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NewsGrammy-winning Sweet Honey In The Rock combines art, activism at UChicagoWhen Sweet Honey In The Rock first performed this fall at the University of Chicago, both the singers and audience members were moved to tears while sharing stories of struggle and resiliency. Read more.
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NewsJoe and Rika Mansueto Publications ProgramThe Renaissance Society is thrilled to announce the establishment of the Joe and Rika Mansueto Publications Program following a $1 million commitment from the Chicago-based philanthropists. Read more.
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NewsUChicago Folklore Society Presents the 59th UChicago Folk Festival This WeekendIn its 59th iteration, the UChicago Folk Festival returns to campus Feb 15-16, replete with rollicking rhythms, dynamic melodies, and a deep love for the musical style. Read more.
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NewsSomething Old, Something NewStudents borrow from classical theater traditions to stage lively, experimental show. Read more.
Events
Event
Jennifer Wild, "How to See One Man's Body: An Experiment in Historical Perception"
Monday, February 18, 2019
4:30 PM
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Keith Gessen - "A Terrible Country" - Robert Bird
Monday, February 18, 2019
6:00 PM
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Leah Feldman - "On the Threshold of Eurasia" - Na'ama Rokem
Tuesday, February 19, 2019
6:00 PM
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Adina Hoffman - Ben Hecht: Fighting Words, Moving Pictures - Jonathan Rosenbaum
Wednesday, February 20, 2019
6:00 PM
Exhibitions
EXHIBITION
EXHIBITION | Karthik Pandian & Andros Zins-Browne: Atlas Unlimited (Acts V-VI)
Friday, February 1, 2019 - 9:00 AM to Sunday, March 17, 2019 - 9:00 PM
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The Fetus in Utero: From Mystery to Social Media
Wednesday, January 2, 2019 - 9:00 AM to Friday, April 12, 2019 - 4:45 PM
EXHIBITION
Nikko Washington: 53 'til Infinity
Friday, January 11, 2019 to Sunday, March 31, 2019
News
News
“...And Other Such Stories” to Define the Curatorial Theme of Chicago Architecture Biennial 2019
Blouin Art Info
February 11, 2019
News
'The Fetus in Utero' at U. of C. reveals mysteries of the womb
Chicago Tribune
February 11, 2019
News
UChicago Folklore Society Presents the 59th UChicago Folk Festival This Weekend
UChicago Arts
February 13, 2019
News
Discovering New Truths: Exploring the Concept of Experiment Across the Disciplines
UChicago Arts
February 11, 2019
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Pedro Reyes’ Manufacturing Mischief Finds Comedy in Technology, Politics, and Philosophical Thought
UChicago Arts
February 8, 2019
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Behind hit plays 'Photograph 51' and 'The Wolves,' there's director Vanessa Stalling
Chicago Tribune
February 6, 2019
Around Chicago
AROUND CHICAGO
‘Coffee With Langston’ Series At Kusyana Cafe Brings People Together For Part Conversation, Part Therapy
The cultural coffee klatch is the creation of Erika Dudley, Senior Program Manager with the University of Chicago’s Office of Civic Engagement.
AROUND CHICAGO
Hyde Park Art Center’s "Health Club" Exhibition Is Not Just for Pre-Meds
In "Health Club", the relationship between space and the human condition is far from unidirectional: space shapes humans as much as humans carve out space.
AROUND CHICAGO
The Wild World of the Hairy Who
The Chicago version of Pop Art, embodied in the work of the Hairy Who, is sweaty, nervous, sometimes giggly or goofy.
AROUND CHICAGO
The Top Creative Cities and Countries of 2018 According to Airbnb
"The home of the skyscraper, Chicago tops Airbnb’s list as the city for creative experiences. Playing host to the works of famous architects past and present"
AROUND CHICAGO
Nick Cave Uses His Capital to Help Aspiring Creators
Based for more than 20 years on Chicago’s South Loop, this 59-year-old artist has recently consolidated his studio, the couple’s home and his partner’s design studio in this 20,000-square-foot former mason’s workshop in South Old Irving Park, a largely working-class neighborhood across town.
AROUND CHICAGO
Chicago Architecture Biennial team inspired by city’s geography, history, and civic role
Artistic director Yesomi Umolu and her curatorial team are still in the research phase for the 2019 edition of the Chicago Architecture Biennial, but the ideas and themes taking shape for next year’s program are refreshing and use architecture as a way to examine issues beyond the built world.
AROUND CHICAGO
Kerry James Marshall Paints for Chicago. His Mural Should Stay There.
The painting is “Knowledge and Wonder,” a dreamlike frieze that the artist completed in 1995 for the Legler branch of the Chicago Public Library — on the city’s poorer West Side, where African-Americans make up about 44 percent of the population.
AROUND CHICAGO
THEASTER GATES’S REBUILD FOUNDATION RECEIVES $300,000 FROM JPMORGAN CHASE
JPMorgan Chase has awarded $300,000 to artist Theaster Gates’s nonprofit the Rebuild Foundation—an arts, education, and cultural development initiative that aims to transform urban communities—in support of the final phase of its renovation of St. Laurence Catholic elementary school on Chicago’s South Side. Gates bought the school, which shuttered sixteen years ago, for $451,500 in 2014. It will serve as the new home for his foundation’s Arts and Innovation Incubator, which is currently housed at the Stony Island Arts Bank.
Around Chicago
It’s Expo Chicago Week. Here Are Three Must-See Attractions
Grab an espresso and gear up for a full day of local creative giants — including Jeanne Gang, Theaster Gates, and Cauleen Smith — chatting in an intimate setting.