Thursday-Saturday, April 12-14, 7:00 & 9:00 PM
Friday-Saturday, April 20-21, 7:00 & 9:00 PM
Sunday, April 22, 2:00 & 4:00 PM
Rooms 501 and 701, Logan Center for the Arts
915 E 60th St

Come celebrate this festival of premiere original play readings, staged adaptations, and the final products of TAPS Bachelor's theses, representing the culmination of four years theatrical training in the College. All pieces are both student-written and student-directed. You can attend just one show, or purchase a Festival Pass to attend all events!

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Tickets: $5 individual or $12 for a Festival Pass.

Friday, April 20, 7:30 pm
Mandel Hall
6:30 PM lecture with Bradley Spiers

In 2014, former violinist Martin Beaver and cellist Clive Greensmith of the famed Tokyo Quartet joined with their long-time collaborator, pianist Jon Kimura Parker (“a musician with a rich soul and great artistic depth” – Musical Toronto), to form the vibrant and luminous Montrose Trio.

Program:

Turina: Trio in B minor, Op. 76
Beethoven: Trio in E-flat Major, Op. 1, No. 1
Mendelssohn: Trio in C minor, Op. 66

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Fridays, April 20-May 18, 7:30 PM
The Revival
1160 E 55th St

Off-Off Campus Presents: Freudian Nip Slip

Now in its 32 Generation, Off-Off continues to serve up unique weekly shows featuring sketch and improve comedy. Alumni include playwrights David Auburn and Greg Kotis, as well as innumerable writers, performers, upstanding civilians, and others who also turned out fine. See them here first.

For comprehensive Off-Off Campus news and information visit us on Facebook.Some adult language and scenarios, not advised for young children.

Tickets: $5
 
To purchase a $15 Season Pass CLICK HERE.

**In the event of a SOLD OUT performance all complimentary tickets must be picked up 15 minutes prior to curtain and Quarter Pass holders must arrive no later than 7:00 PM to reserve your seat.**

Saturday, April 21, 7:00 & 9:30 PM
Sunday, April 22, 4:00 PM
Doc Films, Ida Noyes Hall
1212 E 59th St

Can the camera really isolate a moment in time? Can we completely trust the proscenium of the camera frame as a sign of objectivity? In his final film, acclaimed Iranian filmmaker Abbas Kiarostami explores these questions, layering digital animation over a series of 24 photographs taken by his own hand. Visually resplendent, the resulting compositions take their first steps away from the stasis of photography, and towards a stirring, uncanny life of their own.

Tickets: $5

Run time: 114 minutes, Rated R

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Sunday, April 22, 2:00 pm
Logan Center, Performance Hall

with International Contemporary Ensemble (ICE)

Major composers’ inspirations by and reflections on nature form the theme for this Contempo program.

Program:

George Crumb: 11 Echoes of Autumn
Harrison Birtwistle: Some Petals from my Twickenham Herbarium
Mario Davidovsky: Synchronisms No. 3
Toru Takemitsu: Rain Spell
Pauline Oliveros: Earth Ears

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Friday, April 27, 7:00 PM
Briar Street Theater
3133 N Halsted St

Join the Center for Leadership and Involvement for a night out see the Blue Man Group. We have limited tickets available so please purchase early!

For questions, please email Tempris Daniels at tedaniels@uchicago.edu

Tickets: $25 in advance, $30 (starting April 23, 2018) Limit 4 per person

Friday, April 27, 7:30 PM
Auditorium Theater
50 E Congress Pkwy

This is not Shakespeare's midsummer. Swedish trailblazer Ekman astounds with this ode to the longest day of the year. Delight in joyful abandon and romance under the Scandinavian sun as dancers celebrate and let their imaginations run wild. A tour de force that took Stockholm by storm. Join us for a pre-performance discussion with Artistic Director, Ashley Wheater, and a member of our Company and/or Artistic Team at 6pm.

Tickets: $15 for currently registered UCHICAGO STUDENTS ONLY. UCID Required; Limit 1 ticket per UCID.

TICKETS FOR THIS EVENT ARE CURRENTLY SOLD OUT. IF YOU'D LIKE TO BE ADDED TO THE STANDBY LIST, PLEASE SELECT THAT OPTION BELOW. YOU WILL BE NOTIFIED VIA EMAIL IF ADDITIONAL TICKETS BECOME AVAILABLE.

Friday, April 27, 7:30 pm
Logan Center, Performance Hall

Tomorrow's Music Today concerts feature music by some of today's finest young composers – University of Chicago doctoral candidates in composition – performed by Chicago-based Ensemble Dal Niente.

Free admission / No reservations required

RESERVATIONS ARE RECOMMENDED BUT NOT REQUIRED FOR THIS EVENT. SEATING WILL BE GENERAL ADMISSION.

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Sunday, April 29, 1:30 PM
Performance Hall, Logan Center for the Arts
915 E 60th St

RESERVATIONS FOR THIS EVENT ARE SOLD OUT.

Directed by internationally renowned artist Ai Weiwei, Human Flow is a sprawling and heartbreaking exploration of the global refugee crisis. Captured over the course of a year in 23 countries, the film follows a chain of urgent stories that stretches through Afghanistan, Greece, Iraq, Kenya, Mexico, Turkey and beyond. From teeming refugee camps to perilous ocean crossings to barbed-wire borders, Human Flow witnesses its subjects’ desperate search for safety, shelter, and justice. This event is a part of a nationwide simultaneous screening of Human Flow and the live Q&A with Ai Weiwei will be livestreamed to institutions across the country.

MORE ABOUT THE FILM:

Over 65 million people around the world have been forced from their homes to escape famine, climate change and war in the greatest human displacement since World War II.  Human Flow, an epic film journey led by the internationally renowned artist Ai Weiwei, gives a powerful visual expression to this massive human migration. The documentary elucidates both the staggering scale of the refugee crisis and its profoundly personal human impact.

Captured over the course of an eventful year in 23 countries, the film follows a chain of urgent human stories that stretches across the globe in countries including Afghanistan, Bangladesh, France, Greece, Germany, Iraq, Israel, Italy, Kenya, Mexico, and Turkey.  Human Flow is a witness to its subjects and their desperate search for safety, shelter and justice: from teeming refugee camps to perilous ocean crossings to barbed-wire borders; from dislocation and disillusionment to courage, endurance and adaptation; from the haunting lure of lives left behind to the unknown potential of the future. Human Flow comes at a crucial time when tolerance, compassion and trust are needed more than ever.  This visceral work of cinema is a testament to the unassailable human spirit and poses one of the questions that will define this century: Will our global society emerge from fear, isolation, and self-interest and choose a path of openness, freedom, and respect for humanity?

Presented by UChicago Arts and the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. Additional support provided by the Pozen Family Center for Human Rights and Chicago Humanities Festival.

Tickets: FREE but reservations are required (limit 1 per person)

Wednesday, May 2, 6:30 PM
Performance Hall, Logan Center for the Arts
915 E 60th St

A live program featuring singing, performance, and storytelling from native Chicagoan and actor Harry Lennix and singer Terisa Griffin. Lennix, well-known for his roles in the 1991 film The Five Heartbeats and Joss Whedon’s TV series Dollhouse, currently stars on NBC’S critically-acclaimed crime thriller The Blacklist.

With Dr. Anita Blanchard (Mistress of Ceremonies) and Terisa Griffin (Musical Director), featuring HistoryMaker Harry Lennix and performances by local high school students of stories from The HistoryMakers Digital Archive.

Tickets: FREE but reservations are recommended.

Thursday, May 3, 5-8 PM
The Art Institute of Chicago
111 S Michigan Ave

4:30pm – First bus departs Reynolds Club
5:00pm – Second and third bus departs Reynolds Club

Enjoy an evening at the Art Institute of Chicago, admission and hassle-free. In this quarterly outing, complimentary shuttles from the Reynolds Club deliver anyone with a UCID straight to the museum. For this edition of UChicago Night at the Art Institute, join UGRAD for special "Expose Yourself" tours around the museum featuring brief presentations from several UChicago graduate students and roam the museum with Northwestern students. Programming includes a lecture by UChicago's Harrie A. Vanderstappen Distinguished Service Professor of Art History, Wu Hung and a lecture by artist Ilit Azoulay.

Free admission and transportation with UCID. Limit 1 RSVP per UCID.

Friday, May 4, 7:30 pm
Logan Center, Performance Hall

Tomorrow's Music Today concerts feature music by some of today's finest young composers – University of Chicago doctoral candidates in composition – performed by Chicago-based Ensemble Dal Niente.

Free admission / No reservations required

RESERVATIONS ARE RECOMMENDED BUT NOT REQUIRED FOR THIS PERFORMANCE. SEATING WILL BE GENERAL ADMISSION.

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Subscriptions available here.

First Saturdays of the month, 2-4:30 PM
Logan Center for the Arts

 

Sweet Home UChicago

Saturday, May 5

Join us as we share history about important University of Chicago alums, and characteristics that make UChicago unique.

Going Global: Exploring Creative Traditions
Saturday, June 2

The advent and expansion of technology has given people the ability to easily exchange goods, ideas, trends, and culture. Take a trip around the world with us as we peek into the lives of our global neighbors through music, dance, film, and technology.

Tickets: FREE but reservations are strongly recommended.

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Saturday, May 5, 7:00 & 9:30 PM
Sunday, May 6, 4:00 PM
Doc Films, Ida Noyes Hall
1212 E 59th St

Alex Garland's follow-up to his lauded Ex Machina stars Natalie Portman as a biologist, who joins an expedition to journey into the depths of the 'shimmer' - an ever-expanding environmental disaster zone that defies the laws of nature. Trapped in a place where organisms disassemble and redesign themselves, and ethereal visuals combine with visceral horror, the team find themselves threatened by the terrifying flora and fauna of a new world.

Tickets: $5

Run time: 115 minutes

TICKET SALES ONLINE END ONE HOUR BEFORE SHOW TIME.

Thursday, May 10, 7:30 PM
Chicago Shakespeare Theater
800 E Grand Ave

Teller (of Penn & Teller) and Aaron Posner, the famed creators behind 2015’s The Tempest, reunite for Shakespeare’s psychological thriller in the theatrical event of the season. Magic, witches, dark moors, and stunning sights will delight and deceive in an electrifying tale of ambition and madness. Dark deeds are afoot in The Yard at Chicago Shakespeare, as Macbeth and his Lady risk all for the ultimate prize. But once they have it, how long can they hold on to the throne? Surrounded by darkness and enemies at every turn, the twisted, power-hungry couple fights for Scotland in an immersive visual world where “nothing is but what is not.” Chicago’s newest performance space, The Yard, is home to this supernatural tale, starring Helen Hayes award-winner Ian Merrill Peakes and Chicago leading lady Chaon Cross as Lord and Lady Macbeth. Join us for a pre-show talk with UChicago’s Associate Professor in the Department of English, Ellen MacKay in conversation with creative staff from Chicago Shakespeare Theater. Pre-show discussion will take place at 6pm.

Tickets: $15 for currently registered UCHICAGO STUDENTS ONLY. UCID Required; Limit 1 ticket per UCID.

Friday, May 11, 7:30 PM
Saturday, May 12, 3:00 PM
Sunday, May 13, 3:00 PM
Reynolds Club, FXK Theater
5706 S University Ave

Set in ancient China, a thousand years ago, this theatrical comedy discusses immigration, and ensuing conflicts of cultural identity. The story unfolds with a group of villagers living at the border of two countries. The love affair between a border soldier of a neighboring country and a local widow triggered the following events of how her relatives, neighbors and pursuer reacted. Envying the better life in the neighboring country, the locals went crazy into immigration mania, but soon found themselves in a dilemma of cultural identity, especially after a war started between the countries. First written and performed in 2013, the comedy gained extreme popularity in China. Windmill Drama Club will be the first group to stage the show in US.

The play is performed in Mandarin Chinese, with English synopsis provided.

Tickets: General admission* is free. 

Coupons and/or premium access will be provided as follows for every kind donation to support our organization.

$5 donation: 3 restaurant coupons**

$10 donation: premium access*** and 3 restaurant coupons.

$20 donation: premium access and 6 restaurant coupons.

**Premium access: enter the theater anytime, starting 45 min before the performance.

*General admission: wait in line and enter the theater 10 min before the performance.

**Each restaurant coupon enjoys $5 off every $50 spent in any of the 10 popular Chinese restaurants.

This performance will run approximately 2.5 hours with one intermission.

Friday, May 11, 7:30 PM
Logan Center, Performance Hall
6:30 PM lecture with Michael Dawson

Imani Winds closes its UChicago residency with a concert celebrating the continuing civil rights movement. Frederic Rzewski's work is dedicated to John Hope Franklin, a distinguished scholar of African-American history who taught at UChicago; Vijay Iyer's piece was partially influenced by the death of Trayvon Martin; and Pulitzer Prize winner Henry Threadgill's new work reflects both his time in Chicago and acivil rights theme.

Program: A Change is Gon' Come

Frederic Rzewski: Sometimes
Vijay Iyer: Bruits
Henry Threadgill: new work - world premiere
Traditional arr. Jeff Scott: American spirituals
Sam Cooke arr. Imani Winds: A Change is Gonna Come

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Saturday, May 12, 7:00 & 9:30 PM
Sunday, May 13, 4:00 PM
Doc Films, Ida Noyes Hall
1212 E 59th St

This "disquieting, blisteringly funny evisceration of the bourgeoisie" stars Isabelle Huppert and Jean-Louis Trintignant as scions of a wealthy family living in a Calais mansion, in the midst of the European refugee crisis. Following a serious accident with one of their laborers, the family's way of life is thrown into disarray. Haneke's uniquely unsettling tone renders Happy End a revelation, crackling with urgent sociopolitical charge.

Tickets: $5

Run time: 107 minutes

TICKET SALES ONLINE END ONE HOUR BEFORE SHOW TIME.

Monday, May 14, 7:30 PM
Chicago Symphony Center
1220 S Michigan Ave

All is fair in love and war…or is it? Chicago Sinfonietta’s 30th anniversary season comes to a blockbuster close with a concert mashup that puts gospel, classical, and a nonconformist marching band in one epic program that turns the love-themed concert on its head. From romance to spirituality and passion to battle, emotions will run high from start to epic finish as we team up with Apostolic Church of God Sanctuary Choir to blow the roof off in the first half and then stage the ultimate “battle of the bands” rematch against our friends at Mucca Pazza to the tune of Prokoviev’s Romeo and Juliet Suite in the second half. Go Big or Go Home...right? Pre-show celebration will take place at 6:30pm.

Tickets: $10 for currently registered UCHICAGO STUDENTS ONLY. UCID Required; Limit 1 ticket per UCID.

Wednesday, May 16, 7:00 PM
Performance Penthouse, Logan Center for the Arts
915 E 60th St

Chicago jazz drummer Dana Hall moderates a public listening session with Brian Blade.

Presented by UChicago Presents and Hyde Park Jazz Festival.

Tickets: FREE but reservations are recommended.

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Thursday, May 17, 7:30 pm
Logan Center, Performance Hall

Drummer Brian Blade brings his Fellowship Band to close the season.

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Friday, May 18, 6:30 PM
Court Theater
5535 S Ellis Ave

When a Harvard Law School graduate with decidedly different views takes on a clerkship with Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, one of America’s most brilliant and polarizing figures, she discovers in him an infuriating opponent and an unexpected mentor. Their relationship faces the ultimate test as they confront one of the most polarizing cases to reach the nation’s highest court. Written by Charles MacArthur Award winner John Strand. Exclusive pre-show reception with the playwright, John Strand, and a post-show discussion with Court artistic staff are included.

Co-sponsored by UCIJAM.

Tickets: $5 for currently registered UCHICAGO STUDENTS ONLY. UCID Required; Limit 1 ticket per UCID.

Saturday, May 19, 7:00 & 9:30 PM
Sunday, May 20, 4:00 PM
Doc Films, Ida Noyes Hall
1212 E 59th St

Don Diego de Zama is a fish out of water as an administrator in colonial Argentina. The exotic vibrance of his environment soon assumes an oppressive aura, forcing Zama into violent confrontations with the mysterious forces of the South American tropics. With this feverish hothouse of a movie, Lucretia Martel confirms her status as the leading light of the vaunted New Argentine Cinema, one of contemporary film's most exciting wellsprings of creativity.

Tickets: $5

Run time: 115 minutes

TICKET SALES ONLINE END ONE HOUR BEFORE SHOW TIME.

Friday, May 25, 7:00 PM
Performance Hall, Logan Center for the Arts

The Council on University Programming is bringing Second City to campus on Friday, May 25th! Our Chicago-themed event will also feature snacks from some of the city’s most famous restaurants, including Portillo’s, Garrett’s Popcorn, and Bang Bang Pie and Biscuits. Vegetarian and vegan options are also available. Seating is limited, so be sure to get your tickets early! Please note that tickets are non-refundable and non-transferable. Questions? Contact Naomi Yamamoto at nyamamoto@uchicago.edu.

Tickets: $5

TICKETS GO ON SALE APRIL 27TH.

Saturday, June 30, 1:00pm, 3:00pm & 6:30pm
Performance Hall, Logan Center for the Arts

Join us as we celebrate our community's children in our Annual Dance Recital!

Tickets: $15 / FREE under 4 years old

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