By LINDSAY WELBERS Staff Writer The former Vivekananda Vedanta Society temple at 5421 S. Hyde Park Blvd. sold recently to a buyer who intends to use it as a single-family home. The Vivekananda Vedanta Society, an order of monks and a branch of Ramakrishna Math and Ramakrishna Mission, Belur Math, India, left Hyde Park in(…)
By LINDSAY WELBERS Staff Writer Seminary Co-Op Project co-directors Megan Doherty and Jasmine Kwong will present their project at the Hyde Park Historical Society, 5529 S. Lake Park Ave., at 2 p.m., March 16. Later the project will show an exhibit at the Special Collections Research Center at the Regenstein Library running from April 22(…)
The Chicago Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression is organizing its Second People’s Hearing on Police Crimes, slated to take place from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 23, at Ida Noyes Hall, 1212 E. 59th St. Planners say the hearing “will provide a public forum where the victims of police crimes and community(…)
A new exhibit, “David Schutter: Rendition,” opened last week at the Logan Center, 915 E. 60th St. The show, featuring the work of painter and University of Chicago assistant professor David Schutter, examines “the contemporary life of historical painting,” according to the the UChicago Arts website. A March 1 tour as well as a March(…)
St. Thomas the Apostle School’s spring fundraiser event, “Monte Carlo Night Extraordinaire,” will take place on site, 5467 S. Woodlawn Ave., from 6:30 p.m. to 10 p.m. on Saturday, April 20. The fundraiser will feature food, music, raffles, casino games and a silent auction. Advance tickets cost $50. For more information, call St. Thomas the(…)
By LINDSAY WELBERS Staff Writer The University of Chicago Law School recently received a $10 million endowment in law and economics. The principal donors are Richard Sandor, chairman and CEO of Environmental Financial Products, LLC and his wife Ellen Sandor. They made the gift in honor of Nobel laureate Ronald Coase. The Institute for Law(…)
By Daschell M. Phillips Staff Writer Murray Elementary School and Dyett High School received honors from the Illinois State Board of Education as part of the Illinois Honor Roll, which celebrates the accomplishments of exemplary Illinois public schools. Murray, 5335 S. Kenwood Ave., and Dyett, 555 E. 51st St., are two of 75 CPS schools(…)
The University of Chicago’s South Asian Sound Interventions Series (SASI) is bringing together a group of musicians and academics for a series of events entitled “Performing the Bengal Borderlands: Music, Movement and Encounter” this week. The series will explore music from Bengal’s borderlands, the area around India’s border with Pakistan. Events will include a workshop(…)