Bestselling historian Rick Perlstein will be holding his second public Hyde Park conversation this spring at 3 p.m. on Sunday, June 9, at the Seminary Co-op Bookstore, 5751 S. Woodlawn Ave. The “Nixonland” author will speak with Don Rose, a liberal political consultant and journalist for the Chicago Daily Observer, an online publication covering local(…)
The DuSable Museum of African American history will be hosting a free gallery talk with Terrence A. Reese, the photographer behind its current exhibit, “Reflections,” from 3 to 5 p.m. on June 9 at 740 E. 56th Pl. Also known as “Tar,” the New York-based photographer born in Chicago is slated to talk about documenting(…)
A showcase featuring the artwork of students from several schools in the Hyde Park neighborhood will take place on May 31. The exhibit is free and open to the entire community. ArtShould is a children’s arts program, which was founded and is run by students from the University of Chicago. The students recruit volunteers from(…)
The Chicago Police Department has issued an alert regarding robberies in Hyde Park. In the reported incidents, one at 9 p.m. on May 12 on the 1600 block of East 55th Street and another at 6 a.m. on May 16 on the 5300 Block of South Kimbark Avenue, the “offenders approached victims and took property(…)
The music department at Kenwood Academy, 5015 S. Blackstone Ave., is holding its spring arts band festival. The festival takes place at the school at 6 p.m. on Friday, May 31. Tickets for the event are $10.
By Jeffrey Bishku-Aykul Assistant to the Editor As the 50th anniversary of the 200,000-strong Oct. 22, 1963 boycott against Chicago Public Schools overcrowding and then-superintendent Benjamin WIllis approaches, Kartemquin Films co-founder Gordon Quinn is directing a documentary on the event, and he is looking for Hyde Parkers who were involved in the historic school strike.(…)
Two public meetings to discuss the proposed Special Service Area (SSA) will take place at 7 p.m. on Wednesday May 22 and 7 p.m. Thursday May 30, both at Kenwood Academy’s little theater, 5105 S. Blackstone Ave. An SSA would put an extra property tax on businesses in roughly the same area as the 53rd(…)
WHPK radio host Marta Nicholas is seeking volunteers to help coordinate Hyde Park events in this year’s MakeMusicChicago celebration, a day-long series of performances scheduled to take place in the city Friday, June 21. The yearly event, now in its third year, will feature performances at several Hyde Park venues. As of press time, planned(…)