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.
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Navigate via portal to our other calendars and directories. For a few recommended activities see our fanpage in Facebook.

"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. 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.
What's going on next few weeks at various venues/museums- quick, details. Performance Series.

In this page:

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.


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:

U of C Folk Festival (Feb. 10-12) info- see by date Feb. 10.

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 returns to Room 43 January 8. 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!

HyPa issues RFP for artist(s) projects for Artists Month 2011

HyPa (Hyde Park Alliance for Arts and Culture) is pleased to announce its Request for Proposals (attached) for a project to be hosted in conjunction with Chicago Artists Month. HyPa is contributing by providing its facility as a working studio and exhibition space for an artist or artist group that would like to develop work that explores the communities that nurture and inspire the mid-south area of Chicago. We are looking for artists or artist groups that would like work with the community in developing a temporary public art project to create an interactive and collaborative physical representation and experience of how artists, residents and cultural institutions could build upon and further develop existing creative networks on the mid-South Side of Chicago. This call is open to Chicago-based, professional artists (students do not qualify).

Chicago Artists Month is a month-long, citywide, collaborative effort showcasing Chicago visual artists and their work throughout the month of October 2011. Coordinated by the Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events in partnership with the Chicago Office of Tourism and Culture, Chicago Artists Month showcases over 200 events, ranging from exhibitions to open studio tours and neighborhood art walks presented by museums, galleries, cultural centers, artist collaboratives, and other organizations throughout the city.

Proposals are Now Closed.

Hyde Park Neighborhood Club- To Fall 2011 update.

op shop. See below. To support SHoP on a sustainable basis visit http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1096371050/the-southside-hub-of-production-living-culture.

Visit soupbrigade@googlegroups.com.

HYDE PARK JAZZ FESTIVAL done, see you in 2012.

Hyde Park Jazz Society programs are at the Marmon Grand, 2230 S. Michigan.

Hyde Park Youth Symphony holds auditions in January. 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 2011

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

 

Festival Weekends- "Celebrate Hyde Park." Next is WinterFest Dec. 4.

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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-

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.

What's up with HyPa? And now HypaSpace and arthereartnow (with Chicago Artists Month - October 2010).

HyPa Space at 5226 S. Harper

Monthly Eblast Schedule: Our monthly eblasts goes out to over 6800 persons. The deadline for receiving information about your May events is Tuesday, April 19. Due to various vacation schedules, we need to write it early than usual. The May eblast will go out on Thursday, April 28. Remember that we can only use about a 60 word description with a color 150 x 150 jpeg image. Please send this and any media releases to Deborah Halpern (Deborah@dghcommunications.com) any time.

HyPa Members in the News - The New York Times recently did a feature story about the work HyPa Board member Theaster Gates is doing in Woodlawn. Congratulations to the Museum of Science and Industry and the DuSable Museum of African American History for making the 2010 Top 25 list of Illinois tourist attractions!

1. HyPa Space – Wish you had a space to hold a performance, schedule an exhibit, teach a class, have a meeting, book signing or a workshop, etc? We have just what you need and are pleased to introduce you to HyPa Space @ 5226 S. Harper. In partnership with the University of Chicago , HyPa now has the former Dr. Wax space at its disposal. This space is for you. Some of you have already contacted us, but we do not want anyone to miss out. We are working on a calendar of events. Please let Dara Epison know if you have any interest at all. We want to hear your ideas…even ½ baked are good. Right now, the space is serving as the national headquarters (!)for the Hyde Park jazz Festival. Please free to drop by to pick up promotional materials etc. More importantly, we want to make this space available for HyPa members and HyPa organization. We are working on a calendar of events.

2. What do you have planned for your fall season? Please, please submit your calendar items for exhibits, events etc. It is easy to do. Simply complete the submission form. The more content rich the HyPa site is the more traffic we will get.

4. Chicago Artists Month and HyPa – In addition to AHAN we plan to promote all of the visual art exhibits and activities that HyPa members have scheduled for October. Please be sure we have info about what you are doing. Please send it to larson.dgh@gmail.com. We will be featuring these programs and events on our web site similar to the way we did the Passport to Jazz program.

HyPa gives offbeat artist space.

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.


Hyde Park Jazz Society- Hyde Park Jazz Society programs are in for now at the Marmon Grand, 2230 S. Michigan. http://www.hydeparkjazzsociety.com. Return to Room 43 January 8.
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.

 

Chicago Humanities Festival is revving up. October and November 2011- Sunday OCTOBER 23 is the day in Hyde Park. 12 programs featuring the theme "The Body." Includes disc. by Dr. Eric Whitaker of UC, viewing of rare medical texts, human rights, debate between political artist Tani Bruguera and Renaissance Society curator Hamza Walker, and a talk about how mummies are made, Hannah Gray on philosophy of the body, BAM! Body Percussion and dance, Tania Bruguera, Art.
Registration (required) opens September 17. Cost $50 $10 each. Browse all 2010 programs at http://www.chicagohumanities.org or 312 494-9509. See in by Date Oct. 23.

The day before is University of Chicago Humanities Day--full packed! see in by date under October 22 as time comes. Best link to it is http://humanitiesday.uchicago.edu/program. Registration asked.

South Shore Opera Company of Chicago. Watch for the next production, February 25, Black Composers, South Shore Cultural Center, 7059 S. South Shore Dr. Free.

 

Graham School course in Poverty, Promise, and Possibility for communities set: The Face of Urban Communities.
This course will provide participants with the opportunity to consider the process of development and decline in urban communities. Drawing from rich ethnographic studies, we will explore some of the influences on the trajectory of urban neighborhoods, such as historical restrictive covenants, depopulation, high-rise projects and segregation. Particular attention will be paid to depictions of racial, ethnic, class, and cultural identities. This mini-course provides a foundation for the Poverty, Promise and Possibility program.

 

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. Fall: Saul Bellow's Augie March- program on it at Blackstone Library Sept. 28 6 pm.

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)

"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

NEXT FEW WEEKS SECTION

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Hyde Park Jazz festival online "release party" for its 2011 CD. Don’t miss the Hyde Park Jazz Festival Video release party! It is happening now. Visit both the home pages of Hyde Park Jazz Festival and HyPa to view the "official" 2011 Jazz Fest video and to read a great new article about what to see and do in Hyde Park.

UC Humanities Day. October 22, Saturday. Humanities 2011 at University of Chicago. http://humanitiesday.uchicago.edu.

Chicago Humanities Festival Hyde Park/UC Day. October 23.

Architour coming Oct. 15-16.

October 15, Saturday and October 16, 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 100 great spaces normally closed to the public in five neighborhoods plus a green trail tour of environmentally friendly structures. Selected for our area with Quad Communities Dev. Corp. The local focal and assembly point (main hub) is Little Black Pearl (1060 E. 47th), featuring Grant Memorial Church (4017 S. Drexel, U of C South Campus Chiller Plant (61st and Blackstone), Experimental Station (61st Blackstone), and the Swift Mansion (4500 S. Michigan). You can go to the CAF website to research your own tour- http://www.architecture.org. Volunteers are sought.

The Op Shop needs help . Southside Hub of Production in Fenn House, 5638 S. Woodlawn. Full of programs of all kind, it's becoming a center. 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.

Now: Fellow builders, makers, artists, good neighbors and friends of the Op Shop,

 S.H.o.P. (the Southside Hub of Production) recently signed a 1-year lease with the Unitarian Church on the Fenn House, (formerly the Blue Gargoyle) to develop a temporary cultural and community space. SHoP’s main aim is to stimulate local cultural activities and to foster artistic and cultural enrichment of all kinds in the community. Attached you will find the invitation (containing details on the project) and our wishlist.

We need helping hands to make this beautiful old mansion fabulous again and ready for all to come. We are looking for people who can do many different types of tasks, who might have some tools with which to do them, and want to help this project get off the ground. For the first few weekends we particularly need people who are able to take up old carpeting, clean floors, and remove curtains and fixtures, as well as patch and prep surfaces to be painted. We also need a couple of folks who know how to putty windows or are willing to learn. (We will have a skilled contractor who will teach us.)

Work days begin this Saturday, the 27th, from 10 – 6. They will continue every Saturday from 10-6 for a number of weeks, until our expected opening on October 1st.

If you can lend a hand- please email Laura Shaeffer at laura.shaeffer@gmail.com, or Michael Eastman at eastwoodm@gmail.com. If you want to help but don't have Saturdays available, let us and we will work with your schedule.

Rather than being paid in dollars, any labor you put in for SHoP can be logged into the time-bank and later redeemed for other goods and services volunteered by other community members through out time bank. More details on how the time-bank works will be available soon or upon request.

In addition to the attached wishlist, we are starting a sponsorship program based on the model of the CSA (Community Supported Agriculture), our Community Supported Cultural Center welcomes your tax deductible contribution of any amount! Any questions can be directed to Laura or Michael.

We look forward to working with you and seeing you at SHoP soon.

What? Fellow builders/makers/artists,

 S.H.o.P. (the Southside Hub of Production) in collaboration with Dilettante Studios would like to invite you to propose an installation, project, built-in, or work with other artists/designers/builders on existing projects, for our upcoming grand opening. SHoP recently signed a 1-year lease with the Unitarian Church on the Fenn House, (formerly the Blue Gargoyle) to develop a temporary cultural and community space as an extended iteration of the Op Shop, Laura Shaeffer's ongoing project.

SHoP focuses on cooperative learning, skill sharing, community involvement and development, inter-generational events and programs, and developing manual competency. SHoP will house exhibits, salons and conversations, workshops, classes, potlucks, a kunstverein (community museum), a recording studio, a wood working studio, social clubs for various ages, a library for unpublished and self published works, a seed bank, and a time bank ... and other things that may develop.

The Fenn House has 16 rooms, some available for rent as artists studios or small not-for-profit businesses. Some may remain open as installation spaces or experimental rooms that will be adaptable to artist/design projects. Follow this link for pictures of Fenn house. There will be an open house this Saturday the 27th, between 2 and 4 p.m. if you would like to see the space and propose an idea.

We would like to invite you to design/build something for the space, a piece of furniture, an installation, a treatment of a room, a playful interactive design of a room, a meditation on some aspect of domestic/family (in the broadest sense)/community life... or something we haven't thought of yet. Projects will be judged according to relevance and suitability to the space and expected audience, which will include a wide range of age and ethnicity.

Aside from proposing your own projects, there are a couple of possible ways to contribute your talents and skills.

1. Artist/builder John Preus recently relocated furniture (desks chairs, office and classroom furniture) from his installation, the World as Text, at Columbia College down to the Fenn House, as part of his project, Slow Recovery. The project considers forms of care and usefulness, and will document the varied and ongoing transformations of the pieces of furniture over the course of their lifespan, as the objects are re-written into varied and novel functions. Some of the furniture will be turned into a bar/jungle gym, and Preus welcomes help from adults and their children in designing and building the Jungle Bar, which will serve local home brews to the parents, and lemonade for the kids. Parents can chill while their children get hopped-up on sugar.

2. Re-imagine John's furniture in some other form, such as one of the following:

3. SHoP will need a number of functional installations that also welcome creative, artistic, poetic, conceptual play. Needs include:

-a stage for performances, either movable or able to be used as a seating platform, or able to accommodate potlucks, sitting/eating.
-modular and portable seating

The artists: John Preus: Slow Recovery

David Cox and Alexis Grinbold

Sally Alatalo and Simon Anderson: The Doggerel and Poetry Show

Maria Constanza Garrido

Katherine Harvath

Kevin Reiswig

Heather Mullins and Meaghan Burritt

Heather Mullins and Hannah Givler

Jennifer Yorke

Adam Rose

South Side Projections: Michael W. Phillips, Jr.

The Cinema Culture: Amir George

JayVe Montgomery

Vicky Yen and Will Gross: On the Other Hand Animation Show

Y. Vittles of Everything Is Terrible!

Hyde Park Kunstverein: KAGAN Radios

Stacza Lipinsky

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.

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

Artisans 21 is opening again, at least for the holidays, in Windermere House, 1642 E. 56th St. Hours of operation 12-7 Tuesdays-Fridays, 11-7 Saturdays, 12-6 Sundays.

Hyde Park Community Players. Watch for 2 Inge plays in February. Experimental Station, 6100 S. Blackstone. $10? Contact plsbkr@netscape.net and http://www.hydeparkcommunityplayers.org.

The DVD of our recent production, Murder, You Must Be Kidding!, is available to order.

The cost of reproducing the DVD is $10 per copy. If you would like your own copy, please give me your name and payment by Monday, July 14. Checks should be written to "Hyde Park Community Theater" (and it helps to write something like "MYMBK DVD" in the memo line). If you want, you can mail your order to:

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 just on Saturdays, 8 am (though New Years). Informal, Doug Anderson cannot lead. 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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Artists in residence mid 2011
Emanuel Pratt, Monica Herrera-Montiel, General Economy Exquisite Exchange, and Conrad Freiburg.

Immergence. Venture inside the vending machine And into our art studio!
The Art Center's studio entrance hasn't disappeared. It's just behind the Coca-Cola machine door, thanks to a new installation called Immergence by Patrick Killoran. Based in New York and recently was a visiting artist by Northwestern University, Killoran's work brings the unobserved to the center stage. So, who's thirsty for art? The piece runs through February 13.

No Place Like Home. September 25-January 16 2012. September 25, Sunday, 3-5 pm. Hyde Park Art Center Exhibition Reception for No Place Like Home. 5020 S. Cornell. 773 324-5520. Join us for the opening of this exhibit by photographers Lisa Lindvay, Jon Lowenstein, Jason Reblando, Jessica Rodrigue, David Schalliol, Leilani Wertens.

Memoria (Memory) by Bibiana Suarez. December 11-March 25. Her 1st major exhibition of paintings in over a decade. This project recalls and oversized installation of the classic card game Memory. Studies the influence of Latino culture on mainstream American culture.

David Leggett: Coco River Fudge Street. January 15-April 29. A showcase of the lawless drawings, prints, collages, and paintings on paper by Chicago-based artist David Leggett reveal his provocative sate of mind. Leggett has created an artwork a day for his year-long blog Coco River Fudge Street and we present the most enticing. The works primarily on paper chronicle his comically dark thoughts and musings on current events in pop culture, relationships, and casual conversations he ha overheard.

Stylish Breed. January 15-April 7. Animal-inspired fashion in the form of print and texture takes a surprising turn in the sculpture of Houston-based artist, Elaine Bradford and the works on paper by Chicago-based artist, Megan Greene. By combining pattern and decoration typical of knitting and fabric with found natural history objects such as taxidermied animals or Audubon prints, these artists propose new and captivating adaptations to certain species.

Someone Else's Dream. January 20-May 6. Someone Else's Dream, a group exhibition guest curated by John McKinnon, brings together the work of nine locally and internationally-known artists: Arturo Herrera, Richard Hull, Jose Lerma, Martin McMurray, Gladys Nilsson, Jim Nutt, Christina Ramberg, Peter saul, and T.L. Sollen. This show of works on paper is filled with references to high and low art, the recognizable human form, and the psychological realm. Referencing the figure but eschewing images from teh real world, each artist uses techniques of distortion through pliable biomorphic forms, gestural lines, and cartoon-like figures.

Bradley Biancardi: Formless and Devotional. February 5-April 1. Artist and Art Center faculty member bradley Biancardi presents a new body of paintings that combine both figuration and abstraction and address ideas of spirituality and love. Biancardi currently teaches beginning and advanced level drawing and painting classes at the Art Center.

Kit Wise: Arcadia. On the catwalk January 9-April 8. The new high-definition digital work by English artist Kit Wise addresses global ecological concerns on the Art Center's video facade. By presenting the varied American landscape slowly rotating through flooded and drought regions, the artist aims to focus on the tumultuous relationship between water and metropolis in light of the recent natural disasters in the Midwest. Even in Arcadia I [death] am there." Man's works succumb to the power of nature. Fragility of the urban landscape. Supported by Arts Victoria and the Besen Family Foundation.

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, in Windermere House, 1642 E. 56th St. 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. Fall 2010 One Book One Chicago: Toni Morrison's A Mercy.

CLOSED. Backstory Cafe. Backstory Cafe at Experimental Station. Wednesday sets 6-9 pm- jazz to avant guard various. Half is a featured artist, other half jam session open to all. Open to drop-in with instrument. 6100 S. Blackstone. 773 324-9987. For listings of performers see www.myspace.com/alexwing. For booking call Alex at 773 551-7960 or albion56@aol.com.

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. Joyce Owens, "Dream Big."

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.

Tickets are now on sale for all shows in Court Theatre's 2011/11 Season, and we wanted you to be the first to know.

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 Theater 2011-2012 Season

Box Office
(773) 753-4472

Buy Online CourtTheatre.org

The Next Season: Revealed

Court Theatre, under the leadership of Artistic Director Charles Newell, Executive Director Stephen J. Albert, Board Chair Virginia Gerst, and Deputy Provost of the Arts Larry Norman, announces its 2011/12 season! "... Court Theatre's fifty-seventh season initiates a new era of more ambitious programming as a Center for Classic Theatre." - Charles Newell, Artistic Director. "The bold season that Charles Newell has designed continues Court's progression towards creating a theatre that mounts great plays and discovers new ways to tell enduring stories." - Stephen Albert, Executive Director

The World Premiere Adaptation of Invisible Man By Ralph Ellison

Adapted by Oren Jacoby

Directed by Christopher McElroen

Run Dates: Jan. 12, 2012 - Feb. 19, 2012

"I am an invisible man." In this world premiere stage production, the first authorized by The Ralph and Fanny Ellison Charitable Trust, a landmark American novel comes to life. Ralph Ellison's classic story of a young African American's search for his identity blazes with luminous theatricality and truth. Adapted by Oscar-nominated writer Oren Jacoby, Invisible Man marks the first Chicago appearance by award-winning New York City director Christopher McElroen, a founding artistic director of the Classical Theatre of Harlem. Invisible Man is produced in association with Christopher McElroen Productions.

This play will travel throughout the county -- a new era for court. Essay contest for high school students, student matinees's, DuSable Museum exhibit focused on the transformation from book to play, symposia!!

Angels in America: Millennium Approaches

Angels in America: Perestroika

By Tony Kushner

Directed by Charles Newell

Run Dates: March 30, 2012 - June 3, 2012

"The Great Work Begins." The year is 1985: Ronald Reagan has just been reelected to a second term, and the deadly AIDS epidemic is at its height in New York City. Tony Kushner's two-part epic historical drama captures the lives of the HIV-positive Prior; Louis, his lover who abandons him; Joe, a closeted gay Mormon; his Valium-addicted wife Harper; Roy Cohn, a notorious lawyer from the McCarthy hearings, dying of AIDS; Belize, his African American nurse; Hannah, Joe's mother from Utah; and the Angel, a terrifyingly beautiful herald of the apocalypse. As these characters discover, confront, and seduce each other during a time of death, hypocrisy, and tumultuous change, Kushner summons a restless pastiche of the historical and the supernatural, the theological and the political-all told with surging theatricality by a company of eight actors. Having directed Kushner's Caroline, or Change and The Illusion, Court's Artistic Director Charles Newell will direct Millennium Approaches and a newly-revised Perestroika in repertory performance, giving Court audiences the unique opportunity to experience Kushner's Pulitzer Prize-winning magnum opus in its magnificent entirety.


Tickets

Individual tickets for Spunk, An Iliad, and Invisible Man go on sale August 1. Individual tickets for Angels in America go on sale November 1. Groups of 10 or more may purchase tickets by calling Court's Group Sales Office at (773) 834-3243.

The best way to be a part of any or all of the plays in the upcoming season is by purchasing a season ticket.


Court Theatre has received 7 BTA nominations!
James T. Alfred
The Black Theater Alliance recently announced their nominees for the 16th annual BTA Awards. The BTA Awards are intended to honor African American artists and productions dealing with African American themes that "achieve excellence in theater, dance, and all areas of the performing and technical arts in the Chicagoland area."

Chike Johnson (left), Allen Gilmore
We are thrilled to announce that Court Theatre's acclaimed productions of Ma Rainey's Black Bottom and Sizwe Banzi is Dead have received a combined seven nominations: Leading Actor, Play (James T. Alfred for Ma Rainey's Black Bottom, Allen Gilmore and Chike Johnson for Sizwe Banzi is Dead); Featured Actor, Play (Alfred H. Wilson for Ma Rainey's Black Bottom); Featured Actress, Play (Greta Oglesby for Ma Rainey's Black Bottom); Set Design (John Culbert for Ma Rainey's Black Bottom); and Costume Design (Jacqueline Firkins for Ma Rainey's Black Bottom).Greta Oglesby


Crerar Library atrium, 5700 block of Ingleside. Past, Present, Future- The Evolution of Medicine at the University of Chicago Hospitals.

Doc Films. To section and run, below

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.

Everywhere with Roy Lewis Photography Exhibit October 7-December 31. A testament to his unique contribution of African American photography and history including world leaders, artist and poets and every day people.

"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"

“SPREAD THE WORD: The Evolution of Gospel From Chicago To The World”
A New Exhibition at DuSable Museum- Opening September 20, 2011 - May 20 2012.
740 E. 56th P. 773 947-0600, http://www.dusablemuseum.org

The DuSable Museum of African American History is pleased to present a new exhibition celebrating Chicago’s rich history and contributions to Gospel music. The exhibition entitled, “Spread the Word: The Evolution of Gospel >From Chicago To The World,” will open on Tuesday, September 20, 2011 and continue through Sunday, May 20, 2012, at the Museum which is located at 740 East 56th Place (57th Street and South Cottage Grove Avenue) in Chicago.

Gospel Music is uniquely American and for the fans of the genre it details the “highways and byways of life.” Its roots can be traced to African American spirituals combined with early blues and jazz. The lyrics resemble a form of sermonizing and evangelism and the texts are drawn largely from hymns which have been combined with melodies taken from popular early musical styles. It is no secret that Chicago is the home of Gospel Music. Thomas Andrew Dorsey began his musical career known as “Georgia Tom,” playing barrelhouse piano in one of Al Capone’s Chicago speakeasies. He was soon “whipped into shape” to do the Lords will and composed many of gospel music’s most celebrated songs. Thus “Gospel” was born. Although Dorsey never claimed credit for creating the genre of gospel music, he did state that he coined the phrase “gospel songs” in the early 1920’s giving a name to this new musical style.

With Dorsey laying the foundation, other composers and performers contributed to Chicago’s role in the evolution of Gospel Music. While the greatest era in Gospel is considered to be circa 1945 through 1965, the tradition and the music remain vital in today’s contemporary culture. “Spread The Word,” is centered primarily on gospel’s Chicago origins and some of its leading exponents. With Chicago being the “home” of Gospel, “Spread The Word,” will recognize some of the greatest Gospel singers of all time and included will be such Chicago legends as: Mahalia Jackson, Albertina Walker, Thomas Dorsey, James Cleveland, Sallie Martin and many others.

The exhibition, organized by The DuSable Museum will flow from the sacred to the secular in the same manner that Gospel music has been perceived. Legendary Chicago choirs, such as Reverend Milton Brunson and The Thompson Community Singers, along with Dr. Charles G. Hayes and The Cosmopolitan Church of Prayer Choir (aka The Warriors) will “testify” with the “First Families of Gospel,” The Yancy Family and The Staple Singers. In addition, the renowned “singing” preachers such as Reverend Clay Evans and Pastor Maceo Woods will “minister” next to award-winning soloists such as Mahalia Jackson and Albertina Walker, while contemporary artists such as Darius Brooks share the spotlight with Joshua’s Troop.

Divided into seven (7) sections, “Spread The Word” will take visitors from: “a store-front church” to “Gospel Music’s Influence on the International Community,” and then on to “The Business of Gospel” which details Chicago as home to some of the largest gospel music publishing houses in the world. Highlights include: original posters and programs, choir robes and articles of clothing, recordings, video footage of rarely seen performances, photographs, books, awards, concert memorabilia, and much, much more including the only “Grammy Award,” won by the legendary Albertina Walker. Some of the items come from the archives of The DuSable Museum and some are on loan to the Museum from the personal collections of Gospel music historians and devotees.

Thomas A. Dorsey gave birth to a new form of religious celebration in Chicago and decades later it continues to grow. Gradually, new artists and composers replaced the jazz and blues influences with more contemporary musical styles and R&B, rap and hip-hop influenced much of the late-20th century gospel music. Gospel has gone from the churches to major Festivals and on to every corner of the world. While traditional churches were initially reluctant to accept this upbeat, hand-clapping, call and response song style, they could not deny that it has moved people in ways never seen before. Gospel music has allowed the biblical word to be brought to the world. Chicago greats Mahalia Jackson, Sam Cooke, The Soul Stirrers, Sallie Martin, Kenneth Morris, The Caravans and so many others used their voices to create sounds that have been heard, loved and accepted around the world.


 

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.

Ref. Date July 2? After the Wars- Stories and Images of American Veterans. By WBEZ and Invisible Institute. Adt Experimental Station, 6100 S. Blackstone. WBEZ and and the Invisible Institute are presenting an audio and photographic exhibition by Ben Calhoun and Paul Calhoun at the Experimental Station through July 16.

We hope you will join us tonight for the opening reception, from 5:00 to 9:00 pm.

A former reporter for WBEZ, Ben is currently a producer for This American Life. His father Paul is a documentary photographer. In After the Wars they have collaborated on a series of portraits of American war veterans from World War II to Iraq and Afghanistan. The project presents images and recordings of ten veterans, evoking their distinctive experiences and the common threads that bind them together.

Each week this summer, WBEZ (91.5 FM) will present one of the portraits. Here is the project web page.

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

Gender Studies. 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.

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. 2011 will see "The Sorcerer", March 11, 12, 13. Productions will be in Mandel Hall. The principal parts receive modest stipends. Auditionees are to prepare a musical number and be prepared to sing numbers from the Mikado and read dialogue. Many volunteers are needed. info@gilbertand sullivanoperacompany.org.
Benefit, supports the music ensembles of the University of Chicago.

Gordon Center for Integrative Science. 929 E. 57th St. terra nano. Kathy Weaver's fiber paintings, April 9-June 11.

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, 1407 E. 54th Pl. Laura Shaeffer. By appointment, http://crookedarm.blogspot.com or http://www.thelarch.org. Suspended- by appointment only.

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. Shakespeare Workshop
The next weekend after that we are planning our second (annual?) “Shakespeare Boot Camp,” a one-Saturday workshop, to provide members of HPCP and the surrounding community an inviting, supportive, and creative environment in which to read, explore, and perform selections from Shakespeare, as well as receive constructive feedback. Participants with all levels of experience from last summer’s workshop unanimously reported that they would want to attend another workshop like this one, and would recommend it to an interested friend. With that ringing endorsement, we are planning another, for Saturday, July 9, 2011. If you’d be interested (or if you have access to a church social hall or basement or other large space that we could use for a reasonable price) please write to info@hydeparkcommunityplayers.org (NB: The number of participants will be limited and there will be a small registration fee to cover costs.)
HPCP Writers' Group
Summer might be a good time for you to become involved in the HPCP Writers' Group. If so, join us for Our next Writer's Initiative meeting this Wednesday, June 8 at 7 p.m, at my place, 5014 S. Dorchester Ave.
-- Please bring a piece that you have a desire to work upon. It should be, as always, something written for performance (i.e. not for the printed page) -- A play or screenplay. Perhaps a poem? Short story? Anything, again, you wish to pen.
Looking forward to hear your ideas, your words, your art.

Hyde Park Historical Society. Historic Drexel Blvd. June 12- History Fair winners

Hyde Park Jazz Society. Sunday jazz 7:30-11:30 pm. MOVING TO MARMON GRAND, 2230 S. MICHIGAN DEC. 4 2011. 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.

EXHIBITION RECEPTION Thursday, June 2, 2011 5:30 to 8 pm S.R. Crown Hall 3360 S. State St., Chicago

This summer, the Mies van der Rohe Society will host a series of interactive events in S. R. Crown Hall on IIT's Main Campus. Join us for the opening of two art exhibitions that explore the theme of memory, "The Common Citizenship of Forms" by Jeff Carter and "It All Comes Back" by Chicago Robotic Theater.

Jeff Carter uses IKEA furniture to make a scale model of the Michael Reese hospital campus attributed to Bauhaus founder Walter Gropius. The exhibition allows visitors to wander a community that gives new meaning to design-centered living. It's a place where the laundry building is made of actual laundry baskets, and where the design of mass-marketed Modernist goods are examined against Gropius' ideology.

Chicago Robotic Theater has created an interactive installation in which visitors may participate in the memory of a character's life. Moments representing school, work, love, and more are captured within kinetic art works that rely on sound, touch, and motion. Viscerally explore an entire imaginary life.

The exhibition is open from June 2 to July 31, Wednesdays through Sundays, 10 am to 4 pm. Tickets are $5 per person and free for children under age 12 as well as IIT students, staff, and faculty.

Cash-only Pay Box parking is available in Lot B. The 35th Street CTA Red and Green Line train stations are short walks to S. R. Crown Hall.


S. R. Crown Hall Activities
SUNDAY, JUNE 12

2:30 to 5:30 pm

The performance group Kinetic Sculptures will dance inside this summer’s exhibitions to kick off Chicago’s first-ever Improvisational Dance Festival presented by Links Hall and The Dance Center of Columbia College Chicago.

Artists Jeff Carter and Christopher Furman, of Chicago Robotic Theater, will talk about their works in an accompanying lecture. This event is free of charge, and refreshments will be served.

SATURDAY, JULY 23

11 am to 4 pm

Help build a city of LEGOs within Crown Hall. We’ll provide the building blocks; you provide the imagination. Projects created by pint-sized architects and their adult helpers will be displayed in Crown Hall on Sunday, July 24. The event is free of charge, but advance registration is required at www.miessociety.org.

IIT alumni may receive a complimentary breakfast and early access to LEGOs from 9:30 am to 11 am. Register at http://alumni.iit.edu/lego_breakfast.

Staff and volunteers from the Farnsworth House will be on hand with information pertaining to the House. They will offer half-off admission coupons and engage guests in conversations regarding all things Mies and Farnsworth House.


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.

 

Meadville Lombard Theological School gallery.

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

MSI's 2012 Black Creativity- "Powerful: African Americans in Energy" seeks to educate visitors on the pros and cons of various forms of energy including through a miniature golf course composed of islands for each form. Visitors are encouraged to vote at the end for one of 3 suites of sources they would endorse. The results will be used for a facebook conversation. There is also a gallery of African Americans in energy leadership.

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.

Museum of Science and Industry started celebration of its 75th year by receiving a Paul Cornell award from the Hyde Park Historical Society and with exhibits on black creativity and the science and art of cinema and video.

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 March 19- 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 May 8-Jan. 4 2010, then again in Spring (March 4 2010)- Smart Home: Green + Wired. (expected to reopen in spring 2010.) Powered by ComEd, warmed by Peoples Gas. Tour a functioning and sustainable"green" home in the Museum's backyard. The thee-story house has been outfitted with technologies for the 21st century and a variety of environmentally friendly materials. Within the home, view th latest innovations in reusable resources, smart-energy consumption.

Dr. Seuss and the Art of Invention (through Jan. 8). And the overnighter-for-a-month is installed.

Christmas Around the World and Festivals of Light.

Now at Omnimax-

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.

It’s hard to imagine life without writing, but professors at the Oriental Institute have done just that. This exhibition features four instances—in Mesopotamia, Egypt, China and Mesoamerica—when writing was invented from scratch. See hieroglyphs, oracle bones, cuneiform tablets and an altar dating as far back as 3200 B.C. Oriental Institute (1155 E 58th St, 773-702-9514, oi.uchicago.edu). Donation $7, kids $4. Read more: http://chicago.timeout.com/articles/museums-culture/88455/around-town-fall-preview#ixzz0yOgNjPYO

OPENING MARCH 29- "BEFORE THE PYRAMIDS: THE ORIGINS OF EGYPTIAN CIVILIZATION. Through December 31 2011.

August 11, Thursday. Exhibit "Commerce and Coins in the Ancient Near East" opens at Oriental Institute. 1155 E. 58th St. 773 702-9507.

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/.)

In Special Collections: The Soviet Imaginary: Children's Books

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: Adventures in the Soviet Imaginary: Children's Books and Graphic Arts.

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


Renaissance Society. January 22- March 4, Kathy Wilkes "I Give You All My Money."

Over the past five years, Irish artist Cathy Wilkes (b. 1966) has garnered international attention for her installations whose signature elements are set amongst, and outfitted with, accoutrements of an abject, quotidian nature. Wilkes’ highly subjective work consists of objects (strollers, soiled dishes, dolls, dried flower petals) that recur as symbolic leitmotifs. Her process of selection and arrangement of materials is measured and refined, drawing equally on a precise formal language and the most intimate of personal experiences to create a compelling autobiographical thread. The Renaissance Society will present "I Give You All My Money" whose title, like that of several other works, has a biblical reference regarding sacrifice.

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

Renaissance Society-. Renaissance Society Bergman Gallery.

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 15, Sunday. Opening (through Feb. 7, reception Jan. 18 7:300.) at Rockefeller Chapel, a traveling installation, "Moving Forward: Life After the Great East Japan Earthquake." Documents the Japan earthquake and tsunami of March 11, 2011 and subsequent recovery efforts. Curated by the UCLA Paul I. Hisako Terasaki Center for Japanese Studies and The Kahoku Shimpo newspaper of Sendai. Focuses on stories of those who survived and are reconstructing their lives. Info Sarah Arehart sarehart@uchicago.edu, 773 702-2715 or visit international.ucia.edu/japan/news.

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.


Smart Museum: 5550 S. Greenwood. Main number 773 702-0700.

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. Chinese-born artist Binye Huang inaugurates the series with Cascade, an enormous site-specific painting that will fill the central wall in the Smart's reception hall. Taking over a basketball court in Xuli, a small village in China's Anhui Province, the artist created th is beautiful, abstracted black-and-white landscape on massive panels of rice paper. Drawing on t he artists's personal experience and knowledge of art history, the composition recalls both chinese ink brush and contemporary painting techniques. The work is scheduled to be installed in the Smart's soaring lobby space in late October.

The Threshold series also extends to our courtyard via Eidolon, a newly installed vinyl collage by Chicago-based artist Anna Kunz. The banner reflects fractures forms and shapes that the artists observed in the natural elements of the Smart's sculpture garden, and uses a color palette that she captured on site and filtered through an iPhone app. More about both artists, with images in the smartmuseum website.

Two related exhibits- Process and Artistry in the Soviet Vanguard - August 30 – January 22 2012

Featuring works by Gustav Klucis and Valentina Kulagina, this exhibition offers a rare glimpse at the experimental creative processes that generated iconic Soviet propaganda in the 1920s and 1930s.

And "Vision and Communism," the first major museum exhibit that focuses on the work of Soviet artist and designer Viktor Koretsky. September 29-January 22. More than 90 posters, photographs and maquette's create captivating images from the Cold War that reveal a communist vision of the world. Koretsky's art showed a different side to communism than Soviet propaganda- aspects of survival and suffering. During the War, his powerful images supported the war effort.
Catalogue.
Note, see also Adventures in the Soviet Imaginary-Children's Books and Posters at Regenstein Special Collections.
Closing day tour Jan. 22. The exhibition is a part of The Soviet Arts Experience, a city-wide showcase exploring the arts of the Soviet Union.

Uppers and Downers. January 10-December 16. Artist Chris Voorhees and installation gurus at SIMPARCH. A plywood mass of social commentary in guise of a kitchen mock up.

Feast: Radical Hospitality in Contemporary Art. February 15-
February 15, Wednesday, 6-9 pm. Opening reception for Smart Museum exhibit "Feast: Radical Hospitality in Contemporary Art." Share food, drink, and an exclusive look at Feast, a new exhibition exploring the meal as a catalyst for artistic expression. Be the first to taste the participatory projects by artists Sonja Alhauser and Ana Prvacki. Sample Iraqi dishes served from Michael Rakowitz's Enemy Kitchen food truck, drink beer with conceptual artist Tom Marioni, and enjoy a special performance by Theaster Gates and The Black Monks of Mississippi.
6-7:30 cocktails and exclusive showings
6:30 remarks
7:30-9 public opening
8:30 performance by Theaster Gates and the Black Monks of Mississippi

SmartFamilies@Coleman Library and at Blackstone Library
Morning at Coleman, afternoon at Blackstone Branch, 4904 S. Lake Park and Bessie Coleman Library, 731 E. 63rd St.
Second Saturdays: 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.

South Shore Opera Company of Chicago.

Watch for our February 25 concert devoted to Black composers.

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.

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. Opening April 29, Selection of photos from TIP Gallery.

University Theater - visit http://ut.uchicago.edu for schedule. Nov. 18-Dec. 4 but not Thanksgiving and its weekend- "The Rose Tattoo" (Tennessee Williams) 8 pm Th, F at 8, Sat at 2 and 8. 773 702-4872. $6 but free Thursday. Buy at Website.

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, 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].

Was in 2010. Passport to Jazz.

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 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
Passport to Jazz
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.

February 25, Saturday, 7:30 pm. Apollo Chorus of Chicago (over 140 years!) presents The Mozart Requiem at Rockefeller Chapel. The 150-voice Apollo Chorus joints with the Elmhurst Symphony Orchestra to present Handel's Dettingen Te Deum and Mozart's Requiem, two dramatically contrasting works, the first bright and joyous, the second solemn and dramatic. Tickets $35 front section, $25 rear, students $30/$20 at the Apollo website or at the door.

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.

January 7, Saturday, 7:30 pm. Baroque Band presents TWEEDLEDUM and TWEEDLEDEE (January 6, 7, &11*). $35. At Augustana Lutheran Church, 5500 S. Woodlawn. (*perf at Symph Ctr.). Beguiling cellists Jennifer Morsches and Craig Trompeter form a dynamic duo in this program of concertos for two instruments with music by Vivaldi and Porpora. Next March 9.

March 9, Friday, 7:30 pm. Baroque Band presents THE WHITE RABBIT (March 9,10, & 14*). $35. At Hyde Park Union Church, 5600 S. Woodlawn. (*perf at Symph Ctr.).
Following a glowing reception for his concerts with Baroque Band in March 2011, world-renowned opera and concert conductor and accomplished harpsichordist Harry Bicket returns for a second series of performances. Handel's Teseo- another story of Medea.... Last June 2.

June 2, Saturday, 7:30 pm. Baroque Band presents THE MAD HATTER’S TEA PARTY (June 1, 2 & 6*). $35. At Augustana Lutheran Church, 5500 S. Woodlawn Ave. (*perf at Symph Ctr.). The season closes with one of the most strikingly original works of the Baroque repertoire, Rebel’s bold final work, the ballet Les Elemens. Complementing Rebel’s chaotic opening, the program also includes Handel’s grand Concerto Grosso Op 3 No 2 and Telemann’s Ouverture des nations anciens et modernes.

Garry Clarke - Artistic Director

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


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.

(Handel's Messiah (period- with Baroque Band): Saturday, November 19, 7:00pm Grace Lutheran Church, River Forest; Sunday, November 20, 7:00pm Fourth Presbyterian Church, Chicago.)

(Holiday Delights: Saturday, December 10, 7:30 St. Procopius Abbey, Lisle; Sunday, December 11, 4:00pm St. Luke's Episcopal Church, Evanston.)

March 17, Saturday, 7:30 pm. Bella Voce. Music of the Sistine Chapel. Join us for an evening of choral motets by members of the esteemed Papal Choir (the choir of the Sistine Chapel), Europe's most prestigious musical ensemble of the Renaissance period. Featuring works by Josquin, Morales, Palestrina, and Allegri, including Palestrina's Missa Papae Marcelli, the work that cemented his reputation for flawless polyphony. Saturday, March 17, 7:30 Rockefeller Memorial Chapel, Chicago; Sunday, March 18, 4:00 Grace Lutheran Church, River Forest; Saturday, March 24, 7:30 St. Luke's Episcopal Church, Evanston.


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.

November 18, Friday, 8 pm. Chicago Chorale, Bruce Tammen, Director, presents Northern Lights: A Concert of Scandinavian and Baltic Music. Showcasing the sophisticated, technically-demanding choral traditions of the Scandinavian and Baltic countries, this program features music composed in the last 100 years. The works are characterized by sharp contrasts between a basic neo-romantic harmonic language, and surprising dissonance; between complex, driving rhythms, and passages that seem to hang motionless in the air; between idiomatic reflection of bleak, dark, northern winter, and a yearning for the warmth of spring. The program includes Edvard Grieg’s final major work, Four Hymns, with baritone soloist Michael Cavalieri; music of Knut Nystedt, including his most famous motet, O crux; celebrated Estonians Arvo Pärt and Urmas Sisask; Swedes Nils Lindberg, Otto Olsson, and Jan Sandström; and Finnish composer Einojuhani Rautavvara, whose Vigilia Chorale performed and recorded in 2011. Chorale will utilize all of the sonic possibilities and variety of its two venues to present these musical contrasts, and to engage listeners in the high quality, magical sound of this supremely important genre in contemporary choral music.
Hyde Park Union Church, 5600 S. Woodlawn. (Sat. Nov. 19 at St. Vincent de Paul, 1010 W. Webster. $35? Next March 5. Next in Hyde Park May 13.

(March 5, Monday, 7:30 pm at Symphony Center; pre-concert lecture with Carl Grapentine will be on WFMT. Chicago Chorale, Bruce Tammen, Director, presents Beethoven's Missa Solemnis. Jay Friedman, Conductor. Bruce Tammen, Chorus Director, Marcy Stonikas, Soprano, Tracy Watson, Mezzo-soprano, Kurt Hansen, Tenor, Peter van de Graaff, Bass. 220 S. Michigan. $? subscribers get a discount.
First performed in 1824, Missa Solemnis is often viewed as Beethoven’s response to J.S. Bach’s Mass in B Minor, a work Beethoven in fact never heard, but of which he was intensely aware. Composed at the same time as the Ninth Symphony, it shares the symphony’s position at the peak of Beethoven’s compositional powers—his mastery allowed him to strive for expression beyond anything heard prior to it. This is powerful, transcendentally beautiful music for orchestra, chorus and soloists. Chicago Chorale returns to Symphony Center for this work, collaborating with Symphony of Oak Park and River Forest.) Next in Hyde Park May 13.

May 13, Sunday, 3 pm. Chicago Chorale, Bruce Tammen, Director, presents Louis Vierne's, Messe Solennelle at Rockefeller Memorial Chapel, 5850 S. Woodlawn Avenue. Thomas Weisflog, Organ. The centerpiece of the concert is Louis Vierne’s Solemn Mass, for choir and organ, composed in 1899. The greatest organist of his time, Vierne played and composed for the great Parisian organs of St. Sulpice and Notre Dame. As the Solemn Mass is one of the grandest compositions of the Golden Age of French organ composition, no organ in Chicago is more suited to this repertoire than the recently restored E.M. Skinner organ at The University of Chicago’s Rockefeller Memorial Chapel, now the largest organ in Chicago. Nor is any organist more suited to perform the work with Chorale than the Chapel organist, Thomas Weisflog. A heartfelt and sincere work, it also utilizes all of the sonic fireworks that the instrument and the choir are capable, entirely filling the Chapel with sound.
This concert will also feature two ethereally beautiful a cappella works: J.S. Bach’s double choir motet, Komm, Jesu, komm, and Arnold Schoenberg’s Friede auf Erden, utilizing the extraordinary acoustic properties of the chapel’s choir loft. $35?

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".

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


February 12 , Sunday, 3 pm. International House (Feb. 14, 7:30 Fourth Presbyterian) The Chicago Ensemble. PROGRAM III CROWS AND CONTRASTS WITH CLARINET. Elizandro Garcia-Montoya, clarinet • Mathias Tacke, violin Andrew Snow, cello • Gerald Rizzer, piano. Ingolf Dahl: Concerto a Tre (1947), for clarinet, violin and cello (18.5’). Johannes Brahms: Trio in A Major, op. 114, for clarinet, cello and piano (22.5’). Alexandra Gardner: Crows (1998), for clarinet, violin, cello and piano Winner, Discover America VII Competition (18.5’). Béla Bartók: Contrasts (1938), for clarinet, violin and piano (20’). 1414 E. 59th St. Next April 10.

April 15 , Sunday, 3 pm. International House (April 10, 7:30 Fourth Presbyterian) The Chicago Ensemble. PROGRAM IV QUARTET PHANTASIES. Ricardo Casteneda, oboe • Stephen Boe, violin • Paul Vanderwerf, viola • Andrew Snow, cello • Gerald Rizzer, piano. W. A. Mozart: Quartet in F Major, K. 370, for oboe, violin, viola and cello (14’). Bohuslav Martinu: Quartet No. 1 (1942), for violin, viola, cello and piano (26’). Benjamin Britten: Phantasy Quartet, op. 2 (1932), for oboe, violin, viola and cello (13.5’). Ernest Chausson: Quartet in A Major, op.30, for violin, viola, cello and piano (38.5’). 1414 E. 59th St. Last June 3.

June 3, Sunday, 3 pm. International House (May 29, 7:30 Fourth Presbyterian). The Chicago Ensemble. PROGRAM V MERCILESS BEAUTY AND OTHER SONGS. Michelle Areyzaga, soprano • Stephen Boe, violin • Mathias Tacke, violin • Andrew Snow, cello • Gerald Rizzer, piano. Alessandro Scarlatti: Cantata: Già lusingato appieno, for soprano, two violins, cello and piano (15’). Sergei Prokofiev: Sonata, op. 56 (1932), for two violins (14’). Henri Duparc: Selected Songs, for soprano and piano (12’). Ralph Vaughan Williams: Merciless Beauty, for soprano, two violins and cello (7’). Dan Tucker (1925-2010): Selected Spanish Songs, for soprano and piano (10’). Alberto Ginastera: Pampeano No. 2, op. 21 (1950), for cello and piano (9’). 1414 E. 59th St. Last of season.

The Chicago Ensemble, www.thechicagoensemble.org, 773-889-4206, presents its 2010-2011 season of beloved chamber music classics, rarely performed gems and exciting new works by contemporary composers. Each concert includes a complimentary reception beginning 30 minutes before the performance. Regular season concerts are held at International House at University of Chicago in Hyde Park and Fourth Presbyterian Church in Chicago’s Gold Coast; a special Discover America VII new music concert in June 2011 will be held at Pianoforte Salon in the Fine Arts Building in downtown Chicago. Season flex-ticket pass includes five tickets for $100, good for any concert except Discover America VII (special ticket required). Single tickets are $25 general admission; students $10. Purchase online, by phone or at the door. VISA/MasterCard accepted. For tickets, location maps, parking and transit information, visit www.thechicagoensemble.org.

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

As you've come to expect, the season will offer well-known treasures and new discoveries from the deepest recesses of the chamber music repertoire. From Mozart, Brahms and Prokofiev to J.J. Quantz, Jean Françaix and Paul Creston, the 34th season will be another intriguing journey through musical eras, influences and styles.

In the 2010-2011 season, The Chicago Ensemble will again perform five subscription concerts, each performed in Hyde Park and the Gold Coast. The season will end in June with a concert devoted to the winners of Discover America VII, the latest round of The Chicago Ensemble's competition for new chamber works.

"Our June concert will provide an extraordinary opportunity to hear works by outstanding living composers whose works will likely be unfamiliar," said Gerald Rizzer, Artistic Director. "An all-contemporary program offers the thrill of discovery to ensemble and audience members alike."

Complete season details are available on The Chicago Ensemble website and at BrownPaperTickets.com, where you can purchase tickets online.

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 2011-12.

September 25, Sunday, 2 pm. Amadeus Quartet at Christ the King Sovereign Priest, 6415 S. Woodlawn Ave. http://www.classicalconcerts.org. Free. Next Oct. 30.
Italian baroque chamber concert for violin, oboe, harpsichord and double bass by Amadeus Consort in historic landmark church – Shrine of Christ the King.

October 16....


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

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

2011-2012 season (whole) (Mandel Hall unless otherwise noted)

(Not sure if still a Chicago Presents program:) January 21, Saturday, 8 pm- lecture at 7. (January 20-22 3 venues). Chicago Presents- Howard Mayer Brown Memorial Early Music Concert. NEWBERRY CONSORT . "Celestial Sirens". This season's Howard Mayer Brown Memorial concert features an ensemble of eight women's voices directed by Ellen Hargis. We'll explore the music of the baroque convents of Italy and Mexico, where behind cloister walls, these gifted women composed, arranged, and performed virtuoso music for their own devotional use, singing in astonishing vocal ranges. Harp and viola da gamba will accompany the music of Chiara Margarita Cozzolani, Alba Tressina, and Sulpitia Cesis; and from the Newberry Library Choirbooks, compositions by Fabían Pérez Ximeno, Juan de Lienas, and Tomás Luis de Victoria. $ advance $28, door $35, student $5. Rockefeller Chapel, 5850 S. Woodlawn. The Newberry Consort-Next March 18. Next Chicago Presents January 22.

January 22, Sunday, 3 pm. Chicago Presents Artist in Residence Pacifica Quartet with Jorge Federico Osario piano. $25, $5. Mandel Hall, 1131 E. 57th St. Works by Beethoven and Dvorak. The abundantly gifted, Mexican pianist Jorge Federico Osorio joins Pacific Quartet on a program including the cherished Dvorak Piano Quintet. Next Jan. 27.

January 27, Friday, 7:30 pm. Chicago Presents Classic Concert Series. Miro Quartet with Anton Nel, piano. $35, $5. Mandel Hall, 1131 E. 57th St. Works by Schubert, Brahms, and Elgar. The Quartet performs Elgar's stunning Piano Quintet with acclaimed South African pianist Anton Nel. Next. Feb. 3.

February 3, Friday, 7:30 pm. Chicago Presents Classic Concert series. Peter Serkin, Piano. $35, $5. Mandel Hall, 1131 E. 57th St. Works by Beethoven, Takemitsu, Wolpe, and Charles Wuorinen. Distinguished American pianist Peter Serkin performs Beethoven's monumental Diabelli Variations - one of the greatest sets of variations ever written. An avid proponent of the music of many of the 20th an 21st century's most important composers, Serkin's distinctive musical vision is not to be missed. Next Feb. 15.

February 15, Wednesday, 7:30 pm. At Harris Theater. Contempo: Sofia Gubaidulina Tribute. See details in Contempo.

February 17, Friday, 7:30 pm. Chicago Presents Classical Concert Series. Faure Quartet. $35, $5. Mandel Hall, 1131 E. 57th St. Piano Quartets by Mahler, Faure, and Brahms. The award-winning, up and coming piano quartet continues to receive rave reviews from across the globe. Hear them perform signature piano quartets, including the Faure Piano Quartet No. 2 in G minor, op. 45. Next March 2.

March 2, Friday, 7:30 pm. Chicago Presents Classical Concert Series. Isabel Bayrakdarian, soprano, Serouj Kradjian. Mandel Hall debuts. 1131 E. 57th St. $35, $5. Works by Liszt, Ravel, Obradors, Gornidas, Jake Heggie, and Berlioz. Isabel Bayrakdarian burst onto the international opera scene after winning first prize in the 2000 Operalia competition founded by Placido Domingo. She has performed in many of the world's major opera houses, including the Lyric Opera of Chicago, where her critically acclaimed performances have included Blanche in Poulenc's Dialogues of the Carmelites. Next April 13.

April 13, Friday, 7:30 pm. Chicago Presents Early Music. Rebel Ensemble. $35, $5. Mandel Hall, 1131 E. 57th St. "Irregular Pearls: Baroque Music from European Courts and Chambers." Works by Vivaldi, Rossi, Bertali, Mealli, Corelli, Telemann, Mancini and Leclair. Hailed by the New York Times as "sophisticated and beguiling," the New York-based, Baroque ensemble Rebel has earned an impressive international reputation for their provocative approach to Baroque and Classical repertoire. This performance marks the return of Mattias Maute to Mandel Hall after a triumphant debut with ensemble Caprice during the 07/08 season. Next April 15.

April 15, 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.

April 22, Sunday, 3 pm. Chicago Presents Artist in Residence Pacifica Quartet. $25, $5. Mandel Hall, 1131 E. 57th St. String Quartets by Haydn, Weinberg, and Beethoven. Champion of rarely performed works, the Pacifica Quartet will perform the sixth string quartet of Moishe Wienberg, a Soviet contemporary of Shostakovich and Prokofiev. Masterful quartets by Haydn and Beethoven complete the program. Next May 11.

May 11, Friday, 7:30 pm. At Fulton Recital Hall. Contempo: Tomorrow's Music Today I- See Contempo.

May 18, Friday, 7:30 pm. At Ganz Hall Roosevelt University. Contempo: Tomorrow's Music Today II-See Contempo.

 

Chicago Presents

 

Chicago Presents Howard Mayer Brown International Early Music Series- 2010-2011 season. Subscr. $85 general, $40 student reduced. Single $35 and student less.


Pacifica Quartet

October 30, Sunday, 3 pm. Chicago Presents. Artist in Residence and Soviet Arts Experience. Pacifica Quartet. $25, $5. Mandel Hall, 1131 E. 57th St. String Quarts by Schnittke, Myaskovsky, and Shostakovich. Fresh from their critically acclaimed Shostakovich string quartet cycle, the pacifica Quartet continues their exploration of Russian repertoire. Next. Jan. 22.

January 22, Sunday, 3 pm. Chicago Presents Artist in Residence Pacifica Quartet with Jorge Federico Osario piano. $25, $5. Mandel Hall, 1131 E. 57th St. Works by Beethoven and Dvorak. The abundantly gifted, Mexican pianist Jorge Federico Osorio joins Pacific Quartet on a program including the cherished Dvorak Piano Quintet. Next Jan. 27.

Chicago Presents Contempo.

November 15, Tuesday, 7:30 pm. Chicago Presents -At Harris Theater. Contempo Double-bill with eighth blackbird, Pacifica Quartet, Anima Singers (Emily Ellsworth dir., Any Briggs piano, and HIROMI Uehara Trio (JAZZ). $25. Next Chicago Presents Nov. 18. Next Contempo February 15. Hiromi: Trio Project featuring Anthony Jackson, Bass and Simon Phillips, Drums. Shulamit Ran artistic director. Nancarrow, Rzewski, and Shapey: Three Tangos for Piano. Elena Firsova: String Quartet no. 4 (Amoroso- US premiere). Nico Muhly: How Soon (Chicago premiere). Steven Stucky: Ad Parnassum (Chicago premiere). $25 general, $5 students w valid ID.

February 15, Wednesday, 7:30 pm. Chicago Presents at Harris Theater. Contempo: Sofia Gubaidulina Tribute. $25 general, $5 students with valid ID. Shulamit Ran, artistic director, eighth blackbird, Pacifica Quartet, Tony ARNOLD, soprano, Collins Trier, double-bass, Stas Venglevski, bayan. Sophia Gubaidulina: A Pilgrim for Four (world premiere); Perception; In croce. A Pilgrimage for Four was commissioned by the Serge Koussevitzky Music Foundation in Library of Congress and The Koussevitzky Music Foundation. Fascination with ancient mathematical principles of proportion. Ms. Gubaidulina is the only recipient of an honorary degree in composition by the University of Chicago. Next Chicago Presents Feb. 17. Next Contempo March 24.

March 24 Saturday, 7:30 pm. Chicago Presents Contempo-Sponsored Event. The Music of More (MCA Composers Stage series) at Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, 220 E. Chicago Ave. 312 397-4010, mcachicago.org/performances. $28 general, $10 students. Fabian Svensson: Two Sides. Dan Visconti: Fractured Jams. Phillippe Hurel: ...a mesure. Bruno Mantovani: Chamber Concerto no. 2. Amy Kirsten: Pirouette. Gyorgy Ligeti: Etudes.
eighth blackbird returns to the MCA Stage for a two-part event in conjunction with the exhibit "the language of less (then and now"). This second part "more"is wildly humorous and complex, pushing the ensemble to its limits. Next Chicago Presents April 15. Next Contempo's May 11 and 18.

May 11, Friday, 7:30 pm. Chicago Presents Contempo. Free. Fulton Hall, 1010 E. 59th St. Last May 18. Tomorrow's Music Today I. eighth blackbird, Pacifica Quartet. Works by UC doctoral students in music- Gueglio, Jae-Goo Lee, Andres McManus, Takuma Tanikawa. Next May 18.

May 18, Friday, 7:30 pm. Chicago Presents Contempo. Ganz Hall Roosevelt University 430 S. Michigan 7th floor. End of season. Free. Cliff Colnot, conductor. eighth blackbird; Pacifica Quartet; Tony Arnold, soprano; Laura Mercado-Wright, mezzo-soprano; Peter Tantsits, tenor; Alan Dunbar, bass-baritone. U of C doctoral candidates in composition. Works by Iddo Aharony, Shawn Alison, and Francisco Castillo Trigueros. Reception follows.


Chicago Presents specials:

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

 

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.

2011-2012.

January 21, Saturday, 8 pm- lecture at 7. (January 20-22 3 venues). Chicago Presents- Howard Mayer Brown Memorial Early Music Concert. NEWBERRY CONSORT . "Celestial Sirens". This season's Howard Mayer Brown Memorial concert features an ensemble of eight women's voices directed by Ellen Hargis. We'll explore the music of the baroque convents of Italy and Mexico, where behind cloister walls, these gifted women composed, arranged, and performed virtuoso music for their own devotional use, singing in astonishing vocal ranges. Harp and viola da gamba will accompany the music of Chiara Margarita Cozzolani, Alba Tressina, and Sulpitia Cesis; and from the Newberry Library Choirbooks, compositions by Fabían Pérez Ximeno, Juan de Lienas, and Tomás Luis de Victoria. $ advance $28, door $35, student $5. Rockefeller Chapel, 5850 S. Woodlawn. The Newberry Consort-Next March 18. Next Chicago Presents January 22.

March 18, Sunday, 3 pm. The Newberry Consort. The King's Noyse/Piffaro. This special event for our 25th season is truly special. Come hear the world’s foremost early string and wind ensembles, The King’s Noyse (directed by David Douglass) and Piffaro (directed by Joan Kimball and Robert Weimken) together with soprano Ellen Hargis join forces in a gorgeous program of music that entertained the late Renaissance nobles of Ferrara. Works by composers Cipriano de Rore, Carlo Gesualdo, Luzzasco Luzzaschi, and their compatriots will showcase the adventurous music which ushered in the early Baroque style of the 17th century. You won’t want to miss the chance to hear the glorious sounds of these two virtuosic ensembles. Rockefeller Memorial Chapel, 5850 S. Woodlawn. Last April 14.

April 14, Saturday, 8 pm- lecture 7 pm. (April 13-15 3 venues). The Newberry Consort. Les Caracteres de la Danse. Baroque dancers Paige Whitley-Bauguess and Thomas Baird return with a delightful program featuring diverse characters that graced the 18th-century stage: shepherds, harlequins, nymphs, and sailors. The Virginia Gazette calls their movements, "stylish, exacting, deliberate and elegant...effortlessly executed." With accompaniment by The Newberry Consort on violin, harpsichord, and cello-along with a few vocal gems-Les Caractères de la Danse promises to be a tantalizing performance. Prepare to be entertained like a king or queen! International House, 1414 E. 59th St. $? Co-sponsored by International House Global Voices Program. Open to the public. Persons with disabilities that may need assistance should contact the Office of Programs & External Relations in advance of the program at 773-753-2274. Last of season.

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 see May 31-June 1.

University Wind Ensemble see May 18.

University Chamber Orchestra see May 17.

University Chorus see May 31-June 1.

Motet Choir see May 16-17, May 31-June 1.

Rockefeller Chapel Choir see May 11, May 16-17, June 7.

New Music Ensemble see May 4.

Jazz X-tet see June 5.

Middle East Music Ensemble see

Central Javanese Gamelan see May 11.

Gilbert & Sullivan Opera Co see in 2011

End of season concerts/Alumni weekend see May 29 and 30

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.

2011-2012 Hyde Park Series (3, 4 pm Sundays many at private residence--tba when you buy the tickets) All series on Sundays:

February 19, Sunday, 3 pm. Trio Elan at the Quadrangle Club, 1155 E. 58th St. http://www.mostlymusicchicago.com. The Trio Élan was founded in 1983 when three principal musicians of the Civic Orchestra of Chicago joined forces to perform on a chamber music concert at Symphony Center. Darlene Drew on flute, Jeri-Lou Zike on violin and Jill Kaeding on cello will perfom in the warm setting of the Quadrangle Club's library. $25.

April 1, Sunday, 3 pm. Grancino Cello Quartet Grancino Cello Trio (April 1, 2012). We are delighted to welcome back cellist Pablo Mahave-Veglia who will be joined by cellists Louise Dubin and Aron Zelkowicz and his Grancino cello. This stunning afternoon of all-cello programming will be in a private residence.
(private residence). http://www.mostlymusicchicago.com. $25.

Other series details- visit http://www.mostlymusicchicago.com.
(North Shore: in private residences and other grand places. Jan. 15 The Second City Musick, March 11 Duo Diorama and Students.)
(North Side: October 30, Secret of the Muses, January 31 Callipygian Players in the Driehaus Museum, April 22, Discover Chamber Competition Winners.)
Benefit May __ Charles Pickler (CSO) and Friends following reception.

Music Teachers of Hyde Park 4th Monday Series 7:30 pm- Fall-Spring, skipping December - at Blackstone Library, 4904 S. Lake Park. 312 747-0511 or 773 643-9251. Proceeds to charity.

Passport to Jazz- more above

August 15, Sunday, 2-4 pm. Passport to Jazz and Smart Museum of Art concert-- Smart sounds featuring Corey Wilkes (trumpet) Quartet. Courtyard unless weather. Free. 5550 S. Greenwood, 773 702-0200. Get your passport stamped.

August 21, Saturday, 11 am-10 pm. Lite Black Pearl Art and Design Center's annual Pearl Fest with live entertainment. Mandrake Park, 39th and Rel. Free. Get your Passport to Jazz stamped.

South Shore Opera Company of Chicago. http://www.southshoreopera.org. Dr. Marvin Lynn. 6501 S. Kimbark. 663 241-6147.

Next concert February 26, 7 pm. Black Heritage concert. South Shore Cultural Center, 5059 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.

October 24, Sunday. Tiny Mahler Orch esta is seeking a venue this date in Hyde Park for repeat of its October 23 concert at Columbia College--"Music for Strings and Electronics."

 

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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 a vicinity walking tour featuring notable architecture. otherwise self-guided. Interior tours available also. 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:
The Glass Experience
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.
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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.
Open at Oriental Institute. Catastrophe! the Looting of the Cradle of Civilization. 1155 E. 58th St. 773 702-9514.

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.

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

 

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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 Collective Gallery/Zhou B. ist floor, 1029 W. 35th St. 708 837-4534. M-Th 10 pm-2 am, F 10 am-7 pm. In Suite 101-Network: From Turin to Chicago and Vice Versa. Through Dec. 31. Current. Through January 10. And Current through Jan. 10.

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.

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.) Tejer y Joder (El Stitch y Bitch)

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. REBUS (Gregory Treverton) through June 19.

Beverly Art Center. 2407 W. 111th St. 773 445-3838. Film from Poland "Holy Business"- a screech. April 20 7:30. Sleeping Beauty (also as never before) through April 29.

Black Ensemble Theater. 740 W. 63rd St. (at Kennedy King College). Opening Feb. 12 "Sounds So Good Makes You Wanna Holler Old School vs Nu School. $45, $25, ticketmaster or 773 769-4451. http://www.blackensemble.org.

Blanc. 4445 S. King, 773 752-4394, blancchicago.com. A gallery in Bronzeville. Checking information. It is a stop on the monthly 3rd Friday's Bronzeville Art District Trolley Tour.

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 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. Amie Sell, Time Piece installation Nov. 5-7.

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. 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. Wood Worked through Oct. 22.

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

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. Group Hug.
Community, The New New Chicagoans. $5. By appointment. Judy Natal through Nov. 5.

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

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

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. May 13-June 6 Electra $15-$18.

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.

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.etacreativearts.org, http://www.etacreativeartsfoundation.org. email@etacreativearts.org. Music Mondays- adm. $10.
Jazz Wednesdays?. "Legend of Buster Neal" (Jackie Alexander) through March 4. $20, $30.

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. Solo exhibition of Andre Guichard,"Profundity: An Aggregate of Works on Canvas," including orig. of the bag design now being sold at Walgreen's nationwide. Sept. 15 opening of S. African ceramic sculptor Lubabalo Valisa.

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.
Two art exhibitions that explore the theme of memory, "The Common Citizenship of Forms" by Jeff Carter and "It All Comes Back" by Chicago Robotic Theater.
Jeff Carter uses IKEA furniture to make a scale model of the Michael Reese hospital campus attributed to Bauhaus founder Walter Gropius. The exhibition allows visitors to wander a community that gives new meaning to design-centered living. It's a place where the laundry building is made of actual laundry baskets, and where the design of mass-marketed Modernist goods are examined against Gropius' ideology.
Chicago Robotic Theater has created an interactive installation in which visitors may participate in the memory of a character's life. Moments representing school, work, love, and more are captured within kinetic art works that rely on sound, touch, and motion. Viscerally explore an entire imaginary life.
The exhibition is open from June 2 to July 31, Wednesdays through Sundays, 10 am to 4 pm. Tickets are $5 per person and free for children under age 12 as well as IIT students, staff, and faculty. Cash-only Pay Box parking is available in Lot B. The 35th Street CTA Red and Green Line train stations are short walks to S. R. Crown Hall. Next event June 12.

S. R. Crown Hall Activities SUNDAY, JUNE 12 2:30 to 5:30 pm. The performance group Kinetic Sculptures will dance inside this summer’s exhibitions to kick off Chicago’s first-ever Improvisational Dance Festival presented by Links Hall and The Dance Center of Columbia College Chicago.

Artists Jeff Carter and Christopher Furman, of Chicago Robotic Theater, will talk about their works in an accompanying lecture. This event is free of charge, and refreshments will be served.

July 23, Saturday, 1:30-4 pm. Help build a city of LEGOs within IIT's Crown Hall, 3360 S. State. We’ll provide the building blocks; you provide the imagination. Projects created by pint-sized architects and their adult helpers will be displayed in Crown Hall on Sunday, July 24. The event is free of charge, but advance registration is required at www.miessociety.org. IIT alumni may receive a complimentary breakfast and early access to LEGOs from 9:30 am to 11 am. Register at http://alumni.iit.edu/lego_breakfast. Staff and volunteers from the Farnsworth House will be on hand with information pertaining to the House. They will offer half-off admission coupons and engage guests in conversations regarding all things Mies and Farnsworth House.
July 23, Saturday, 1-4 pm. Help[ build a LEGO city in IIT's S. R. Crown Hall, 3360 South State Street, Chicago. Free of charge, but advance registration is required here.

Help build a city of LEGOs within S. R. Crown Hall. We'll provide the building blocks; you provide the imagination. Projects created by pint-sized architects and their adult helpers will be displayed in Crown Hall on Sunday, July 24.

Adam Tucker, architect of the recently released Farnsworth House LEGO set, will spend the day building a large-scale version of the Mies-designed masterpiece based in Plano, Illinois. This activity is made possible by the Mies van der Rohe Society , Farnsworth House National Trust for Historic Preservation and LEGO.

We’ll provide the building blocks; you provide the imagination. Projects created by pint-sized architects and their adult helpers will be displayed in Crown Hall on Sunday, July 24. The event is free of charge, but advance registration is required at www.miessociety.org. IIT alumni may receive a complimentary breakfast and early access to LEGOs from 9:30 am to 11 am. Register at http://alumni.iit.edu/lego_breakfast. Staff and volunteers from the Farnsworth House will be on hand with information pertaining to the House. They will offer half-off admission coupons and engage guests in conversations regarding all things Mies and Farnsworth House.

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.

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.

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.

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 1835 S. HALSTED 60608, 773 450-9016, marrakesh72@gmail.com. "Perhaps Something Seemly" opens Set. 8.

Roxaboxen Exhibitions. New, important. 2130 W. 21st St. new. Not All Days Are the Same- perf. artist Karen Bovinich. Jan. 22-27.

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

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. 773 256-0949 or 0149. Open daytime, closed Sundays.
South Shore Cultural Center. 7059 S. Shore Drive. Lots- look in South Shore or below by date. Opening May 13, art of Margaret Burroughs.

South Side Community Art Center, 3831 S. Michigan. 773 373-1026. Free. W-F12-5, Sats 9-5, Sun 2-5.
Al Hawkins "Through My Eyes" opens Feb. 4. "Culture" multi-artist show opens Feb. 24.

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.

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.

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.

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! "Current" multidisciplinary/multimedia. Through Jan. 10.

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.

It's National Poetry Month in April- watch for events starting April 9, 11, 16, 23......

Blackstone Library - stuff for kids and adults all the time. For listing for June visit the Friends of Blackstone page. Book Beats summer reading program is music themed- registration under way, kicks off June 13.

Catholic Theological Union Veeck Gallery, 5416 S. Cornell. communications@ctu.edu, 773 371-5415. Joyce Owens, "Dream Big."

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

Crerar Library, behind 57th/Ellis. Exhibit in progress- "Present, Past, Future: The Evolution of Medicine at the University of Chicago Hospitals. Curated by Mindy Schwartz.

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.
Black Wings through September 25. "A Slow Walk to Greatness: The Harold Washington Story"
"Charles Smith: Homecoming" August 5-. Smith is founder and director of the African American Heritage Museum and Black Veterans archive. Features a selection of Smith's sculptures and celebrates both Smith and Midwest folk art.
****"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"
 Spread the Word story of Gospel Sept. 20-May 20 2012.
Hope quilt through May 9

Gordon Center for Integrative Science. 929 E. 57th St. terra nano. Kathy Weaver's fiber paintings, April 9-June 11.

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

Home Gallery, 1407 E. 54th Pl. Laura Shaeffer. By appointment, http://crookedarm.blogspot.com or http://www.thelarch.org. Next opens May 8 and features drawings and sketchbooks by Anders Nilsen, Amanda Vahamaki, Michelangelo Setola, Mike Brehan, Nat Russell, and Doug Shaeffer and Art house Co-op's Sketchbook Library project from all over the world may 7-9.

HyPA Space 5228 S. Harper. Give Me a Place to Stand and I will move the world: This is the name of Jeremiah Spofford’s project currently underway in the HyPa Space at 5226 S. Harper. The studio is usually open on weekends, and evenings. Stop in and say hello. Follow the project’s evolution on Jeremiah’s blog http://placetostand.tumblr.com/

Hyde Park Art Center, 5520 S. Cornell: July 10-August 31: Maximo Gonzalez in residence at Hyde Park Art Center July 10-August 31 2010. Maximo's art-making practice explores the ideas of community, politics, and the economy through re-purposed materials such as currency and community participation. While in residence at HPAC, he will develop a new body of interactive paintings as well as work with students and visitors to continue making poetic objects with found materials. 5020 S. Cornell. 773 324-5520.
Patricia Swanson: Autofall; Pellot Gonzales Rios/Jose Pellot: Jennifer Mannebach: Pantheon Wave: Roger Brown - Calif.USA; The People's Gallery of Everyday Objects. For exhibits see in Venues. See Sept. 1 on the Emmanuel Pratt open studio and what it portends.
Through October- conTEMP exhibit at 310 S. Michigan.

Hyde Park Community Players. Shakespeare Workshop
The next weekend after that we are planning our second (annual?) “Shakespeare Boot Camp,” a one-Saturday workshop, to provide members of HPCP and the surrounding community an inviting, supportive, and creative environment in which to read, explore, and perform selections from Shakespeare, as well as receive constructive feedback. Participants with all levels of experience from last summer’s workshop unanimously reported that they would want to attend another workshop like this one, and would recommend it to an interested friend. With that ringing endorsement, we are planning another, for Saturday, July 9, 2011. If you’d be interested (or if you have access to a church social hall or basement or other large space that we could use for a reasonable price) please write to info@hydeparkcommunityplayers.org (NB: The number of participants will be limited and there will be a small registration fee to cover costs.)
HPCP Writers' Group
Summer might be a good time for you to become involved in the HPCP Writers' Group. If so, join us for Our next Writer's Initiative meeting this Wednesday, June 8 at 7 p.m, at my place, 5014 S. Dorchester Ave.
-- Please bring a piece that you have a desire to work upon. It should be, as always, something written for performance (i.e. not for the printed page) -- A play or screenplay. Perhaps a poem? Short story? Anything, again, you wish to pen.
Looking forward to hear your ideas, your words, your art.

Hyde Park Historical Society, 5529 S. Lake Park, 773 493-1893. Opened Dec. 6: Historic Drexel Photos including 60 photos by Kathy Huff and guide by Carol Bradford. Last of 3 tours of Woodlawn Av July 24.

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. Through March 20 paintings, sculptures, prints about the culture and art of barbering in the Hyde Park hair Salon.

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- Smart Home Green + Wired, YOU (reopens in spring), Omnimax, Science Storms. Open again Smart Home Green + Wired.
Black Creativity opens Jan. 25.

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

Op Shop (Opportunity Shop). A temporary performance and art store. Laura Shaeffer (Home Gallery), Amanda Englert and Andrew Nord. http://www.theopshop.org. N

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.

Quadrangle Club- jazz evenings first Fridays.

Park 52 jazz Wednesdays 7-9

Regenstein- Special Collections. The Soviet Imaginary- Children's Books.

Renaissance Society- October 2, Sunday. Renaissance Society Bergman Gallery. Jan. 22-March 4, Cathy Wilkes, I Give You All My Money.

 Robie House- Tours now run Thurs -Sunday 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.

Rockefeller Chapel- 5850 S. Woodlawn. 5850 S. Woodlawn. NEW- noon and 5 pm carillon recitals (tours half hour before)-
January 15, Sunday. Opening (through Feb. 7, reception Jan. 18 7:300.) at Rockefeller Chapel, a traveling installation, "Moving Forward: Life After the Great East Japan Earthquake." Documents the Japan earthquake and tsunami of March 11, 2011 and subsequent recovery efforts. Curated by the UCLA Paul I. Hisako Terasaki Center for Japanese Studies and The Kahoku Shimpo newspaper of Sendai. Focuses on stories of those who survived and are reconstructing their lives. Info Sarah Arehart sarehart@uchicago.edu, 773 702-2715 or visit international.ucia.edu/japan/news.

SHoP Southside Hub of Production- Slow Recovery and Red Flags Family Salon by John Preus.

 Smart Museum. The Tragic Muse and Andy Warhol At Work.

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

South Side Community Art Center- includes in July-September 3:30 AACM Great Black Music Ensemble $10 concerts every 1st and 2nd Sunday.

UChicago Tech. 6030 S. Ellis. Opening April 29, Selection of photos from TIP Gallery.

University Theater -

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.
Every Saturday either bird walks at 8 am or 1 pm arboretum walks in Washington Park. Meet in Refectory, 5531 S. Russell Dr.
Midway Ice Skating Rink now open for the season to feb. 28- free times. call 312 745-2470.

 

Date

Hyde Park Community Players Inge plays Feb 10-12 (see important info), Gilbert and Sullivan Co's Gondoliers Mar 10-12.
Court Theatre's Invisible Man through Feb. 19

February 8, Wednesday, 3:30 pm. Event: Open Mike and Poetry for Teens
Date and Time: Wednesday, February 8 from 3:30 to 4:30 pm. Blackstone Library, 4904 S. Lake Park. 312 747-0511.
About this event: Teens ages 12 to 17, read your own work, read someone’s else’s work or just listen and enjoy the sounds of poetry and rhyme. Work must be free of any profanity and appropriate for a general audience

February 8, Wednesday, 4:30 pm. Perception and Understanding of Music Workshop Today with Patrick Wong, Commun. Scs. and Disorders, Northwestern. Fulton Hall (Goodspeed 4th), 1010 E. 59th St. music.uchicago.edu. 773 702-8068. cas.uchicago.edu/workshops/music. Wednesdays Jan 11, 25, Feb 8, 22, March 7.

February 8, Wednesday, 5:15 pm. Franke Institute humanities lecture. Norma Field on Japan and nuclear power "From Stagg Field to Fukushima." Gleacher, 450 N. Cityfront Plaza Dr. Rm 621. RSVP by Feb 3 773 702-8274 or franke-humanities.uchicago.edu.

February 8, Wednesday, 5:30-8 pm. Writers Circle at SHoP, 5638 S. Woodlawn.

February 8, Wednesday, 6:30 pm. Haiti Culturally Part II at International House, 1414 E. 59th St. Screening and discussion of "Kenbe (Hold On)" with one of the creators Carolyn Armstrong (refreshments served).

February 8, Wednesday, 6:30 pm. Event: Poetry Cafe
Date and Time: Wednesday February 8 at 6:30 p.m. Blackstone Library, 4904 S. Lake Park, 312 747-0511.
About this event: Come share poetry. Read your original poem or a poem by a favorite poet. Each poem should be no longer than 4 minutes and must be appropriate for a general audience. Please bring 2 or more poems. Poetry books will be available to browse or check out. For teens and adults. Call 312-747-0511 for more information.

February 8, Wednesday, 7-9 pm. Jazz at Park 52, 5201 S. Harper, 773 241-5200. Marquel Jordan Trio.

February 8, Wednesday, 7 pm. Oriental Institute lecture, "The Neolithic of Jordan: From Mega-Sites to Elaborate Villages." Alan Simmons. 1155 E. 58th St. 773 702-9507.

February 8, Wednesday, 7-9 pm. Spanish guitar at Piccolo Mondo, 1642 e. 56th St.

February 8, Wednesday, 7:30-9 pm. Catcher in the Rye Poetry Slam at SHoP WEEKLY- and intended to entertain. Community and University both welcome! 5638 S. Woodlawn.

February 9, Thursday, 12:15 pm. Noontime Concert Series. Jane Packer, violin, Anthony Padilla, piano. Free. Fulton Hall (Goodspeed 4th), 1010 E. 59th St. music.uchicago.edu, 773 702-8484.

February 9, Thursday, 4:30 pm. Ethnoise! Ethnomusicology Workshops Thursdays Jan-Feb EXCEPT 16). Fulton Hall (Goodspeed 4th), 1010 E. 59th St. music.uchicago.edu, 773 72-8484. Today Kelly Askew, U Mich. cas.uchicago.edu/workshops/ethnoise.

February 9, Thursday, 1-4 pm. Sketching at the Smart. Smart Museum, 5550 S. Greenwood.

February 9, Thursday, 7 pm. Cafe Society moderated discussion at Valois Cafeteria, 1518 E. 53rd St. Topic at http://www.prairie.org.

February 9, Thursday, 7:30-11:30 pm. Stepping at Checkerboard Lounge. $10, $5. 5210 S. Harper. 773 684-1472.

February 9, Thursday, 8-11 pm. Possible music at Chant, 1509 E. 53rd St. 773 324-1999.

February 10, Friday, 10:30 am and 8 pm. "Something 'Bout Oscar", celebration of Oscar Brown, Jr. by Morris Gearring at DuSable Museum. 740 E. 56th Pl. 773 947-0600. Directed by Chuck Smith, perf. by poet Nikki Giovanni, and Magie Brown.
VIP reception 6-7 pm- $100 incl. show. $7 students and seniors. $30 show only, $25 for DuSable and Court members. Tickets call DuSable or at door.
Music, poetry, social commentary of Brown through personal stories of Morris Gearring as he performs Brown's most famous songs.

February 10, Friday, 3:30 pm. Visiting Committee Colloquium Series. Colloquia are on Fridays Jan 13 and 20 and Feb 3, 10, 17, and 24 in Fulton Hall (Goodspeed 4th), 1010 E. 59th St. music.uchicago.edu. 773 702-8068 and are free. Today: Judith Lochhead, Stony Book. "Difference Inhabits Repetition": Gubaidulina's 2nd String Quartet . In conjunction with Feb. 15 Contempo concert.

U of C FOLK FESTIVAL February 10, Friday through February 12, Sunday. 52nd Annual University of Chicago Folk Festival. Workshops in Ida Noyes, 1212 E. 59th St., Sat and Sun starting 10 am, evening concerts all 3 days in Mandel Hall, 1131 E. 57th St.- Fri at 8, Sat at 7:30, Sunday 6 pm. all 3 each $25. Blues, bluegrass, old time, Cajun, Celtic are among the specialties. Schedule, ticketing etc. at http://www.uofcfolk.org. Southern fiddler James Bryan, Cajun female Bonsoir. Catin, Quebe Sisters, Wildwood Valley Boys, Celtic group BUA, Billy Boy Arnold, gospel Stars of Heaven.

February 10, Friday, 8 pm (not 7:30), February 11, Saturday, 3 pm and 8 pm, February 12, Sunday, 3 pm. Hyde Park Community Players presents a pair of plays by William Inge, "Glory in the Flower" and "Strains of Triumph," artfully combined by director Laura MacGregor into a show she's calling Bittersweet Love, will hit the Experimental Stage Friday through Saturday, February 10-12, just in time for Valentine's Day. Experimental Station, 6100 S. Blackstone. Visit the sponsor's page to take out an ad or otherwise sponsor: sponsors page: <http://hydeparkcommunityplayers.org/?page_id=29>. Drop Laura a line at <director@hydeparkcommunityplayers.org> if you would like to help with the developing production. Tickets available at showing of Splendor in the Grass, at 57th St. Books, and What the Traveler Saw (HP Shpg Ctr.)

February 10, Friday, 8 pm-2 am. Blues at Checkerboard Lounge. $10, $5. 5210 S. Harper. 773 684-1472.

February 10, Friday. COCKTAILS AND CLAY IS NOW ON THE 3RD FRIDAY.

February 11, Saturday and Feb. 18, 10 am-3:30 pm. Teacher Workshop on engaging students in philosophy. Graham School at Gleacher, 450 N. Cityfront Center. Details and registration. https://grahamschool.uchicago.edu/php/offering.php?oi=6256.

February 11, Saturday, 10:30 am. Event: Fantasy and Science Fiction Book Club
Date and Time: Saturday, February 11 at 10:30 a.m. Blackstone Library, 4904 S. Lake Park, 312 747-0511.
About this event: We will discuss, "Cordelia’s Honor, Part 1: Shards of Honor" by Lois McMaster Bujold. When Commander Cordelia Naismith of a Betan Expeditionary Force survey team becomes stranded on an unexplored alien planet, she must fight for survival against the planet’s hostile environment with the help of her arch enemy, the Barrayar Captain, whose ship destroyed her camp and killed part of her team. Call 312-747-0511 for more information.

February 11, Saturday. Smart Kids at the Library. Smart Museum. Coleman, 713 E. 63rd 11-12:30, Blackstone, 4904 S. Lake Park 2-3:30 pm. Collage of cutouts and read L'il Dan the Drummer Boy, A civil War Story by Romere Beardon. Learn about Bearden, Norman Lewis, and Abstract Expressionism. Color, tone, and line through collaging shapes.

February 11, Saturday, 1 pm. Gallery tour of Kathy Wilkes' exhibit at Renaissance Society, by Jennifer Scappettone. Cobb 418, 5811 S. Ellis. Free.

February 11, Saturday, 1 pm. "The Underground Railroad," written by Hyde Parker Osa Buchner, depicts true stories of the escapes to freedom and those who helped. Hyde Parkers will read and act. SHoP, 5638 S. Woodlawn.

February 11, Saturday, 1-3 pm. Symposium- Play, Concentrate, Remember: The interwoven Histories of Latinos and Mainstream USA. Hyde Park Art Center. 5020 S. Cornell, 773 324-5520. Distinguished scholars in the fields of art history, anthropology, cultural studies, political sciences and sociology engage in an interdisciplinary dialogue about a number of the themes adn issues raised in Bibiana suarez's Memoria (Memory) installation. Participants are Della Cosentino (DePaul), Juana Goergen (DePaul), Gilberto Cardenas, (Notre Dame), Arlene Davila (NYU), an Maria de los Angeles Torres (UIC). Suarez herself will moderate.

February 11, Saturday, 2-5 pm. Annual Black Comic Book day at DuSable Museum, 740 E. 56th Pl., 773 947-0600.

February 11, Saturday, 2 pm. Piano Progam- Concerto workshop. Free. Fulton Hall (Goodspeed 4th), 1010 E. 59th St. music.uchicago.edu, 773 702-8484.

February 11, Saturday, 3 pm and 8 pm, February 12, Sunday, 3 pm. Hyde Park Community Players presents a pair of plays by William Inge, "Glory in the Flower" and "Strains of Triumph," artfully combined by director Laura MacGregor into a show she's calling Bittersweet Love, will hit the Experimental Stage Friday through Saturday, February 10-12, just in time for Valentine's Day. Experimental Station, 6100 S. Blackstone. Visit the sponsor's page to take out an ad or otherwise sponsor: sponsors page: <http://hydeparkcommunityplayers.org/?page_id=29>. Drop Laura a line at <director@hydeparkcommunityplayers.org> if you would like to help with the developing production.

February 11, Saturday, 4-5:30 pm. Family Love Songs by Marsha's Music at Joan's Studio. Tots and families. 1438 E. 57th St. $10 toward scholarship.

February 11, Saturday, 7:30 pm. First Unitarian Annual Jazz Concert, featuring Michael Thorn group. $15, $10 srs studs. 5650 S. Woodlawn. "Jazz for Friends and Lovers" with the Michael Thorn Trio, Michael Thorn -- Piano; Mike Daly -- Bass; Rick Shandling -- Drums.

February 11, Saturday, 8 pm, February 12, Sunday,3 pm. Hyde Park Community Players presents a pair of plays by William Inge, "Glory in the Flower" and "Strains of Triumph," artfully combined by director Laura MacGregor into a show she's calling Bittersweet Love, will hit the Experimental Stage Friday through Saturday, February 10-12, just in time for Valentine's Day. Experimental Station, 6100 S. Blackstone. Visit the sponsor's page to take out an ad or otherwise sponsor: sponsors page: <http://hydeparkcommunityplayers.org/?page_id=29>. Drop Laura a line at <director@hydeparkcommunityplayers.org> if you would like to help with the developing production.

February 11, Saturday, 7:30-11:30 pm. Blues at Checkerboard Lounge. $10, $5. 5210 S. Harper. 773 684-1472.

February 11, Saturday, 8 pm. University Chamber Orchestra. Mozart 31 and Gondoliers Highlights. Free. Fulton Hall (Goodspeed 4th), 1010 E. 59th St. music.uchicago.edu, 773 702-8484.

February 11, Saturday, 9:30 pm-12:30 am. Possible. Music at Chant, 1509 E. 53rd St. 773 324-1999.

February 12, Sunday, 10 am-2 pm. Valentine's Brunch at Mellow Yellow, 1508 E. 53rd St. Jesse Charbonier and friends jazz and vocals.

February 12, Sunday, 11 am. Rockefeller Chapel. Moses Hogan's Every time I Feel the Spirit and other contemporary versions of spirituals. 5850 S. Woodlawn.

February 12, Sunday, 12-3 pm. Possible. Blues Brunch at Chant. 1509 E. 53rd St. 773 324-1999.

February 12, Sunday, 1-4 pm. Second Sunday family art fun. Hyde Park Art Center. 5020 S. Cornell, 773 324-5520.

February 12, Sunday, 2 pm. Oriental Institute film, "The Mummies of the Heretics." Alan Simmons. 1155 E. 58th St. 773 702-9507.
3-5 pm reception for exhibits- see below.

February 12, Sunday, 2 pm. Renaissance Society lecture. Lecture by Marsha Bentley Hale titled "Mannequin Mystique" focusing on the history and significance of the mannequin and will be held in Cobb Hall, room 409, 5811 S. Ellis.

February 12, Sunday, 3 pm. Last performance. Hyde Park Community Players presents a pair of plays by William Inge, "Glory in the Flower" and "Strains of Triumph," artfully combined by director Laura MacGregor into a show she's calling Bittersweet Love, will hit the Experimental Stage Friday through Saturday, February 10-12, just in time for Valentine's Day. Experimental Station, 6100 S. Blackstone. Visit the sponsor's page to take out an ad or otherwise sponsor: sponsors page: <http://hydeparkcommunityplayers.org/?page_id=29>. Drop Laura a line at <director@hydeparkcommunityplayers.org> if you would like to help with the developing production.

February 12, Sunday, 3 pm and 7 pm. DuSable Museum perf. of "Mr. Rickey Calls a Meeting!" on decision to invite Jackie Robinson into the Major Leagues. Discussion follows Matinee, on rise and demise of the Negro Leagues and what were the gains and costs of the change. 740 E. 56th Pl., 773 947-0600. $5 Discounts call 312 337-0665 code is DUSABLEMUSEUM. This play is currently at Lookingglass Theatre.

February 12 , Sunday, 3 pm. International House (Feb. 14, 7:30 Fourth Presbyterian) The Chicago Ensemble. PROGRAM III CROWS AND CONTRASTS WITH CLARINET. Elizandro Garcia-Montoya, clarinet • Mathias Tacke, violin Andrew Snow, cello • Gerald Rizzer, piano. Ingolf Dahl: Concerto a Tre (1947), for clarinet, violin and cello (18.5’). Johannes Brahms: Trio in A Major, op. 114, for clarinet, cello and piano (22.5’). Alexandra Gardner: Crows (1998), for clarinet, violin, cello and piano Winner, Discover America VII Competition (18.5’). Béla Bartók: Contrasts (1938), for clarinet, violin and piano (20’). 1414 E. 59th St. Next April 10.

February 12, Sunday, 3 pm. Chicago Syntagma Musicum: A Lenten Meditation. At Rockefeller Chapel. A concert of sacred music for Lent, with Kimberly Jones, soprano, Andrew Schultze, bass baritone, Thomas Weisflog, organ, and Svetlana Belsky, harpsichord. $10 at door, students free. 5850 S. Woodlawn.

February 12, Sunday, 3-4 pm. Exhibition Reception for Coco River Fudge Street, Stylish Breed, Someone Else's Dream, Formless and Devotional, and Arcadia. Hyde Park Art Center. 5020 S. Cornell, 773 324-5520.

February 12, Sunday, 5:30-8 pm. Family Potluck/Soup discussion at SHoP, 5638 S. Woodlawn.

February 12, Sunday, 7:30-11:30 pm. Jazz at Checkerboard Lounge. $10, $5. 5210 S. Harper. 773 684-1472.

February 12, Sunday, 7:30-11:30 pm. Hyde Park Jazz Society at Room 43, 1043 E. 43rd St. Dee Alexander Birthday Celebration - featuring Dee Alexander (vocals), Miguel de la Cerna (piano), Harrison Bankhead (bass), Yusef Ernie Adams (drums).

February 12, Sunday, 9 pm-midnight. Second Set - Jazz by Curtis Black and group at Jimmy's Woodlawn Tap, 1172 E. 55th St.

February 13, Monday, 1-3 pm. Bridge at SHoP, 5638 S. Woodlawn.

February 13, Monday, 4 pm and February 14, Tuesday, 1:30 pm. South Asian Sound Interventions Series. South Indian Film Song Workshop with Jassie Gift and Vijay Jacob. Free. Fulton Hall (Goodspeed 4th), 1010 E. 59th St. music.uchicago.edu, 773 702-8484. Next Feb. 15.

February 13, Monday, 7:30-11:30 pm. R&B at Checkerboard Lounge. $10, $5. 5210 S. Harper. 773 684-1472.

February 14, Tuesday, 3:3o pm. Event: Valentine’s Day Fun at Blackstone Library, 4904 S. Lake Park, 312 747-0511.
Date and Time: Tuesday, February 14 at 3:30 p.m.
About this event: Join us for stories and crafts in celebration of Valentine’s Day.
Open to children ages 5 and up.

February 14, Tuesday, 3:30 pm. Music History/Theory Workshop with Andrew Westerhaus. Regenstein Library, 1100 E. 57th St room 264. music.uchicago.edu, 773 702-8068. The Theory workshops are on Tuesdays Jan 10, Feb 7, 14, 20, and March 6 in Regenstein 264.

February 14, Tuesday, 4 pm. Tea and Pipes at Rockefeller Chapel, 5850 S. Woodlawn.

February 14, Tuesday, 4:30 pm. Second Tuesdays Salon discussions at Nile Restaurant, 1621? E. 55th St. Chicago Hyde Park Village.

February 14, Tuesday, 7 pm. Chamber Music Master Class. Artist in Residence Pacifica Quartet. Free. Fulton Hall (Goodspeed 4th), 1010 E. 59th St. music.uchicago.edu. 773 702-8484.

February 14, Tuesday, 7:30-11:30 pm. R&B at Checkerboard Lounge. $10, $5. 5210 S. Harper. 773 684-1472.

February 15, Wednesday, 12:15 pm. Oriental Institute gallery tour of Picturing the Past. With Emily Teeter. 1155 E. 58th St. 773 702-9507.

February 15, Wednesday, 4:45 pm. Rockefeller Chapel Ash Wednesday. Mass celebrated by Cardinal Francis George. 5850 S. Woodlawn.

February 15, Wednesday, 6-9 pm. Opening reception for Smart Museum exhibit "Feast: Radical Hospitality in Contemporary Art." Share food, drink, and an exclusive look at Feast, a new exhibition exploring the meal as a catalyst for artistic expression. Be the first to taste the participatory projects by artists Sonja Alhauser and Ana Prvacki. Sample Iraqi dishes served from Michael Rakowitz's Enemy Kitchen food truck, drink beer with conceptual artist Tom Marioni, and enjoy a special performance by Theaster Gates and The Black Monks of Mississippi.
6-7:30 cocktails and exclusive showings
6:30 remarks
7:30-9 public opening
8:30 performance by Theaster Gates and the Black Monks of Mississippi

February 15, Wednesday, 6:30 pm. Music Teachers of Hyde Park monthly concert at Blackstone Library, 4904 S. Lake Park. Event: M T H P Artists Series
Date and Time: Wednesday, February 15 at 6:30 p.m.
About this event: Concert featuring various performers from the Music Teachers of Hyde Park. This month the featured artists are Julia Tobiska, mezzo-soprano, Alice Sheu, piano.
The featured works are Mahler's Songs of a Wayfarer and Beethoven's Sonata Op. 101.

February 15, Wednesday, 7-9 pm. Jazz at Park 52, 5201 S. Harper, 773 241-5200.

February 15, Wednesday, 7 pm. Spanish guitar at Piccolo Mondo. 1642 E. 56th St.

February 15, Wednesday, 7 pm. South Asian Sound Interventions Series. Kannada Film Screening and Discussion with Film Music Director Jassie Gift. At Franke Inst., 1100 E. 57th St. Free. music.uchicago.edu, 773 702-8484. Next Feb. 16.

February 15, Wednesday, 7:30 pm. Chicago Presents at Harris Theater (300 E. Randolph). Contempo: Celebrating Sofia Gubaidulina, composer.$25 general, $5 students with valid ID.
Shulamit Ran, artistic director, eighth blackbird, Pacifica Quartet, Tony ARNOLD, soprano, Collins Trier, double-bass, Stas Venglevski, bayan. Sophia Gubaidulina: A Pilgrim of Four (world premiere); Perception; In croce. A Pilgrimage for Four was commissioned by the Serge Koussevitzky Music Foundation in the Library of Congress and The Koussevitzky Music Foundation. Fascination with ancient mathematical principles of proportion. Ms. Gubaidulina is the only recipient of an honorary degree in composition by the University of Chicago. Next Chicago Presents Feb. 17. Next Contempo March 24.

February 16, Thursday, 9 am-5 pm. South Asian Sound Interventions Series. South Indian Popular Music and Film Symposium. Keynote Address by Rolf Groesbeck. Free. Classics 110, 1010 E. 59th St. music.uchicago.edu, 773 702-8484. Next Feb. 17.

February 16, Thursday, 12:15 pm. Noontime Concert Series. Ana Fau, piano. Free. Fulton Hall (Goodspeed 4th), 1010 E. 59th St. music.uchicago.edu, 773 702-8484.

February 16, Thursday, 6 pm. Smart Museum. Marina Abramovic, A Lecture of Performance and its Future. At First United Methodist at the Unity Temple 77 W. Washington.

Marina Abramovic has changed art. The preeminent performance artist of our time, her pioneering exploration of the genre began in the mid-1970s and continues to this day. Last year, the Serbian-born artist’s work was celebrated in a retrospective at New York’s Museum of Modern Art. In the title piece, The Artist Is Present, Abramovic sat motionless in the museum’s atrium every day for three months; the simple act of confronting her public for the exhibition’s duration, without uttering a word, captivated viewers and brought many of them to tears.

The Smart Museum of Art is pleased to partner with the Chicago Humanities Festival in bringing one of the twenty-first-century’s most widely recognized culture makers to Chicago. In this event, Abramovic will give a lecture on performance and its future, reflecting on this provocative and enduring art form.

As part of Feast: Radical Hospitality in Contemporary Art (on view February 16–June 10), the Smart will present a new version of Communist Body/Fascist Body, a seminal work by Abramovic and her longterm partner and collaborator, the German artist Ulay.

Presented by the Smart Museum of Art and the Chicago Humanities Festival. Members discounted to $10, else $15. Check the museum for sites/codes to purchase tickets. http://www.chicagohumanities.org.

February 17, Friday, 3:30 pm. Visiting Committee Colloquium Series. Colloquia are on Fridays Jan 13 and 20 and Feb 3, 10, 17, and 24 in Fulton Hall (Goodspeed 4th), 1010 E. 59th St. music.uchicago.edu. 773 702-8068 and are free. Today: Rolf Groesbeck, U Ark. Improvisation and Pedagogy (and their occasional absences) in Kerala, India.

February 17, Friday, 7 pm. South Asian Sound Interventions Series. A Garland of South Indian Film Songs with Jassie Gift and Vijay Jacob. Free. Fulton Hall (Goodspeed 4th), 1010 E. 59th St. music.uchicago.edu, 773 702-8484. End of series.

February 17, Friday, 7-11 pm. Cocktails and Clay-today Prints and Pints. Hyde Park Art Center. 5020 S. Cornell, 773 324-5520.

February 17, Friday, 7:30 pm. Chicago Presents Classical Concert Series. Faure Quartet. $35, $5. Mandel Hall, 1131 E. 57th St. Piano Quartets by Mahler, Faure, and Brahms. The award-winning, up and coming piano quartet continues to receive rave reviews from across the globe. Hear them perform signature piano quartets, including the Faure Piano Quartet No. 2 in G minor, op. 45. Next March 2.

February 17, Friday, 7:30 pm. Salem Baptist Church Choir at Rockefeller Chapel, "A Celebration of Black History." The famed gospel choir of he Salem Baptist Church of Chicago, directed by Walter Owens, offers a joyous concert of dynamic spirituals and contemporary gospel music, featuring the landmark choral work "Shout for Joy" by African American composer Adolphus Hailstork. Tickets via Rockefeller Chapel (rockefeller.uchicago.edu) website and at the door, $10 genera, free for students. Info 773 702-2100. 5850 S. Woodlawn.
Afterwards- Join the Spiritual Life Council in Mardi Gras at Ida Noyes, 1212 E. 59th St. 9-midnight.

February 18, 10 am-noon. For the first time in 26 years Chicago is developing a new Cultural Plan, the core being hubs. Input sought at public meetings- Feb 18 10 am-noon at DuSable Museum. Also Feb 15 6-8 at Columbia College, Feb 16 at Senn High School 6-8 and Feb 21 6-8 at National Museum of Mexican Art. DuSable is at 740 E. 56th Pl.

February 18, Saturday, 10 am. Oriental Institute course begins, "Elam, Iran's Oldest Civilization." 1155 E. 58th St. 773 702-9507.

February 18, Saturday, 10:30 am- noon. Memory Game Day with the Bibiana Suarez exhibit at Hyde Park Art Center, 5020 S. Cornell, 773 324-5520.

February 18, Saturday, 1 pm. Adult Book Discussion. 3rd Sats. at Blackstone Library, 4904 S. Lake Park. 312 747-0511. Event: Adult Book Discussion
Date and Time: Saturday, February 18 from 1:00-2:30 p.m.
About this event: Join us for a lively discussion of Parrot and Olivier by Peter Carey. In this historical novel, Olivier, a conceited French aristocrat, is packed off to America by his overprotective mother at the end of the 18th century. She sends along Parrot, a low class Englishman, to protect her son and spy on his activities. The relationship between the two men begins with mutual hatred but evolves into affectionate comradeship as the two navigate the alien social and cultural milieus of the New World. The novel is based on the life of Alex de Tocqueville.

February 18, Saturday, 8 pm. New Music Ensemble. Spektral Quartet and Patrice Michaels, soprano. Featuring U of C composers Thomas Gueglio, Kate Pukinskis, Dylan Schneider, and Alex Stephenson. Free. Fulton Hall (Goodspeed 4th), 1010 E. 59th St. music.uchicago.edu, 773 702-8484.

February 19, Sunday, 11 am. Rockefeller Chapel. Transfiguration Sunday. Healey Willan's Missa Sancti Johannis Baptistae and Voluntary for organ. . 5850 S. Woodlawn.

February 19, Sunday, 2 pm. Oriental Institute film, "Nubia 64: Saving the Temples of Ancient Egypt." 1155 E. 58th St. 773 702-9507.

February 19, Sunday, 3 pm. Conversation with the Artist- Bradley Biancardi. Hyde Park Art Center. 5020 S. Cornell, 773 324-5520.

February 19, Sunday, 3 pm. Mostly Music presents Trio Elan at the Quadrangle Club, 1155 E. 58th St. The Trio Élan was founded in 1983 when three principal musicians of the Civic Orchestra of Chicago joined forces to perform on a chamber music concert at Symphony Center. Darlene Drew on flute, Jeri-Lou Zike on violin and Jill Kaeding on cello will perfom in the warm setting of the Quadrangle Club's library. $25. http://www.mostlymusicchicago.com. Next April 1.

February 19, Sunday, 4 pm. Chicago Music Assn Theodore Charles Stone Black Heritage Concert and Awards. South Shore Cultural Center, Robeson Theater, 7059 S. Shore Dr. Free.

February 19, Sunday, 4 pm. University Wind Ensemble. The Best of Bernstein. Free. Mandel Hall, 1131 E. 57th St. music.uchicago.edu, 773 702-8484.

February 19, Sunday, 6 pm. Smart Museum sponsors Soul Food Dinner: The Geography of Food. At Theaster Gates' Dorchester Projects. Greens. Limited to 20 chosen by lottery- enter at smartmuseum.uchicago.edu/join-the-feast.

February 19, Sunday, 7 pm? Jazz at the Sem, Lutheran School, 1100 E. 55th St.

February 19, Sunday, 7:30-11:30 pm. Hyde Park Jazz Society at Room 43, 1043 E. 43rd St. Pharez Whitted Quintet - featuring Pharez Whitted (trumpet), Eddie Bayard (sax), Bobby Broom (guitar), Ron Perrillo (piano), Dennis Carroll (bass), Greg Artry (drums)

February 20, Tuesday, 3:30 pm. Music History/Theory Workshop with Trent Leipert. Regenstein Library, 1100 E. 57th St room 264. music.uchicago.edu, 773 702-8068. The Theory workshops are on Tuesdays Jan 10, Feb 7, 14, 20, and March 6 in Regenstein 264.

February 21, Tuesday, 3:30 pm. Event: Teen Volume Book Discussion at Blackstone Library, 4904 S. Lake Park, 312 747-0511.
Date and Time: Tuesday, February 21 at 3:30 p.m.
About this event: Join us for a discussion of Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins. The harsh government of Panem keeps the country in line by forcing each district to send one girl and one boy to participate in the annual Hunger Games, a fight to the death on live TV. Sixteen-year-old year Katniss takes her sister’s place in the games but will she be able to survive and win while still keeping her humanity intact.
For ages 13-19.

February 21, Tuesday, 6 pm. 5th House Contemporary Chamber group concert. Chicago Park District. South Shore Cultural Center Robeson Theater, 7059 S. Shore Dr. Free. A mix like you haven’t heard before!!!

February 22, Wednesday, 4:30 pm. Perception and Understanding of Music Workshop Today with Lawrence Zbikowski, UC. Fulton Hall (Goodspeed 4th), 1010 E. 59th St. music.uchicago.edu. 773 702-8068. cas.uchicago.edu/workshops/music. Wednesdays Jan 11, 25, Feb 8, 22, March 7.

February 22, Wednesday, 6 pm. The Despres Family Memorial Lecture Series of Friends of Blackstone Library, 4904 S. Lake Park. 312 747-0511. Biking Chicago author Greg Borzo (sp.).

February 23, Thursday, 12:15 pm. Noontime Concert Series. Jazz Combo. Free. Fulton Hall (Goodspeed 4th), 1010 E. 59th St. music.uchicago.edu, 773 702-8484.

February 23, Thursday, 4:30 pm. Ethnoise! Ethnomusicology Workshops Thursdays Jan-Feb. Fulton Hall (Goodspeed 4th), 1010 E. 59th St. music.uchicago.edu, 773 72-8484. Today's Suzi Wint, UC. cas.uchicago.edu/workshops/ethnoise.

February 24, Friday, 12:30 pm. Alexander Technique Workshop with MaryJean Allen. Free. Fulton Hall (Goodspeed 4th), 1010 E. 59th St. music.uchicago.edu, 773 702-8484.

February 24, Friday, 3:30 pm. Visiting Committee Colloquium Series. Colloquia are on Fridays Jan 13 and 20 and Feb 3, 10, 17, and 24 in Fulton Hall (Goodspeed 4th), 1010 E. 59th St. music.uchicago.edu. 773 702-8068 and are free. Today: Jan Philipp Sprick, Rostock and Berlin and Visiting UC. Can Music Theory be Historical?

February 24, Friday, 7:30 pm. Conversation and Song with David Wax Museum Mexo-American Indie Folk Band. Mandel Hall, 1131 E. 57th St. $10, $5 from 773 702-8080 ar visit 5720 S. Woodlawn.

February 25, Saturday. MSI Omnimax Film Festival. 57th and Lake Shore Drive. 773 684-1414.

February 25, Saturday. Event: Game Day at Blackstone Library, 4904 S. Lake Park, 312 747-0511.
Date and Time: Saturday, February 25 from 10:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m.
About this event: Play board games all day long. Learn new games and enjoy some of your old favorites including Settlers of Catan, Munchkin, Zombies and Ticket to Ride. Dungeons & Dragons RPG will also be played. For adults and kids 9 and up.

February 25, Saturday, 1-4; March 3, Saturday, 1-4, March 10, Saturday, 1-4; March 27, Tuesday, 9-noon; March 28, Wednesday, 9-4. Master Class ($40) for learning about or participating in (Yes, You are going to make the play) the staged reading of Nick Patricca's The Fifth Sun: 2012, Performance for the End of the World to be at Rockefeller Chapel March 30 and 31 (qv). Sessions are: I Dreaming a Production, research and production elements with Whayne Braswell and Rick Paul; 2 Mask Making and Ritual Movement with Caitlin Langlin, and Wilfredo Rivera (Cerque Rivera); 3 Music, Percussion, Research, Writing ; 4 Acting and Particiapnt Reports; 5 Reports and Preparations.

February 25. MOVED TO FEBRUARY 26 SUNDAY 4 PM- THE MARCH.

February 25, Saturday, 5:30 pm. Hyde Park Historical Society Annual Awards Dinner. Speaker Lee Bey, journalist, on hidden historical treasures. Award of the Paul Cornell Awards and the Leon and Marian Despres Preservation Awards. $55, $65 late. Invitations will be mailed, but to Fran Vandervoort with full info, 5471 S. Ellis, 773 752-8374. Quadrangle Club, 1155 E. 57th St. Valet parking available.

February 25, Saturday, 7:30 pm. Apollo Chorus of Chicago (over 140 years!) presents The Mozart Requiem at Rockefeller Chapel. The 150-voice Apollo Chorus joints with the Elmhurst Symphony Orchestra to present Handel's Dettingen Te Deum and Mozart's Requiem, two dramatically contrasting works, the first bright and joyous, the second solemn and dramatic. Tickets $35 front section, $25 rear, students $30/$20 at the Apollo website or at the door. 5850 S. Woodlawn.

February 26, Sunday, 2 pm. Oriental Institute film, "Nubia and the Mysteries of Kush." 1155 E. 58th St. 773 702-9507
AND Amazing Africa: Nubian Civilization family program.

February 26, Sunday, 2 pm. A Feast of Songs: Songs inspired by the Smart's current "Feast" exhibit, performed by U of C. Vocalists. Smart Museum, 5550 S. Greenwood. 773 702-0200. Bach to Gershwin and Hoiby.

February 26, Sunday, 4 pm. South Shore Opera Company of Chicago and the Chicago Park District present Alan Marshall and Jonathan Stinson's "THE MARCH" an opera in development on the 1963 Civil Rights March on Washington. Free. Parts are set to operatic form, others are presented as drama and are to be set to music. The program opens with the audience in a mass meeting where the March is conceived as sings freedom songs. South Shore Cultural Center, 7059 South Shore Drive.

February 26, Sunday, 7:30 pm. Decani. Rockefeller Chapel presents "As the Incense: A Midwinter Meditation." Featuring the music of Thomas Tallis' Lamentations (with Robert White and Alberto Ginastero, and Tallis' iconic masterpiece Spem in Alium for 40 voices.- Lamentations, Robert White, and modern selections by the full choir. Lamentation is performed by the Decani, the professional chamber group of the Rockefeller Chapel Choir. $25 general, $5 student. Save by buying with the April 1 Bach St. Matthew Passion for $40 for both. 5850 S. Woodlawn. Next April 1. 5850 S. Woodlawn.

February 26, Sunday, 7:30-11:30 pm. Hyde Park Jazz Society at Room 43, 1043 E. 43rd St. Maggie Brown Quartet - featuring Maggie Brown (vocals), sidemen TBA.

February 29, Wednesday, 5:45 pm. University of Chicago Library Society lecture. A Conversation with Judith Nadler, Director and University Librarian. Regenstein Library Special Collections, 1100 E. 57th St. Regenstein Library 1100 E. 57th St. Please RSVP by Feb. 24. Next May 23.

March 1, Thursday, 12:15 pm. Noontime Concert Series. Piano Showcase. Free. Fulton Hall (Goodspeed 4th), 1010 E. 59th St. music.uchicago.edu, 773 702-8484.

March 1, Thursday, 5:30-7 pm. Smart presents The Act of Drinking Beer with Friends is the Highest Form of Art. Artist Tom Marioni's salon, staged as a social network since 1970. Bartenders are the Directors of Smart and MCA. 5550 S. Greenwood.

March 2, Friday, 7:30 pm. Chicago Presents Classical Concert Series. Isabel Bayrakdarian, soprano, Serouj Kradjian. Mandel Hall debuts. 1131 E. 57th St. $35, $5. Works by Liszt, Ravel, Obradors, Gomidas, Jake Heggie, and Berlioz. Isabel Bayrakdarian burst onto the international opera scene after winning first prize in the 2000 Operalia competition founded by Placido Domingo. She has performed in many of the world's major opera houses, including the Lyric Opera of Chicago, where her critically acclaimed performances have included Blanche in Poulenc's Dialogues of the Carmelites. Mandel Hall, 1131 E. 57th St. Next April 13.

March 3, Friday, 1-4 pm. Family Day at Smart Museum: Sharing is Caring. 5550 S. Greenwood.

March 3, Saturday, 8 pm. University Symphony Orchestra. Works by Beethoven and Piston, plus Prokofiev's Symphony No. 7. Don. $10. Mandel Hall, 1131 E. 57th St. music.uchicago.edu, 773 702-8068.

March 4, Sunday, 11 am. Rockefeller Chapel. Gregorio Allegri Miserere, Herbert Howells Like as the Hart. 5850 S. Woodlawn.

March 4, 11, 18, Sundays, 2 pm. Virtual Iran: a special film series produced by Tobin Hartnell. At the Oriental Institute, 1155 E. 58th St. 773 702-9507. Mr. Hartnell will be present at all three films. March 4, "Iran: Seven Faces of a Civilization" (2007). March 11, "Persepolis Recreated" (2004). March 18, "Incredible Isfahan: Discovering Persia's Past" (2011).

March 4, Sunday, 3 pm. University Chorus, at Rockefeller Chapel. "Harmonies." Under the direction of Mollie Stone, the University Chorus offers repertoire representing diverse settings of sacred texts, with music from South Africa, Corsica, the Republic of Georgia, and Bulgaria, as well as from American traditions including shape-note songs, Gospel quartet music from the 1930s and 1940s, and traditional spirituals. $10 donation requested, students free. 5850 S. Woodlawn.

(March 5, Monday, 7:30 pm. Beethoven's Missa Solemnis by Chicago Chorale and Symphony of Oak Park and River Forest at Symphony Center. Carl Grapentine lecture an hour in advance. See Series-Chicago Chorale.)

March 6, Tuesday, 3:30 pm. Music History/Theory Workshop with Peter Smucker. Regenstein Library, 1100 E. 57th St room 264. music.uchicago.edu, 773 702-8068. The Theory workshops are on Tuesdays Jan 10, Feb 7, 14, 20, and March 6 in Regenstein 264. Last.

March 7, Wednesday, 4:30 pm. Perception and Understanding of Music Workshop. Today with Sarah Iker, UC. Fulton Hall (Goodspeed 4th), 1010 E. 59th St. music.uchicago.edu. 773 702-8068. cas.uchicago.edu/workshops/music. Wednesdays Jan 11, 25, Feb 8, 22, March 7.

March 7, Wednesday, time? University of Chicago Library Society, Special Collections, and the Nicholson Center for British Studies presents three lectures in Book Studies. Randall McLeod, University of Toronto, speaks today on Early Painting. Special Collections Regenstein Library, 1100 E. 57th St. Next May 10.

March 7, Wednesday, 7 pm. Oriental Institute lecture, "Seventy-five Years of Excavation at Tell Hairir-Mari, Syria." Pascal Butterlin. 1155 E. 58th St. 773 702-9507.

March 8, Thursday, 12:15 pm. Noontime Concert Series. Svetlana Krasnova, piano. Works of Haydn, Schumann, and Liszt. Free. Fulton Hall (Goodspeed 4th), 1010 E. 59th St. music.uchicago.edu, 773 702-8484.

March 8, Thursday, 8 pm. Jazz X-tet. Free. Fulton Hall (Goodspeed 4th), 1010 E. 59th St. music.uchicago.edu, 773 702-8484.

March 9, 10, 11, Friday 8 pm, Saturday 8 pm , Sunday (mat. at 2) Gilbert and Sullivan Opera Company Hyde Park presents in conjunction with the Dept. of Music G & S' The Gondoliers in Mandel Hall. Info gilbertandsullivanoperacompany.org. $50 patron, $20 general, $5 students. Download flyer to buy at music.uchicago.edu or call 773 702-9075.

March 9, Friday- Cocktails and Clay is now on 3rd Fridays.

March 9, Friday, 7:30 pm. Baroque Band presents THE WHITE RABBIT (March 9,10, & 14*). $35. At Hyde Park Union Church, 5600 S. Woodlawn. (*perf at Symph Ctr.).
Following a glowing reception for his concerts with Baroque Band in March 2011, world-renowned opera and concert conductor and accomplished harpsichordist Harry Bicket of the English Concert returns for a second series of performances. Handel's Teseo- another story of Medea... (and see it fully staged in late spring by Chicago Opera Theater). Last June 2.

March 10, Saturday, 1-5 pm. Oriental Institute Symposium, "Picturing the Past." Pascal Butterlin. 1155 E. 58th St. 773 702-9507. Preregistration required but free.

March 10, Saturday, 8 pm. Gilbert and Sullivan Opera Company Hyde Park presents in conjunction with the Dept. of Music G & S' The Gondoliers in Mandel Hall. Info gilbertandsullivanoperacompany.org. $50 patron, $20 general, $5 students. Download flyer to buy at music.uchicago.edu or call 773 702-9075.

March 11, Sunday, 11 am. Rockefeller Chapel. Arias and organ works of Bach. 5850 S. Woodlawn.

March 11, Sunday, 1-3 pm. Second Sunday family art fun. Hyde Park Art Center. 5020 S. Cornell, 773 324-5520. AND

March 11, Sunday, 1-3 pm. Conversation with the Artist- Bibiana Suarez. Hyde Park Art Center. 5020 S. Cornell, 773 324-5520.

March 11, Sunday, 2 pm Gilbert and Sullivan Opera Company Hyde Park presents in conjunction with the Dept. of Music G & S' The Gondoliers in Mandel Hall. Info gilbertandsullivanoperacompany.org. $50 patron, $20 general, $5 students. Download flyer to buy at music.uchicago.edu or call 773 702-9075.

March 4, 11, 18, Sundays, 2 pm. Virtual Iran: a special film series produced by Tobin Hartnell. At the Oriental Institute, 1155 E. 58th St. 773 702-9507. Mr. Hartnell will be present at all three films. March 4, "Iran: Seven Faces of a Civilization" (2007). March 11, "Persepolis Recreated" (2004). March 18, "Incredible Isfahan: Discovering Persia's Past" (2011).

March 11, Sunday, 6 pm. Smart Museum sponsors Soul Food Dinner: The Geography of Food. At Theaster Gates' Dorchester Projects. Grains and gumbo. Limited to 20 chosen by lottery- enter at smartmuseum.uchicago.edu/join-the-feast.

March 16, Friday, 6-9 pm. Black:Unplugged series at Little Black Pearl Art and Design Center. George Duke and Lizz Wright entertain. 1060 E. 47th St.

March 16, Friday, 6-9 pm. Black:Unplugged 2 after hours program at Little Black Pearl Art and Design Center. This time entertainment is George Duke and Lizz Wright. 1060 E. 47th St.

March 16, Friday, 7-11 pm. Cocktails and Clay. Hyde Park Art Center. 5020 S. Cornell, 773 324-5520.

March 17, Saturday, 2-4 pm. Dr. Richard Courage, English professor at Westchester College of the State University of New York, and author with Richard Bone of “The Muse in Bronzeville: African American Creative Expression in Chicago, 1932-1950.” This book will be available for purchase. Hyde Park Historical Society headquarters, 5529 S. Lake Park.

March 17, Saturday, 7:30 pm. Bella Voce. Music of the Sistine Chapel. Join us for an evening of choral motets by members of the esteemed Papal Choir (the choir of the Sistine Chapel), Europe's most prestigious musical ensemble of the Renaissance period. Featuring works by Josquin, Morales, Palestrina, and Gregorio Allegri, including Palestrina's Missa Papae Marcelli, the work that cemented his reputation for flawless polyphony. $38 premium, $30 general, $10 students (door only) from Bella Voce website, 877 755-6277, or at door. Saturday, March 17, 7:30 Rockefeller Memorial Chapel, 5850 S. Woodlawn, Chicago; Sunday, March 18, 4:00 Grace Lutheran Church, River Forest; Saturday, March 24, 7:30 St. Luke's Episcopal Church, Evanston.

March 18, Sunday, 4 pm. Chicago Modern Orchestra Project, Renee' Baker, Director. Classic Culture Continuum. South Shore Cultural Center Robeson Theater, 7059 South Shore Drive. Free.

March 4, 11, 18, Sundays, 2 pm. Virtual Iran: a special film series produced by Tobin Hartnell. At the Oriental Institute, 1155 E. 58th St. 773 702-9507. Mr. Hartnell will be present at all three films. March 4, "Iran: Seven Faces of a Civilization" (2007). March 11, "Persepolis Recreated" (2004). March 18, "Incredible Isfahan: Discovering Persia's Past" (2011).

March 18, Sunday, 11 am. Rockefeller Chapel. Edina Choir High School and the Indian Springs School Concert Choir; Tim Thomas, director in Francois Messiaens' O Sacrum Convivium. 5850 S. Woodlawn.

March 18, Sunday, 2 pm Gilbert and Sullivan Opera Company Hyde Park presents in conjunction with the Dept. of Music G & S' The Gondoliers in Mandel Hall. Info gilbertandsullivanoperacompany.org. $50 patron, $20 general, $5 students. Download flyer to buy at music.uchicago.edu or call 773 702-9075.

March 18, Sunday, 3 pm. The Newberry Consort:The King's Noyse/Piffaro. This special event for Newberry's 25th season is truly special. Come hear the world’s foremost early string and wind ensembles, The King’s Noyse (directed by David Douglass) and Piffaro (directed by Joan Kimball and Robert Weimken) together with soprano Ellen Hargis join forces in a gorgeous program of music that entertained the late Renaissance nobles of Ferrara. Works by composers Cipriano de Rore, Carlo Gesualdo, Luzzasco Luzzaschi, and their compatriots will showcase the adventurous music which ushered in the early Baroque style of the 17th century. You won’t want to miss the chance to hear the glorious sounds of these two virtuosic ensembles. Rockefeller Memorial Chapel, 5850 S. Woodlawn. Last Newberry of season April 14. Tickets in advance $28 at http://www.newberryconsort.org or 312 890-2553, $35 at door, students $5 cash only at door only.

March 21, Wednesday, 6:30 pm. 3rd Weds. Music Teachers of Hyde Park concert at Blackstone Library, 4904 S. Lake Park. Potpourri Concert featuring various.

March 24 Saturday, 7:30 pm. Chicago Presents Contempo-Sponsored Event. The Music of More (MCA Composers Stage series) at Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, 220 E. Chicago Ave. 312 397-4010, mcachicago.org/performances. $28 general, $10 students. Fabian Svensson: Two Sides. Dan Visconti: Fractured Jams. Phillippe Hurel: ...a mesure. Bruno Mantovani: Chamber Concerto no. 2. Amy Kirsten: Pirouette. Gyorgy Ligeti: Etudes.
eighth blackbird returns to the MCA Stage for a two-part event in conjunction with the exhibit "the language of less (then and now"). This second part "more"is wildly humorous and complex, pushing the ensemble to its limits. Next Chicago Presents April 15. Next Contempo's May 11 and 18.
Tickets mcachicago.org/performances or 312 397-4010.

March 25, Sunday, 7 pm. Oriental Institute film, "Women Pharaohs" (2001). 1155 E. 58th St. 773 702-9507.
AND Junior Archeologists family event.

March 25, Sunday, 11 am. Rockefeller Chapel. Men's Schola sings Gregorian chant for Lent, with chant-inspired organ works by Flor Peeters.. 5850 S. Woodlawn.

March 25, Sunday, 3 pm. Tour with the Curator- John McKinnon tours Someone Else's Dream. Hyde Park Art Center. 5020 S. Cornell, 773 324-5520.
Memoria-Bibiana Suarez closes.

March 26, Monday, 11:15-2 pm. Chicago Hyde Park Village's kickoff luncheon. Includes entertainment by Maggie Brown.

March 28, Wednesday, 12:15 pm. Oriental Institute gallery tour, "Behind the Scenes Story of 'Picturing the Past.'" With Jack Greene. 1155 E. 58th St. 773 702-9507.

March 28, Wednesday, 6 pm. The Despres Family Memorial Lecture Series of Friends of Blackstone Library, 4904 S. Lake Park. 312 747-0511. Cycling Chicago.

March 30, Friday and March 31, Saturday, 7:30 pm. Rockefeller Chapel presents a staged playreading of "The Fifth Sun: 2012, Performance for the End of the World" from the play by Nicholas Patricca. (Note the Master class Feb 25, March 3, 10, 27, 28 for those wishing to participate.) Conducted by playwright Nick Patricca and director Cecilie Keenan, produced by Elizabeth Davenport. Tickets at the door $20, free for students.

April 1, Sunday, 11 am. Rockefeller Chapel. Palm Sunday. Sung Passion for Palm Sunday, with Blue Earth High School Choir, Paul Johnson directing. 5850 S. Woodlawn.

April 1, Sunday, 3 pm. Mostly Music presents Grancino Cello Quartet Grancino Cello Trio (April 1, 2012)
We are delighted to welcome back cellist Pablo Mahave-Veglia who will be joined by cellists Louise Dubin and Aron Zelkowicz and his Grancino cello. This stunning afternoon of all-cello programming will be in a private residence.http://www.mostlymusicchicago.com. $25.

April 1, Sunday, 3 pm. Rockefeller Chapel presents Bach's St. Matthew Passion. Rockefeller Chapel Choir and Motet Choir, dir. James Kalembach. Matthew Anderson reprises his role as Evangelist of last year's St. John Passion. Not-to-be-missed Hyun Suk Jang, soprano, Lon Ellenberger, alto, Matthew Dean, tenor, Andrew Schultze, bass. $25 general, $5 student. 5850 S. Woodlawn.

April 4, Wednesday, 5:30 pm.? Graham School/Civic Knowledge Great Conversations. Danielle Allen on ? At Gleacher or AKArama. This is a rescheduled program.

April 6, Friday. Good Friday.

April 7, Saturday. Passover.

April 8, Sunday. Easter Sunday.

April 13, Friday, 7:30 pm. Chicago Presents Early Music. Rebel Ensemble. $35, $5. Mandel Hall, 1131 E. 57th St. "Irregular Pearls: Baroque Music from European Courts and Chambers." Works by Vivaldi, Rossi, Bertali, Mealli, Corelli, Telemann, Mancini and Leclair. Hailed by the New York Times as "sophisticated and beguiling," the New York-based, Baroque ensemble Rebel has earned an impressive international reputation for their provocative approach to Baroque and Classical repertoire. This performance marks the return of Mattias Maute to Mandel Hall after a triumphant debut with ensemble Caprice during the 07/08 season. Next April 15.

April 14, 2012, Saturday, 2-4 pm. Simon Leverett, Stonemason, will describe his profession and its application in Hyde Park and Chicago. Hyde Park Historical Society headquarters, 5529 S. Lake Park.

April 14, Saturday, 8 pm- lecture 7 pm. (April 13-15 3 venues). The Newberry Consort. Les Caracteres de la Danse. Baroque dancers Paige Whitley-Bauguess and Thomas Baird return with a delightful program featuring diverse characters that graced the 18th-century stage: shepherds, harlequins, nymphs, and sailors. The Virgina Gazette calls their movements, "stylish, exacting, deliberate and elegant...effortlessly executed." With accompaniment by The Newberry Consort on violin, harpsichord, and cello-along with a few vocal gems-Les Caractères de la Danse promises to be a tantalizing performance. Prepare to be entertained like a king or queen! International House, 1414 E. 59th St. $? Co-sponsored by International House Global Voices Program. Open to the public. Persons with disabilities that may need assistance should contact the Office of Programs & External Relations in advance of the program at 773-753-2274. Last of season.

April 15 , Sunday, 3 pm. International House (April 10, 7:30 Fourth Presbyterian) The Chicago Ensemble. PROGRAM IV QUARTET PHANTASIES. Ricardo Casteneda, oboe • Stephen Boe, violin • Paul Vanderwerf, viola • Andrew Snow, cello • Gerald Rizzer, piano. W. A. Mozart: Quartet in F Major, K. 370, for oboe, violin, viola and cello (14’). Bohuslav Martinu: Quartet No. 1 (1942), for violin, viola, cello and piano (26’). Benjamin Britten: Phantasy Quartet, op. 2 (1932), for oboe, violin, viola and cello (13.5’). Ernest Chausson: Quartet in A Major, op.30, for violin, viola, cello and piano (38.5’). 1414 E. 59th St. Last June 3.

April 15, Sunday, afternoon- check back. Brian Gerrish Organ Performance Series at Rockefeller Chapel: Cameron Carpenter! $? 5850 S. Woodlawn.

April 15, 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.

April 18, Wednesday, 6:30 pm. 3rd Weds. Music Teachers of Hyde Park concert at Blackstone Library, 4904 S. Lake Park. Donna Lee Fackenthal, piano.

April 22, Sunday, 3 pm. Chicago Presents Artist in Residence Pacifica Quartet. $25, $5. Mandel Hall, 1131 E. 57th St. String Quartets by Haydn, Weinberg, and Beethoven. Champion of rarely performed works, the Pacifica Quartet will perform the sixth string quartet of Moishe Wienberg, a Soviet contemporary of Shostakovich and Prokofiev. Masterful quartets by Haydn and Beethoven complete the program. Next May 11.

April 25, Wednesday, 6 pm. The Despres Family Memorial Lecture Series of Friends of Blackstone Library, 4904 S. Lake Park. 312 747-0511. Big Girl Small.

April 27, Friday. MSI Member Camp-In- spend the night. 57th and Lake Shore Drive. 773 684-1414.

May 10, Thursday, ? pm. University of Chicago Library Society, Special Collections, and the Nicholson Center for British Studies presents three lectures in Book Studies. Jerome McGann, University of Virginia, speaks today on Media. Special Collections Regenstein Library, 1100 E. 57th St.

May 11, Friday, 7:30 pm. Chicago Presents Contempo. Free. Fulton Hall, 1010 E. 59th St. Last May 18. Tomorrow's Music Today I. eighth blackbird, Pacifica Quartet. Works by UC doctoral students in music- Gueglio, Jae-Goo Lee, Andres McManus, Takuma Tanikawa. Next May 18.

May 12, Saturday, 2-4 pm. Greg Lane will tell the tale of the wreck of the Silver Cloud, a ship that sank off 57th Street in the 1930s. Hyde Park Historical Society headquarters, 5529 S. Lake Park.

May 13, Sunday, 3 pm, lecture by Elizabeth Davenport 2 pm. Chicago Chorale, Bruce Tammen, Director, presents Louis Vierne's, Messe Solennelle at Rockefeller Memorial Chapel, 5850 S. Woodlawn Avenue. Thomas Weisflog, Organ. The centerpiece of the concert is Louis Vierne’s Solemn Mass, for choir and organ, composed in 1899. The greatest organist of his time, Vierne played and composed for the great Parisian organs of St. Sulpice and Notre Dame. As the Solemn Mass is one of the grandest compositions of the Golden Age of French organ composition, no organ in Chicago is more suited to this repertoire than the recently restored E.M. Skinner organ at The University of Chicago’s Rockefeller Memorial Chapel, now the largest organ in Chicago. Nor is any organist more suited to perform the work with Chorale than the Chapel organist, Thomas Weisflog. A heartfelt and sincere work, it also utilizes all of the sonic fireworks of which the instrument and the choir are capable, entirely filling the Chapel with sound.
This concert will also feature two ethereally beautiful a cappella works: J.S. Bach’s double choir motet, Komm, Jesu, komm, and Arnold Schoenberg’s Friede auf Erden, utilizing the extraordinary acoustic properties of the chapel’s choir loft. $35, $25, $20.

May 16, Wednesday, 6:30 pm. 3rd Weds- last of season? Music Teachers of Hyde Park at Blackstone Library, 4904 S. Lake Park. More Classical Music... tba.

May 16, Wednesday, 7 pm. Chicago Modern Orchestra Project, Renee' Baker, Director. From Bernstein to Penderecki. Free. South Shore Cultural Center Robeson Theater, 7059 South Shore Drive.

May 18, Friday, 7:30 pm. Chicago Presents Contempo. Ganz Hall Roosevelt University 430 S. Michigan 7th floor. End of season. Free. Cliff Colnot, conductor. eighth blackbird; Pacifica Quartet; Tony Arnold, soprano; Laura Mercado-Wright, mezzo-soprano; Peter Tantsits, tenor; Alan Dunbar, bass-baritone. U of C doctoral candidates in composition. Works by Iddo Aharony, Shawn Alison, and Francisco Castillo Trigueros. Reception follows. Last of season.

May 23, Wednesday. 5:45 pm. University of Chicago Library Society Lecture. Aden Kumler, Assistant Prof. Art History. Reg. info. coming. At Regenstein Special Collections, 1100 E. 57th St.

May 23, Wednesday, 6 pm. The Despres Family Memorial Lecture Series of Friends of Blackstone Library, 4904 S. Lake Park. 312 747-0511. Chicago: City on the Make reprise of Nelson Algren.

June 1-3 on two of these days there is usually a University of Chicago symphony and choirs concert at Mandel Hall.
And may be a Men's A Cappella concert at a church. Also Interfraternity Sing on campus as part of Alumni Weekend.

June 2, Saturday and June 3 Sunday. 57th Street Art Fair and Community Art Fair. 57th, Kimbark, west past Kenwood.

June 2, Saturday, 7:30 pm. Baroque Band presents THE MAD HATTER’S TEA PARTY (June 1, 2 & 6 (at Symph Ctr). $35. At Augustana Lutheran Church, 5500 S. Woodlawn Ave. (*perf at Symph Ctr.). The season closes with one of the most strikingly original works of the Baroque repertoire, Rebel’s bold final work, the ballet Les Elemens. Complementing Rebel’s chaotic opening, the program also includes Handel’s grand Concerto Grosso Op 3 No 2 and Telemann’s Ouverture des nations anciens et modernes. Last of season.

June 3, Sunday, 3 pm. International House (May 29, 7:30 Fourth Presbyterian). The Chicago Ensemble. PROGRAM V MERCILESS BEAUTY AND OTHER SONGS. Michelle Areyzaga, soprano • Stephen Boe, violin • Mathias Tacke, violin • Andrew Snow, cello • Gerald Rizzer, piano. Alessandro Scarlatti: Cantata: Già lusingato appieno, for soprano, two violins, cello and piano (15’). Sergei Prokofiev: Sonata, op. 56 (1932), for two violins (14’). Henri Duparc: Selected Songs, for soprano and piano (12’). Ralph Vaughan Williams: Merciless Beauty, for soprano, two violins and cello (7’). Dan Tucker (1925-2010): Selected Spanish Songs, for soprano and piano (10’). Alberto Ginastera: Pampeano No. 2, op. 21 (1950), for cello and piano (9’). 1414 E. 59th St. Last of season.

 

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