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Spinning Home Movies #20: Quiet Still with Jason Campbell | Gallery Hours
2026-03-10 13:00 - 17:00, 2026-03-09 13:00 - 17:00 (America/Chicago) | UChicago Arts Incubator, 301 E. Garfield Boulevard, Chicago, IL, 60637, United States
Spinning Home Movies #20: Quiet Still with Jason Campbell | Gallery Hours
Spinning Home Movies #20: Quiet Still with Jason Campbell
Gallery hours – Monday, March 9 – Saturday, March 14, 2026, 1:00 – 5:00 pm

As part of its 20th Anniversary celebration, the South Side Home Movie Project presents Spinning Home Movies Episode 20: Quiet Still with Jason Campbell, a week-long exhibition that showcases the materiality, architecture and temporality of home through archival films and architectural design. In the first ever Spinning Home Movies exhibition, Jason Campbell presents an original work that combines elements of his own artistic practice with SSHMP’s Ramon Williams Collection.

Artist and architect Jason Campbell transports The Linen Closet, originally exhibited as part of the Chicago Architectural Biennial, to the Arts Incubator gallery. An open cedar frame carries donated quilts and comforters, creating a monument to the ritual, improvisational practice of homemaking. In its new location, images sampled from the Ramon Williams Collection at the South Side Home Movie Project are projected onto The Linen Closet, expanding its material archive of home to include home movie recordings.

Ramon Williams was an IBEW electrician, entrepreneur, and amateur filmmaker who documented public life in and around his neighborhood of Bronzeville. His collection, donated to the South Side Home Movie Project in 2020, includes over 300 film reels captured between the 1940s and the 1960s. From parades, performances, sporting events and fashion shows, Williams’ films are rare glimpses into the vibrant civic life of the historic Black neighborhood.

Unlike many of the collections archived at the South Side Home Movie Project, Williams’ films primarily document public events occurring beyond the domestic confines of a family home. And yet, the collection of films retain the intimacy typically reserved for home movie recordings. To foreground this intimacy, Campbell collects still frames from Williams’ films that capture moments of direct eye contact between Williams’ camera and his subjects. Excised from their moving image context and assembled into photo albums, these stills become an archive of presence where Williams, his subjects and visitors to the gallery share a collective interior in the midst of Black public life.

The gaze collapses the divide between public documentation and private memory. Historically, Black presence in public space has been surveilled, regulated, or rendered hyper visible. When subjects look directly into Ramon Williams’ camera, the look is not passive, it reclaims the frame. The gaze signals: this is ours; we recognize who is filming; we belong here. By extracting only these moments, civic documentation is transformed into something that behaves like a family archive, where being seen is not extractive but relational. Spinning Home Movies Episode 20: Quiet Still with Jason Campbell invites us to view projected images from within The Linen Closet, to explore the photo albums of stills, and to consider the “stilling” power of the gaze.
Spinning Home Movies Episode 20: Quiet Still with Jason Campbell is presented with generous support from the Gaylord and Dorothy Donnelley Foundation.

Miss Julie
2026-03-08 19:30 - 21:30, 2026-03-08 14:00 - 16:00, 2026-03-07 19:30 - 21:30, 2026-03-07 14:00 - 16:00, 2026-03-06 19:30 - 21:30, 2026-03-05 19:30 - 21:30, 2026-03-04 19:30 - 21:30, 2026-03-01 19:30 - 21:30 | Court Theatre, 5535 S. Ellis Avenue, Chicago, IL, 60637, United States
Miss Julie
August Strindberg’s Miss Julie is a confrontation of class, gender, and desire at the turn of the twentieth century that’s as relevant today as when it was first written.
Miss Julie wants to abandon her upper-class, aristocratic life and escape the expectations that trap her. Jean, her servant, wants to climb the social ladder and rise through the ranks of society. Over the course of a wine-soaked evening, the two jockey for position, using sex, status, and strategy to collide and combust.
Senior Artistic Producer Gabrielle Randle-Bent directs one of Strindberg’s most celebrated works, interrogating the limitations of politics and position and the tension between who we are and who we want to be.
Accessible Performances:

Touch Tour: Saturday, February 28 at 12:30pm
Audio Description and ASL Interpretation: Saturday, February 28 at 2:00pm
Open Captioning: Sunday, March 1 at 2:00pm

Jeopardy Bar League at Truth Be Told
2026-03-08 18:00 - 20:00, 2026-03-01 18:00 - 20:00 | Truth Be Told, 1227 E. 60th Street, Chicago, IL, United States
Jeopardy Bar League at Truth Be Told
Get ready for Jeopardy Bar League, a live version of the iconic TV show, at Truth be Told, Sundays from 6 – 8 pm starting November 16.
See you there!

Hyde Park Farmers Market
2026-03-08 09:00 - 14:00 | Hyde Park Bank Parking Lot, Chicago, IL, 60615, United States
Hyde Park Farmers Market
The South East Chicago Commission and Special Service Area #61 proudly present the Hyde Park Farmers Market, thanks to the partnership of Hyde Park Bank. The new market reveals an entirely fresh look with all new logistics, giving residents and visitors a chance to shop on the weekends and experience an infusion of healthy food, lifestyles, arts and culture.
Shoppers will find fresh produce from local Illinois farms, freshly baked breads and desserts, beautiful plants, packaged foods, personal beauty supplies, and traditional farmers market fare. Several market vendors accept Mastercard and Visa, LinkUp, and SNAP payments in addition to cash.

The Hyde Park Farmers Market:

Each Sunday from 9:00 am to 2:00 pm
1516 E 54th St – 54th Street and Old Lake Park Ave West
(Hyde Park Bank parking lot)
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The Market begins with the grand opening on Sunday, June 7 and the season continues through Sunday, September 27, 2025. You are invited to experience the new energy, entertainment, community engagement and a fantastically-curated collection of vendors.

Friendship Bracelet Club
2026-03-07 15:00 - 16:30 | Fiber Friends Studios, Inc., 1744 E 55th Street, Chicago, 60615
Friendship Bracelet Club
Kids aged 7 to 18 are welcome to join Friendship Bracelet Club, a place where they can learn, get some help, or make! Karla Ocampo is leading the club, and she’s all about keeping kids engaged and inspired to make friendship bracelets.
Kids can choose 3-4 DMC threads included in the class cost. Don’t forget to bring a water bottle and a small snack (nothing with nuts, please).
Level: Beginner. No experience necessary
Pre-requisites: Ages 7 – 18
Included in class:
Kids can choose 3-4 DMC threads and a cardboard loom.

Woobles Club
2026-03-07 13:30 - 15:00 | Fiber Friends Studios, Inc., 1744 E 55th Street, Chicago, 60615
Woobles Club
Kids aged 7 to 18 are welcome to join Woobles Club, a place where they can learn, get some help, or just hang out with other Wooblers! Karla Ocampo is leading the club, and she’s all about keeping kids engaged and inspired to finish their Woobles.
Wooble kits are sold separately and aren’t included in the club fee. Kits can be purchased at the time of the class. Don’t forget to bring a water bottle and a small snack (nothing with nuts, please).
Level: Beginner. No experience necessary
Pre-requisites: Ages 7 – 18

Saturday Soul Pop-Ups
2026-03-07 12:00 - 17:00 | Strugglebeard Bakery, 5221 S. Harper Court, Chicago, IL, 60615, United States
Saturday Soul Pop-Ups
Strugglebeard Bakery is celebrating Women’s History Month with “Saturday Soul Pop-Ups” featuring four inspiring women-owned businesses every Saturday in March.
March 7 – Kissed By A Bee Organics
March 14 – Sugar Kane Candles
March 21 – Queen’s Touch
March 28 – Sandwich Goat Seasoning
Stop by Strugglebeard at 5221 S. Harper Court on Saturdays from 12-5 p.m.
Click HERE for more information.

Strugglebeard Bakery + KBAB Pop Up
2026-03-07 12:00 - 17:00 | Strugglebeard Bakery, 5221 S. Harper Court, Chicago, IL, 60615, United States
CHICAGOOOOO … I’M COMING HOME!
It’s been a WHOLE year since I’ve popped up in the city and baby… we are not sliding back in quietly. Strugglebeard is celebrating Women’s History Month the only way he knows how — with women-owned businesses, good vibes, sweet treats, karaoke, and a lil razzle dazzle.
Location: Strugglebeard Bakery
Time: Noon – 5PM
Karaoke + Drinks flowing
When I say we’re doing it BIG… I’m bringing the entire Kissed By A Bee Organics line. Yes. The whole farm-to-skin apothecary is pulling up. Body oils, butters, washes, deodorant, the works. If you’ve been waiting to smell it, try it, stock up on it — this is your moment. Quantities will be limited!
But wait… it gets better.

Scent of Serenity By Iesha will be in the building with her candles, room sprays, and incense to set the mood properly.
Big & Purty Customs is bringing those jaw-dropping Ankara kimonos that make you feel like royalty when you walk into a room.

Strugglebeard Bakery? Oh he didn’t come to play. He’ll be serving baked goods made with my home-grown botanicals and honey. Farm-to-skin meets farm-to-oven. Don’t play with it.
This is community and sister hood and brother hood, and grown.
Pull up. Bring your friends. Wear something cute. Sing karaoke. Shop Black women. Eat good. Smell divine. Leave moisturized.
Chicago… let’s make it a movie.

Crafting Character: The Costumes of Paul Tazewell
2026-03-07 11:00 - 14:00 | Griffin Museum of Science and Industry, 5700 S. Lake Shore Drive, Chicago, 60637, United States
Chicago Sews Insider Perk — Visit the Paul Tazewell Exhibit at the Griffin Museum of Science and Industry
Join your Chicago Sews community for a special Insider Perk outing to see Crafting Character: The Costumes of Paul Tazewell at the Griffin Museum of Science and Industry on Saturday, March 7th at 11 am.
This immersive exhibition celebrates the creative journey and craftsmanship of award-winning costume designer Paul Tazewell — the brilliant mind behind iconic looks from Wicked, Hamilton, West Side Story, and more. Through stunning original costumes, sketches, narration, photos, and behind-the-scenes videos, you’ll get a rare look at how imagination becomes wearable art.
Highlights of the exhibit include pieces like Glinda’s pink bubble dress and Elphaba’s Emerald City gown from Wicked, period tailoring from Hamilton, and vibrant designs from West Side Story — along with multimedia insights into Tazewell’s design process.
Where: Griffin Museum of Science and Industry (5700 S. Lake Shore Dr., Chicago, IL)
When: Saturday, March 7th
Time: Meet at 11:00 am
Tickets: Everyone is welcome to join us for this museum visit, but only Chicago Sews Insiders will have their exhibit tickets covered as part of this Insider Perk.
Whether you love sewing, costume design, theater, or just want to be inspired, this exhibit is a fantastic way to spend a morning with fellow makers and creatives.
Can’t wait to see you there!
-Your Chicago Sews Team

South Side Fireflies
2026-03-07 11:00 - 12:00 | UChicago Arts Incubator, 301 E. Garfield Boulevard, Chicago, IL, 60637, United States
South Side Fireflies
South Side Fireflies is back on the Arts Block!
South Side Fireflies is a free early childhood music program that introduces toddlers and preschoolers to sound and play through the Earth, Wind & Fire songbook. Led by teaching artists Shanta Nurullah, Zahra Baker, Angel Bat Dawid and Julian Otis, Fireflies is a place for families to gather on Saturday mornings for music and fun on the Arts Block.
Presented by Arts + Public Life in partnership with Music Moves Chicago, Old Town School of Folk Music’s place-based, youth-focused, intergenerational initiative that aims to inspire, restore, and transform communities by providing access to high-quality arts education, concerts, and workforce readiness through partnerships with community organizations, schools, and other institutions located in South and West side neighborhoods.
*This program is most suitable for children ages 1-5, but all age groups are welcome to participate.
**Registration is not required, but encouraged to receive email updates and reminders about the other dates in this series.

Learn to Crochet - Granny Square
2026-03-07 10:00 - 13:00, 2026-03-04 18:00 - 21:00 | Fiber Friends Studios, Inc., 1744 E 55th Street, Chicago, 60615
Learn to Crochet – Granny Square
Discover the art of crocheting the classic granny square! No prior experience is necessary—just bring your enthusiasm for this traditional craft.
In this three-hour class, you’ll learn how to hold the yarn and hook and create a simple granny square using the chain 4 method and double crochet. You’ll also understand how to change colors and finish the square. This class is designed to be engaging and enjoyable, making it a family-friendly experience for children (7+) and adults alike!
Level: Beginner. No prior experience needed.
Pre-requisites: None
Included in class: 3 balls of Happy Yarn (47 yds / 20g), a 5mm crochet hook, and a darning needle.

The Hyde Park Kenwood Food Pantry
2026-03-07 10:00 - 13:00 | Hyde Park Union Church, 5600 S. Woodlawn Avenue, Chicago, IL, 60637
The Hyde Park Kenwood Food Pantry
The food pantry, located at Hyde Park Union Church, provides nonperishable groceries and limited refrigerated and frozen foods to 500 to 800 people every month on Saturdays from 10 am to 1 pm.
We serve the area of 39th – 63rd St., Cottage Grove east to Lake Michigan, and patrons can come twice a month. All will be served on their first visit, regardless of residency. If you are looking for food outside of our service area or hours, you can visit the website of the Greater Chicago Food depository to find additional services.
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Volunteers order food, unload deliveries, pre-pack bags and distribute food. ​If you would like to volunteer, please contact the Church Office or Margy Mitchell, the Food Pantry coordinator.
Time and Location
Every Saturday (including Christmas, New Year’s Day, and July 4th) from 10 am to 1 pm;
Hyde Park Union Church
5600 S. Woodlawn — enter by the side door at 1169 E. 56th St.
Chicago, IL 60637

Grossman Ensemble – Woven Light
2026-03-06 19:30 - 21:00 | Reva and David Logan Center for the Arts, 915 East 60th Street, Chicago, IL, 60637, United States
Grossman Ensemble – Woven Light
Known for their “precision” in presenting “marvelous, unexpected” (Third Coast Review) performances, the Grossman Ensemble culminates a nine-week workshop-rehearsal cycle with the premieres of four works hot off the press. Conductor David Bloom conducts new music created in collaboration with composers Theo Chandler, Kyong Mee Choi, Phil Pierick, and David W. Sanford.
All audience members are invited to celebrate the creativity and artistry of the evening at an after-party with the musicians, composers, and conductor.
Presented by the Chicago Center for Contemporary Composition in partnership with UChicago Presents.

The Fragrance Bar - Suuri Design
2026-03-05 18:00 - 19:00 | Suuri Design, 5225 S. Harper Court, Chicago, IL, United States
The Fragrance Bar – Suuri Design
Join us for a 45-minute BYOB immersive Fragrance Workshop where you’ll design your own oil-based roller fragrance—crafted with intention and completely unique to you.
In this experience, you’ll learn the art of perfume creation while exploring the role of top, middle, and base notes in scent blending. With over 25 curated fragrance oils to choose from, you’ll layer your favorites to create a scent that feels personal and memorable. To deepen your creation, you’ll have the option to infuse your perfume with botanicals that align with your energy and intention.

All materials included
Lasts approx. 45 minutes
BYOB – (wine and beer only) we have openers and glassware covered
Please arrive 10 minutes early to settle in and get inspired

*All event purchases are final sale and if you need to reschedule, it must be done within 48 hours of the scheduled class. Just give us a call at 312.268.2082
Address: 5225 S. Harper Ct., Chicago, IL 60615
Parking: 53rd Street and Harper Avenue have metered parking. The closest parking garage is Harper Court Public Garage at 5222 S. Lake Park Avenue (between 52nd and 53rd Street)
Can’t make it? Please let us know if you’re unable to attend, and we will work with you to reschedule! We are not able to offer refunds for any event purchases.
Questions? Feel free to call or email: 312-268-2082/ asmith@suuridesign.com
Click HERE to register

Committed Knitters
2026-03-04 11:00 - 15:00 | UChicago Arts Incubator, 301 E. Garfield Boulevard, Chicago, IL, 60637, United States
Committed Knitters
Committed Knitters meets bi-weekly at the Arts Incubator Flex Space for a cozy, creative gathering open to all skill levels.
Committed Knitters invites you to our bi-weekly gatherings at the Arts Incubator Flex Space. Whether you’re a longtime knitter or picking up needles for the very first time, you’re welcome here. Come spend time in community, exchange ideas, and make steady progress on your projects in a relaxed, creative setting.
Supplies are provided—just bring yourself.
Drop in anytime.
Registration is not required, but encouraged to receive email updates and reminders about the other dates in this series.

Barnes & Noble Hyde Park Grand Opening
2026-03-04 10:00 - 11:00 | Barnes & Noble, 1524 E. 55th Street, Chicago, IL, 60615, United States
Barnes & Noble Hyde Park Grand Opening
Join us at our new Hyde Park location opening this Wednesday, March 4th! We’ll be doing a ribbon cutting with @lindsayncurrie and Corduroy 🐻 at 10:00 am!
Don’t forget to ask any bookseller about our story times and special events throughout opening week or stay tuned into our Instagram at @bnhydeparkil for more information ahead!
We are super excited to see your beautiful faces and welcome you to our amazing store in this amazing Hyde Park neighborhood!
Don’t hesitate to DM us at @bnhydeparkil us with any questions and we look forward to seeing you all soon 🖤

Tipsy Trivia at Daisy's Po-Boy and Tavern
2026-03-03 19:00 - 21:00 | Daisy’s Po-Boy and Tavern, 5215 S. Harper Avenue, Chicago, IL, 60615, United States
Tipsy Trivia at Daisy’s Po-Boy and Tavern
Join us at Daisy’s Po-Boy and Tavern every Tuesday for an exciting evening of interactive trivia hosted by Ben! Experience six engaging rounds where all questions and answers are presented on TVs via PowerPoint, making it easy for everyone to follow along and participate. Each round features picture clues to help your team crack the answers, adding a fun visual twist to the challenge.
Enjoy food and drink specials throughout the evening!
May: 5th, 12th, 19th, 26th
June: 2nd, 9th, 16th, 23rd, 30th

Rear View Mirror Sessions: Stevie Wonder
2026-03-03 18:00 - 21:00 | Reva and David Logan Center for the Arts, 915 East 60th Street, Chicago, IL, 60637, United States
Rear View Mirror Sessions: Stevie Wonder
Arts + Public Life, in partnership with the Reva and David Logan Center for the Arts, Soundrotation, Brain Trust Management, and the UChicago Department of Race, Diaspora and Indigeneity, presents a new installment of Rear View Mirror Sessions.
Since 2017, the Quintessential Listening and Lecture Series led by music historian and DJ Duane Powell has taken audiences on a journey through the lives of musical legends and heroes, from The Isley Brothers, Gladys Knight and Nina Simone, to Chaka Khan, Sly and the Family Stone, and Rick James. Each session features a special guest musical performer drawn from Chicago’s own rich talent and audience participation is always encouraged.
The series continues with a celebration of Stevie Wonder, in conjunction with the UChicago course, Wonder Lab: Learning from the Musical Art and Craft of Stevie Wonder, taught by Prof. Adam Green. One of the defining artists of the recent U.S. and the world, Stevie Wonder is a celebrated and beloved musician, a spiritual visionary, polymath of genres, prophetic truth-teller, and bard of love and loss. His vision refracts the victories, losses and contradictions of Black struggle and endeavor in America.
Following Powell’s presentation, Prof. Green will join him on stage to continue the conversation about Stevie Wonder’s art, life and ambition as a sonic innovator.
After the session, we’ll be treated to a special tribute performance by Tony Cazeau’s NEW BLACK RENAISSANCE Band featuring Maurice Mahon.

Visible Mending for Knitwear
2026-03-03 18:00 - 21:00 | Fiber Friends Studios, Inc., 1744 E 55th Street, Chicago, 60615
Visible Mending for Knitwear
Learn to mend your knitwear with style. Bring one or two knit items and repair them in class. Students will receive a demonstration of knitwear mending techniques such as woven darning, Swiss darning/duplicate stitch, Scotch darning, and mattress stitch. A general overview of basic embroidery on knitwear will also be provided. Mending materials included.
Level: Beginner. All skill levels
Pre-requisites: None, but basic knitting and embroidery skills will come in handy. Ages 15+.
Included in class: A simple starter kit – 1 Clover darning yarn card, scrap yarn, printed technique instructions, and a tapestry needle.
What to bring: Bring one or two knit items that need repairs.

Robert J. Sampson - "Marked by Time" - Stephen Raudenbush, Reuben Jonathan Miller
2026-03-03 16:00 - 17:00 | Seminary Co-op Book Store, 5751 S. Woodlawn Ave., Chicago, IL, 60637, United States
Robert J. Sampson – “Marked by Time” – Stephen Raudenbush, Reuben Jonathan Miller
Robert J. Sampson will discuss his new book Marked by Time. He will be joined in conversation by Stephen Raudenbush and Reuben Jonathan Miller. A Q&A and book signing will follow the discussion.
At the Co-op
RSVP HERE
About the Book: A leading sociologist’s groundbreaking three-decade study challenges outdated views of crime and character, revealing that traditional risk factors alone poorly predict children’s futures.
Between 1970 and 2020, the United States experienced a dramatic rise in crime and incarceration, followed by an unexpected decline. Along with plummeting violence came reductions in substance use, car accidents, child poverty, and lead exposure. By 2020, incarceration rates hit a twenty-five-year low, with African Americans benefiting the most. Yet these positive shifts have not registered in public discourse or policies, which continue to rely on outdated studies and reductive narratives of moral character and personal responsibility.
A major reason for this oversight is how social scientists study youth development–typically through single-birth-cohort approaches that fail to capture generational change. In a pioneering three-decade study of over one thousand Chicago children across multiple cohorts, Robert J. Sampson challenges this convention. He finds that children with similar self-control and family backgrounds, born just a decade apart, experienced dramatically different life paths. Strikingly, children born in the mid-1980s faced twice the likelihood of arrest by their mid-twenties than those born ten years later.
This research reframes deeply ingrained assumptions about ongoing social decline and the importance of individual fortitude. Sampson spotlights the role of shifting social conditions and structural change in driving measurable improvements in youth trajectories, along with new risks that threaten these gains.
The era into which a child is born shapes their future as profoundly as race, upbringing, or neighborhood. To rethink progress, inequality, and policy, we must first acknowledge how time itself leaves a transformative mark on individual lives.
About the Author: Robert J. Sampson is the Woodford L. and Ann A. Flowers University Professor at Harvard University, Affiliated Research Professor at the American Bar Foundation, and founding director of the Boston Area Research Initiative. Previously, he taught at the University of Chicago. Professor Sampson is an elected member of the National Academy of Sciences and a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, the American Philosophical Society, the American Society of Criminology, the American Academy of Political and Social Science, the John Simon Guggenheim Foundation, and, as Corresponding Fellow, the British Academy. Former President of the American Society of Criminology, he received the Stockholm Prize in Criminology.

About the Interlocuters: Stephen Raudenbush is the Lewis-Sebring Distinguished Service Professor in the Department of Sociology, the College and the Harris School of Public Policy Studies. He is a member of the National Academy of Sciences, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences the recipient of the American Educational Research Association award for Distinguished Contributions to Educational Research.
Reuben Jonathan Miller is a sociologist, criminologist and a social worker who teaches at the University of Chicago in the Crown Family School and in the Department of Race, Diaspora and Indigeneity, and a Research Professor at the American Bar Foundation. In 2022, he was awarded a MacArthur Foundation Fellow.

Event Location:

Seminary Co-op Bookstores
5751 S. Woodlawn Ave
Chicago, IL 60637

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