Agenda
Posterboard 
Month 
Week 
Day May 2013
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.
Concert. “Light and Shadows.” 4-5 p.m., Logan Center, Performance Hall 074, 915 E. 60th St., 773-702-8484, free. The University Wind Ensemble performs.
Sunday Evening Jazz. 7:30-11:30 p.m., Hyde Park Jazz Society, Room 43, 1043 E. 43rd St., hydeparkjazzsociety.com, $10 for adults, $5 for university students with ID. The “DOT” Dillar Organ Trio performs.
Tot Lot. 9 a.m.-noon, Hyde Park Neighborhood Club, 5480 S. Kenwood Ave., info@babyphd.com, classes are $9 drop-in, $45 for a 10-session pass or $65 for a monthly pass. This class is intended for children 0-4 and their caregivers or parents to get together on a regular basis to learn, play and benefit from one another’s company.
Tot Lot and Outdoor Playground. 9 a.m.-1 p.m., Hyde Park Neighborhood Club, 5480 S. Kenwood Ave., 773-643-4062, hpnclub.org, $9 drop-in, $45 for a 10-session pass or $65 for a monthly pass.
Infant Sign Language. 10:45 a.m., Hyde Park Neighborhood Club, 5480 S. Kenwood Ave., 773-643-4062, hpnclub.org, sdiwan@hpnclub.org, $9 drop-in, $45 for a 10-session pass. Caregivers learn basic signs through the use of familiar children’s music, stories, and games. To maximize children’s learning only a few new signs are presented each week. Signs are in American Sign Language.
Lecture. 7-8:30 p.m., 773-753-4821. Logan Center, 915 E. 60th St. Los Angeles-based artist Frances Stark presents.
Mindfulness Meditation. 1-2 p.m., Rockefeller Chapel, 5850 S. Woodlawn Ave., 773-834-5143, free.