May 2013
Film Screening. “Invisible War.” 6:30 p.m., First Unitarian Church, 5650 S. Woodlawn Ave., 773-324-4100, free. Featuring the 2012 film on rape in the military, with a following discussion led by a female veteran sexual assault survivor.
Film Screening. “The Days of the Commune.” 7 p.m., Logan Center, Screening Room 201, 915 E. 60th St., 773-702-8596, free. Featuring director Zoe Beloff’s 2013 film.
Concert. Contempo: Tomorrow’s Music Today II. 7:30 p.m., Logan Center, Performance Hall 074, 915 E. 60th St., 773-702-8068, free.
Art in Action. 10 a.m.-6 p.m., Logan Center, Courtyard, 915 E. 60th St., 773-702-2787, free. Featuring performances and workshops by Phinix Dance Crew, Latinas Progresando, Young Chicago Authors, and the South Side Free Music Program. Free lunch provided.
Lego Architects. 10 a.m.-noon, Robie House, 5757 S. Woodlawn Ave., 312-994-4000, gowright.org, $5 per child, free for accompanying adults. Kids ages 6 and up (accompanied by an adult) use Legos to create 3D model of a floor plan design. Visit gowright.org to buy tickets. Advance tickets required.
Performance and Discussion: Neuebody Research. 3-5 p.m., Hyde Park Art Center, 5020 S. Cornell Ave., 773-324-5520, hydeparkart.org. Lee Blalock’s performance, “Notation for Neue Movement Fidelity, No.1,” will make its debut as part of her solo exhibition at the Hyde Park Art Center, “Neue.”
Adult Book Discussion. 6 p.m., Blackstone Library, 4904 S. Lake Park Ave., 312-747-0511. Participants will discuss Charlotte Rogan’s “The Lifeboat.”
Film Screening. 7 p.m., Logan Center, screening room 201, 915 E. 60th St., 773-702-8596, free. Featuring several films addressing such issues as Jim Crow and gentrification, with an introduction by Sergio Mims, co-founder of the Black Harvest Film Festival. Seats can be reserved at ticketsweb.uchicago.edu/categories/film. Part of the L.A. Rebellion Film Series.
Concert. 8-9 p.m., Logan Center, Performance Hall 074, 915 E. 60th St., 773-702-8484, free. The University Chamber Orchestra performs music by Beethoven and Mozart as well as the world premiere of a U. of C. graduate student’s composition.
Sundays at Rockefeller. 11 a.m.-12:15 p.m., Rockefeller Chapel, 5850 S. Woodlawn Ave., 773-702-2100, free. Communion with Rockefeller Chapel Choir and organ and carillon music.
Family Program: Falcons and Owls in the Ancient World. 1-3 p.m., Oriental Institute, 1155 E. 58th St., 773-702-9507, free. Visitors learn about birds in the Chicago area and in ancient Egyptian culture as well as analyze owl pellets and see a live hawk up close.
Annual International House Festival of Nations. 2 p.m., International House, Assembly Hall, 1414 E. 59th St., 773-753-2274, free.
Book Discussion. “The Warmth of Other Suns. 2-5 p.m., DuSable Museum of African American History, 740 E. 56th St., 773-947-0600, $5. Visitors will discuss Isabel Wilkerson’s book by the same title. The book can be downloaded for free at goo.gl/wue5s. Call 773-947-0600, ext. 290, for more information or to R.S.V.P.
Film Screening and Discussion: Beneath the Blindfold. 2-4:30 p.m., Hyde Park Art Center, 5020 S. Cornell Ave., 773-324-5520, hydeparkart.org. Featuring the 2012 film on torture, “Beneath the Blindfold,” followed by a Q and A with filmmakers Kathy Berger and Ines Sommer, as well as Maria Venegas, a torture survivor who appears in the film.

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