2014 Fall Arts Guide by UChicagoArts

UCHICAGO ARTS

FA L L 2 0 1 4 E V E N T S & E X H I B I T I O N S G U I D E

IN THIS ISSUE Native Son premieres at Court Theatre Chicago Artists Month on campus UChicago Artennial

Humanities Day Saturday, October 18, 2014 The University of Chicago Explore topics in literature, visual arts, linguistics, music, and more Free and open to the public KEYNOTE ADDRESS: Languages in Danger: Why Should We Care? Lenore Grenoble John Matthews Manly Distinguished Service Professor in Linguistics To register or request assistance, call 773.702.7423 or visit

humanitiesday.uchicago.edu

UCHICAGO ARTS FA L L 2 0 1 4 E V E N T S & E X H I B I T I O N S G U I D E

CONTENTS 11

SPEND A DAY

DESIGN & ARCHITECTURE

EXHIBITIONS & VISUAL ARTS

CHICAGO ARTISTS MONTH AT UCHICAGO

FILM

LITER ATURE

MULTIDISCIPLINARY

UCHICAGO ARTS MAP

MUSIC

THEATER , DANCE & PERFORMANCE

UCHICAGO ARTENNIAL

YOUTH & FAMILY

EVENTS BY DATE

INFO & CREDITS

CHICAGO HUMANITIES FESTIVAL UCHICAGO STUDENT EVENT

ON THE COVER Court Theatreâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Native Son, running September 11 through October 12. Tickets at courttheatre.org. THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO IS A DESTINATION WHERE ARTISTS, SCHOLARS, STUDENTS, AND AUDIENCES CONVERSE AND CREATE. EXPLORE OUR THEATERS, PERFORMANCE SPACES, MUSEUMS AND GALLERIES, ACADEMIC PROGRAMS, CULTURAL INITIATIVES, AND MORE.

773.702.ARTS

uchicagoarts arts.uchicago.edu

SPEND A DAY On any given day in our bustling creative community, you can find a number of live performances, concerts, lectures, exhibitions, and more. Here are some recommendations to get you started. For a full calendar of arts and culture events, visit arts.uchicago.edu/events.

QUICK VISIT Short but sweet, this tour is perfect for getting a taste of the arts on campus. Start at the Oriental Institute Museum and travel back in time through their permanent collections of antiquities and artifacts. Be sure to visit the exhibition In Remembrance of Me: Feasting with the Dead in the Ancient Middle East (page 7). Rather than dining with the dead, head on over to Plein Air Café, an atelier-inspired café and eatery located in the Seminary Co-op Bookstore.

make your way to dinner at The Promontory on 53rd Street (menu and schedule of live performances at promontorychicago.com).

HALF-DAY TOUR For those with more time, begin at the University’s art museum, the Smart Museum of Art, for their exhibition Carved, Cast, Crumpled (page 7). For a light lunch, stop by the Smart Museum’s café, then head over to the University’s Special Collections Research Center, located inside the Regenstein Library, to explore their temporary exhibition En Guerre: French Illustrators and World War I (page 8).

FULL DAY VISIT For a full day of UChicago Arts, start at The Renaissance Society, a renowned contemporary art museum. For lunch head to Medici Restaurant on 57th street followed by a guided tour of Frank Lloyd Wright’s Robie House, a national monument and one of his Prairie Style gems (tickets at cal.flwright. org/tours/robie or 312.994.4000). Then take a short walk down the street and 271 steps up to the single largest musical instrument ever built: the Laura Spelman Carillon at Rockefeller Memorial Chapel. Afterward,

EVENING VISIT For an artsy evening, check out the exhibition Szalon (page 9) at the Reva and David Logan Center for the Arts. Enjoy casual wining and dining at Café Logan followed by a show in the Logan Center’s performance hall or theaters (arts.uchicago.edu/events), or explore Court Theatre’s offerings (courttheatre.org). If you are more of a cinephile, check out the Doc Films features (docfilms.uchicago.edu).

EXPLORING THE NEIGHBORHOOD Get out and explore the neighborhood, starting at the DuSable Museum of African American History (dusablemuseum.org). Promenade west across Washington Park (or take the 55 bus toward Garfield) to the Currency Exchange Café (305 East Garfield Boulevard), a contemporary take on Mexican and soul food. Step next door for exhibitions and events at the Arts Incubator, a space for artist residencies, arts education, community-based arts projects, exhibitions, performances, and talks (information at arts.uchicago.edu/artsincubator).

What makes an object a sculpture? Immerse yourself in the essential qualities of three-dimensional art during this museum-wide exhibition—the first in a series of special projects celebrating the Smart’s 40th anniversary. September 27—December 21, 2014 smartmuseum.uchicago.edu

Sculpture All Ways Your vision. Visionary art. So Smart.

The Center for Care and Discovery Multi-use Parking Facility. Opening March 2015 at the University of Chicago.

arts.uchicago.edu | 5

MAKING GREAT SPACES WHERE ART MEETS SCIENCE.

EXHIBITIONS & VISUAL ARTS

Open House Chicago at the Oriental Institute Sat, Oct 18, 10am–4pm Sun, Oct 19, 12–4pm Oriental Institute The Oriental Institute joins the Chicago Architecture Foundation for a second year in its presentation of Open House Chicago, a free weekend festival providing access to over 150 of Chicago’s greatest places and spaces. Use the self-guided tour brochure to discover the Oriental Institute. The building is embellished inside and out with ancient motifs — Phoenician boats, snarling lions from Nimrud, pharaohs in chariots, and decorations from Egyptian tombs. Join docents for a behind-the-scenes, specialaccess tour that will take you into the private Director’s Study and the Research Archives, which evokes the atmosphere of a Gothic cathedral. Free. Presented by the Oriental Institute and the Chicago Architecture Foundation. Open House Chicago at the Frederick C. Robie House Sun, Oct 19, 9am–5pm Robie House This Frank Lloyd Wright residence is a masterpiece of the Prairie Style and a

precursor of modernist architecture. The American Institute of Architects designated the Robie House as one of the 10 most significant structures of the 20th century. It was one of the last buildings to be designed in Wright’s Oak Park Studio, where Wright used all the technological advancements of the time. With its bold horizontal lines, daring cantilevers, stretches of art-glass windows and open floor plan, the home’s influence on architectural modernism is undisputed. Tour the interior of this world-famous home and learn details of its history from expert docents. Free. Presented by the Frank Lloyd Wright Trust and the Chicago Architecture Foundation. Culminating Show and Event for Teen Artists in the Design Apprenticeship Program Fri, Dec 5, 6–8pm Arts Incubator, Second Floor Flex Space Celebrate the accomplishments of local teens in the Design Apprenticeship Program! Participants will exhibit design and performance works created during the fall session. Free. Presented by Arts + Public Life and After School Matters.

WHILE YOU’RE ON THE CULTURE COAST… Discover other arts and cultural organizations on the Culture Coast, a collection of artistically vibrant neighborhoods on Chicago’s South Side. Visit culturecoast.org to find out what’s happening on the Culture Coast or check out these cultural locations near the UChicago campus.

James Corner: The Ecological Imagination: Life and the Design of Urban Public Space Thu, Oct 2, 6pm (reception 5pm) Logan Center, Performance Hall Frank Lloyd Wright Trust’s fourth annual Thinking into the Future: The Robie House Series on Architecture, Design and Ideas features landscape architect James Corner. Commissioned to redevelop Chicago’s Navy Pier for its 100th anniversary in 2016, Corner stands at the forefront of today’s landscape urbanism movement. Corner will share his vision for livable cities, which hinges on public spaces that offer a high-quality experience. His new book, The Landscape Imagination: Collected Essays of James Corner 1990-2010, will be available for purchase. A book signing will follow the lecture. FLWT members/ UChicago alumni, faculty, and staff/AIA Chicago members/teachers $20, general $25, students $5 (flwright.org) includes 5pm cocktail reception. Presented by Frank Lloyd Wright Trust, American Institute of Architects Chicago chapter, and Logan Center.

Black Cinema House 6901 S Dorchester Ave blackcinemahouse.org

Little Black Pearl 1060 E 47th St blackpearl.org

DuSable Museum of African American History 740 E 56th Place dusablemuseum.org

Museum of Science and Industry 5700 S Lake Shore Dr msichicago.org

Experimental Station 6100 S Blackstone Ave experimentalstation.org

South Side Community Art Center 3831 S Michigan Ave southsidecommunityartcenter.com

Frank Lloyd Wright’s Robie House 5757 S Woodlawn Ave gowright.org

South Shore Cultural Center 7059 S South Shore Dr chicagoparkdistrict.com/parks/ South-Shore-Cultural-Center

Hyde Park Art Center 5030 S Cornell Ave hydeparkart.org

MUSEUM CAMPUS SOUTH Museum Campus South is a collection of seven museums located in the heart of Chicago’s mid-South Side including the DuSable Museum of African American History, the Museum of Science and Industry, the Oriental Institute Museum, the Renaissance Society, Frank Lloyd Wright’s Robie House, theSmart Museum of Art, and the Reva and David Logan Center for the Arts. This renowned collection of organizations showcases contemporary and modern art, architecture, theater, performance, historic collections, archaeology, science and technology. Find Museum Campus South venues on the map on page 20 and visit visitmuseumcampussouth.com for more information.

EXHIBITIONS How to Make A Hood Through Oct 10 Arts Incubator Gallery Curator La Keisha Leek, How to Make A Hood unfolds a wide canon of stereotypes that foster misconceptions as they relate to black bodies and their environments. Artists Amir George, James T. Green, Caroline Kent, Emily Lansana, Jasmine Murrell, Eliza Myrie, Casey Winkleman, and avery r. young produce works that explore the multifaceted characteristics of the word ‘hood’ in some fashion: a slang term for a black neighborhood; a suffix in cultural theory and Trayvon Martin’s hoodie. Free. Presented by Arts + Public Life, Center for the Study of Race, Politics & Culture, and the Albert P. Weisman Award. Josef Strau: The New World, Application for Turtle Island Through Nov 9 The Renaissance Society Strau’s work mines the interplay between language, form, and environment, resulting in concise and highly symbolic sculptural installations. These are intimately related to, and often feature, his characteristic streamof-consciousness writing, which merges the diaristic, the theoretical, and the fictional. Here he presents a new body of work produced in Mexico City that reflects on his experience of arriving in the Americas: the possibilities of individual freedom; hospitality, acceptance, and gratitude; and the induction into a collective narrative. Free. Presented by the Renaissance Society.

The Pulse of Africa: Celebrating 25 Years of the African Festival of the Arts Through Oct 12 Logan Center, Level 2 and Café Logan Conceived for the occasion of this year’s African Festival of the Arts, this exhibition takes a look back at the artworks that have served as the festival’s images, featuring festival posters and a selection of the original artworks that inspired them. Co-curated by Leslie Wilson, UChicago graduate student in Art History, and Marcus Warren, artist and

Front and Center Through Jan 4, 2015 Hyde Park Art Center This group exhibition features work by students in the 2014 Hyde Park Arts Center Program and the Graham School

Logan Center staff member. Free. Presented by Logan Center Exhibitions and the Africa International House.

Our Work: Modern Jobs—Ancient Origins Through Aug 30, 2015 Oriental Institute Museum Photos by Jason Reblando pose the question, how much of the past lives on today? This series of portraits reveals that many of today’s professions originated in the “Cradle of Civilization” – the ancient Middle East – thousands of years ago. Reblando’s images pair an artifact that documents the origins of a specific profession with a person who, millenniums later, pursues and advances that same job. These surprising connections are vivid reminders of the intelligence, resourcefulness, and inventiveness of our ancestors. Free, donations requested. Presented by the Oriental Institute Museum. In Remembrance of Me: Feasting with the Dead in the Ancient Middle East Through Jan 4, 2015 Oriental Institute Museum All cultures across time have tried to honor and commemorate their dead. This exhibit shows how the living cared for the dead and how the ancients conceptualized the idea of the human soul in ancient Mesopotamia, Egypt, and the Levant. The show is built around two themes: the offering of food and drink on regular occasions to nourish the dead in the afterlife, and the use of two or three dimensional effigies of the dead, often made of stone, to preserve the their memory and to provide a means of interaction between the living and the dead. The exhibit is motivated by the discovery of an inscribed funerary monument by the Oriental Institute’s Neubauer Expedition to Zincirli, Turkey, in 2008. Free, donations requested. Presented by the Oriental Institute Museum. August 1914: The Eastern Front Through Dec 2014 Joseph Regenstein Library, Second Floor Reading Room This small exhibit explores the complexities of the borders, alliances, relationships, and aspirations of the empires, countries, and territories that comprised the Eastern Front

Carved, Cast, Crumpled: Sculpture All Ways Through Dec 21, 2014 Smart Museum of Art What makes an object a sculpture? This immersive exhibition investigates the essential qualities of three-dimensional art across historical and cultural contexts. The museum-wide exhibition is the first in a series of special projects celebrating the Smart Museum of Art’s 40th anniversary. It is comprised entirely of three-dimensional works and a handful of drawings by sculptors. Highlights include small-scale sculptures by modern masters, ancient Chinese tomb figures, European bronzes of putti and classical heroes, and boundarybreaking work by contemporary artists from Chicago and beyond. Smart Fest Sun, Sep 28, 1–4pm Smart Museum of Art A community open house marking the Smart Museum of Art’s 40th anniversary and the opening of the exhibition Carved, Cast, Crumpled, with live music, sculpturemaking for all ages (including the chance to chip away at a real block of marble!), and festive treats. At the Threshold Thu, Oct 2, 5-7:30pm Smart Museum of Art Chicago’s 500 Clown debuts The Art of Experience: The Smart Museum, a new project that lovingly defies what is “supposed” to happen when looking at art. This evening social hour also features live music and creative conversations inspired by the sculptures on view in the exhibition Carved, Cast, Crumpled. Free. Presented by Smart Museum of Art.

arts.uchicago.edu | EXHIBITIONS & VISUAL ARTS 7

6 DESIGN AND ARCHITECTURE | arts.uchicago.edu

DESIGN & ARCHITECTURE

in the first month of the Great War. Free. Presented by UChicago Library.

of Continuing Liberal and Professional Studies Visual Arts Certificate Program. Curated by Tricia van Eck, Front & Center unveils artwork dedicated to building critical dialogue for professional artists seeking to advance their work. The exhibition features new artworks in various media by 25 artists from emerging to mid-career levels. Free. Presented by the Hyde Park Arts Center and the Graham School.

Beyond the Naked Eye Through Nov 6 Duchossois Center for Advanced Medicine, 4th floor atrium (5841 S Maryland Ave) Based on a summer youth program codeveloped by the University of Chicago

En Guerre: French Illustrators and World War I Oct 14, 2014–Jan 2, 2015 Special Collections Research Center, Regenstein Library With 2014 marking the one-hundredth anniversary of the commencement of World War I, this exhibition offers a fresh exploration of the Great War as viewed through French graphic illustration of the period. Drawing on illustrated books, magazines, and prints, it presents a wide range of perspectives essential to a deeper understanding of the war in France: patriotism, nationalism, propaganda, and the experiences of both soldiers and those on the home front. Organized by noted historians Neil Harris and Teri J. Edelstein, it reaffirms the role art can play in serving and challenging power. Free. Presented by UChicago Library.

“A Library for All Time”: Celebrating the History of the John Crerar Library Oct 2014–Mar 2015 The John Crerar Library, Atrium The John Crerar Library is celebrating 30 years at UChicago and 120 years since its original founding as a science and technology library in Chicago. This exhibition commemorating these anniversaries features historical photographs and documents from the library’s archival collections that illustrate the rich history of the John Crerar Library. Free. Presented by UChicago Library. Platforms: A Place Lab Exhibition Oct 24, 2014–Jan 2, 2015 Arts Incubator Gallery Platforms is an exhibition and forum that openly grapples with the complicated politics of transformation in black space and neighborhoods. It creates a space in which artists, residents, creative thinkers, and other stakeholders can discuss, debate, define, and debunk preconceptions of urban change while inventing new programmatic and institutional acts of platform making and unmaking. With the language of placemaking and the future of Washington Park as its principal concerns, this exhibition will act as a laboratory for reimagining place. Free. Presented by Arts + Public Life. Staff Art Exhibit Nov 3, 2014–Jan 30, 2015 Bernard A. Mitchell Hospital, 2nd floor (5815 S Maryland Ave) This staff art exhibit celebrates the spirit of innovation, humanity, and creativity that is so vital to teaching, research, and patient care. In what has become an exciting tradition, the University of Chicago Medicine and Biological Sciences is proud to showcase the rich talents of its diverse staff. Curated by Monica Hork. Free. Presented by the University of Chicago Medicine and Biological Sciences Healing Arts Program and the National Arts Program. Mathias Poledna Dec 7, 2014–Feb 8, 2015 The Renaissance Society Los Angeles-based artist Mathias Poledna’s practice is concerned with the production and

pass $30 (expochicago.com). Presented by EXPO CHICAGO, DOVA, Logan Center Exhibitions, University of Chicago Press, and UChicago Arts.

Art and Public Life Symposium Sat, Oct 4, 1:30–4:30 Logan Center, Performance Penthouse Ideas about the nature and purpose of public art have changed drastically in the last twenty years. The emergence of social networks has produced new “virtual publics” and experiments with “art as a social practice” and “relational aesthetics” have transformed the relation of the arts to concerns with urban design and the concepts of public and private space. Led by UChicago Professors Theaster Gates and W.J.T. Mitchell. Symposium participants include: Bill Ayers, Bernardine Dohrn, William Mazzarella, Christine Mehring, Mary Jane Jacob, Lisa Lee, Lisa Corrin, and Hannah Higgins, with more to come. Attendees are asked to read in advance the brief statements on the topic of art and public life posted at: bit.ly/1pQRrR9. Free. Presented by Arts + Public Life, Critical Inquiry, and the Neubauer Collegium for Culture and Society. circulation of images. Drawing on a panoramic range of interests, from the music of postpunk to 1930s-style animation, his concise, highly formalized films reveal a complex tension between the visuals and their critical and cultural implications. For his exhibition at the Renaissance Society, Poledna creates an installation that juxtaposes a new moving image work with a site-specific intervention reflecting the architectural and institutional setting of the venue. Free. Presented by the Renaissance Society.

Ara Merjian Thu, Oct 2, 5–6:30pm Logan Center, Room 802 Ara Merjian is an Associate Professor of Art History at New York University. His writings have appeared in numerous publications including Frieze, Grey Room, and Oxford Art Journal, among others. His book Giorgio de Chirico and the Metaphysical City was released this year by Yale University Press. Free. Presented by DOVA-OPC, Department of Art History, and Department of Romance Languages & Literatures.

How to Make A Hood: Mobile Artist Talk with James T. Green Sun, Oct 5, 10am–12pm Washington Park (RSVP for location) Artists featured in the exhibition How to Make a Hood, on view through Oct 10 at the Arts Incubator, take the conversation outside gallery via artist-led bike rides to investigate the ways in which black bodies offer themselves up, adapt to, and negotiate their presence within Chicago’s urban landscape. This exploration will prompt a few questions around place, mobility, and belonging. Each ride limited to 8-10 riders, location to be shared upon registration. Free, registration required (HTMAH.com). Presented by Arts + Public Life, Center for the Study of Race, Politics & Culture, and the Albert P. Weisman Award. Smart Lecture Series Thursdays, Oct 9, Nov 6, Dec 4, 4:30pm Cochrane-Woods Art Center, Room 157 The fall line-up for this annual lecture series includes Christopher Heuer (Oct 9), Georges Didi-Huberman (Nov 6), and Saloni Mathur (Dec 4). Free. Presented by the Department of Art History.

Diasporal Rhythms Collector’s Home Tour Sat, Oct 11, 9am and 1pm Departing from Café Logan An annual series of collector’s home tours organized by Diasporal Rhythms, a unique collectors’ collective focusing on contemporary art of the African diaspora. A trolley takes guests through several private collections on Chicago’s south side. General $40, students $20. Presented by Diasporal Rhythms and the Logan Center. Otobong Nkanga Mon, Oct 13, 6–7:30pm Logan Center Gallery Szalon exhibiting artist Otobong Nkanga creates works based on extensive research in diverse media. Her drawings, installations, photographs, videos, and sculptures variously examine ideas around land and the value connected to its resources. She often utilizes body and voice in order to articulate her own reactions to existing structures and their implications. Free. Presented by DOVAOPC and Logan Center Exhibitions. Gallery Walk-through Thu, Oct 16, 6pm The Renaissance Society Hamza Walker, the Renaissance Society’s Associate Curator and Director of Education, introduces Josef Strau’s exhibition, The New World, Application for Turtle Island. The show features all-new work by this New York and Berlin-based Austrian artist and is on view through Sun, Nov 9. Free. Presented by the Renaissance Society. Art Book Sale Thu-Fri, Oct 16-17, 10am–5pm, and SatSun, Oct 18-19, 12–5pm The Renaissance Society Peruse the Renaissance Society’s extensive catalog of publications from over thirty years of exhibitions, and take advantage of discounts and special offers to add to your art library. Free. Presented by the Renaissance Society.

VISUAL ARTS UChicago at EXPO CHICAGO 2014 Thu–Sun, Sep 18–21 Navy Pier (600 E Grand Ave) The University of Chicago Headquarters at EXPO will feature work by Anaïs Daly and Katherine Harvath (both DOVA MFA ‘13), along with a selection of books of faculty and contemporary art titles from the University of Chicago Press. The work of two UChicago visual arts professors is also on view: Jessica Stockholder’s In/Situ project Once Upon a Time (courtesy of Kavi Gupta Gallery) and a special exhibition, The Retreat, curated by Theaster Gates. Single-day pass $20, three-day weekend

How to Make a Hood closing reception Fri, Oct 10, 6–9pm Arts Incubator Gallery Free. Presented by Arts + Public Life, Center for the Study of Race, Politics & Culture, and the Albert P. Weisman Award.

Pocket Guide to Hell: Complimentarity Thu, Oct 16, 6pm and Fri, Oct 17, noon Smart Museum of Art On Thursday, Pocket Guide to Hell reenacts a lecture delivered at UChicago at the dawn of the atomic age. On Friday, the Smart hosts an Object/Subjective conversation that connects the historical lecture to works in the collection. Free. Presented by the Smart Museum of Art and Pocket Guide to Hell.

Third Thursday: Balance Beams Thu, Oct 18, 5:30–7:30pm Smart Museum of Art Employing equal parts gravity and harmony, make sculptures that balance like a ballet dancer on pointe on the tip of a pin. All materials provided. Open to adults of all skill levels. Free. Presented by the Smart Museum of Art.

Szalon Through Nov 23, 2014 Logan Center Gallery Szalon takes its inspiration from the heterogeneous social milieus of the salon and the studio. It aims to produce an image of peaceful coexistence in the world—however crazy that may sound. Szalon is dedicated to Jan Hoet. Szalon features the work of Derrick Adams, Lisa Alvarado, Holly Cahill, Neil Campbell, Patrick Chamberlain, Nicole Eisenman, Krista Franklin and RJ EL, Jim Denomie, Gabrielle Garland, Liam Gillick, Hannah Givler and Katherine Harvath, Dor Guez, Robert Kelly, Elizabeth McIntosh, Tim Nickodemus, Otobong Nkanga, Paulina Ołowska, Annie Pootoogook, Napachie Pootoogook, David Reed, Martha Rosler, David Schutter, Mina Totino, Stanley Whitney, Ramyar Vala, and Lawrence Paul Yuxweluptun; as well as loans from collectors Patric McCoy and D.E. Simmons. Conversation with Postcommodity Sun, Sep 21, 3pm Logan Center Gallery Ravon Chacon and Kade L. Twist from the interdisciplinary artist collective Postcommodity hold a conversation.

Szalon Artists Reception Fri, Oct 10, 6-8pm Logan Center Gallery Artists reception for the exhibition Szalon. Otobong Nkanga: Contained Measures of a Kolanut Fri, Oct 10, 10am–6:30pm Logan Center Gallery Otobong Nkanga performs a series of têteà-tête’s with audience participants over the exchange of a kolanut, a light stimulant native to Africa traditionally ingested at social and religious events. Derrick Adams: The Entertainer Fri, Oct 10, 7:30pm Logan Center, Theater West Derrick Adams performs a musical interpretation of white, gray, and black noise composed by Philippe Treuille with video projection by Ramon Silva. Find more about special guests in conversation in the gallery by visiting arts. uchicago.edu/szalon. Free. Presented by Logan Center Exhibitions.

arts.uchicago.edu | EXHIBITIONS & VISUAL ARTS 9

8 EXHIBITIONS & VISUAL ARTS | arts.uchicago.edu

Modern Through Nov 6 Center for Care and Discovery, 2nd floor (5700 S Maryland Ave) Quilts in this exhibition were created by Chicago Modern Quilt Guild members. The Modern Quilt Guild is made up of more than 100 guilds around the world. While modern quilting has existed in many forms for much of the 20th century, it wasn’t until the 2000’s that quilts with a modern aesthetic began to appear in greater numbers and quilters began to describe themselves as modern. Free. Presented by UChicago Medicine and Biological Sciences Healing Arts Program.

Materials Research Science and Engineering Center (MRSEC) and Marwen Foundation teaching artist Marta Garcia, this exhibition presents work from 16 high school students from across Chicago who were brought to MRSEC labs to learn technical photography, high-speed imaging, optical microscopy, and electron microscopy. The goal was for the students to closely observe aspects of their world they were unable to see without special equipment. Free. Presented by the University of Chicago Medicine and Biological Sciences Healing Arts Program and Marwen.

Theaster Gates, 2014-15 DOVA Faculty Lecture Mon, Nov 3, 6–7:30pm Logan Center, Performance Hall DOVA Professor Theaster Gates will show recent works and discuss recent projects in dialogue with Professor of Cinema and Media Studies Jacqueline Stewart and DOVA–OPC Coordinator Zachary Cahill. Free. Presented by the Department of Visual Arts.

How to Make a Smart Museum: The Museum Proposition Thu, Oct 23, 6pm Chicago Innovation Exchange, 5235 South Harper Court, Room 1121 What is the function and future of museums? This is the first of five public forums that explore big questions about museums and how we experience and engage with art. Panelists will offer a few propositions for what must be the essential work of museums today and in the future. Free. Presented by the Smart Museum of Art.

Platforms: A Place Lab Exhibition opening reception Fri, Oct 24, 6–8pm Arts Incubator Gallery This kickoff event for Arts + Public Life’s Place Lab project opens an exhibition and forum that openly grapples with the complicated politics of transformation in black space and neighborhoods. Join a discussion about placemaking and the future of Washington Park as artists, residents, and creative thinkers re-imagine place. Free. Presented by Arts + Public Life. Artist Talk: Ken Lum Mon, Oct 27, 6–7:30pm Arts Incubator Ken Lum is an artist born in Vancouver, Canada. He presently resides in Philadelphia, where he is a Professor in the School of Design, University of Pennsylvania. Lum is co-founder and founding editor of Yishu Journal of Chinese Contemporary Art. He has exhibited around the world at venues including Documenta 11 (2002) and the Whitney Biennial (2014) among others. Free. Presented by DOVAOPC and Arts + Public Life.

The Franke Forum Presents: Theaster Gates on “I Need A Title For My Talk, But For Now its Untitled” Wed, Nov 5, 5:15–6pm Gleacher Center, Rm 621 (450 N Cityfront Plaza Dr) Theaster Gates, Director of the Arts + Public Life Initiative and Professor in the Department of Visual Arts is a Chicagobased artist, Gates has developed an expanded practice that includes space development, object making, performance, and critical engagement with many publics. The Franke Forum is a series of free public talks by renowned University scholars. Free, RSVP required by Fri, Oct 31 (773-702-8274 or franke-humanities@ uchicago.edu). Presented by the Franke Institute for the Humanities. Gallery Walk-through Sun, Nov 9, 12pm The Renaissance Society Hamza Walker, the Renaissance Society’s Associate Curator and Director of Education, introduces Josef Strau’s exhibition, The New World, Application for Turtle Island. The show features all new work by this New York and Berlin-based artist and is on view through Sun, Nov 9. Free. Presented by the Renaissance Society. David Getsy: Thinking Sculpture I Sat, Nov 15, 2pm Smart Museum of Art David Getsy and an artist discuss the essential qualities of sculpture and how those elements are being re-imagined in contemporary practice. Getsy is the Goldabelle McComb Finn Distinguished Professor of Art History and Chair, Art History, Theory and Criticism, at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. Free. Presented by the Smart Museum of Art. Josiah McElheny & Lynne Cooke Mon, Nov 17, 6–7:30pm Logan Center Gallery Artist Josiah McElheny and Lynne Cooke, Senior Curator from the National Gallery of Art, discuss artist-conceived and -curated exhibitions as part of a departmental visitor series Rethinking Exhibitions. Organized by Jessica Stockholder. Free. Presented by Council for Advanced Studies.

All Out in the Streets: The American City and Photographic Media, 1960-1980 Fri, Nov 21, 9-6pm Logan Center, Screening Room and Performance Penthouse An interdisciplinary conference exploring the conjunction of architecture, urban planning, grassroots social movements, and film and photography in American cities in the 1960s and 1970s, organized in conjunction with the Art Institute of Chicago’s exhibition, The City Lost and Found: Capturing New York, Chicago, and Los Angeles, 1960-1980. Registration is requested; see urban.uchicago.edu for details beginning in October. Free. Presented by the Urban Network, Franke Institute, Department of Art History, Center for the Study of Race, Politics, and Culture, and the Art Institute of Chicago.

Chicago Artists Month at UChicago

Group shows, events feature a bevy of established and emerging local artists

David Reed & Jessica Stockholder Mon, Nov 24, 6–7:30pm Logan Center Gallery Szalon exhibiting artist David Reed talks

Chicago Artists Month (CAM) is a month-long festival that celebrates

creativity in every Chicago neighborhood during October. In this month dedicated to promoting Chicago-based artists, the University of Chicago is showcasing a variety of local artists in a unique mix of settings. Logan Center Exhibitions’ Szalon, and the Smart Museum of Art’s Cast, Carved, Crumpled: Sculpture All Ways, both CAM featured exhibitions, are at the fore.

Liam Gillick Mon, Nov 10 , 6pm Logan Center, Performance Hall Szalon exhibiting artist Liam Gillick is an artist based in New York. His wideranging practice, which involves writing, sculpture, film, wall texts, and furniture, has been exhibited at major venues around the world. His retrospective project Three Perspectives and a short scenario was shown at Witte de With, Rotterdam, Kunsthalle Zurich, Kunstverein, München, and MCA Chicago. In 2009 MIT Press published a critical reader titled Meaning Liam Gillick, edited by Monika Szewczyk, curator of Szalon and the Logan Center’s Visual Arts Program Curator. Free. Presented by DOVA-OPC and Logan Center Exhibitions.

Cast, Carved, Crumpled includes boundarybreaking work by Chicago artists like Nick Cave, Richard Hunt, Dan Peterman, Michael Rakowitz, Richard Rezac, Tony Tasset, and Karl Wirsum. The immersive exhibition takes

over the entirety of the Smart Museum, transforming both spaces normally dedicated to temporary exhibitions as well as those that are home to longer-standing installations of the Smart’s collection. Featuring an international cast of artists (several Chicagoans among them) and teasing the porousness of artists’ social networks and practices, Logan Center Exhibitions’ Szalon deftly captures the theme of CAM’s 19th annual festival, Crossing Borders. “You could call it an investigation of bohemianism,” says Monika Szewczyk, Visual Arts Program Curator at the Reva and David Logan Center for the Arts. The massive group show includes Chicago artists Lisa Alvarado, Holly Cahill, Patrick Chamberlain, Krista Franklin and RJ EL, Hannah Givler and Katherine Harvath (MFA’13), Robert Kelly, Tim Nickodemus, and Ramyar Vala. It also includes special loans from Diasporal Rhythms collectors Patric McCoy and D.E. Simmons. CAM is a program of the Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events. chicagoartistsmonth.org

See Chicago artists on campus during Chicago Artists Month 500 Clown At the Threshold - Thu, Oct 2 (p 7) Theaster Gates Art and Public Life Symposium Sat, Oct 4 (p 8) 2014-15 DOVA Faculty Lecture Mon, Nov 3 (p 10) James T. Green How to Make a Hood: Mobile Artist Talk Sun, Oct 5 (p 9)

arts.uchicago.edu | 11

10 EXHIBITIONS & VISUAL ARTS | arts.uchicago.edu

Showing Up To Withhold Book Launch Sun, Oct 19, 3–5pm The Renaissance Society We celebrate the publication of the catalog from William Pope.L’s 2013 Renaissance Society exhibition Forlesen with music, screenings of Pope.L’s work, and an informal conversation between the artist and Hamza Walker, Associate Curator and Director of Education. The book, copublished with the University of Chicago Press, explores Pope.L’s multi-disciplinary practice over his 30-year career. Free. Presented by the Renaissance Society.

Third Thursday: Ideas for Sculpture Thu, Nov 20, 5:30–7:30pm Smart Museum of Art Make your own sculptures modeled from original drawings by Henry Moore, Julio González, and Auguste Rodin. All materials provided. Open to adults of all skill levels. Free. Presented by the Smart Museum of Art.

William Pope.L Showing Up To Withhold book launch Sun, Oct 19 (p 10) Group Exhibitions & Events ● Carved, Cast, Crumpled: Sculpture All Ways – Sep 27–Dec 21 (p 7) ● Diasporal Rhythms Collector’s Home Tour – Sat, Oct 11 (p 9) ● How to Make a Hood – through Oct 10 (p 7); Closing reception – Fri, Oct 10 (p 9) ● Pulse of Africa – through Oct 12 (p 7) ● Szalon – Sept 19–Nov 23 ; Artists reception – Fri, Oct 10 (p 9)

Unsupending Disbelief: The Subject of Pictures Fri, Nov 21, 9:30am–5pm Gray Center Lab This symposium on the relationship between photography and systems of belief features participants Matthew Connors, Anthony Elms, Daniel Gordon, Shane Huffman, Doug Ischar, Martin Jay, Barbara Kasten, Deana Lawson, Laura Letinsky, Chris Mottalini, Margaret Olin, and Thomas Struth. Free. Presented by the Department of Visual Arts, The Franke Institute for the Humanities, Logan Center Exhibitions, the Gray Center for Arts and Inquiry, UChicago’s Humanities Visiting Committee, UChicago Arts, with additional support from the Center for Interdisciplinary Research on German Literature and Culture and the GoetheInstitut Chicago.

How to Make a Smart Museum: Arts, Agency, and Creativity Sat, Dec 6, 10am Arts Incubator How can cultural organizations effectively partner with K–12 partners to develop impactful arts-based programming? The second in a series of public programs that explore big questions about museums, this panel will focus on the arts in the shifting landscape of public education. Free. Presented by the Smart Museum of Art. Opening Reception for Mathias Poledna Sun, Dec 7, 4–7pm The Renaissance Society The opening offers a first look at Mathias Poledna’s new exhibition. Free. Presented by the Renaissance Society.

a winter marketplace that features the handmade crafts and unique products of local artists and entrepreneurs. Free. Presented by Arts + Public Life David Getsy: Thinking Sculpture II Sat, Dec 13 , 2pm Smart Museum of Art David Getsy and an artist discuss the essential qualities of sculpture and how those elements are being re-imagined in contemporary practice. Getsy is the Goldabelle McComb Finn Distinguished Professor of Art History and Chair, Art History, Theory and Criticism, at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. Free. Presented by the Smart Museum of Art. Third Thursday: Life Masks, Death Masks Thu, Dec 18, 5:30–7:30pm Smart Museum of Art Make plaster cast masks inspired by sculptural masks on view in the exhibition Carved, Cast, Crumpled that straddle the line between the living and the dead, the physical world and the spiritual. All materials provided. Open to adults of all skill levels. Free. Presented by the Smart Museum of Art.

Vends + Vibes: An Arts Marketplace Sun, Dec 7, 10am–3pm Arts Incubator The Arts + Public Life initiative’s new Creative Business Incubator presents

Building creative connections on Chicago’s South Side through artist residencies, arts education, and artist-led projects, events, and exhibitions.

Image: avery r. young performs at the Arts Incubator.

Arts Incubator 301 E Garfield Blvd Chicago, IL 60637 Logan Center 915 E 60th St Chicago, IL 60637 artspubliclife artsandpubliclife arts.uchicago.edu/apl

FILM Native Son film screening and discussion Wed, Sep 24, 7:30pm Logan Center, Screening Room Court Theatre’s 60th season features the world premiere production of Native Son, based on Richard Wright’s iconic novel about oppression, freedom, and justice. Celebrate the launch of their landmark season with a screening of the film version of Native Son, followed by a faculty led discussion over pizza with some of the Court Theatre artists. UChicago students who attend the film will also be able to see Native Son free at Court Theatre. Free. Presented by Court Theatre, Film Studies Center, Center for the Study of Race Politics and Culture, and the Logan Center. Doc Films series: Cinema of Childhood Mondays, Sep 29–Dec 1, 7pm Max Palevsky Cinema (Ida Noyes Hall) These films take an unsentimental view of childhood––its triumphs and indignities, its horrors and joys. In narrowing in on children as they confront the world around them,

Norte, the End of History Fri, Oct 24, 6pm Logan Center, Screening Room An embittered law student commits a brutal double murder; a family man takes the fall and is forced into a harsh prison sentence; a mother and her two children wander the countryside looking for some kind of redemption. Lav Diaz’s epic reimagining of Dostoevsky’s Crime and Punishment is both an intimate human drama and a cosmic treatise on the origin of evil. Unfolding across the sun drenched fields and dark city streets of the Philippine island of Luzon, Norte, The End of History is a tale of murder, hate and hope from one of the world’s most uncompromising cinematic visionaries. (Diaz, 2013, 250 minutes, DCP, Tagalog with English subtitles) Free. Presented by the Film Studies Center. Image courtesy of Cinema Guild

the directors offer an examination of the societies in which their young protagonists find themselves. The subject matters vary greatly, yet these films have more in common than the youth of their central characters. Imaginative, inquisitive, and rebellious, the films, themselves, embody the spirit of childhood. Highlights include The Tin Drum (Oct 6), Spirit of the Beehive (Oct 13), Fanny and Alexander (Nov 3). General $5 per film, quarterly pass $30 (in person, ticketsweb.uchicago.edu, 773-702-2787). Presented by Doc Film. Doc Films series: Whodunit? Tuesdays, Sep 30–Dec 2, 7pm Max Palevsky Cinema (Ida Noyes Hall) A series of cinematic mystery tales ranging from well-known masterpieces such as The Thin Man (Sep 30) and Laura (Nov 11) to more obscure gems like The List of Adrian Messenger (Nov 4), which includes numerous big stars in cameo parts under heavy makeup; the audience is challenged to guess who’s who and whodunit. General $5 per film, quarterly pass $30 (in person, ticketsweb.uchicago.edu, 773-702-2787). Presented by Doc Film.

Slow Glass and other films Fri, Oct 17, 7pm Logan Center, Screening Room Wry and formally ingenious, director John Smith’s films are playful explorations of the language of cinema and thought-provoking reflections on the image’s role in politics, war, and the global economy. The 2013 Jarman Award winner will screen and discuss a selection of films from throughout his career including Slow Glass, Blight, and Pyramids / Skunk (Hotel Diaries #5). (76 minutes) Free. Presented by the Film Studies Center. Girls Like Us 2.0! The Hustle! The Game! Fri, Oct 17, 5:30pm doors, 6:30pm red carpet, 7:30pm and 9:30pm shows Logan Center, Performance Hall An upbeat sequel to romance-drama Girls Like Us, this movie continues to showcase Zoi’ and Keisha’s deep love and affection for one another even though they are now separated. Zoi’ and AJ (Keisha’s sister), best friends who suffered a falling out because Zoi’ had an affair with Keisha without AJ’s knowledge, make amends just in time to comfort Keisha after she is physically abused by her drug addled but

Doc Films series: Kurosawa + Mifune: High and Low Wednesdays, Oct 1–Dec 3, 7pm and 9pm (docfilms.org for exact times) Max Palevsky Cinema (Ida Noyes Hall) Akira Kurosawa once said, “The ordinary Japanese actor might need ten feet of film to get across an impression. Toshiro Mifune needed only three feet. This series highlights 10 of the 16 collaborations between Kurosawa and Mifune, arguably the best pairing of director and actor in the history of cinema. Highlights include Mifune as Tajomaru, an infamous bandit, in Rashomon (Oct 15) and Kikuchiyo, the silliest of the titular characters in Seven Samurai (Oct 22). General $5 per film, quarterly pass $30 (in person, ticketsweb.uchicago.edu, 773-702-2787). Presented by Doc Film. politically connected and rich girlfriend. (2014, DVD, 90 min) General $20 (anikebay.com 312-771-0426). Presented by Chill Productions, An Anike Bay’s Film.

arts.uchicago.edu arts.uchicago.edu| |13FILM 13

12 EXHIBITIONS & VISUAL ARTS | arts.uchicago.edu

with artist Jessica Stockholder, Professor and Chair of the Department of Visual Arts, about artist-conceived and -curated exhibitions. The second in the program Rethinking Exhibitions sponsored by the Center for Advanced Studies’ Departmental Visitor Series. Free. Presented by the Center for Advanced Studies.

Silent Film: Hands of Orlac Mon, Oct 27, 7:30pm Rockefeller Chapel The 1924 Austrian silent horror film directed by Robert Wiene and starring Conrad Veidt, Alexandra Sorina, and Fritz Kortner, in which the hands of concert pianist Paul Orlac, torn from him in a catastrophic train accident, are replaced with the hands of an executed murderer. With live organ accompaniment by silent film master Dennis James and pianist Michael Pecak. A rare opportunity to see Hands of Orlac on the big screen! General $10, students free with UCID. Presented by Rockefeller Chapel.

Hairy Who & The Chicago Imagists: screening and panel discussion Fri, Nov 7, 7pm Logan Center, Screening Room A lavishly-illustrated romp through Chicago Imagist art: the Second City scene that challenged Pop Art’s status quo in the 1960s, then faded from view. Forty years later, its funk and grit inspires artists from Jeff Koons to Chris Ware. This is the film’s first screening in Hyde Park, where the Imagists got their start. Screening followed by a panel of leading art experts moderated by John Corbett. Seating is limited. (Buchbinder, 2014, 105 minutes, HD) Free. Presented by Pentimenti Productions, Film Studies Center, Hyde Park Art Center and the Smart Museum of Art.

14 FILM | arts.uchicago.edu

The Chicago 8 (aka 7) Conspiracy Trial on Film, 1970-71 Sun, Nov 9, 6pm Logan Center, Screening Room Kerry Feltham’s The Great Chicago Conspiracy Circus (1970, DVD, 87 min.) blends transcripts from the Chicago 8 (aka 7) conspiracy trial with Alice in Wonderland to create a theatrical satire of government power in the wake of the 1968 Democratic National Convention police riot. And in Richard Brick’s Conspiracy and the Dybbuk (1971, 16mm, 25 min.), New York’s Radical Jewish Union performs a religious exorcism of the evil spirit that possessed federal judge Julius Hoffman during the trial. Free. Presented by the Logan Center and South Side Projections. Films of Mark LaPore Fri, Nov 14, 7pm Logan Center, Screening Room From the 1980s until his death in 2005, Mark LaPore turned his intense gaze toward documenting life across several continents. Renowned for his penetrating style, LaPore’s films achieve a rare blend of sensuousness and severity, mixing subtle observation with stark juxtapositions. (16mm film and DVD, 84 min.) Free. Presented by the Film Studies Center.

Gli Ultimi (The Last Ones) Fri, Dec 5, 7pm Logan Center, Screening Room Shot during Italy’s economic boom and set in the 1930s, the post-neorealist Gli Ultimi stages the country’s struggle to reconcile traditional life with the prospect of progress. In Pier Paolo Pasolini’s words, directors Pandolfi and Turoldo transfigure “the meaning of humble human lives into a symbolic system that is as much deprived of ornaments as rich in a nearly-physical pain.” A rediscovered classic restored by the Cineteca del Friuli and presented here in its US premiere. Archivist Luca Giuliani leads discussion on the film. (Pandolfi / Turoldo, Italy, 1963, DCP, courtesy of the Cineteca del Friuli, 92 minutes) Free. Presented by the Film Studies Center.

Catcher in the Rhyme Wednesdays, Oct 8 & 22, Nov 5 & 19, Dec 3, 8–10pm Café Logan Hear student work in a format varies weekto-week, with readings, spoken word, open mics, slam competitions, and more. Free. Presented by Catcher in the Rhyme and the Logan Center. The New Speak Saturdays, Oct 11, Nov 1, Dec 6, 4:30– 6pm Logan Center, Screening Room Rebirth Poetry Ensemble hosts a spoken word space for teens. The afternoon poetry event will include featured performers and open mic for youth voices. Free. Presented by Arts + Public Life and Logan Center.

Science and Cinema Tue, Nov 18, 6–7:30pm International House, Assembly Hall Dr. Marius Stan is a Senior Computational Energy Scientist at Argonne National Laboratory who also played Bogdan Wolynetz, the car wash owner and onetime boss of protagonist Walter White on the Emmy Award-winning TV series Breaking Bad. How did a scientist who had never acted before become a recurring character on one of the most critically acclaimed TV shows in American history? What unexpected parallels does he see between the scientific process and the filming process? Dr. Stan will answer these questions and more at this must-see event. Free. Presented by International House Global Voices Program, Argonne National Laboratory, Office of the Vice President for Research and for National Laboratories, and Chicago Area Alumni Club.

Manakamana with directors Pacho Velez and Stephanie Spray Fri, Nov 21, 7pm Logan Center, Screening Room High above a jungle in Nepal, pilgrims make an ancient journey by cable car to worship Manakamana, the wish-fulfilling goddess. Produced in 16mm and comprised of 11 rides (each a single take corresponding to the length of a roll of film), the film is a tender, ephemeral character study of its passengers and a window onto the lush, rolling landscape of a country in transition from ancient tradition to modernity. Discussion with filmmakers to follow. (Spray/Velez, 2014, 118 minutes, DCP, in Nepali with English subtitles) Free. Presented by the Film Studies Center.

LITERATURE

Dudley Andrew on André Bazin’s Dark Passage Thu, Nov 20, 5pm Logan Center, Screening Room Internationally renowned cinema scholar Dudley Andrew examines Bazin’s philosophy of cinema that can be linked, on one side, to his association with actual philosophy (the existentialism rife in the Paris of 1946) and, on the other, to the films he was watching assiduously in these years, Italian Neorealism and Welles above all. Occasionally the films and the philosophy line up in a way the lets us peer into his own way of peering. Dark Passage (Daves, 1947) ought to be such a film. Free. Presented by the Department of Cinema and Media Studies.

Global Voices Author Night with Crystal Chan Wed, Oct 15 Oct 1, 6–7:30pm International House, Coulter Lounge Crystal Chan grew up as a mixed-race kid in the middle of the Wisconsin cornfields and has been trying to find her place in the world ever since. Over time, she found that her heart lay in public speaking, performing, and, ultimately, writing. Her enthralling first novel Bird is about a young girl named Jewel and her mixed-race family in rural Iowa, set after the tragic death of her brother. A novel about the darkness, light, and beauty that make up the human condition, Bird is traveling around the country and making a landing at International House. Free. Presented by International House Global Voices Program and the Brazilian Cultural Center of Chicago. The Poetry of the Influence Machine: On Translating One Self into Another Wed, Oct 22, 5:30–7pm Regenstein Library, Rm 122 MacArthur-winning poet and translator Peter Cole will examine the role of translation as a primary force in our lives and consider its place in the charged dynamic of illness, influence, and vital poetic tradition. A Neubauer Collegium Director’s Lecture. Free. Presented by the Neubauer Collegium for Culture and Society.

Laila Lalami: The Moor’s Account Sun, Oct 26, 12:30–1:30pm Logan Center, Screening Room From the widely praised author of Secret Son and Hope and Other Dangerous Pursuits comes a stunning piece of historical fiction. The Moor’s Account is an imagined memoir of the New World’s first explorer of African descent, a Moroccan slave known as Estebanico. Join Laila Lalami for a reading and conversation with Gina Frangello, author of A Life in Men and Sunday editor at the Rumpus. CHF members $9, general $12, students/ teachers $5 (chicagohumanities.org or 312-494-9509). Presented by Chicago Humanities Festival, Logan Center, and UChicago Arts. Ben Marcus: Leaving the Sea Sun, Oct 26, 2:30–3:30pm Logan Center, Screening Room Ben Marcus’s storytelling is surreal, tender, and terrifying. The author of The Age of Wire and String, widely considered a bible of experimental writing, is a master of acutely observed investigations into human vulnerability and failure. In his new story collection, Leaving the Sea, Marcus proves again that the most absurd and alien predicaments can capture the deepest truths. Adam Levin, author of The Instructions and Hot Pink, joins Marcus for a conversation. CHF members $9, general $12, students/ teachers $5 (chicagohumanities.org or 312-494-9509). Presented by Chicago Humanities Festival, Logan Center, and UChicago Arts. The FBI as Literary Critic Sun, Oct 26, 4:30–5:30 pm Logan Center, Theater West Perhaps the most surprising of J. Edgar Hoover’s many obsessions was his interest in African American writing. Beginning with the Harlem Renaissance, Hoover and his G-men tried to anticipate political unrest through close readings and interpretations of such authors as Claude McKay, Richard Wright, and Sonia Sanchez. Washington University professor William J. Maxwell uncovers this long-hidden chapter in the history of American surveillance and American literature. CHF members $9, general $12, students/ teachers free (chicagohumanities.org or 312-494-9509). Presented by Chicago Humanities Festival,

Reading by LaTasha N. Nevada Diggs Thu, Nov 6, 6pm Logan Center, Seminar Terrace Room This interdisciplinary poet and sound artist reads recent work, including from her acclaimed 2013 collection, TwERK. The Poetry Foundation describes her writing as “truly hybrid: languages and modes are grafted together and furl out insistently from each bound splice.” Her poems have appeared in Ploughshares, Jubilat, Fence, LA Review, Palabra, and Black Renaissance Noir. Together with Greg Tate, Diggs is the co-founder and editor of the magazine yoYo/SO4. She has received fellowships and residencies from Cave Canem, New York Foundation for the Arts, Jerome Foundation, Barbara Deming Memorial Fund, Millay Colony, Lower Manhattan Cultural Council and The Laundromat Project. She lives in Harlem. Free. Presented by the Program in Poetry and Poetics, the Committee on Creative Writing, and the Renaissance Society.

Center for the Humanities at Washington University, Logan Center, and UChicago Arts. Regarding the Pain of Others Sun, Oct 26, 4:30–5:30pm Logan Center, Screening Room Leslie Jamison’s visceral and revealing essays ask this essential question: Can we truly feel another’s pain? In The Empathy Exams, her New York Times best-selling collection, she channels Susan Sontag to arrive at startling insights on the human condition. Jac Jemc, author of My Only Wife and A Different Bed Every Time, joins her for a conversation. CHF members $9, general $12, students/ teachers $5 (chicagohumanities.org or 312-494-9509). Presented by Chicago Humanities Festival, Logan Center, and UChicago Arts Writer’s Studio/Certificate in Creative Writing Information Session Mon, Nov 3, 6–7:30pm Gleacher Center (450 N. Cityfront Plaza Dr) The Graham School’s Certificate in Creative

arts.uchicago.edu arts.uchicago.edu | LITERATURE | 15 15

When Harry Met Sally Fri, Nov 14, 7pm & 9pm Max Palevsky Cinema (Ida Noyes Hall) The ultimate UChicago romantic comedy. General $5. Presented by Doc Film.

Flood Tide screening and performance Sat, Nov 15, 7pm Logan Center, Screening Room A group of artists living in a small, postindustrial town chase jobs, struggle with bills, and use art and music to build their own insular world. When a friend dies, they set out on an extraordinary voyage, unknowingly accompanied by her ghostly presence. A collaboration with artist Swoon’s project to float seven large sculptures down the Hudson River, Flood Tide blends documentation of the journey with layers of fiction, mythology, and oral history to create a film that both documents and reimagines the reallife event. Preceded by shorts with live accompaniment by director Todd Chandler and musicians Marshall LaCount (Dark Dark Dark) and Mark Trecka (Pillars and Tongues). (Chandler, 2014, HD, 95 minutes) Free. Presented by the Film Studies Center.

Reading by Will Boast, Rachel DeWoskin, and Vu Tran Thu, Nov 13, 6pm Logan Center, Performance Penthouse Be among the first to hear Will Boast, Rachel DeWoskin, and Vu Tran—three stylistically distinct fiction writers and distinguished new additions to the core faculty of the Creative Writing program. Boast’s newly released memoir, Epilogue, bravely tells of unimaginable loss and deeply held family secrets; DeWoskin’s latest novel, Blind, delves profoundly into the realm of disability, giving voice to a fourteen-year-old narrator who loses her sight; and Tran’s forthcoming novel, This of Any Desert, splices bracing crime fiction with the haunting story of a Vietnamese refugee. Together, these three keen literary minds bring impressive range to creative writing at UChicago. Free. Presented by the Committee on Creative Writing.

Jess Row, Your Face in Mine Thu, Nov 6, 6-8pm Seminary Co-op Bookstore One afternoon, not long after Kelly Thorndike has moved back to his hometown of Baltimore, an African American man he doesn’t recognize calls out to him. To Kelly’s shock, the man identifies himself as Martin, who was one of Kelly’s closest friends in high school—and, before his disappearance nearly twenty years before, skinny, white, and Jewish. Martin then tells an astonishing story: after years of immersing himself in black culture, he’s had a plastic surgeon perform “racial reassignment surgery”—altering his hair, skin, and physiognomy to allow him to pass as African American. Row will read from this inventive and thought-provoking novel about cultural and racial alienation and the nature of belonging in a world where identity can be a stigma or a lucrative brand. Free. Presented

by the Seminary Co-op Bookstore and the Graham School. MAPH Colloquium Magazine Reading and Launch Party Fri, Nov 7, 6–9pm Location TBA Celebrate the release of Issue 5 of Colloquium, the interdisciplinary digital magazine (colloquium.uchicago.edu) of the Master of Arts Program in the Humanities (MAPH). Colloquium brings attention to the excellent and diverse work produced by MAPH past and present––both on-campus and further afield. Free. Presented by UChicago’s MAPH. Reading by Mary Gordon Thu, Nov 20, 6pm Logan Center, Seminar Terrace Room Mary Gordon will read from The Liar’s Wife, her newly released collection of four novellas. Gordon is the author of six novels, including Final Payments, Pearl, and The Love of My Youth, as well as the memoirs The Shadow Man and Circling My Mother. She has received numerous other honors, including a Lila Wallace-Reader′s Digest Writers′ Award, a Guggenheim Fellowship, and an Academy Award for Literature from the American Academy of Arts and Letters. Free. Presented by the Committee on Creative Writing, the Committee on Social Thought, and Logan Center.

books cards & gifts uchicago gear starbucks cafe

Thu, Oct 2, 12:15–1pm Monica Phillips, PhD candidate in Assyriology, discusses the Epic of Gilgamesh. Using tablets in the Oriental Institute’s Mesopotamian Gallery, Phillips illuminates how these texts have revealed not just a poem, but also a clearer understanding of how culture was disseminated across millennia. Newly remodeled Fitness Center

HAVE ONE ON US

FREE!

proudly brewing

open m-f 8am-6pm / sat 9am-5pm / closed sundays 970 e 58th @ ellis

773.702.7712 uchicago.bncollege.com facebook.com/UChicagoBookstore

Great Chicago Fire Festival Sat, Oct 4 Loop, Chicago River Celebrate Chicago’s spirit of renewal at this grand spectacle in the heart of downtown Chicago. At sundown, floating fire sculptures will light up the Chicago River, accompanied by acrobats, live music, mechanical objects, awe-inspiring stories of grit and resilience gathered from neighborhood residents around the city, and

Lunchtime Traveler Series Explore the ancient world with a 45-minute gallery talk. Travel to a time and place beyond the university to learn about archaeological discoveries, unlock the secrets of civilization, and gain a greater appreciation of our ancestors. Free. Oriental Institute Museum.

THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO BOOKSTORE

redeem this for a complimentary tall coffee or tea. one coupon per customer-expires 12/31/14

MULTIDISCIPLINARY

910

1185

1320

1885

Thu, Nov 6, 12:15–1pm Join Yorke Rowan, PhD, research associate in the archaeology of the southern Levant, who will look at the prehistoric collections at the Oriental Institute and discuss how these discoveries have shaped our understanding of the ancient Near East, and how some of archaeologists’ initial understandings change over time. Thu, Dec 4, 12:15–1pm Join David Schloen, PhD, shares his account of the discovery of the Katumuwa Stele in Zincirli, Turkey, in 2008, considered one of the top ten archaeological finds of the year by the New York Times.

more. Sample the city at the River Bazaar, where community stands will sell crafts and food from Chicago’s neighborhoods. Free. Presented by the City of Chicago’s DCASE and Redmoon Theatre in collaboration with the Logan Center, UCIJAM, and University Community Service Center. Dining with the Dead in the Ancient World: Panel Discussion Sun, Oct 5, 1–4pm Oriental Institute Food is central to the rituals that honor and commemorate the dead throughout the world, including the ancient Middle East. Through its preparation and presentation, food and drink creates a link between the living and their ancestors that imitates the social interaction of ordinary meals. Explores the many motivations for offering food in the ancient world, what kinds of goods were presented, how and when food was prepared, and the economic impact of such offerings. Followed by a reception complete with characteristic feasting and “family” celebratory foods. Speakers include Margaret Mitchell, Jonathan Hall, Donald Harper, and Emily Teeter. Free, registration required (oi.uchicago.edu/register). Presented by the Oriental Institute; reception sponsored by UChicago’s Divinity School. Gray Center Open House Mon, Oct 6, 4–6pm Gray Center Lab in Midway Studios An informal introduction to the Gray Center for Arts and Inquiry and its Mellon Collaborative Fellowships in Arts Practice & Scholarship. Free. Presented by the Gray Center for Arts and Inquiry. Community Exchange Mondays, Oct 6, Nov 3, Dec 1, 6–7pm Currency Exchange Café (305 E Garfield Blvd) Each first Monday of the month Arts + Public Life and Washington Park area residents gather to share upcoming events and opportunities, feedback and ideas. Free. Presented by Arts + Public Life. Logan Evening Show Saturdays, Oct 11, Nov 1 & 22, 9-10:30pm Logan Center, Performance Penthouse (Oct 11, Film Screening Room) The Logan Evening Show has found something to be said in this world. Who’s gonna say it? We are a talk show for such conversation, banter, and speech,

written, directed, and performed by friendly undergraduates. We provide a late night excuse to witness prestigious scholars literally talk out of school, to you! We are fraught with subtext and bands. All you have to bring is your lonesome applause to our un-televised tele-Vision event. Live and in person about as often as the new moon does. Free. Presented by the Logan Center. Eid Banquet and Cultural Celebration Fri, Oct 10, 6:30–9pm International House, Assembly Hall Commemorating the ending of the Hajj (pilgrimage) and grounded in the roots of Abrahamic sacrifice, UChicago’s Muslim Students Association’s 2014 Eid-al-Adha is a feast and celebration. Capture the spirit of the holiday and enjoy Middle Eastern & South Asian delicacies from renowned restaurants in the Chicagoland area. The spotlight of the celebration is a performance by Omar Regan, an actor, songwriter, and stand-up comedian. Door $10 (6pm), advance $7 (Reynolds Club Marketplace Oct 4-8). Presented by International House Global Voices Program and UChicago’s Muslim Students Association. Bilingual Knowledge, Bilingual Stories Sat, Oct 18, 9:30–10:30am UChicago (Location TBD) What do bilinguals know? Anastasia Giannakidou (Linguistics), Na’ama Rokem (Near Eastern Languages & Civilizations), and Sayed Kashua (Palestinian-Israeli novelist) introduce their Gray Center Mellon Collaborative Fellowship for Arts Practice & Scholarship on the possibilities and limits of bilingualism. Free, registration required (humanitiesday2014.uchicago.edu). Presented by the Division of the Humanities as Part of Humanities Day.

Humanities Day 2014: “Come with Ideas” Sat, Oct 18, 9:30am–4:30pm Stuart Hall (5835 S Greenwood Ave) The 36th annual Humanities Day offers a variety of lectures, tours, and performances throughout the day in celebration of the humanities. Choose from more than fifty presentations on the visual arts, literature, music, linguistics, philosophy, languages, and more. Free, registration required (humanitiesday.uchicago.edu or call 773-702-7423). Presented by UChicago’s Division of the Humanities.

arts.uchicago.edu | MULTIDISCIPLINARY 17

16 LITERATURE | arts.uchicago.edu

Writing program and the Writer’s Studio open courses offer personalized attention from high-quality instructors, inspiring interactions with other serious writers, and learning opportunities uniquely designed for adult students, all at a convenient downtown location. Learn how our offerings can help you join our students who have had work published, won awards, and become the writers they wanted to be. RSVP at grahamschool.uchicago.edu/creativewriting. Free. Presented by the Graham School.

18 MULTIDISCIPLINARY | arts.uchicago.edu

HOWDOYOUSAYYAMINAFRICAN? Good Stock on the Dimension Floor: An Opera Screening and Q&A Thu, Oct 30, 6–8pm Logan Center, Performance Hall The YAMS Collective will screen, Good Stock on the Dimension Floor: An Opera, a 53-minute digital film in 35 parts, followed by a public discussion. Good Stock reimagines the traditional opera to pose a central question: “What happens to the black body when it is haunted by a ‘blackness’ outside of it?” The spoken, chanted, sung, and screamed libretto explores the consequences of centuries of global racial strife that are thrust upon on those born of African descent. Free. Presented by Logan Center Exhibitions, the Center for the Study of Race, Politics & Culture, Arts + Public Life, Richard and Mary L. Gray Center for Arts and Inquiry, Department of Visual Arts, Open Practice Committee, Theater & Performance Studies, Illinois Arts Council, and The School of the Art Institute of Chicago. Typhoon Haiyan, One Year Later: Remembrance and Reconstruction Sun, Oct 19, 2:30–5:30pm International House, Assembly Hall A one-year anniversary commemoration of Typhoon Haiyan acknowledges the generosity of Chicago and the resilience of the Filipino community through original artwork, music, poetry, and dance performances by Chicago-based Filipino artists. Works include an original musical composition dedicated to typhoon victims, a poetry anthology, a dance by Eddy Ocampo, inspired by the typhoon and recovery efforts, and a documentary photography exhibition. The latter part of the event will consist of experts and groups involved in reconstruction, including UNICEF (who will present a one-year report) and a medical mission team. Free. Presented by International House Global Voices Program, Filipino American National Historical Society Midwest Chapter, Program on the Global Environment, Center for International Studies. Patrick Jagoda: What are Artworks for in a Networked Time? Collective Collaborations and Practices of Failure in the Alternate Reality Game Mon, Oct 20, 6-8pm Social Sciences Research Building, Room 122 Jodi Dean has made the provocative

claim that, in our network society, ubiquitous communication networks do not promote democracy, instead yielding “communicative capitalism.” What role do network aesthetics play in this form of capitalism? Moreover, how can new media art belong to and intervene in the political situation of the early twenty-first century? This talk approaches these questions through Alternate Reality Games (ARGs), a rapidly growing form of experimental and networked games. Through collective interactions, difficult collaborations, and experiences of failure, ARGs use online and human networks to enable a greater understanding and potential transformation of publics in the present. Patrick Jagoda is assistant professor of English and affiliate of Cinema and Media Studies at UChicago. Free. Presented by Art and Public Life, a project of the Neubauer Collegium for Culture and Society. JAMfest Fri, Oct 24, 12– 9pm Logan Center, Levels 8 and 9 A series of panels, performances, exhibitions and more featuring students discussing their UCIJAM-supported work, leading practitioners across Journalism, Arts, and Media, and faculty. Free. Presented by Career Advancement, UChicago Careers in Journalism, Arts, and Media, and the Logan Center. Epic Wednesday: Afterlife Afterparty Wed, Oct 29, 5–8pm Oriental Institute Humans have been interested in immortality for thousands of years. Come to the Oriental Institute to celebrate this ongoing desire and join the immortals on a “haunted tour” that explores the archaeological mysteries and magical texts of ancient Egyptians in our Research Archives. Members and UChicago students/

David Grubbs & Susan Howe Fri, Nov 21, 8pm Fulton Recital Hall Poet Howe and musician Grubbs perform a new sound work, Woodslippercounterclatter. Their fourth collaboration blends new, unpublished text collages by Howe with the resonant sounds of a grand piano and field recordings made in Boston’s Gardner Museum. Free. Presented by the Renaissance Society and Poem Present.

faculty/staff $12 advance and $15 door, non-members $15 advance and $20 door. Registration required (oi.uchicago. edu/register). Presented by the Oriental Institute. Agnes Reframed: Symposium with Kate Bornstein Sat, Nov 8 Gray Center Lab in Midway Studios & Logan Center, Performance Penthouse Gray Center Mellon fellows Kristen Schilt & Chase Joynt host a day-long event on Reframing Agnes, an interdisciplinary investigation of the politics of transgender representation. With keynote speaker Kate Bornstein. Free. Presented by the Gray Center for Arts and Inquiry. Vine Deloria Jr. Symposium Powwow Sat, Nov 8, 1–6pm International House, Assembly Hall The first Vine Deloria Jr. Symposium Powwow will gather members of tribes from all over the US and showcase their unique dances, songs, regalia designs, craft work, food, and more. The late Deloria, a member of Standing Rock Sioux, was a teacher, historian, activist, and accomplished author widely known for his book Custer Died for Your Sins: An Indian Manifesto (1969). Free. Presented by International House Global Voices Program, the Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago, Chicago Public Schools Title VII American Indian Education Program, and the American Indian Center of Chicago. Weekend Sundays, Nov 9 & 23, 9–10:30pm Logan Center, Performance Penthouse Weekend puts you on the set of a late-night variety show for an up-close experience you won’t forget. Created and produced by UChicago students, Weekend features substantive interviews with distinguished guests from the University community, student performances, standup, sketch comedy, and more. Free. Presented by the Logan Center. ArtBazaar by FOTA Sun, Nov 16, 5–7pm Hallowed Grounds (5706 S University Ave, 3rd floor) FOTA begins its 52nd year in the campus arts scene with a fun DIY event in the warm and cozy lounge of Hallowed Grounds. Meet some of UChicago’s amazing student artists and get inspired to make art of your own! We will have materials, refreshments, and fantastic live music. Additionally, if you feel your room is missing some pizzazz, we will be selling beautiful prints featuring the works of last year’s FOTA featured artists. Come get creative with us and learn more about what FOTA does for the art community on campus. Free. Presented by Festival of the Arts.

Cinema & Media Dance Literature Music Performance Theater Visual Art The Logan Center is a multidisciplinary home for the arts at the University of Chicago. Connect with the Logan Center for concerts, exhibitions, performances, programs, and more from world-class, emerging, local, and student artists.

Theater & Performance Studies’ “Buried in Bughouse Square: A Studs Terkel Circus.” Photo by Caleb Condit.

915 E. 60TH ST. AT DREXEL AVE. / 773.702.ARTS

DOWNTOWN CHICAGO 8 MILES NORTH

1 25 5

VISITOR MAP

PAYNE DR

E. 56TH PL.

RI ED OR SH

MUSEUM OF SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY

LAKE MICHIGAN

L A KE

6 18

JACKSON PARK

12 11

8 15

The University of Chicago U C H I C AG O A R T S V E N U E S The University of Chicago is a home to a variety of renowned 1 Arts Incubator isarts destinations across campus. home to a variety of 301 E. Garfield Blvd.

U C H I C AG O A R T S V E N U E S

1 Arts Incubator 301 E. Garfield Blvd. arts.uchicago.edu/artsandpubliclife/ai 2 Bond Chapel 9 1025 E. 58th St. arts.uchicago.edu/artsandpubliclife/ai For a list of other arts and cultural 3 Court Theatre organizations and venues on the 2 Bond Chapel 5535 S. Ellis Ave. courttheatre.org Culture Coast visit culturecoast.org.

renowned arts destinations For complete information on academic, professional, and student across campus. arts programs and initiatives, visit arts.uchicago.edu/explore.

1025 E. 58th St.

Charles M. Harper Center: Chicago Booth School of Business Art Collection 5807 S. Woodlawn Ave. art.chicagobooth.edu

For complete information on academic, 3 Professional organizations sucharts as programs For a list and of dining options and professional, and student Contempovisit and UChicago Presents, details about transportation and initiatives, arts.uchicago.edu/explore.

Court Theatre 5535 S. Ellis Ave. courttheatre.org

Visit arts.uchicago.edu to learn more.

Charles M. Harper Center: 6 Film Studies Center Chicago Booth School of filmstudiescenter.uchicago.edu Business Art Collection Cobb Hall 5811 S. Ellis Ave., 3rd Floor 5807 S. Woodlawn Ave. * See also #18 art.chicagobooth.edu

student groups, and departmentparking see visit.uchicago.edu. 4 based groups perform and exhibit Professional organizations such as Contempo and across campus. Learn more by UChicago Presents, student groups, and departmentvisiting arts.uchicago.edu. Museum Campus South partners: based groups perform and exhibit across campus. visitmuseumcampussouth.com

5 Cochrane-Woods Art Center 5540 S. Greenwood Ave.

Gray Center Lab 7 E. Fulton Recital Hall 929 60th St. 5845 S. Ellis Ave. graycenter.uchicago.edu 8 Gray Center Lab 929 E. 60th St. Hack Arts Lab (HAL) graycenter.uchicago.edu 5735 S. Ellis Ave., 2nd Floor 9 Hack Arts Lab (HAL) hal.uchicago.edu 5735 S. Ellis Ave., 2nd Floor hal.uchicago.edu

International House 10 International House 1414 E. 59th St. 1414 E. 59th St. ihouse.uchicago.edu ihouse.uchicago.edu 11 Reva and David Logan Center for the Arts Reva and David Logan 915 E. 60th St. logan.uchicago.edu Center for the Arts

915 E. 60th St. 12 Lorado Taft House 935 E. 60th St. logan.uchicago.edu

Lorado Taft House 935 E. 60th St.

Oriental Institute Museum Max Palevsky Cinema 19 Rockefeller 1155 E. 58th St. Ida Noyes Hall Memorial Chapel oi.uchicago.edu 1212 E. 59th St. 5850 S. Woodlawn Ave.

13 docfilms.uchicago.edu

rockefeller.uchicago.edu

N E AR CAM P U S

NEAR CAMPUS 22

17 Francis X. Kinahan Mandel Hall 20 Theater Smart Museum of Art 1131 E. 57th St. Reynolds Club 5550 S. Greenwood Ave. smartmuseum.uchicago.edu 5706 S. University Ave. Midway Studios 929 E. 60th St.3rd Floor 21 Special Collections Research 23 Center Exhibition Gallery 16 Oriental Institute Museum The Joseph Regenstein Library 1155 E. 58th St. 1100 E. 57th St. 18 The Renaissance Society oi.uchicago.edu lib.uchicago.edu/e/scrc/exhibits

14 15

Cobb Hall

Francis X. Kinahan Theater 5811 S. Ellis Ave., 4th Floor Reynolds Club renaissancesociety.org 5706 S. University Ave. 3rd Floor

The Renaissance Society Cobb Hall Memorial Chapel 5811 S. Ellis Ave., 4th Floor 5850 S. Woodlawn renaissancesociety.org

Rockefeller

Ave. rockefeller.uchicago.edu

22 DuSable Museum of African American History 740 E. 56th Pl. DuSable Museum of dusablemuseum.org

African American History 74023 E. Experimental Station 56th Pl. 6100 S. Blackstone Ave. dusablemuseum.org experimentalstation.org 24 Hyde Park Art Center

Experimental Station 5020 S. Cornell Ave. S. hydeparkart.org 6100 Blackstone Ave. experimentalstation.org 25 Little Black Pearl

1060 E. 47th St. blackpearl.org

Hyde Park Art Center 26 S. Museum of Science and Industry 5020 Cornell Ave. 5700 S. Lake Shore Dr. hydeparkart.org msichicago.org 27 Frank Lloyd Wrightâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s

25 Little Pearl Black Robie House 1060 E.5757 S. Woodlawn Ave. 47th St. flwright.org blackpearl.org

MUSIC International Didjeridu Meditation Sun, Sep 21, 8pm Rockefeller Chapel A time of sound healing meditation on the occasion of the autumn equinox, with Australian didjeridus, drums, gongs, and bells following the sunset around the world for twenty-four hours in a wave of sound. Free. Presented by the Chicago Didjeridu Chorus and Spiritual Life at UChicago.

Hyde Park Jazz Festival with Craig Taborn Sat, Sep 27, 11pm Rockefeller Chapel The Hyde Park Jazz Festival reaches its late night climax with master jazz pianist Craig Taborn and a thousand jazz revelers at Rockefeller Chapel! Free. Presented by the Hyde Park Jazz Festival and Rockefeller Chapel 8th Annual Hyde Park Jazz Festival Sep 27–28 Various Locations Taking place at International House, Logan Center, along the Midway Plaisance, Oriental Institute Museum, Rockefeller Chapel, Smart Museum of Art, and other Hyde Park venues, this free two-day festival features some of the finest in local, national, and international jazz artists; an outdoor dance floor; food and beverage vendors; picnic areas; artisan vendors; and family programming. Schedule and information at hydeparkjazzfestival.org. Free. Presented by Hyde Park Jazz Festival Culture Coast Network, Hyde Park Jazz Society, UChicago Office of Civic Engagement, Logan Center, Southwest Airlines, UChicago Medical Center. The Bells Daily, through Dec 11, 11:30am and 4:30pm Rockefeller Chapel The carillon is played live in recital for a half hour twice a day, heard throughout the

Tea & Pipes Tuesdays, through Dec 9, 4:30pm Rockefeller Chapel Tea & Pipes returns to Rockefeller! Come every Tuesday, help yourself to tea and biscuits (we’re British, or at least some of us are!), and listen to the best of organ music from around the world on the best of organs: the University’s grand E.M. Skinner, 8,565 pipes, and more than a little ecstasy. Free. Presented by Rockefeller Chapel. International House Founders Day Celebration with Luciano Antonio Thu, Oct 2, 7–8:30pm International House, Courtyard Since 1932, International House has served UChicago and the greater Chicago community as a residential cultural center for international exchange and understanding. Celebrate 82 years of international friendship and public programming at a celebration featuring Brazilian folk and bossa nova guitarist and vocalist Luciano Antonio and friends. This year, Founders Day is being cocelebrated with The Brazilian Cultural Center of Chicago, an educational organization whose purpose is to promote and disseminate information about the diverse peoples of Brazil and to foster understanding and appreciation for Brazilian culture, music, art, and dance. Free. Presented by International House Global Voices Program and the Brazilian Cultural Center of Chicago. Birgit Ulher & Andreas Trobollowitsch Fri, Oct 3, 8pm The Renaissance Society Hamburg-based Ulher studied visual arts, which has had an important influence on her improvisational and experimental music. Trobollowitsch is a Vienna-based electroacoustic musician, composer, and sound artist. They play together for the first time here, offering solo and duo sets with Trobollowitsch on acoustic guitar and fan, and Ulher on trumpet, radio, and found objects. Free. Presented by the Renaissance Society and the Goethe Institut.

First Monday Jazz Series: Marcus Evans (M.E.TET) Mon, Oct 6, 7–9pm Arts Incubator, Second Floor Flex Space A staple in the Chicago creative music scene for the past 10 years, Marcus Evans has performed with Chicago notables Fred Anderson, Nicole Mitchell and the Black Earth Ensemble, The David Boykin Expanse, and many others. He has also performed throughout the U.S. and internationally with groups such as Chicago Afrobeat Project, Occidental Brothers Dance Band International, Hypnotic Brass Ensemble, and electronic music producer PREFUSE 73. Free. Presented by Arts + Public Life. Piano Master Class with Ko-Eun Yi Thu, Oct 9, 4pm Fulton Recital Hall Ko-Eun Yi, a winner of the 2013 Concert Artists Guild Victor Elmaleh Competition praised by the Cincinnati Enquirer for playing with “élan and fire and a surplus of bravura technique,” leads a master class for UChicago pianists, open to the public. Free. Presented by the Department of Music. Early Music America’s Baroque Performance Competition Sat, Oct 11, 7pm Logan Center, Performance Hall Five emerging ensembles compete for the

Danish String Quartet Fri, Oct 10, 7:30pm Mandel Hall UChicago Presents’ 71st season opens with the Danish String Quartet, a fresh, vigorous and surprising ensemble whose career has recently exploded around the world. Their Chicago debut includes works by Haydn, Thomas Agerfeldt Olesen, and Schubert. 6:30pm pre-concert lecture with Thomas Christensen. Reserved seats $35, students $5. Presented by UChicago Presents.

coveted First Place Award. The winner will be announced at the post-competition reception, open to the public. Free. Presented by UChicago Presents and Early Music America. Hallel: New Music for the Organ Sat, Oct 11, 7:30pm Rockefeller Chapel Randall Harlow plays a recital showcasing American organ compositions from the past twenty years, including works by distinguished UChicago composers Shulamit Ran and Augusta Read Thomas (with Stephen Burns, trumpet). The program also features the second performance of Aaron Travers’ Barlow Prize composition Exodus, and works by Jennifer Higdon, Lukas Foss, David Lang, Joan Tower, George Walker, and John Zorn. Free. Presented by Rockefeller Chapel. Pacifica Quartet Sun, Oct 12, 3pm Logan Center, Performance Hall The Don Michael Randel Ensemble-InResidence’s first concert of the season includes works by Mendelssohn, Shulamit Ran, and Beethoven. 2pm pre-concert lecture with Pacifica Quartet and Shulamit Ran. Reserved seats $25, students $5. Presented by UChicago Presents. Piano Recital with Péter Kiss Sun, Oct 12, 5pm Fulton Recital Hall Award-winning pianist Péter Kiss, from Budapest, takes the Fulton stage for a recital during his visit to the UChicago campus. Kiss has studied piano at the Béla Bartók Conservatory of Music and the Liszt Academy of Music and is recognized for his solo and chamber music performances. His accolades include the Fischer Annie Performer Scholarship and Artisjus Prize for his outstanding activity in contemporary music. Free. Presented by the Department of Music in conjunction with the Composition Seminar. WFMT’s Bach Organ Project Fri, Oct 17, 7pm Rockefeller Chapel Rockefeller’s magnificent organ is heard as part of 900 minutes of Bach’s organ works, played over a ten-week period, with master organist David Schrader and University organ scholar Chelsie Coren. General $25, students $15 (wfmt.org). Presented by WFMT and Rockefeller Chapel. A Portrait of Chou Wen-Chung Sat, Oct 18, 8pm Logan Center, Performance Penthouse Distinguished composer Chou Wen-Chung was one of the earliest to apply and merge ideas from ancient Chinese traditions directly into Western contemporary music practices. Acclaimed contemporary music

ensemble Dal Niente performs a program of his chamber music interspersed with a discussion between the composer and composition faculty member Anthony Cheung. Free. Presented by the Department of Music and Logan Center. Byrd’s Mass for 5 Voices Sun, Oct 19, 11am Rockefeller Chapel William Byrd’s glorious Mass for 5 Voices in the original context of the Mass, using the 16th century English text of Byrd’s day. Free. Presented by Rockefeller Chapel. Chicago a cappella: Global Transcendence Sun, Oct 19, 4pm Rockefeller Chapel Hear where time stops around the world, as Chicago a cappella explores mystical, harmonically stunning, and contemplative sacred vocal traditions. From Jerusalem to Athens, Tbilisi to Canada, Rome to Mumbai, be awed by music of Jewish, Hindu, Native American, and other traditions. General $30-38, students $12 (chicagoacappella. org). Presented by Chicago a cappella and Rockefeller Chapel. New Budapest Orpheum Society CD Release Recital and Reception Sun, Oct 19, 4pm Logan Center, Performance Penthouse The New Budapest Orpheum Society is hailed for its interpretations of Jewish Cabaret music and political songs from the turn of the 20th century to the present. Their newest CD, When Dreams Fall Apart: The Golden Age of Jewish Film Music, 1925-

Logan Center Third Tuesday Jazz Series Tuesdays, Oct 21 and Nov 18, 7:30–10pm Café Logan This series showcases Chicago jazz musicians, selected by the Hyde Park Jazz Society, on the third Tuesday of every month. Enjoy beer, wine, a full coffee bar, food, and some of the best jazz the city has to offer. October features pianist Willie Pickens with Stu Katz on vibes. November features saxophonist and pianist Ari Brown. Free. Presented by the Logan Center, Hyde Park Jazz Society, and WDCB.

Jazz at the Logan Listening Session: Regina Carter Thu, Oct 23, 7:30pm Logan Center, Performance Penthouse Headliners play, discuss, and interpret recordings of their own choosing in intimate settings, brought to you in partnership with Hyde Park Jazz Festival. Free. Presented by UChicago Presents. Jazz at the Logan: Regina Carter Quintet with Special Guest Edmar Castaneda Fri, Oct 24, 7:30pm Logan Center, Performance Hall Violin virtuoso Regina Carter is joined by Colombian harpist Edmar Castaneda (“an enormous talent” with “enchanting charisma” – Paquito D’Rivera). Reserved seats $35, students $5. Presented by UChicago Presents. 1955 explores the first 30 years of sound film which were critically influenced by the traditions of Jewish Cabaret and provided the musical mise-en-scène of Jewish history during the critical moments of exile, Holocaust, and revival. Free. Presented by the Logan Center, Cedille Records, and the Department of Music. Community Jam Session/Open Mic with the Design Apprenticeship Program Thu, Oct 23, 5–8pm Arts Incubator As part of this fall’s Design Apprenticeship Program, teen participants will be creating instruments and other noise-making devices. Community members of all ages are invited to drop in and join teens for conversation, jamming, and participatory performance! Feel free to bring instruments, words, and images. This event is offered as part of Lights On Afterschool, a nationwide rally for afterschool programs expected to include 7,500 events and 1 million people this year. Free. Presented by Arts + Public Life, After School Matters, and Lights On Afterschool. Third Coast Percussion at Rockefeller Sun, Oct 26, 11am Rockefeller Chapel Third Coast Percussion work their magic in the resounding acoustic space of Rockefeller Chapel at an interfaith celebration of the Chapel’s birthday, with

arts.uchicago.edu | MUSIC 23

22 MUSIC 22 | arts.uchicago.edu

Eva-Maria Houben Mon, Sep 22, 8pm Rockefeller Chapel In her North American debut, avant-garde German pianist and organist Eva-Maria Houben appears as part of the Chicago Wandelweiser Festival organized by the Frequency Series at Constellation and a.pe.ri.od.ic. An hour’s recital of minimalist performance on the great organ. Free. Presented by the Renaissance Society and the Goethe Institut.

campus and also broadcast into the Chapel. Come half an hour early to climb the 271 steps to the top and to see and hear the bells close up! $3 donation requested, free with UCID. Presented by Rockefeller Chapel.

Mozart Coronation Mass Sun, Oct 5, 11am Rockefeller Chapel On their first Sunday, the 2014–15 Rockefeller Chapel Choir sings Mozart’s splendid Coronation Mass in the context for which it was intended: the celebration of the communion feast, open to all. Free. Presented by Rockefeller Chapel.

the special addition of the Rockefeller Chapel Children’s Choir! Free. Presented by Rockefeller Chapel and UChicago Presents. The Mutations of Vijay Iyer Sun, Oct 26, 3–4pm Logan Center, Performance Hall Vijay Iyer: jazz pianist, classical violinist, interdisciplinary PhD in the cognitive science of music. This unlikely blend has helped Iyer navigate the intersection of contemporary and avant-garde jazz with generosity and verve. On the heels of his latest album, Mutations, join him for a lively session in music theory and practice. Monica Hairston O’Connell, the executive director of the Center for Black Music Research at Columbia College Chicago, joins him for a conversation. CHF members $15, general $20, students/ teachers $10 (chicagohumanities.org or 312-494-9509). Presented by Chicago Humanities Festival, Hyde Park Jazz Festival, Logan Center, and UChicago Arts.

The Spirit of the Bells Thu, Oct 30, 9:30–11:30pm Sat, Nov 1, 8–11pm Rockefeller Chapel A Halloween special! Ascend the carillon tower in the darkness of the night to hear the ghostly music of the spirit of the bells. Each tour is about 45 minutes. Halloween dress welcome! Be prepared for occasional surprises. Free. Presented by the Student Guild of Carillonneurs. Tavener Music for a Requiem Sun, Nov 2, 11am Rockefeller Chapel Rockefeller Chapel’s traditional Requiem Mass for All Saints Sunday draws music from John Tavener’s rich and mystical oeuvre, including his Sviaty for cello and choir, and Song for Athene. Free. Presented by Rockefeller Chapel. New Music Ensemble Sun, Nov 2, 2pm Fulton Recital Hall UChicago Ensemble-in-Residence Spektral Quartet presents Pulitzer Prize winning composer Bernard Rands’ String Quartet No. 2 (1994), and Artist-in-Residence Amy Briggs performs Three Pieces for Piano (2010) in celebration of his 80th birthday. Works by UChicago graduate students in composition Iddo Aharony, John Hughes, Jae-Goo Lee, Timothy Page, and Phil Taylor round out the program. NME artistic director Barbara Schubert conducts. Reception to follow. Free. Presented by the Department of Music. Sunday Song Styles: The Rookery with special guest The Great Frankini: A Murder of Crows Sun, Nov 2, 4pm Logan Center, Performance Penthouse Music of mystery and mysticism for Día de los Muertos. The high drama of Spanish villancicos, Shakespeare, and Benjamin Britten’s swordsongs resonates through the vocal acrobatics of the ten voices of The Rookery, and illusions by Chicago’s

Third Coast Percussion Sat, Nov 1, 7:30pm Logan Center, Performance Hall Credited with contributing to a “‘youthquake’ in the city’s new-music scene,” the “sonically spectacular” (The Chicago Tribune) Third Coast Percussion returns for another powerful performance. Haunt of Last Nightfall: Music and Politics Connect and Collide is especially poignant in today’s world; it features politically motivated works by John Cage, Frederic Rzewski, and David T. Little. Post-concert talk with the artists and composer. Reserved seats $25, students $5. Presented by UChicago Presents. Panel Discussion: Haunt of Last Nightfall Sat, Nov 1, 3–5pm Logan Center, 801 Composer David Little’s Haunt of Last Nightfall commemorates the December 1981 Salvadoran Army massacre, one of the most brutal human rights violations in modern Latin American history. This pre-concert discussion will examine the piece, to be performed later by Third Coast Percussion, and its relevance today. Free. Presented by Pozen Family Center for Human Rights, Logan Center, and UChicago Presents. Photographs: Susan Meiselas Sat, Nov 1, all day Logan Center, Gidwitz Lobby One of the first American journalists to reach El Mozote just weeks after the massacre, photos by award-winning Magnum photographer Susan Meiselas displayed on the screens before, during, and after the concert document her return to El Mozote on the massacre’s twentieth anniversary and records the changes in the people’s lives. Free. Presented by Pozen Family Center for Human Rights, Logan Center, and UChicago Presents. own The Great Frankini. The Rookery is a versatile men’s vocal ensemble of Chicago, bringing together songs and leaders from many traditions in beautiful a cappella harmony. General $15, students free with ID. Presented by Rockefeller Chapel, Department of Music, and the Logan Center.

First Monday Jazz Series: Tatsu Aoki Mon, Nov 3, 7–9pm Arts Incubator, Second Floor Flex Space Tatsu Aoki is a prolific artist, composer, musician, educator, and a consummate bassist and Shamisen Lute player. Based in Chicago, Aoki works in a wide range of musical genres, ranging from traditional Japanese music, jazz, experimental, and creative music. One of Aoki’s most important ensemble works, ROOTED: Origins of Now, a 50-minute four-movement suite, was performed at the Chicago Jazz Festival in September 2001. Because of this work, The Chicago Tribune recognized Aoki as one of its “Chicagoans of the Year,” a group of Chicagoans who has contributed to the vitality and culture of the city. Free. Presented by Arts + Public Life. BRIDGE #6: Jazz Concert and RoundTable Discussion Mon, Nov 3, 8pm Logan Center, Performance Penthouse A performance by Ari Brown (horns), Marquis Hill (trumpet), Jeff Parker (guitar), Joachim Florent (bass), and Denis Fournier (drums), followed by a public round-table discussion—led by Arnold Davidson and Alexandre Pierrepont—during which the musicians will discuss their approaches to art to the creative process. Free, Presented by The Bridge, the France Chicago Center, Center for the Study of Race, Politics, & Culture, The Julie and Parker Hall Endowment for Jazz and American Music, Department of Music, Center for International Studies Norman Wait Harris Memorial Fund, and Logan Center. CUBE Ensemble: Chicago Latino Composers 1 Thu, Nov 6, 7pm Fulton Recital Hall CUBE has been bringing live music performance to Chicago audiences for over 25 years and has expanded into a full ensemble of collaborative and interdisciplinary artists. Free. Presented by the Department of Music and CUBE. The Newberry Consort: ¡Música Barocca Mexicana! Music from the Durango Cathedral Archives Sat, Nov 8, 8pm Logan Center, Performance Hall Ensemble-in-Residence Newberry Consort will perform 18th-century New World treasures, featuring voices and Baroque violins, guitar, theorbo, harpsichord, and cello. The program will include U.S. premieres of works by Ignacio Jerusalem, Santiago Billoni, Manuel de Sumaya, and others. Preferred seating $45, general: $35, students with cash at the door $5. Presented by the Department of Music.

Renaissance Mexico Sun, Nov 9, 11am Rockefeller Chapel The Rockefeller Chapel Choir presents music of contemporary and ancient South America including Aguiar’s Salmo 150 and 16th century music of the Nahuatl-speaking peoples of Mexico, in the context of the Sunday service. Free. Presented by Rockefeller Chapel. Spektral Quartet Sun, Nov 9, 3pm Logan Center, Performance Penthouse UChicago Ensemble-in-Residence Spektral Quartet performs a program including Beethoven’s String Quartet, Op. 132, Philip Glass’s String Quartet No. 2, and Stravinsky’s Concertino for String Quartet. Free. Presented by the Department of Music. The Chicago Ensemble Fall Concert Sun, Nov 9, 2:30–5pm International House, Assembly Hall The Chicago Ensemble opens its 38th season at International House with a program for strings and piano with two of the greatest works for chamber ensemble–– Mozart’s Piano Quartet in G Minor and Brahms’ Piano Quartet in G Minor. In addition, Wendy Lee’s winning composition “My Cagey Companions” for piano quartet––selected from approximately 350 submissions to The Chicago Ensemble’s “Discover America” competition for new chamber works––will be performed. Led by virtuoso pianist and UChicago alumnus Gerald Rizzer, the Chicago Ensemble is known for its eclectic programs that combine masterworks with surprising selections by composers past and present. General $25, with valid student ID $10, I-House residents free. Presented by International House Global Voices Program and The Chicago Ensemble. Inside Brahms’ Workshop: The genesis of the Sonatas for clarinet and piano opus 120 through manuscripts and evidence of the time Tue, Nov 11, 7pm Fulton Recital Hall Lecture-recital by clarinetist Andrea Massimo Grassi (Accademia Teatro alla Scala Milan), with Anna Quaranta, piano. Free. Presented by the Chicago Italian Cultural Institute and the Department of Music. Fonema Consort: Chicago Latino Composers 2 Thu, Nov 13, 7pm Fulton Recital Hall Named “Best New Vocal-Oriented Contemporary Classical Ensemble of 2014″ by the Chicago Reader, Fonema Consort has earned a well-deserved place in

Tafelmusik Fri, Nov 7, 7:30pm Logan Center, Performance Hall Canada’s award-winning period instrument orchestra explores the fusion of arts, science, and culture in the 17th and 18th centuries. The Galileo Project: Music of the Spheres features poetic narration, choreography, and music by Monteverdi, Vivaldi, Bach, and Handel performed before a backdrop of high-definition images from the Hubble telescope. 6:30 pre-concert lecture with Tafelmusik. Reserved seats $35, students $5. Presented by UChicago Presents. Chicago’s new music community. Free. Presented by the Department of Music and Fonema. Piano Master Class with Kevin Kenner Fri, Nov 14, 4pm Fulton Recital Hall Kevin Kenner, lauded as “one of the finest American pianists to come along in years” by the Chicago Tribune’s Howard Reich, leads a master class for UChicago pianists, open to the public. Free. Presented by the Department of Music. Jazz at the Logan: Alfredo Rodriguez Trio Fri, Nov 14, 7:30pm Logan Center, Performance Hall Discovered at the Montreux Jazz Festival in 2006 by Quincy Jones, Cuban-born Alfredo Rodriguez is a young pianist of astonishing virtuosity and imagination whose playing calls up images of legendary jazz pianists like Keith Jarrett, Thelonious Monk, and Art Tatum. In his Chicago debut, Alfredo Rodriguez is joined by Peter Slavov (bass) and Henry Cole (drums). Reserved seats $35, students $5. Presented by UChicago Presents. University Chorus Sat, Nov 15, 7:30pm Logan Center, Performance Hall The University Chorus, under the direction of James Kallembach, performs Mozart’s Te Deum and other selected works. Women’s Ensemble and Motet Choir join the program. Suggested donation: $10/$5 for students. Presented by the Department of Music.

arts.uchicago.edu | MUSIC 25

24 MUSIC | arts.uchicago.edu

University Symphony Orchestra Annual Halloween Concert: CLASSIFIED! Barbara Schubert, conductor Sat, Oct 25, 7pm and 9 pm Mandel Hall No mission is impossible. Use your sleuthing skills to help orchestra detectives discover haunting clues at this CLASSIFIED! USO concert conducted by special agent Schubert. Featuring music from spy thriller films James Bond, Mission Impossible, Raiders of the Lost Ark, and more, along with Edward Elgar’s masterful Enigma Variations. Orchestra costumes, storytelling, special effects, and original choreography by dancers from the Hyde Park School of Dance add to the fun. Audience members are encouraged to come in costume as well. Children under 12 must be accompanied by an adult Suggested donations at the door: general $8, students and children $4. Presented by the Department of Music.

Duo YUMENO Wed, Oct 29, 8pm The Renaissance Society Since 2008, New York based koto player Yoko Reikano Kimura and cellist Hikaru Tamaki have collaborated on a series of commissions for this unique combination of instruments. Their repertoire includes a dynamic range of compositions, all of which explore the dialogue between traditional Japanese music and classical western music. Free. Presented by the Renaissance Society, supported by the Chamber Music America Classical Commissioning Program with funding from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation and the Chamber Music America Endowment Fund.

Vocal Auditions for Gilbert & Sullivan’s Yeomen of the Guard Sat–Sun, Nov 15–16, 2-6pm Logan Center The Gilbert & Sullivan Opera Company will hold auditions for the 2015 production of Yeomen of the Guard. Find audition sign-up and location information at gilbertandsullivanoperacompany.org. Free. Presented by the Department of Music and the Gilbert & Sullivan Opera Company.

University Wind Ensemble with Anna Rimlinger, horn Sun, Nov 16, 4pm Logan Center, Performance Hall Co-winner of the 2014 UChicago Concerto Competition, Anna Rimlinger, is featured on this ‘Sleep Cycle’ program with music by Carolyn Bremer, James Beckel, Eric Whitacre, and David Gillingham, plus J.S. Bach’s Sleepers, Awake! Free. Presented by the Department of Music.

Violin Master Class with Rachel Barton Pine Thu, Nov 20, 7pm Fulton Recital Hall World-renowned violinist Rachel Barton Pine – hailed by The Washington Post as “an exciting, boundary-defying performer” and by The Strad as “no less than spectacular” – leads a violin master class with UChicago students, open to the public The evening is capped by a Q&A session with Barton Pine, who “really may be the

Quire & Place: Schütz Christmas Oratorio Fri, Nov 21, 7:30pm Rockefeller Chapel The opening concert of Rockefeller’s signature Quire & Place series, with Schütz’s charming Christmas Oratorio (Weihnachtshistorie) paired with excerpts from Kile Smith’s smash hit Vespers, written for Renaissance band Piffaro. Rockefeller Chapel Choir with period instrument orchestra. General $20, students free with university ID (rockefeller.uchicago.edu or at the door). Presented by Rockefeller Chapel. Denis Kozhukhin, piano Fri, Nov 21, 7:30pm Mandel Hall Winner of the 2010 Queen Elisabeth Competition, Denis Kozhukhin emerged as a powerful, sensitive, and stunning soloist, recitalist, and chamber musician. He makes his Chicago debut with works by Haydn and Prokofiev. 6:30pm pre-concert lecture with Steven Rings. Reserved seats $35, students $5. Presented by UChicago Presents. University Chamber Orchestra with Dan Wang, piano Sat, Nov 22, 8pm Logan Center, Performance Hall Recently appointed Music Director and Conductor Matthew Sheppard debuts with the University Chamber Orchestra in a classical program that includes Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 4 in G Major, featuring 2014 UChicago Concerto Competition Winner Daniel Wang. Free. Presented by the Department of Music.

Tristan Perich: Noise Patterns Sat, Dec 13, 8pm Logan Center for the Arts, Performance Penthouse Composer and artist Tristan Perich presents Noise Patterns, a new composition of 1-bit patterns of white noise, programmed for and performed by microchip. Free. Presented by the Smart Museum of Art and Lampo.

University Brass Ensemble Sun, Nov 23, 2pm Fulton Recital Hall Now in its third season, the Brass Ensemble presents favorites from the Renaissance through the 20th century at this season-opening concert. Free. Presented by the Department of Music. Middle East Music Ensemble Sun, Nov 23, 7:00pm Logan Center, Performance Hall The 35-piece Middle East Music Ensemble performs traditional and newly composed songs of Turkey, from Istanbul to Konya. Suggested donations at the door: general $10, students $5. Presented by the Department of Music. Caroling with the Carillon Mon, Dec 1, 5pm Rockefeller Chapel A perennial favorite, only at Rockefeller: our carillon and your voice, singing beloved Christmas carols by the fireside, with hot chocolate, cider, and yummy snacks. Indoors by candlelight in the event of an Arctic vortex. Free. Presented by Rockefeller Chapel. First Monday Jazz Series: Sam Mösching Mon, Dec 1, 7–9pm Arts Incubator, Second Floor Flex Space Samuel Mösching is a professional guitarist, composer, and bandleader who has headlined performances internationally, including in Switzerland, Germany, Ireland, England, and Argentina. He has been accompanied by illustrious artists including John Stowell, Mars Williams, Gerry Hemingway, Jonas Tauber, Lola Regenthal, Cormac McCarthy, Maggie Brown, Rusty Jones, the Shout Section Bigband, the Andrew Lawrence Quintet, and his own trio. Free. Presented by Arts + Public Life.

Handel’s Messiah Fri, Dec 5, 7:30pm and Sun, Dec 7, 3pm Rockefeller Chapel A Hyde Park tradition since 1930! Come to Rockefeller to hear Handel’s beloved Messiah, with the students of Rockefeller Chapel Choir and Motet Choir and orchestra, conducted by maestro James Kallembach. General $20-45 (ticketsweb.uchicago. edu), students $5 with university ID at door. Presented by Rockefeller Chapel and the Department of Music. University Symphony Orchestra with George Hyun, violin Sat, Dec 6, 8pm Mandel Hall Fourth-year undergraduate George Hyun, one of three First Place Winners in the 2014 UChicago Concerto Competition, performs Aram Khachaturian’s virtuosic Violin Concerto with the University Symphony

Orchestra. Excerpts from Khachaturian’s ballet Gayaneh and Sergei Rachmaninoff’s luxuriantly romantic Symphony No. 2 in E minor round out the program. USO Music Director Barbara Schubert conducts. Suggested donations at the door: general $10, students $5. Presented by the Department of Music.

Chicago a cappella: Holidays a cappella Sat, Dec 13, 8pm Rockefeller Chapel A perfect mix of familiar holiday tunes, Renaissance carols, Chanukah songs, Christmas spirituals, and contemporary classics, sung by the lovely voices of Chicago a cappella. General $30-38, students $12 (chicagoacappella.org). Presented by Chicago a cappella and Rockefeller Chapel. Victoria Missa O Magnum Mysterium Sun, Dec 14, 11am The Decani sing Victoria’s Missa O Magnum Mysterium in the context of the beautiful Advent liturgy. Free. Presented by Rockefeller Chapel. Pipes for the Season Sun, Dec 14, 5pm Rockefeller Chapel An hour-long program of mystically gorgeous organ music for the winter

HANDS of ORLAC

The 1924 silent movie with live organ and piano

Monday October 27, 7:30 pm Rockefeller Chapel (5850 S. Woodlawn) 1 hour 50 minutes, no intermission The 1924 Austrian silent horror film directed by Robert Wiene and starring Conrad Veidt, Alexandra Sorina, and Fritz Kortner, in which the hands of concert pianist Paul Orlac, torn from him in a catastrophic train accident, are replaced with the hands of an executed murderer. With live organ accompaniment by silent film master Dennis James and pianist Michael Pecak. General $10, students free with UChicago ID.

rockefeller.uchicago.edu 5850 South Woodlawn Avenue Chicago, Illinois 60637 773.702.2100

holidays of Advent, Christmas, Chanukah, and Epiphany, served with delicious hot cider and savory snacks, by candlelight. Free. Presented by Rockefeller Chapel. International Didjeridu Meditation Sun, Dec 21, 4pm Rockefeller Chapel A time of sound healing meditation on the occasion of the winter solstice, with Australian didjeridus, drums, gongs, and bells following the sunset around the world for twenty-four hours in a wave of sound. Repeated at Rockefeller every solstice and equinox. Free. Presented by the Chicago Didjeridu Chorus and Spiritual Life at UChicago. Lessons and Carols for Christmas Eve Wed, Dec 24, 4pm Rockefeller Chapel Rockefeller’s traditional candlelit Christmas service, with carols sung by choir and congregation, this year with organ, brass, and timpani accompanying, and with the children enacting the story of the nativity. Free, offering taken up for those in need during the holiday season. Presented by Rockefeller Chapel.

MUSIC 27

Vocal Master Class with Helen Tintes-Schuermann Tue, Nov 18, 4 pm Fulton Recital Hall American singing-actress, contralto Helen Tintes-Schuermann will lead a master class with UChicago students, open to the public. This class will emphasize Tintes’ most performed repertoire, including a variety of Spanish and Latin American music, German repertoire, and works by 21st century composers. Free. Presented by the Department of Music.

Voices in Your Head Fall Concert Fri, Nov 21, 7:30–9:30pm International House, Assembly Hall Voices in Your Head is a co-ed, studentrun a cappella group consisting of both undergraduate and graduate students whose studies range from Economics to Sociology to MD/PhD programs. The group’s self-arranged repertoire spans a unique mix of genres including pop, rock, and alternative music as well as original compositions. Voices in Your Head competes annually in the International Championship of Collegiate A Cappella (ICCA) and travels nationally to perform at a cappella festivals and tours. Advance with UCID $5, general $10. Presented by International House Global Voices Program and Voices in Your Head.

University Jazz X-tet: Meet the Band Thu, Dec 4, 8pm Logan Center, Performance Hall This concert features jazz standards and big band tunes, led by jazzman Mwata Bowden. Free. Presented by the Department of Music.

arts.uchicago.edu |

26 MUSIC | arts.uchicago.edu

Sounds of Faith Sun, Nov 16, 3pm Rockefeller Chapel Celebrating its fifth anniversary year, the Sounds of Faith series has been around the world, from Miami and Manhattan to explorations in Jerusalem and Qatar. Performers and reciters of many faiths come together to share the sacred sounds and prayers for peace at the core of their traditions. Performers include Cantor Alberto Mizrahi (with the Abrahamic “Three Tenors”), vocalist Sheetal Bhagat Heinert, and the Rockefeller Chapel Children’s Choir. Suggested donation $20, students free. Presented by the Harran Foundation and Rockefeller Chapel.

most charismatic, the most virtuosic, and the most compelling American violinist of her generation” (All Music Guide). Free. Presented by the Department of Music.

A Streetcar Named Desire by Tennessee Williams Thu, Sep 25, 7:30pm; Fri, Sep 26, 9:30pm; Sat, Sep 27, 2pm and 7:30pm; Thu–Fri, Oct 2–3, 7:30pm; Sat, Oct 4, 2pm and 7:30pm Logan Center, Theater West Set in post-war New Orleans, where jazz penetrates the sweltering summer air, desperate romanticism and determined realism collide when Stella’s sister Blanche enters a home that Stanley considers his own. Love, understanding, and compassion are clucked and clocked by inescapable truths and indomitable wills. Muster the courage to experience our Fall 2014 season opener, as these desperate characters find the strength to meet the American Dream head on. Directed by Audrey Francis

Advance $6, door $8 (773-702-ARTS or ticketsweb.uchicago.edu). Presented by Theater & Performance Studies.

Makin’ Manhood Wed, Oct 1, 7–9pm (doors 6:30pm) Arts Incubator, Flex Space Conceived by poet Quraysh Ali Lansana and storyteller Emily Hooper Lansana, Makin’ Manhood explores the challenges of raising black boys in an urban context. Through verse, rhythm, dance, and story, this engaging performance seeks to tackle difficult questions and embrace the unique opportunities of guiding our sons from childhood to manhood at this moment in time. Performers include Emily Hooper Lansana, Yaw Agyeman, Dominique L. Boyd, Zahra Glenda Baker, Enoch Williamson, and Quraysh Ali Lansana. This event is part of the exhibition How to Make A Hood, on view in the Arts Incubator gallery through Oct 10. Free. Presented by Arts + Public Life, Center for the Study of Race, Politics & Culture. University Ballet of Chicago: Gala Performance Thu, Oct 2, 8pm Bartlett Arts Rehearsal Space (5640 S University Ave) At University Ballet’s third annual gala, dancers will perform pieces from Coppélia, La Esmeralda, Sleeping Beauty, and more. All are welcome to attend! Free. Presented by University Ballet of Chicago. Theater[24] Sat, Oct 4, 8pm Reynolds Club, Francis X. Kinahan Theater Theater[24] is a furious and fanatical blaze of theatrical glory. Bravery and brilliance

A Game of Thrones and Coffins: The Death and Resurrection of Osiris Fri, Oct 17, 5:30–6:30pm Oriental Institute Celebrate UChicago’s Humanities Day with a public lecture by Robert Ritner, professor of Egyptology at the Oriental Institute. Dr. Ritner is a world-renowned expert on Egyptian religion and mythology, and his lecture will focus on the enduring power and appeal of this god of the Egyptian pantheon. Free, registration required (oi. uchicago.edu/register).

Off-Off Campus: Feliz NaviDad I’m Gay—And Other Holiday Confessions Fridays, Oct 24–Nov 21, 8:30pm University Church Off-Off Campus is the second oldest student improvisational theater troupe in the country, their first Generation forming in 1986. Now in its 28th Generation, Off-Off continues to serve up unique and weekly shows which feature sketch comedy, improvisation, and various Preand Afterglow performances from groups across campus. Alumni include playwrights David Auburn and Greg Kotis, as well as innumerable writers, performers, and upstanding civilians. See them here first. Directed by Karlee Esmailli and Will Stack. General $5 (773-702-ARTS or ticketsweb. uchicago.edu). Presented by Theater & Performance Studies, University Theater, and Off-Off Campus. A Beautiful Voice: A Conversation with Renée Fleming Sun, Oct 26, 6–7pm Logan Center, Performance Hall One of the world’s greatest opera stars, Renée Fleming is also a Chicago treasure.

Presented by the Oriental Institute, funded by UChicago’s Arts Council. combine to produce artistic beauty and sleep deprivation. Six teams of writers, directors, designers, and actors have 24 hours to create a STAGE EXPERIENCE that will never ever happen again. Past plays have featured eating cheese, flying dogs, time-travelling Putin. But there’s no telling what will happen next. $4 (773-702ARTS or ticketsweb.uchicago.edu). Presented by Theater & Performance Studies & University Theater. Logan Center Cabaret Series Fridays, Oct 10 & 24, Nov 7 and 21, Dec 5, 8–10pm Logan Center, Performance Penthouse (Oct 24, Café Logan) This student-driven series ranges from solo guitarists to string quartets, slam poets to performance artists, swing dancers to pop-n-lockers, and everything in-between. Whatever the specialty, Logan Center Cabaret Series provides an intimate and

We Refugees Sun, Oct 26, 2:30–3:30pm Logan Center, Theater West Hannah Arendt was among the defining philosophers of the 20th century. Chicago Humanities Festival brings her work to life in a staged reading of her essay “We Refugees.” Grounded in her own experience as a German Jew in America, Arendt challenges us to imagine the world from an immigrant’s perspective. Acclaimed actor Amanda Drinkall and Lifeline and TimeLine Theatres’ dramaturg Maren Robinson give voice to this essential text. CHF members $9, general $12, students/ teachers $5 (chicagohumanities.org or 312-494-9509). Presented by Chicago Humanities Festival, Logan Center, and UChicago Arts.

Balanchine’s Discovery Sun, Oct 26, 4:30–5:30pm Logan Center, Performance Penthouse Irina Baronova’s rise to the pinnacle of the ballet world began when George Balanchine plucked her out of a Russian studio and put her on the stage at the age of 12. For her daughter, actor Victoria Tennant (L.A. Story), her mother’s remarkable career led to a beautiful project: an intimate portrait of Baronova’s life as a dancer. With sumptuous photographs and rare behind-the-scenes stories of life on the road, Tennant illuminates one of the glorious moments in the history of ballet. CHF members $9, general $12, students/ teachers $5 (chicagohumanities.org or 312-494-9509). Presented by Chicago Humanities Festival, Logan Center, and UChicago Arts. Moving Dialogs, Global Exchange: Asia’s Influence Tue, Oct 28, 6–7:30pm International House, Coulter Lounge Choreographer, dancer, and 2005 Filipino Hall of Fame inductee Eddy Ocampo, joined by international artists and local scholars, will ignite a thought-provoking conversation about Asian culture through the lens of Asian dance styles and forms. This evening of exploratory dialog and light refreshments is a part of Moving Dialogs, a six-part series produced by Audience Architects that connects dance artists, audiences, and the culturally curious. Moving Dialogs broadens and deepens understanding of our multicultured, multi-ethnic, multi-ability city, utilizing dance as the base of cultural knowledge. Free. Presented by International House Global Voices Program, Audience Architects Moving Dialogs, Global Exchange is funded in part by the Chicago Seminar on Dance and Performance, the Illinois Humanities Council, the National Endowment for the Humanities, and the Illinois General Assembly.

Weekend of Workshops Thu–Fri, Oct 30–31, 7:30pm; Sat, Nov 1, 2pm and 7:3opm Reynolds Club, Francis X. Kinahan Theater Weekend of Workshops offers a stage to directors, devisers, and performers to exercise and explore their craft. This fall, our workshops investigate every facet of the human experience. In What a Wild Party! Itzel Blancas presents the flash and fluster of a prohibition-era soiree in search of sex and heartbreak. Wild Thing, directed and devised by Sarah Kim, is a rambunctious take on a well-worn childhood story. David Goodman-Edberg directs Drowning, a tender and puzzling tale of lost innocence. In Talk to Me Like the Rain and Let Me Listen… Adam Johnson shapes a bleary and passionate couple’s frayed wits and aimless love.Advance $6, door $8 (773702-ARTS or ticketsweb.uchicago.edu). Presented by Theater & Performance Studies & University Theater.

Iphigenia in Aulis Thu, Nov 6–Sun, Dec 7 Court Theatre Inspired by the incredible success of An Iliad, Court Theatre’s Artistic Director Charles Newell takes on Euripides’ ancient tale of power and sacrifice in Iphigenia in Aulis. As the Greek army restlessly paces the silent shores of Aulis, King Agamemnon is faced with a harrowing decision. In return for the winds that would carry his army to victory over Troy, the goddess Artemis has demanded the impossible: the sacrifice of the King’s own daughter, Iphigenia. In a translation by Court’s Founding Artistic Director, Nicholas Rudall, Iphigenia at Aulis is the first installment in a three-year cycle of Greek plays, followed by Aeschylus’ Agamemnon and Sophocles’ Electra. Single tickets: $15–65 (773-753-4472 and CourtTheatre.org) Presented by Court Theatre. Closer by Patrick Marber Thu–Fri, Nov 6–7, 7:30pm; Sat, Nov 8, 2pm and 7:30pm Logan Center, Theater East London of the 1990s is plastic and blank, waiting for an upload of true human intimacy. But as four Londoners seek and evade each other, flirting and flying

THEATER, DANCE & PERFORMANCE 29

Native Son Thu, Sep 11–Sun, Oct 12 Court Theatre Richard Wright’s iconic novel comes to life on stage in this groundbreaking, world premiere adaptation. Suffocating in poverty on the South Side of Chicago in the 1930s, 20-year-old Bigger Thomas struggles to find a place for himself in a world whose prejudice has shut him out. After taking a job in a wealthy white man’s house, Bigger unwittingly unleashes a series of events that violently and irrevocably seal his fate. Directed by Seret Scott, adapted with theatrical ingenuity by Chicago’s own Nambi E. Kelley, and co-produced with American Blues Theater, this Native Son captures the power of Richard Wright’s novel for a whole new generation. Single tickets: $15–65 (773-753-4472 and CourtTheatre.org) Presented by Court Theatre, co-produced with American Blues Theater

Osiris and Isis Dance Performance by Ron De Jesús Dance Fri, Oct 17, 7–9pm Oriental Institute Chicago choreographer Ron De Jesús created a 90-minute story ballet inspired by the ancient Egyptian gods Osiris and Isis. Scenes from this ballet will be presented in the Museum galleries. Surrounded by ancient artifacts, patrons will experience a special night of dance performed to live instrumentation. Students recite the narration between each vignette from ancient Egyptian texts. A reception will follow the performance. Members and UChicago students/faculty/staff $15, non-members $25, registration required (oi.uchicago.edu/register).

The creative consultant for the Lyric Opera of Chicago, she has become an ambassador for arts education in the city. She is also the force behind one of Lyric’s most ambitious projects: Bel Canto, an opera based on Ann Patchett’s celebrated novel, which in turn takes its inspiration from Fleming’s career. She will discuss all that and more with opera dramaturg Colin Ure. You’ve heard her sing, including the national anthem at this year’s Super Bowl; now come hear Fleming talk. CHF members $15, general $20, students/teachers $10 (chicagohumanities.org or 312-4949509). Presented by Chicago Humanities Festival, Lyric Opera Chicago’s Lyric Unlimited, 98.7 WFMT, Logan Center, and UChicago Arts.

arts.uchicago.edu |

28 THEATER, DANCE & PERFORMANCE | arts.uchicago.edu

THEATER, DANCE & PERFORMANCE

casual setting for UChicago students, faculty, and affiliates to show off a hidden talent or workshop original material. This fall includes a special collaboration with UChicago Careers in Journalism, Arts & Media on Oct 24, and a student-curated band lineup on Nov 7. Free. Presented by the Logan Center.

through chat rooms and strip clubs, honesty becomes a performance. In a dense and tangled network, Alice, Anna, Dan, and Larry capture and negotiate their many loves by any and all emotional means. And the London streets look more and more like a Möbius strip. Will this loop return them to the truth? Directed by Scarlett Kim. Advance $6, door $8 (773-702-ARTS or ticketsweb.uchicago.edu). Presented by Theater & Performance Studies & University Theater. Performance by LaTasha N. Nevada Diggs Fri, Nov 7, 8pm Film Studies Center, Cobb Hall, room 306 Harlem-based artist Diggs brings together words, sounds, and video to present a vibrant multimedia performance that traverses popular media and history, codeswitching, and cultural inclusivity. As a performer, she has been featured at The Kitchen, Exit Art, Recess Activities Inc, The Whitney, and MoMa. As a curator and artistic director, Diggs has staged events at El Museo del Barrio, Lincoln Center Out of Doors, Brecht Forum, Symphony Space, Dixon Place, and BAM Café. Free. Presented by the Program in Poetry and Poetics and the Renaissance Society.

Henry V by William Shakespeare Thu–Fri, Nov 13–14, 7:30pm; Sat, Nov 15, 2pm and 7:30pm Reynolds Club, Francis X. Kinahan Theater The Dean’s Men play a ragtag chorus of Shakespearean players take our stage and introduce our story: the defense of a dynasty under newly-crowned King Henry.

Endgame by Samuel Beckett Thu–Fri, Nov 20–21, 7:30pm; Sat, Nov 22, 2pm and 7:30pm Logan Center, Theater West Cruelty is mundane and everyone is claustrophobic in Samuel Beckett’s Endgame, directed by Julia Santha. A bare interior confines four humans, protecting them from a quiet apocalypse outside. Language lacerates and longs in quick succession, as a game of minimums unfolds between the characters, each of them desperate for ways to pass their time. Depression gives way to comedy gives way to more lust for life than you came with. Advance $6, door $8 (773-702-ARTS or ticketsweb.uchicago.edu). Presented by Theater & Performance Studies & University Theater. Macbeth by William Shakespeare Thu–Fri, Dec 4–5, 7:30pm; Sat, Dec 6, 2pm and 7:30pm Logan Center Theatre East Dreams can contaminate the day, and in director Éamon Boylan’s Macbeth, the wilds outside are something of a dream. Driven mad by the normative imperatives of a waking world, Macbeth and Lady Macbeth want self-fulfillment and happiness at any cost. Weird words affirm their ambition, and they decide to kill the normativity oppressing them. A brutal mixture of Shakespearean verse and German Expressionist gesture and movement, Macbeth will murder sleep. Maybe yours. Advance $6, door $8 (773-702-ARTS or ticketsweb.uchicago.edu). Presented by Theater & Performance Studies & University Theater. Muntu Dance Theatre: Lest We Forget’s Thu–Fri, Dec 11–12, 10:30am (youth matinee) Sat, Dec 13, 7:30pm, Sun, Dec 14, 3pm Logan Center, Performance Hall Muntu’s annual winter performance benefit supports its core programs, which include professional performances, comprehensive community arts programs, and public classes. Thu/Fri youth matinees $9 (one free adult ticket per 25 youth), Sat/Sun performances $30. Presented by Muntu Dance Theatre and the Logan Center.

Court Theatre isn’t the only

organization reaching a landmark year. UChicago Arts celebrates five major milestones between now and fall 2015. All located on UChicago’s campus, these professional organizations have been presenting world class art for decades.

Court Theatre

The Center for Classic Theatre’s 60th season boasts two world premieres, Ron OJ Parson directing Waiting for Godot, and Euripides’ Iphigenia at Aulis, the first installment in a three-year cycle of Greek plays, followed by Aeschylus’ Agamemnon and Sophocles’ Electra.

COURT THEATRE’S NATIVE SON KICKS OFF UCHICAGO ARTENNIAL The world premiere begins a year of anniversaries for campus-based arts organizations

Smart Museum of Art

Carved, Cast, and Crumpled, on view September 27–December 21, is the first in a series of special projects celebrating the Smart Museum of Art’s 40th year. The exhibition takes over the entirety of the museum, transforming both spaces normally dedicated to temporary exhibitions as well as those that are home to longer-standing installations of the Smart’s collection.

Contempo

A pair of mid-season concerts on January 24 and March 1 punctuates Contempo’s 50th season with the work of innovative composers affiliated with the cutting edge contemporary chamber program. Performed masterfully by the award-winning ensembles eighth blackbird and Pacifica Quartet, among others.

Bells of Summer

The venerable Rockefeller Chapel presents the 50th anniversary its Bells of Summer program. Visitors flock from all corners to hear the world’s largest carillon and this beautiful bells series.

The Renaissance Society

Expect radical things in fall 2015 as executive director and chief curator Solveig Øvstebø continues to make her mark and the renowned contemporary

When Court Theatre opened its production of Native Son, a world premiere adaptation by Chicago’s own Nambi E. Kelley, the company also kicked off a year-long celebration of the anniversaries of five campusbased arts organizations.

UChicago Artennial runs through fall 2015 as contemporary art museum The Renaissance Society enters its 100th year. “I am so excited to be part of Court Theatre as we arrive at our sixtieth anniversary season—and as the University recognizes the anniversaries and tremendous work of these organizations,” says longstanding Artistic Director Charles Newell. “From our origins as an outdoor summer festival on the University of Chicago quad to a leading Center for Classic Theatre, the ambition and scope of this landmark anniversary season celebrates the audiences and artists who have defined, sustained, and inspired Court Theatre’s community for sixty years.” Newell and his colleagues frequently cite their organizations’ relationship with the University of Chicago as another uniquely defining factor. UChicago faculty members frequently collaborate or consult on Court Theatre productions, such as this year’s The Good Book. Similarly, they make curatorial, programmatic, and artistic contributions to the Smart Museum and The Renaissance Society. Not only has Contempo featured the work of student and faculty composers, its longtime artistic director is Shulamit Ran, Andrew

MacLeish Distinguished Service Professor of Music at UChicago. Speaking to these organizations’ leaders––even exploring their past seasons––it is clear that the University of Chicago’s distinct culture has created an intellectually and creatively rich environment that has contributed to decades of critically lauded work. In addition to the world premiere of Native Son, adapted from Richard Wright’s classic novel by Nambi E. Kelley and coproduced with American Blues Theater, the company’s ambitious 2014/15 season will include Euripides’ Iphigenia in Aulis translated by Nicholas Rudall and directed by Newell; Samuel Beckett’s Waiting for Godot, directed by resident artist Ron OJ Parson; and the world premiere of Lisa Peterson and Denis O’Hare’s The Good Book, directed by Lisa Peterson. Closing out the anniversary season is Marsha Norman and Lucy Simon’s The Secret Garden, based on the beloved novel by Frances Hodgson Burnett and directed by Newell with music direction by Doug Peck. Purchase tickets for Court Theatre’s Native Son, running through October 12, by calling 773-753-4472 or visiting tickets.courttheatre.org. Learn more about UChicago Artennial below and online at artennial.uchicago.edu.

arts.uchicago.edu | 31

30 THEATER, DANCE & PERFORMANCE | arts.uchicago.edu

Entre Marta Y Lope Wed–Thu, Nov 5–6, 7:30pm Logan Center, Theater West This passionate evening of theater explores the intricate relationship between Lope de Vega, one of the most luminous writers of Spanish literature during the Golden Age, and his last lover, Marta de Nevares. Written by Santiago Miralles and Gerardo Malla, Entre Marta Y Lope is a coproduction of La Fundación Siglo de Oro and Teatro Español. Performed in Spanish. General $15, students $5. Presented by the Logan Center, Theater & Performance Studies, and the Department of Romance Languages & Literatures.

Just as the brave new monarch prepares to win an impossible victory against the French, the brave players prepare to perform an impossible spectacle with only a few blocks and some moxie. Wars will wage, bombast will blast, and your spirits will most certainly rouse. Directed by Jonathan Sorce. Advance $6, door $8 (773-702-ARTS or ticketsweb.uchicago.edu). Presented by Theater & Performance Studies & University Theater & Dean’s Men.

EVENTS BY DATE

YOUTH & FAMILY Logan Center Family Saturday Sat, Oct 11, 2–4:30pm Logan Center Discover your child’s artistic passion through 60 minute hands-on art workshops for the whole family. Led by local artists, local art organizations, and student groups, the workshops give children and parents alike a chance to sample a range of interactive activities. Free, registration recommended (ticketsweb.uchicago.edu). Presented by the Logan Center, Arts + Public Life, and Facets. Mummies Night Sat, Oct 25, 5–8pm Oriental Institute Get up close and personal with a mummy, discover painted coffins and a Book of the Dead, try on an outfit from King Tut’s closet, and go on a treasure hunt in our Egyptian Gallery. See if you can find out what a mummified ancient Egyptian priestess actually looked like when she was alive 3,000 years ago. Featuring 6pm children’s show by master storyteller Judith Heineman and musician Daniel Marcotte. Recommended for children ages 5 and up, accompanied by an adult. Free, registration required (oi.uchicago.edu/ register). Presented by the Oriental Institute. Logan Center Family Saturday Festival Sat, Nov 1, 12–4:30pm Logan Center The first Logan Center Family Saturday Festival features the Chicago International Children’s Film Festival, storyteller Carmen Deedy, and 60-minute hands-on art workshops for the whole family. CICFF is the largest annual festival of films for

children ages 2-18 in the world. The featured storyteller, Carmen Deedy, was born in Havana, Cuba. Deedy has spent the past twenty years writing and telling children stories, capturing her audiences with largerthan-life body language, wit, and humorous stories of coming to adulthood in an immigrant family. She is the author of eight children’s books, the recipient of numerous awards, and a frequent contributor to NPR. General $5, families of 5 or more $20. Presented by the Logan Center and Arts + Public Life. Ancient Game Day Sat, Nov 15, 2–5pm Oriental Institute What games did pharaoh play? And what about the games of the kings of Assyria and Persia? Families are invited to learn the games that people have been playing for thousands of years, and play them inside our galleries, alongside the objects ancient people used during their lifetime. Small coloring and craft activities will be made available for young children. This event is presented in celebration of International Games Day. Free, registration recommended (oi.uchicago.edu/register). Presented by the Oriental Institute. 2014 Harambee Pre-Kwanzaa Festival Fri, Dec 5, 8pm Logan Center The Harambee Pre-Kwanzaa Festival is a dynamic musical celebration of family, community, and culture featuring Kwame Steve Cobb and Chavunduka performing songs from their highly acclaimed recording, Seven Principles. This interactive concert presentation teaches the Seven Principles of Kwanzaa via live music, African dance and drumming, drama skits, and animated video, all wrapped in a stage production. General $20, Students $10 with ID. Presented by Y2Kwanzaa.Org and the Logan Center. Family Day: Guardian Figurines1 Sat, Dec 6, 1–4pm Smart Museum of Art Make fearsome sculptures that ward off monsters, ghosts, and pesky brothers and

Thu, Oct 2, 5–7:30pm, At the Threshold

Fri, Sep 19, 8pm, Native Son

Thu, Oct 2, 5–6:30pm, Ara Merjian

Sat, Sep 20, 8pm, Native Son

Thu, Oct 2, 5pm, James Corner: The

Sun, Sep 21, 2:30pm & 7:30pm, Native Son Sun, Sep 21, 8pm, International Didjeridu Meditation Mon, Sep 22, 8pm, Eva-Maria Houben

Family Day: Blockheads Sat, Nov 1, 1–4pm Smart Museum of Art Make helmets that look like buildings in the Chicago skyline, play Jenga, and build action figures and dolls with blocky bodies. All materials provided. Activities are best for kids ages 4–12, accompanied by an adult. Free. Presented by the Smart Museum of Art.

Wed, Sep 24, 10:20am & 7:30pm, Native Son Thu, Sep 25, 7:30pm, A Streetcar Named Desire by Tennessee Williams Thu, Sep 25, 7:30pm, Native Son Fri, Sep 26, 7:30pm, A Streetcar Named Desire by Tennessee Williams Fri, Sep 26, 8pm, Native Son Sat, Sep 27, Hyde Park Jazz Festival Sat, Sep 27, 11pm, Hyde Park Jazz Festival with Craig Taborn Sat, Sep 27, 2pm, A Streetcar Named Desire

sisters. All materials provided. Activities are best for kids ages 4–12, accompanied by an adult. Free. Presented by the Smart Museum of Art. Logan Center Family Saturday Sat, Dec 6, 2–4:30pm Logan Center Discover your child’s artistic passion through 60 minute, hands-on art workshops for the whole family. Led by local artists, art organizations and student groups the workshops give children and parents alike a chance to sample a range of activities. Free, registration recommended (ticketsweb.uchicago.edu). Presented by the Logan Center and Arts + Public Life. Little Scribe Sun, Dec 14, 2–4pm Oriental Institute Can you imagine a world without writing? Learn how writing began, how it changed over time, and how it changed the world forever through this hands-on program. Try your hand at two of the world’s most ancient written languages. Presentations and guided writing-themed tours begin at 2:00, 2:30, 3:00, and 3:30 p.m. Recommended for families with children ages 9-14, when accompanied by an adult. Free, registration recommended (oi.uchicago. edu/register). Presented by the Oriental Institute.

by Tennessee Williams Sat, Sep 27, 3pm and 8pm, Native Son

Ecological Imagination: Life and the Design of Urban Public Space Thu, Oct 2, 7–8:30pm, International House Founders Day Celebration with Luciano Antonio Thu, Oct 2, 7:30pm, Native Son Thu, Oct 2, 7:30pm, A Streetcar Named Desire by Tennessee Williams Fri, Oct 3, 7:30pm, A Streetcar Named Desire by Tennessee Williams Fri, Oct 3, 8pm, Birgit Ulher & Andreas Trobollowitsch Fri, Oct 3, 8pm, Native Son Sat, Oct 4, 1:30–4:30, Art and Public Life Symposium Sat, Oct 4, 2pm and 7:30pm, A Streetcar Named Desire by Tennessee Williams

Sun, Sep 28, Hyde Park Jazz Festival

Sat, Oct 4, 3pm and 8pm, Native Son

Sun, Sep 28, 1–4pm, Smart Fest

Sat, Oct 4, 8pm, Theater[24]

Sun, Sep 28, 2:30pm and 7:30pm, Native Son

Sat, Oct 4, TIME, Great Chicago Fire Festival

Mon, Sep 29, 6-7pm, Currency Exchange Café

Sun, Oct 5, 10am–12pm, How to Make A Hood:

Community Meeting Mon, Sep 29, 7pm, Doc Films series: Cinema of Childhood Tues, Sep 30, 7pm, Doc Films series: Whodunit?

Mobile Artist Talk with James T. Green Sun, Oct 5, 11am, Mozart Coronation Mass Sun, Oct 5, 1–4pm, Dining with the Dead in the Ancient World

Night with Crystal Chan

Community Meeting Mon, Oct 6, 7pm, Doc Films series: Cinema of Childhood Mon, Oct 6, 7–9pm, First Mon Jazz Series: Marcus Evens (M.E. TET)

Wed, Oct 1, 6:30–8pm, Makin’ Manhood

Tues, Oct 7, 7pm, Doc Films series: Whodunit?

Wed, Oct 1, 7pm and 9pm, Doc Films series:

Wed, Oct 8, 7pm, Doc Films series: Kurosawa

Kurosawa + Mifune: High and Low Thu, Oct 2, 12:15–1pm, Lunchtime Traveler Series: Monica Phillips

Contained Measures of a Kolanut Fri, Oct 10, 6–9pm, How to Make a Hood closing reception Fri, Oct 10, 6:30–9pm, Eid Banquet and

Mon, Oct 6, 6-7pm, Currency Exchange Café

Development Project

Fri, Oct 10, 10am–6:30pm, Otobong Nkanga:

Mon, Oct 6, 4–6pm, Gray Center Open House Wed, Oct 1, 10:30am & 7:30am, Native Son

Wed, Oct 1, 6–7:30pm, Global Voices Author

Ko-Eun Yi Thu, Oct 9, 10:30am and 7:30pm, Native Son

Fri, Oct 10, 6-8pm, Szalon Artists Reception

Mon, Oct 6, 6–7pm, Community Exchange

A Program of the Southside Economic

Development Project Thu, Oct 9, 7pm, Piano Master Class with

Sun, Oct 5, 2:30pm and 7:30pm, Native Son

OCTOBER Wed, October 1, 12–3pm, Committed Knitters:

A Program of the Southside Economic

+ Mifune: High and Low Wed, Oct 8, 10:30am and 7:30pm, Native Son Wed, October 8, 12–3pm, Committed Knitters:

Cultural Celebration Fri, Oct 10, 7:30pm, Derrick Adams: The Entertainer Fri, Oct 10, 7:30pm, Danish String Quartet Fri, Oct 10, 8pm, Native Son Fri, Oct 10, 8-10pm, Logan Center Cabaret Series Sat, Oct 11, 9am and 1pm, Diasporal Rhythms Collector’s Home Tour Sat, Oct 11, 9–10:30pm, Logan Evening Show Sat, Oct 11, 1–4pm, Family Day: Drawing in Space Sat, Oct 11, 2–6:30pm, Logan Center Family Saturday Sat, Oct 11, 3pm and 8pm, Native Son Sat, Oct 11, 4:30–6pm, The New Speak Sat, Oct 11, 7pm, Early Music America Baroque Competition Sat, Oct 11, 7:30pm, Hallel: New Music for the Organ Sun, Oct 12, 3pm, Pacifica Quartet Sun, Oct 12, 5pm, Piano Recital with Peter Kiss Sun, Oct 12, 2:30pm and 7:30pm, Native Son Mon, Oct 13, 6–7:30pm, Otobong Nkanga Mon, Oct 13, 6-7pm, Currency Exchange Café Community Meeting Mon, Oct 13, 7pm, Doc Films series: Cinema of Childhood

arts.uchicago.edu | 33

32 YOUTH | arts.uchicago.edu & FAMILY | arts.uchicago.edu

Family Day: Drawing in Space Sat, Oct 11, 1–4pm Smart Museum of Art Draw sculptures with light, make figurative sculptures from wire, and play JumpDraw—a game where you can only draw when your feet don’t touch the ground. All materials provided. Activities are best for kids ages 4–12, accompanied by an adult. Free. Presented by the Smart Museum of Art.

SEPTEMBER

Tues, Oct 14, 7pm, Doc Films series: Whodunit? Wed, October 15, 12–3pm, Committed Knitters: A Program of the Southside

the Oriental Institute Sun, Oct 19, 2:30–5:30pm, Typhoon Haiyan, One Year Later: Remembrance and Reconstruction

Whodunit? Tues, Oct 21, 7:30-10pm, Third Tues Jazz Series

Global Exchange: Asia’s Influence Wed, October 29, 12–3pm, Committed Knitters: A Program of the Southside Economic Development Project

Wed, October 22 , 12–3pm, Committed

Economic Development Project Wed, Oct 15, 7pm, Doc Films series: Kurosawa + Mifune: High and Low Wed, Oct 15, 9pm, Doc Films series: Kurosawa + Mifune: High and Low

Lope Thu, Nov 6, 12:15–1pm, Lunchtime Traveler Series: Yorke Rowan Thu, Nov 6, 6-7:30pm, Jess Row: Your Face in Mine Thu, Nov 6, 6pm, Reading by LaTasha N.

Wed, Oct 22, 8–10pm, Catcher in the Rhyme

Complimentarity

Wed, Oct 22, 9pm, Doc Films series:

Walk-through

Nevada Diggs Thu, Nov 6, 7pm, CUBE Ensemble: Chicago

Kurosawa + Mifune: High and Low

Fri, Oct 17, 10am–5pm, Renaissance Society

Thu, Oct 23, 6pm, How to Make a Smart

Art Book Sale

Museum: The Museum Proposition

Fri, Oct 17, 12pm, Pocket Guide to Hell:

Thu, Oct 23, 5–8pm, Community Jam

Complimentarity

Session/Open Mic with the Design

Fri, Oct 17, 5:30–6:30pm, A Game of Thrones

Apprenticeship Program Thu, Oct 23, 7:30pm, Listening Session:

and Coffins: The Death and Resurrection of Osiris

Regina Carter

Fri, Oct 17, 7pm, Slow Glass and other films

Fri, Oct 24, 6–8pm, Platforms: A Place Lab

Fri, Oct 17, 7pm, WFMT’s Bach Organ Project

Exhibition opening reception

Wed, Oct 29, 5–8pm, Epic Wed: Afterlife Afterparty Wed, Oct 29, 7pm, Doc Films series: Kurosawa + Mifune: High and Low Wed, Oct 29, 8pm, Duo YUMENO Wed, Oct 29, 9pm, Doc Films series: Kurosawa + Mifune: High and Low Thu, Oct 30, 9:30–11:30pm, The Spirit of the Bells

Fri, Oct 17, 7–9pm, Osiris and Isis Dance

Fri, Oct 24, 6pm, Norte: the End of History

Thu, Oct 30, 7:30pm, Weekend of Workshops

Performance by Ron De Jesús Dance

Fri, Oct 24, 7:30pm, Regina Carter Quintet

Thu, Oct 30, 6–8pm,

Fri, Oct 17, 7:30pm and 9:30 pm, Girls Like Us

with Special Guest Edmar Castaneda Fri, Oct 24, 8-10pm, Logan Center Cabaret

2.0! The Hustle! The Game! Sat, Oct 18, 9:30am–4:30pm, Humanities Day 2014: “Come with Ideas” Sat, Oct 18, 9:30–10:30am, Bilingual Knowledge, Bilingual Stories Sat, Oct 18, 10am–4pm, Open House Chicago at the Oriental Institute Sat, Oct 18, 5:30–7:30pm, Third Thursday: Balance Beams Sun, Oct 19, 9am–5pm, Open House Chicago

Sun, Oct 19, 12–5pm, Renaissance Society Art Book Sale Sun, Oct 19, 12–4pm, Open House Chicago at

Book Launch Sun, Oct 19, 4pm, Chicago a cappella: Global Transcendence Mon, Oct 20, 12–5pm, Renaissance Society Art Book Sale Mon, Oct 20, 6-7pm, Currency Exchange Café Community Meeting Mon, Oct 20, 6-8pm, Patrick Jagoda: What

Series Fri, Oct 24, 8:30pm, Off-Off Campus: Feliz

HOWDOYOUSAYYAMINAFRICAN? Good Stock on the Dimension Floor: An Opera Screening and Q&A Fri, Oct 31, 8:30pm, Off-Off Campus: Feliz

NaviDad I’m Gay—And Other Holiday

Confessions

Fri, Oct 24, 12– 9pm, UChicago Careers

Fri, Oct 31, 7:30pm, Weekend of Workshops

JAMfest Sat, Oct 25, 7pm and 9pm, University

NOVEMBER Sat, Nov 1, 12–5pm, Logan Center Family Saturday Festival

are Artworks for in a Networked Time?

Symphony Orchestra Annual Halloween

Sat, Nov 1, 1–4pm, Family Day: Blockheads

Collective Collaborations and Practices of

Concert: CLASSIFIED

Sat, Nov 1, 2pm, Weekend of Workshops

Failure in the Alternate Reality Game Mon, Oct 20, 7pm, Doc Films series: Cinema of Childhood

Sun, Oct 26, 11am, Third Coast Percussion at Rockefeller Sun, Oct 26, 12:30–1:30pm, Laila Lalami: The Moor’s Account

Sat, Nov 1, 4:30–6pm, The New Speak Sat, Nov 1, 7:30pm, Third Coast Percussion Sat, Nov 1, 7:30pm, Weekend of Workshops Sat, Nov 1, 8–11pm, The Spirit of the Bells

Sun, Oct 26, 2:30–3:30pm, We Refugees

Sat, Nov 1, 9–10:30pm, Logan Evening Show

Sun, Oct 26, 2:30–3:30pm, Ben Marcus:

Sun, Nov 2, 11am, Tavener Music for a

Leaving the Sea Sun, Oct 26, 3–4pm, The Mutations of Vijay Iyer Sun, Oct 26, 4:30–5pm, The FBI as Literary Critic Sun, Oct 26, 4:30–5:30pm, Balanchine’s Discovery Sun, Oct 26, 4:30–5:30pm, Regarding the Pain of Others Sun, Oct 26, 6–7pm, A Beautiful Voice Mon, Oct 27, 6–7:30pm, Ken Lum Mon, Oct 27, 7pm, Doc Films series: Cinema of Childhood Mon, Oct 27, 7:30pm, Silent Film: Hands of Orlac Mon, Oct 27, 6-7pm, Currency Exchange Café Community Meeting Tues, Oct 28, 7pm, Doc Films series: Whodunit? Tue, Oct 28, 6–7:30pm, Moving Dialogs,

Thu, Nov 6, 7:30pm, Closer by Patrick Marber Fri, Nov 7, 7pm, Hairy Who & The Chicago Imagists: Screening and Panel Discussion Fri, Nov 7, 6–9pm, MAPH Colloquium Magazine Reading and Launch Party

Requiem Sun, Nov 2, 3pm, New Music Ensemble Sun, Nov 2, 4pm, The Rookery with special guest The Great Frankini: A Murder of Crows Mon, Nov 3, 2–4pm, Certificate in Creative Writing/Writer’s Studio Information Session Mon, Nov 3, 6–7pm, Community Exchange Mon, Nov 3, 6-7pm, Currency Exchange Café Community Meeting Mon, Nov 3, 6–7:30pm, Theaster Gates: 201415 DOVA Faculty Lecture Mon, Nov 3, 7–9pm, First Mon Jazz Series: Tatsu Aoki Mon, Nov 3, 7pm, Doc Films series: Cinema of Childhood Mon, Nov 3, 8pm, BRIDGE #6: Jazz Concert and Round-Table Discussion Tues, Nov 4, 7pm, Doc Films series: Whodunit?

Sun, Nov 9, 12pm, Renaissance Society Gallery Walk-through Sun, Nov 9, 2:30–5pm, The Chicago Ensemble Fall Concert Sun, Nov 9, 2:30pm and 7:30pm, Iphigenia in Aulis Sun, Nov 9, 3pm, Spektral Quartet Sun, Nov 9, 6pm, The Chicago 8 (aka 7) Conspiracy Trial on Film - 1970-71 Sun, Nov 9, 9–10:30pm, Weekend Mon, Nov 10 , 6pm, Liam Gillick Mon, Nov 10, 6-7pm, Currency Exchange Café Community Meeting Mon, Nov 10, 7pm, Doc Films series: Cinema of Childhood Tues, Nov 11, 7pm, Doc Films series: Whodunit?

Fri, Nov 7, 7:30pm, Tafelmusik

Tue, Nov 11, 7pm, Inside Brahms’ Workshop

Fri, Nov 7, 8-10pm, Logan Center Cabaret

Wed, November 12, 12–3pm, Committed

Series Fri, Nov 7, 8:30pm, Off-Off Campus: Feliz NaviDad I’m Gay—And Other Holiday Confessions

Knitters: A Program of the Southside Economic Development Project Wed, Nov 12, 7pm and 9pm, Doc Films series: Kurosawa + Mifune: High and Low

Fri, Nov 7, 8pm, Iphigenia in Aulis

Wed, Nov 12, 7:30pm, Iphigenia in Aulis

Fri, Nov 7, 7:30pm, Closer by Patrick Marber

Thu, Nov 13, 6pm, Reading by Will Boast,

Fri, Nov 7, 8pm, Performance by LaTasha N. Nevada Diggs Sat, Nov 8, 1–6pm, Vine Deloria Jr. Symposium Powwow

in Journalism, Arts, and Media presents Sat, Oct 25, 5–8pm, Mummies Night

Latino Composers 1 Thu, Nov 6, 7:30pm, Iphigenia in Aulis

Kate Bornstein Sun, Nov 9, 11am, Renaissance Mexico

Sat, Nov 8, 2pm and 7:30pm, Closer by Patrick Marber Sat, Nov 8, 8pm, The Newberry Consort: ¡Música Barocca Mexicana! Music from the

Rachel DeWoskin, and Vu Tran Thu, Nov 13, 7pm, Fonema Consort: Chicago Latino Composers 2 Thu, Nov 13, 7:30pm, Iphigenia in Aulis Thu, Nov 13, 7:30pm, Henry V by William Shakespeare Fri, Nov 14, 4pm, Piano Master Class with Kevin Kenner

arts.uchicago.edu | 35

at the Frederick C. Robie House Sun, Oct 19, 11am, Byrd’s Mass for 5 Voices

Sun, Oct 19, 3–5pm, Showing Up To Withhold

Sat, Nov 8, Agnes Reframed: Symposium with

Wed-Thu, Nov 5-6, 7:30pm, Entre Marta Y

Kurosawa + Mifune: High and Low

Thu, Oct 16, 6pm, Renaissance Society Gallery

For My Talk, But For Now its Untitled” Wed, Nov 5, 7pm and 9pmDoc Films series: Wed, Nov 5, 8–10pm, Catcher in the Rhyme

Wed, Oct 22, 7pm, Doc Films series:

Art Book Sale

Sat, Nov 8, 8pm, Iphigenia in Aulis

Economic Development Project

into Another

Durango Cathedral Archives

Presents: Theaster Gates on “I Need A Title

Knitters: A Program of the Southside

Influence Machine: On Translating One Self

Thu, Oct 16, 6pm, Pocket Guide to Hell:

Wed, Nov 5, 5:15–6pm, The Franke Forum

Kurosawa + Mifune: High and Low

Wed, Oct 22, 5:30–7pm, The Poetry of the

Thu, Oct 16, 10am–5pm, Renaissance Society

34 | arts.uchicago.edu

Tues, Oct 21, 7pm, Doc Films series:

Sat, Nov 15, 2–5pm, Ancient Game Day Sat, Nov 15, 7pm, Flood Tide screening and performance

Beckett Fri, Nov 21, 8-10pm, Logan Center Cabaret Series

Sat, Nov 15, 7:30pm, University Chorus

Fri, Nov 21, 8pm, Iphigenia in Aulis

Sat, Nov 15, 8pm, Iphigenia in Aulis

Fri, Nov 21, 8pm, David Grubbs & Susan Howe

Sun, Nov 16, Vocal Auditions for Gilbert &

Community Meeting Mon, Dec 1, 7–9pm, First Mon Jazz Series: TBD Childhood Whodunit?

Sun, Nov 16, 2:30pm and 7:30pm, Iphigenia

Wed, Dec 3, 10:30am and 7:30pm, Iphigenia

in Aulis

Sun, Nov 16, 3pm, Sounds of Faith

Wed, Dec 3, 7pm, Doc Films series: Kurosawa

Sun, Nov 16, 4pm, University Wind Ensemble

+ Mifune: High and Low Wed, Dec 3, 8–10pm, Catcher in the Rhyme

with Anna Rimlinger Sun, Nov 16, 5–7pm, FOTA ArtBazaar

Wed, Dec 3, 9pm, Doc Films series: Kurosawa

Mon, Nov 17, 6–7:30pm, Josiah McElheny &

+ Mifune: High and Low Thu, Dec 4, 12:15–1pm, Lunchtime Traveler

Lynne Cooke Mon, Nov 17, 6-7pm, Currency Exchange Café

Series: David Schloen

Mon, Nov 17, 7pm, Doc Films series: Cinema of

Thu, Dec 4, 7:30pm, Macbeth by William

Childhood

Shakespeare

Tue, Nov 18, 6–7:30pm, Science and Cinema

Thu, Dec 4, 8pm, University Jazz X-tet

Tues, Nov 18, 7pm, Doc Films series:

Fri, Dec 5, 7pm, Gli Ultimi (The Last Ones)

Whodunit?

screening

Tues, Nov 18, 7:30-10pm, Third Tues Jazz

Fri, Dec 5, 6–8pm, Culminating Show

Series

and Event for Teen Artists in the Design

Wed, Nov 19, 10:30am and 7:30pm, Iphigenia Wed, Nov 19, 7pm, Doc Films series:

Fri, Dec 5, 7:30pm, Macbeth by William Fri, Nov 21, 8:30pm, Off-Off Campus: Feliz

Wed, Nov 19, 8–10pm, Catcher in the Rhyme

NaviDad I’m Gay—And Other Holiday

Wed, Nov 19, 9pm, Doc Films series:

Confessions

Thu, Nov 20, 5pm, André Bazin’s Dark Passage Thu, Nov 20, 5:30–7:30pm, Third Thursday: Ideas for Sculpture Thu, Nov 20, 6pm, Reading by Mary Gordon Thu, Nov 20, 7pm, Violin Master Class with

Thu, Nov 20, 7:30pm, Endgame by Samuel Beckett Fri, Nov 21, 9–5pm, Unsupending Disbelief: The Subject of Pictures Fri, Nov 21, 7pm, Manakamana with directors Pacho Velez and Stephanie Spray Fri, Nov 21, 7:30–9:30pm, Voices in Your Head Fall Concert Fri, Nov 21, 7:30pm, Quire & Place: Schütz Christmas Oratori Fri, Nov 21, 7:30pm, Denis Kozhukhin Fri, Nov 21, 7:30pm, Endgame by Samuel

Faculty

Supporting independent reseach and production between students in the humanities, sciences, and social sciences

Facilitating dialogue and collaboration across the University of Chicago and beyond

Programs & Events The Cabinet Series Pop-up labs Visiting artists and scholars Exhibitions, seminars and workshops

Sat, Nov 22, 2pm, Endgame by Samuel Beckett Sat, Nov 22, 3pm and 8pm, Iphigenia in Aulis Sat, Nov 22, 7:30pm, Endgame by Samuel Beckett Sat, Nov 22, 8pm, University Chamber Orchestra with Dan Wang Sat, Nov 22, 9–10:30pm, Logan Evening Show Sun, Nov 23, 2pm, University Brass Ensemble Sun, Nov 23, 2:30pm and 7:30pm, Iphigenia in Aulis Sun, Nov 23, 7:00pm, Middle East Music Ensemble Sun, Nov 23, 9–10:30pm, Weekend Mon, Nov 24, 6–7:30pm, David Reed & Jessica Stockholder Mon, Nov 24, 6-7pm, Currency Exchange Café Community Meeting Mon, Nov 24, 7pm, Doc Films series: Cinema of Childhood Tues, Nov 25, 7pm, Doc Films series:

Shakespeare

Office at the Logan Center 915 E 60th St, Chicago IL 60637

Fri, Dec 5, 8-10pm, Logan Center Cabaret

Funded in part by the University of Chicago’s Institute for Molecular Engineering and Office of The Provost

Series Fri, Dec 5, 8pm, Iphigenia in Aulis Festival Sat, Dec 6, 4:30–6pm, The New Speak Sat, Dec 6, 6pm, How to Make a Smart Museum: Arts, Agency, and Creativity Sat, Dec 6, 6:30–8pm, Chicago Men’s A Cappella 9th Annual Christmas Concert with special guests Run for Cover Sat, Dec 6, 8pm, University Symphony

Logan Center Family Saturdays & Family Saturday Festivals

Orchestra with George Hyun Sat, Dec 6, 2pm and 7:30pm, Macbeth by William Shakespeare Sat, Dec 6, 3pm and 8pm, Iphigenia in Aulis Sat, Dec 6, 1–4pm, Family Day: Guardian Figurines Sat, Dec 6, 2–6:30pm, Logan Center Family Saturday Sun, Dec 7, 10am–3pm, Vend + Vibes: An Arts Marketplace Sun, Dec 7, 2:30pm and 7:30pm, Iphigenia in Aulis

2014-15 SEASON Family Saturdays 2–4:30 pm / FREE

OCT 11, 2014 DEC 6, 2014 FEB 7, 2015 MAR 21, 2015

Sun, Dec 7, 3pm, Handel’s Messiah

MAY 16, 2015

Wed, Nov 26, 7pm and 9pm, Doc Films

Sun, Dec 7, 4–7pm, Opening Reception for

JUN 20, 2015

Wed, Nov 26, 7:30pm, Iphigenia in Aulis Fri, Nov 28, 8pm, Iphigenia in Aulis Sat, Nov 29, 3pm and 9pm, Iphigenia in Aulis Sun, Nov 30, 2:30pm and 7:30pm, Iphigenia in Aulis

Mathias Poledna Mon, Dec 8, 6-7pm, Currency Exchange Café

Mon, Dec 1, 5pm, Caroling with the Carillon Mon, Dec 1, 6–7pm, Community Exchange

JUL 11, 2015

Community Meeting Fri, Dec 12, 7:30pm, Muntu Dance Theatre’s Annual Winter Performance & Benefit Sat, Dec 13 , 2pm, David Getsy: Thinking Sculpture II Sat, Dec 13, 7-10pm, Muntu Dance Theatre’s

DECEMBER

TheArtsScienceInitiative

Fri, Dec 5, 8pm, 2014 Harambee Pre-Kwanzaa

Whodunit? series: Kurosawa + Mifune: High and Low

arts.uchicago.edu/artsscience

arts.uchicago.edu | 37

Rachel Barton Pine Thu, Nov 20, 7:30pm, Iphigenia in Aulis

Graduate Students

Apprenticeship Program Fri, Dec 5, 7:30pm, Handel’s Messiah

in Aulis

Kurosawa + Mifune: High and Low

The Arts, Science & Culture Initiative cultivates, promotes, and sustains dialogue between artistic, cultural, and scientific forms of inquiry through active exchange. At the heart of this initiative is a commitment to bring together voices from diverse domains to explore new modes of production and investigation through vigorous dialogue.

Thu, Dec 4, 7:30pm, Iphigenia in Aulis

Community Meeting

Kurosawa + Mifune: High and Low

Connecting artistic practice with cultural and scientific inquiry

Mon, Dec 1, 7pm, Doc Films series: Cinema of Tues, Dec 2, 7pm, Doc Films series:

Sullivan’s Yeomen of the Guard

36 | arts.uchicago.edu

Mon, Dec 1, 6-7pm, Currency Exchange Café

Annual Winter Performance & Benefit Sat, Dec 13, 8pm, Chicago a cappella: Holidays a cappella

AT THE LOGAN CENTER 915 E 60TH ST AT DREXEL AVE

Family Saturday Festivals 12–5 pm / $5 single tickets, $20 families of 5+

NOV 1, 2014 JAN 24, 2015 APR 18, 2015 AUG 22, 2015

Discover your child’s artistic passion with free, hands-on art workshops! Larger, full-day festivals include special guest performers, film screenings, drop-in activities, interactive art workshops, a photo booth, and more! Purchase festival passes and register for free workshops at ticketsweb.uchicago.edu. LOGAN CENTER 915 E 60TH ST AT DREXEL AVE 773.702.ARTS

LoganCenterFamilySaturdays

INFO TRANSPORTATION

Getting to the University of Chicago is just a quick car, bike, train, or bus ride away. For more detailed transportation information go to visit.uchicago.edu. PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION CTA (Chicago Transit Authority) The CTA is Chicago’s public transportation system, offering a large network of buses, elevated trains, and subways around the city. Take the 2, 4, 6, or X28 bus from downtown Chicago or take the Red or Green Line train toward the Garfield/55th stop and transfer to the 55 Garfield bus. Fares are $2.25 per ride. >> TIP Download Transloc Transit Visualization, the real-time bus location and arrival app, uchicago.transloc.com. Metra Train The Metra Electric District Line commuter rail runs from the downtown Millennium Station hub at Randolph & Michigan to University Park, IL. Exit at either the 55th-56th-57th or 59th/ University stops at UChicago. Visit metrarail.com for fares, timetables, and other details. PARKING Limited street parking is available around campus. Parking Garages The preferred visitor garage is located at 55th St and Ellis Ave.

BIKING Bike racks can be found at various locations on campus. All CTA buses are equipped with bike racks, and Metra allows bikes on trains with some limitations. Chicago’s Divvy Bike system has many new and upcoming stations in and around Hyde Park. The 24-hour bike pass will provide you with unlimited rides for up to 30 minutes. Find more information and a full map of Chicago stations at divvybikes.com. The Bike Center at 53rd St and Lake Park Ave hosts rentals, repairs, bike parking, as well as showers and lockers. You can find more information about bike tours and rentals at choosechicago.org. CABS & CAR SHARES You can find cabs in front of the DCAM at the corner of Maryland Ave and E 58th St, or you can order one online or over the phone. Chicago Private Car (black sedans booked in advance, usually cost 15 percent more): 773.594.9021 Flash Cab: 773.561.4444 or taxiwithus.com i-Go Car Sharing: 773.278.4446 or igocars.org Uber Private Car (Standard taxis, private cars, and SUVs on demand only. Pay via smartphone app, no cash needed): uber.com Yellow Cab: 312.829.4222 or yellowcabchicago.com ZipCar: 866.4ZIPCAR (866.494.7227) or zipcar.com

Visitors may park at the Medical Campus parking garage, three blocks west at 59th St and Maryland Ave. IMAGE CREDITS

CALENDAR This guide provides a list of highlights for the fall season, CALENDAR

This guide provides a2014. list ofFor highlights forlist the September–December, a complete of spring events and season, April–June, 2014. For a complete list of events and exhibitions, visit arts.uchicago.edu. exhibitions, visit arts.uchicago.edu.

LOCATIONS

See pages 20-21 for a map of over 20 arts locations on or near our LOCATIONS southside campus. See pages 20-21 for a map of over 20 arts locations on or near our southside campus.

TICKETS

Learn about and buy tickets for arts events and performances at TICKETS the University Chicago through UChicago Arts performances Box Office Learn about of and buy tickets forthe arts events and online, person, and over the phone. Tothe purchase tickets for Court at the in University of Chicago through UChicago Arts Box Theatre, visit courttheatre.org call 773-753-4472. Office online, in person, andorover the phone. To purchase tickets for Court Theatre, visit courttheatre.org or call Box Office URL Walk-up Hours 773-753-4472. ticketsweb.uchicago.edu Tue–Sat, 12 pm–6 pm Box Office URL Address ticketsweb.uchicago.edu

Reva and David Logan Center for the Arts Address Reva Logan 915 Eand 60thDavid St (south entrance) Center forILthe Arts Chicago, 60637

915 E 60th St (south entrance) Chicago, IL 60637

(later on show nights)

Walk-up Hours Sun–Mon Closed Tue–Sat, 12 pm–6 pm (later on show nights) Phone Closed Sun–Mon

773.702.ARTS (2787)

Phone 773.702.ARTS (2787)

VISITOR INFORMATION Need a recommendation for lunch? Want to know more about VISITOR INFORMATION Need aand recommendation forany lunch? Want to know more about events activities? Stop by one of our information centers to events and activities? Stop by any one oursuited information find out which tours, cafés, or museums areofbest for your time centers to or ﬁnd which tours, cafés, or museums are best on campus goout to visit.uchicago.edu.

suited for your time on campus or go to visit.uchicago.edu. Information Center Reva and David Logan Center Edward H. Levi Hall for the Arts Information Center Reva and David Logan Center 5801 S Ellis 915 60th St (at Drexel Ave) Edward H. Ave, LeviSuite Hall 120 forEthe Arts Chicago, IL 60637 Chicago, IL 60637 5801 S Ellis Ave, Suite 120 915 E 60th St (at Drexel Ave) 773.702.ARTS (2787) Chicago, IL 60637 Chicago, IL 60637

ACCESSIBILITY

773.702.ARTS (2787)

Persons with disabilities who need an accommodation in order to ACCESSIBILITY participate in events should contact the event sponsor for Persons with disabilities who need an accommodation in assistance. Visit answers.uchicago.edu/19772 for information order to participate in events should contact the eventon Assistive Devices.Visit answers.uchicago.edu/19772 for sponsorListening for assistance. information on Assistive Listening Devices.

ACCOMMODATIONS

Located in the heart of Hyde Park’s new Harper Court development, ACCOMMODATIONS Hyatt Place (5225 S Harper Ave) is a LEED- certified, six-story hotel Located in the heart of Hyde Park’s new Harper Court with contemporary amenities cafe bar, indoor development, Hyatt Placeincluding (5225 S aHarper Ave) is apool, LEEDfitness facility, and easily accessible and affordableamenities valet parking. certified, six-story hotel with contemporary Visit chicagosouthuniversity.place.hyatt.com call 773-752-5300. including a cafe bar, indoor pool, fitnessorfacility, and easily accessible and affordable valet parking. Visit chicagosouthuniversity.place.hyatt.com or call 773-752-5300.

Cover, actor Jerod Haynes for Native Son, photo by joe mazza/brave lux inc., courtesy of Court Theatre; Page 3, Tony Tasset, Pieta, Ed. ⅓, 2007, image courtesy Smart Museum of Art, purchase, Paul and Miriam Kirkley Fund for Acquisitions, 2008.48; Page 3, Reva and David Logan Center for the Arts, photo by Tom Rossiter, courtesy the University of Chicago; Page 3, actor Jerod Haynes for Native Son, photo by joe mazza/brave lux inc., courtesy of Court Theatre; Page 4, Seminary Co-op Bookstore photo by Rob Kozloff, courtesy the University of Chicago; Page 4, Replica Babylonian stela with an inscription of Hammurabi’s Code, c. 1750 BCE, courtesy University of Chicago Oriental Institute; Page 4, Judy Ledgerwood, detail from Chromatic Patterns for the Smart Museum, photo courtesy Smart Museum of Art; Page 4, Painted Hills Striploin with bone marrow ravioli, sweet corn elotes, seared lobster mushrooms, and “A-1” veal sauce, photo by Clayton Hauk, courtesy Promontory; Page 4, Jazz X-tet photo by Jason Smith; Page 4, Cecil McDonald, Harmonic Portico 8, 2013, image courtesy of the artist; Page 6, James Corner’s plan for Chicago’s Navy Pier, image courtesy James Corner Field Operation; Page 7 - Tony Tasset, Pieta, Ed. ⅓, 2007, image courtesy Smart Museum of Art, purchase, Paul and Miriam Kirkley Fund for Acquisitions, 2008.48; Page 8, Odette Champion, Modes de printemps: BerlinVienne-Constantinople, Fantasio. Paris: Félix Juven (1915), Gift of Neil Harris and Teri J. Edelstein, image courtesy of the University of Chicago Library; Page 8, Tahrir Square represented in graffiti, image provided by the Neubauer Collegium on Culture and Society; Page 9, Douglas M. Parrish, First Controlled Nuclear Chain Reaction, image courtesy Smart Museum of Art, University Transfer, 1975.80; Page 9, Martha Rosler, Boy’s Room, 1967–72, image courtesy of the artist and Mitchell-Innes & Nash, New York; Page 10, William Pope.L, Curtain (detail), 2013, photo by Tom Van Eynde; Page 10, Liam Gillick, Courtesy of the artist and Casey Kaplan, NY; Page 11, Installation view of the Smart’s 1974 exhibition of sculpture from The Joel Starrels, Jr. Memorial Collection; Page 11, Lisa Alvarado, Traditional Object A, 2014, courtesy of the artist; Page 12, Daniel Gordon, Portrait with Blue Hair, 2013; Page 13, still from Norte, the End of History (Lav Diaz, 2013, 250 minutes), image courtesy of Cinema Guild; Page 13, still from Seven Samurai (Akira Kurosawa, 1954, 207 minutes); Page 13, still from Hands of Orlac (Robert Wiene, 1924, 92 minutes); Page 14, Gladys Nilsson, 1966, photo by William Arsenault; Page 14, still from Dark Passage (Delmer Daves, 1947, 106 minutes); Page 15, LaTasha N. Nevada Diggs photo courtesy of the artist; Page 16, Rachel DeWoskin, Vu Tran, and Will Boast photos courtesy the Committee on Creative Writing; Page 17, Lamassu from Khorsabad (Gypsum, Neo-Assyrian Period, c. 721-705 BCE.), University of Chicago Oriental Institute; Page 17, Humanities Day graphic courtesy the Division of the Humanities; Page 18, still from HOWDOYOUSAYYAMINAFRICAN?, Good Stock on the Dimensional Floor: An Opera, image courtesy of the artists; Page 18, David Grubbs and Susan Howe photo courtesy of the artists; Page 22, Danish String Quartet photo by Caroline Bittencourt; Page 23, Willie Pickens photo by Jason Smith; Page 23, Regina Carter photo by David Katzenstein, courtesy of the artist; Page 24, University Symphony Orchestra image courtesy Department of Music; Page 24, Third Coast Percussion photo by Saverio Truglia; Page 25, Tafelmusik’s The Galileo Project photo by Glenn Davidson; Page 26, Tristan Perich; Page 28, Osiris and Isis image courtesy Oriental Insitute Museum; Page 29, We Refugees illustration courtesy Chicago Humanities Festival; Page 29, Weekend of Workshops photo by Vivan Wan, courtesy Theater & Performance Studies; Page 30, Entre Marta Y Lope photo courtesy the aritsts; Page 31, actor Jerod Haynes for Native Son, photo by joe mazza/brave lux inc., courtesy of Court Theatre; Page 31, eight blackbird, photo by Luke Ratray; Page 32, Image courtesy the Smart Museum of Art; Page 33, Trobollowitsch image courtesy of the artist; Page 33, Caroline Kent, Two Wilmas, 2012; Page 34, Theaster Gates photo courtesy of the artist; Page 34, Phil Solomon with Mark Lapore, Crossroad (2005), image courtesy Phil Solomon; Page 35, LaTasha N. Nevada Diggs photo courtesy of the artist; Page 35, Alfredo Rodriguez photo courtesy of the artist; Page 36, Margie Smigel, a real estate broker, shown with a stone tablet incised with a record of land sales in Iraq, ca. 2600 BC., photo by Jason Reblando, courtesy University of Chicago Oriental Institute; Page 36, Samuel Akainyah, Ancestral Masks II (detail), 2005; Page 38, photo by Tom Rossiter, courtesy the University of Chicago.

arts.uchicago.edu | 39

38 38 | arts.uchicago.edu | arts.uchicago.edu

An additional parking garage can be found at 6054 S Drexel Ave, near the Logan Center for the Arts, open to non-permit holders after 9am.

Parking Lot Wells Lot, located at 60th St and Drexel Ave, is free after 4pm and all day on weekends.

Sm Co art M n Be tem useu l m p Co ls of o/5 /40 0 u S Re rt Th umm na iss eatr er/5 e an ce /60 0 So cie ty/ 100

A Year of Anniversaries in the Arts.

UChicagoArts

arts.uchicago.edu/artennial

2014 Fall Arts Guide

Articles inside

Court Theatre's Native Son Kicks Off UChicago Artennial