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 [...]
Celebrate Dances of West Africa (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.
Lecture. "Art as Evidence? Interpreting Cacaxtla's Battle Mural." Social Science Research, Room 224, 1126 E. 59th St., 773-834-1987, free. Claudia Brittenham, associate professor of Art [...]
Educator Evening at the Smart. Smart Museum of Art, 5550 S. Greenwood Ave., 773-702-0200, free. CPS teachers, art educators, and administrators are invited to enjoy [...]
Workshop. "Balancing the Stress of Work and Academics." 5-6 p.m., Ratner Athletic Center, Berwanger Room, 5530 S. Ellis Ave., 773-834-1935. To R.S.V.P, visit http://goo.gl/Op1e0. Workshop [...]
Lecture. "Judaism and Politics II: Professor Zvi Gitelman on Communism and the Jews." 7-9 p.m., Rosenwald Hall, Room 405, 1101 E. 58th St., 773-702-7108. Political [...]
Lecture. "Poverty and Education: To What End?" International House, Assembly Hall, 1414 E. 59th St., 773-753-2274, free. Karen Lewis, president of the Chicago Teachers Union [...]
Discussion. “Between the Ballot and the Bullet.” 7:30-9:30 p.m., International House, Assembly Hall, 1414 E. 59th St., 773-753-2274, free. Speakers include U. of C. professors [...]
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 [...]
Performance. "There's Something About Africa." 10:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m., DuSable Museum of African American History, 740 E. 56th St., 773-947-0600, dusablemuseum.org. For students grades K through [...]
Conversation. "Not Your Grandmother's Arts Scene: Cultural Change, Organizational Adaptation, and Social Research. Noon-1:20 p.m., Harris School of Public Policy Studies, Room 289B, 1155 E. [...]
Film Screening and Discussion. "Market Imaginary." 5-7 p.m., Stuart Hall, Room 102, 5835 S. Greenwood Ave., 773-702-7721, free. Director Joanna Grabski leads the discussion.
A Conversation with Newt Gingrich. 6-7:30 p.m., Mandel Hall, 1131 E. 57th St. Former Republican presidential candidate and former Speaker of the U.S. House of [...]
Black History Month Women's Innovation Panel. 6-8:30 p.m., International House, 1414 E. 59th St., 773-753-2274, free. Panelists include marketer Jetta Bates and public relations entrepreneur [...]
A Conversation with Newt Gingrich. 6-7:30 p.m., Mandel Hall, 1131 E. 57th St. Former Republican presidential candidate and former Speaker of the U.S. House of [...]
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 [...]
Play. "A Legacy for America's Children" (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. A play [...]
Performance. "Offr - Off." 8:30-10 p.m., University Church, 5655 S. University Ave., 773-702-2787, $4. Call for advance tickets or visit boxoffice.uchicago.edu.
"The Sacred Powers of the Night." 7:30-9:30 p.m., Rockefeller Chapel, 5850 S. Woodlawn Ave., 773-702-2100, $20 general admission, free for students with ID. Featuring Rachmaninoff's [...]
African American Heritage Q and A. 4 p.m., Blackstone Library, 4904 S. Lake Park Ave., 312-747-0511. Visitors test their knowledge about famous African Americans and [...]
Author Talk. "Chicago's 1893 World's Fair." 6-7 p.m., Seminary Co-op Bookstore, 5751 S. Woodlawn Ave., 773-752-4381, semcoop.com. Authors Joseph M. Di Cola and David Stone [...]
Knitting and Needle Crafters Circle. 6 p.m., Blackstone Library, 4904 S. Lake Park Ave., 312-747-0511. Visitors learn how to knit and meet other knitters.
UndocuArt@ Laird Bell Law Quadrangle, Harry A. Bigelow Lecture Hall
Feb 20 @ 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm
UndocuArt. 6-8 p.m., Laird Bell Law Quadrangle, Harry A. Bigelow Lecture Hall, 1111 E. 60th St., 773-834-4672. On the "UndocuQueer" and "UndocuArt" movements.
Performance. Music Teachers of Hyde Park (MTHP) Artists Series. 6:30 p.m., Blackstone Library, 4904 S. Lake Park Ave., 312-747-0511, free. Elaine Smith, Beth and Van [...]
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 [...]
Dance Performance. Pocomania Jamaican Dance Company (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.
Lecture. "Hitler's Little Helpers: Arab and Jewish Axis Agents in British Mandatory Palestine, 1939-1945." 4:30-6:30 p.m., Classics Building, Room 110, 1010 E., 59th St., 773-834-3403. [...]
George E. Kent Lecture: Dr. Michelle Alexander. 5:30-7 p.m., Mandel Hall, 1131 E. 57th St. Alexander, the author of "The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration [...]
Third Thursday. 5:30 p.m., Smart Museum of Art, 5550 S. Greenwood Ave., 773-702-0200, smartmuseum.uchi cago.edu, free. Visitors join a docent for a look at the [...]
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 [...]
Performance. "Lady Moses: The Life and Times of Harriet Tubman" (Encore Presentation). 10:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m., DuSable Museum of African American History, 740 E. 56th St., [...]
Lecture. "Repetition, Music, and Mind I." 3:30-5:30 p.m., Fulton Hall, 5845 S. Ellis Ave., 773-702-8484, free. Elizabeth Margulis, of the University of Arkansas, presents as [...]
Lecture. "Framing the Timurid Aristocratic Order." 4-5:30 p.m., Stuart Hall, Room 102, 5835 S. Greenwood Ave., 773-702-0866. U. of C. history professor John Woods presents.
Exhibit Opening. "My Life is an Open Book.” 5:30-7:30 p.m., Regenstein Library, The Special Collections Research Center, 1100 E. 57th St., 773-702-4685, free. Featuring readings [...]
Discussion. "High Tech & Highly Targeted: Inside the Obama Campaign's Digital War Room." Noon-5 p.m., Booth School of Business, Room 104, 5807 S. Woodlawn Ave., [...]
The Annual Dinner of the Hyde Park Historical Society. 5:30 p.m., Quadrangle Club, 1155 E. 57th St., 773-493-1893, hydeparkhistory.org, $65.00 per person, $75.00 for reservations [...]