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ANNOUNCEMENTUChicago Artennial: A Year of AnniversariesFall 2014–Fall 2015Artennial is a yearlong celebration of the tradition and future of artistic excellence at UChicago, and honors landmark anniversaries for five of UChicago's innovative arts organizations: Contempo, Court Theatre, the Renaissance Society, Rockefeller Memorial Chapel's Bells of Summer, and the Smart Museum. Read more.
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NEWSContempo Celebrates 50 Years with Series of ConcertsUChicago ArtennialFounded in 1964 by widely-recognized UChicago composition faculty member Ralph Shapey, this year Contempo celebrates 50 years of performing and promoting the music of the now with a series of concerts. Read full article from Chicago Sun-Times.
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VIDEO'The Infinite Cube' at The Smart MuseumUChicago ArtennialUChicago professor W.J.T. Mitchell tells the story of Antony Gormley's 'The Infinite Cube,' on view through Jun 21, 2015 as part of the Smart Museum’s 40th anniversary exhibition Objects and Voices.
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NEWSUChicago visual arts professor William Pope.L featured on latest ArtforumArt historian David Joselit takes up the case of Garner and its challenge to the concept of visual evidence or representation. Joselit considers critical and artistic practices that stage a refusal of representation—a refusal perhaps nowhere more potent than in the performances of William Pope.L. Read more.
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ExhibitionA Cosmopolitan City: Muslims, Christians, and Jews in Old CairoOriental Institute
Through Sep 13, 2015How did modern Cairo come to be? In this exhibit, visitors can explore how Old Cairo's communities lived together and melded their traditions to create an ever-growing, multicultural society during the 7th–12th centuries A.D. Read more.
Events
EVENT
More Than Lore: Women Founders of the University of Chicago
Wednesday, March 4, 2015
2:30 PM
Regenstein Library
Special Collections Research Center
Free admission
EVENT
Music History/Theory Workshop
Wednesday, March 4, 2015
4:30 PM
Logan Center Seminar Terrace
Free and open to the public
EVENT
Playwright Development Series and Conversation with John Ransom Phillips
Friday, March 6, 2015
2:00 PM
Logan Center Performance Lab
Free admission
EVENT
Family Day: Objects and Voices
Saturday, March 7, 2015
1:00 PM
Smart Museum of Art
Free admission
EVENT
WORKSHOP: Archaeological Reconstruction Drawing Workshop
Saturday, March 7, 2015
1:00 PM
Oriental Institute
$15 students and members; $20 non-members
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The Science and Music of Old and New Violins
Saturday, March 7, 2015
6:00 PM
International House Assembly Hall
General admission $25 | Students free
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One Earth Film Festival
Saturday, March 7, 2015
7:00 PM
Logan Center Screening Room
Free admission
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Intolerance Film Screening with live piano accompaniment by Somtow Sucharitkul
Saturday, March 7, 2015
7:00 PM
Logan Center Performance Hall
Free admission
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POSTPONED: Lecture by Joseph Curtin and Concert by the Black Oak Ensemble
Saturday, March 7, 2015 - 6:00 PM to Sunday, March 8, 2015 - 4:30 PM
International House Assembly Hall
Free admission
Exhibitions
EXHIBITION
Seasons: Fabric Installation by Libby Chaney
Saturday, January 17, 2015 to Tuesday, March 3, 2015
Rockefeller Chapel
Free admission
EXHIBITION
Lands End
Friday, January 9, 2015 - 10:15 AM to Sunday, March 15, 2015 - 10:15 AM
Logan Center Gallery
Free admission
EXHIBITION
Flex Exhibitions: Greg Bray
Friday, January 16, 2015 to Friday, March 20, 2015
Arts Incubator, Washington Park
Free admission
EXHIBITION
Exodus
Friday, January 16, 2015 to Friday, March 20, 2015
Arts Incubator, Washington Park
Free admission
EXHIBITION
“I Step Out of Myself”: Portrait Photography in Special Collections
Monday, January 12, 2015 - 9:00 AM to Friday, March 20, 2015 - 4:45 PM
Regenstein Library
Special Collections Research Center
Free admission
EXHIBITION
lobby
Monday, January 5, 2015 to Sunday, March 22, 2015
Logan Center, Gidwitz Lobby
Free admission
EXHIBITION
Closeted/Out in the Quadrangles: A History of LGBTQ Life at the University of Chicago
Monday, March 30, 2015 to Monday, June 15, 2015
Regenstein Library, Special Collections Research Center
Free admission
EXHIBITION
Exhibit: ‘A Library for All Time’
Wednesday, October 29, 2014 - 9:00 AM to Tuesday, March 31, 2015 - 4:30 PM
Crerar Library
EXHIBITION
Varda Caivano: The Density of the Actions
Sunday, February 22, 2015 to Sunday, April 19, 2015
The Renaissance Society, Cobb Lecture Hall
Free admission
News
NEWS
2015 Driskell Prize Goes to Kirsten Pai Buick, AB’85
The High Museum of Art has announced UChicago alumna Kirsten Pai Buick, AB’85, as the recipient of its 2015 David C. Driskell Prize.
NEWS
Art from All Corners
Seventeen micro-exhibitions collectively make up the Smart Museum of Art's 40th anniversary exhibit. The exhibitions vary significantly in style, time period, and place of origin, but their curators all share a relationship to the Smart.
NEWS
Exhibition shows how Christians, Muslims, Jews created vibrant society in medieval Cairo
“A Cosmopolitan City: Muslims, Christians, and Jews in Old Cairo”, on view at Oriental Institute through Sept. 13, features many objects that have never been displayed before.
NEWS
Assoc. Prof. Steven Rings shares research on Bob Dylan at Feb. 4 Franke Forum
Bob Dylan is the ultimate musical shape-shifter. To some, that elusive quality makes Dylan almost maddening. But to musicologist Steven Rings, it makes Dylan’s work a perfect object of scholarly analysis.
NEWS
Creating 'Lands End': Q&A with Exhibit Co-Curators
Lands End co-curators Zachary Cahill (MFA’07) and Katherine Harvath (MFA'13) answer questions about the exhibit and the curatorial process.
News
Andrew Patner, art critic and UChicago alumnus (1959–2015)
Andrew Patner, a noted Chicago art critic who attended UChicago as student in the College and the Law School, died suddenly Tuesday at 55.
NEWS
Finding new life in world’s classics
How UChicago translations revived Chinese and Indian texts by looking beyond standard editions.
ANNOUNCEMENT
Ptaszynska to serve as artistic director of Contempo
Award-winning composer Marta Ptaszynska will succeed Shulamit Ran as the artistic director of Contempo, the University of Chicago’s renowned contemporary music collective.
ANNOUNCEMENT
UChicago Professor Theaster Gates takes home £40,000 Artes Mundi prize
Gates beat nine other nominees to take home the prize - the largest award for the arts in the UK.
Around Chicago
OPERA
Lyric Opera's "The Passenger"
Wed, Mar 4, 6:30 pm
Civic Opera House
$15 for currently registered students
Your UCID is your Arts Pass!
CALL FOR ARTISTS
Chicago Loop Alliance: "Activate"
Transforming iconic Loop alleys into pop-up urban experiences, ACTIVATE is part spectacle, part hangout.
Application materials due Friday, March 27, 2015.
MUSIC
Chicago Chorale
Hyde Park-based Chicago Chorale performs Bach’s Passion According to St. Matthew.
March 29, 3pm
Rockefeller Chapel
Students: Your UCID is your Arts Pass!
FILM
Outsider insight
A new Kartemquin Films documentary Almost There chronicles the life of Chicago-area artist Peter Anton
Museum
Hyde Park Art Center
Hyde Park Art Center brings artists and communities together to support creativity at every level. HPAC offers free membership to all UChicago students through Arts Pass.
Museum
Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago
One of the nation's largest museums devoted to modern art, the Museum of Contemporary Art displays thought-provoking works created since 1945. Free admission for UChicago students, faculty, and staff.
DANCE
Hubbard Street Dance Chicago
Critically acclaimed for its exuberant, athletic and innovative repertoire, the company features unparalleled versatility and virtuosity.
Students: Your UCID is your Arts Pass!
DANCE
Joel Hall Dance Center
Joel Hall Dance Center offers classes for Ballet, Jazz, Hip Hop, Modern Dance, and Tap for all ages taught by professional and passionate dance teachers. Through Arts Pass, students with a UChicago ID can take classes for $10.
Performance
Harris Theater at Millennium Park
The Harris is the home of a myriad of Chicago’s most exciting music and dance companies.
Arts Pass discounts available for UChicago students.