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SUMMARY:Cappella Pratensis
DESCRIPTION:Cappella Pratensis \nCappella Pratensis transforms Renaissance polyphony from dusty manuscript to living sound. One of the world’s only ensembles to sing directly from historical notation\, their collective voice brings 15th- and 16th-century music to life with an immersive\, historically informed approach. Their performances blend scholarship with artistry\, incorporating improvisation\, liturgical reconstructions\, and collaborations with actors\, digital animators\, and dancers. Their latest projects continue to push boundaries\, proving that centuries-old music can still surprise\, move\, and resonate. \nWith this programme\, the Gramophone Award-winning ensemble Cappella Pratensis presents Guillaume Dufay’s sumptuous Missa Ecce ancilla Domini framed within the ritual context of the Missa Aurea\, or Golden Mass\, as celebrated in the fifteenth century. The performance includes a semi-staged liturgical drama in which the roles of Gabriel and Mary are played by members of the ensemble\, inspired by some of the more colorful descriptions of the medieval period. Evoking the sights and sounds of medieval music\, the eight singers of Cappella Pratensis perform huddled around a single choirbook\, conjuring an intense and intimate soundworld.
URL:https://welcometohydepark.com/event/cappella-pratensis/
LOCATION:Reva and David Logan Center for the Arts\, 915 East 60th Street\, Chicago\, IL\, 60637\, United States
CATEGORIES:Concert/Live Music/DJ/Karoke
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SUMMARY:Alarm Will Sound
DESCRIPTION:Alarm Will Sound \n“Überhip” (Entertainment Weekly) 20-member band Alarm Will Sound takes on music from the arch-modernist to the pop-influenced. Committed to innovative performances and recordings of today’s music\, Alarm Will Sound has been associated since its inception with composers at the forefront of contemporary music\, premiering pieces by the likes of Steve Reich\, Meredith Monk\, and David Lang. The group itself includes many composer-performers\, giving them an unusual insight into the creation and performance of new works. This “stylistically omnivorous” (The Log Journal) ensemble returns to Logan Center this October to perform and record two works by UChicago Professor of Composition\, Hans Thomalla.
URL:https://welcometohydepark.com/event/alarm-will-sound/
LOCATION:Reva and David Logan Center for the Arts\, 915 East 60th Street\, Chicago\, IL\, 60637\, United States
CATEGORIES:Concert/Live Music/DJ/Karoke
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20251019T150000
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SUMMARY:Kurbasy
DESCRIPTION:Kurbasy \nBorn from Lviv’s progressive Les Kurbas Theatre\, Kurbasy channels ancient Ukrainian folklore through tight vocal harmonies\, spectral instrumentation\, and striking visual storytelling. Their performances are living rituals\, weaving lullabies\, calendar songs\, and myths into a soundscape where past and present collide. \nTheir latest work\, Songs of the Ukrainian Forest\, emerged in the shadow of invasion—a 14-song cycle tracing Ukraine’s landscapes and histories\, sung in dialects that echo its shifting borders. This is music as a declaration: of freedom\, of identity\, of a culture that refuses to be silenced. \nKurbasy is on tour in the USA as part of Center Stage\, an initiative of the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs with funding provided by the U.S. Government. It is administered by the New England Foundation for the Arts in cooperation with the U.S. Regional Arts Organizations. General management is provided by Lisa Booth Management\, Inc. www.centerstageUS.org. Presented in partnership with International House at the University of Chicago\, Logan Center Community Arts\, the Slavic Department\, and the Center for East European\, Russian\, and Eurasian Studies.
URL:https://welcometohydepark.com/event/kurbasy/
LOCATION:Reva and David Logan Center for the Arts\, 915 East 60th Street\, Chicago\, IL\, 60637\, United States
CATEGORIES:Concert/Live Music/DJ/Karoke
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ORGANIZER;CN="UChicago Presents":MAILTO:chicagopresents@uchicago.edu
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20251015T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20251015T210000
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SUMMARY:Rear View Mirror Sessions: Roberta Flack and Donny Hathaway
DESCRIPTION:Rear View Mirror Sessions: Roberta Flack and Donny Hathaway \nArts + Public Life\, in partnership with Soundrotation\, Brain Trust Management\, the UChicago Department of Music and Reva and David Logan Center for the Arts\, presents the 2025 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. \nThe 2025 season\, “In Memoriam\,” is a tribute to legends we’ve recently lost. We continue this fall with a celebration of Roberta Flack and Donny Hathaway. We lost Roberta’s defining voice in February of this year. October will mark her frequent collaborator Donny’s would-be 80th birthday. \nAfter the session\, we’ll be treated to a special tribute performance by genre-spanning vocalist Meagan McNeal and singer-songwriter Slique Jay Adams with Tony Cazeau on piano. \nDoors open at 6 pm; the program starts at 6:30 pm. This event is FREE. Seating is first-come\, first-served\, so please arrive early. \nAll APL programs are free and open to the public. To help us continue to provide these programs and build a hub for arts & culture on the South Side\, we appreciate donations of all sizes. Your support sustains the rich ecosystem of artists that make the Arts Block so vibrant. To make a donation\, please visit our giving page.
URL:https://welcometohydepark.com/event/rear-view-mirror-sessions-roberta-flack-and-donny-hathaway/
LOCATION:Reva and David Logan Center for the Arts\, 915 East 60th Street\, Chicago\, IL\, 60637\, United States
CATEGORIES:Art/Arts & Crafts/Fashion,Community,Concert/Live Music/DJ/Karoke,Free
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SUMMARY:Sullivan Fortner & His Galactic Friends
DESCRIPTION:Sullivan Fortner & His Galactic Friends \nSullivan Fortner doesn’t just play piano—he bends it to his will. This GRAMMY-winning musical shape-shifter merges New Orleans grit with fearless invention\, twisting jazz traditions into something raw and urgent. His 2024 solo release Solo Game strips jazz to its bones\, earning four-star raves from DownBeat and Télérama. \nWith his band\, Fortner celebrates the cosmic chaos of Sun Ra\, channeling the icon’s boundary-smashing spirit through kinetic rhythms and searching harmonies. No pretense\, no safety nets—just firebrand jazz at its most alive. \nSupported by the Logan Center Jazz Forever Fund\, a gift of the Revada Foundation and the Harve A. Ferrill Concert Fund. Presented in partnership with Chicago Jazz Magazine\, DownBeat\, Jazz Institute of Chicago\, and WDCB 90.9 FM.
URL:https://welcometohydepark.com/event/sullivan-fortner-his-galactic-friends/
LOCATION:Reva and David Logan Center for the Arts\, 915 East 60th Street\, Chicago\, IL\, 60637\, United States
CATEGORIES:Concert/Live Music/DJ/Karoke
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ORGANIZER;CN="UChicago Presents":MAILTO:chicagopresents@uchicago.edu
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SUMMARY:Book Talk: Full of Myself with Austin Channing Brown and Nikole Hannah-Jones
DESCRIPTION:Book Talk: Full of Myself with Austin Channing Brown and Nikole Hannah-Jones \n***Each ticket includes a copy of Full of Myself; Austin will be available to sign copies and meet attendees following the event!*** \nJoin us as we celebrate the release of New York Times bestselling author Austin Channing Brown’s latest book\, Full of Myself: Black Womanhood and the Journey to Self-Possession! Austin will be joined in conversation with journalist and academic Nikole Hannah-Jones! \nIn a time of rising authoritarianism and attacks on personal freedoms\, the New York Times bestselling author of I’m Still Here chronicles her efforts to live as her full self in a society that wants women—and Black women in particular—to do anything but that. \nAs an antiracism educator and writer leading through America’s cycles of racial unrest\, Austin Channing Brown reached a crossroads. “I love my work\,” she writes\, “and I am tired. We are tired. Tired of protesting. Tired of ‘saving democracy.’ Tired of educating and explaining.” She began to ask\, “What do I deserve\, not just as a citizen but as a human?”Full of Myself answers that question. \nWeaving personal narrative with perceptive social commentary\, Brown offers a look at the mechanisms that limit who Black women are allowed to be—at work\, at home\, in community—and the defining moments when she decided that self-possession is the justice work she had been made to undervalue. From skinny-dipping in the ocean to becoming a mom\, she delves into the drama of life and invites readers to begin defining themselves not as empty vessels to improve the world\, but as people born free in spirit\, in hope\, in joy. For Black women seeking to understand the true roots of their burnout\, or for anyone wondering what it means to live joyfully in a hostile world\, Full of Myself is a breath of fresh air and an invitation to full humanity. \nAustin Channing Brown is an author and speaker providing inspired leadership on racial justice in America. She is the New York Times bestselling author of I’m Still Here: Black Dignity in a World Made for Whiteness\, a Reese’s Book Club pick. Her work has been featured by outlets such as On Being\, Chicago Tribune\, and WNYC. \nNikole Hannah-Jones is an award-winning investigative reporter who covers civil rights and racial injustice for The New York Times Magazine and the Knight Chair in Race and Journalism at Howard University\, where she is the founding director of the Center for Journalism & Democracy. Her reporting has earned her the Pulitzer Prize and the MacArthur “Genius” Grant.
URL:https://welcometohydepark.com/event/book-talk-full-of-myself-with-austin-channing-brown-and-nikole-hannah-jones/
LOCATION:Reva and David Logan Center for the Arts\, 915 East 60th Street\, Chicago\, IL\, 60637\, United States
CATEGORIES:Community,Lecture/Literary/Book Signing/Storytime
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ORGANIZER;CN="Call and Response Books":MAILTO:info@callandresponsechi.com
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20250815T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20250815T210000
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SUMMARY:Our Lan'
DESCRIPTION:Our Lan’ \nJoin Court Theatre for a staged reading of Our Lan’\, part of their 2025 Spotlight Reading Series. \nA notable play at the time it was written in 1947 that successfully ran on Broadway\, Our Lan’ focuses on the Reconstruction South and the broken promises made to newly freed slaves at the conclusion of the Civil War. A post-show discussion with this year’s Spotlight director\, Charles Andrew Gardner\, will follow. \nAugust 15\, 2025 | Penthouse\, The Reva and David Logan Center for the Arts (915 E 60th St\, Chicago\, IL 60637) | 6:30pm Doors | 7:00pm Reading \nArtwork: Stephen Flemister\, Jobari (2012)\, graphite on paper\, 22 1/4” x 30”
URL:https://welcometohydepark.com/event/our-lan/
LOCATION:Reva and David Logan Center for the Arts\, 915 East 60th Street\, Chicago\, IL\, 60637\, United States
CATEGORIES:Theatre
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ORGANIZER;CN="Court Theatre":MAILTO:info@courttheatre.org
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SUMMARY:Community Reads: Native Son
DESCRIPTION:Community Reads: Native Son \nJoin Court Theatre for the newest installment of Community Reads\, part of their 2025 Spotlight Reading Series. \nFollowing a screening of Native Son (1951)\, explore the film’s themes through dinner and discussion. As you reflect on the film\, you will be able to connect with neighbors and friends through intimate guided breakout discussions. \nThis portion of our program will also launch the next Community Reads Book Club series selection\, Richard Wright’s Native Son. \nAugust 14\, 2025 | Penthouse\, The Reva and David Logan Center for the Arts (915 E 60th St\, Chicago\, IL 60637) | 7:30pm Dinner and Facilitated Conversation  \nArtwork: Stephen Flemister\, Jobari (2012)\, graphite on paper\, 22 1/4” x 30”
URL:https://welcometohydepark.com/event/community-reads-native-son/
LOCATION:Reva and David Logan Center for the Arts\, 915 East 60th Street\, Chicago\, IL\, 60637\, United States
CATEGORIES:Community,Free,Lecture/Literary/Book Signing/Storytime
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ORGANIZER;CN="Court Theatre":MAILTO:info@courttheatre.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20250814T173000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20250814T193000
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SUMMARY:Film Screening of Native Son (1951)
DESCRIPTION:Film Screening of Native Son (1951) \nJoin Court Theatre for a screening of the 1951 film\, Native Son – part of their 2025 Spotlight Reading Series. \nOne of the most controversial novels of its day\, Richard Wright’s Native Son (first published in 1940 and staged by Court in 2014) exposed the injustices of urban Black life\, witnessed through the eyes of Bigger Thomas\, whose violent tendencies and moral confusion were the natural result of a lifetime of deprivation. In prison for murder and sentenced to death\, Bigger (portrayed in the film by the author himself) reflects on the circumstances that led to his fate. \nThe film adaptation of the novel was similarly contentious\, engendering its complex position in the annals of cinema history. Heavily censored by regional film boards upon its 1951 release\, Native Son was not viewable in its intended form for over half a century; its depiction of interracial relationships and commentary on racial injustice proved too problematic at the time\, and large segments of the film were withheld from American audiences for decades. A recent restoration effort helmed by the Library of Congress\, in collaboration with the Buenos Aires Film Museum and film historian Fernando Martin Peña\, reconstructed the film in all of its original 107 minutes using a 16mm Argentine print and a 35mm duplicate negative of an uncensored cut found in an abandoned nitrate film vault in Puerto Rico. This restoration premiered in 2016\, bringing the film to American screens in its entirety for the very first time. \nAugust 14\, 2025 | Screening Room\, The Reva and David Logan Center for the Arts (915 E 60th St\, Chicago\, IL 60637) | 5:30pm Screening \nArtwork: Stephen Flemister\, Jobari (2012)\, graphite on paper\, 22 1/4” x 30”
URL:https://welcometohydepark.com/event/film-screening-of-native-son-1951/
LOCATION:Reva and David Logan Center for the Arts\, 915 East 60th Street\, Chicago\, IL\, 60637\, United States
CATEGORIES:Community,Film
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ORGANIZER;CN="Court Theatre":MAILTO:info@courttheatre.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20250813T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20250813T210000
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SUMMARY:Just Before Day
DESCRIPTION:Just Before Day \nJoin Court Theatre for a staged reading of Just Before Day\, part of their 2025 Spotlight Reading Series. \nOriginally written to be a radio play\, this story follows Nettie Sampson\, the matriarch of a struggling Black family in 1940s Harlem during World War II. Nettie endeavors to hold her family together through the daily travails of poverty and racial discrimination in the face of American hypocrisy\, while her eldest son is abroad serving his country in the military. \nFollowing the reading\, Chicago theatre luminaries Ron OJ Parson\, Pemon Rami\, and Chuck Smith will reflect on the significance of Theodore Ward’s works and how his legacy has impacted them personally and professionally. \nAugust 13\, 2025 | Penthouse\, The Reva and David Logan Center for the Arts (915 E 60th St\, Chicago\, IL 60637) | 6:30pm Staged Reading | 7:30pm Conversation \nArtwork: Stephen Flemister\, Jobari (2012)\, graphite on paper\, 22 1/4” x 30”
URL:https://welcometohydepark.com/event/just-before-day/
LOCATION:Reva and David Logan Center for the Arts\, 915 East 60th Street\, Chicago\, IL\, 60637\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free,Performance/Theatre/Cabaret
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ORGANIZER;CN="Court Theatre":MAILTO:info@courttheatre.org
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DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20250816
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SUMMARY:Spotlight Reading Series
DESCRIPTION:Spotlight Reading Series \nCourt Theatre’s Spotlight Reading Series returns! This year’s Spotlight Reading Series will feature works of Theodore Ward (1902-1983)\, often referred to as the “dean of Black dramatists\,” whose works explored the complexities of Black life in America\, from the Civil War\, to the Second Great Migration\, and beyond. Court will stage Ward’s Big White Fog as the first production of the 2025/26 season. \nThe Spotlight Reading Series will run from August 13–15 at the Reva and David Logan Center for the Arts (915 E 60th Street). All events are free and open to the public and reservations are required. \n\nStaged reading of Just Before Day\nFilm screening of Native Son (1951)\nCommunity Reads: Native Son\nStaged Reading of Our Lan’\n\nArtwork: Stephen Flemister\, Jobari (2012)\, graphite on paper\, 22 1/4” x 30”
URL:https://welcometohydepark.com/event/spotlight-reading-series/
LOCATION:Reva and David Logan Center for the Arts\, 915 East 60th Street\, Chicago\, IL\, 60637\, United States
CATEGORIES:Performance/Theatre/Cabaret
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