Gentle Yoga
When:
January 17, 2013 @ 10:00 am – 11:00 am
Where:
Rockefeller Memorial Chapel, 5850 S. Woodlawn Ave. Chicago, IL
Gentle Yoga. 4-5 p.m., Rockefeller Memorial Chapel, 5850 S. Woodlawn Ave., 773-702-2100, free.
The University of Chicago Annual MLK Celebration
When:
January 17, 2013 @ 12:00 pm – 1:30 pm
Where:
Rockefeller Chapel, 5850 S. Woodlawn Ave. Chicago, IL
The University of Chicago Annual MLK Celebration. 6-7:30 p.m., Rockefeller Chapel, 5850 S. Woodlawn Ave., 773-702-2100, free. Filmmaker for the PBS documentary series “Eyes on the Prize” and former SNCC activist Judy Richardson presents.
Poetry Reading
When:
January 17, 2013 @ 11:00 am – 12:00 pm
Where:
Midway Studios, 929 E. 60th St. Chicago, IL
Poetry Reading. 5-6 p.m., Midway Studios, 929 E. 60th St., 773-834-8524, free. U. of C. graduate student Ariana Nadia Nash will read from her Philip Levin Prize-winning first collection of poetry.
Noontime Concert Series
When:
January 17, 2013 @ 6:15 am – 7:00 am
Where:
Fulton Hall, 5845 S. Ellis Ave. Chicago, IL
Noontime Concert Series. 12:15-1 p.m., Fulton Hall, 5845 S. Ellis Ave., 773-702-8484, free. Elena Doubovitskaya, piano, performs selections from Scarlatti Sonatas, Rachmaninoff Preludes, and Bach transcriptions by F. Busoni and A. Siloti.
Toddler Time
When:
January 17, 2013 @ 4:30 am – 5:30 am
Where:
Blackstone Library, 4904 S. Lake Park Ave. Chicago, IL
Toddler Time. 10:30 a.m., Blackstone Library, 4904 S. Lake Park Ave., 312-747-0511.
Third Thursday
When:
January 17, 2013 @ 11:30 am – 12:30 pm
Where:
Smart Museum of Art, 5550 S. Greenwood Ave. Chicago, IL
Third Thursday. 5:30 p.m., Smart Museum of Art, 5550 S. Greenwood Ave., 773-702-0200, smartmuseum.uchic ago.edu, free. Visitors join a docent for a viewing of color woodblock prints by Utagawa Kunisada and then make their own designs on paper using inks and gouaches
Afterschool Story Break
When:
January 17, 2013 @ 10:00 am – 11:00 am
Where:
Blackstone Library, 4904 S. Lake Park Ave. Chicago, IL
Afterschool Story Break. 4 p.m., Blackstone Library, 4904 S. Lake Park Ave., 312-747-0511. Stories, crafts and a celebration of the life of Martin Luther King.
Lecture. “Prophecy and Gender in Ancient Israel
When:
January 16, 2013 @ 10:30 am – 11:30 am
Where:
Swift Hall, Common Room, 1025 E. 58th St. Chicago, IL
Lecture. “Prophecy and Gender in Ancient Israel.” 4:30 p.m., Swift Hall, Common Room, 1025 E. 58th St., 773-702-7108. Esther Hamori, of the Union Theological Seminary in New York City presents this lecture, part of the “Trouble with Prophets” Series.