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 [...]
Weekly Meditation Class. 6 p.m., Rockefeller Chapel, basement, 5850 S. Woodlawn Ave., samathachicago@gmail.com, free. A graduated practice of mindfulness of breathing. Beginners are welcome.
Afro-Colombian Music and Dance Workshop. 3-4 p.m., Logan Center, Performance Penthouse 901, 915 E. 60th St., 773-702-8484, free. Julio Montaño Montenegro, a musician and cultural [...]
Lecture. “Wittgenstein’s Literary Heirs.” 4:30-7 p.m., Classics Building, room 110, 1010 E. 59th St., 773-834-3403. Harvard drama and English professor Martin Puchner presents.
Lecture. “Occupy Wall Street: Bartleby and the (In)Humanities.” 4:45-6:15 p.m., Social Science Research, room 122, 1126 E. 59th St., 773-702-0230. Tufts English professor Lee Edelman [...]
Talk. “This Fragile Life: A Mother’s Story of Bi-Polar Son.” 6-8 p.m., DuSable Museum of African American History, 740 E. 56th St., 773-947-0600, dusablemuseum.org, free. [...]
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 [...]
Lecture. “Marketing Beauty: Reading Pictures of the Yoshiwara Courtesans in Context.” Noon, Smart Museum of Art, 5550 S. Greenwood Ave., 773-702-0200, free. Julie Nelson Davis, [...]
Lecture. “Capitalism Without Images.” 4-6 p.m., Logan Center, Performance Penthouse 901, 915 E. 60th St., 773-702-0278. Art historian T.J. Clark presents.
Lecture. “Theology in Public.” 4:30-6 p.m., Swift Hall, Common Room, 1025 E. 58th St., 773-702-8200. Derek Krueger, of the University of North Carolina Greensboro, presents.
Author Talk. 6-8 p.m., International House, Assembly Hall, 1414 E. 59th St., 773-753-2274, free. Author Nassim Taleb presents on his book, “Antifragile: Things that Gain [...]
Concert. “So Hallowed and So Gracious is the Time: A Picture of Hyde Park in December.” 7:30 p.m., Rockefeller Chapel, 5850 S. Woodlawn Ave., 773-702-2100, [...]
Conference. “Ending the Nuclear Age.” 8:30 a.m.-5 p.m., International House, Assembly Hall, 1414 E. 59th St., 773-753-2274, free. Featuring discussions by scholars on the threat [...]
61st Street Farmer’s Market. 9 a.m.-2 p.m., 61st Street, between Blackstone and Dorchester Avenues, 773-241-6044, experimentalstation.org. Link and Senior Farmer’s Market Coupons accepted. Link purchases [...]
Preschool Story Time. 10 a.m.-4 p.m., Blackstone Library, 4904 South Lake Park Ave., 312-747-0511. Featuring a variety of board games. For adults and kids 9 [...]
SHoP Stuff Sale. Noon-3 p.m., South Side Hub of Production, 5638 S. Woodlawn Ave, southsidehub.org. A sale in preparation for SHoP’s move out of Fenn [...]
“Family Day: Design, Decorate, Innovate!” 1-4 p.m., Smart Museum of Art, 5550 S. Greenwood Ave., 773-702-0200, free. Activities are designed for children 4–12. Children must [...]
Panel Discussion. “Arrested Justice: Black Women, Violence, and America’s Prison Nation.” 4-7 p.m., Experimental Station, 6100 S. Blackstone Ave., 773-702-9936. Reservations are required and can [...]
Talk and Screening. 5:30-9:30 p.m., International House, Assembly Hall, 1414 E. 59th St., 773-753-2274, free. University of Chicago professors Norma Field and Robert Ingersoll present. [...]
Concert. “The Hand of Fate.” 8-9:45 p.m., Mandel Hall, 1131 E. 57th St., 773-702-8484, $10 general, $5 students and children. The University Symphony Orchestra presents.
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.
A Public Reading and Book Release: Epic Something. 2-3 p.m., Hyde Park Art Center, 5020 S. Cornell Ave., 773-324-5520, hydeparkart.org. In conjunction with the current [...]
Lecture. “Shattered Liberty and the Supreme Court.” 2-3 p.m., Swift Hall, First Floor, 1025 E. 58th St., 773-702-8670, free. University of Chicago Law School professor [...]
Exhibition Reception. 3-5 p.m., Hyde Park Art Center, 5020 S. Cornell Ave., 773-324-5520, hydeparkart.org. For the exhibit, “Bette Cerf Hill: String Theory.”
Holiday Art Sale. 3-5 p.m., Hyde Park Art Center, 5020 S. Cornell Ave., 773-324-5520, hydeparkart.org. Featuring Hyde Park Art Center student work, curated by Art [...]
Concert. University Brass Ensemble Fall Concert: “Brass Around Hyde Park.” 4 p.m., Fulton Hall, 5845 S. Ellis Ave., 773-702-8484, free. Featuring undergraduate, graduate and U. [...]