Friday evening marked the end of the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra's 3-day residency in Chicago, featuring a collaborative performance with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra.
In admiring the brick, Grosvenor was also expressing empathy for the anonymous workers who had contributed their labor to something that would outlast them.
A colossal conservation effort brings Wolf Vostell's public Fluxus sculpture, "Concrete Traffic," back to campus after almost eight years. "Concrete Happenings" will feature a program of diverse art events until next spring.
Wolf Vostell's public sculpture, "Concrete Traffic," finds it way back to campus after almost 8 years. "Concrete Happenings" will feature // until next spring,
In this way, the exhibition captures the spirit of photography—its ability to capture moments, preserve them in their time and place, yet embody a sense of timelessness for the people who view them generations later.
Eight emotions were featured in the show: happiness, anger, wonder, fear, heroism, love, sorrow, and peace. Each dance was choreographed to reflect that particular emotion.
The story of Baca as a convict-turned-poet suggests that he has “made it.” However, Baca insisted that he does not understand what “making it” means, saying that he does not take himself seriously, nor does he feel the need for external validation.
“As I try to navigate my way through the finance and music industries, I am so grateful for the problem solving skills I developed while at school,” says Leamy. “The University of Chicago taught me how to think.”
"Afro-Futurism seeks to confront, not to escape. What the show aims to bring to Second City is social commentary through sketch and stand-up comedy—mediums that deliver messages in an up-close, personal, and striking way."
"The most recent workshop discussed similes: a group of 15 people sat around a table to analyze how different poems incorporate similes, ultimately incorporating them into their own poems."
The 56th Annual UChicago Folk Festival will take place this coming weekend, February 12 and 13. Featuring live performances on both nights as well as free music and dance workshops at Ida Noyes Hall on Saturday, the festival invites the Hyde Park community not only to spectate but to participate in what has been a...
Among the numerous events and performances across campus celebrating the University’s 125th anniversary, Greetings from the Midway: A Postcard History of the University of Chicago stands out on the second floor of the Logan Center as a humble commemoration of our school’s history. Greetings from the Midway stays true to Logan’s tradition of giving art...
"In a circular way, the responses to the film further invite us to consider the nature of truth: the opinions we frame when interpreting the film provoke our curiosity as much as the events of the film do."
A three-day citywide event, Sexing Sound: Gender Sound Music, was an innovative collaboration between the Goethe-Institut, the University of Chicago, the School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC), Northwestern University, and Experimental Sound Studio (ESS), a non-profit organization dedicated to the production and exhibition of sound as a cultural medium. True to ESS’ goal to promote the “creative...
The exhibit will remain open in the Regenstein library until December 31st.
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