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UCHICAGO ARTS WINTER 2015 EVENTS & EXHIBITIONS GUIDE

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WORLD PREMIERE

Agamemnon

by Aeschylus, translated by Nicholas Rudall directed by Charles Newell November 5 – December 6, 2015

MIDWEST PREMIERE

Satchmo at the Waldorf

Long Day’s Journey Into Night

by Eugene O’Neill directed by David Auburn March 10 – April 10, 2016

CHICAGO PREMIERE

One Man, Two Guvnors by Richard Bean Directed by Charles Newell May 12 – June 12, 2016

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For those with more time, begin at the University’s art museum, the Smart Museum of Art, for their exhibition Objects and Voices: A Collection of Stories (page 5). For a light lunch, stop by the Smart Museum’s café, then head over to the Neubauer Collegium for Culture and Society to explore Neubauer Collegium Exhibitions’ No Longer Art: Salvage Art Institute (page 6).

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EVENING VISIT

Book tickets for the world premiere of The Good Book at Court Theatre (courttheatre.org). Continue your artsy evening by checking out the latest exhibition at the Reva and David Logan Center for the Arts (pictured). 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). More of a cinephile? Find free screenings from Film Studies Center in the FILM section of this guide (page 16).

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Short but sweet, this quick 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 A Cosmopolitan City: Muslims, Christians, and Jews in Old Cairo (page 6). Pop across the new pedestrian walkway to the Seminary Co-op Bookstore. The Plein Air Café, an atelier-inspired eatery, is right next door.

For a full day of UChicago Arts, start at The Renaissance Society, a renowned contemporary art museum. For lunch head to Z+H Market Cafe on 57th Street followed by a guided tour of Frank Lloyd Wright’s Robie House, one of the architect’s Prairie Style gems (tickets at cal.flwright.org/tours/robie or 312.994.4000). Take a short walk down the street and 271 steps up to the largest musical instrument ever built: the Laura Spelman Carillon at Rockefeller Memorial Chapel. Afterward, make your way to dinner at Yusho on 53rd Street (yushohydepark.com).

Get out and explore the neighborhoods, starting at the Hyde Park Art Center (hydeparkart.org). Check out the nearby shops on 53rd Street surrounding Harper Court, then make your way west across Washington Park (or take the 55 bus toward Garfield) to the Currency Exchange Café (305 E. Garfield Blvd.). Step next door for exhibitions and events at the Arts Incubator, where you’ll find artist spaces, events, and exhibitions.

EXHIBITIONS Our Work: Modern Jobs — Ancient Origins Ongoing Oriental Institute Museum, Lower Level Our Work: Modern Jobs — Ancient Origins, an exhibition of photographic portraits, explores how cultural achievements of the ancient Middle East have contributed to or created much of modern life. Free. Presented by the Oriental Institute Museum. Laurens Tan’s Empire Bookends: Basketcase Steve Sun Art Gallery at UChicago’s Center in Beijing Ongoing Empire Bookends: Basketcase features a selection of Tan’s recent Beijing-oriented works including two standard-sized Beijing tricycles and a series of sketches and graphics. Tan’s artwork in and from Beijing renders the gritty down-to-earth realities of the city as sleek and gorgeous objects reminiscent of post-modern architecture and product design. At the same time Tan redirects our gaze to find beauty in the actual mundane city that surrounds us. Free. Presented by the University of Chicago. Varda Caivano: The Density of the Actions Through Apr 19, 2015 The Renaissance Society London-based artist Varda Caivano presents a new series of paintings in her first solo exhibition in the United States. While decidedly non-figurative, Caivano’s paintings evoke a sense of place, sometimes recalling landscapes, though more frequently alluding to mental

spaces and otherworldly realms.Free. Presented by the Renaissance Society. Our Sense of Belonging: An exhibit of figurative photography Through May 30, 2015 Bernard A. Mitchell Hospital (5815 S. Maryland Ave.) Chicago-based photographers offer creative investigations into the lives of others for us to see from their unique viewpoints. They roam the forests of human endeavor and come away with a fragment of what life is about. From the kids of Hyde Park in Chicago to the aging musicians of Russia, there is a revelation that we are not strangers after all. Located in the skybridge to Duchossois Center. Free. Presented by UChicago Medicine and Biological Sciences Healing Arts Program. The High School Project: Exhibit of photographs by Linda Erf Swift Through Apr 6, 2015 Duchossois Center, (5815 S. Maryland Ave.) Photographer Linda Erf Swift spent eight years photographing seniors from three different Hyde Park high schools, approaching the project from her social work background. Students selected a quote that speaks to their identity, wrote it out, chose wardrobe and props, and then were photographed in their school setting. These beautiful portraits remind us of the wisdom, resilience, intelligence, strength, and humor of teenagers. Located in the 4th Floor Atrium. Free. Presented by UChicago Medicine and Biological Sciences Healing Arts Program.

Objects and Voices: A Collection of Stories Through Jun 21, 2015 Smart Museum of Art Why do objects matter? What kind of stories do they help tell? Through a series of micro-exhibitions curated by a diverse roster of collaborators, Objects and Voices reveals the multiple ways we work with, learn from, and enjoy objects of art. This museumwide exhibition is divided into a series of small thematic presentations organized by distinguished professors, artists, museum professionals, UChicago students, and Smart alumni. These vignettes reveal how objects and stories are intertwined, preserved, and re-invented at a university art museum like the Smart. Free. Presented by the Smart Museum of Art.

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A Cosmopolitan City: Muslims, Christians, and Jews in Old Cairo Mar 31–Sep 13, 2015 Oriental Institute Museum A Cosmopolitan City features more than 70 objects that highlight the interactions of the Muslim, Christian, and Jewish communities of Old Cairo during the 7th to 12th centuries A.D. Documents from the Genizah (deposit of Jewish manuscripts from the Ben Ezra Synagogue) and objects of daily life show how these communities melded their traditions to create a vibrant multicultural society. Free. Presented by the Oriental Institute Museum. Pink Chiffon Apr 3–13, 2015 Logan Center Gallery An exhibition featuring works from students in the BA program in the Department of Visual Arts. Artists include Katie Soule, Alice Bucknell, Theo Shure, Clare Koury, Scarlett Kim, Kirsten Émilie Gindler, and Jonah Freedman. Free. Presented by Logan Center Exhibitions and DoVA. exceptional/respectable Apr 3–24, 2015 Arts Incubator Gallery A solo exhibition featuring Arts + Public Life/Center for the Study of Race, Politics & Culture artist-in-residence James T. Green. The artist’s latest body of work illustrates his visceral output in response to respectability politics, the the 24 hour news cycle, and the conflict between contemplation and action.Free. Presented by Arts + Public Life and Center for the Study of Race, Politics & Culture.

The Studio in the Field: Early Wildlife Photography and the Craft of Naturalism Apr 6–Sep 15, 2015 The John Crerar Library, Atrium During the 1890s, technical advances made it practical to photograph animals in their natural environments. But faced with the unpredictable realities of photographing in the field, early practitioners struggled to make worthwhile images from the standpoints of art or natural history. This exhibit traces the development of wildlife photography as a popular cultural pursuit, focusing on innovative strategies devised to craft pictures that would appear convincingly natural to 19thcentury audiences. Free. Presented by the John Crerar Library.

Go Away, Ghost Ship! Apr 24–May 14, 2015 Logan Center Gallery An MFA exhibition featuring works from Alex Calhoun, Sara Rouse, Zachary Harvey, and Autumn Elizabeth Clark. Free. Presented by Logan Center Exhibitions and DoVA.

Passion, Territory, Reflection: Designs from the MODA-SAIC Studio Mentorship Apr 9–May 8, 2015 Logan Center, Lower Gidwitz Lobby MODA, the student fashion organization at UChicago, presents four capsule collections created by student designers from MODA’s Designer Boot Camp program in partnership with the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. A select group of MODA designers exhibit their design process and final garment pieces for the first time on campus following their highly publicized runway show House of MODA in March. Free. Presented by MODA, Logan Center, and the Office of Civic Engagement.

Gabriel Sierra May 3–Jun 28, 2015 The Renaissance Society Bogotá-based artist Gabriel Sierra explores the relationship between the language of human-made objects and the dimensions of the spaces in which we live. For his first solo exhibition in a U.S. museum, Sierra presents a group of constructions that invite visitors to walk across various materials and forms, each of which alters the way one perceives the space and time of the gallery. Free. Presented by the Renaissance Society.

No Longer Art: Salvage Art Institute Apr 23–Jun 28, 2015 Neubauer Collegium for Culture and Society Founded by artist Elka Krajewska, the Salvage Art Institute provides a refuge for salvaged artworks—a term by which the insurance industry refers to works removed from circulation due to accidental damage—while offering a platform for confronting the regulation of their financial, aesthetic, and social value. No longer alive in terms of the market, gallery, or museum system, these objects often remain relatively intact. Their survival beyond official devaluation confronts our common understanding of the separation of art from non-art. Free. Presented by Neubauer Collegium Exhibitions and the Gray Center for Arts and Inquiry with support from the Object Cultures Project.

Test/Move/Play Ability May 8–Jun 5, 2015 Arts Incubator and various sites along the block The multi-sited culmination of artist Alberto Aguilar’s Crossing Boundaries residency with Arts + Public Life, this exhibition explores the artist’s use of play as a way to navigate life, interactions with others, and the environment.Free. Presented by Arts + Public Life and Center for the Study of Race, Politics & Culture.

Windy City Breakdown May 8–29, 2015 Arts Incubator Gallery This solo exhibition illustrates the process and research of Arts + Public Life/Center for the Study of Race, Politics & Culture artist-in-residence Ayana Contreras. The work explores locally-sourced vintage vinyl records and paper ephemera from the artist’s personal collection to reveal aspects of Black Chicago during times of collision among the arts, entrepreneurship, and Black Power. Free. Presented by Arts + Public Life and Center for the Study of Race, Politics & Culture. Trapped in Acapulco May 22–Jun 11, 2015 Logan Center Gallery An MFA exhibition featuring works from David Lloyd, Richard Williamson, Tori Whitehead, Carris Adams. Free. Presented by Logan Center Exhibitions and DoVA. Salvage Art Institute Untitled Ongoing from Fri, Jun 5 E. 60th St. & Cottage Grove Ave. For several years, two dismantled 1976 Untitled sculptures by Israeli-born artist Buky Schwartz have been stored alongside other University-owned artworks and building materials on a vacant lot. Over the course of the summer and into the fall, Elka Krajewska, Director of the New York-based Salvage Art Institute, and Christine Mehring, UChicago art history chair, take the lead in reconfiguring the sculptural components and redesigning the site, testing the capacity of public art to transform communal urban space. Free. Presented by Neubauer Collegium Exhibitions and the Gray Center for Arts and Inquiry with support from the Object Cultures Project, Office of the Provost, and Office of Civic Engagement. Sugar Foot Rain Dance Jun 12–Jul 3, 2015 Arts Incubator Gallery This solo exhibition of recent works on paper by Arts + Public Life/Center for the Study of Race, Politics & Culture artist-inresidence David Leggett examines the artist’s relationship to art history, race, culture, and self. Free. Presented by Arts + Public Life and Center for the Study of Race, Politics & Culture.

EVENTS Exhibit Opening Gala for Closeted/Out in the Quadrangles Wed, Apr 1, 6–8 pm Regenstein Library, Special Collections Exhibition Gallery and Regenstein 122 Celebrate the opening of the special exhibition Closeted/Out in the Quadrangles: A History of LGBTQ Life at the University of Chicago. A reception and short program will mark the opening. Visitors will have the opportunity to meet oral history narrators and project organizers. Free. Presented by the Center for the Study of Gender and Sexuality. Cylinder Seals: Miniature Masterpieces of Mesopotamia Thu, Apr 2, 12:15–1pm Oriental Institute Museum Join Oriental Institute Curatorial Assistant Kiersten Neumann, PhD, as she traces the relationships among material, shape, imagery, identity, and ideology of cylinder seals from ancient Mesopotamia. The discussion will highlight which properties were of the greatest cultural value, with visual support provided by the rich collection on display in the Edgar and Deborah Jannotta Mesopotamian Gallery. Free. Presented by the Oriental Institute Museum as part of the Lunchtime Traveler Series. Curator Tours: Objects and Voices Thu, Apr 2, 6pm Smart Museum of Art Kris Ercums (Curator of Asian Art and Global Contemporary Art, Spencer Museum of Art at the University of Kansas) and Russell Bowman (Former Director, Milwaukee Art Museum) lead tours of their Objects and Voices projects Between Two Worlds: Asian/American Modern Art and Mark Rothko: From Nature to Abstraction.Free. Presented by the Smart Museum of Art. Pink Chiffon reception Fri, Apr 3, 6–8pm Logan Center Gallery Artists reception for the BA exhibition Pink Chiffon, featuring works from Katie Soule, Alice Bucknell, Theo Shure, Clare Koury, Scarlett Kim, Kirsten Émilie Gindler, and Jonah Freedman. Free. Presented by Logan Center Exhibitions and DoVA.

Third Thursday: Clocks by Knox Thu, Apr 9, 5:30–7:30pm Smart Museum of Art Create your own clock face using thin metal inscriptions that pay homage to the designs of Archibald Knox. Clock components and other materials provided. Free. Presented by the Smart Museum of Art. Passion, Territory, Reflection: Designs from the MODA-SAIC Studio Mentorship reception Fri, Apr 10, 6–8pm Reception for Passion, Territory, Reflection, an exhibition of four capsule collections from members of MODA, UChicago’s student fashion organization. The collections were created by student designers from MODA’s Designer Boot Camp program in partnership with the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. Free. Presented by MODA, Logan Center, and the Office of Civic Engagement.

exceptional/respectable reception Fri, Apr 10, 6–9 pm Arts Incubator Gallery This reception celebrates the opening of exceptional/ respectable, on view April 3–24, 2015 a solo exhibition featuring Arts + Public Life/Center for the Study of Race, Politics & Culture artist-in-residence James T. Green. The artist’s latest body of work illustrates his visceral output in response to respectability politics, the barrage of the 24 hour news cycle, and the conflict between contemplation and action. Free. Presented by Arts + Public Life and Center for the Study of Race, Politics & Culture.

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Closeted/Out in the Quadrangles: A History of LGBTQ Life at the University of Chicago Mar 30–Jun 12, 2015 Regenstein Library, Special Collections Exhibition Gallery From lesbian relationships in the early 1900s to the founding of Chicago Gay Liberation in 1970 to today, lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer/ questioning individuals have long been part of the University’s history. Over 90 oral histories gathered from alumni, faculty, and staff join with archival and donated materials to tell those stories. Free. Presented by the University of Chicago Library and the Center for the Study of Gender and Sexuality.

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Gallery Walk-through for Varda Caivano: The Density of the Actions Sat, Apr 11, 12pm The Renaissance Society Terry R. Myers, Professor and Chair of Painting and Drawing at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and contributor to Caivano’s forthcoming exhibition catalogue, introduces the exhibition. Free. Presented by the Renaissance Society. Art History Modern Lecture Series: Julia Bryan-Wilson Fri, Apr 17, 4:30–6pm Cochrane-Woods Art Center Julia Bryan-Wilson, Associate Professor at the University of California—Berkeley, teaches modern and contemporary art with a focus on art since 1960 in the US, Europe, and Latin America. Her current book project is entitled Crisis Craft: Handmade Art and Activism since 1970. Bryan-Wilson studies theories of artistic labor; feminist and queer theory; performance; craft histories; photography; video; visual culture of the nuclear age; and collaborative practices. Free. Presented by the Department of Art History.

A Little History of Light (Dan Flavin / Gaston Bachelard) Tue, Apr 14, 4:30–6:30pm Classics 110 (1010 E. 59th St.) Professor Bill Brown will give a presentation on the works of Dan Flavin and Gaston Bachelard and how they relate to his scholarly inquiries and “thing theory.” Brown is the Karla Scherer Distinguished Service Professor in American Culture at UChicago. Free. Presented by the Master of Arts Program in Humanities as part of the MAPH Distinguished Faculty Lecture Series.

In Conversation with Blade and Freedom Sat, Apr 18, 1–3pm Arts Incubator Artist and educator Miguel Aguilar moderates a conversation between artists Blade and Freedom, two of New York City’s graffiti pioneers from the 1970s. Discussion may touch on access to arts education, graffiti as a social practice, and public space installation as placemaking. Free. Presented by Arts + Public Life’s Design Apprenticeship Program. Curator Tours: Objects and Voices Sat, Apr 18, 2pm Smart Museum of Art Kenneth Warren (Fairfax M. Cone Distinguished Service Professor in the UChicago Department of English and the Center for the Study of Race, Politics & Culture) and Martha Ward (UChicago Associate Professor of Art History and Visual Arts) lead tours of their Objects and Voices projects Times and Places That Become Us and War Portfolios in Teaching. Free. Presented by the Smart Museum of Art. How to Make a Smart Museum: The Technology Question Thu, Apr 23, 6pm Chicago Innovation Exchange, 1452 E 53rd Street What role, if any, does technology play in creating authentic experiences with original works of art? The fourth in a series of public programs that explore big questions about museums, this panel will focus on technology. Free. Presented by the Smart Museum of Art. Salvage Symposia: Salvage Art 2.0 Fri, Apr 24, 3–6pm Logan Center Salvage Symposia: Salvage Art 2.1 Fri, Jun 5, 3–6pm Neubauer Collegium and additional locations TBA Two events build on the 2014 conference Salvage 1.0: A Conference/Conversation/ Caucus on Behalf of the Act and the Art of Salvage, Salvage 2.0 explores the use life of materials, asking how shifts in materiality affect meaning and (re) usage. Salvage 2.1 turns our attention to issues of context and space. Convening around the dismantled sculptural artwork of Buky Schwartz, the symposium will explore how the specificity of spaces and

places impact public art and praxis as a prelude to reconfiguring these sculptural components and the overall site as a communal urban space. Free. Presented by 3CT’s Object Cultures Project and the Neubauer Collegium for Culture and Society.

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No Longer Art: Salvage Art Institute Opening Reception & Roundtable Discussion Thu, Apr 23, 5–7:30pm Neubauer Collegium for Culture and Society Join us for a reception celebrating the Neubauer Collegium for Culture and Society’s inaugural exhibition. Neubauer Collegium Curator Jacob Proctor will moderate a roundtable discussion with artist Elka Krajewska and UChicago faculty members. Free. Presented by Neubauer Collegium Exhibitions in partnership with the Gray Center for Arts and Inquiry with additional support from the Object Cultures Project.

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Steinmetz (former Head Registrar, Smart Museum of Art) lead tours of their Objects and Voices projects Interaction: British and American Modernist Design and Marcel Duchamp: Boite-en-valise. Free. Presented by the Smart Museum of Art.

Gardening the Human Park: Earth in the Anthropocene by Michael Light Wed, Apr 29, 7pm Logan Center, Performance Penthouse Michael Light is a San Franciscobased photographer and bookmaker focused on the environment and how contemporary American culture relates to it. Light’s aerial photographs of settled and unsettled American space taken over the last 15 years pursue themes of mapping, vertigo, human impact on the land, geologic time, and the sublime. He has exhibited extensively worldwide, and his work has been collected by the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, The Getty Research Institute, and the Victoria & Albert Museum in London, among others. Free. Co-presented by the Arts, Science & Culture Initiative and the Neubauer Collegium’s Engineered Worlds Project.

Art History Modern Lecture Series: Joyce Tsai Thu, Apr 30, 4:30–6pm Cochrane-Woods Art Center Joyce Tsai, Assistant Professor in Art and Art History at the University of Florida, is a specialist in modern and contemporary art whose work focuses on recurrent artistic engagements with abstraction from the 19th to the 21st centuries. Her current book project examines the persistence of painting in the work of László Moholy-Nagy. Her interests include the history of photography; art conservation and conservation science; and the European avant-garde. Free. Presented by the Department of Art History. Coco River Fudge Street: The Arts Incubator in Washington Park Edition May 1-31, 2015 Arts Incubator, David Leggett’s studio Coco River Fudge Streetis a collaborative daily drawing blog started in 2010 by artist-in-residence David Leggett. He took requests from fellow artists, friends, and followers and created drawings based on their prompts. For the entire month, Leggett will take requests from Washington Park residents, UChicago students and faculty, and the public to then be posted to his blog. Additionally, on Tuesdays, Leggett will collaborate on a drawing for the blog with someone from the community. Drawing skills are not required. Send participation requests to dleggett@uchicago.edu. Presented by Arts + Public Life and the Center for the Study of Race, Politics & Culture. Curator Tours: Objects and Voices Sat, May 2, 2pm Smart Museum of Art Jie Shi and Claire Jenson (both PhD candidates in Art History at UChicago) lead tours of their Objects and Voices projects Signed and Sealed: Connoisseurship of Chinese, Japanese, and Korean Paintings and Fragments of the Medieval Past. Free. Presented by the Smart Museum of Art Artist talk: David Brooks Mon, May 4, 6pm Logan Center, Performance Penthouse Artist David Brooks’ work considers the relationship between the individual and the built and natural environment. His work investigates how cultural concerns

cannot be divorced from the natural world, while also questioning the terms under which nature is perceived and utilized. Free. Presented by DoVA-OPC.

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The 2015 David A. Kipper Ancient Israel Lecture: New Discoveries in the Ancient Village and Synagogue at Huqoq in Israel’s Galilee Tue, May 5, 7–9pm Oriental Institute, Breasted Hall Professor Jodi Magness, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, directs excavations in the ancient village of Huqoq. She has recently brought to light remains of a monumental Late Roman (fifth century) synagogue paved with stunning mosaics including depictions of the biblical hero Samson. Magness will describe these exciting finds, including discoveries made in summer 2014. Free, registration recommended (kipper. eventbrite.com). Presented by the Oriental Institute, made possible by a gift from Barbara Kipper and the Kipper Family. From the Arabian Nights to Taxes: Texts from the Old Cairo Exhibition Thu, May 7, 12:15–1pm Oriental Institute Museum The exhibition on Old Cairo at the Oriental Institute Museum presents visitors with a rare opportunity to examine some of the important and varied medieval texts in the Oriental Institute collections. Join Tasha Vorderstrasse, PhD, Oriental Institute research associate and co-curator of A Cosmopolitan City: Muslims, Christians, and Jews in Old Cairo, to discuss the different types of texts on display and provide an in-depth examination of some of the important aspects of these texts, which include the oldest known fragment of the Arabian nights, illuminated religious manuscripts, and stone inscriptions. Free. Presented by the Oriental Institute Museum as part of the Lunchtime Traveler Series. Graham Bader: Smart Lecture Series Thu, May 7, 4:30–6pm Cochrane-Woods Art Center Graham Bader, Associate Professor at Rice University, focuses on postwar European and American art and the interwar avant-gardes of Germany and Russia. In addition to his book Hall of Mirrors: Roy Lichtenstein and the Face of

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set of possibilities, a set of narrations, really, that people can respond to in their different ways—and also the ways in which the collection has been used over the years to train, inspire, and educate.”

Kerry James Marshall is one of the few practicing artists participating in Objects and Voices as a co-curator. “He did not choose to curate any of his own work,” says Leonard, despite several of his pieces being in the Smart Museum’s collection. “However, another curator— [Professor of English] Ken Warren––is using a work from the collection by Kerry James Marshall, Slow Dance, in his presentation. So visitors will perhaps be surprised to find that mixup, and to find another commentator on the artist’s work when the artist is himself present as a curator.”

Objects and Voices exhibition foregrounds the Smart Museum’s collection, and the craft of curation

The exhibition’s other co-curators include UChicago faculty from a wide swath of disciplines, as well as what Leonard calls “Smart alumni.” “These are former students of the University who have worked at the Smart Museum, and in many cases have gone on to make careers in the arts. So by their own admission, their formative experiences at the museum and at this university really shaped their choice of career path and what they’ve gone on to do.”

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For the second time in four months, the Smart Museum of Art has an entirely new look. Following on the success of the fall exhibition Carved Cast and Crumpled: Sculpture All Ways, the Smart has again dedicated its entire space to a wide-ranging exhibition in honor of the museum’s 40th anniversary, along with this year’s campus-wide celebration of shared anniversaries, Artennial. The new exhibition, Objects and Voices: A Collection of Stories, on view through June 21, foregrounds the museum’s permanent collection—and just as importantly, the process of curating it—in order to illustrate the many ways the collection can be used and interpreted.

at the Smart and Lecturer in Art History at UChicago. “We’ve tried to make that process—of choosing, selecting, interpreting art—something that in itself is being enacted in these projects, so that it is no longer mysterious to people who come to visit.”

“A lot of what we’ve tried to do is make the operations of the museum more transparent,” says Anne Leonard, Curator and Associate Director of Academic Initiatives

For even the most seasoned museum-goer, it’s easy to let curation become invisible—to imagine that some august object simply is what it is and means what it

means, regardless of context. Objects and Voices tries to shake us out of that particular form of myopia or apathy by placing works from the Smart’s collection into seventeen miniexhibitions designed by about two dozen co-curators, emphasizing the new meanings that arise from these objects’ new contexts. “We’ve tried to get at the idea of the many ways that art can be experienced, interpreted, enjoyed, learned from, and so on,” Leonard explains. “It’s very much about the collection—not just as a set of inert objects, but more as a

One such alumnus is Russell Bowman, a former Director of the Milwaukee Art Museum whose work with the Smart Museum dates back to its founding in the 1970s. Bowman’s mini-exhibition, From Nature to Abstraction, focuses on the work of Color Field painter Mark Rothko. On the other end of the age spectrum, Leonard continues, is a class of fifth graders who “have worked with a teaching artist as well as our own education staff at the museum and their own teacher [at the] Ed Beasley Academic Center to produce a really terrific project that responds to works of art in our collection, and that arises out of a very sustained engagement with those works.”

Leonard and her diverse collaborators are aiming to give visitors a fluid experience, entirely non-linear and endlessly reconfigurable. “You also can choose your own adventure, so to speak. You can choose your own itinerary— there’s no prescribed order. You can skip around, you can see them all, you can dip into some and come back another day to see the others. So there’s a great degree of freedom to design your own experience when you visit.” That’s not to say that the overall effect will be jumbled, or that each and every juxtaposition is surprising. “Some pairings are expected,” Leonard admits. “We’ve put [Associate Professor of Music] Berthold Hoeckner and [University Professor] David Wellbery, who are both experts in German Romanticism, on a set of German Romantic prints. However, because they are not art historians, they are offering literary/musicological perspectives on works, and really drawing out the media implications of those.” “This is one of the very few museumwide exhibitions that we’ve done in our history,” Leonard concludes with palpable excitement. “So despite all the organizational complexities, it does seem like a worthwhile exercise—if only for that element of total surprise when people walk through the door and encounter a museum that they may think they know, but really can still experience in a new way.”

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Painting in the 1960s, his work includes essays on Neue Sachlichkeit painting in 1920s Germany and the legacy of iconoclasm in twentieth-century art. His current research focuses on the art and design projects of the German Dadaist Kurt Schwitters. Free. Sponsored by the Department of Art History.

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Pocket Guide to Hell: The Presentation of Self in Everyday Life Thu, May 7, 6pm Smart Museum of Art Esquire-inspired cocktail hour examining the Chicago School of sociology and the drama of projected personality and social life. Followed by a special screening of the documentary Smiling Through the Apocalypse: Esquire in the 60s (2014, dir. Tom Hayes). Free. Presented by the Smart Museum of Art and Pocket Guide to Hell. Test/Move/Play Ability and Windy City Breakdown reception Fri, May 8, 6–9pm Arts Incubator This reception celebrates the opening of two concurrent solo exhibitions by resident artists: Alberto Aguilar’s Test/ Move/Play Ability, on view May 8–Jun 5, and Ayana Contreras’ Windy City Breakdown, on view May 8–29. Free. Presented by Arts + Public Life and Center for the Study of Race, Politics & Culture. Curator Tours: Objects and Voices Sat, May 16, 2pm Smart Museum of Art Berthold Hoeckner (UChicago Associate Professor of Music) and David Wellbery (LeRoy T. and Margaret Deffenbaugh Carlson University Professor of Germanic Studies, Comparative Literature, and Social Thought at UChicago) lead a tour of their Objects and Voices project Romantic Inter-Mediality. Free. Presented by the Smart Museum of Art. Windy City Breakdown: Conversation with Ayana Contreras Tue, May 19, 6pm Arts Incubator As part of her solo exhibition, artist, DJ, and radio producer Ayana Contreras will present her research into the art of documentation, the things we choose to “save” (from an anthropological standpoint), and objects and artifacts that have not made the “digital leap”

from paper to pixel or from groove to gigabyte. What bits of metadata live on these physical artifacts beyond their native media? What happens when these formats begin to degrade? Windy City Breakdown is on view at the Arts Incubator May 8–29. Free. Presented by Arts + Public Life and Center for the Study of Race, Politics & Culture. Goethe Graphic Novels Thu, May 21, 5:30–7:30pm Smart Museum of Art Draw your own graphic novel version of Goethe’s Faust. Inspired by Romantic etchings and prints based on Goethe’s drawing and writing. Free. Presented by the Smart Museum of Art and the Goethe-Institut Chicago. Trapped in Acapulco reception Fri, May 22, 6–8pm Logan Center Gallery Artists reception for the MFA exhibition Trapped in Acapulco, featuring works from David Lloyd, Richard Williamson, Tori Whitehead, and Carris Adams. Free. Presented by Logan Center Exhibitions and DoVA. Artist talk: Kori Newkirk Tue, May 26, 6pm Logan Center, Performance Penthouse Kori Newkirk creates multimedia paintings, sculptural installations, and photographs that transform his materials into gestures toward the semiotics of cultural identity and his own personal/ familial history. His work explores the meaning of the materials, bringing to light the ways in which the implications may be transformed as they are forged through cultural context. Free. Presented by DoVA-OPC and Arts + Public Life. How to Make a Smart Museum: 2054, A Smart Odyssey Thu, May 28, 6pm Smart Museum of Art This program caps the How to Make a Smart Museum series, exploring big questions about museums during the Smart’s 40th anniversary. What did we learn? What do we believe? Where do we go? Free. Presented by the Smart Museum of Art.

Art History Modern Lecture Series: Robert Slifkin Thu, May 21, 4:30–6pm Cochrane-Woods Art Center, Room 157 Robert Slifkin is an Assistant Professor of Fine Arts at New York University. His scholarship addresses the history of modern and contemporary art, with particular foci on the art and culture of the United States; the history of photography; and critical theory. His first book, Out of Time: Philip Guston and the Refiguration of Postwar American Art, reconsiders the history of postwar American art and the conception of figuration in modern art history more generally. Free. Presented by the Department of Art History. The Ancient Egyptian Book of the Dead Thu, Jun 4, 12:15–1pm Oriental Institute Museum Join the Head of the Research Archives Foy Scalf, PhD, for a discussion about the ancient Egyptian Book of the Dead, focusing on what this “book” was and wasn’t, how it was used in funerary ritual, and its relationship to the contemporary literature of its time. Free. Presented by the Oriental Institute Museum as part of the Lunchtime Traveler Series. At the Threshold Thu, Jun 4, 5–7:30pm Smart Museum of Art Chicago’s 500 Clown hosts a social hour featuring lively performances and creative conversations. Refreshments provided. Free. Presented by the Smart Museum of Art.

Salvage 2.1 “Untitled” (An Ongoing Conversation) Fri, Jun 5, 3–6pm E. 60th St. & Cottage Grove Ave. For several years, two dismantled 1976 Untitled sculptures by Israeli-born artist Buky Schwartz have been stored alongside other University-owned artworks and building materials on a vacant lot. Convening around the dismantled artwork, this conversation will explore how the specificity of space and place impacts the significance of public art. The conversation will serve as a prelude to reconfiguring these sculptural components and imagining the overall site as a communal urban space. Elka Krajewska, Director of the New Yorkbased Salvage Art Institute, and Christine Mehring, UChicago art history chair, will take the lead in discussing the sculptures, possible development strategies for the site, and the capacity of public art to transform communal urban space. Free. See Salvage Symposia, page 8 for details. Epic Wednesday: Cosmos in Cairo Wed, Jun 10, 5–8pm Oriental Institute Museum Celebrate the beginning of summer with all things “cosmopolitan”—from the cocktail to a tour of the exhibit A Cosmopolitan City. Enjoy a night of music, gallery tours, hands-on art projects, interactive group activities, trivia challenges, and refreshments. Groups of 5+, $10 per person; students $10; members or UChicago faculty/staff $12; non-members $15 (oi.uchicago.edu/ register). This event is 18+. Presented by the Oriental Institute Museum. Japan in Hyde Park Thu, Jun 11, 5:30–7:30pm Smart Museum of Art Sumi ink painting and letter-writing connected to the World’s Columbian Exposition. Free. Presented by the Smart Museum of Art. Sugar Foot Rain Dance reception Fri, Jun 12, 6–9pm Arts Incubator Gallery A celebration of the opening of Sugar Foot Rain Dance, on view through July 3. This exhibition of recent works on paper by artist-in-residence David Leggett examines the artist’s relationship to art history, race, culture, and self. Free. Presented by Arts + Public Life and Center for the Study of Race, Politics & Culture.

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She Gone Rogue, May 8

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Specificity in Practice: Recent Work by Victor Burgin Thu, Apr 2, 7pm Logan Center, Screening Room While in the 20th century the criterion of “specificity” (that which distinguishes one art practice from another) became foundational to aesthetic modernism, under ”postmodernism” previously irreconcilable differences between art forms became routinely ignored in a celebration of pastiche and hybridity. Victor Burgin, Chair of Fine Art, University of London, will argue that such developments have rendered the concept of specificity unavoidable in any critically self-aware art practice, with particular reference to his recent works A Place to Read (2010) and Mirror Lake (2013). Free. Presented by Film Studies Center and Gray Center for Arts and Inquiry. Cry Baby Sat, Apr 4, 7pm Logan Center, Screening Room In John Waters’ vision of 1950’s highschool Americana, Johnny Depp stars as Cry-Baby, a singing and weeping biker and Elvis look-alike. Amy Locane is Allison, the singing society girl who CryBaby adores, and who is both thrilled and terrified by the promise that he is, indeed, as bad as they say. Preceded by two short films. (John Waters, 1990, 35mm, 85 min, courtesy Swank Motion Pictures). Free. Presented by Department of Cinema and Media Studies and Film Studies Center in conjunction with the Department of Cinema and Media Studies 2015 Graduate Student Conference, Performing Bodies: Gesture, Affect, and Embodiment on Screen (Apr 17–18).

CMS Graduate Student Conference: Performing Bodies: Gesture, Affect, and Embodiment on Screen Fri–Sat, Apr 17–18, 2015 Logan Center, Screening Room This conference opens up the question “what do bodies do on screen?” by situating screen performance in an expanded field of bodily practices and critical discourses. The mutation of the moving image landscape raises the questions: in what ways do digital imaging technologies complicate the notion of the body or challenge its prominence? In what ways have cinematic bodies always been virtual? Free. Presented by Department of Cinema and Media Studies, Film Studies Center, Center for the Study of Gender and Sexuality, Council on Advanced Studies, and Humanities Division Graduate Student Council.

Kartemquin Members’ Work for Hire Fri, Apr 24, 7pm Logan Center Screening Room Professor Judy Hoffman and Kartemquin Films cofounder Gordon Quinn screen and discuss films and videos that Kartemquin members worked on to raise money for their own progressive documentaries. Members used this work to hone their craft and learn about different worlds of work, from fast food to organ transplants to automotive plants. This in turn opened the filmmakers up to thinking about their own relationship to the film industry. Much of this work has never been screened publicly. (various directors, 1984–1993, 75 minutes) Free. Presented by South Side Projections, theFilm Studies Center, and the Center for the Study of Race, Politics & Culture. Cinemetrics Across Borders Thu–Sun, April 30–May 3, 2015 Logan Center, Screening Room As part of the Neubauer Collegium for Culture and Society project Cinemetrics Across Boundaries: A Collaborative Study of Montage, this international conference hosted by UChicago professor Yuri Tsivian will bring together filmmakers and scholars to discuss a diverse set of questions related to film editing. As a basis for the discussion will be the use of Cinemetrics, a digital tool launched in 2005 to assess and compare various ways of editing films. Since its launch, the Cinemetrics website has grown into a global forum on experimental methods in cinema studies. Free (RSVP at neubauercollegium. uchicago.edu/events/calendar).

She Gone Rogue: An Evening with Zackary Drucker Fri, May 8, 7pm Logan Center, Screening Room American trans artist Zackary Drucker presents She Gone Rogue (2012), an Alice-in-Wonderland-inspired narrative that weaves a history of trans feminine people, practices, and revolutionaries into its tale of identity exploration. A producer for the Golden Globe-winning series Transparent as well as an artist working in performance, video, and photography, Drucker brings a funny, critical, disturbing, and provocative new voice to American media. Free. Presented by Film Studies Center and The Counter Cinema/ Counter Media Project, in partnership with the Office of LGBTQ Student Life, The Center for the Study of Gender and Sexuality, and The Karla Scherer Center for the Study of American Culture. The Thoughts That Once We Had: An Evening with Thom Andersen Sat, May 23, 7pm Logan Center, Screening Room One of America’s foremost practitioners of the essay film presents a major new work inspired by the writings of Gilles Deleuze on cinema. The Thoughts That Once We Had (2014, 108 min.) is a richly layered journey through cinematic history, masterfully edited as it playfully moves across decades and genres, and suffused at every turn by the renowned filmmaker and critic’s lifelong passion for the movies. Free. Presented by the Film Studies Center.

Bert Williams, Rediscovered: Resurrecting a Lost Landmark in Black Film History Fri, May 15, 7pm Logan Center, Performance Hall This screening features an hourlong assemblage of daily rushes and multiple takes from the earliest known surviving featurelength film with a Black cast. Ron Magliozzi, Associate Curator in the Museum of Modern Art’s Department of Film will discuss the film’s creation, century-long disappearance, and resurrection. Original musical accompaniment by Theaster Gates and the Black Monks of Mississippi, featuring Marvin Tate. Introduction by Jacqueline Najuma Stewart, Department of Cinema and Media Studies. Free. Presented by the Film Studies Center and the Center for the Study of Race, Politics & Culture.

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Scraps in Black and White: Black Images from the Library of Congress Paper Print Collection Thu, May 7, 7pm Logan Center, Screening Room Featuring some of the earliest representations of Black subjects on film, these rarely screened “paper prints” from 1894–1915 encompass a range of genres and topics, from Caribbean travelogues to blackface slapstick to boxing films to cakewalk performances. Accompanied by pianist Dave Drazin and commentary by Jacqueline Najuma Stewart, Department of Cinema and Media Studies.Free. Presented by the Film Studies Center.

Ben Marcus, Apr 23 & 24

of two other collections of poetry, Hard Bread and Honey With Tobacco. She serves as the Executive Editor of Salmagundi Magazine and a regular faculty member of the poetry workshop teaching staffs of Skidmore College, Columbia University, and the New York State Summer Writers Institute. Free. Presented by the Program in Poetry and Poetics.

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Catcher in the Rhyme Wed, Apr 22, 8–10pm Café Logan Hear student work in a format that varies week-to-week, with readings, spoken word, open mics, slam competitions, and more. Free. Presented by Catcher in the Rhyme and the Logan Center. Reading by Ben Marcus Thu, Apr 23, 6pm Logan Center, Performance Penthouse Ben Marcus reads from his latest collection Leaving the Sea, described by The New York Times as “a wonder and a cautionary tale all in one.” Marcus is the author of several books, including The Flame Alphabet and The Age of Wire and String, and the recipient of Guggenheim and National Endowment for the Arts fellowships. Free. Presented by the Kestnbaum Family Writer-in-Residence Program and the Committee on Creative Writing. Ben Marcus: In Conversation with Vu Tran Fri, Apr 24, 1pm Logan Center, Terrace Seminar Room Award-winning novelist and short fiction writer Ben Marcus appears in conversation with Vu Tran as part of the Kestnbaum Family Writer-in-Residence Program. They’ll discuss the wide

aesthetic range—from complex linguistic play to more conventionally propulsive narrative forms—in Marcus’s work and how he went about assembling his most recent story collection, Leaving the Sea. Tran is an Assistant Professor of Practice in the Arts in the Department of English at UChicago. Free. Presented by the Kestnbaum Family Writer-in-Residence Program and the Committee on Creative Writing. Reading by Lisa Robertson Thu, Apr 30, 6pm Logan Center, Terrace Seminar Room Canadian poet, essayist, and translator Lisa Robertson reads from new and unpublished work. Robertson began publishing in the early 90s in Vancouver in the artist-run centre (ARC) community, writing texts for visual artists. Her books include Debbie: An Epic, The Weather, The Men, R’s Boat, Lisa Roberson’s Magenta Soul Whip, and the new long poem Cinema of the Present. She teaches in the Master of Fine Arts programme at Piet Zwart Institute in Rotterdam, and lives in France. Free. Presented by the Pearl Andelson Sherry Memorial Fund and the Program in Poetry and Poetics. Catcher in the Rhyme Wed, May 6, 8–10pm Café Logan Hear student work in a format that varies week-to-week, with readings, spoken word, open mics, slam competitions, and more. Free. Presented by Catcher in the Rhyme and the Logan Center.

Reading by Emily Rapp Black Thu, May 7, 6pm Logan Center, Terrace Seminar Room Emily Rapp Black reads a new and unpublished essay. Rapp Black is the author of Poster Child: A Memoir and The Still Point of the Turning World, a New York Times bestseller. Her work has appeared in The New York Times, Salon, Slate, The Boston Globe, The Wall Street Journal, and The Los Angeles Times. She holds the Joseph M. Russo Endowed Chair of Creative Writing at the University of New Mexico. Free. Presented by the Committee on Creative Writing’s Emerging Writers Series. Reading by Peg Boyers Thu, May 14, 6pm Logan Center, Terrace Seminar Room Peg Boyers reads from her latest book, To Forget Venice. Boyers is the author

Catcher in the Rhyme Wed, May 20, 8–10pm Café Logan Hear student work in a format that varies week-to-week, with readings, spoken word, open mics, slam competitions, and more. Free. Presented by Catcher in the Rhyme and the Logan Center. Catcher in the Rhyme Wed, Jun 3, 8–10pm Café Logan Hear student work in a format that varies week-to-week, with readings, spoken word, open mics, slam competitions, and more. Free. Presented by Catcher in the Rhyme and the Logan Center. Brooksday Sun, Jun 7, 12–6pm Logan Center, Performance Penthouse Join us for the third annual Brooksday, a marathon reading to celebrate the life and work of renowned Chicago poet Gwendolyn Brooks. The drop-in event takes place on the anniversary of Brooks’ birth, and will include readings from celebrated authors, students, community leaders, and friends, along with music and other activities. Come for half-anhour or stay all day: there will be cake! Free. Presented by The Guild Literary

Reading by Jennifer duBois Thu, May 21, 6pm Logan Center, Terrace Seminar Room Jennifer duBois reads from her newest novel, Cartwheel, which won the Housatonic Book Award for Fiction. DuBois is also the author of A Partial History of Lost Causes, winner of the California Book Award for First Fiction, the Northern California Book Award for Fiction, and finalist for the PEN/Hemingway Award for Debut Fiction. A graduate of the Iowa Writers’ Workshop and a former Stanford University Stegner Fellow, duBois is the recipient of a Whiting Writer’s Award and a National Book Foundation 5 Under 35 Award. Free. Presented by the Committee on Creative Writing’s Emerging Writers Series.

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Catcher in the Rhyme Wed, Apr 8, 8–10pm Café Logan Hear student work in a format that varies week-to-week, with readings, spoken word, open mics, slam competitions, and more. Free. Presented by Catcher in the Rhyme and the Logan Center.

Sacred Trash: The Lost and Found World of the Cairo Geniza Thu, May 14, 7–9pm Oriental Institute Museum Writers Adina Hoffman and Peter Cole will take us inside a remarkable time capsule: the Cairo Geniza. MacArthur Fellowship-winning poet and translator Peter Cole and acclaimed essayist and biographer Adina Hoffman are coauthors of Sacred Trash: The Lost and Found World of the Cairo Geniza, winner of the 2011 American Library Association prize for Jewish book of the year. Free for members, $10 non-members (oi.uchicago.edu/register). Presented by the Oriental Institute Museum.

Complex and the Logan Center in partnership with the American Writers Museum, Brooks Permissions, Poetry Foundation, and Third World Press.

Festival of Nations, May 17

Black Feminist Futures Workshop Dialogues Wed, Mar 25, 7–9pm Center for the Study of Race, Politics & Culture As part of the creative process for Honey Pot Performance’s newest work, Ma(s) king Her, the collective offers a series of workshops to address the absence of women of color as empowered future beings in speculative fiction. Participants explore critical black feminist texts and generate performative responses through text, music, sound, movement, altar-making, and games. Together, the workshop community will co-create the world of their collective heroine, emphasizing the urgency of creating alternative worlds and economies of value for women of color. The series is part book club, part dialogue, part story circle, and part performance workshop. Though not mandatory, attendance at all sessions is encouraged for continuity. Mar 25, Apr 8, and May 13. Free. Presented by Arts + Public Life and Center for the Study of Race, Politics & Culture. Bilingual Knowledge Bilingual Stories Apr–Jun 2015 Gray Center for Arts and Inquiry Sayed Kashua (Arab-Israeli novelist, columnist and TV writer), Anastasia Giannakidou (Linguistics) and Na’ama Rokem (Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations) explore bilingualism through interdisciplinary and creative crossovers including linguistics, literary studies, translation studies, and creative writing. Project components include a co-taught course, workshops, and events

with project collaborators and invited guests. More information at graycenter. uchicago.edu. Free. Sponsored by a Mellon Collaborative Fellowship for Arts Practice and Scholarship at the Gray Center for Arts and Inquiry. The Black Death Project Apr–Jun 2015 Gray Center Lab and the Center for the Study of Race, Politics & Culture Cathy Cohen (chair of Political Science), Orlando Bagwell (film producer and director), and Garland Taylor (sculptor) collaborate on a project interrogating the topic of black and brown death and violence with a focus on the politics, art, and other representations of black death. Project components include a cotaught course; a series of workshops at the Center for the Study of Race, Politics & Culture; sculpture construction in the Gray Center Lab; and an interactive installation. More information at graycenter.uchicago.edu. Free. Sponsored by a Mellon Collaborative Fellowship for Arts Practice and Scholarship at the Gray Center for Arts and Inquiry with support from the Center for the Study of Race, Politics & Culture. Overlay Apr–Jun 2015 Gray Center Lab and Logan Center Victor Burgin (artist and media theorist) and D.N. Rodowick (Cinema and Media Studies and Visual Arts) investigate displaced or effaced architectural and urban histories in Chicago’s near South Side by creating site-specific audiovisual installations, a

co-taught course, artist talks, and public conversations. More information at graycenter.uchicago.edu. Free. Sponsored by a Mellon Collaborative Fellowship for Arts Practice and Scholarship at the Gray Center for Arts and Inquiry with support from the Open Practice Committee.

SASA Show 2015: SASA Journey Sat, Apr 4, 7pm (6:30pm doors; 5pm dinner) Mandel Hall and Bartlett Dining Commons Come see one of UChicago’s biggest cultural shows, celebrating South Asian cuisine, music, dance, and more. $10–20 (available in-person at the Reynolds Club, 5706 S. University Ave.). Presented by the South Asian Students Association. Heritage Series: Eddie Huang Mon, Apr 6, 7pm Logan Center, Performance Hall The chef, bestselling author, and host

Black Feminist Futures Workshop Dialogues Wed, Apr 8, 7–9pm Center for the Study of Race, Politics & Culture Honey Pot Performance collective offers a series of workshops to address the absence of women of color as empowered future beings in speculative fiction. March 25, April 8, and May 13. See March 25 for full description. Free. Presented by Arts + Public Life and Center for the Study of Race, Politics & Culture. Ulysses Jenkins Apr 26–May 2, 2015 Various locations TBA The University of Chicago in partnership with the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago hosts pioneering video and performance artist Ulysses Jenkins for a series of performances, screenings, and more. Visit graycenter.uchicago.edu for more info, including locations and a full schedule. Cost: various. Presented by the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago; Center for the Study of Race, Politics & Culture; Gray Center for Arts and Inquiry; and Film Studies Center. Open Discussion with Honey Pot Performance Wed, Apr 29, 4–6pm Center for the Study of Race, Politics & Culture In this open discussion with Honey Pot Performance, the collective expands upon past and recent projects to provide insight into their multidisciplinary approach to performance-based work. As a primer for the dialogue, attendees will be invited to read a 2013 interview with the collective and Danny Orendorff entitled To Art & Profit, published in Support Networks (Abigail Satinsky, ed.,

University of Chicago Press, 2014). Free. Presented by Arts + Public Life and Center for the Study of Race, Politics & Culture.

Celebrating the History and Culture of Old Cairo Sun, Apr 19, 1–4pm Oriental Institute Museum Both adults and families are invited to drop by the Museum throughout the afternoon to experience the special exhibition A Cosmopolitan City: Muslims, Christians, and Jews in Old Cairo through music, hands-on activities, poetry, and more. The event begins with a lecture on the history of Old Cairo and ends with a performance by the Middle Eastern Music Ensemble. Free, registration required (oi. uchicago.edu/register). This program has been generously supported by the Franke Institute for the Humanities at the University of Chicago. FOTA’s 52nd SpringFest Fri–Tue, May 1–5, various times Throughout campus This May, FOTA turns the entire UChicago campus into one big student gallery, with art installations from the Quad to Harper Library and RSO collaboration events every night. The celebration kicks off with a launch party featuring student performances and a fashion show of student work, and ends with a concert at the Promontory starring student bands and musicians. Stay connected throughout the week with #FindtheFOTA. Launch party and concert prices TBD. Presented by Festival of the Arts (FOTA).

Franke Forum: Orit Bashkin on Jewish Refugees in a Jewish State, 1950–1958 Wed, May 13, 5:15–6pm Gleacher Center, Room 621 The Franke Forum, a series of free public talks by renowned UChicago scholars, presents Orit Bashkin, Professor of Modern Middle Eastern History in the Department of Near Eastern Languages & Civilizations and the College. During the 1950s, many Jewish refugees arrived in Israel. They lived in horrendous poverty and suffered from unemployment, racism, and discrimination by the state. Based on intensive archival work, this talk explores the living conditions of these Jews and the ways in which they overcame the many obstacles entangled in their migration to a new homeland. Free (RSVP by May 8: 773.702.8274 or franke-humanities@uchicago.edu). Presented by the Franke Institute for the Humanities. Black Feminist Futures Workshop Dialogues Wed, May 13, 7–9pm Center for the Study of Race, Politics & Culture Honey Pot Performance collective offers a series of workshops to address the absence of women of color as empowered future beings in speculative fiction. March 25, April 8, and May 13. See March 25 for full description. Free. Presented by Arts + Public Life and Center for the Study of Race, Politics & Culture. Things and People on the Move Thu–Sat, May 14–16, 2015 Regenstein Library, Room 122 Every migrant decides what things are essential to making a new life and what can be left behind. Two dozen scholars from four continents and five disciplines convene in this workshop to explain how the experience of migration changes, and is changed by, the things that people bring with them and those they jettison. Five key themes have emerged: Migration’s transformation of the Fabric of Everyday life; The Material Culture of Religious practice; Home-making in Motion; The Use of Things in Extremis: Concentration and Refugee Camps; Memories and Afterlives: Homes and Museums; and, Theft, Appropriation and Re-use. Free. Presented by the Neubauer

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for Vice and MTV comes to campus. Huang’s memoir, Fresh Off the Boat, was hailed by the New York Times as “Bawdy and frequently hilarious...a surprisingly sophisticated memoir about race and assimilation in America...as much James Baldwin and Jay-Z as Amy Tan.” A new sitcom based on the book, airing on ABC, is the first Asian American family centric TV series in nearly 20 years. Free, RSVP required (http://bit. ly/1NLDMKX). Presented by OMSA, PanAsia, and the Logan Center.

Collegium as part of the project People and Things on the Move: Migration and Material Culture, led by Leora Auslander and Tara Zahra.

International House Around the World Wine Tasting Sat, Jun 6, 3:30-5pm International House, Rockefeller Lounge Chicago Tribune wine critic Bill St. John, AM’77, AM’80, PhD’83, will help us learn about wines from regions across the globe. Connect with friends and hear about regional and international alumni clubs as you recall fond international memories and sample wine. General/door $20; add event to an Alumni Weekend Pass for $15 advance (alumniweekend. uchicago.edu).Presented by International House, the Alumni Club of Chicago, International Alumni Relations, and the Class of 1980.

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Q&A: Jacob Proctor on the Neubauer Collegium’s new building and exhibitions program University of Chicago’s Neubauer Collegium for Culture and Society is a new research institute designed to expand the boundaries of humanistic inquiry and focus resources on questions that transcend any single individual, discipline, or method. Launched by the Division of the Humanities and the Division of the Social Sciences, it supports collaborative research projects of University of Chicago faculty and brings visiting fellows from around the world. Jacob Proctor, Neubauer Collegium Curator, looks ahead to the initiative’s new building and gallery, expanded programming, and the role of the arts. How do you imagine the new Neubauer Collegium building, at the corner of 57th Street and Woodlawn Avenue, will help you engage the public? The Neubauer Collegium is unique in that it provides a platform for audiences to engage with the arts in the context of an active and collaborative research institution. The hybrid, interdisciplinary character of the institution will, in turn, be reflected in the kinds of artistic activities that the Collegium makes possible. The building includes a gallery, the first exhibition being No Longer Art: Salvage Art Institute. What are your ambitions for the exhibition’s program? Neubauer Collegium Exhibitions are at the heart of our mission. The arts have already featured prominently in Neubauer Collegium research projects,

from studies of Cinemetics and Global Literary Networks to investigations of materials in modern and contemporary art centered around Wolf Vostell’s Concrete Traffic (1970). The Salvage Art Institute exhibition, for example, is presented in close collaboration with the latter. The show consists entirely of salvaged artworks, objects that have been removed from circulation by the insurance industry due to various forms of accidental damage. Future Neubauer Collegium Exhibitions will include shows in collaboration with our faculty research initiatives as well as others that will stand on their own. The exhibition’s program will speak to a range of audiences, from students and faculty on campus, to citizens of the City of Chicago, to national and international audiences. Are there any upcoming arts-related projects that you’re particularly excited about? Our Fall 2015 season will open with a solo exhibition of Katarina Burin. On view during the inaugural Chicago Architecture Biennial, the exhibition presents a body of work attributed to the Czech architect Petra AndrejovaMolnár, an overlooked (in fact, fictional) figure active in Eastern and Central Europe during the first half of the twentieth century. The show comprises a diverse range of materials: including architectural models, drawings, furniture and design objects, staged photographs, biographical texts, and critical writing. In generating Andrejova-Molnár’s work, and the scholarly apparatus around it, Burin simultaneously inserts her into and subtly destabilizes the established canon of architectural history—lending voice to female designers, while also questioning notions of authorship and authenticity, the relationship between gender and the archive, and the historical tension between national identity and internationalist aspiration. The project demonstrates how historical movements and utopian ideologies are complicated and contradictory formations in a constant state of flux, while also creating a space of play around the mythos of “the architect.”

Jacob Proctor

No Longer Art

Concrete Traffic

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Festival of Nations Sun, May 17, 2–5pm International House, Assembly Hall Join International House residents, alumni, and various Chicago-based community organizations for a celebration featuring food, music, dance, and exhibits from all over the world. Enjoy the showcases of many artistic talents of the I-House resident community, a community of many languages and cultures that help us communicate across barriers. Experience and celebrate a whole world of cultures through music, crafts, dancing, activities, and more. Free; purchase food tickets at door. Presented by the Global Voices Performing Arts Series.

Jason Moran, May 28 & 29

and songs from England by baritone John Brancy, pianist Peter Dugan, and poet and UChicago Professor John Wilkinson. Post-concert reception. General $35, students $5 (tickets. uchicago.edu, 773.702.ARTS). Presented by Collaborative Arts Institute of Chicago and UChicago Presents.

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C. Spencer Yeh Sat, Apr 11, 8pm Bond Chapel Interdisciplinary artist, composer, and improviser C. Spencer Yeh returns to Chicago to perform his new LP, Solo Voice I – X, in its entirety. For his first album focused entirely on the voice, Yeh removed the breaths, letting his vocalizations run together. Here he doubles back, performing his edited composition live, in real time. Free. Presented by the Renaissance Society and Lampo.

Tea & Pipes Tuesdays Mar 31–Jun 2, 4:30pm Rockefeller Chapel What it says: tea and pipes. You drink tea iced (it’s Spring!) or hot, and listen to the mesmerizing organ pipes, played by Thomas Weisflog, Phillip Kloeckner, and advanced students of the Chapel’s organ studio. Free. Presented by Rockefeller Chapel. The Bells Weekdays during the academic year, 12pm and 5pm Rockefeller Chapel Come half an hour early to climb the tower and see the bells up close. Listen to their sweet tones enchanting the campus live, twice a day. Tour $5 donation, free w/UCID. Presented by Rockefeller Chapel. Meditative Charpentier Fri, Apr 3, 7pm Rockefeller Chapel Soprano Kaitlin Foley and mezzosoprano Lindsey Adams Frank sing selections from Charpentier’s Leçons de

Mozart for Easter Sun, Apr 5, 11am Rockefeller Chapel Rockefeller’s big festival service for Easter Day features Mozart’s Mass in F major, K.192 and festival music for trumpets and organ, with the world premiere of Katherine Pukinskis’ To Welcome in the Year, commissioned for the Rockefeller Children’s Choir. Free. Presented by Rockefeller Chapel. Workshop: Bangla folk music Mon, Apr 6, 4:30pm Logan Center, Room 703 Bertie Kibreah and Khalada Sultana Milon present Bangla folk songs accompanied by dhotara, manjira, and tabla. Free. Presented by the South Asian Sound Interventions initiative and the Department of Music. Crossroads I / Passing from the Romantic Era Fri, Apr 10, 7:30pm Mandel Hall Clarinetist Alexander Fiterstein joins violinist Arnaud Sussmann , the charismatic and captivating pianist Anna Polonsky, and pianist Orion Weiss. Together they launch Centenary Weekend: The Crossroads of War and Music with a program of music influenced by the Romantics of the late nineteenth century through the pivotal years of World War I. Includes 6:30pm pre-concert lecture with Seth Brodsky. General $35, students $5. Presented by UChicago Presents.

First Monday Jazz: Corey Wilkes Mon, Apr 6, 7–9pm Arts Incubator Corey Wilkes has established himself as one of the best improvisational trumpeters in the modern era. Approaching mainstream jazz standards with his own unique sensibilities, he combines them with his deep appreciation of hip-hop. Wilkes continues to bring his brand of musicianship and talent to the forefront of the genre, sharing the stage with jazz masters including Wynton Marsalis, Roy Hargrove, James Moody, Kurt Elling, Von Freeman, Greg Osby, Roscoe Mitchell, Marcus Belgrave, Clark Terry, Harry “Sweets” Edison, and Mulgrew Miller. Free. Presented by Arts + Public Life.

Crossroads II / Sonatas in a Time of War Sat, Apr 11, 1:30–5pm Fulton Recital Hall Members of the Pacifica Quartet present an afternoon of sonatas from the Great War. Joined by harpist Maria Luisa Rayan-Forero, flautist Tim Munro of eighth blackbird, pianist Anna Polonsky, and pianist Orion Weiss. 1:30pm Rebecca Clarke viola and Janáček violin sonatas 2:30pm Lecture with Steven Rings 3:15pm Reception 4pm Debussy’s late sonatas Each concert event $15, students $5; lecture and reception free to all ticketholders (tickets.uchicago.edu, 773.702.ARTS). Presented by UChicago Presents. Crossroads III / Shropshire Lads: World War I Poets & Composers of Great Britain Sat, Apr 11, 7:30pm Logan Center, Performance Penthouse The Collaborative Arts Institute of Chicago presents its spring Lieder Lounge, a salon evening of poetry

Crossroads V / Pacifica Quartet and Friends Commemorate Sun, Apr 12, 3pm Logan Center, Performance Hall Pacifica Quartet, pianists Anna Polonsky and Orion Weiss, and clarinetist Michael Maccaferri perform works by Prokofiev, Bartok, and Elgar. Includes 2pm preconcert lecture with Lynn Hooker. General $25, students $5; free preconcert lecture (tickets.uchicago.edu, 773.702.ARTS). Presented by UChicago Presents. A Tribute to Shulamit Ran Mon, Apr 13, 2:45–7pm Logan Center A day of retirement events honor Shulamit Ran, UChicago music professor and Contempo artistic director. A screening of Inside New Music: The University of Chicago’s Contempo Celebrates Fifty Years with panel discussion (2:45–4:15pm) will be followed by a reception (4:15–5:45pm) and a short concert, Celebrating the Music of Shulamit Ran, with performances by eighth blackbird, Pacifica Quartet, and University Motet Choir. James Kallembach, director (6–7pm). Free. Presented by the Department of Music, the Division of the Humanities, Office of the President, University of Chicago Presents, Chicago Center for Jewish Studies, the Logan Center, and Arts Council.

Blue Heron Fri, Apr 17, 7:30pm Rockefeller Memorial Chapel Hailed by The New Yorker for the “expressive intensity” of its interpretations, professional vocal ensemble Blue Heron, under the direction of Scott Metcalfe, presents a program from Tudor England, including a characterful, quirky, and entirely anonymous mass from the Peterhouse Partbooks (c.1540). In addition to the mass, which was perhaps dedicated to Canterbury’s local hero, St. Augustine, Blue Heron offers Marian antiphons by Robert Hunt and Hugh Aston. 6:30pm pre-concert lecture with Anne Robertson. General $35, students $5 (tickets. uchicago.edu, 773.702.ARTS). Presented by UChicago Presents. Nicholas Roth: Piano Master Class Sat, Apr 18, 4pm Fulton Recital Hall Internationally acclaimed performer, professor, and recording artist Nicholas Roth leads a master class for students from the Piano Program. Free. Presented by the Department of Music. Spektral Quartet Very Open Rehearsal Sun, Apr 19, 3pm Fulton Recital Hall Ensemble-in-Residence Spektral Quartet sets the stage for collaboration. Audience questions are encouraged and suggestions pursued in performing previously unrehearsed music. No training or knowledge of musical jargon is necessary to participate in this event. Free. Presented by the Department of Music.

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ténèbres for Holy Week. Free. Presented by Rockefeller Chapel.

Crossroads IV / Lecture Demonstration on Bartók’s Quartet No. 2 Sun, Apr 12, 1pm Logan Center, Performance Hall Pacifica Quartet and Steven Rings, Associate Professor of the University of Chicago, give a lecture-demonstration on Bartók’s Quartet No. 2. General $15, students $5 (tickets. uchicago.edu, 773.702.ARTS). Presented by UChicago Presents.

GalleryX Performance: LeRoy Bach Wed, Apr 15, 12–1:30pm Smart Museum of Art Chicago-based musician, composer, and cultural investigator LeRoy Bach presents a series of music-based responses to art on view at the Smart. Each performance is adapted to the moment and surroundings and results from a shared experience between Bach and gallery visitors. Free. Presented by the Smart Museum of Art.

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The Hyde Park Jazz Society selects local jazz musicians to perform on the third Tuesday of every month at Café Logan. Enjoy beer, wine, a full coffee bar, and food along with some of the best jazz the city has to offer. Free. Presented by the Logan Center the Hyde Park Jazz Society with additional support by WDCB.

Sunday Song Styles: OPERA Arias & Duets with Kim Jones & Dan Richardson Sun, Apr 19, 4–5:30pm Logan Center, Performance Penthouse Stars of tomorrow perform best-loved arias and scenes by Mozart, Verdi, Puccini, Copland, Bernstein and more. UChicago students perform an opening mini-set. The Sunday Song Styles series features classical to contemporary vocal artists from opera and art song, cabaret and musical theater to jazz, hip-hop, and pop stylings. General $15; free w/UCID (tickets. uchicago.edu, 773.702.ARTS). Presented by the Department of Music, KMP Artists, and Logan Center.

Crossing Boundaries – Juke Cry Hand Clap: A People’s History of House & Chicago Social Culture with Honey Pot Performance Sat, Apr 25, 8 pm and Sun, Apr 26, 6 pm Arts Incubator Focusing on house music culture as a conceptual ground to explore social practices developed in Black Chicago during the 20th century, this project draws on musical forms such as blues, gospel, disco, funk, and dances such as the slow drag, bopping, stepping, the hustle, and line to explore “house” as an evolving embodied lineage of African American forms of making community and of cultural resistance influenced by the Great Migration from the rural South to the urban North (ca. 1910–ca. 1970). Free. Presented by Arts + Public Life and Center for the Study of Race, Politics & Culture.

Workshop: Indian bansuri Mon, Apr 20, 4:30pm Logan Center, Room 703 Chicago-based flautist and bansuri musician Lyon Leifer demonstrates and discusses his experiences as a teacher and performer working in the nexus of the Indian bansuri and Western classical flute traditions. Free. Presented by the South Asian Sound Interventions initiative and the Department of Music. Logan Center Third Tuesday Jazz: Juli Wood’s Chicago Calling Tue, Apr 21, 7:30–10:30pm Café Logan Saxophonist Juli Wood, bassist Larry Gray, and saxophonist Rajiv Halim play this month’s showcase of Chicago jazz.

Contempo: UChicago Resident Ensembles Showcase Thu, Apr 23, 7:30pm Logan Center, Performance Hall Pacifica Quartet and eighth blackbird, joined by conductor Cliff Colnot and mezzo-soprano Julia Bentley, perform works by Francisco Castillo-Trigueros, Michael LaCroix, David Gordon, Eric Brinkmann, and Yuan-Chen Li. General $25, students $5 (tickets. uchicago.edu, 773.702.ARTS). Presented by UChicago Presents.

Nathan Laube in recital Sat, Apr 25, 8pm Rockefeller Chapel Nathan Laube plays the spectacular E.M. Skinner organ: including new music of Nico Muhly and other contemporary composers! A concert in the Gerrish Organ Performance Series. General $20, free to students w/ID. Presented by Rockefeller Chapel.

University Symphony Orchestra: Viva l’Italia! Sat, Apr 25, 8pm Mandel Hall Celebrate spring with a musical journey to Italy, seen through the eyes of visiting northern composers. Written after an 1829–31 European tour, German composer Felix Mendelssohn described his “Italian” Symphony No. 4 in A Major as “the jolliest piece” he had ever done. British composer Sir Edward Elgar crafted Alassio, or In the South, while on a 1903–04 holiday in the Italian Riviera. And Russian composer Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky penned Capriccio Italien in

AACM 50th Anniversary Celebration Performance— Together: A Power Stronger Than Itself Sun, Apr 26, 7pm Mandel Hall This event boasts a multigenerational, never-beforeassembled group of 50 members from across the globe. This reunion orchestra comes together to present both classic compositions from some of AACM’s best-known names and new, original material created for the occasion. Presented in conjunction with the DuSable Museum exhibition Free at First: The Audacious Journey of the Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians, on view Jan 19–Sep 6. General $35, VIP $100, seniors (65+) and students w/ID $15 (tickets.uchicago.edu, 773.702. ARTS). Presented by AACM, DuSable, Center for the Study of Race, Politics & Culture and the Logan Center.

1880 after witnessing Rome’s Carnival in full swing. USO Music Director Barbara Schubert and UChicago graduate student Chaz Lee share the podium for this colorful and energetic program. Free. Presented by the Department of Music. Newberry Consort: Mr. Dowland’s Midnight Sun, Apr 26, 3pm Logan Center, Performance Hall Superstar lutenist Paul O’Dette joins the Consort for an evening at an Elizabethan blues club. Consort songs, lute solos, and lute songs explore the gamut of human emotion, from lighthearted dance music to John Dowland’s famous melancholy. General $35–$45, students w/ID $5 (tickets.uchicago.edu, 773.702.ARTS). Presented by the Newberry Consort and the Department of Music. Computer Music Studio Concert Sun, Apr 26, 7pm Fulton Recital Hall UChicago students present exciting and innovative new works for instruments and electronics. Howard Sandroff, director. Free. Presented by the Department of Music. Benjamin Bagby: Beowulf Fri, May 1, 7:30pm Logan Center, Performance Hall With his medieval harp, Benjamin Bagby performs the epic poem Beowulf and takes his audience back into the world of tribal society and Anglo-Saxon legend, when bards called scops told stories in song and speech to spellbound listeners. 6:30pm pre-concert lecture with Christina von Nolcken. General $35, students $5 (tickets. uchicago.edu, 773.702.ARTS). Presented by UChicago Presents. BRIDGE #1: Jazz Performance and Round-Table Discussion Sat, May 2, 7pm Logan Center, Performance Penthouse A performance by Douglas Ewart (woodwinds), Jean-Luc Cappozzo (trumpet, bugle), Joëlle Léandre (bass), Bernard Santacruz (bass), and Michael Zerang (drums), followed by a roundtable discussion and wine-and-cheese reception. Free. Presented by the Bridge; France Chicago Center; Center for the Study of Race, Politics & Culture; Julie and Parker Hall Endowment for Jazz and American

Music; Department of Music; Center for International Studies Norman Wait Harris Memorial Fund; and the Logan Center.

Bach B Minor Mass Sat, May 2, 7:30pm Rockefeller Chapel Bach’s masterpiece, sung by the Chapel Choir and professional semi chorus The Decani, featuring acclaimed countertenor Reginald Mobley and soloists Kaitlin Foley, Lindsey Adams Frank, Matthew Dean, and Andrew Schultze, conducted by James Kallembach. General $20 (door or rockefeller. uchicago.edu), free for students w/school ID. Presented by Rockefeller Chapel. New Music Ensemble Sun, May 3, 3pm Fulton Recital Hall Featuring experimental works by composer and sound artist Jonathon Kirk, including Lost Bird Environment and Orgone Motor. Also recent chamber works by graduate student composers Alican Çamci, Tomás Gueglio-Saccone, and Katherine Pukinskis, along with a new chamber piece by fourth-year undergraduate James Stone. Free. Presented by the Department of Music. Chicago Ensemble Concert Sun, May 3, 6:30–8:30pm International House, Assembly Hall For more than 30 years, The Chicago Ensemble has brought a fascinating array of chamber works to Chicago audiences. Offering an innovative mix of familiar masterworks and lesserknown repertoire performed in varied combinations of instruments and voice, The Chicago Ensemble occupies a unique place in Chicago’s cultural life.

General $25, students $10, I-House residents free. Presented by the Global Voices Performing Arts Series and the Chicago Ensemble. First Monday Jazz: Rusty Jones Quartet Mon, May 4, 7–9pm Arts Incubator Rusty Jones made his impact on the world of jazz as the regular drummer for George Shearing’s band. He has recorded with such greats as Chet Baker and performed live with Anita O’Day, Stephane Grappelli, Eddie Harris, Curtis Fuller and Lee Konitz. The 72-year-old drummer has recently begun collaborating with younger Chicago players to form the Rusty Jones Quintet, which includes Ben Schmidt-Swartz (tenor sax), Chad McCullough (trumpet), Mike Harmon (bass), and Samuel Mösching (guitar). Free. Presented by Arts + Public Life. Alash Ensemble Concert Wed, May 6, 7–8:30pm International House, Assembly Hall Alash are masters of Tuvan throat singing, a remarkable technique for singing multiple pitches at the same time. What distinguishes this gifted trio from earlier generations of Tuvan throat singers is the subtle infusion of modern influences into their traditional music. One can find complex harmonies, western instruments, and contemporary song forms in Alash’s music, but its overall sound and spirit is decidedly Tuvan. Free. Presented by the Global Voices Performing Arts Series and the Central Asian Students Society. Contempo: Tomorrow’s Music Today I Wed, May 6, 7:30pm Logan Center, Performance Hall Enjoy music by some of today’s finest young composers, performed by Contempo’s resident ensembles eighth blackbird and Pacifica Quartet. The program includes dissertation works by UChicago doctoral candidates in composition: Pierce Gradone, Timothy Page, and Jae-Goo Lee. Free. Presented by UChicago Presents. BASS Residency: Voice and Collaborative Piano Masterclass Fri, May 8, 4–5:30pm Logan Center, Performance Penthouse The BASS (Brooklyn Art Song Society) cast will coach select piano and voice

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Jazz at the Logan: The Last Southern Gentleman Tour featuring Ellis and Delfeayo Marsalis Sun, Apr 19, 3pm Logan Center, Performance Hall The Last Southern Gentleman Tour brings together New Orleans royalty – trombonist Delfeayo Marsalis and his father, pianist Ellis Marsalis, Jr. – for their first complete collaboration. From “the first family of jazz” and members of the Delfeayo Marsalis Quartet come the sweet sounds of classic and original compositions. Includes 2pm Chicago Stage pre-concert performance by the Marquis Hill Quintet at Café Logan, presented in partnership with The Jazz Institute of Chicago. General $35, students $5 (tickets. uchicago.edu, 773.702.ARTS). Presented by UChicago Presents and Logan Center.

students from UChicago’s performance program on working collaboratively in the context of art song. Free. Presented by the Department of Music and Logan Center.

Newly Composed Repertoire Sat, May 9, 3pm Mandell Hall Hailed as “a company well worth watching” by The New York Times, BASS (Brooklyn Art Song Society) presents Michael Brofman, artistic director and pianist, with rising star singers Nils Neubert, Laura Strickling, and Elisabeth Marshall in a concert of songs celebrating their 2015 CD release. Performing a lush and romantic assortment of song cycles written specifically for the group, the concert will feature work by distinguished and emerging composers Lowell Liebermann, Glen Roven, Michael Djupstrom, Herschel Garfien, James Matheson, and James Kallembach. General $15, free w/UCID (tickets. uchicago.edu, 773.702.ARTS). Presented by the Department of Music and Logan Center. Robert Palmer: Piano Master Class Sat, May 9, 4pm Fulton Recital Hall Hailed by the New York Times as “poised and thoughtful” for his Carnegie Hall debut, Robert Palmer leads a master class for Piano Program students. Free. Presented by the Department of Music. Spektral Quartet: Different Trains Every Time Sun, May 10, 3pm Logan Center, Performance Penthouse Spektral Quartet presents one of the most stirring and pivotal pieces of the 20th century: Steve Reich’s Different Trains for string quartet and tape.

South Asian Music Ensemble Sat, May 9, 7:30pm Logan Center, Performance Penthouse Join the South Asian Music Ensemble for its annual Spring concert, which will feature performances of classical and folk Indian dance and instrumental traditions from across the Indian subcontinent. Reception to follow.Free. Presented by the Department of Music and Committee on Southern Asian Studies.

Sunday Song Styles: Brooklyn Art Song Society’s Artist Favorites Sun May 10, 7:30pm Logan Center, Performance Penthouse A favorite with New York City audiences, the Brooklyn Art Song Society (BASS) presents an evening of song and spirit, performing favorites from the traditional repertoire including Schubert and Schumann. Followed by refreshments and discussion of the great songs and song cycles of the last several centuries. Sunday Song Styles features classical to contemporary vocal artists from opera and art song, cabaret and musical theater to jazz, hip-hop, and pop stylings.

General $15, free w/UCID. Presented by the Department of Music, KMP Artists, and Logan Center. Project Incubator Sun, May 10, 7:30 pm Constellation (3111 N. Western Ave.) Project Incubator, a unique creative initiative, culminates with the premiere of ten new musical works, each the result of extended one-on-one collaborations between stellar professional musicians and UChicago graduate composers produced through conversation and experimentation in a laboratory-style, risk-encouraging framework. Short clips by filmmaker Frances Cedro documenting each collaboration will introduce the live performances. The solo pieces are for bass clarinet; accordion; piano and electronics; oboe; viola; bass flute and electronics; harp; and voice. Free (constellation-chicago.com). Presented as part of Constellation’s Frequency series for experimental and new music. Early Music Ensemble Tue, May 12, 7:30pm Bond Chapel The annual Early Music Ensemble performance will feature works from the court of Holy Roman Emperor Maximilian I (1459–1519), including classics by famous High Renaissance composer Orlando di Lasso (c.1532–1594) and works by Josquin des Prez and Heinrich Isaac performed on period instruments: recorder, traverso, viol, sackbut, and crumhorn. Free. Presented by the Department of Music. GalleryX Performance: LeRoy Bach Wed, May 13, 12–1:30pm Smart Museum of Art Chicago-based musician, composer, and cultural investigator LeRoy Bach presents a series of music-based responses to art on view at the Smart. Each performance is adapted to the moment and surroundings and results from a shared experience between Bach and gallery visitors. Free. Presented by the Smart Museum of Art. Contempo: Tomorrow’s Music Today I Fri, May 15, 7:30pm Roosevelt University, Ganz Hall (430 S. Michigan Ave.) Enjoy music by some of today’s finest young composers, performed by

Contempo’s resident ensembles eighth blackbird and Pacifica Quartet. The program includes dissertation works by UChicago doctoral candidates in composition: Kate Pukinskis, Philip Taylor, and Iddo Aharony. Free. Presented by UChicago Presents. Women’s Ensemble Fri, May 15, 7:30pm Rockefeller Memorial Chapel Featuring classical repertoire, music from around the world, and a diverse range of American styles and traditions that allows women to explore the full range of their voices. Free. Presented by the Department of Music.

New Music Ensemble Sun, May 17, 2pm Fulton Recital Hall World premiere performances of works by UChicago undergraduate composers: Jake Araujo-Simon, Emily Elizabeth Brown, Michael Hwang, Noah Kahrs, Gavriel Loria, and Xander Wikstrom. Spektral Quartet and pianist Amy Briggs perform. Free. Presented by the Department of Music. University Chamber Orchestra Sat, May 16, 8pm Logan Center, Performance Hall Settle in for the triumphant finale of a successful debut season with music director and conductor Matthew Sheppard. The program features works by Biber and Paget, plus Ravel’s Pavane pour une infante défunte and Schubert’s Symphony No. 1 in D Major. Free. Presented by the Department of Music.

University Wind Ensemble Sun, May 17, 4pm Logan Center, Performance Hall This spring event pairs innovative programming with gutsy performers for a concert of contemporary works and wind ensemble favorites by Marc Mellits, Camille Saint-Saëns, Ryan George, George Gershwin, and Giuseppe Verdi. Free. Presented by the Department of Music.

Logan Center Third Tuesday Jazz: Larry Gray Tue, May 19, 7:30–10:30pm Café Logan Bassist Larry Gray plays this month’s showcase of Chicago jazz. The Hyde Park Jazz Society selects local jazz musicians to perform on the third Tuesday of every month at Café Logan. Enjoy beer, wine, a full coffee bar, and food along with some of the best jazz the city has to offer. Free. Presented by the Logan Center and Hyde Park Jazz Society with additional support by WDCB. Chamber Music Showcase Tue, May 19, 7pm Fulton Recital Hall Student-driven chamber music ensemble presents repertoire from the 17th to the 21st centuries under the direction of Spektral Quartet and Amy Briggs. Free. Presented by the Department of Music. Piano Program: Spring Concert: Variations! Sat, May 23, 4pm Fulton Recital Hall UChicago pianists, instrumentalists, and special guests explore the Variation genre from the earliest keyboard works to contemporary masterpieces, with music

by Beethoven, Mozart, Rachmaninoff, Schumann, Brahms, and more. Free. Presented by the Department of Music. University Brass Ensemble: Spring Concert Sun, May 24, 2pm Fulton Recital Hall For its annual Spring concert, the UChicago Brass Ensemble presents works by Albeniz, Mouret, Wagner, and others in various configurations, including quintets, quartets, and octets. Free. Presented by the Department of Music. Middle East Music Ensemble Sun, May 24, 7pm Logan Center, Performance Hall The 50-piece ensemble performs classical and folk music from Syria, Lebanon, Egypt, and the Gulf and North Africa regions. This musical journey explores various styles of Arab music, singing styles, and dialects, and features noted singers and guest musicians. Free. Presented by the Department of Music. Listening Session: Jason Moran Thu, May 28, 7:30pm Logan Center, Performance Penthouse Called “the most provocative thinker in current jazz” by Rolling Stone, Jason Moran will play, discuss, and interpret his music and recordings in an intimate setting. Free. Presented by UChicago Presents in partnership with Hyde Park Jazz Festival. Asian Pacific Heritage Month Celebration with Tsukasa Taiko Fri, May 29, 5:30–7:30pm International House, Assembly Hall Tsukasa Taiko, a program of Asian Improv Arts Midwest offering taiko drum instruction, education, and performances, comes to I-House for Asian Pacific American Heritage month. Tsukasa Taiko’s mission is to preserve, develop, and pass on the traditional concepts of Japanese art as a cultural legacy while expanding and evolving the taiko art form. Free. Presented by the Global Voices Performing Arts Series and Tsukasa Taiko.

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Arts Entrepreneurship & Management Discussion/Reception Fri, May 8, 5:30–6:30pm Logan Center, Performance Penthouse BASS (Brooklyn Art Song Society) founder and artistic director Michael Brofman, along with the society’s distinguished young singers, will discuss matters of management, promotion, and the do’s and don’ts of being a 21st-century artist, self-promoter, and manager. Free. Presented by the Department of Music and Logan Center.

Traversing the years leading up to and immediately following WWII through interviews and recorded locomotives, Different Trains is by turn devastating, hopeful, and effusive. In contrast, Dvořák’s “American” Quartet all but defies you not to smile while hearing it, and the pithy morsels of Anton Webern’s Six Bagatelles pull the concert under the microscope for listening in miniature. General $10, free w/UCID (tickets. uchicago.edu, 773.702.ARTS). Presented by the Department of Music.

Jazz at the Logan: Jason Moran and The Bandwagon Fri, May 29, 7:30pm Logan Center, Performance Hall In almost every category that matters – improvisation, composition, group concept, repertoire, technique, and experimentation – pianist Jason Moran and his group The Bandwagon, with bassist Tarus Mateen and drummer Nasheet Waits, have challenged the status quo and earned their reputation as “the future of jazz.” Includes 9:30pm Chicago Stage postconcert performance by Juan Pastor Quintet at Café Logan, presented in partnership with The Jazz Institute of Chicago. General $35, students $5 (tickets.uchicago.edu, 773.702. ARTS). Presented by UChicago Presents and Logan Center. University Symphony Orchestra, University Chorus, Motet Choir, and Women’s Ensemble: Cathy Heifetz Memorial Concerts Sat, May 30, 8pm and Sun, May 31, 3pm Mandel Hall The rich sonority of British composer Ralph Vaughan Williams’ 1936 cantata Dona Nobis Pacem is showcased in these joint concerts. With texts drawn from the Latin Mass, three poems by Walt Whitman, a political speech, and sections of the Bible, Vaughan Williams’ creation was an explicit plea for peace. UChicago faculty member Patrice Michaels, soprano, and Jeffrey Ray, baritone, are the featured soloists. Edward Elgar’s Cockaigne (In London Town) Overture and Vaughan Williams’ Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis complete the

Rockefeller Children’s Choir in concert Sun, May 31, 3pm Rockefeller Chapel Come and hear the lovely trained voices of Rockefeller Chapel’s youngest singers, offering a selection of world music in many languages. Free. Presented by Rockefeller Chapel. Jazz X-tet: Power Stronger than Itself Thu, Jun 4, 8pm Logan Center, Performance Hall The Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians (AACM) is known for its contributions to compositional and improvisational innovations. The Jazz X-tet performs commissioned compositions by AACM members Renee Baker, Mwata Bowden, George Lewis, Nicole Mitchell, and Wadada Leo Smith for this AACM 50th Anniversary Celebration. Reception to follow. Free. Presented by the Department of Music. Let Freedom Sing! Sat, Jun 6, 4:30pm Rockefeller Chapel Rockefeller Chapel’s annual gala concert for Alumni Weekend: a concert of world music for voice, sung by Motet Choir, with students from the new organ studio adding glorious festive organ music. Refreshments served. Free. Presented by Rockefeller Chapel. Chicago Ensemble Concert Sun, Jun 7, 2:30–5pm International House, Assembly Hall For more than 30 years, The Chicago Ensemble has brought a fascinating array of chamber works to Chicago audiences. Offering an innovative mix of familiar masterworks and lesserknown repertoire performed in varied combinations of instruments and voice, The Chicago Ensemble occupies a unique place in Chicago’s cultural life. General $25, students $10, I-House residents free. Presented by the Global Voices Performing Arts Series and the Chicago Ensemble.

called We’re Live. In 1995 she launched the independent label MagPie Records, through which she released her first solo project From My Window. The album was nominated for a Chicago Music Award. Free. Presented by Arts + Public Life.

Voices in Your Head: A Cappella Spring Show Fri, Jun 5, 8pm Logan Center, Performance Hall An exhilarating evening of songs that cover an eclectic mix of pop, jazz, rock, and alternative music. Featuring their award-winning competition set from the 2015 International Championship of Collegiate A Cappella and talented guest performers, this show is for a cappella fans everywhere! Advance: General $10, students w/UCID $7 (tickets.uchicago.edu, 773.702.ARTS); Door: General $12, students w/UCID $10. Presented by SGFC and Annual Allocations. Amy Briggs Piano Recital Sun, Jun 7, 3pm Fulton Recital Hall Acclaimed UChicago lecturer, Department of Music artist-in-residence, and recording artist Amy Briggs performs her signature interpretations of work by living composers, while also bringing a fresh perspective to music of the past. Free. Presented by the Department of Music. First Monday Jazz: Maggie Brown Jun 8, 7–9pm Arts Incubator Maggie Brown is an accomplished singer, songwriter, actress, producer, and educator. Called “one of the most fiercely committed artists in Chicago” (The Chicago Tribune), she has recorded with the likes of Abbey Lincoln, Jonathan Butler, Ramsey Lewis, Stevie Wonder, and her legendary father Oscar Brown, Jr. Before his passing, Brown produced a live concert recording with her father

Senior Recital: Ji Su Kang, soprano Tue, Jun 9, 7pm Fulton Recital Hall Fourth-year College student Ji Su Kang presents a one-hour program of art song, aria, musical theater, and jazz selections as her capstone experience in the Music Department. Reception to follow. Free. Presented by the Department of Music. Logan Center Third Tuesday Jazz: Rajiv Halim Quintet Tue, Jun 16, 7:30–10:30pm Café Logan Saxophonist Rajiv Halim and his quintet play this month’s showcase of Chicago jazz. The Hyde Park Jazz Society selects local jazz musicians to perform on the third Tuesday of every month at Café Logan. Enjoy beer, wine, a full coffee bar, and food along with some of the best jazz the city has to offer.

Free. Presented by the Logan Center the Hyde Park Jazz Society with additional support by WDCB. Make Music Chicago Sun, Jun 21, 1–5pm International House, Assembly Hall This afternoon of free performances brings together musicians, amateur and professional, in celebrating Hyde Park’s contribution to this fantastic global event. Last year, over 150,000 Chicago residents enjoyed free music making at sites across the city, joining over 500 cities around the world in celebrating music and music making on the longest day of the year. Free. Presented by the Global Voices Performing Arts Series.

The Bells of Summer 50 Sundays Jun 21–Aug 23, 5pm Rockefeller Chapel The fiftieth anniversary season of The Bells of Summer features the world premiere performance of a work written for the occasion by John Gouwens (for all 72 bells!), and performers from every continent (except Antarctica!). Free. Presented by Rockefeller Chapel.

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program. USO Music Director Barbara Schubert and Director of Choral Activities James Kallembach share the podium. Free. Presented by the Department of Music.

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Series provides an intimate and casual setting for UChicago students, faculty, and affiliates to showcase their performance chops or try out new material. Free. Presented by the Logan Center.

The Good Book Through Apr 19, 2015 Court Theatre In this world-premiere play, Denis O’Hare and Lisa Peterson weave stories of devotion and doubt into a creation myth about the place where human faith and divine inspiration intersect: the Bible. As fifteen year-old Connor struggles to reconcile his identity with his dream of becoming a priest and modern-day Biblical scholar Miriam wrestles to resolve her crisis of faith, they lead us through an incredible exploration of how the Bible was conceived. $15–65 (courttheatre.org, 773.753.4472). Presented by Court Theatre, sponsored by Kirkland & Ellis LLP and The Women’s Board, with major support by Robert and Susan Shapiro.

Java Jive Swing Dance Saturdays through June 2015, 8–11:30 pm Ida Noyes Hall (1212 E. 59th St.) Dancers from UChicago and the greater Chicago community come together to dance East Coast Swing, Blues, Lindy Hop, the Charleston, and more to both live and DJ’d music. No partner, dance experience, or special shoes necessary. Beginner swing lessons 8pm, open dance 9–11:30pm. Free. Presented by the Chicago Swing Dance Society Theater[24] Sat, Apr 4, 8pm Reynolds Club, FXK Theater (5706 S. University Ave.) Theater[24] is a furious and fanatical blaze of theatrical glory. Bravery and brilliance 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 guzzled sodas, given birth, and overthrown dictatorships. But there’s no telling what will happen next. $4 (tickets.uchicago.edu, 773.702. ARTS). Presented by Theater & Performance Studies and University Theater. Performance Philosophy Conference: What Can Performance Philosophy Do? Fri, Apr 10, 9am–9pm Logan Center Organized by the professional association Performance Philosophy, this conference convenes scholars and artists to ask what results from bringing

together two fields often considered distinct, or even opposed. The Logan Center hosts the first day of the threeday conference, which continues Saturday at the Chicago Cultural Center and Sunday at the School of the Art Institute. More than one hundred presenters will convene workshops, performance lectures, panels, and happenings. $45–74 (performancephilosophy. ning.com/page/chicago-2015). The Conference is presented by Performance Philosophy, a research network. Three Matadors Fri, Apr 10, 7:30–9pm Logan Center, Performance Hall Performance ensemble Every House Has a Door presents a work inspired by Three Matadors, a microplay embedded in a book-length poem by American poet Jay Wright. The piece has two acts. The first features solos by the four participating artists, and the second brings the four together to stage Wright’s play, a bilingual English and Spanish text whose choreography alternates between mathematical permutations and movements based on bullfighting. General $15, non-UChicago students w/ ID $5, free w/UCID (tickets.uchicago. edu, 773.702.2997). Presented by Every House Has a Door. Logan Center Cabaret Series Fri, Apr 10, 8pm Logan Center Performance Penthouse Every other week, the Logan Center hosts the Cabaret Series, a studentdriven performance series featuring an array of assorted acts. The Cabaret

New Work Week Wed, Apr 15–Sat, Apr 25, various times Logan Center New Work Week offers a stage to new and developing studentwritten theater. All texts are welcome, from brief sketches to major academic projects. Adaptations, devised work, and wholly original scripts will be written, directed and performed by students, for students. Be here for the birth of characters, the death of authors, and everything in between. $5 per performance, $10 NWW Festival Pass (tickets.uchicago. edu, 773.702.ARTS). Presented by Theater & Performance Studies. Weekend Sun, April 19, 9pm Logan Center, Performance Penthouse Weekend puts you on the set of a latenight variety show for an up-close experience you won’t forget. Created and produced by UChicago students, it features student performances, standup, sketch comedy, substantive interviews with distinguished guests from the University community, and more. Free. Presented by Weekend and the Logan Center.

PhiNix presents Revival: Heroes & Villains Fri, Apr 24, 8pm Mandel Hall Annual showcase featuring PhiNix’s freestyle and choreography crews as well as other Chicago-area collegiate dance crews.$6 advance, $8 door (773.702. ARTS and tickets.uchicago.edu) Presented by PhiNix Off-Off Campus presents Spring 2015 Fridays, Apr 24–May 22, 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 29th Generation, Off-Off continues to serve up unique and weekly shows which feature sketch comedy, improvisation and various Pre- and 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. $5 (tickets.uchicago.edu, 773.702. ARTS). Presented by Theater & Performance Studies and University Theater. The You-er You Thu, Apr 30–Fri, May 1, 7:30pm and Sat, May 2, 2pm and 7:30pm; Thu, May 7–Fri, May 8, 7:30pm and Sat, May 9, 2pm and 7:30pm Logan Center, Theater West At a time when corporations and ad executives think they know us better than we know ourselves, it’s good to remember who we really are. A new musical comedy written by Tim Mason, music by Julie Nichols, and directed by Billy Bungeroth.

$6 advance, $8 door (773.702.ARTS and tickets.uchicago.edu). Presented by Theater & Performance Studies. Rhythmic Bodies in Motion Dance Show Fri–Sat, May 1–2, time TBD Mandel Hall Annual spring showcase featuring a variety of dance styles. Cost TBD. Presented by Rhythmic Bodies in Motion Ayodele Drum and Dance present HerStory to Tell: Les Femme de Force Fri–Sat, May 8–9, 7:30pm Logan Center History or HerStory? Our story to tell of the strength of the daughters, mothers, nurturers, and warriors. Women who when tested by the trials of life, bathe in the waters of Yemanja and come through triumphant…shining. General $20 advance, $25 door; students & seniors $15. Presented by Ayodele Drum and Dance and the Logan Center. Logan Center Cabaret Series Fri, May 8, 8pm Logan Center Performance Penthouse Every other week, the Logan Center hosts the Cabaret Series, a studentdriven performance series featuring an array of assorted acts. The Cabaret Series provides an intimate and casual setting for UChicago students, faculty, and affiliates to showcase their performance chops or try out new material. Free. Presented by the Logan Center. Weekend Sun, May 17, 9pm Logan Center, Performance Penthouse Weekend puts you on the set of a latenight variety show for an up-close experience you won’t forget. Created and produced by UChicago students, it features student performances, standup, sketch comedy, substantive interviews with distinguished guests from the University community, and more. Free. Presented by Weekend and the Logan Center.

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Logan Center Cabaret Series Collaboration with Chicago Studies Fri, Apr 24, 8pm Logan Center Performance Penthouse Every other week, the Logan Center hosts the Cabaret Series, a studentdriven performance series featuring an array of assorted acts. The Cabaret Series provides an intimate and casual setting for UChicago students, faculty, and affiliates to showcase their performance chops or try out new material. Free. Presented by the Logan Center and Chicago Studies.

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The Secret Garden May 21–Jun 21, 2015 Court Theatre After a cholera outbreak in the British Raj claims the lives of her parents, Mary Lennox is sent back to England to live with her estranged uncle. Orphaned and alone, Mary finds herself haunted by the ghosts of her own past and those of her melancholy uncle. As Mary begins to find her way through her uncle’s maze of secrets, she makes a discovery that unlocks a wellspring of hope and renewal for them both. Winner of the Tony Award for Best Book and adapted from the beloved 1911 novel by Frances Hodgson Burnett, The Secret Garden reunites Artistic Director Charles Newell and Music Director Doug Peck for this exquisitely beautiful musical. $15–65 (courttheatre.org, 773.753.4472). Presented by Court Theatre. Rumors Thu, May 21–Fri, May 22, 7:30pm and Sat, May 23, 2pm and 7:30pm Logan Center, Theater East People are talking in Neil Simon’s Rumors, directed by Alex Hearn, and the talk is all over the place. Invited by the deputy mayor to a dinner party, four couples are greeted by the sound of gunshots. The posh soiree they expected is overwhelmed by gossip and lies as each guest tries to juggle the mystery and their meal. Intrigue gives way to absurdity, and your guess is as bad as anyone’s. $6 advance, $8 door (tickets.uchicago. edu, 773.702.ARTS). Presented by Theater & Performance Studies and University Theater. Logan Center Cabaret Series Collaboration with Memoryhouse Fri, May 22, 8pm Logan Center Performance Penthouse Memento is the performance branch of Memoryhouse Magazine, a quarterly publication founded by Alida MirandaWolff, AB’13, in 2011. Like the magazine, the ensemble celebrates the personal narrative, but with added performative elements Free. Presented by the Logan Center and Memoryhouse.

University Ballet of Chicago Presents: Le Corsaire Sat, May 23, 7pm and Sun, May 24, 2pm Mandel Hall First performed in 1856 to Adolphe Adam’s timeless score, Le Corsaire features devious pirates, beautiful women, daring rescues, and brave adventure on the high seas. The pirate Conrad and his plucky band of buccaneers sail to a bustling port on the Sea of Marmara, where he spots Medora, a striking Grecian slave girl. A haughty aristocrat, a jealous merchant, and a scheming shipmate test the limits of their love. General $12, staff or faculty w/UCID $10, students w/ID $7 or w/UCID $5. Presented by UBallet. The Dean’s Men Presents: Love’s Labour’s Lost Wed–Sat, May 27–30, 6pm Social Sciences Quad The head and the heart aren’t too far apart in Love’s Labour’s Lost, written by William Shakespeare and directed by Maria Decker. Tangled up in the ivy league of the 1940s, four young scholars must choose between their ivory tower and the wits of four brilliant coeds. Together they employ pranks and poetry in pursuit of love, challenging an overserious academy with humor and youth. As graduation looms, the students must decide what moments they’ll cherish and what follies they’ll leave behind. Free. Presented by Theater & Performance Studies, University Theater, and The Dean’s Men. The Effect of Gamma Rays on the Man-In-The-Moon Marigolds Thu, Jun 4–5, 7:30pm and Sat, June 6, 2pm and 7:30pm Logan Center, Theater West Not every bloom is natural in The Effect of Gamma Rays by Paul Zindel and directed by Adam Johnson. Young Tillie nurses a science experiment to life in the shadows cast by her abusive mother and erratic sister. Self-loathing and bitterness make for bad soil, but Tillie is determined to clear a space for herself. As each woman tries to control their variables, hope hardly enters into the equation. But even in the darkest moments, there’s always a little light. $6 advance, $8 door (tickets.uchicago.edu, 773.702.ARTS). Presented by Theater & Performance Studies and University Theater.

Logan Center Cabaret Series Fri, June 5, 8pm Logan Center Performance Penthouse Every other week, the Logan Center hosts the Cabaret Series, a student-driven performance series featuring an array of assorted acts. The Cabaret Series provides an intimate and casual setting for UChicago students, faculty, and affiliates to showcase their performance chops or try out new material. Free. Presented by the Logan Center.

Logan Center Family Saturday Festivals APR 18, AUG 22 12–5 pm / $5 or $20 families of 5+ Discover your child’s artistic passion through hands-on art workshops, performaneces, and full-day festivals!

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Family Day: Smart Sleuths Sat, Apr 11, 1–4pm Smart Museum of Art Curators and art historians are superdetectives, figuring out how paintings were made and who made them. Get out your thinking cap and magnifying glass and unearth hidden clues in the art at the Smart! Free. Presented by the Smart Museum of Art. LEGO Architects Sat, Apr 18, 10am–12pm Frederick C. Robie House Inspire your budding architects’ creativity as they use LEGOs to create a model of their own floor plan design. Participants take home their floor plan design and receive a photo of their LEGO model. A brief tour of the Robie House interior is included. $5 per child, free for accompanying adults (flwright.org/programs/ legoarchitects). Presented by the Frank Lloyd Wright Trust. The New Speak Sat, Apr 18, 4:30–6pm Café Logan Participate as a performer or audience member in this spoken word event for teens, hosted by the Rebirth Poetry Ensemble. The New Speak takes place following Logan Center Family Saturdays, a monthly series for families with children ages 2–14. Families with teens now have another reason to spend their Saturday at the Logan Center! Free. Presented by the Logan Center and Arts + Public Life.

Logan Center Family Saturday Festival: Music and Dance Sat, Apr 18, 12–5pm Logan Center Discover your child’s artistic passion with hands-on art workshops, drop-in activities by local artists, and a featured performance by classicallytrained violinist Lee England Jr. Often referred to as the “soul violinist,” England engages intergenerational audiences with his captivating stage presence and unique adaptations of Top 40 melodies through a “musical gumbo” style of R&B, gospel, jazz, hip-hop, and symphonic soul. General $5, groups of 5+ $20 (tickets.uchicago.edu, 773.702. ARTS) Presented by the Logan Center and Arts + Public Life with the support of the Milken Institute, Michael and Patricia Klowden, and the Reva and David Logan Foundation.

Ancient Earth Day Sat, April 25, 1–4pm Oriental Institute Museum We love our earth now, and so did the ancient Mesopotamians! Learn how the ancient Mesopotamians cared for the earth and how they thought it was created. Learn the ancient Mesopotamian names for animals and nature gods, and create a model ancient Mesopotamian temple from recycled materials. (Please bring your extra cardboard shoeboxes and paper towel rolls to help us with this project.) For ages 5–12. Free (register at oi.uchicago.edu/ register). Presented by the Oriental Institute Museum. Youth and Teen Summer Arts Programs Fair Sun, May 3, 12–4pm Arts Incubator, Flex Space Discover local arts opportunities for youth and teens. Representatives from area programs will be present to answer questions about their offerings. Arts educators interested in promoting their programs at this event should contact Marya Spont-Lemus: spont-lemus@ uchicagocharter.org or 773.702.5255. Free. Presented by Arts + Public Life. Chicago Public Schools All-City Elementary Exhibition (Near South) May 5–10, 2015 Logan Center Celebrate the amazing artwork of Chicago Public School students from schools located across the South Side. This exhibition is one of a series of shows located at regional sites across the city. Visit cpsarts.org for more info.

Family Day: ’Zines with James T. Green Sat, May 2, 1–4pm Smart Museum of Art Write and illustrate mini comic books about your neighborhood with contemporary artist James T. Green. Free. Presented by the Smart Museum of Art. LEGO Architects Sat, May 16, 10am–12pm Frederick C. Robie House Inspire your budding architects’ creativity as they use LEGOs to create a model of their own floor plan design. Participants take home their floor plan design and receive a photo of their LEGO model. A brief tour of the Robie House interior is included. $5 per child, free for accompanying adults (flwright.org/programs/ legoarchitects). Presented by the Frank Lloyd Wright Trust. Logan Center Family Saturday Sat, May 16, 2-4:30pm Logan Center Discover your child’s artistic passion with free, hands-on art workshops. Families can sample a range of activities for ages 2–10 through hour-long sessions led by local artists. Free, workshop registration recommended (tickets.uchicago.edu, 773.702.ARTS). Presented by the Logan Center and Arts + Public Life with the support of the Milken Institute, Michael and Patricia Klowden, and the Reva and David Logan Foundation.

Family Day: 5th Graders Curate Sat, Jun 6, 1–4pm Smart Museum of Art Fifth graders make awesome curators! Take a tour with and meet studentcurators from Beasley Academic Center and make paintings and sculptures with teaching artist Candice Lattimer. Free. Presented by the Smart Museum of Art. LEGO Architects Sat, Jun 20, 10am–12pm Frederick C. Robie House Inspire your budding architects’ creativity as they use LEGOs to create a model of their own floor plan design. Participants take home their floor plan design and receive a photo of their LEGO model. A brief tour of the Robie House interior is included. $5 per child, free for accompanying adults (flwright.org/programs/ legoarchitects). Presented by the Frank Lloyd Wright Trust. Logan Center Family Saturday Sat, Jun 20, 2-4:30pm Logan Center Discover your child’s artistic passion with free, hands-on art workshops. Families can sample a range of activities for ages 2–10 through hour-long sessions led by local artists. Free, workshop registration recommended (tickets.uchicago.edu, 773.702.ARTS). Presented by the Logan Center and Arts + Public Life with the support of the Milken Institute, Michael and Patricia Klowden, and the Reva and David Logan Foundation. The New Speak Sat, Jun 20, 4:30–6pm Café Logan Participate as a performer or audience

member in this spoken word event for teens, hosted by the Rebirth Poetry Ensemble. The New Speak takes place following Logan Center Family Saturdays, a monthly series for families with children ages 2–14. Families with teens now have another reason to spend their Saturday at the Logan Center! Free. Presented by the Logan Center and Arts + Public Life.

Ancient Game Day Sat, Jun 6, 1–5pm Oriental Institute Museum Play your way through ancient history. Explore the board games the pharaohs of Egypt enjoyed and the rulers of Mesopotamia and Persia taught in their own courts at this outdoor Ancient Game Day. Take your gaming inspiration down to our lower level to try your hand at making your own board game. In the event of inclement weather this program will be moved inside the Oriental Institute galleries. For ages 8 to adult. Free (register at oi.uchicago. edu/register). Presented by the Oriental Institute Museum. CoCre8 exhibition and reception Fri, Jun 26, 6–8pm Arts Incubator CoCre8 is an experimental model of collaborative arts education that brings together a cohort of high school students and educators, artists, and arts administrators to look at, talk about, and make art. Participants will share their creative projects and process with the public at this special event. Free. Presented by Arts + Public Life, the Smart Museum of Art, and Urban Gateways.

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The New Speak Sat, May 16, 4:30–6pm Café Logan Participate as a performer or audience member in this spoken word event for teens, hosted by the Rebirth Poetry Ensemble. The New Speak takes place following Logan Center Family Saturdays, a monthly series for families with children ages 2–14. Families with teens now have another reason to spend their Saturday at the Logan Center! Free. Presented by the Logan Center and Arts + Public Life.

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DESIGN & ARCHITECTURE April After Hours Fridays, Apr 3, Apr 10, Apr 17, Apr 24, 5–8pm Frederick C. Robie House Gather with friends for an evening of music and refreshments at the iconic Robie House. Attendees will also have the chance to explore Frank Lloyd Wright’s Prairie style home, including access to private spaces and the balconies. FLWT members $30, nonmembers $35 (flwright.org). Presented by the Frank Lloyd Wright Trust.

Islamic Architecture Bus Tour Sat, Jun 27, 10am–1pm Oriental Institute Museum (start and end) Hop on the bus and follow Michael Bechtel, PhD candidate in Islamic history and civilization, to discover the Islamicstyle architecture found in the city of Chicago. Explore architectural form, style, and ornamentation and learn how it compares to the role of ornamentation in Islamic architecture and influence. Please wear comfortable shoes, clothes appropriate to the weather, and a

head covering since the tour includes a walking component and we will be entering a mosque. The tour will start and end at the Oriental Institute Museum. This program is subject to change based on enrollment. Registration deadline: May 26, 2015. Students $30, members $50, nonmembers $60 (oi.uchicago.edu/ register). Presented by the Oriental Institute Museum.

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Thu, Apr 23, 7:30pm, MUSIC, Contempo: UChicago Resident Ensembles Showcase Fri, Apr 24, var. times, THEATER, New Work Week Fri, Apr 24, 1pm, LIT, Ben Marcus: In Conversation with Vu Tran Fri, Apr 24, 3–6pm, VISUAL ART, Salvage Symposia:

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Wed, Apr 8, 7:30pm, THEATER, The Good Book

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Wed, Apr 8, 8–10pm, LIT, Catcher in the Rhyme

The Bells Wed, Mar 25, 7–9pm, MULTI, Black Feminist Futures Workshop Dialogues Thu, Mar 26, 7:30pm, THEATER, The Good Book Fri, Mar 27, 8pm, THEATER, The Good Book

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Fri, Apr 10, 9am–9pm, PERFORMANCE, Performance

Fri, Apr 24, 8pm, PERFORMANCE, Logan Center

Philosophy Conference Fri, Apr 10, 6–8pm, VISUAL ART, Passion, Territory,

Tue, Mar 31, 4:30pm, MUSIC, Tea & Pipes

Ship! reception Fri, Apr 24, 7pm, FILM, Kartemquin Members’ Work

Thu, Apr 9, 7:30pm, THEATER, The Good Book

Fri, Apr 10, 5pm, ARCHITECTURE, April After Hours

Cabaret Series collaboration w/Chicago Studies Fri, Apr 24, 8pm, DANCE, PhiNix presents Revival: Heroes & Villains

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Fri, Apr 24, 8:30pm, THEATER, Off-Off Campus

Fri, Apr 10, 6–9 pm, VISUAL ART, exceptional/

Sat, Apr 25, var. times, THEATER, New Work Week

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Sat, April 25, 1–4pm, FAMILY, Ancient Earth Day

Fri, Apr 10, 7:30pm, MUSIC, Crossroads I / Passing APRIL Weekdays (academic year), 12pm & 5pm, MUSIC, The Bells Wed, Apr 1, 6–8 pm, VISUAL ART, Exhibit Opening Gala for Closeted/Out in the Quadrangles Wed, Apr 1, 7:30pm, THEATER, The Good Book Thu, Apr 2, 12:15–1pm, VISUAL ART, Cylinder Seals: Miniature Masterpieces of Mesopotamia Thu, Apr 2, 6pm, VISUAL ART, Curator Tours: Objects and Voices Thu, Apr 2, 7pm, FILM, Specificity in Practice: Recent Work by Victor Burgin

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Fri, Apr 10, 8pm, PERFORMANCE, Logan Center Cabaret Series Fri, Apr 10, 8pm, THEATER, The Good Book Sat, Apr 11, 12pm, VISUAL ART, Gallery Walk-through for Varda Caivano: The Density of the Actions Sat, Apr 11, 1–4pm, FAMILY, Family Day: Smart Sleuths in a Time of War Sat, Apr 11, 3pm, THEATER, The Good Book Sat, Apr 11, 7:30pm, MUSIC, Crossroads III /

Embodiment on Screen Fri, Apr 17, var. times, THEATER, New Work Week Fri, Apr 17, 4:30–6pm, VISUAL ART, Art History Modern Lecture Series: Julia Bryan-Wilson

Shropshire Lads: World War I Poets & Composers of

Fri, Apr 17, 5pm, ARCHITECTURE, April After Hours

Fri, Apr 3, 5–8pm, ARCHITECTURE, April After Hours

Great Britain

Fri, Apr 17, 7:30pm, MUSIC, Blue Heron

Fri, Apr 3, 6–8pm, VISUAL ART, Pink Chiffon reception

Sat, Apr 11, 8pm, DANCE, Java Jive Swing Dance

Fri, Apr 17, 8pm, THEATER, The Good Book

Fri, Apr 3, 7pm, MUSIC, Meditative Charpentier

Sat, Apr 11, 8pm, MUSIC, C. Spencer Yeh

Sat, Apr 18, var. times, THEATER, New Work Week

Fri, Apr 3, 8pm, THEATER, The Good Book

Sat, Apr 11, 8pm, THEATER, The Good Book

Sat, Apr 18, 10am–12pm, FAMILY, LEGO Architects

Sat, Apr 4, 3pm, THEATER, The Good Book

Sun, Apr 12, 1pm, MUSIC, Crossroads IV / Lecture-

Sat, Apr 18, 12–5pm, FAMILY, Logan Center Family

Sat, Apr 4, 7pm (6:30pm doors; 5pm dinner), MULTI, SASA Show 2015: SASA Journey

Demonstration on Bartók’s Quartet No. 2 Sun, Apr 12, 3pm, MUSIC, Crossroads V / Pacifica Quartet and Friends Commemorate

Saturday Festival: Music and Dance Sat, Apr 18, 1–3pm, VISUAL ART, In Conversation with Blade and Freedom

Sun, Apr 12, 2:30pm THEATER, The Good Book

Sat, Apr 4, 8pm, THEATER, Theater[24]

Sun, Apr 12, 7:30pm THEATER, The Good Book

Sat, Apr 4, 8pm, THEATER, The Good Book

Tue, Apr 14, 4:30pm, MUSIC, Tea & Pipes

Sat, Apr 18, 3pm, THEATER, The Good Book

Sun, Apr 5, 11am, MUSIC, Mozart for Easter

Tue, Apr 14, 4:30–6:30pm, VISUAL ART, A Little

Sat, Apr 18, 4pm, MUSIC, Nicholas Roth: Piano Master

Sat, Apr 18, 2pm, VISUAL ART, Curator Tours: Objects and Voices

Sun, Apr 5, 2:30pm THEATER, The Good Book

History of Light (Dan Flavin / Gaston Bachelard)

Sun, Apr 5, 7:30pm THEATER, The Good Book

Wed, Apr 15, var. times, THEATER, New Work Week

Sat, Apr 18, 4:30–6pm, YOUTH, The New Speak

Mon, Apr 6, 4:30pm, MUSIC, Workshop: Bangla folk

Wed, Apr 15, 12–1:30pm, MUSIC, GalleryX

Sat, Apr 18, 8pm, THEATER, The Good Book

music Mon, Apr 6, 7–9pm, MUSIC, First Monday Jazz: Corey Wilkes

Performance: LeRoy Bach Wed, Apr 15, 7:30pm, THEATER, The Good Book Thu, Apr 16, var. times, THEATER, New Work Week

Tue, Apr 7, 4:30pm, MUSIC, Tea & Pipes

Thu, Apr 16, 7:30pm, THEATER, The Good Book

Wed, Apr 8, 7–9pm, MULTI, Black Feminist Futures

Fri–Sat, Apr 17–18, 2015, FILM, CMS Graduate Student

Workshop Dialogues

Conference: Performing Bodies: Gesture, Affect, and

Class

Sat, Apr 18, 8pm, DANCE, Java Jive Swing Dance Sun, Apr 19, 1–4pm, MULTI, Celebrating the History and Culture of Old Cairo Sun, Apr 19, 3pm, MUSIC, Spektral Quartet Very Open Rehearsal Sun, Apr 19, 3pm, MUSIC, Jazz at the Logan: The Last Southern Gentleman Tour featuring Ellis and

The Studio in the Field, Apr 6–Sep 15

Delfeayo Marsalis Sun, Apr 19, 2:30pm THEATER, The Good Book Sun, Apr 19, 4pm, MUSIC, Sunday Song Styles: OPERA Arias & Duets w/Kim Jones & Dan Richardson Sun, Apr 19, 7:30pm THEATER, The Good Book Sun, April 19, 9pm, PERFORMANCE, Weekend Mon, Apr 20, 4:30pm, MUSIC, Workshop: Indian bansuri Tue, Apr 21, 4:30pm, MUSIC, Tea & Pipes Tue, Apr 21, 7:30–10:30pm, MUSIC, Logan Center Third Tuesday Jazz: Juli Wood’s Chicago Calling Wed, Apr 22, var. times, THEATER, New Work Week Wed, Apr 22, 8–10pm, LIT, Catcher in the Rhyme Thu, Apr 23, var. times, THEATER, New Work Week Thu, Apr 23, 6pm, VISUAL ART, How to Make a Smart Museum: The Technology Question Thu, Apr 23, 6pm, LIT, Reading by Ben Marcus

Fri, May 1, various times (May 1–5) MULTI, FOTA’s 52nd SpringFest Fri, May 1, time TBD, DANCE, Rhythmic Bodies in Motion Dance Show Fri, May 1, 7:30pm, THEATER, The You-er You Fri, May 1, 7:30pm, MUSIC, Benjamin Bagby: Beowulf Fri, May 1, 8:30pm, THEATER, Off-Off Campus Sat, May 2, various times (May 1–5) MULTI, FOTA’s 52nd SpringFest Sat, May 2, time TBD, DANCE, Rhythmic Bodies in Motion Dance Show Sat, May 2, 1–4pm, FAMILY, Family Day: ’Zines with James T. Green Sat, May 2, 2pm, VISUAL ART, Curator Tours: Objects and Voices Sat, May 2, 2pm, THEATER, The You-er You Sat, May 2, 7pm, MUSIC, BRIDGE #1: Jazz Performance and Round-Table Discussion

Chicago Social Culture

Sat, May 2, 7:30pm, THEATER, The You-er You

Sat, Apr 25, 8pm, MUSIC, Nathan Laube in recital

Sat, May 2, 8pm, DANCE, Java Jive Swing Dance

Sat, Apr 25, 8pm, MUSIC, University Symphony

Sun, May 3, various times (May 1–5) MULTI, FOTA’s

Sun, Apr 26, 3pm, MUSIC, Newberry Consort: Mr. Dowland’s Midnight Sun, Apr 26, 6pm, MUSIC, Crossing Boundaries – Juke Cry Hand Clap: A People’s History of House & Chicago Social Culture Sun, Apr 26, 7pm, MUSIC, AACM 50th Anniversary Celebration Performance—Together: A Power Stronger Than Itself Sun, Apr 26, 7pm, MUSIC, Computer Music Studio Concert

52nd SpringFest Sun, May 3, 12–4pm, FAMILY, Youth and Teen Summer Arts Programs Fair Sun, May 3, 3pm, MUSIC, New Music Ensemble Sun, May 3, 6:30pm, MUSIC, Chicago Ensemble Concert Mon, May 4, various times (May 1–5) MULTI, FOTA’s 52nd SpringFest Mon, May 4, 6pm, VISUAL ART, Artist talk: David Brooks Mon, May 4, 7–9pm, MUSIC, First Monday Jazz: Rusty Jones Quartet Tue, May 5, various times (May 1–5) MULTI, FOTA’s 52nd SpringFest

Tue, Apr 28, 4:30pm, MUSIC, Tea & Pipes

Tue, May 5, 4:30pm, MUSIC, Tea & Pipes

Wed, Apr 29, 4–6pm, MULTI, Open Discussion with

Tue, May 5, 7–9pm, VISUAL ART, Kipper Ancient

Honey Pot Performance Wed, Apr 29, 7pm, VISUAL ART, Gardening the Human Park: Earth in the Anthropocene by Michael Light Thu, Apr 30, 4:30–6pm, VISUAL ART, Art History Modern Lecture Series: Joyce Tsai

Israel Lecture: New Discoveries in the Ancient Village and Synagogue at Huqoq in Israel’s Galilee Wed, May 6, 7pm, MUSIC, Alash Ensemble Concert Wed, May 6, 7:30pm, MUSIC, Contempo: Tomorrow’s Music Today I

Nights to Taxes: Texts from the Old Cairo Exhibition Thu, May 7, 4:30–6pm, VISUAL ART, Graham Bader: Smart Lecture Series Thu, May 7, 6pm, VISUAL ART, Pocket Guide to Hell: The Presentation of Self in Everyday Life Thu, May 7, 6pm, LIT, Reading by Emily Rapp Black Thu, May 7, 7pm, FILM, Scraps in Black and White: Black Images from the Library of Congress Paper Print Collection Thu, May 7, 7:30pm, THEATER, The You-er You Fri, May 8, 4–5:30pm, MUSIC, BASS Residency: Voice and Collaborative Piano Masterclass Fri, May 8, 5:30–6:30pm, MUSIC, Arts Entrepreneurship & Management Discussion/Reception Fri, May 8, 6–9pm, VISUAL ART, Test/Move/Play Ability and Windy City Breakdown reception Fri, May 8, 7pm, FILM, She Gone Rogue: An Evening with Zackary Drucker

Thu, Apr 30, 6pm, LIT, Reading by Lisa Robertson

Wed, May 6, 8–10pm, LIT, Catcher in the Rhyme

Fri, May 8, 7:30pm, THEATER, The You-er You

Thu, Apr 30, 7:30pm, THEATER, The You-er You

Thu, May 7, 12:15–1pm, VISUAL ART, From the Arabian

Fri, May 8, 8:30pm, THEATER, Off-Off Campus

Logan Center Family Saturday, May 16

Fri–Sat, May 8–9, 7:30pm, PERFORMANCE, Ayodele Drum & Dance: HerStory to Tell: Les Femme de Force Fri, May 8, 8pm, PERFORMANCE, Logan Center Cabaret Series Sat, May 9, 2pm, THEATER, The You-er You Sat, May 9, 3pm, MUSIC, Newly Composed Repertoire Sat, May 9, 4pm, MUSIC, Robert Palmer: Piano Master Class Sat, May 9, 7:30pm, THEATER, The You-er You Sat, May 9, 7:30pm, MUSIC, South Asian Music Ensemble Sat, May 9, 7:30pm, PERFORMANCE, Ayodele Drum & Dance: HerStory to Tell: Les Femme de Force Sat, May 9, 8pm, DANCE, Java Jive Swing Dance Sun, May 10, 3pm, MUSIC, Spektral Quartet: Different Trains Every Time Sun May 10, 7:30pm, MUSIC, Sunday Song Styles: Brooklyn Art Song Society’s Artist Favorites Sun, May 10, 7:30 pm, MUSIC, Project Incubator Tue, May 12, 4:30pm, MUSIC, Tea & Pipes Tue, May 12, 7:30pm, MUSIC, Early Music Ensemble Wed, May 13, 12–1:30pm, MUSIC, GalleryX Performance: LeRoy Bach Wed, May 13, 5pm, MULTI, Franke Forum: Orit Bashkin

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Sat, Apr 4, 8pm, DANCE, Java Jive Swing Dance

The Bells May 1–31, 2015, VISUAL ART, Coco River Fudge Street

Sat, May 2, 7:30pm, MUSIC, Bach B Minor Mass

Sat, Apr 25, 8pm, DANCE, Java Jive Swing Dance

Theater[24], Apr 4

Weekdays (academic year), 12pm & 5pm, MUSIC,

Juke Cry Hand Clap: A People’s History of House &

Orchestra: Viva l’Italia!

Thu, Apr 2, 7:30pm, THEATER, The Good Book

Sat, Apr 4, 7pm, FILM, Cry Baby

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Sat, Apr 25, 2pm, VISUAL ART, Curator Tours: Objects

Fri, Apr 10, 7:30–9pm, THEATER, Three Matadors

Sat, Apr 11, 1:30–5pm, MUSIC, Crossroads II / Sonatas

Fri, Apr 24, 5pm, ARCHITECTURE, April After Hours Fri, Apr 24, 6–8pm, VISUAL ART, Go Away, Ghost

Thursday: Clocks by Knox

Sat, Mar 28, 8pm, THEATER, The Good Book Sun, Mar 29, 7:30pm THEATER, The Good Book

Festival of Nations, May 17

Thu, Apr 9, 5:30–7:30pm, VISUAL ART, Third

Sat, Mar 28, 8pm, DANCE, Java Jive Swing Dance Sun, Mar 29, 2:30pm THEATER, The Good Book

Salvage Art 2.0

MAY

on Jewish Refugees in a Jewish State, 1950–1958 Wed, May 13, 7–9pm, MULTI, Black Feminist Futures Workshop Dialogues Thu, May 14, 6pm, LIT, Reading by Peg Boyers

Varda Caivano, through Apr 19

Chicago Presents: Le Corsaire Sun, May 24, 2pm, MUSIC, University Brass Ensemble:

Sun, May 24, 7pm, MUSIC, Middle East Music

Thu, Jun 4, 7:30pm, THEATER, The Effect of Gamma

Tue, Jun 16, 7:30–10:30pm, MUSIC, Logan Center

Ensemble

Wed, May 27, 7:30pm, THEATER, The Secret Garden Thu, May 28, 6pm, VISUAL ART, How to Make a Smart Museum: 2054, A Smart Odyssey Thu, May 28, 6pm, THEATER, The Dean’s Men Presents: Love’s Labour’s Lost Thu, May 28, 7:30pm, MUSIC, Listening Session: Jason Moran

Fri, May 15, 7pm, FILM, Bert Williams, Rediscovered: Resurrecting a Lost Landmark in Black Film History Fri, May 15, 7:30pm, MUSIC, Contempo: Tomorrow’s Music Today I

Presents: Love’s Labour’s Lost Fri, May 29, 7:30pm, MUSIC, Jazz at the Logan: Jason Moran and The Bandwagon Fri, May 29, 8pm, THEATER, The Secret Garden

Fri, May 15, 8:30pm, THEATER, Off-Off Campus

Sat, May 30, 6pm, THEATER, The Dean’s Men

and Voices Sat, May 16, 2-4:30pm, FAMILY, Logan Center Family Saturday

Fri–Sat, May 1–5, MULTI, FOTA’s 52nd SpringFest

Fri, Jun 5, 8pm, MUSIC, Voices in Your Head: A

Sun, Jun 21, 1–5pm, MUSIC, Make Music Chicago

Tuesdays Mar 31–Jun 2, 4:30pm, MUSIC, Tea & Pipes

May 1-31, VISUAL ARTS, Coco River Fudge Street

Sun, Jun 21, 2:30pm, THEATER, The Secret Garden

Mar 31–Sep 13, EXHIBITION, A Cosmopolitan City:

May 3–Jun 28, EXHIBITION, Gabriel Sierra

Cappella Spring Show Sat, Jun 6, 1pm, FAMILY, Family Day: 5th Graders Curate

on the Man-In-The-Moon Marigolds Sat, Jun 6, 3pm, THEATER, The Secret Garden Sat, Jun 6, 3:30-5pm, MULTI, International House Around the World Wine Tasting

May 8–29, EXHIBITION, Windy City Breakdown

Sun, Jun 21, 7:30pm, THEATER, The Secret Garden

Apr–Jun, MULTI, The Black Death Project

Thu–Sat, May 14–16, MULTI, Things and People on

Fri, Jun 26, 6–8pm, YOUTH, CoCre8 exhibition and

Apr–Jun, MULTI, Overlay

Sat, Jun 27, 10am–1pm, ARCHITECTURE, Islamic Architecture Bus Tour

May 22–Jun 11, EXHIBITION, Trapped in Acapulco

Apr 6–Sep 15, EXHIBITION, The Studio in the Field:

Wed–Sat, May 27–30, 6pm, THEATER, The Dean’s

Rays on the Man-In-The-Moon Marigolds

The Bells of Summer 50

Jun 8, 7–9pm, MUSIC, First Monday Jazz: Maggie Brown

Sun, May 31, 3pm, MUSIC, University Symphony

Tue, Jun 9, 7pm, MUSIC, Senior Recital: Ji Su Kang, soprano Wed, Jun 10, 5–8pm, VISUAL ART, Epic Wednesday: Cosmos in Cairo Wed, Jun 10, 7:30pm, THEATER, The Secret Garden

Tue, May 19, 6pm, VISUAL ART, Windy City

Weekdays (academic year), 12pm & 5pm, MUSIC, The Bells

Hyde Park Thu, Jun 11, 7:30pm, THEATER, The Secret Garden Fri, Jun 12, 6–9pm, VISUAL ART, Sugar Foot Rain

Tue, May 19, 7pm, MUSIC, Chamber Music Showcase

Tue, Jun 2, 4:30pm, MUSIC, Tea & Pipes

Tue, May 19, 7:30–10:30pm, MUSIC, Logan Center

Wed, Jun 3, 7:30pm, THEATER, The Secret Garden

Fri, Jun 12, 8pm, THEATER, The Secret Garden

Wed, Jun 3, 8–10pm, LIT, Catcher in the Rhyme

Sat, Jun 13, 3pm, THEATER, The Secret Garden

Dance reception

Wed, May 20, 8–10pm, LIT, Catcher in the Rhyme

Designs from the MODA-SAIC Studio Mentorship Apr 15–25, THEATER, New Work Week Apr 23–Jun 28, EXHIBITION, No Longer Art: Salvage

Ancient Origins Ongoing, EXHIBITION, Laurens Tan’s Empire Bookends: Basketcase Weekdays (academic year), 12pm & 5pm, MUSIC,

Court Theatr e/60

Men Presents: Love’s Labour’s Lost Thu, Jun 4–5, 7:30pm and Sat, June 6, 2pm and 7:30pm, THEATER, The Effect of Gamma Rays on the Man-In-The-Moon Marigolds Ongoing from Fri, Jun 5, EXHIBITION, Salvage Art Institute Untitled

Art Institute Apr 24–May 14, EXHIBITION, Go Away, Ghost Ship!

Jun 12–Jul 3, EXHIBITION, Sugar Foot Rain Dance

Fridays, Apr 24–May 22, 8:30pm, THEATER, Off-Off

Smart Museum of Art/40 Contempo/50 Bells of Summer/50 Court Theatre/60 The Renaissance Society/100

Objects and Voices, Jun 21

Modern Lecture Series: Robert Slifkin Thu, May 21, 5:30–7:30pm, VISUAL ART, Goethe Graphic Novels Thu, May 21, 6pm, LIT, Reading by Jennifer duBois Thu, May 21, 7:30pm, THEATER, Rumors Thu, May 21, 7:30pm, THEATER, The Secret Garden Fri, May 22, 6–8pm, VISUAL ART, Trapped in Acapulco reception Fri, May 22, 7:30pm, THEATER, The Secret Garden Fri, May 22, 7:30pm, THEATER, Rumors Fri, May 22, 8pm, PERFORMANCE, Logan Center Cabaret Series collaboration with Memoryhouse Fri, May 22, 8:30pm, THEATER, Off-Off Campus Sat, May 23, 2pm, THEATER, Rumors Sat, May 23, 4pm, MUSIC, Piano Program Spring Concert: Variations! Sat, May 23, 7pm, DANCE, University Ballet of Chicago Presents: Le Corsaire

A Year of Anniversaries in the Arts

Sat, May 23, 7:30pm, THEATER, Rumors Sat, May 23, 8pm, THEATER, The Secret Garden Sat, May 23, 8pm, DANCE, Java Jive Swing Dance Sun, May 24, 2pm, DANCE, University Ballet of

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Thu, Jun 11, 5:30–7:30pm, VISUAL ART, Japan in

Early Wildlife Photography and the Craft of Naturalism Apr 9–May 8, EXHIBITION, Passion, Territory, Reflection:

Sat, Jun 6, 8pm, THEATER, The Secret Garden

Sun, Jun 7, 7:30pm, THEATER, The Secret Garden

JUNE

2pm and 7:30pm, THEATER, Rumors May 21–Jun 21, THEATER, The Secret Garden

Hours Apr 3–24, EXHIBITION, exceptional/respectable

Sun, Jun 7, 3pm, MUSIC, Amy Briggs Piano Recital

Tue, May 19, 4:30pm, MUSIC, Tea & Pipes

Fridays in April, 5–8pm, ARCHITECTURE, April After

Thu, May 21–Fri, May 22, 7:30pm and Sat, May 23,

Sun, Jun 28, 5pm, (Sundays Jun 21–Aug 23) MUSIC,

Sun, Jun 7, 2:30pm, THEATER, The Secret Garden

Sun, May 17, 9pm, PERFORMANCE, Weekend

the Move

Apr 3–13, EXHIBITION, Pink Chiffon

reception

Sat, Jun 27, 8pm, DANCE, Java Jive Swing Dance

Women’s Ensemble: Cathy Heifetz Memorial Concert

Sun, May 31, 7:30pm, THEATER, The Secret Garden

May 8–Jun 5, EXHIBITION, Test/Move/Play Ability

Apr–Jun, MULTI, Bilingual Knowledge Bilingual Stories

The Bells of Summer 50

Sat, Jun 6, 7:30pm, THEATER, The Effect of Gamma

Orchestra, University Chorus, Motet Choir, and

Sun, May 31, 3pm, MUSIC, Rockefeller Children’s Choir

Muslims, Christians, and Jews in Old Cairo

Sat, Jun 6, 4:30pm, MUSIC, Let Freedom Sing!

Sun, May 31, 2:30pm, THEATER, The Secret Garden

Thu, May 21, 4:30–6pm, VISUAL ART, Art History

Sun, Jun 21, 5pm, (Sundays Jun 21–Aug 23) MUSIC,

Sun, Jun 7, 2pm, MUSIC, Chicago Ensemble Concert

Sun, May 17, 4pm, MUSIC, University Wind Ensemble

Apr 26–May 2, MULTI, Ulysses Jenkins Thu, Apr 30–May 9, THEATER, The You-er You

Sat, May 30, 8pm, MUSIC, University Symphony

Sun, May 17, 2pm, MUSIC, New Music Ensemble

Campus

Jive Swing Dance Mar 30–Jun 12, EXHIBITION, Closeted/Out in the University of Chicago

Ongoing, EXHIBITION, Our Work: Modern Jobs —

Women’s Ensemble: Cathy Heifetz Memorial Concert

Collection of Stories

Quadrangles: A History of LGBTQ Life at the

ONGOING

Sun, May 17, 2–5pm, MULTI, Festival of Nations

Exhibit of photographs by Linda Erf Swift Through Jun 21, EXHIBITION, Objects and Voices: A

Sat, Jun 20, 8pm, DANCE, Java Jive Swing Dance

Sat, May 30, 8pm, DANCE, Java Jive Swing Dance

Third Tuesday Jazz: Larry Gray

Sat, Jun 20, 4:30–6pm, YOUTH, The New Speak

Sun, Jun 7, 12–6pm, LIT, Brooksday

Orchestra, University Chorus, Motet Choir, and

Belonging: An exhibit of figurative photography Through Apr 6, EXHIBITION, The High School Project:

Sat, Jun 20, 8pm, THEATER, The Secret Garden

Cabaret Series

Sat, May 16, 8pm, MUSIC, University Chamber

Breakdown: Conversation with Ayana Contreras

Sat, Jun 20, 3pm, THEATER, The Secret Garden

Sat, Jun 6, 8pm, DANCE, Java Jive Swing Dance

Sat, May 16, 8pm, DANCE, Java Jive Swing Dance

Density of the Actions Through May 30, EXHIBITION, Our Sense of

Saturdays through June, 8–11:30 pm, DANCE, Java

Saturday

Sat, May 30, 8pm, THEATER, The Secret Garden

Presents: Love’s Labour’s Lost

Closeted/Out in the Quadrangles, Mar 30–Jun 12

Fri, Jun 5, 8pm, THEATER, The Secret Garden

Sat, May 16, 4:30–6pm, YOUTH, The New Speak Orchestra

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Rays on the Man-In-The-Moon Marigolds Fri, June 5, 8pm, PERFORMANCE, Logan Center

Sat, Jun 6, 2pm, THEATER, The Effect of Gamma Rays

Fri, May 29, 6pm, THEATER, The Dean’s Men

Fri, Jun 19, 8pm, THEATER, The Secret Garden Sat, Jun 20, 2-4:30pm, FAMILY, Logan Center Family

Salvage Art 2.1 Fri, Jun 5, 7:30pm, THEATER, The Effect of Gamma

Fri, May 29, 5:30–7:30pm, MUSIC, Asian Pacific Heritage Month Celebration with Tsukasa Taiko

Third Tuesday Jazz: Rajiv Halim Quintet Wed, Jun 17, 7:30pm, THEATER, The Secret Garden Thu, Jun 18, 7:30pm, THEATER, The Secret Garden

than Itself Fri, Jun 5, 3–6pm, VISUAL ART, Salvage Symposia:

Sat, Jun 6, 1–5pm, FAMILY, Ancient Game Day

Sat, May 30, 3pm, THEATER, The Secret Garden

Sat, May 16, 2pm, VISUAL ART, Curator Tours: Objects

Rays on the Man-In-The-Moon Marigolds Thu, Jun 4, 8pm, MUSIC, Jazz X-tet: Power Stronger

Thu, May 28, 7:30pm, THEATER, The Secret Garden

Fri, May 15, 7:30pm, MUSIC, Women’s Ensemble Sat, May 16, 10am–12pm, FAMILY, LEGO Architects

Through Apr 19, EXHIBITION, Varda Caivano: The

Sun, Jun 14, 7:30pm, THEATER, The Secret Garden

Presents: Love’s Labour’s Lost

the Move

Through Apr 19, THEATER, The Good Book

Sun, Jun 14, 2:30pm, THEATER, The Secret Garden

Sun, May 24, 7:30pm, THEATER, The Secret Garden

The Bells

Sat, Jun 13, 8pm, DANCE, Java Jive Swing Dance

Thu, Jun 4, 7:30pm, THEATER, The Secret Garden

Wed, May 27, 6pm, THEATER, The Dean’s Men

Thu–Sat, May 14–16, MULTI, Things and People on

Sat, Jun 13, 8pm, THEATER, The Secret Garden

Thu, Jun 4, 5–7:30pm, VISUAL ART, At the Threshold

Spring Concert

Tue, May 26, 6pm, VISUAL ART, Artist talk: Kori Newkirk

Found World of the Cairo Geniza

Egyptian Book of the Dead

Sun, May 24, 2:30pm, THEATER, The Secret Garden

Tue, May 26, 4:30pm, MUSIC, Tea & Pipes

Thu, May 14, 7–9pm, LIT, Sacred Trash: The Lost and

Thu, Jun 4, 12:15–1pm, VISUAL ART, The Ancient

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Arts Incubator 301 E. Garfield Blvd. arts.uchicago.edu/artsandpubliclife/ai Bond Chapel 1025 E. 58th St. Court Theatre 5535 S. Ellis Ave. courttheatre.org Charles M. Harper Center: Chicago Booth School of Business Art Collection 5807 S. Woodlawn Ave. art.chicagobooth.edu

5 Cochrane-Woods Art Center 5540 S. Greenwood Ave. 6

Film Studies Center filmstudiescenter.uchicago.edu Cobb Hall 5811 S. Ellis Ave., 3rd Floor * See also #19

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Francis X. Kinahan Theater Reynolds Club 5706 S. University Ave. 3rd Floor

Max Palevsky Cinema Ida Noyes Hall 1212 E. 59th St. docfilms.uchicago.edu

Reva and David Logan Center for the Arts 915 E. 60th St. logan.uchicago.edu

Fulton Recital Hall 5845 S. Ellis Ave.

Mandel Hall 1131 E. 57th St.

Gray Center Lab 929 E. 60th St. graycenter.uchicago.edu Hack Arts Lab (HAL) 5735 S. Ellis Ave., 2nd Floor hal.uchicago.edu

Rockefeller Memorial Chapel 5850 S. Woodlawn Ave. rockefeller.uchicago.edu

24 Experimental Station 6100 S. Blackstone Ave. experimentalstation.org

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International House 1414 E. 59th St. ihouse.uchicago.edu

12 Lorado Taft House 935 E. 60th St.

Midway Studios 929 E. 60th St. Neubauer Collegium for Culture and Society 5701 S. Woodlawn Ave. neubauercollegium.uchicago.edu

17 Oriental Institute Museum 1155 E. 58th St. oi.uchicago.edu 18

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

21 Smart Museum of Art 5550 S. Greenwood Ave. smartmuseum.uchicago.edu 22

Special Collections Research Center Exhibition Gallery The Joseph Regenstein Library 1100 E. 57th St. lib.uchicago.edu/e/scrc/exhibits

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

25 Hyde Park Art Center 5020 S. Cornell Ave. hydeparkart.org

26 Little Black Pearl 1060 E. 47th St. blackpearl.org 27 Museum of Science and Industry 5700 S. Lake Shore Dr. msichicago.org 28

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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. 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. 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

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VISITOR INFORMATION

This guide provides a list of highlights for the spring season,CALENDAR April–June, 2014. For a complete list of events and This guide provides a list of highlights for the winter season, exhibitions, visit arts.uchicago.edu. April–June, 2015. For a complete list of events and exhibitions, visit arts.uchicago.edu.

LOCATIONS See pages 20-21 for a map of over 20 arts locations on or LOCATIONS

See pages 44-45 for a map of over 20 arts locations on or near our near our southside campus. southside campus.

TICKETS TICKETS

Learn about and buy tickets events and performances Learn about and buy ticketsfor forarts arts events and performances at at the University of Chicago through the UChicago Arts Box the University of Chicago through the UChicago Arts Box Office Office online, person, the phone. To purchase online, ininperson, andand overover the phone. To purchase tickets for Court tickets Theatre, for Court visit courttheatre.org or call visitTheatre, courttheatre.org or call 773-753-4472. 773-753-4472. Box Office URL ticketsweb.uchicago.edu Box Office URL ticketsweb.uchicago.edu Address Reva and David Logan Address Center for the Arts Reva and David Logan 915 E 60th St (south entrance) Center for the Arts Chicago, IL 60637 915 E 60th St (south entrance) Chicago, IL 60637

Walk-up Hours Tue–Sat, 12 pm–6 pm Walk-up Hours (later on show nights) Tue–Sat, 12 pm–6 pm Sun–Mon Closed (later on show nights) Sun–Mon Closed Phone 773.702.ARTS (2787) Phone 773.702.ARTS (2787)

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Need a recommendation for lunch? Wantcafés, to know about are best centers to ﬁnd out which tours, ormore museums events and activities? Stop by any one of our information centers to suited for your time on campus or go to visit.uchicago.edu. find out which tours, cafés, or museums are best suited for your time on campus or go to visit.uchicago.edu.

Information Center Information Edward H.Center Levi Hall Edward Levi HallSuite 120 5801 SH. Ellis Ave, 5801 S Ellis Ave, Suite 120 Chicago, IL 60637 Chicago, IL 60637

Reva and David Logan Center Reva and Logan Center for David the Arts for the915 Arts E 60th St (at Drexel Ave) 915 E 60th St (at Drexel Ave) Chicago, IL 60637 Chicago, IL 60637 773.702.ARTS (2787) 773.702.ARTS (2787)

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Persons disabilities who need an accommodation in Persons withwith disabilities who need an accommodation in order to participate events shouldin contact theshould event sponsor for the event order toinparticipate events contact assistance. answers.uchicago.edu/19772 for information on sponsor Visit for assistance. Visit answers.uchicago.edu/19772 for Assistive Listening information onDevices. Assistive Listening Devices.

ACCOMMODATIONS

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Cover, attributed to Wassily Kandinsky,1914, Composition, oil on canvas; Smart Museum of Art, The University of Chicago, Gift of Dolores and Donn Shapiro in honor of Jory Shapiro, 2012.51; Page 3, Page Hyde Park Jazz Festival 2014 in the Logan Center photo by courtesy Hyde Park Jazz Festival; Page 3, ceramic fragment detail courtesy Oriental Institute; Page 3, Objects and Voices installation view courtesy the Smart Museum of Art; Page 3, portrait courtesy Jacob Proctor; Page 4, Page Hyde Park Jazz Festival 2014 in the Logan Center photo courtesy Hyde Park Jazz Festival; Page 4, staircase detail courtesy Neubauer Collegium for Culture and Society; Page 4, Estructuras para transición, Gabriel Sierra, 2008; Page 4, The Good Book photo by joe mazza/brave lux inc courtesy Court Theatre; Page 4, food photo courtesy Currency Exchange Café; Page 5, No Longer Art image by James Ewing; Page 5, Toshio Aoki, Hope, c. 1892–1893, Brush and ink and color on paper, Smart Museum of Art, The University of Chicago, Purchase, The Paul and Miriam Kirkley Fund for Acquisitions and with funds from the Japan Committee, University of Chicago, 2012.19; Page 6, Estructuras para transición, Gabriel Sierra, 2008; Page 7, exceptional/respectable image by James T. Green; Page 8, Monument 4 for those who have been killed in ambush (to P. K. who reminded me about death), Dan Flavin (1933-1996), red flourescent light, 96 x 96 in, 1966; Page 8, No Longer Art image by James Ewing; Page 9, image by Michael Light; Page 12, Page 3, Objects and Voices installation view courtesy the Smart Museum of Art; Page 13, visitors to the Objects and Voices exhibition courtesy the Smart Museum of Art; Page 14, I Can See the Whole Room...and There’s Nobody in It!, Roy Lichtenstein, 1961; Page 16, Mirror Lake, Victor Burgin, 2013; Page 16, Eadweard Muybridge, Animal Locomotion, Plate 163, 1887; Page 17, She Gone Rogue, Zachary Drucker, 2012; Page 18, Ben Marcus’ Leaving the Sea (2014) book cover detail courtesy Knopf Doubleday Publishing; Page 18, portrait courtesy Emily Rapp Black; Page 19, portrait courtesy Jennifer duBois; Page 20, Tsukasa Taiko photo courtesy International House; Page 20, South Asian Student Association SASA show photo by Heather Charles courtesy the University of Chicago; Page 21, textile detail courtesy Oriental Institute; Page 22, portrait courtesy Bill St. John; Page 22–23, 5701 South Woodlawn Avenue rendering courtesy Neubauer Collegium for Culture and Society; Page 23, portrait courtesy Jacob Proctor; Page 23, No Longer Art image by James Ewing; Page 23, Wolf Vostell, Concrete Traffic, 1970, archival installation photo courtesy Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago; Page 24, Jason Moran photo by Clay Patrick McBride courtesy the artist; Page 24, organ pipes photo courtesy Rockefeller Memorial Chapel; Page 24, Corey Wilkes photo by Ingrid Moreta courtesy the artist; Page 25, C. Spencer Yeh photo by Bartosz Stawiarski; Page 26, performance photo courtesy AACM; Page 27, Bach B Minor Mass performance photo courtesy Rockefeller Memorial Chapel; Page 28, South Asian Vocal Ensemble photo by Heather Charles courtesy the University of Chicago; Page 29, New Music Ensemble photo courtesy Department of Music; Page 29, Larry Gray photo by John Broughton courtesy the artist; Page 30, Jason Moran photo by Clay Patrick McBride courtesy the artist; Page 30, performance photo courtesy Voices in Your Head; Page 31, bell photo courtesy Rockefeller Memorial Chapel; Page 32, Secret Garden photo by joe mazza/brave lux inc courtesy Court Theatre; Page 32, The Good Book photo by joe mazza/brave lux inc courtesy Court Theatre; Page 33, performance photo by Andrew Nelles courtesy Theater & Performance Studies; Page 34, Logan Center Cabaret Series photo by Jason Smith; Page 36, Logan Center Family Saturdays photo by Joel Wintermantle; Page 36, Lee England, Jr. photo courtesy the artist; Page 37, portrait courtesy James T. Green; Page 37, Ancient Game Day photo courtesy Oriental Institute Museum; Page 38, Frederick C. Robie House photo by Tom Rossiter courtesy the University of Chicago; Page 40, Festival of Nations photo courtesy International House; Page 40, A. Radclyffe Dugmore [Arthur Radclyffe], “A brood of wild chipping sparrows,” from Nature and the camera; how to photograph live birds and their nests; animals, wild and tame; reptiles; insects; fish and other aquatic forms; flowers, trees, and fungi, New York: Doubleday, Page & Co., 1902, cover inset; Page 41, performance photo by Andrew Nelles courtesy Theater & Performance Studies; Page 41, Logan Center Family Saturdays photo by Joel Wintermantle; Page 42, Varda Caivano, Untitled, 2015, acrylic, charcoal, and oil on canvas, 120 x 180 cm, courtesy the artist and Victoria Miro, London, photo by Angus Mill; Page 43, Weddstock protest, 1992. Chicago Maroon. Used with permission of the Chicago Maroon; Page 46, photo by Tom Rossiter, courtesy the University of Chicago.

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2015 Spring Arts Guide

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Q&A: Jacob Proctor on the Neubauer Collegium's New Building and Exhibitions Program

Objects and Voices Exhibition Foregrounds The Smart Museum's Collection, and the Craft of Curation