In conjunction with our newest exhibition “Sixteen Pieces,” the DuSable Museum celebrates the Yoruba culture during a day of special family oriented activities including, storytelling, arts & crafts, live musical performances, and a special Naming Ceremony where visitors can learn the significance and importance of how Yoruba children are named! In addition; artists Robert Paige and DeMarcus Hyler will assist parents and children with designing their own mini-art booklet which highlights selected artifacts in the exhibition. As a very special treat, visitors will have the opportunity to experience the DuSable Mobile Museum which will also be available throughout the day.
DuSable Museum of African American History, 740 E. 56th Pl., Chicago. Saturday, April 30th from 11:00am to 3:00pm. This event is free with admission into the museum.Past Events
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DuSable Museum’s Family Day Celebration of Yoruba Culture
Saturday, April 30, 2011
In conjunction with our newest exhibition “Sixteen Pieces,” the DuSable Museum celebrates the Yoruba culture during a day of special family oriented activities including, storytelling, arts & crafts, live musical performances, and a special Naming Ceremony where visitors can learn the significance and importance of how Yoruba children are named! In addition; artists Robert Paige and DeMarcus Hyler will assist parents and children with designing their own mini-art booklet which highlights selected artifacts in the exhibition. As a very special treat, visitors will have the opportunity to experience the DuSable Mobile Museum which will also be available throughout the day.
DuSable Museum of African American History, 740 E. 56th Pl., Chicago. Saturday, April 30th from 11:00am to 3:00pm. This event is free with admission into the museum.First Unitarian’s 175th Anniversary Concert – “Song of the Universal”
Saturday, April 30, 2011
An evening of music featuring compostions by First Unitarian's Music Director, Michael Thorn. Of special note are two premieres; the US premier of Thorn's Sonata for Cello and Piano, and the world premiere of "Song of the Universal", a choral piece based on poetry from Walt Whitman's "Leaves of Grass", specially commissioned to celebrate First Unitarian's 175th Anniversary. Music has always been a vital part of church life, and on April 30th we will be celebrating that part of our heritage with this very special concert.
First Unitarian Church, 5650 S. Woodlawn Ave., Chicago. Saturday, April 30th at 7:30pm. Tickets: General admission - $20; Students and seniors - $15.The Empty Set
Friday, April 29, 2011
What does nothing sound like? Find out on Friday, April 29 from 7 to 9 pm with “The Empty Set” at the Hyde Park Art Center. Musicians give their interpretation of The Void as part of Conrad Freiburg’s exhibition It Is What It Isn’t. Live performances by Jason Ajemian, Bill Mackay, Mississippi Gabe Carter, Steve Lacy, Andy Hall, Frank Van Duerm, and others.
Hyde Park Art Center, 5020 S. Cornell Ave., Chicago. Friday, April 29th from 7:00pm - 9:00pm. For more information, call 773-324-5520 or visit www.hydeparkart.org. This event is free and open to the public.Incredible Isfahan: Discovering Persia’s Past
Wednesday, April 27, 2011
The Oriental Institute and the University of Chicago Center for Middle Eastern Studies invite you to the United States premiere of a major new documentary that presents the zenith of Iranian splendor as showcased in the magnificent city of Isfahan, a UNESCO World Heritage Site. This new production from internationally acclaimed Iranian documentary filmmaker Farzin Rezaeian combines contemporary views with compelling computer generated images to explore the cosmopolitan history, artistic traditions and dazzling architectural monuments that make Isfahan the jewel in the crown of Persian cities. This program begins with introductory remarks by Professor John Woods of the University of Chicago’s Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations, who appears in the film. Farzin Rezaeian will be with us to discuss his production and its companion book, which will be available for purchase at this event.
The Oriental Institute, 1155 East 58th St., Chicago. Wednesday, April 27 at 6:30pm with reception immediately following. This program is free and open to the public. No pre-registration required. For more information call 773.702.9507 or email oi-education@uchicago.edu.The Arts and Culture in Action: A Discussion
Wednesday, April 27, 2011
The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, in partnership with Arts Alliance Illinois, the Goodman Theatre, the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA), and the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), invite you to a discussion about how the arts contribute to the development of a thriving region.
The conversation features Rocco Landesman, Chairman of the NEA and Ron Sims, Deputy Secretary of HUD discussing their recent collaboration through the Sustainable Communities Partnership. A panel of experts in business, community development, and the arts will discuss the role and value of integrating artistic and cultural activities into their work in Chicago. The discussion will be moderated by Chicago Public Media’s Steve Edwards. Panelists include Theaster Gates, artist, urban planner, Director of Arts Program Development at the University of Chicago and Loeb Fellow at Harvard’s Graduate School of Design; Lindsay Gaskins, Founder and CEO, Marbles: The Brain Store; and Jaime de Leon, Director, New Communities Program, ENLACE Chicago.
Goodman Theatre, 170 N. Dearborn St., Chicago. Wednesday, April 27th from 1:00pm to 2:30pm. Reception to immediately follow discussion. This event is free but RSVPs are necessary by April 20th at arts&culture@macfound.org with your name, title, and organization.Before the Pyramids: The Origins of Egyptian Civilization
March 29th - December 31, 2011
This exhibit of artifacts from the Predynastic and Early Dynastic periods (ca. 4000-2685 BC), documents the birth of the most fundamental aspects of ancient Egyptian civilization – architecture, hieroglyphic writing, a belief in the afterlife, and allegiance to a semi-divine king – more than 1,000 years before the pyramids were built. Joining the 140 objects from the permanent collection of the Oriental Institute are the Battlefield Palette and a statue of the Second Dynasty King Khasekhem, two masterworks of Egyptian art from the Ashmolean Museum of Oxford University-neither of which has ever been shown in the US.
Oriental Institute, 1155 E. 58th St., Chicago. March 29th thru December 31st. This exhibition is free and open to the public.Vision and Communism
September 29, 2011 - January 22, 2012
The Soviet artist and designer Viktor Koretsky (1909–1998) created aggressive, emotionally charged images that articulated a Communist vision of the world utterly unlike that of conventional propaganda. This exhibition presents nearly ninety of Koretsky's posters, photographs, and original maquettes to offer a striking new interpretation of visual communication in the USSR and beyond. Koretsky's captivating scenes of survival and suffering were designed to create an emotional connection between Soviet citizens and others struggling for civil rights and independence around the globe. This vision of a multicultural world of shared sacrifice offered a dynamic alternative to the sleek consumerism of Madison Avenue and the West and, according to the curators, can be thought of "as a kind of Communist advertising for a future that never quite arrived."
Smart Art Museum, 5550 S. Greenwood Ave., Chicago. September 29, 2011 - January 22, 2012. For more information, click here.The Space of the Encounter
September 30 – November 4, 2011
DOVA Temporary is a storefront gallery administered by the University of Chicagoʼs Department of Visual Arts (DOVA). Due to its proximity in Hyde Parkʼs historically significant Harper court, it serves as a point of interaction and engagement between the Hyde Park community and the Arts on campus. DOVA Temporary is a highly adaptable space that fosters experimentation and diverse approaches to the arts by providing a
professional quality facility for the exhibition of graduate, undergraduate, and alumni student work from DOVA on a regular basis.
The artists in the exhibition use photography to map what might be termed the space of the encounter, a space whereby encounters are not only framed but are enacted through their photographic project. The encounters here move between the personal and intimate to the larger public sphere and an almost mythic sense of belonging; pulling the viewer into a new relationship with the image. Rather than shutting the viewer off from a closed past, these works participate in what art historian Joseph Leo Koerner has described as Erlebniskunst (literally, experience-art), art that places the viewer in the very moment of encounter.
DOVA Temp, 5228 S. Harper Ave., Chicago. September 30th – November 4th with gallery hours from Wednesday to Saturday, 12:00pm–5:00pm. For more information email dovatemp@uchicago.edu or call 773-324-2089.1001 Arabian Nights: Annual Halloween Concerts
Saturday, October 29, 2011
The University Symphony Orchestra will present “Arabian Nights”–an hypnotic evening of storytelling, special effects, and genie-conjuring music. Again this year the Hyde Park School of Dance collaborates with the orchestra in these back-to-back concerts, perfect for families. Music will be performed under the baton of Barbara Schubert. The program includes a magic carpet ride to the sultans and caravans in Rimsky-Korsakov’s quixotic “Scheherazade,” featuring royalty, oriental dancing, and magical love spells. Charles Tomlinson Griffes’ dream-like tone-poem, “The Pleasure Dome of Kubla Khan”, evokes images of wandering camels, mysterious strangers, and majestic castles. Excerpts from Nielsen’s flamboyant “Aladdin Suite” frames the program with daring chases and exotic dances from foreign lands.
Mandel Hall, 1131 E. 57th St., Chicago. Saturday, October 29th at 7:00pm and at 9:00pm. Donations are requested at the door: $4 students/$8 adults. For more information, call the Event Hotline at (773) 702-8069. Children and their families are encouraged to wear their costumes to the performance. Mischief Night
Saturday, October 29, 2011
We’re baaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaack! It's time again for Mischief Night at the Hyde Park Art Center. On Saturday, October 29th, artists take over the entire building to showcase the illusive, the strange and the mysterious side of art. The whole family is invited to enjoy a full day of performance, workshops, exhibitions and more. And best of all, it’s FREE! From 1:00pm-10:00pm, the Art Center hosts their second annual FREE festival of artist-made mischief. This event is generously sponsored by WBEZ and Smartbox USA.
Hyde Park Art Center, 5020 S. Cornell St., Chicago. Saturday, October 29th from 1:00pm to 10:00pm. For more information call 773-324-5520 or visit www.hydeparkart.org.