Committed Knitters welcomes you to our bi-weekly gatherings at the Arts Incubator Flex Space!

Arts + Public Life, in partnership with the Reva and David Logan Center for the Arts,  Soundrotation, and Brain Trust Management presents a new installment of Rear View Mirror Sessions.

Presented by the Smart Museum of Art in collaboration with Arts + Public Life and Spiritual Life, this beginner-friendly yoga series is a heart-centered, healing Hatha yoga practice intimately linked to the Smart’s How Do We Heal? 2026-2027 exhibition.

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.

The Arts Incubator’s Reading Room features curated books, magazines, and archives on South Side art, culture, and history.

Thresholds: Conversations on the Stoop is a series of talks that take place on the front porch within the Intentionality, 1960: Whose Dreams exhibition

Presented by the Smart Museum of Art in collaboration with Arts + Public Life and Spiritual Life, this beginner-friendly yoga series is a heart-centered, healing Hatha yoga practice intimately linked to the Smart’s How Do We Heal? 2026-2027 exhibition.

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.

The Arts Incubator’s Reading Room features curated books, magazines, and archives on South Side art, culture, and history.

Presented by the Smart Museum of Art in collaboration with Arts + Public Life and Spiritual Life, this beginner-friendly yoga series is a heart-centered, healing Hatha yoga practice intimately linked to the Smart’s How Do We Heal? 2026-2027 exhibition.

Zahra Baker and Shanta Nurullah host a participatory workshop based on gathering stories of Black lesbian life.

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.

The Arts Incubator’s Reading Room features curated books, magazines, and archives on South Side art, culture, and history.

Before the autumn chill sets in, join us for an evening of under the stars and around the fire to welcome the season and light up the night.

Presented by the Smart Museum of Art in collaboration with Arts + Public Life and Spiritual Life, this beginner-friendly yoga series is a heart-centered, healing Hatha yoga practice intimately linked to the Smart’s How Do We Heal? 2026-2027 exhibition.

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.

Thresholds: Conversations on the Stoop is a series of talks that take place on the front porch within the Intentionality, 1960: Whose Dreams? exhibition.

The Arts Incubator’s Reading Room features curated books, magazines, and archives on South Side art, culture, and history.

This event is hosted by the Black Arts and Culture Alliance of Chicago (BACA) and supported by Arts + Public Life through our Community Cultural Arts Partnership program.

Attune to the Earth’s natural rhythms as the sun sets over the Arts Lawn, a peaceful green space for you to pause and align to nature’s transition from day to night, work to rest, the external to the internal.

Exhibition Opening of Chicago artist and 2024 APL Artist-in-Residence, Candace Hunter.

This summer, meet us on the Arts Lawn at golden hour for Poetry at the Pavilion, a monthly celebration of Chicago’s contemporary poets and the South Side writers who inspired them. 

Join us for our monthly guided walking tour of the Arts Block! Explore the venues managed by Arts + Public Life and dive into the rich cultural history of East Garfield Boulevard.

Attune to the Earth’s natural rhythms as the sun sets over the Arts Lawn, a peaceful green space for you to pause and align to nature’s transition from day to night, work to rest, the external to the internal.

Chicago Exhibition Week first look of Intentionality, 1960: Whose Dreams? by Candace Hunter, Chicago artist and 2024 APL Artist-in-Residence.

Attune to the Earth’s natural rhythms as the sun sets over the Arts Lawn, a peaceful green space for you to pause and align to nature’s transition from day to night, work to rest, the external to the internal.

First Monday Jazz returns to the Arts Lawn for its landmark 13th season. The September Featured Performer is the Clif Wallace Big Band

Explore how vulnerability in songwriting creates lasting artistic legacy.

Attune to the Earth’s natural rhythms as the sun sets over the Arts Lawn, a peaceful green space for you to pause and align to nature’s transition from day to night, work to rest, the external to the internal.

Attune to the Earth’s natural rhythms as the sun sets over the Arts Lawn, a peaceful green space for you to pause and align to nature’s transition from day to night, work to rest, the external to the internal.