In conjunction with the Museum of Contemporary Art’s presentation of Nicole Mitchell and the Black Earth Ensemble, the Hyde Park Art Center presents an otherworldly presentation of multi-media performance and artwork by students and adjunct faculty member, performance artist, and designer D. Denenge Akpem from the new Spring 2010 course “Afro-Futurism: Pathways to Black Liberation” of the Department of Humanities, History, and Social Sciences at Columbia College Chicago. For more information, call 773-324-5520 or email dakpem@colum.edu.

Hyde Park Art Center, 5020 S. Cornell Ave.

This satellite performance presented in conjunction with the Museum of Contemporary Art’s presentation of Nicole Mitchell and the Black Earth Ensemble. Image credits: Original illustration courtesy Lee Skulark; Sun Ra photo still courtesy Space is the Place; Patti LaBelle photo courtesy Something Silver.