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We Exist: Dr. Kishonna Gray on the Gendered and Racialized Culture of Gaming
We Exist: Dr. Kishonna Gray on the Gendered and Racialized Culture of Gaming
Logan CenterJanuary 29, 2020
Excerpt: Stamp collection provides rare picture of North Korea
Excerpt: Stamp collection provides rare picture of North Korea
Logan CenterJanuary 15, 2020
Listen: A Poetry Reading by Spencer Diaz Tootle
Listen: A Poetry Reading by Spencer Diaz Tootle
Logan CenterJanuary 14, 2020
Stillness Complicated by Corners: A Reflection on Anne Carson’s Lecture Series
Stillness Complicated by Corners: A Reflection on Anne Carson’s Lecture Series

Fourth-year student Reema Saleh reflects on the Anne Carson’s lecture series and writing workshop.

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Logan CenterJanuary 8, 2020
UChicago Arts' Year In Review

2019 was a great year for the arts at UChicago.

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Logan CenterDecember 30, 2019
Light in the Darkness: Celebrate the Season with Lessons & Carols at Rockefeller
Light in the Darkness: Celebrate the Season with Lessons & Carols at Rockefeller

Staying in Hyde Park for Christmas? Celebrate the holidays with a candlelit service in Rockefeller Chapel. 

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Community Engagement, Events, MusicLogan CenterDecember 23, 2019
Relive the Vibes of Arts + Public Life's Annual South Side Market
Relive the Vibes of Arts + Public Life's Annual South Side Market

Vends + Vibes isn’t just a market—it’s an event.

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Logan CenterDecember 20, 2019
Oedipus Rex Bridges Ancient and Modern, Fiction and Reality
Oedipus Rex Bridges Ancient and Modern, Fiction and Reality

When the house doors opened for Oedipus Rex, the first installment in Court Theatre’s Oedipus Trilogy, the stage immediately drew attention.

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Performing, TheatreLogan CenterDecember 12, 2019
Young Adult novelist and alum writes stories of ‘revolutionary girls’
Young Adult novelist and alum writes stories of ‘revolutionary girls’

Though Samira Ahmed may be long graduated from the University of Chicago, she’s still at home in the intellectual community of Hyde Park.

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Ellen WieseDecember 10, 2019
FOTA's Twilight Tea Spices Up Fall Quarter
FOTA's Twilight Tea Spices Up Fall Quarter

Looking for art on campus that isn’t hanging in a gallery? Look no further than The Festival of the Arts.

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Logan CenterDecember 3, 2019
Excerpt: Kimberly Peirce reflects on how UChicago shaped her filmmaking career
Excerpt: Kimberly Peirce reflects on how UChicago shaped her filmmaking career

Boys Don’t Cry director speaks with longtime mentor, film students in campus visit

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Alumni, Media and Cinema StudiesLogan CenterNovember 25, 2019Kimberly Peirce, Lauren Berlant, Film
What's Your Passion? There's an RSO for That!
What's Your Passion? There's an RSO for That!

Varying in intensity and commitment, Registered Student Organizations (RSOs) provide opportunities for students to pursue a dream, let out their creativity, build job skills,or just have fun.  

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Student Arts, Creative Writing, Dance, Performing, Theatre, Visual ArtsLogan CenterNovember 18, 2019
Excerpt: Oedipus and Agency
Excerpt: Oedipus and Agency

UChicago Classics Professor Sarah Nooter explores questions of agency, truth, and fate in Sophocles’ Oedipus Rex.

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Theatre, PerformingLogan CenterOctober 30, 2019Court Theatre, Oedipus Trilogy
Leadership as Performance Art: Civic Actor Studio connects community leaders with the characters they contain
Leadership as Performance Art: Civic Actor Studio connects community leaders with the characters they contain

Last month, as part of a new partnership between Court Theatre and the Office of Civic Engagement (OCE), 22 of Chicago’s established and emerging civic actors explored what it was like to become literal actors.

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Theatre, Community Engagement, Civic EngagementRonia HolmesOctober 29, 2019Oedipus Trilogy, Court Theatre
Repotting Constructions of Beauty With Passionate Signals
Repotting Constructions of Beauty With Passionate Signals

A new exhibition of artist Martha Rosler’s work at the Neubauer Collegium reveals pretty pictures of flowers are anything but innocent.

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Exhibitions, Visual ArtsLogan CenterOctober 23, 2019Martha Rosler, Neubauer Collegium
Tour the Chicago Sound Show with an Interactive Map
Tour the Chicago Sound Show with an Interactive Map

Download a map to your phone to lead you around the Chicago Sound Show on UChicago’s campus.

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Music, Visual ArtsLogan CenterOctober 16, 2019Smart Museum
Playlist: Most-Requested Songs for the Rockefeller Carillon
Playlist: Most-Requested Songs for the Rockefeller Carillon

University Carillonneur Joey Brink introduces 10 songs he and his students love to play on the Rockefeller carillon. (Psst: You can request your favorite!)

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Music, Student ArtsLogan CenterOctober 9, 2019Carillon, Audio
Book Recommendations from UChicago Arts
Book Recommendations from UChicago Arts

In celebration of National Book Month, UChicago Arts shares book recommendations from across campus. Share your own favorites in the comments section.

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Creative WritingLogan CenterOctober 2, 2019National Book Month, Staff Comment
Behind the Scenes of ArtsPass
Behind the Scenes of ArtsPass

The program, with benefits at over 70 cultural institutions in Chicago, offers UChicago students exclusive trips, discounted admission, opportunities to converse with artists, and more. 

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Student ArtsLogan CenterSeptember 25, 2019ArtsPass
Drop Off Home Movies for the South Side Home Movies Project
Drop Off Home Movies for the South Side Home Movies Project

A primer on how to submit your home movies for the archive.

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Media and Cinema Studies, Community ArtsLogan CenterSeptember 18, 2019
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