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End: 7:00 pm
Attend this free photo exhibit at the Loyola University Chicago School of Communication. Witness the emotional impact of war through the lenses of award-winning photojournalists Ron Haviv, Antonin Kratochvil, Christopher Morris, James Nachtwey and Franco Pagetti. This exhibit is hosted by the Greater Chicago Red Cross, presented by the International Committee of the Red Cross, in collaboration with VII Photo Agency and the Newseum. The exhibit will display from September 25, 2009 through November 20, 2009. Start: 9:45 am
End: 10:30 am
Join us the first four Thursdays of the month as we share some of our favorite stories and crafts from different parts of the world. Each child attending will receive a free book. Ages 3-5. The readings will take place in the Robeson Pavilion Room A & B. Start: 10:30 am
End: 11:15 am
Join us the first four Thursdays of the month as we share some of our favorite stories and crafts from different parts of the world. Each child attending will receive a free book. Ages 3-5. The readings will take place in the Robeson Pavilion Room A & B. Start: 12:30 pm
End: 3:30 pm
Exhibit featuring nineteenth century crazy quilts from the collection of The Historical Society of Oak Park and River Forest. The exibit will display on Thursdays - Sundays from 12:30 - 3:30 PM from October 8, 2009 through October 25, 2009. Opening night on October 5 features a lecture in the history of quilts in America by guest curator Georgette Sinkler. Start: 4:00 pm
End: 5:00 pm
Children of all ages are welcome to make a craft at the Douglass Branch library. Meets Thursdays from 4-5 PM during October 2009. Start: 4:30 pm
End: 7:00 pm
In the Fall of 2009, the Chicago Teen Museum will engage in partnership with the Chicago Children's Museum (CCM) to create a Teen Council made up of Chicago youth from various backbrounds and neighborhoods of Chicago. The Council will engage other area youth and museum professionals in order to advise the CCM on the design of 8-9 future exhibits. The Council will also continue to work with the CCM and an advisory board to comprise the driving force behind the nation's first teen museum.
Start: 5:00 pm
End: 8:00 pm
An exhibition of linocuts and fiber art by printmaker Elka Kazmierczak, former Head of Illustration Program at SUNY Buffalo. This exhibition presents a woman's journey toward the empowerment. Artist, Elka Kazmierczak, will talk about her prints and a book Art of Survival: Women, Healing, and the Arts at an opening reception for Domestic Violence Awareness Month. She will be signing and selling copies of her book during the event that will feature food, refreshments, and a concert by Jenny Choi. The exhibition is on view during office hours and during special events from October 2, 2009 - October 22, 2009. Start: 5:30 pm
Join us at the 40 North | 88 West ACE Awards. The ACE awards celebrates outstanding contributions in arts, culture. and entertainment. Start: 6:00 pm
End: 8:00 pm
Retrospecitve Exhibition featuring Illinois Artist Glen C. Davies that focuses on his series of "Bannerline" paintings influenced by his experience traveling with circuses and carnivals. Loose canvas formats reveal his personal language. This exhibit will be on display from October 5, 200 - November 17, 2009. Hours: Mondays - Fridays 10 AM - 3 PM; Mondays - Thursdays 6 PM - 8 PM; and Saturdays Noon - 2 PM Start: 7:00 pm
End: 8:30 pm
Dialogue with experts as we examine humanitarian issues, and the principles at the core of the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement. Presented through the assistance of the family of Evelyn T. and Raymond I. Geraldson. Jimmie Briggs, an educator and author who has traveled worldwide and worked with child soldiers and authored "Innocents Lost: When Child Soldiers Go to War." Katherine Kaufka, director of the Center for the Human Rights of Children at Loyola University Chicago, a national expert on child trafficking issues. Maurice McFarlin, an attorney and Northeastern Illinois University professor of Justice Studies, who has worked extensively with street organizations to prevent gang homicides in Chicago. Start: 7:30 pm
Join the IPRH and the Illinois Informatics Institute for a lecture by Johanna Drucker (Martin and Bernard Breslauer Professor of Information Studies, University of California, Los Angeles). Reception following lecture. Start: 7:30 pm
End: 9:00 pm
Baltimore actor David Keltz offers dramatic presentations of some of Edgar Allan Poe's biggest hits. See nationally recognized Poe performer in the gorgeous 100-year-old Unity Temple designed 100 years ago by Frank Lloyd Wright. Start: 7:30 pm
Bonesbare 3 is the third installment in the annual artistic collaborative event hosted by Chicago modern dance collective, CORE PROJECT. This year, CORE PROJECT tackles humor with new movements from choreographers Megan Beseth, Melanie Palmer, and Jessica Melville Goodin + videos by Matt Pierce and Susan Kwon + new work by guest artists Mary Tisa and Candace Winters-March. Throughout history, humor has been used as a form of entertainment all over the world, whether in the courts of the Western kings or the villages of the Far East. Today, many theories exist about what humor is and what social function it serves. As with any form of art, acceptance of humor depends on social demographics and varies from person to person. And as with any artist, the motivation and purpose to evoke laughter may also vary between humorists. This October, CORE PROJECT invites you to explore what makes us laugh. What makes YOU laugh? And perhaps more importantly, why do we make others laugh? | ||
