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10 / 26 (event) Cynthia Hellyer-Heinz, Drawings in the Gallery Start: 8:00 am End: 3:00 pm Recent work by Cynthis Hellyer-Heinz on display in the Clair E. Smith Art gallery at Barrington High School The gallery is open school days 8 AM to 3 PM and evenings during performances. The works will be on display from October 26 , 2009 - November 12, 2009. more info (event) Meet Our Legislators -- Coffee & Conversation Start: 8:30 am Coffee and Conversation more info (event) Palos West Student Exhibit Start: 9:00 am End: 5:00 pm "Experience the Arts in Palos" presents Palos West Student Exhibit The student exhibit will be displayed at Standard Bank & Trust Co. for the month of October, 2009 on Mondays - Thursdays 9 AM - 5 PM; Fridays 9 AM - 6 PM; and Saturdays 9 AM - 1 PM. A "Meet the Artist" reception will be held on Saturday, October 3rd from 4 - 5 PM at the bank. more info (event) Town and Country Art League Exhibit Start: 9:00 am End: 5:00 pm "Experience the Arts in Palos" presents month long exhibit of local artists The exhibition will display from October 1, 2009 through October 31, 2009 during normal business hours: Monday - Thursday 9 AM - 5 PM; Fridays 9 AM - 7 PM; and Saturdays 9 AM - 1 PM. more info (event) Museum of Mystery: A Thirty-year Bannerline of Paintings by Glen C. Davies Start: 10:00 am End: 3:00 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 more info (event) Authors Corner Reading: John Griswold Start: 4:30 pm End: 5:30 pm Author John Griswold reads from his debut novel, *A Democracy of Ghosts* (Wordcraft of Oregon, 2009). more info (event) Literature & Medicine: "The Echomaker" Start: 5:00 pm Discussion of The Echomaker by Richard Powers. *Literature & Medicine: Humanities at the Heart of Healthcare* is a discussion-based program that brings hospital staff together monthly to reflect on the larger mission of medicine through facilitated conversations about literature. more info (event) Co-op Month Start: 6:00 pm End: 7:00 pm The Public Square is partnering with the North Side Community Federal Credit Union (CFCU) to co-sponsor a Café Society conversation in honor of Co-op Month. Join us for a lively discussion about the history and models of cooperative business, financial institutions and collective non-profits. Special guests include Mark Fick* with North Side Community Federal Credit Union, Victor Cortez of Salsedo Press, Lowell Thompson of Stone Soup Cooperative and Ali McDonald of the Chicago Women’s Health Center. They will discuss the values their cooperatives share, and how they matter now more than ever with so many changes taking place in the global marketplace. This event is co-sponsored by The Public Square and the North Side Community Federal Credit Union. Co-op Month more info (event) Invited Guest Poetry Reading Start: 6:30 pm End: 9:00 pm National prize-winning poets Kimberly Johnson and Jay Hopler will read and discuss their work as part of an "Invited Guest Poetry Reading" event. Also, original poems, previously submitted and juried, will be read by their authors. Annually, Kankakee Community College (KCC) invites guest poets to read their original poems to a public audience, and this year's invited participants will be part of the program with Johnson and Hopler. To be considered for public reading and for more information, send an email to pstickney@kcc.edu. Identify the subject line as "Guest Poet Question." more info
10 / 27 (event) Cynthia Hellyer-Heinz, Drawings in the Gallery Start: 8:00 am End: 3:00 pm Recent work by Cynthis Hellyer-Heinz on display in the Clair E. Smith Art gallery at Barrington High School The gallery is open school days 8 AM to 3 PM and evenings during performances. The works will be on display from October 26 , 2009 - November 12, 2009. more info (event) Journey Stories Start: 10:00 am End: 2:00 pm *Journey Stories* tells how we and our ancestors came to America. From Native Americans to new American citizens and regardless of our ethnic or racial background, everyone has a story to tell. Our history is filled with stories of people leaving behind everything - families and possessions - to reach a new life in another state, across the continent, or even across an ocean. Many chose to move, searching for something better in a new land. Others had no choice, like enslaved Africans captured and relocated to a strange land and bravely asserting their own cultures, or like Native Americans already here, who were often violently removed by newcomers. This exhibition runs from October 24 - December 6, 2009. more info (event) Get The Balance Right Start: 11:00 am End: 7:00 pm Get the Balance Right features works by "Basia Toczdlowska ", "Dana Day ", and "Marci Rubin ". Works will be on display from October 2, 2009 - October 31, 2009. Gallery Hours: Tuesdays - Thursdays 11 AM - 7 PM; Fridays and Saturdays 11 AM - 5 PM An artist's reception and anniversary party will be held on Saturday, October 24, 2009 from 6 - 9 PM. more info (event) Virtual Worlds: The Business and Recreation of Gaming Culture Start: 4:00 pm Join the Illinois Program for Research in the Humanities (IPRH) at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign for a panel discussion with Guy Garnett (Music/Illinois Informatics Institute, U of I), Kevin Hamilton (Art and Design, U of I), Lisa Nakamura (Asian American Studies/Institute of Communications Research, U of I). Mimi Thuy Nguyen (Asian American Studies/Gender and Women's Studies, U of I) will moderate the discussion. more info (event) Chicago Teen Museum: Elements of a Concept 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. more info (event) Revolt on Goose Island Start: 6:30 pm End: 8:00 pm It has been one of the most closely watched U.S. labor struggles in recent memory. Ten months ago, 200 workers at Chicago’s Republic Windows and Doors occupied their factory for nine days after factory owners gave workers just three days’ notice of the plant’s closure after Bank of America cut off the company’s line of credit. The protest, organized by the United Electrical Workers union, was one of the first U.S. factory sit-ins since the 1930s. In the months since the occupation, there have been some surprising turns: the factory was bought by another company, and some of the workers involved in the takeover have returned to their jobs. But will more come of the story? Are the tactics used at Republic to be used again? more info (event) Dancing Under the Library Lights Start: 7:00 pm End: 8:00 pm Professional dancers Norm and Heidi Lucky dance the Samba, Cha Cha, Fox Trot, Tango, Waltz and Viennese Waltz. more info
10 / 28 (event) Cynthia Hellyer-Heinz, Drawings in the Gallery Start: 8:00 am End: 3:00 pm Recent work by Cynthis Hellyer-Heinz on display in the Clair E. Smith Art gallery at Barrington High School The gallery is open school days 8 AM to 3 PM and evenings during performances. The works will be on display from October 26 , 2009 - November 12, 2009. more info (event) Eat, THINK, and Be Merry 2009 Benefit Luncheon Start: 11:30 am The *Eat, Think,* and Be Merry 2009 Benefit Luncheon celebrates the culmination of the IHC's 35th anniversary and will honor the wonderful work of the IHC through the creation of conversations. Each table will have its own discussion on a timely issue, facilitated by well-known local personalities and experts in their field. Click here for an up-to-date list of conversation hosts and topics! Registration starts at 11:30 AM. The luncheon begins at noon. Honorary Chairman: Richard M. Daley, Mayor, City of Chicago Co-Chairs: Deborah Epstein and Arthur M. Sussman more info (event) The Dreamers Start: 2:00 pm End: 3:30 pm The Time of Your Life Players present "The Dreamers," a new, original one-act musical comedy about a band of aging rockers hoping for a record contract and tour. The cast of "The Dreamers" will be available for a post-show discussion after each performance, to be led by Martha A. Jacob, Specialization Coordinator, Gerontology, Department of Sociology and Criminology at Dominican University and by Karen N. Kolb, MS, RFG, Manager, Community Engagement, Mather LifeWays. Where and When: The Apollo Theater Studio at 2540 North Lincoln Avenue, Chicago, beginning October 7th and running every Wednesday and Friday at 2:00 PM through October 30th For Tickets: Call the Apollo Theater box office at 773-935-6100 or go to: http://www.apollochicago.com. Individual tickets are $15.00; groups of 10 or more are $10.00. About "The Dreamers" "The Dreamers**" is set in Judy's garage where her band of old rockers practice. They are anxiously awaiting word of a possible record contract and tour. When Judy's long lost younger sister arrives the band is thrown into chaos, and threatened with dissolution. Can Guardian Angels sent by Elvis himself save the band? more info (event) SPOOOOKY Stories: Halloween Party and Reading Start: 7:00 pm End: 10:00 pm The Gwendolyn Brooks Center for Black Literature and Creative Writing is sponsoring a Halloween Party and Reading, featuring the mysterious, grotesque and scary works of critically-acclaimed writers Nnedi Okorafor and Tony Lindsay, as well as the poetry of emerging writer Chanell Ruth. Bring your costume for the food, the fun and the words. We'll have music too. more info (event) 2nd Story Start: 7:00 pm End: 10:00 pm 2nd Story is a hybrid storytelling, music, and wine event. more info
10 / 29 (event) Cynthia Hellyer-Heinz, Drawings in the Gallery Start: 8:00 am End: 3:00 pm Recent work by Cynthis Hellyer-Heinz on display in the Clair E. Smith Art gallery at Barrington High School The gallery is open school days 8 AM to 3 PM and evenings during performances. The works will be on display from October 26 , 2009 - November 12, 2009. more info (event) Our World at War: Photojournalism Beyond the Front Lines Start: 9:00 am 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. more info (event) The Art of the Crazy Quilt 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. more info (event) ARTfusion 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. more info (event) Chicago Teen Museum: Conceptual Framework 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. more info (event) Haunted Hors d'oeuvres Evening Start: 5:30 pm End: 7:30 pm Bewitching Gourmet Hors d'oeuvres and cash bar, auction, and Haunted Walk (if you dare) held in a mansion decorated for Halloween. Fun evening to raise funds for the development of an Arts Center for Kankakee County. Sponsored by the Community Arts Council of Kankakee County. more info (event) IPRH Film Series Presents 'The Great Dictator' Start: 5:30 pm Join the Illinois Program for Research in the Humanities (IPRH) at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign for its screeing of "The Great Dictator." more info (event) Museum of Mystery: A Thirty-year Bannerline of Paintings by Glen C. Davies 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 more info (event) Neighborhood Music: A Night Out with Salle Huber and Jeff Deutsch Start: 7:00 pm End: 8:00 pm An informal night of music in beautiful Immanuel Hall, Hinsdale. Jeff and Salle will perform jazz, blues and pop in the one-of-a-kind setting of Immanuel Hall. more info (event) Piccolo Halloween Boolewque Start: 8:00 pm When the lights come on, anything can come off. more info
10 / 30 (event) Wicker Women Installation Start: 12:00 am Installation of J. Bisbing's Wicker Women portraits benefiting CAWC By Appointment Only from October 10, 2009 - October 30, 2009. more info (event) Cynthia Hellyer-Heinz, Drawings in the Gallery Start: 8:00 am End: 3:00 pm Recent work by Cynthis Hellyer-Heinz on display in the Clair E. Smith Art gallery at Barrington High School The gallery is open school days 8 AM to 3 PM and evenings during performances. The works will be on display from October 26 , 2009 - November 12, 2009. more info (event) Advocacy, Expression, and Education: Exploring Human Rights through the Arts Conference Start: 8:30 am End: 5:00 pm In this 2-day event, IHRLI seeks to push the traditional bounds of human rights education to explore an effective, yet underutilized, method of human rights education and communication more info (event) Our World at War Start: 9:00 am End: 7:00 pm Witness the emotional impact of war through the lenses of award-winning photojournalists: Ron Haviv, Antonin Kratochvil, Christopher Morris, James Nachtwey, and Franco Pagetti. The exhibit will display from September 25, 2009 through November 20, 2009 on Mondays - Fridays from 9 AM - 7 PM and Saturdays from 9 AM - 5 PM. more info (event) Palos West Student Exhibit Start: 9:00 am End: 6:00 pm "Experience the Arts in Palos" presents Palos West Student Exhibit The student exhibit will be displayed at Standard Bank & Trust Co. for the month of October, 2009 on Mondays - Thursdays 9 AM - 5 PM; Fridays 9 AM - 6 PM; and Saturdays 9 AM - 1 PM. A "Meet the Artist" reception will be held on Saturday, October 3rd from 4 - 5 PM at the bank. more info (event) Town and Country Art League Exhibit Start: 9:00 am End: 7:00 pm "Experience the Arts in Palos" presents month long exhibit of local artists The exhibition will display from October 1, 2009 through October 31, 2009 during normal business hours: Monday - Thursday 9 AM - 5 PM; Fridays 9 AM - 7 PM; and Saturdays 9 AM - 1 PM. more info (event) Town and Country Art League Exhibit Start: 9:00 am End: 1:00 pm "Experience the Arts in Palos" presents month long exhibit of local artists The exhibition will display from October 1, 2009 through October 31, 2009 during normal business hours: Monday - Thursday 9 AM - 5 PM; Fridays 9 AM - 7 PM; and Saturdays 9 AM - 1 PM. more info (event) Our World at War: Photojournalism Beyond the Front Lines Start: 9:00 am 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. more info (event) Laureen Dunne: October Featured Artist Start: 10:00 am End: 5:00 pm Exhibit and sale of colorful pallette knife oil paintings by artist Laureen Dunne Artist Reception Sunday, October 18 1-4pm; Exhibit will be up 10/3/09 thru 10/31/09 Gallery Hours: Mon-Sat 10am-5pm more info (event) Mexican Folk Art Exhibition Start: 10:00 am End: 5:00 pm Contemporary works in ceramics, wood, papier mâché, and paintings, including many works relating to The Day of the Dead by noted Mexican folk artists as well as vintage pieces from the Tarble Arts Center collection and private collections. This exibition is on display from October 2, 2009 - December 6, 2009. Tarble Arts Center hours are 10 AM - 5 PM Tuesdays - Fridays; 10 AM - 4 PM Saturdays, and 1 PM - 4 PM on Sundays. Note: Related film showings on October 29 and November 5, 7 PM Note: As part of Latino Heritage Month, there will be a ublic guided tour of this exhibition on October 13, 2009 at 3 PM. more info (event) Journey Stories Start: 10:00 am End: 2:00 pm *Journey Stories* tells how we and our ancestors came to America. From Native Americans to new American citizens and regardless of our ethnic or racial background, everyone has a story to tell. Our history is filled with stories of people leaving behind everything - families and possessions - to reach a new life in another state, across the continent, or even across an ocean. Many chose to move, searching for something better in a new land. Others had no choice, like enslaved Africans captured and relocated to a strange land and bravely asserting their own cultures, or like Native Americans already here, who were often violently removed by newcomers. This exhibition runs from October 24 - December 6, 2009. more info (event) Exhibition: Almost Alice: New Illustrations of Wonderland by Maggie Taylor Start: 10:00 am End: 5:00 pm Fantastic, surreal narrative composite images by http://www.maggietaylor.com/ >Maggie Taylor made using sources ranging from snapshots to 19th-century daguerreotypes and tintypes created to illustrate Lewis Carroll's classic Alice's Adventures in Wonderland This exibition is on display from October 24, 2009 - December 20, 2009. Tarble Arts Center hours are 10 AM - 5 PM Tuesdays - Fridays; 10 AM - 4 PM Saturdays, and 1 PM - 4 PM on Sundays. Note: Related film showings on October 29 and November 5, 7 PM more info (event) Get The Balance Right Start: 11:00 am End: 5:00 pm Get the Balance Right features works by "Basia Toczdlowska ", "Dana Day ", and "Marci Rubin ". Works will be on display from October 2, 2009 - October 31, 2009. Gallery Hours: Tuesdays - Thursdays 11 AM - 7 PM; Fridays and Saturdays 11 AM - 5 PM An artist's reception and anniversary party will be held on Saturday, October 24, 2009 from 6 - 9 PM. more info (event) Freaks & Flash Start: 11:00 am End: 5:00 pm An exhibition celebrating the art of tattoo flash and circus banners. Thise exhibition runs from September 11, 2009 - December 31, 2009 more info (event) Arlington Artists on Display Start: 1:30 pm End: 4:30 pm The Heritage Gallery of the Arlington Heights Historical Museum is transformed into an art gallery showcasing the multi-media work of over fifty local artists. Artists works will be displayed Fridays - Sundays from August 29, 2009 - November 22, 2009. Additional Event: November 15, 1:00-5:00pm - Art Around the Town (Visit local artists' studios. Art work for sale throughout the event.) more info (event) The Dreamers Start: 2:00 pm End: 3:30 pm The Time of Your Life Players present "The Dreamers," a new, original one-act musical comedy about a band of aging rockers hoping for a record contract and tour. The cast of "The Dreamers" will be available for a post-show discussion after each performance, to be led by Martha A. Jacob, Specialization Coordinator, Gerontology, Department of Sociology and Criminology at Dominican University and by Karen N. Kolb, MS, RFG, Manager, Community Engagement, Mather LifeWays. Where and When: The Apollo Theater Studio at 2540 North Lincoln Avenue, Chicago, beginning October 7th and running every Wednesday and Friday at 2:00 PM through October 30th For Tickets: Call the Apollo Theater box office at 773-935-6100 or go to: http://www.apollochicago.com. Individual tickets are $15.00; groups of 10 or more are $10.00. About "The Dreamers" "The Dreamers" is set in Judy's garage where her band of old rockers practice. They are anxiously awaiting word of a possible record contract and tour. When Judy's long lost younger sister arrives the band is thrown into chaos, and threatened with dissolution. Can Guardian Angels sent by Elvis himself save the band? more info (event) Knittin' Special Start: 4:00 pm End: 5:30 pm Whether you love to knit or have never knitted a stitch in your life, join us for an afternoon of knittin' something special. Bring your own project or use the yarn and needles provided. Teens of all skill levels are welcome! "Knittin' Special" will meet on the 2nd, 16th, and 30th of October from 4 PM - 5:30 PM. more info (event) Evanston Envisions Start: 6:00 pm End: 8:00 pm The Evanston Art Center has "look-back" fashion designs on display. Display runs 6-8 PM from October 16, 2009 - October 30, 2009. more info (event) Advocacy, Expression, and Education: Exploring Human Rights through the Arts Welcome Reception Start: 6:30 pm End: 8:30 pm In this event, IHRLI seeks to push the traditional bounds of human rights education to explore an effective, yet underutilized, method of human rights education and communication- the arts. This conference will also provide an opportunity for the artistic community with the human rights and rule of law community to connect and investigate how art can be an active and effective technique for human rights advocacy and capacity building on a local and international level. The works of Shannon Benine will be exhibited and refreshments will be served. Please join us for this interesting event. more info (event) Naperville Writers Group Reading Start: 7:00 pm End: 9:00 pm Naperville Writers Group members and members of the public read poetry and prose. The event's featured writer is Ruan Wright. She has print published in America, England and India, as well as in on-line journals. Recent credits include RADIX, ART TIMES, WINDHOVER, The Taj Mahal Review, and Moon Journal. Ruan Wright's work has received awards and recognition from The Poets and Patrons of Chicago, the ISPS, and the CNW/FFWA. She is a member of the Illinois State Poetry Society, Chair of the Naperville Writers Group, Assistant Fiction Editor for the Fifth Wednesday Journal. She has also served as judge for local youth poetry competitions and coordinates the Bolingbrook Writers Group. Her first collection of poems, thought-fish, was published in spring 2009 by Moon Journal Press. She can be contacted through her web site at http://www.PenRuan.com. more info (event) Peace Concert - Brian Beach & Toshiko Suzuki - Viloin/Piano Duo Start: 7:00 pm End: 8:00 pm Brian Beach (violin) & Toshiko Suzuki (piano) will perform works by Bach, Beethoven & deFalla at the SGI-USA Chicago Culture Center (1455 South Wabash Avenue) at 7:00 PM. This is a free concert with free parking. No tickets needed. Doors open at 6:30 PM. More About the Peace Concert Series Peace Concerts are presented every month at SGI-USA Chicago Culture Center on the last Friday of the month (Except Nov.& Dec - 3rd Friday) as a gift to the community. Always Free. No tickets needed. Upcoming Peace Concerts: November 20th – Peter Lerner - jazz December 18th – Anne-Marie Akin – singer/songwriter more info (event) Shannon Benine Start: 7:00 pm This solo exhibition features the work of Chicago based artist Shannon Benine. This exhibition will run through December 19, 2009. more info (event) Halloween Percussion Ensembles Start: 7:30 pm Listen to the sounds of this eery holiday in the haunted Albert Taylor Theatre with the Millikin University Percussion Ensembles. This family friendly event will include children's activities, a costume contest, and more! more info (event) The Sublime Beauty of Hands and Klown Kantos Start: 7:30 pm Michael Montenegro's puppets run an astounding gamut, from tiny Punch and Judy figures to a headless, life-size doppelganger of the puppeteer. Most beautiful is a delicate moving sculpture of bones in the 2004 Sublime Beauty of Hands, which tells an oblique, poetic story about evil munitions makers, the vulnerability of the body, and the limitations of puppetry. Matters turn much less serious in the delightful Klown Kantos: six very funny puppet bits, loosely connected by the ensemble's clowning. Montenegro's interactions with his creations--comic revelations of the tender, antagonistic, complicated relationship between puppet and puppeteer--are a highlight. Display running Friday & Saturdays at 7:30pm and Sundays at 3pm from October 16, 2009 - November 1, 2009. more info
10 / 31 (event) Art on the Library! Start: 7:31 am End: 5:58 pm The Colona District Public Library invites everyone to come and enjoy our new outdoor artwork. Artist Sarah Robb has painted a spectacular 60 foot long mural on the outside of the building, for all to see! more info (event) Advocacy, Expression, and Education: Exploring Human Rights through the Arts Conference Start: 8:30 am End: 5:00 pm In this 2-day event, IHRLI seeks to push the traditional bounds of human rights education to explore an effective, yet underutilized, method of human rights education and communication more info (event) With Malice Toward None: The Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Exhibition Start: 9:00 am End: 5:00 pm With "Malice Toward None: The Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Exhibition," an exhibition created by the Library of Congress, will open at the Newberry Library on October 10, 2009, in commemoration of the 200th birthday of America's 16th president. The exhibition offers the public the opportunity to view rarely seen treasures from the Library of Congress's collections. "With Malice Toward None" charts Lincoln's growth from prairie lawyer to preeminent statesman and addresses the monumental issues he faced, including slavery and race, the dissolution of the Union, and the Civil War. The exhibit reveals Lincoln the man, whose thoughts, words, and actions were deeply affected by personal experiences and pivotal historic events. By placing Lincoln's words in a historical context, the exhibition gives visitors a deeper understanding of how remarkable Lincoln's decisions were for their time and why his words continue to resonate today. This exhibition is on display from October 10, 2009 - December 19, 2009. more info (event) Our World at War Start: 9:00 am End: 5:00 pm Witness the emotional impact of war through the lenses of award-winning photojournalists: Ron Haviv, Antonin Kratochvil, Christopher Morris, James Nachtwey, and Franco Pagetti. The exhibit will display from September 25, 2009 through November 20, 2009 on Mondays - Fridays from 9 AM - 7 PM and Saturdays from 9 AM - 5 PM. more info (event) Palos West Student Exhibit Start: 9:00 am End: 1:00 pm "Experience the Arts in Palos" presents Palos West Student Exhibit The student exhibit will be displayed at Standard Bank & Trust Co. for the month of October, 2009 on Mondays - Thursdays 9 AM - 5 PM; Fridays 9 AM - 6 PM; and Saturdays 9 AM - 1 PM. A "Meet the Artist" reception will be held on Saturday, October 3rd from 4 - 5 PM at the bank. more info (event) Laureen Dunne: October Featured Artist Start: 10:00 am End: 5:00 pm Exhibit and sale of colorful pallette knife oil paintings by artist Laureen Dunne Artist Reception Sunday, October 18 1-4pm; Exhibit will be up 10/3/09 thru 10/31/09 Gallery Hours: Mon-Sat 10am-5pm more info (event) Mexican Folk Art Exhibition Start: 10:00 am End: 4:00 pm Contemporary works in ceramics, wood, papier mâché, and paintings, including many works relating to The Day of the Dead by noted Mexican folk artists as well as vintage pieces from the Tarble Arts Center collection and private collections. This exibition is on display from October 2, 2009 - December 6, 2009. Tarble Arts Center hours are 10 AM - 5 PM Tuesdays - Fridays; 10 AM - 4 PM Saturdays, and 1 PM - 4 PM on Sundays. Note: Related film showings on October 29 and November 5, 7 PM Note: As part of Latino Heritage Month, there will be a ublic guided tour of this exhibition on October 13, 2009 at 3 PM. more info (event) Journey Stories Start: 10:00 am End: 4:00 pm *Journey Stories* tells how we and our ancestors came to America. From Native Americans to new American citizens and regardless of our ethnic or racial background, everyone has a story to tell. Our history is filled with stories of people leaving behind everything - families and possessions - to reach a new life in another state, across the continent, or even across an ocean. Many chose to move, searching for something better in a new land. Others had no choice, like enslaved Africans captured and relocated to a strange land and bravely asserting their own cultures, or like Native Americans already here, who were often violently removed by newcomers. This exhibition runs from October 24 - December 6, 2009. more info (event) Advocacy, Expression, and Education: Exploring Human Rights through the Arts Start: 10:45 am End: 12:00 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. This one-day conference seeks to push the traditional bounds of human rights programming and explore an effective, yet underutilized, method of human rights education and communication the arts. Panels will address the use of art as a therapeutic outlet for the artists, the use of mediums in interactive education and communication efforts, and the use of art as a means of storytelling and documentation. more info (event) Museum of Mystery: A Thirty-year Bannerline of Paintings by Glen C. Davies Start: 12:00 pm End: 2:00 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 more info (event) Lyric Opera Lecture: Ernani Start: 2:00 pm Lecture concerning Ernani more info (event) The Sublime Beauty of Hands and Klown Kantos Start: 7:30 pm Michael Montenegro's puppets run an astounding gamut, from tiny Punch and Judy figures to a headless, life-size doppelganger of the puppeteer. Most beautiful is a delicate moving sculpture of bones in the 2004 Sublime Beauty of Hands, which tells an oblique, poetic story about evil munitions makers, the vulnerability of the body, and the limitations of puppetry. Matters turn much less serious in the delightful Klown Kantos: six very funny puppet bits, loosely connected by the ensemble's clowning. Montenegro's interactions with his creations--comic revelations of the tender, antagonistic, complicated relationship between puppet and puppeteer--are a highlight. Display running Friday & Saturdays at 7:30pm and Sundays at 3pm from October 16, 2009 - November 1, 2009. more info (event) Day of the Dead Celebration Start: 8:00 pm End: 11:00 pm Join us for a live concert featuring Switchback's American Roots ~ Celtic Soul music in celebration of our version of the Mexican holiday of "Dia de los Muertos." Send pictures of your late loved ones for our authentic "Ofrenda", or altar, by emailing them to waygoodmusic@gmail.com. Sample the special "Pan de Muerto" (bread of the dead). Beer and wine will be available at the bar of our special "clubhouse". It's the Mexican holiday with a slight Celtic twist! more info
11 / 1 (event) Journey Stories Start: 1:00 pm End: 4:00 pm *Journey Stories* tells how we and our ancestors came to America. From Native Americans to new American citizens and regardless of our ethnic or racial background, everyone has a story to tell. Our history is filled with stories of people leaving behind everything - families and possessions - to reach a new life in another state, across the continent, or even across an ocean. Many chose to move, searching for something better in a new land. Others had no choice, like enslaved Africans captured and relocated to a strange land and bravely asserting their own cultures, or like Native Americans already here, who were often violently removed by newcomers. This exhibition runs from October 24 - December 6, 2009. more info (event) Lincoln Tales Tall and True Start: 1:30 pm *A Road Scholar Program by Brian (Fox) Ellis* Tracing his rise from Prairie State rail-splitter to America's favorite president this blend of history and humor will attempt to disentangle the man from the myth. Told from the perspective of Austin Gollaher, a childhood friend of Lincoln who once saved his life, Brian Fox Ellis steps into character to allow audiences to step back in time and meet Lincoln during many facets of life, including his childhood, his career as a lawyer, and his presidency. more info
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