Cafe, 401 E. 43rd St. 773 536-7000. 7 pm's Soule Cafe with guest artists.

New Apartment Lounge, 504 E. 75th St, 773 483-7728. Von Freeman and Friends Tuesdays at 10.

Nichole2 Gallery, 4653 S. King Dr. 312 787-7716. Tu-Sat 11-5. In the revitalized Bronzeville Center.
Nichole Smith's 2nd space is currently featuring not only Haitian and other Caribbean art but that of Africa, specifically Nigeria and Zimbabwe. See also Steele Life, Gallery Guichard in South Side Art Outside the Hyde Park Box (below) and Cultural Resources page-Galleries. 773 373-4700.

No Coast Collective, 1500 W. 17th at Lafflin. 312 850-2338.

Normal Projects, 2844 S. Normal. By appointment.

NU Stage Theater, 500 E. 67th St. 773 493-0901. Poetry, Jazz etc. all nights of week. Weekly Fun(d)raiser. Mon,-Staged comedy 7, 8, 9:30 $5. Tues. Stand Up Comedy open mic or featured a 7, 8, 8:30, 9:30 $5. Wednesday Poetry Slam prizes at 7, 8:30 $5. No known if still in operation.

The Orphanage. 643 W. 31st St. 773 807-5157. http://www.theorphanage.org. Cont. bands, performers Fris, Sats.

Prospectus, 1210 w. 18th St. wed-Sun noon -5 or by appointment. 312 733-6132. Santa Fe Railroad- political cartoons by Eric J. Garcia. Through May 15.

Pullman State Historic Site and Museum. 11111 S. Forrestville. December 11-18 11 am-9 pm. South of The Loop Art Exhibit, incl. by Hyde Parkers. The South of the Loop Art Exhibition is a new show by Pullman artists and friends. The show is sponsored by the Pullman State Historic Site and held at the Hotel Florence in the Historic Pullman District neighborhood of Chicago on the far south side. Art work in the show includes paintings, drawings, ceramics, jewelry, textiles, sculpture, photography, mosaics, and stained glass. Artists include: Lorraine Brochu, Linda Beierle Bullen, James Caffrey, Christopher Campagna, Nathan Tecumseh Abraham Cowing, Katie Flowers, Rachel Gregersen, Beverly Johnson, Larry Kuhn, Constance Lange, Arthur Melville Pearson, Ronald Schereck, Lynn A. Smith, Natasha Tarpley, Linda M. Walker, Norma Zarris.
For information: 773-660-2341 or sleepingcars@sbcglobal.net.

Regal Theater, 1845 E. 79th St. http://www.chicagoregal.com. New Shanghai Circus.

Rezidentz Collective, 3145 S. Morgan. Nothing Lasts Forever: Making Sense of eh Mess. Oct. 19.

Room 43 club, 1039 E. 43rd St. Major DJ shows with dancing, sometimes live. Hyde Park Jazz Society Sunday nights 7:30-11:30- acts play to overflow crowds.

Rooms Productions. Relationship between artist an audience through language and live performance. Tod and Marrakesh Frugi, MOVED TO 835 S. HALSTED 60608, 773 450-9016, marrakesh72@gmail.com. Controlled chimes/female performances.

Roxaboxen Exhibitions. New, important. 2130 W. 21st St. new. Songs of the Abyss: Ishi's Brain + WUM.

SecondBEDROOM Project Space, 3216 S. Morgan 4R . http://www.secondbedroomproject.blogspot.com. By appt. 630 849-7750.

The Shrine,2100 S. Wabash. theshrinechicago.com.

Sonic Healing Ministries. 7534 S. Eberhart, 773 966-7572. Free jazz services. Sundays 2 pm.

South Halsted Gallery, 1825 S. Halsted. 312 804-8962. http://www.sohachicago.com. By appointment.

South Loop Hotel/l26 Restaurant and Lounge, 11 w. 26th St. Replacement for Velvet Lounge by group spearheaded by Nichole Mitchell.

South Shore Cultural Center Gallery, 7059 South Shore Drive.
7059 South Shore Drive. 773 256-0149. Open daytime, closed Sundays.
South Shore Cultural Center. 7059 S. Shore Drive. Lots- look in South Shore or below by date. Creative Artists Association exhibit.

South Side Community Art Center, 3831 S. Michigan. 773 373-1026. Free. W-F12-5, Sats 9-5, Sun 2-5.
Andrius Kulikauskas explores inner operations of an omniscient, omnipresent God. through April 29. Women of a Certain Age through April 30.

South Union Arts Center 1352 S. Union Ave. One of many of these that have performance and art-making nights. Bands. 30 artist exhibit in progress.

Spoken Word Cafe, 4655 S. King Dr. 773 373-2233. M-Th 9-6, Fri 9-4, Sats 12-6. Poetry readings and live music incl. underground hip-hop, R&AB, jazz, performance. The house drink is a latte known as "Bronzeville Blues."

Steelelife Gallery, 4655 S. King Dr. Tues.-Fri. 12-8, Sat. 12-6. 773 538-4773. Diverse pieces for sale also, including works by owner Bryan Johnson's works.

Studio 101, 1932 S. Halsted. Appointment only. 312 624-8291. http://www.studio101gallery.com.

Studio 402, 1932 S. Halsted. By appointment. http://www.nuez.com.

TEAzzz jazzy tea bar. 125 E. 27th St. 60653. 312 794-5700. M-F 8-5. Nov. 8-Dec. 4. Marcus Robinson- Bronzeville Legends from Hoops to Hope.

The Underscene, 2215 S. Union.

Vanderpoel Mem. Art Gallery. 95ht an Longwood. hrough April 30 Kiloe Anderson. "The Line Between ___ Is Transparent."

Velvet Lounge. 67 W. Cermak. 312 791-9050. SEE REPLACEMENT- SOUTH LOOP HOTEL.

Vespine Gallery and Studios. Closes at end of January 2010. 1907 S. Halsted. By appointment only. Retrospect of favorite works through Jan. 29.

Third World Cafe, 1301 E. 53rd St. has art by Louis Turcotte.

Carter G. Woodson Regional Library Vivian C. Harsh Research Collection of Afro-American History and Literature- the largest and arguably best in the Midwest.

Within(Reason), 1932 S. Halsted #408, 773 562-7464. http://artwithinreason. Appointment.Time to Get LOvely.

World Folk Music Company. 1808 W. 103rd St.

Woodshop Art Gallery, E. 441 E. 75th St. Annie Lee Nov. 6 an 7- modest charge.

Zhou B(rothers) Art Center and Foundation. 1029 W. 35th St. huge! Director Oskar Friedl. With 33 Collective and lots of other artist housed there at same address--see shows there. Pay attention to this one and its specials! Off Balance-Balance through June 15.

Pilsen Gallery Crawl. Every second Friday, 5-10 pm. Just go to 18th and Halsted.

By date (Doc films see above) (University of Chicago Department of Music. University of Chicago Presents. Full series are in the Series-Music-UC section.)
To Start of date sequence

Ongoing:

Films Film and Media Center - visit http://1537news.com/eventsFilm.php. or http://filmstudiescenter.uchicago.edu.
DOC films

Artisans 21- restarted at 5503 S. Hyde Park Blvd.

Blackstone Library - stuff for kids and adults all the time. For listing for June visit the Friends of Blackstone page. View from a Chicago Cab.

Blanc Gallery, 4445 S. King Dr. February 22, Friday, 6 pm. Opening and reception at Blanc Gallery, 4445 S. King Dr. The Endangered Species: A Visual Response to the Vanishing Black Man, by Raub Welch.

Catholic Theological Union Veeck Gallery, 5416 S. Cornell. communications@ctu.edu, 773 371-5415. April 12, Friday, 5:30-7:30 pm. Opening at the Catholic Theological Union Veeck Gallery: "Spiritus," extraordinary collections of five unique artists,- Sun Choi, Sharon Gilmore, Jill King, Joan McLain, and Janis Pozzi-Johnson. Through July 15.

Center for Gender Studies and Center for Study of Race, Politics, and Culture- 5733 S. University. Through May 18: "Fevered Archives."

Court Theatre, 5535 S. Ellis. 5535 S. Ellis. 773 753-4472, http://www.courttheatre.org. PROOF EXTENDED TO APRIL14.

Crerar Library, 5730 S. Ellis. Crerar Library atrium, 5730 S. Ellis. - Opening October 4 "Transcending Tradition: Jewish Mathematicians in German-Speaking Academic Culture. " 5:30-8 pm. http://tt.lib.uchicago.edu.

DOVA Gallery- gone to Logan.

DuSable Museum, 740 E. 56th Pl. 773 947-0600.
****"Red, White, Blue & Black: A History of African Americans in the Armed Forces."
Africa Speaks
"Harold Washington in Office"
"Masterpieces From the DuSable Museum Collection"
"Dust in Their Veins: A Visual Response to the Global Water Crisis" by Candace Hunter. Extended through May 31.
Reflections- photographer. curator Terrence A. Reese. DuSable Museum, 740 E. 56 th Pl, 773 947-0600. A documentary style exhibit of over 60 b-w photos of renowned African American individuals of the 20th Century- each reflected in a mirror. Extended through June 30.
February 8-May 5. Exhibit at DuSable Museum, 740 E. 56th Pl., 773 947-0600. "Geoffrey Green & Carmen, a Memoir in Four Movements." Theater, Art, Dance, Design. Through May 5. AWE events in conjunction with
"Reflections"- b&w photographs of NY artist Terrence A Reese AKA 'Tar.'
Exhibit of art of 1st 3 winners of MSI Black Creativity- in the Gallery Guichard at the DuSable, Feb. 15-April 1.
AfroCOBRA part III July 26-August 11.
DUSABLE SUMMER: Movies in the Park, Sounds of History Jazz Series, Stepping, Civil War Reenactment, Annual Arts and Crafts Festival (July 13-14).

Garfield (Washington Park) Arts Incubator. 301 E. 55th St. arts.uchicago.edu. Open M 12-3, W 3-6. In residence: Terry Adkins, Blanche Bruce, Alexandria Eregbu, Cecil McDonald Jr., Nyeema Morgan, Abbey Odunlami, Kamau Patton, Cauleen Smith. May 8-June 9: Kellie Romany paintings (rec. May 19)

Gordon Center for Integrative Science. 929 E. 57th St.

Harper Library.

Home Gallery (SHoP). March 16-May 4- resumption of "This House Is not a Home" exhibit with artists Alberto Aguilar * Kayce Bayer * Marissa Lee Benedict * Jim Duignan * Paul Durica * Mejay Gula * Rachel Herman * Samantha Hill * Chris Lin * Jorge R. Lucero * John Preus * Kevin Reiswig * Hui-min Tsen * Hoyun Son * This exhibit is open by appointment (inside), and always (outdoor projects by Jim Duignan, John Preus and Alberto Aguilar) until May 4th or until the poppies bloom! ;) See our website for photos and events (coming soon). www.thelarch.org. 1407 E. 54th Pl.

Humanities Day October 19 at UC. http://humanitiesday2012.uchicago.edu.

Hyde Park Art Center, 5520 S. Cornell: Nowhere Better. Through May 19. Work of artists Alison Ruttan and Iain Muirhead.
Candida Alvarez: Mambomountain. December 2-March 24 2013.
Tom Torluemke: Fearsome Fable-Tolerable Truth. December 2-March 24 2013

Hyde Park Community Players. http://www.hydeparkcommunityplayers.org incl. for tickets. April 12 at 8, 13 at 3 and 8, 14 at 3: Neil Simon's The Good Doctor at Experimental Station $10, $12. Three weekends in May at University Church? Oedipus! The Musical.

Hyde Park Historical Society, 5529 S. Lake Park, 773 493-1893. Seminary Co-op Bookstore Project exhibit. Next lecture see May 18- Chicago Cable Cars.

Hyde Park Jazz Society now on Sundays MOVING TO MARMON GRAND, 2230 S. MICHIGAN. See Jazz and Music Scene on other music providers.

Jimmy's Woodlawn Tap- Blues Sundays 4-7:30, Curtis Black Trio (mostly jazz) 9 pm- 1 am. 1172 E. 55th St. 773 643-5516.

L26 at South Loop Hotel, 12 W. 26th at State - Fridays at 10 $10 AACM Fred Anderson Memorial Series- July 8 Art Turk Burton and Congo Square, July 15 Maggie Brown Quartet, July 22 saalik Ziyad Collective, Aug. 19 Corey Wilkes Trio, Aug. 26 Edwin Daugherty, Sept. 2 Earnest Dawkins Black Star Project, Sept. 9 Ann Ward with Ari Brown, Sept 16 Chicago Horns, Sept. 23 Vincent Davis Percussion Plus, Sept. 30 Justin Dillard Trio. And jam sessions every Thursday at 9 $5.
And Sundays 7:30-11:30 pm Hyde Park Jazz Society Series $10, $5.

Library: Special Collections at UC Regenstein and the Crerar Sciences Library have exhibits on Darwin and the 1959 sesquicentennial exhibits and symposium. Much of the former exhibits are now on line. Regenstein Special Collections Adventures in the Soviet Imaginary: Children's Books and Graphic Arts.

Little Black Pearl Art and Design Center/Workshop, 1060 E. 47th St. M-F 7:30-6, Sat 8-12:30. "The Tipping Point Between Me and We" through July 6 looks at society's breaking points using a variety of platforms including visual land performing arts, writings, artist-led discussions and film screenings. At the June 1 opening a set of films by South Side Projections in analogue technology was shown. Honey Pot Performance is on June 13 presenting "The Price Point of Living"- notions of fairness and balance. Tempestt Hazel is curator. Seasoned and rising artists. Five writers follow and write in depth the stories of the artists for the catalogue. These are Michel Dinges, EJ Hill, Peter Kepha, Nixcholas Lambert, Paul Kjelland, Kendrick Mcfarlane, Mark Moleski, Sarah Ross, and Javbari Zuberi. Writers include Allison Glenn, Joseph D. Jordan, Patrick, Lichty, Jennifer Patifio, Rebecca Zorach. Through July 6. 1060 E. 47th St., 288-1211.

Logan- 915 E. 60th St.. Ongoing multi artist exhibition "Wall Text." Second level
Ongoing- Installation "Sonic Environments: The Work of Richard Lerman" in the Tower Stairwell.
?? Borderline Esthetic exhib.
William Pope.L "Better" installation in North Stairwell
SWAY is the last in the MFA series.

June 28-August 11. AfroCOBRA Part II PhilosophyAfroCOBRA (African Commune of Bad Relevant Artists) retrospective exhibit opens in three venues. Southside Community Arts Center, 3831 S. Michigan; Logan Center, 915 E. 60th St.; DuSable Museum, 740 E. 56th Pl.
PROLOGUE AT SSCAC: May 10--July 7 at SSACC. Opening reception May 10, Friday, 6-9 pm - Flashback Music and Spoken Word concert with AACM and other notables.
June 1, Saturday, 3:15-5 pm. Visualizing Black Chicago panel- Northwestern University Black Arts Initiative.
June 2, Sunday, 3-6 pm. Ritual Theatre Revival- Val Gray Ward, founder of Kuumba Theater (f. 1967) and other original members.
June 21, Friday, 6-9 pm. A Special Bronzeville Trolley Tour of Faie, Guichard, Blanc, and Ratcliff Hunter galleries.
PART II AT LOGAN: June 28-August 11, Afrocobra: Philosophy
PART III AT DUSABLE MUSEUM: July 26-September 29.

Midway Plaisance Skating Rink- now open. Through Feb 28, weather permitting. Free M-Th 12-7, Fri 12-4:30 and 5-7, Sat 1-9 pm, Sun 12-7 pm. At University Ave.312 745-2470.

Montgomery Place. 5550 S. Shore Drive. 773 753-4102.

Museum of Science and Industry- Omnimax ("Space Junk"), Science Storms. Animal Inside Out opened March14-September 2. The Art of the Bicycle.
Specials on 2 Chicago World's Fairs June 23.

Nichols Park Sunday Concerts in the Park 4-6- late July-August.

Op Shop (Opportunity Shop). Now occasional events in the HOME Gallery and var. others. Laura Shaeffer (Home Gallery)http://www.theopshop.org. http://www.thelarch.org.

Oriental Institute (1155 E 58th St, 773-702-9514, oi.uchicago.edu). Donation $7, kids $4. End of March-end of year: "Before the Pharaohs: The Origins of Egyptian Civilization." Includes objects from the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford. Closed? October 16, Tuesday. Opening at Oriental Institute, temporary exhibit "Between Heaven and Earth: Birds in Ancient Egypt.

 Quadrangle Club- jazz evenings first Fridays. Still going?

Regenstein- Special Collections. Special Collections: My Life Is an Open Book: D.I.Y. Autobiography. Showcasing autobiographical, person zines "perzines") by women from the 1990s-present. Jan 14-April 13. "Zines" were/are small self-published (often by hand) magazines, primarily by women including the "riot grrrrl" punk rock subculture; perzines were even more person but provide much historical context.
April 22-June 20- exhibit on the Seminary Co-op move Project by Megan Doherty and Jasmine Kwong.
May ?- July 1. "Recipes for Domesticity: Cookery, Household Management, and the Notion of Expertise."

Renaissance Society- Renaissance Society Bergman Gallery. John Neff. photographs. March 3 through April 14. Forelsen- William Pope.L (interdisciplinary)- April 28-June 23.

Robie House- Tours now run Thurs -Monday ns. And several in-depth interactive learning experiences are available. Occasional concerts.
Volunteer training contact them. http://www.gowright.org. Looking for volunteers- 312 994-4046, volunteer@gowright.org.
June 12 - Aug. 28 Wright Around Chicago bus tours with lunch at Robie House- Wednesdays.
Wright 3 Mystery Tours Sats. 1:30
LEGO Architects 3rd Sats at 10.
Summer July 13-24 every Sat. a creative program 10-12.

Rockefeller Chapel- 5850 S. Woodlawn. 5850 S. Woodlawn. NEW- noon and 5 pm carillon recitals - noon every weekday, 5 during academic year 12:15 tour on Sunday (tours half hour before- $3 and 271 steps!). Lots of musical and other programs.

Seminary Co-op Bookstore, 5757 S. University- in the cloister is an exhibit of pictures and recollections of the history of the Co-op Bookstore, part of a historical research ahead of the store's move to 5751 S. Woodlawn.

SHoP Southside Hub of Production-laura.shaeffer@gmail.com
773-710-5464. FOR NOW SEE "HOME"

The Teachers Lounge by Jim Duignan (2nd floor) The Teachers Lounge will serve the space with two functions: One - to generate workshops for the public by young teachers and teaching artists around an informal art education and community learning. The second function, which dovetails the first, is to situate a publication office to develop a zine on this work including other tangential ideas and projects that fit under the title of Informal Art Education and Community Learning. Our time in the office will be devoted to collecting images and texts, drawings and ephemera for the zine and organizing the zine on site. Please contact Jim Duignan or Laura Shaeffer if you’re interested in participating.

Smart Museum. Divine and Princely Realms (India from museum collection) through April 28. Gigi Scaria City Unclaimed in the foyer, Sahmat Collective major exhibit opening early Feb.

South Shore Cultural Center Gallery- Creative Artist Association Spring Exhibit.

South Side Community Art Center- AfroCOBRA part 1 May 10-July 7.
AfroCOBRA (African Commune of Bad Relevant Artists) retrospective exhibit opens in three venues. Southside Community Arts Center, 3831 S. Michigan; Logan Center, 915 E. 60th St.; DuSable Museum, 740 E. 56th Pl.
PROLOGUE AT SSCAC: May 10--July 7 at SSACC. Opening reception May 10, Friday, 6-9 pm - Flashback Music and Spoken Word concert with AACM and other notables.
June 1, Saturday, 3:15-5 pm. Visualizing Black Chicago panel- Northwestern University Black Arts Initiative.
June 2, Sunday, 3-6 pm. Ritual Theatre Revival- Val Gray Ward, founder of Kuumba Theater (f. 1967) and other original members.
June 21, Friday, 6-9 pm. A Special Bronzeville Trolley Tour of Faie, Guichard, Blanc, and Ratcliff Hunter galleries.
PART II AT LOGAN: June 28-August 11, Afrocobra: Philosophy
PART III AT DUSABLE MUSEUM: July 26-September 29.

UChicago Tech. 6030 S. Ellis.

University Theater -

Farmers Markets starting up again this May- 61st/Blackstone, 53rd/S. Hyde Park Blvd (June 6). Bronzeville at 4400 Cottage Grove.

And- Don't forget the host of cultural, arts, music, dance providers in our Cultural Directory and our After School page--a great many of these also have programs for adults.

Watch for regular dates for Lakeside Quilting Guild. Every or just some Tuesdays at 6:30 in a room at Treasure Island Lower Level, 1526 E. 55th St.

Date start-run

Specials.

harpertheater.org buy advance tickets on line.

Schedule through Thursday May 23.

TYLER PERRY PRESENTS PEEPLES
Rating: PG13
Length: 95 Min
Movie Website Showtimes -
Today (5/21): 1:00p, 4:00p, 6:45p, 9:00p

IRON MAN 3 2D
Rating: PG13
Length: 130 Min
Movie Website Showtimes -
Today (5/21): 12:30p, 3:15p, 6:15p, 9:15p

STAR TREK INTO DARKNESS 3D
Rating: PG13
Length: 132 Min
Movie Website Showtimes -
Today (5/21): 3:45p, 9:30p

THE GREAT GATSBY 3D
Rating: PG13
Length: 142 Min
Movie Website Showtimes -
Today (5/21): 12:45p, 6:30p

STAR TREK INTO DARKNESS 2D
Rating: PG13
Length: 132 Min
Movie Website Showtimes -
Today (5/21): 12:15p, 6:00p

THE GREAT GATSBY 2D
Rating: PG13
Length: 142 Min
Movie Website Showtimes -
Today (5/21): 3:00p, 8:45p

Coming soon- EPIC (animated)
June 16, Sunday 12:30 pm. And June 16 benefit at Harper Theater, 5238 S. Harper, for Coalition for Equitable Community Development, with Maggie Brown and private film on life, music and politics of Oscar Brown, Jr. Doors open 12 pm, Maggie's song performance at 12:30, film at 1. Ticket info. coming.

UChicago article on Harper Theater and other revitalization of 53rd St. http://www.harpertheater.com/revitalized-53rd-street-energizes-community/

Hyde Park Community Players offers John Poole's "Oedipus! The Musical" 1st 3 weekends in May (but no show May 12).
And has put out a call for proposals for 2013-14.

FILM STUDIES CENTER LINKS WITH BLOCK MUSEUM IN EVANSTON AND OTHERS TO PRESENT THIS SPRING 36 TITLES OF AND AROUND THE 1960S-70S L.A. REBELLION GROUP. The film studies center website describes but gives no schedule or link for the series.
http://filmstudiescenter.uchicago.edu/events/upcoming> for details on each event at the University of Chicago, and here<http://ticketsweb.uchicago.edu/categories/film

COURT THEATRE'S "THE MISANTHROPE " OPENS IN PREVIEWS MAY 9.

Lecture-workshop series by Hyde Park Historical Society. 3rd Sundays in April, May, June and July, 2 pm at Hyde Park Union Church, 5600 S. Woodlawn. Today's best practices in the care adn feeding of your old house.

June 16- Roofs (slate, tile, shingle, flat)-historic, waterproof, affordable, and beautiful

July 21- Historic Landscape Design- how it was done then, what to do now

Artisans 21 has opened again. At 5503 S. Hyde Park Blvd.

SWAY MFA EXHIBIT. May 18-26, reception May 24. In the Logan Gidwitz Lobby and (by schedule) in Screening Room 201. 915 E. 60th St.
Sway features works by MARCO G. FERRARI, PAUL SOMERS, and STEPHANIE ANNE HARRIS TREVOR.
SCREENINGS of Skyway and Parabola by Marco G. Ferrari in Logan Screening Room 201
Sunday, May 19, 2 - 6 pm
Monday, May 20, 9 am - noon
Wednesday, May 22, 9 - 11 am
Thursday, May 23, 6 - 10 pm
and Friday, May 24, 4 - 8 pm

AfroCOBRA (African Commune of Bad Relevant Artists) retrospective exhibit opens in three venues. Southside Community Arts Center, 3831 S. Michigan; Logan Center, 915 E. 60th St.; DuSable Museum, 740 E. 56th Pl.
PROLOGUE AT SSCAC: May 10--July 7 at SSACC. Opening reception May 10, Friday, 6-9 pm - Flashback Music and Spoken Word concert with AACM and other notables.
June 1, Saturday, 3:15-5 pm. Visualizing Black Chicago panel- Northwestern University Black Arts Initiative.
June 2, Sunday, 3-6 pm. Ritual Theatre Revival- Val Gray Ward, founder of Kuumba Theater (f. 1967) and other original members.
June 21, Friday, 6-9 pm. A Special Bronzeville Trolley Tour of Faie, Guichard, Blanc, and Ratcliff Hunter galleries.
PART II AT LOGAN: June 28-August 11, Afrocobra: Philosophy
PART III AT DUSABLE MUSEUM: July 26-September 29. May 20, Monday, 9 am-12 pm. MFA exhibit SWAY: SCREENINGS of Skyway and Parabola by Marco G. Ferrari in Logan Screening Room 201, 915 E. 60th St. SWAY details.

June 23, Sunday. Events on two Chicago World's Fairs, at Museum of Science and Industry, 57th and Lake Shore Drive. As part of our 80th anniversary celebration in June, two events on Sunday, June 23 will explore our? Chicago's? roots in the 1893 and 1933 Chicago World's Fairs: the popular "MSIExplore the White City" virtual simulation with UCLA's Lisa Snyder and the new "Building a Century of Progress" presentation with University of Arizona's Lisa Schrenk. TIM SAMUELSON, cultural historian for the City of Chicago, will provide expert commentary and insight during both events. Tickets are now available but space is limited! Stay tuned for more details on all of our 80th anniversary festivities!online
Explore the White City Event » Building a Century of Progress Event (links are in the MSI website).

May 24, Friday, 2:30-6 pm. Final Form A Dova alumni- organized art symposium at Dorchester Projects in conjunction with Gray Ctr. for Inquiry and Franke Institute for Humanities. 5 names on how material presents and re-presents itself in art. Jessica Stockholder (Dova head), Kenneth Goldsmith (UbuWeb) Prof. Matthew Jesse Jackson, critic Justin Lieberman, and Rochelle Feinstein (Yale). finalformsymposium.tumblr.com. 6916 S. Dorchester. See also 8:15 pm.

May 24, Friday, 4-8 pm. Reception for MFA exhibit SWAY (Gidwitz Lobby) and SCREENINGS of Skyway and Parabola by Marco G. Ferrari in Logan Screening Room 201, 915 E. 60th St. SWAY details.

May 24, Friday, 6 pm. Seminary Co-op Bookstore, 5751 S. Woodlawn, presents by Carol Horton, Making Sense of Modern Yoga.
The ancient Indian practice of yoga has exploded into a popular American phenomenon, with over 20 million practitioners and a $10 billion "industry." In the process, yoga has morphed into a paradoxically multidimensional practice that's taught everywhere from spas to prisons, and for everything from weight loss to spiritual transcendence. If you've ever wondered how to make sense of modern yoga and what it might offer you personally, this event is for you! Author, editor, blogger and yoga teacher Carol Horton, Ph.D., will lead an experiential discussion of her path-breaking new books, 21st Century Yoga: Culture, Politics, and Practice and Yoga Ph.D.: Integrating the Life of the Mind and the Wisdom of the Body. Come prepared to move, breathe, think, share, and discuss. Refreshments will be served.

May 24, Friday, 7, 9:15, 11:30 pm. DOC Films, 1212 E. 59th St. "Taxi Driver." Martin Scorsese, 1976.

May 24, Friday, 8 pm. Court Theatre. Moliere's "The Misanthrope" regular run. 5535 S. Ellis. 773 753-4472.

May 24, Friday, 8 pm. Ensemble-in-Residence Spektral Quartet. "Signature Mash-Up." Works by Verdi, Eliza Brown, Ben Hertmann, and Liza White. At the door: $10, students free. Fulton (Goodspeed 4th), 1010 E. 59th St.

May 24, Friday, 8:15 1st screening. Black Cinema House and Chicago Film Archives launch an outdoor summer series. Tonight- shorts in anticipation of Chicago Blues Festival. "Ameriacn Shoeshine" 1976 Sparky Greene, "The Blues" 1970s doc by Samuel Charter- unvarnished Southern blues.. Free Cancelled in case of rain. 6916 S. Dorchester.

May 25, Saturday, 8 am. Bird walk in Jackson Park Wooded Island. Meet at Darrow Bridge south of Museum of Science and Industry.

May 25, Saturday, 9 am-2 pm. 61st St. Farmers Market. More than just a market! Between Dorchester and Blackstone. Link matched up to $25. Outdoors through Nov. 3 indoors through Dec. 15.

May 25, Saturday, 1 pm. Who Am I, Who Are You, Who Are We- Navigating the Complexities of Identity. This event is planned by 8 undergraduate students who are a part of the Civic Reflection Fellows Program sponsored by the University Community Service Center (UCSC) and Office of Multicultural Student Affairs (OMSA). Food provided. Please distribute this invitation widely. 5710 S. Woodlawn.

May 25, Saturday, 3 pm. Court Theatre. Moliere's "The Misanthrope" regular run. 5535 S. Ellis. 773 753-4472.

May 25, Saturday, 3 pm. University Theater/UTAPS presents "The Vagina Monologues." $8 a tdoor, $5 online at boxoffice.uchicago.edu or 773 702-2787. Kinahan 3rd Fl. Theater, 5706 S. University. 773 702-9315.

May 25, Saturday, 4 pm. Piano Masterclass. Eun-Joo Kwak of Stritch University. Free. Fulton (Goodspeed 4th), 1010 E. 59th St.

May 25, Saturday, 7, 9 pm. DOC Films, 1212 E. 59th St. "Side Effects." Steven Soderberg, 2013.

May 25, Saturday, 7 pm. L.A. Rebellion film screening series. "Bless Their Little Hearts." Bill Woodberry made this film in 1984 and appears tonight. Reserve seats at ticketsweb.uchicago.edu/categories/film. Logan Screening Room 201, 915 E. 60th St.

May 25, Saturday, 7 pm. Middle East Music Ensemble. Music by contemporary Arab composers. Free. Logan Performance Hall, 915 E. 60th St.

May 25, Saturday, 7 pm and May 26, Sunday, 2 pm. University Ballet performs "Don Quixote." $12 at the door, discount students and children; slightly less at ticketsweb.uchicago.edu (categories/dance? arts?). Or call 773 702-ARTS. Mandel Hall, 1131 E. 57th St.

May 25, Saturday, 7:30 pm. Performing the New World: An Evening of Colonial Spanish Amerian Music and Theater. Features excerpts from Mexican and Peruvian dramas of the 17th and 18th centuries, and harpsichrd selextions. Read in Spanish with English translatations. Fulton Hall (Goodspeed 4th), 1010 E. 59th St. 773 702-8420.

May 25, Saturday, 8 pm. Court Theatre. Moliere's "The Misanthrope" regular run. 5535 S. Ellis. 773 753-4472.

May 26 , Sunday, 11 am. Music for service at Rockefeller Chapel, 5850 S. Woodlawn. Memorial Day weekend. John Stainer's I Saw the Lord.

May 26, Sunday, 1 and 3:15 pm. DOC Films reprise of Friday and Saturday features. Palevsky, 1212 E. 53rd St. 1- "Taxi Driver", 3:15 "Side Effects."

May 26, Sunday,- No Oriental Institute program - holiday weekend.

May 26, Sunday, 2 pm. University Ballet performs "Don Quixote." $12 at the door, discount students and children; slightly less at ticketsweb.uchicago.edu (categories/dance? arts?). Or call 773 702-ARTS. Mandel Hall, 1131 E. 57th St.

May 26, Sunday, 2:30 pm. Court Theatre. Moliere's "The Misanthrope" regular run. 5535 S. Ellis. 773 753-4472.

May 26, Sunday, 3-5 pm. Opening reception for "Passages from Canter Middle School." PASSAGES FROM CANTER MIDDLE SCHOOL Reception Sunday, May 26, 3-5pm
Passages is a group exhibition of art created by students from Canter Middle School during a yearlong arts education program provided by the Art Center. During the program, students learned about a wide range of materials and processes including printmaking, silkscreen, darkroom photography, sewing, clay sculpture, and painting, discovering how to express themselves in a variety of media. Hyde Park Art Center, 5020 S. Cornell, 773 324-5520.

May 26, Sunday, 4 pm. University Brass Ensemble. Chopin, Wagner, and more. Free. Fulton (Goodspeed 4th), 1010 E. 59th St.

May 26, Sunday, 7 pm. DOC Films, 1212 E. 59th St. "Jacquot de Nantes." Agnes Varda, 1990.

May 26, Sunday, 7:30 pm. Court Theatre. Moliere's "The Misanthrope" regular run. 5535 S. Ellis. 773 753-4472.

May 26, Sunday, 7:30-11:30 pm. $10, $5. Hyde Park Jazz Society presents at Room 43, 1043 E. 43rd St. saxophonist, RAJIV HALIM. Some of you may recall that Ari Brown and Orbert Davis brought him onstage when Rajiv was but a lion cub. Some of you may have heard his dazzling opening for a Made in Chicago concert at Millennium Park. In any case, the cub has become an impressive young lion who has certainly found his roar. Performing with Rajiv are some of Chicago's notable jazz musicians: JUSTIN COPELAND, trumpet, SCOTT HESSE, guitar; DENNIS CARROLL, bass; and XAVIER BREAKER, drums.

CHECK FIRST- May 26, Sunday, 9 pm-midnight. Curtis Black jazz at Jimmy's Woodlawn Tap, 1172 E. 55th St.

CLOSED FOR HOLIDAY- May 27, Monday, 12:30-2:30 pm. No bridge at Nichols fieldhouse, 1355 E. 53rd St.

May 27, Monday, 1-4 pm. Vineyard Church barbeque at Bixler Playlot - 57th and Kenwood. All kinds of fun events.

CHECK BECAUSES OF HOLIDAY- May 27, Monday, 7 pm. DOC Films, 1212 E. 59th St.

May 28, Tuesday, 10:30 am. Preschool Story Time at Blackstone Library, 4904 S. Lake Park. 312 747-0511. http://www.chipublib.org.

May 28, Tuesday, 4:30 pm. Tea and Pipes at Bond Chapel, 1050 E. 59th St.

?? May 28, Tuesday, 6:30 pm. Lakeside Quilting Guild. Treasure Island Lower Level, 1526 E. 55th St.

May 28, Tuesday, 7 pm. DOC Films, 1212 E. 59th St.

May 28, Tuesday, 7 pm. Newberger Hillel Center Rabbi Daniel I. Leifer Mem. Lecture. "Erased from Historical Memory: Queer Heroes and Scoundrels in Jewish History and Texts." Rabbi Steve Greenberg. 5715 S. Woodlawn, 773 752-1127.

May 29, Wednesday, 1230 pm. Lunch with Mr. Skinner organ concert at Rockefeller Chapel, 5850 S. Woodlawn.

May 29, Wednesday, 4:30 pm. "Cruisin' the Castro: Tourism and Neoliberal Consumption in San Francisco." Nan Boyd, Women's and Gender Studies San Fran St. Un. Social Science Research Tea Rom, 1126 E. 59th St. 773 702-9936.

May 29, Wednesday, 6 pm. Knitting and Needlecrafters Circle at Blackstone Library, 4904 S. Lake Park. 312 747-0511. http://www.chipublib.org.

May 29, Wednesday, 6:30 pm. Wednesday Evening Storytime at Blackstone Library, 4904 S. Lake Park. 312 747-0511. http://www.chipublib.org.

May 29, Wednesday, 7 pm. DOC Films, 1212 E. 59th St.

May 29, Wednesday, 7:30 pm. (Should be) Court Theatre's Moliere's The Misanthrope. 5535 S. Ellis. 773 753-4472

May 29, Wednesday- June 1, Saturday, 7:30 pm. Shakespeare's "The Merchant of Venice," adapted by Anna Meredith. Logan Courtyard, 915 E. 60th St. . Tickets Free!

May 30, Thursday, 10:30 am . Toddler Time at Blackstone Library, 4904 S. Lake Park. 312 747-0511. http://www.chipublib.org.

May 30, Thursday, 12:15 pm. Noontime Concert Series. Fulton (Goodspeed 4th), 1010 E. 53rd St. music.uchicago.edu, 773 702-8069. Sarah Iker, piano. Works by Bach, Brahms, and Ravel.

May 30, Thursday, 5:30 pm. Great Conversations: Bruce Lincoln on Greed and Envy. Gleacher, lower room 40, 450 N. Cityfront Plaza Dr.

May 30, Thursday, 6 pm. Reading by Ariana Reines. In conjunction with Pope.L exhibit at Renaissance Society. At Midway Studios 108, 929 E. 60th St.

May 30, Thursday, 7 pm. Cafe Society moderated discussion at Valois Cafeteria, 1518 E. 53rd St. These moderated discussions occur under the umbrella of The Public Square of the Illinois Humanities Council. Information about topics with resources is available from http://www.go.prairie.org/ (page, etc.).

May 30, Thursday, 7 pm. DOC Films, 1212 E. 59th St.

May 30, Thursday, 7 pm. Chicago's Occidental Brothers Dance Band International plays classic Central and West African dance music, specializing in soukous, Highlife, Rumba, Dry Guitar, and other African musical genres. The multi-racial band represents a performance of collaboration between American, Ghanaian, Zambian, and Congolese musicians. This performance is part of a two-day series of events focused on collaborative ethnography in Africa. International House, 1414 E. 59th St.

May 30, Thursday, 7:30 pm. Court Theatre. Moliere's "The Misanthrope" regular run. 5535 S. Ellis. 773 753-4472.

May 30, Thursday- June 1, Saturday, 7:30 pm. Shakespeare's "The Merchant of Venice," adapted by Anna Meredith. Logan Courtyard, 915 E. 60th St. . Tickets Free!

May 31st and June 1st the Hyde Park Jazz Festival is pleased to co-sponsor cellist, composer, and improviser Tomeka Reid's First Annual Jazz Strings Summit honoring the life and work of Chicago violinist Stuff Smith. The summit will feature free workshops and performances by Tomeka Reid, Edgar Gabriel, Mazz Swift, James Sanders, Jessica Pavone and Mary Halvorson, Nicole Mitchell's Black Earth Strings, and more. For details about the concerts and workshops, please visit chicagojazzstringsummit.com. At the Logan Center, 915 E. 60th St. and the Garfield Arts Incubator, 305 E. Garfield (55th and Prairie).

May 31, Friday, 12-2 pm. Jazz in the Courtyard Fridays, free at Hyde Park Shopping Center, 55th west of Lake Park. Today: Toca Live.

May 31, June 7, Fridays, 2 pm. Hyde Park Village Drop In. The Chicago Hyde Park Village, in partnership with a new University of Chicago student group, will launch a drop-in pilot program for seniors living in Hyde Park. Mather Lifeways, an Evanston, Ill.–based senior advocacy organization has given the group a grant to start up the program. Andrew Holtzman will be a facilitator.
The drop-in pilot will run from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. each Friday for three weeks, on May 24, May 31 and June 7, at the Augustana Lutheran Church, 5500 S. Woodlawn Ave. Each program day will include a light lunch, snacks and activities such as computer skills workshops, discussions on local issues, poetry workshops and Hyde Park trivia games. Free.

May 31, Friday, 3:30 pm. Music Colloquium- Lurcy Lecture. "Beyond Suspicion: Musics, Spatialities, Socialities." Nicholas Cook, Cambridge, vis. Lurcy UC. Fulton (Goodspeed 4th), 1010 E. 59th St.

May 31, Friday, 7 pm. Chicago Jazz String Summit Opening Performance.
Musique Noire, Jessica Pavone and Mary Halvorson, the Tomeka Reid Trio, as well as the James Sanders "Blue Violin" Quartet will all perform live to open the first annual Summit. Free and open to the public. For more information, contact Arts and Public Life at artsandpubliclife@uchicago.edu. http://arts.uchicago.edu/artsandpubliclife. At Arts Incubator Washington Park, 301 E. Garfield (55th at Green Line).

May 31, Friday, 7 pm. DOC Films, 1212 E. 59th St. END OF SPRING RUN- MEGA SCREENING OF "GOODBURGER."

May 31, Friday- June 1, Saturday, 7:30 pm. Shakespeare's "The Merchant of Venice," adapted by Anna Meredith. Logan Courtyard, 915 E. 60th St. Tickets Free!

May 31, Friday, 8 pm. Court Theatre. Moliere's "The Misanthrope" regular run. 5535 S. Ellis. 773 753-4472.

June 1, Saturday, 9 am-2 pm. 61st St. Farmers Market. More than just a market! Between Dorchester and Blackstone. Link matched up to $25. Outdoors through Nov. 3 indoors through Dec. 15.

June 1, Saturday,9 am-2-30 pm. Black Arts Chicago: Moves and Movements. Today's is at Logan, 915 E 60th St. Screening of "Infiltrating Hollywood, the Rise and Fall of 'The Spook Who Sat by the Door." "Filming While Black in Chicago." "This Stage We Call Life" (fiLmed symposium of theatre). REG. REQUIRED.
Then 3:15 pm at South Side Comm Arts Ctr., 3831 S. Michigan "Visualizing Black Chicago- Africobra NOW. Then Jazz Supper Club 7-11 at Norman's Bistro, 1005 E. 43rd st.

*****June 1, Saturday 11 am-6 pm and June 2, Sunday, 10 am-5 pm. 57th Street Art Fair- one of the oldest juried outdoor art fairs in the country. Lots more than just booths, including collecting workshop. Kimbark Ave. 57th Woodlawn-Kenwood, and Ray School grounds.

*****June 1, Saturday, 11 am-6 pm, June 2, Sunday, 10 am-5 pm. Community Art Fair- east of the 57th Fair Bixler Playlot at 57th and Kenwood.

June 1, Saturday, 1-4 pm. Smart Museum Family Day: Shapes and Paper and Sculpture, Oh My! Color paper and folding. 5550 S. Greenwood, 773 702-0200.

June 1, Saturday, 2 pm. Logan Family Saturdays Workshop and concert for ages 2-14. 915 E. 60th St. Community Day of Dance with Hyde Park School of Dance.

June 1, Saturday, 3 pm. Court Theatre. Moliere's "The Misanthrope" regular run. 5535 S. Ellis. 773 753-4472.

June 1, Saturday, 3:15-5 pm. Visualizing Black Chicago panel- Northwestern University Black Arts Initiative. Part of AfroCOBRA exhibit Part I, Prologue. Southside Community Art Center, 3831 S. Michigan.

June 1, Saturday 7:30 pm. Shakespeare's "The Merchant of Venice," adapted by Anna Meredith. Logan Courtyard, 915 E. 60th St. . Tickets Free!

June 1, Saturday, 8 pm. Court Theatre. Moliere's "The Misanthrope" regular run. 5535 S. Ellis. 773 753-4472.

June 1, Saturday, 8 pm and June 2, Sunday, 3 pm. University of Chicago Symphony Orchestra and University Chorus and Motet Choir and Hyde Park Neighborhood Choir of the Chicago Children's Choir present the Annual Kathy Heifetz Memorial Concerts. Barbara Schubert conducts.
Carl Orf's Carmina Burana Cantines Profanae ("scenic cantata") based on 24 medieval poems. Primarily in Latin verses with Middle High German and Old Provencal. Soloists Patrice Michaels, soprano; Ian McEuen, tenor, and Will Liverman, baritone. 250+ musicians! Opens with Antonin Dvorak's Carnival Overture, Op. 92 and Josef Suk's Scherzo Fantastique, Op. 25. $10 sugg. music.uchicago.edu. 773 702-8069. Mandel Hall, 1131 E. 57th St.

June 2, Sunday, 10 am-5 pm. 57th Street Art Fair- one of the oldest juried outdoor art fairs in the country. Lots more than just booths, including collecting workshop. Kimbark Ave. 57th Woodlawn-Kenwood, and Ray School grounds.

***** June 2, Sunday, 10 am-5 pm. Community Art Fair- east of the 57th Fair- Bixler Playlot at 57th and Kenwood.

June 2, Sunday, 11 am. Music for service at Rockefeller Chapel, 5850 S. Woodlawn. Last choral Sunday of the academic year. Kyrie, Sanctus and Agnus Dei from Poulenc's Mass in G.

June 2, Sunday, 2 pm. Theater and Performance presents"Kalidasa": Classical Indian Dance Theater. Logan, Theater East, 915 E. 60th. $5, $10.

June 2, Sunday, 2:30 pm. Court Theatre. Moliere's "The Misanthrope" regular run. 5535 S. Ellis. 773 753-4472.

June 2, Sunday, 3-6 pm. Ritual Theatre Revival- Val Gray Ward, founder of Kuumba Theater (f. 1967) and other original members. Part of AfroCOBRA exhibit Part I, Prologue. Southside Community Art Center, 3831 S. Michigan.

June 2, Sunday, 3 pm. University of Chicago Symphony Orchestra and University Chorus and Motet Choir present the Kathy Heifetz Memorial Concerts. Carl Orf's Carmina Burana ("scenic cantata" base on 24 medieval poems. Soloists Patrice Michaels, soprano; Ian McEuen, tenor, and Will Liverman, baritone. 250+ musicians! Opens with Antonin Dvorak's Carnival Overture and Josef Suk's Scherzo Fantastique. $10 sugg. music.uchicago.edu. 773 702-8069. Mandel Hall, 1131 E. 57th St.

June 2, Sunday, 7:30 pm. Court Theatre. Moliere's "The Misanthrope" regular run. 5535 S. Ellis. 773 753-4472.

June 6, Thursday, 7 am-2 pm. Farmer's Market opens today. Thursdays into October. 53rd and South Hyde Park Blvd.

June 6, Thursday, 12:15 pm. Noontime Concert Series. Fulton (Goodspeed 4th), 1010 E. 53rd St. music.uchicago.edu, 773 702-8069. Chamber Music Showcase.

June 6, Thursday, 5-7:30 pm. Smart Museum At the Threshold. 5550 S. Greenwood, 773 702-0200.

June 6, Thursday, June 7, Friday, June 10, Saturday- 7:30 pm and Sat. 2 pm. University Theatre: "The Drowsy Chaperone." Logan Theater East. 915 E. 60th St.

June 6, Thursday, 7:30 pm. Court Theatre. Moliere's "The Misanthrope" regular run. 5535 S. Ellis. 773 753-4472.

June 6, Thursday, 6:30 pm. Annual Robert H. Kirschner Human Rights lecture. "What Has the International Human Rights Movement Accomplished?" Aryeh Neier, Founder of Human Rights Watch. International House, 1414 E. 59th St. Can register with spmoberg@uchicago.edu.

June 7, Friday, 12-2 pm. Jazz in the Courtyard Fridays, free at Hyde Park Shopping Center, 55th west of Lake Park. Today: Victor Goines.

June 7, Fridays, 2 pm. Hyde Park Village Drop In. The Chicago Hyde Park Village, in partnership with a new University of Chicago student group, will launch a drop-in pilot program for seniors living in Hyde Park. Mather Lifeways, an Evanston, Ill.–based senior advocacy organization has given the group a grant to start up the program. Andrew Holtzman will be a facilitator.
The drop-in pilot will run from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. each Friday for three weeks, on May 24, May 31 and June 7, at the Augustana Lutheran Church, 5500 S. Woodlawn Ave. Each program day will include a light lunch, snacks and activities such as computer skills workshops, discussions on local issues, poetry workshops and Hyde Park trivia games. Free.

June 7, Friday, 6-9 pm. Hyde Park Art Center. ArtBar- Historically Inaccurate Edition. Summer session of happy hour-with-a-twist- live music, cash bar, art workshops, and surprises inspired by Hulsebos-Spofford's Hall of Khan-Horses and Heroes.
AND another "Progressive Conversation on food/art" there for friends of Civic Knowledge Project. 5020 S. cornell, 773 324-5520.

June 7, Friday, 7:30 pm. Baroque Band at Augustana Lutheran, 5500 S. Woodlawn. The classic 1972 movie “The Godfather” (which heavily used music of Bach) provides the inspiration for a program featuring music by J.S. Bach (the godfather of Western Classical Music and whose music is featured in the movie), Telemann (godfather to Bach’s son, C.P.E. Bach), Pachelbel (godfather to one of Bach’s sisters), and C.P.E. Bach, whose keyboard concerto will be performed by celebrated Chicago-based artist and Baroque Band harpsichordist David Schrader. Augustana Lutheran Church, 5500 S. Woodlawn Ave. Last of the season. 312 235-2363.

J.S. Bach - Orchestral Suite No. 3
C.P.E. Bach - Keyboard concerto in F
Telemann - Suite in D TWV55:D18
Rameau - Chaconne from Les Indes galante

June 7, Friday, 7:30 pm. Court Theatre. Moliere's "The Misanthrope" regular run. 5535 S. Ellis. 773 753-4472.

June 8, Saturday- 2 pm. University Theatre: "The Drowsy Chaperone." Logan Theater East. 915 E. 60th St.

June 8, Saturday, 3 pm. Court Theatre. Moliere's "The Misanthrope" regular run. 5535 S. Ellis. 773 753-4472.

June 8, Saturday, 4 pm. Annual Alumni Weekend Gala University concert at Rockefeller Chapel, 5850 S. Woodlawn.
STARTS AT BOND CHAPEL 1050 E. 59th St. with the newly installed Reneker Organ.
4:30 procession acc. by the carillon to Rockefeller for more organ and refreshments.
5:15 Bond chapel program repeats. Free, no reservations.
Program: Thomas Weisflog playing Bach's Prelude in C minor, Sowerby's Toccata in C, Jehan Alain's Litanies, Handel's Concerto in F. Choir singing selections of Poulenc's Mass in G.

June 8, Saturday, 5-9 pm. The South Side Community Art Center (SSCAC) will host its 48th Annual Art Auction & Fundraiser on Saturday, June 8, at the Illinois Institute of Technology, 3211 S. Federal Street, from 5:00 P.M. to 9:00 P.M. As throughout its history, the Auction will feature art from established and emerging artists, including such nationally recognized artists as Elizabeth Catlett, Eldzier Cortor, Romare Beardon, Margaret Burroughs, William Carter, David Driskell, Irene Clark and Allen Stringfellow.

June 8, Saturday, 7 pm (note change). South Shore Opera Company of Chicago's 5th Grand Anniversary Season celebrating black composers. Samuel Coleridge-Taylor's "Dream Lovers" (libretto by Paul Laurence Dunbar) and "Seven African Romances" (Coleridge-Taylor setting of poems by Paul Laurence Dunbar.) Re-orchestrations by Peter Slavin. Guest conductor Daniel Black; Artistic Director and tenor Cornelius Johnson; Kimberly Jones, soprano; Dana Campbell, soprano; Antonio Watts, baritone; Steven Wallace, tenor; Beena David, Mezzo-Soprano. Free and non-ticketed. South Shore Cultural Center, 7059 S. South Shore Drive. opera@southshoreopera.org. Have dinner ahead at the Parrot Cage for $17 (reserve by June 4 at 773 602-5333.) Next ticketed event October 19.

June 8, Saturday, 7:30 pm. University Theatre: "The Drowsy Chaperone." Logan Theater East. 915 E. 60th St.

June 8, Saturday, 8 pm. Court Theatre. Moliere's "The Misanthrope" regular run. 5535 S. Ellis. 773 753-4472.

June 8, Saturday, 8 pm. Concert sp. by Renaissance Society at Bond Chapel, 1025 E. 58th St. Jason Lescalleet. Jason Lescalleet makes his music using a collection of vintage reel-to-reel tape recorders and simple electronics, running loops of crumpled tape between machines. He blends layers of found sound, amplified silences, and artifacts of everyday noise, all transformed through various microphones and speakers. In his much anticipated return to Chicago, he'll play with the resonance of Bond Chapel's neo-Gothic space. Jason Lescalleet will perform at Bond Chapel (1050 East 59th Street ) on the campus of The University of Chicago. Admission is free and open to the public; no RSVP required. The concert is presented in partnership with Lampo and is generously sponsored by Leslie Bodenstein and Jason Pickleman.

June 9, Sunday, 11 am. Music for service at Rockefeller Chapel, 5850 S. Woodlawn. Decani perform festive psalms from Jewish and Christian choral traditions.

June 9, Sunday, 2 pm. Shubha Mudgal in concert at Logan. Shubha Mudgal is one of India's great treasures and singers who frequently participates with the Samhat Collective (featured in exhibit at Smart Museum). Presented by Smart Museum, Eye on India, and Natya Dance Theatre, with support from Southern Asia at Chicago. Preview at vimeo.com/62078628. 915 E. 6oth St. Logan Performance Hall.
See Shubha Mudgal, one of India's most celebrated and versatile singers, in a free concert held in conjunction with the closing of the Smart Museum of Art's special exhibition The Sahmat Collective and the launch of the third annual Eye on India festival. Don’t miss this rare opportunity to enjoy Mudgal’s entrancing musical reflections on India's mystic poetry.

June 9, Sunday, 2:30 pm. Court Theatre. Moliere's "The Misanthrope" regular run. 5535 S. Ellis. 773 753-4472.

June 9, Sunday, 3 pm. The Chicago Ensemble, Program V. Piano Quartets: Mozart, Copland, Taneyev. International House, 1414 E. 59th St. Assembly Hall. (4th Presbyterian June 4, Tuesday, 7:30 pm.) theceweb@thechicagoensemble.org. Last of season.
Susan Levitin, flute * Ricardo Castaneda, oboe * Elizandro Garcia-Montoya, clarinet * John Gaudette, bassoon * Dan O'Connell, french horn * Rizzer, pian0
Quantz: Trio-sonata in C Major, for flute, oboe, bassoon and piano
Mozart: Quintet in Eb Major, K. 452, for oboe, clarinet, french horn, bassoon and piano
Needham: Five Movements (2007), for flute, oboe, clarinet, french horn and bassoon
Winner: Discover America VII competition
Jacob: Sextet in Bb Major (1962), for flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, french horn and piano

June 9, Sunday. Last chance to see Sahmat Collection Art and Activism in India since 1989, at Smart Museum, 5550 S. Greenwood, 773 702-0200.

June 9, Sunday, 7:30 pm. Court Theatre. Moliere's "The Misanthrope"CLOSING PERFORMANCE. 5535 S. Ellis. 773 753-4472. Next: "Tartuffe" opens in preview June 20.

June 14, Friday, 12-2 pm. Jazz in the Courtyard Fridays, free at Hyde Park Shopping Center, 55th west of Lake Park. Today: Paris Swing - Eddie Harrison.

June 14, Friday, 7 pm and June 15, Saturday, 2 pm. Hyde Park School of Dance En Avant- choreography and music created for the 20th anniversary celebration brings together the artists that have inspired HPSD teachers and students. Logan Performance Hall, 915 E. 60th St. Connected with Joel Hall Dancers.

June 15, Saturday, 10 am. Robie House- 3rd Saturdays. LEGO Architects. 5757 S. Woodlawn. http://www.gowright.org.

June 15, Saturday, 2 pm. Hyde Park School of Dance En Avant- choreography and music created for the 20th anniversary celebration brings together the artists that have inspired HPSD teachers and students. Logan Performance Hall, 915 E. 60th St. Connected with Joel Hall Dancers.

June 16, Sunday, 11 am. Music for service at Rockefeller Chapel, 5850 S. Woodlawn. Mystical sounds of 13 c. Spain- Cantigas de Santa Maria by artist in residence Matthew Dean.

June 16, Sunday 12:30 pm. June 16 benefit at Harper Theater, 5238 S. Harper, for Coalition for Equitable Community Development. Private film on life, music and politics of Oscar Brown, Jr. "Music is My Life, Politics My Mistress." Introduced and singing by Maggie Brown at 12:30 pm, Doors open 12 pm, film at 1. $25. Details and to purchase tickets: http://www.hpkcoalition.org.

June 16, Sunday, 2 p.m. HPHS workshop on Your Old Hyde Park House. Today Roofs. Hyde Park Union Church, 5600 S. Woodlawn. Last is on July 21.

June 20, Thursday. Closing at Regenstein Special Collections, 1100 E. 57th St. April 22-June 20- exhibit on the Seminary Co-op move Project by Megan Doherty and Jasmine Kwong.

June 20, Thursday, 1-4 pm. Smart Museum Third Thursday. 5550 S. Greenwood, 773 702-0200.

June 21, Friday, 12-2 pm. Jazz in the Courtyard Fridays, free at Hyde Park Shopping Center, 55th west of Lake Park. Today: Jimmy Ellis, sax.

June 21, Friday. Afternoon into evening. Make Music Chicago-Hyde Park 2013. About noon to 7 or depending where. Venues include Midway skating rink, Nichols Park, Logan Center, Joan's Studio, and 63rd St. Beach. mnichol16@earthlink.net.

June 21, Friday, 6-9 pm. A Special Bronzeville Trolley Tour of Faie, Guichard, Blanc, and Ratcliff Hunter galleries. In conjunction with AfroCOBRA part I at Southside Community Art Center, 3831 S. Michigan.

June 22, Saturday, 1:30-3:30 pm. Worm Composting Workshop in Washington Park. Check back for location and details.

June 22, Saturday, time? Logan family program- Community Day of Dance with Hyde Park School of Dance. 915 E. 60th St.

June 22, Saturday, 2-4 pm. Hyde Park Historical Society honors winners of the Metro History Fair projects about Hyde Park Township. This year's projects are about the women's building at the Columbian Exposition and honor a leading woman. Commenters include Tim Black and Mary Ann Johnson (Pres. of the Chicago Area Women's History Caucus). Place tba (air conditioned).

June 23, Sunday, 11 am. Music for service at Rockefeller Chapel, 5850 S. Woodlawn. Faure's Messe basse sung by the Decani.

June 23, Sunday. Last chance to see "Forlesen," installation for William Pope.L at Renaissance Society, Cobb 418, 5811 S. Ellis.

June 23, Sunday. Events on two Chicago World's Fairs, at Museum of Science and Industry, 57th and Lake Shore Drive. As part of our 80th anniversary celebration in June, two events on Sunday, June 23 will explore our? Chicago's? roots in the 1893 and 1933 Chicago World's Fairs: the popular "MSIExplore the White City" virtual simulation with UCLA's Lisa Snyder and the new "Building a Century of Progress" presentation with University of Arizona's Lisa Schrenk. TIM SAMUELSON, cultural historian for the City of Chicago, will provide expert commentary and insight during both events. Tickets are now available but space is limited! Stay tuned for more details on all of our 80th anniversary festivities!online
Explore the White City Event » Building a Century of Progress Event (links are in the MSI website).

June 23, Sunday, 5 pm (tower tours at 4:30. The Bells of Summer at Rockefeller Chapel. Celebrating Cage 100. Through August 25. 5850 S. Woodlawn. Today: Arie Abbenes of Oirschott, The Netherlands.

June 24 Monday -June 28 Friday. Hyde Park Art Center Creativity Camp. Featuring Jeremiah Hulsebos-Spofford, "Hall of Khan: Horses and Heroes." 5020 S. Cornell, 773 324-5520. July 27, Closing exhibit and Picnic with Broken Arrow Riding Club.

June 27, Thursday. Save the date for the benefit concert for next fall's Hyde Park Jazz Festival. Etienne Charles and Company- from Trinidad!
Our 7th Annual Hyde Park Jazz Festival Benefit Concert will take place on Thursday, June 27th, at the Logan Center for the Arts (915 E. 60th St.) and feature music by Etienne Charles & Co. Hailed by Jazz Times as a "daring improviser who delivers with heart wrenching lyricism," the Trinidad-born composer and bandleader has received critical acclaim for his exciting performances, thrilling compositions, and knack for connecting with audiences worldwide. For this performance, Charles will be joined by tenor saxophonist Jacques Schwarz-Bart, pianist Christian Sands, bassist Rodney Whitaker, drummer Dana Hall, and percussionist Zach Himmelhoch. You may purchase tickets here starting May 14th. For additional information about the Benefit Concert event and reception, please visit: hydeparkjazzfestival.org/jazz-festival-gala.

June 28, Friday, 12-2 pm. Jazz in the Courtyard Fridays through the summer, free at Hyde Park Shopping Center, 55th west of Lake Park. Today: Billy Branch and the Sun's of Blue.

June 29, Saturday, 3 pm. Smart Museum We Could Build a Paradise. Logan Performance Penthouse 901, 915 E. 60th St. Celebrates "The Land Beneath Our Feet exhibit, and Independence dAy-- radio personality and author Michael Lasser tells the gritty story of America's cities, changing attitudes toward love, and redefinition of American identity through popular songs over more than a century. Please register at smartmuseum.uchicago.edu/calendar/register.

June 30, Sunday, 11 am. Music for service at Rockefeller Chapel, 5850 S. Woodlawn. Traditional spirituals sung by Chapel Choir artists in residence.

June 30, Sunday, 5 pm (tower tours at 4:30. The Bells of Summer at Rockefeller Chapel. Celebrating Cage 100. Through August 25. 5850 S. Woodlawn. Today: Povl Christian Balslev of Svendborg, Denmark.

July 4, Thursday, 10:30 am. on 4th on 53rd Parade and Picnic.

July 7, Sunday, 11 am. Music for service at Rockefeller Chapel, 5850 S. Woodlawn. Music of Aaron Copland sung by artists in residence.

July 7, Sunday, 5 pm (tower tours at 4:30. The Bells of Summer at Rockefeller Chapel. Celebrating Cage 100. Through August 25. 5850 S. Woodlawn. Today: Isaac Wong, U Sydney, Australia.

July 13, Saturday, July 14, Sunday. 39th Annual Arts and Crafts Festival at DuSable Museum, 740 E. 56th Pl. 773 947-0600. Saturday: West Indian Folk Dance Company, Jamiah on Fire & The Red Machine, Jazz Vocalist Denise Thimes featuring Ari Brown, Chris Foreman & Joey D Francisco- and much more!!

July 13, Saturday. Family Storytelling Concert at Logan (details tba). 915 E. 60th St.

July14, Sunday, 11 am. Music for service at Rockefeller Chapel, 5850 S. Woodlawn. Choir members sing Mozart's Missa Brevis K192 with organ.

July 14, Sunday. 39th Annual Arts and Crafts Festival at DuSable Museum, 740 E. 56th Pl. 773 947-0600. Marcy Newberry Children's Choir Salutes Motown
Savoir Faire Jazz Violinist, Eleven Gospel Divas, A Salute to the Doo Wop Groups and much more.

July 14, Sunday, 5 pm (tower tours at 4:30. The Bells of Summer at Rockefeller Chapel. Celebrating Cage 100. Through August 25. 5850 S. Woodlawn. Today:Vera Wunsche of Salt Lake City, Utah.

July 20, Saturday, and July 21, Sunday, 11 am-9 pm. Celebrate Hyde Park Summer Festival. 53rd St. Headliners The Family Stone, Theresa Griffin. Funkadesi, and Chicago Catz.

The Summer Festival has grown from a single-day of music in 2010 to a two-day event that brought nearly 60,000 Hyde Park residents and visitors out las year to enjoy the music, food and activities on 53rd Street. Close to 80 local vendors and shop owners will offer food and merchandise along 53rd Street.

Celebrate Hyde Park's Summer Festival offers an opportunity for families and individuals to have a fun weekend while exploring what the shops and vendors in the neighborhood's historic shopping district have to offer. Each year, the festival looks for more ways to make the event more enjoyable.

The festival will be held on 53rd Street between Harper and Kimbark Avenues, with activities for children in Nichols Park. Festival hours will be 11a.m. to 9 p.m. both days, with face painting and other children's activities from noon to 4 p.m. A $5 donation is requested from attendees.

July 21, Sunday, 11 am. Music for service at Rockefeller Chapel, 5850 S. Woodlawn. Music of Monteverdi for two tenors and other music from St. Mark's Venice.

July 21, Sunday, 2 pm. HPHS workshop on Your Old Hyde Park House. Today Historic Landscape Design. Hyde Park Union Church, 5600 S. Woodlawn. Last.

July 21, Sunday, 5 pm (tower tours at 4:30. The Bells of Summer at Rockefeller Chapel. Celebrating Cage 100. Through August 25. 5850 S. Woodlawn. Today: Philippe Beullens of Mechelen and Leuven, Belgium.

July 27, Saturday,time?. Hyde Park Art Center- Closing of exhibit and picnic with Broken Arrow Riding Club. - Jeremiah Hulsebos-Spofford, "Hall of Khan: Horses and Heroes." 5020 S. Cornell, 773 324-5520.

July 28, Sunday, 11 am. Music for service at Rockefeller Chapel, 5850 S. Woodlawn. Choir members sing Harold Darke's Mass in F.

July 28, Sunday. Last chance to see "Between Heaven and Earth: Birds in Ancient Egypt" at Oriental Institute, 1155 E. 58th St. 773 702-9507.

July 28, Sunday, 5 pm (tower tours at 4:30. The Bells of Summer at Rockefeller Chapel. Celebrating Cage 100. Through August 25. 5850 S. Woodlawn. Today: John Widmann of Frederick, Maryland.

July 30, Tuesday, 7 pm. Grant Park Chorus at South Shore Cultural Center, 7059 S. South Shore Drive. Details tba.

August 4, Sunday, 11 am. Music for service at Rockefeller Chapel, 5850 S. Woodlawn. Music or flute and soprano with artist in residence Kaitlin Foley.

August 4, Sunday, 2-4 pm. Hyde Park Stories. Watch for details.

August 4, Sunday, 5 pm (tower tours at 4:30. The Bells of Summer at Rockefeller Chapel. Celebrating Cage 100. Through August 25. 5850 S. Woodlawn. Today: Lisa Lonie and Janet Tebbel of Philadelphia.

August 6, Tuesday, 6:30 pm and August 7, Wednesday, 6:30 pm. Chicago Shakespeare Theater presents Shakespeare in the Parks, "The Comedy of Errors." Part of the Chicago Park District's "Night Out in the Parks. Free. South Shore Cultural Center, 7059 S. South Shore Drive.

August 11, Sunday, 11 am. Music for service at Rockefeller Chapel, 5850 S. Woodlawn. Keith Murphy leads the Decani in 16th c. Flemish motets.

August 11, Sunday, 5 pm (tower tours at 4:30. The Bells of Summer at Rockefeller Chapel. Celebrating Cage 100. Through August 25. 5850 S. Woodlawn. Today:

August 12, Monday-August 16 Friday. All-day music camp for kids at Logan. Hyde Park Allegro Camp. http://www.hpamc.org re registration. 915 e. 60th St.

August 16, Friday- December. South Shore Art Festival installations are up.

August 17, Saturday, 10 am-8 pm. South Shore Festival. At South Shore Cultural Center, 7059 South Shore Drive. Supported by SSA #42.

August 18, Sunday, 11 am. Music for service at Rockefeller Chapel, 5850 S. Woodlawn. The Rookery men's choir sing sacred American folksongs.

August 18, Sunday, 4 pm. Chicago Shakespeare Theater presents Shakespeare in the Parks, "The Comedy of Errors." Part of the Chicago Park District's "Night Out in the Parks. Free. Washington Park (by Refectory?) 5531 S. Russell Dr.

August 18, Sunday, 5 pm (tower tours at 4:30. The Bells of Summer at Rockefeller Chapel. Celebrating Cage 100. Through August 25. 5850 S. Woodlawn. Today: Dick van Dijk of Utrecht, The Netherlands.

August 25, Sunday, 11 am. Music for service at Rockefeller Chapel, 5850 S. Woodlawn. Artists in residence Kaitlin Foley and Lon Ellenberger sing selections from Pergolesi's Stabat mater.

August 25, Sunday, time? Watch for at writers' workshop by Hyde Park Historical Society.

August 25, Sunday, 5 pm (tower tours at 4:30. The Bells of Summer at Rockefeller Chapel. Celebrating Cage 100. Through August 25. 5850 S. Woodlawn. Today: Wylie Crawford, University Carillonneur.

August 29, Thursday, 5-7 pm. Chicago Park District's popular toddlers program Turtles, Tunes, and ____ comes to Nichols Park. 1355 E. 53rd St.- Outdoors.

August 30, Friday, dusk. Movie at Nichols Park. Outdoors. "Life of Pi." 5400 block of Kenwood.

September 11, Wednesday, 7 pm. Benjamin Britten Festival event of Chicago Presents. Poetic Muses: Britten, Auden, and Sitwell. Free AT THE POETRY FOUNDATION, 61 W. Superior. 312 787-7070. With the Collaborative Works Festival. A salon concert featuring works of Britten inspired by Dame Edith Sitwell and W.H. Aden. With a discussion hosted by tenor Nicholas Phan. Performances by Phan, soprano Kiera Duffy, pianist Shannon McGinness, and more.

September 21, Friday, 7:30 pm. Baroque Band. Augustana Lutheran Church, 5500 S. Woodlawn. Next Jan. 18.

September 28, Saturday and September 29, Sunday. Hyde Park Jazz Festival. http://www.gpmf.org. It's ON!

September 28, Saturday, 7 pm. Hyde Park Art Center's annual gala (moved to fall). Honoring Barbara Crane and Eric and Cheryl McKissack.

? date- maybe 1st October weekend this year. 57th Street Children's Book Sale in conjunction with Oktoberfest.

October 4, Friday, 7:30 pm. Chicago Presents. Classic, Britten Festival. 6:30 Pre-concert lecture. 7:30: Jupiter String Quartet with James Dunham, viola. Britten: String Quartet No. 1in d Major, Op. 25 (1941) and String Quartet No. 4, Op. 94 (1975); Brahms String Quintet No. 2 in G Major, Op. 111. Mandel Hall, 1131 E. 57th St. $35. Next in Classic Series October 18. Next in Britten series October 6.
The exquisite Jupiter Quartet opens Chicago Presents's season and britten festival with friend, mentor and former violist of the famed Cleveland Quartet, James Dunham. together they perform Brahms' second viola quintet, reverberant with Hungarian gypsy rhythms and Viennese popular song. The progam begins with Britten's first and third quartets, spanning the composer's life from 1941 to 1975, just a year before his death.

October 5, Saturday, 10:30 am. Benjamin Britten Festival event. Lecture Demonstration. Jupiter Quartet and Spektral Quartet with Seth Brodsky. Seth Brodsky, Asst Prof UC leads a look at the commonalities between Britten's Third String Quartet and Thomas Ades' Arcadiana. Free but reservations requested- ticketsweb.uchicago.edu or 773 702-arts. Logan Performance Penthouse, 915 E. 60th St.

October 5, Saturday, time? Robie House Lecture/walk in Hyde Park A Garden in this Nature.

October 6, Sunday, 3 pm. Chicago Presents. Artist-in-Residence Pacifica Quartet. Britten Festival. Britten: Sting Quartet No. 2 in C Major, Op. 36 (1945). Beethoven: String Quartet in B-flat Major, Op. 130, "Liebquartett" with Grosse Fuge, Op. 133.
Logan Performance Hall, 915 E. 60th St. $25. Next Pacifica January 12. Next Britten series October 15.

October 11, Friday, 7 pm. Benjamin Britten Festival event. A Time There Was, with Tony Palmer, filmmaker. Palmer profiles his prize-winning documentary that mixes bio and musical excerpts with archival rehearsal footage. Free but reservations requested- ticketsweb.uchicago.edu or 773 702-arts. Logan screening room. 915 E.60th St.

October 12, 13, 14, Saturday-Monday. Hyde Park Used Book Sale. (For book pickup now- with a special need, call George Davis at 773 268-4856. Drop off place tba starts middle of August. Sale in Hyde Park Shopping Center Courtyard, 1500 block E. 55th St. Sat and Sun 9-6, Mon (box and bag day) 9-2. hpkcc@aol.com.

October 13, Sunday, 11 am. Music for service at Rockefeller Chapel, 5850 S. Woodlawn. Britten Festival 2nd Suns- Jubilate Deo and music of Ralph Vaughan Williams.

October 15, Tuesday, 7:30 pm. Chicago Presents. Music Across Genres, Britten Festival. Jean-Guihen Queyras, cello in his Chicago recital debut. Bach:
Cello Suite No. 1 in G Major, BWV 1007. Britten: Cello Suite No. 3, Op . 87 (1972). Kodaly: Sonata in B minor, Op. 8. Logan Performance Hall, 915 E. 60th St. $20. Next in series February 21. Next Britten October 18.
The virtuoso French cellist makes his Chicago debut with a prodigious program: Bach's spiritual and intimate work for unaccompanied cello, Britten's passionate suite written for Rostropovich, and concluding with Kodaly's sonata, widely considered among the greatest works written for cello.

October 18, Friday, 7:30 pm. Chicago Presents. Classic. Britten Festival. 6:30 preconcert lecture. 7:30: Nicholas Phan and Friends. Nicholas Phan, tenor, Myra huang, piano, Sivan Magen, harp, Gail Williams, horn. Britten: Folksongs, Canticle II (Still Falls the Rain( (1954), and Canticle V (Death of Saint Narcissus) (197). Schubert: Auf dem strom; Fruhlings glaube; im Fruhling; Der Musenshon. Mandel Hall, 1131 E. 57th St. $35. Next in Classic Series November 1. Next in Britten series November 8 and 10.
Friendship was at the heart of these works composed by Britten and Schubert for close friends of their circles. Highly acclaimed tenor Nicholas Phan, who has release two recordings of Britten works, and his own brilliant friends and colleagues honor these composers with a compelling program.

October 18, 19, or 20, 8 pm. The Newberry Consort in Hyde Park. Howard Meyer Brown Memorial Concert. Playing with Fire: virtuoso music from the 16th and 17th centuries. Next February 7, 8, or 9.

October 19, Saturday 2013. University of Chicago Humanities Day.

October 20, Sunday. Chicago Humanities Festival Hyde Park Day.

October 25, Friday, 7:30 pm. Chicago Presents. Jazz at the Logan. The Bad Plus. On Sacred Ground. Logan Performance Hall, 915 E. 60th St. $28.
The groundbreaking and genre-bending jazz trio presents it ambitious project--a take on Stravinsky's Rite of Spring, which premiered a hundred years ago. This is an original multimedia production by lighting designer Cristina Guadalupe and film director Noah Hutton. Next Jazz series December 6.

November 1, Friday, 7:30 pm. Chicago Presents. Classic. Cuarteto Casals with Denis Azabagic. Haydn: Quartet in C Major, Op. 33, No. 3 "The Bird". Debussy: Quartet in G minor, O. 10. Alan Thomas: Out of Africa for solo guitar. Boccherini: Quintet in d Major, G. 448 "Fandango". Mandel Hall, 1131 E. 57th St. $35.
Spain's first quartet with a truly international profile makes its Mandel Hall debut. With the distinguished artist Denis Azabagic, one of the most compelling classical guitarists on the international circuit, the Casals Quartet presents Boccherini's famous "Fandango" quintet. Next in Classic Series January 31.

November 8, Friday, 6:30, 7:30 pm. Chicago Presents. Early Music, Britten Festival. 6:30 pm: Preconcert performance- ROGER CHASE performs Britten's Lachryame, Reflections on a Song by Dowland, Op. 48 (1950) inspired by Seaven Tares- see below. This is the original version for viola and piano.Plus Britten's early Elegy for solo viola.
7:30 pm. FRETWORK and ELIZABETH KENNY, lutenist, perform John Dowland's Lachrimae or Seaven Teares. Leading European lutenist Elizabeth Kenny joints the British viol consort Fretwork for a program of music by English Renaissance composer John Dowland. Dating to 1604, Lachrimae or Seaven Teares is a collection of seven pavans adn includes Dowland's most famous lute solo. Mandel Hall, 1131 E. 57thSt. $35.

November 10, Sunday, 11 am. Music for service at Rockefeller Chapel, 5850 S. Woodlawn. Britten Festival 2nd Suns- Te deum in C and music of Handel.

November 10, Sunday, 3 pm. Benjamin Britten Festival event. Spektal Quartet. Britten: Three Divertimenti (1933), Thomas Ades: String Quartet No 12 "Arcadiana" (1994), Ferneyhough: Adagisimo, Bartok: Quartet No. 4. London-born Thomas Ades (b1971), like Britten, has been described as a "complete musician". His Arcadiana has been performed countlessly and is paired with three short works by Britten in his early 20s and other works. $15, UC students free. Reservations requested- ticketsweb.uchicago.edu or 773 702-arts. Presented by UC Dept. of Music. Next Early Music Feb. 28.

November 24, Sunday, 7:30 pm. Bach Christmas Oratorio and works premier of a Christmas cantata by Robert Kyr. Rockefeller.

December 6, Friday, 7:30 pm. Chicago Presents. Jazz at the Logan. Rudresh Mahanthappa Quartet. Gamak. Logan Performance Hall, 915 E. 60th St. $28.
Rudresh has been named saxophonist of the year for 4 years running. His latest project, Gamak, incorporates Western forms of jazz, progressive rock, heavy metal, country, American folk, go-go, an ambient while simultaneously engaging the rich traditions of Indian, chinese, African and Indonesian music. Last in series May 30.

December 8, Sunday, 11 am. Music for service at Rockefeller Chapel, 5850 S. Woodlawn. Britten Festival 2nd Sundays. A Hymn to the Virgin and organ music of Frank Bridge.

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January 12, 2014, Sunday, 11 am. Music for service at Rockefeller Chapel, 5850 S. Woodlawn. Benjamin Britten Festival 2nd Sundays- Antiphon and music of Hubert Parry.

January 12, Sunday, 3 pm. Chicago Presents. Artist-in-Residence Pacifica Quartet. Mozart: String Quartet in F Major, K. 590. Shostakovich: Quartet No. 7 in F-sharp minor, Op. 108. Brahms: Sting Quartet in C minor, Op. 51, no. 1. Logan Performance Hall, 915 E. 60th St. $25. Next Pacifica April 13.

January 18, Friday, 7:30 pm. Baroque Band. Augustana Lutheran Church, 5500 S. Woodlawn. Next March 22.

January 31, Friday, 7:30 pm. Chicago Presents. Classic. Goldstein-Peled-Fiterstein Trio. Alon Goldstein, piano, Amit Peled, cello, Alex Fiterstein, clarinet. Beethoven: Trio in B-flat Major, Op. 11. Verdi/Liszt Paraphrase on Aida fo solo piano. Debussy: Premiere Rhapsodie for clarinet and piano. Kopytman: Kaddish for cello and piano. Brahms: Clarinet Trio, Op. 114. Mandel Hall, 1131 E. 57th St. $35.
A concert of this trio reflects the gift and originality of the three artists as soloists as well as their marvelous sense of ensemble an love o chamber music. They share Israeli roots and summers in vermont (Marlboro Festival). Supported by the Consulate General of Israel to the Midwest. Next in Classic Series April 25.

February 4, Tuesday, 7:30 pm. Chicago Presents. Contempo. Myth and Awakening. eighth blackbird, Anubis Quartet, Julia Bentley, mezzo, Daniel Won, clarinet. Works of: Anna Weenser: Lift High, Reckon-Fly Low, and Come Close. Brett Dean: Sextet (Old Kings in Exile). Augusta Reed Thomas: Twilight Butterfly. John Orfe: Leviathan for 2 clarinets and piano. Lei Liang: Yuan for saxophone quartet. Logan Performance Hall, 915 E. 60th St. $25. Next Contempo March 2. Next eighth blackbird May 9.
A program of Chicago "firsts." A recent work by Australian composer (co-commissioned by 8thb) Brett Dean. Anubis performs Lei Liang's work for sax quartet. Thomas is now a faculty member of the Dept. of Music.

February 7, 8, or 9. , 8 pm. The Newberry Consort in Hyde Park. The Feast of the Pheasant: a recreation of a 15th century banquet. With projected images. Last May 2, 3, or 4.

February 9, Sunday, 11 am. Music for service at Rockefeller Chapel, 5850 S. Woodlawn. Benjamin Britten Festival- Missa Brevis in D and British Sarum Chant.

February 21, Friday, 7:30 pm. Chicago Presents. Music Across Genres. Third Coast Percussion performing Guo Wenjing: Parade, John Cage: Third Construction, Augusta Reed Thomas: Resounding Earth. Logan Performance Hall, 915 E. 60th St. $20. Last in series April 16.
Resounding Earth, composed by Thomas for Third Coast Percussion, has 125 bells from around the world, many unusual and unique. The other works also combine sounds from East and West.

February 28, Friday, 7:30 pm. Chicago Presents. Early Music. Venice Baroque Orchestra. Andrea Marcon conductor, Philippe Jaroussky, counter-tenor. Works by Porpora, Veracini, Geminani and Vivaldi. Rival of Handel and teacher of Haydn and Farinelli, Nicola porpora was a celebrated Neapolitan composers and singing teacher. Jaroussky makes his Chicago debut, along with the Venice Baroque Orchestra, one of Europe's premier ensembles devoted to period instrument performance. Together, they champion Porpora's music. Instrumental gems of other Italian composers feature th VBOP's virtuosity and round out the program. Supported by the Italian Cultural Institute. Mandel Hall, 1131 E. 57th St. $35. Next April 4.

March 2, Sunday, 3 pm. Chicago Presents. Contempo. New Music of Violin and Piano. Miranda Cuckson, violin and Nigh Y, piano.
Iannis Xenakis: Dikhthas. Ursuk Chin: Three selective etudes. Sofia Gubaidulina: Dancer on a Tightrope. George Friedrich Haas: De terrae fine . Mario Davidovsky: Duo Capriccioso. Logan Performance Hall, 915 E. 60th St. $25. Next Contempo April 26.
Fearless violinist Miranda Cuckson and Boucourechliev Prize-winning pianist Ning Yu present a program of contemporary violin and piano music.

March 2, Sunday, 7:30 pm. VocalEssence and Rockefeller Chapel Choir in American music and world premier from Stephen Paulus. Rockefeller.

March 9, Sunday, 11 am. Music for service at Rockefeller Chapel, 5850 S. Woodlawn. Benjamin Britten Festival- A Hymn to St. Columba and music of Kenneth Leighton.

March 9, Sunday, 3 pm. Rockefeller Chapel, 5850 S. Woodlawn. Britten's "Rejoice in the Lamb" performed by the UC Motet Choir and Rockefeller Chapel Artists in Residence. (Benjamin Britten Festival).

March 22, Friday, 7:30 pm. Baroque Band. Augustana Lutheran Church, 5500 S. Woodlawn. Last June 6.

April 4, Friday, 7:30 pm. Chicago Presents. Early Music. Anonymous 4. Marie et Marion. The incomparable Anonymous 4 quartet brings a program of 13th century motets from the Montpellier Codex. Marie et Marion examines fin amours- metaphors, images and turns of phrase around divine ("Marian" or to the Virgin) and earthly ("Marion") devotion two an love of the ideal lady. It summarizes the ethos of and age of Western civilization (including an epoch of the age of troubadours) and is wrapped in music of endless variety and exotic beauty. Mandel Hall, 1131 E. 57th St. $35. Last in Early Series.

April 13, Palm Sunday, 7:30 pm. James MacMillan's St. John's Passion. Rockefeller, 5850 S. Woodlawn.

April 13, Sunday, 3 pm. Chicago Presents. Artist-in-Residence Pacifica Quartet. With Anthony McGill, clarinet. Mozart: Quintet for clarinet adn strings in a Major, K. 581. Brahms: Clarinet Quintet in B minor, Op. 115. Last Pacifica this season- but see Contempo April 26.

April 16, Wednesday, 7:30 pm. Chicago Presents. Music Across Genres. Seraphic Fire and Spektral Quartet. Haydn: Seven Last Words of Christ. Rockefeller Memorial Chapel, 5850 S. Woodlawn. $20? End of series.
Intro, 7 slow movements corresponding to the Words, and a musical depiction of the earthquake. Supported by the Clinton Family Trust.

April 25, Friday, 7:30p m. Chicago Presents. Classic. Rafal Blechacz, piano (Chicago Recital Debut). Mozart: Sonata in D Major, K. 576. Beethoven: Sonata in C minor, Op. 13 "Pathetique". Chopin: Nocturne in A-flat Major, Op. 32; Two polonaises, Op. 40; Three mazurkas, Op. 63; Scherzo No. 3 in C-sharp minor, Op. 39. Mandel Hall, 1131 E. 57thSt. $35. Last in Classic Series May 2.
In 2005 Rafal Blechacz won the 15th Chopin International Piano Competition in Warsaw, garnering the Grand Prize and 4 special prizes and the audience prize.

April 26, Saturday, 7:30 pm. Chicago Presents. Contempo. DOUBLE BILL- 10th Anniversary. Patricia Barber Quartet with Pacifica Quartet, Lisa Kaplan, piano, Nicholas Photinos, cello, and Nicholas Reed, percussion.
Marta Ptaszynska: Space Model. Franghiz Ali-Zadeh: Habil-Sayagy for cello and prepared piano. Elena Firsova: String Quartet No 11 "Purgatorium". Patricia Barber: Quartet. Logan Performance Hall, 915 E. 60th St. $25. Next Contempo May 9.
The 10th-anniversary of the Contempo Double bill puts the work of top creative women in music from around the world front and center stage. The intepid jazz artist Patricia Barber leads her quartet in he second half. "Cross Diana Krall with Susan Sontag and you get Patricia Barber."

May 2, Friday, 7:30 pm. Chicago Presents. Classic. Shanghai Quartet. Haydn: Sting Quartet in D Major, Op. 76, No 2 "Quinten". Krzysztof: Penderecki String Quartet No. 3: Leaves from an unwritten diary. Zhou Long: Song of the Ch'in. Verdi: String Quartet in E minor. Mandel Hall, 1131 E. 57th St. $35. Last in Classic Series.
Celebrating its 30th anniverary season, the Shanghai Quartet has become one of the worlds' foremost chamber ensembles and is renowned for its passionate musicality, impressive technique and multicultural innovations. Capping a season of celebrations, including Chicago Presents' 70th and Giuseppe Verdi's 200th, the Shanghai closes an elegant program with Verdi's one and only string quartet, written during a production delay of his opera Aida.

May 2, 3, or 4, 8 pm. The Newberry Consort in Hyde Park. Celestial Sirens II: music from the Mexican Convent of the Encarnacion with newly-edited music from teh Newberry Choirbooks. End of series.

May 9, Friday, 7:30 pm. Chicago Presents. Contempo. Tomorrow's Music Today I. eighth blackbird and Pacifica Quartet. Logan Performance Hall, 915 E. 60th St. $15. Last Contempo May 16.

May 16, Friday, 7:30 pm. Chicago Presents. Contempo. Tomorrow's Music Today II. eighth blackbird and Pacifica Quartet w. Cliff Colnot conducting. Ganz Hall, Roosevelt University Congress and Michigan. $15. Last Contempo.

May 30, Friday, 7:30 pm. Chicago Presents. Jazz at the Logan. Double Bill: Dick Hyman and Bill Charlap Trio. Julie and Parker Hall Annual Jazz Concert. Logan Performance Hall, 915 E. 60th St. $28. Last in series.
Jazz piano lovers won't want to miss this special double bill treat. The legendary and versatile Dick Hyman brings his chops to a selection of solo jazz piano works. Then Bill Charlap, one of the premiere interpreters of the Great American Songbook and his longstanding trio take the stage.

June 6, Friday, 7:30 pm. Baroque Band. Augustana Lutheran Church, 5500 S. Woodlawn. Last of season.

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