Calendar

Feb 25 Mon
Tot Lot @ Hyde Park Neighborhood Club
9:00 am – 12:00 pm

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.

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Performance. Groupe Daara Gee
10:30 am – 11:30 am

Performance. Groupe Daara Gee. 10:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m., DuSable Museum of African American History, , 773-947-0600, dusablemuseum.org. Dancing and drumming by Groupe Daara Gee. For students grades K through 12.

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Fantasy and Science Fiction Book Club. @ Blackstone Library
1:00 pm – 2:30 pm

Fantasy and Science Fiction Book Club. 1-2:30 p.m., Blackstone Library, 45 Lake Park Ave., 312-747-0511. Those attending will discuss David Weber’s “Off Armageddon Reef.”

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“Become a Financial Scholar with EverFi.” @ Blackstone Library
4:00 pm – 5:00 pm

“Become a Financial Scholar with EverFi.” 4-5 p.m., Blackstone Library, 4904 S. Lake Park Ave., 312-747-0511. An introduction to EverFi’s online financial literacy resources for children and teens. For students grades 3 through 12.

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Lecture @ Foster Hall
4:30 pm – 6:00 pm

Lecture. 4:30-6 p.m., Foster Hall, 1130 E. 59th St., 773-702-8033, wnickell@uchicago.edu. Historian Laura Engelstein, of Yale University, presents.

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@ Social Science Research, Room 122
5:00 pm – 6:00 pm

Lecture. “Traveling Feminisms? Women of the Extreme Right in Europe.” 5 p.m., Social Science Research, Room 122, 1126 E. 59th St., 773-702-9936, free. U. of C. professor of anthropology and linguistics Susan Gal delivers the 2013 Iris Marion Young Distinguished Faculty Lecture for the Center for the Study of Gender and Sexuality.

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Lecture. “From Harlem to Hoamatlond: Hip Hop, Malcolm X and Islamic Activism in Austria.” @ Cobb Lecture Hall Room 103
5:00 pm – 7:00 pm

Lecture. “From Harlem to Hoamatlond: Hip Hop, Malcolm X and Islamic Activism in Austria.” 5-7 p.m., Cobb Lecture Hall, Room 103, 5811 S. Ellis Ave., 773-702-8063. Farid Hafez, of the University of Viena, presents on hip hop culture and Austrian Muslim youth.

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Workshop. “Teaching Science and Environmental Justice in Urban Schools.” @ Ratner Athletic Center, Berwanger Room
5:00 pm – 6:00 pm

Workshop. “Teaching Science and Environmental Justice in Urban Schools.” 5-6 p.m., Ratner Athletic Center, Berwanger Room, 5530 S. Ellis Ave., 773-834-1935. Rev. Janette Wilson, former CPS teacher, administrator and Rainbow Push advisor, presents. To R.S.V.P, visit http://goo.gl/Op1e0.

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“Media Relations in the Digital Age.” @ Quadrangle Club, library
6:00 pm – 7:30 pm

“Media Relations in the Digital Age.” 6-7:30 p.m., Quadrangle Club, library, 1155 E. 57th St., 773-834-4671, free. On the impact digital technologies had on the messaging and communication of the Obama and Romney campaigns.

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Discussion. “Legitimate Target: A Criteria Based Approach to Targeted Killing.” @ International House, Home Room
6:30 pm – 8:00 pm

Discussion. “Legitimate Target: A Criteria Based Approach to Targeted Killing.” 6:30-8 p.m., International House, Home Room, 1414 E. 59th St., 773-702-7721, free. With University of Utah law professor Amo Guiora.

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Feb 26 Tue
Tot Lot @ Hyde Park Neighborhood Club
9:00 am – 12:00 pm

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.

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Performance. African American History Makers (Encore Presentation) @ DuSable Museum of African American History
10:30 am – 12:30 pm

Performance. African American History Makers (Encore Presentation). 10:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m., DuSable Museum of African American History, 740 E. 56th St., 773-947-0600, dusablemuseum.org. An interactive journey through African American history for students grades 3 through 8.

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Preschool Story Time @ Blackstone Library
10:30 am – 11:30 am

Preschool Story Time. 10:30 a.m., Blackstone Library, 4904 S. Lake Park Ave., 312-747-0511.

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Lecture. “Between Campesino and State: Photography, Rurality, and Modernity in Post-Revolutionary Mexico.” @ Social Science Research, Room 224
12:00 pm – 1:30 pm

Lecture. “Between Campesino and State: Photography, Rurality, and Modernity in Post-Revolutionary Mexico.” Noon-1:30 p.m., Social Science Research, Room 224, 1126 E. 59th St., 773-834-1987, free. Robin Greenley, associate professor of Art History at the University of Connecticut, presents.

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