April 18 | Community Yoga
Apr
18

April 18 | Community Yoga

Join Arts + Public Life for free yoga classes every Friday and Saturday on the Arts Block! These 1-hour sessions include poses, stretching, breathing, and meditation—perfect for stress relief and relaxation.

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April 19 | Community Yoga
Apr
19

April 19 | Community Yoga

Join Arts + Public Life for free yoga classes every Friday and Saturday on the Arts Block! These 1-hour sessions include poses, stretching, breathing, and meditation—perfect for stress relief and relaxation.

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the undercommons |   EXPO'S South Side night
Apr
22

the undercommons | EXPO'S South Side night

Arts + Public Life presents the undercommons, the first solo exhibition by painter Brandon Carlton. Through his distinctive approach to stylized figuration, Carlton explores the complexities of contemporary Black life, using portraiture and spatial composition to evoke intimacy, distance, and presence.

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April 25 | Community Yoga
Apr
25

April 25 | Community Yoga

Join Arts + Public Life for free yoga classes every Friday and Saturday on the Arts Block! These 1-hour sessions include poses, stretching, breathing, and meditation—perfect for stress relief and relaxation.

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April 26 | Community Yoga
Apr
26

April 26 | Community Yoga

Join Arts + Public Life for free yoga classes every Friday and Saturday on the Arts Block! These 1-hour sessions include poses, stretching, breathing, and meditation—perfect for stress relief and relaxation.

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Re-Writing the Declaration (Fri)
May
23

Re-Writing the Declaration (Fri)

Catalyzed by the Movement for Black Lives, Re-Writing the Declaration is a devised, participatory play inviting audiences to center Black women, and femmes, nonbinary, and trans folx of color, in order to free us all.

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Re-Writing the Declaration (Sat)
May
24

Re-Writing the Declaration (Sat)

Catalyzed by the Movement for Black Lives, Re-Writing the Declaration is a devised, participatory play inviting audiences to center Black women, and femmes, nonbinary, and trans folx of color, in order to free us all.

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South Side Fireflies
Apr
12

South Side Fireflies

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. Led by teaching artists Shanta Nurullah, Zahra Baker, Angel Bat Dawid and Julian Otis, Fireflies is a place for families to gather on Saturday mornings for music and fun on the Arts Block.

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April 11 | Community Yoga
Apr
11

April 11 | Community Yoga

Join Arts + Public Life for free yoga classes every Friday and Saturday on the Arts Block! These 1-hour sessions include poses, stretching, breathing, and meditation—perfect for stress relief and relaxation.

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South Side Fireflies
Apr
5

South Side Fireflies

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. Led by teaching artists Shanta Nurullah, Zahra Baker, Angel Bat Dawid and Julian Otis, Fireflies is a place for families to gather on Saturday mornings for music and fun on the Arts Block.

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April 5 | Community Yoga
Apr
5

April 5 | Community Yoga

Join Arts + Public Life for free yoga classes every Friday and Saturday on the Arts Block! These 1-hour sessions include poses, stretching, breathing, and meditation—perfect for stress relief and relaxation.

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April 4 | Community Yoga
Apr
4

April 4 | Community Yoga

Join Arts + Public Life for free yoga classes every Friday and Saturday on the Arts Block! These 1-hour sessions include poses, stretching, breathing, and meditation—perfect for stress relief and relaxation.

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South Side Fireflies
Mar
29

South Side Fireflies

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. Led by teaching artists Shanta Nurullah, Zahra Baker, Angel Bat Dawid and Julian Otis, Fireflies is a place for families to gather on Saturday mornings for music and fun on the Arts Block.

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March 29 | Community Yoga
Mar
29

March 29 | Community Yoga

Join Arts + Public Life for free yoga classes every Friday and Saturday on the Arts Block! These 1-hour sessions include poses, stretching, breathing, and meditation—perfect for stress relief and relaxation.

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March 28 | Community Yoga
Mar
28

March 28 | Community Yoga

Join Arts + Public Life for free yoga classes every Friday and Saturday on the Arts Block! These 1-hour sessions include poses, stretching, breathing, and meditation—perfect for stress relief and relaxation.

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South Side Fireflies
Mar
22

South Side Fireflies

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. Led by teaching artists Shanta Nurullah, Zahra Baker, Angel Bat Dawid and Julian Otis, Fireflies is a place for families to gather on Saturday mornings for music and fun on the Arts Block.

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March 22 | Community Yoga
Mar
22

March 22 | Community Yoga

Join Arts + Public Life for free yoga classes every Friday and Saturday on the Arts Block! These 1-hour sessions include poses, stretching, breathing, and meditation—perfect for stress relief and relaxation.

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March 21 | Community Yoga
Mar
21

March 21 | Community Yoga

Join Arts + Public Life for free yoga classes every Friday and Saturday on the Arts Block! These 1-hour sessions include poses, stretching, breathing, and meditation—perfect for stress relief and relaxation.

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Committed Knitters
Mar
19

Committed Knitters

Join Committed Knitters for bi-weekly gatherings at the Arts Incubator Flex Space, where all skill levels—from beginners to pros—are welcome to share ideas, work on projects, and have fun together. Supplies are provided, and no registration is needed—just drop in!

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South Side Fireflies
Mar
15

South Side Fireflies

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. Led by teaching artists Shanta Nurullah, Zahra Baker, Angel Bat Dawid and Julian Otis, Fireflies is a place for families to gather on Saturday mornings for music and fun on the Arts Block.

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March 15 | Community Yoga
Mar
15

March 15 | Community Yoga

Join Arts + Public Life for free yoga classes every Friday and Saturday on the Arts Block! These 1-hour sessions include poses, stretching, breathing, and meditation—perfect for stress relief and relaxation.

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March 14 | Community Yoga
Mar
14

March 14 | Community Yoga

Join Arts + Public Life for free yoga classes every Friday and Saturday on the Arts Block! These 1-hour sessions include poses, stretching, breathing, and meditation—perfect for stress relief and relaxation.

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South Side Fireflies
Mar
8

South Side Fireflies

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. Led by teaching artists Shanta Nurullah, Zahra Baker, Angel Bat Dawid and Julian Otis, Fireflies is a place for families to gather on Saturday mornings for music and fun on the Arts Block.

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March 8 | Community Yoga
Mar
8

March 8 | Community Yoga

Join Arts + Public Life for free yoga classes every Friday and Saturday on the Arts Block! These 1-hour sessions include poses, stretching, breathing, and meditation—perfect for stress relief and relaxation.

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March 7 | Community Yoga
Mar
7

March 7 | Community Yoga

Join Arts + Public Life for free yoga classes every Friday and Saturday on the Arts Block! These 1-hour sessions include poses, stretching, breathing, and meditation—perfect for stress relief and relaxation.

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Committed Knitters
Mar
5

Committed Knitters

Join Committed Knitters for bi-weekly gatherings at the Arts Incubator Flex Space, where all skill levels—from beginners to pros—are welcome to share ideas, work on projects, and have fun together. Supplies are provided, and no registration is needed—just drop in!

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South Side Fireflies
Mar
1

South Side Fireflies

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. Led by teaching artists Shanta Nurullah, Zahra Baker, Angel Bat Dawid and Julian Otis, Fireflies is a place for families to gather on Saturday mornings for music and fun on the Arts Block.

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March 1 | Community Yoga
Mar
1

March 1 | Community Yoga

Join Arts + Public Life for free yoga classes every Friday and Saturday on the Arts Block! These 1-hour sessions include poses, stretching, breathing, and meditation—perfect for stress relief and relaxation.

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February 28 | Community Yoga
Feb
28

February 28 | Community Yoga

Join Arts + Public Life for free yoga classes every Friday and Saturday on the Arts Block! These 1-hour sessions include poses, stretching, breathing, and meditation—perfect for stress relief and relaxation.

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Dreaming Home: Cultural Imagination and Racial Realities of Home Ownership
Feb
25

Dreaming Home: Cultural Imagination and Racial Realities of Home Ownership

The American Dream often begins with owning a home. But for many, that dream is built on unequal foundations. How can we better understand the reality of home ownership in America—its economic, sociological, and racial histories, as well as the cultural productions that shape our imagination of what it means to own a home?

Join us at the Green Line Performing Arts Center for the Winter Dean's Salon by the UChicago Division of the Humanities! Our very own faculty director and cultural theorist, Adrienne Brown, will join Deborah L. Nelson, dean of the Division of the Humanities, and sociologist Robin Bartram to explore the complexity and inequalities of American home ownership, with the aim of generating clarity and new perspectives on re-imagining more equitable, holistic, and sustainable housing solutions for Chicago and other American cities.

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South Side Fireflies
Feb
22

South Side Fireflies

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. Led by teaching artists Shanta Nurullah, Zahra Baker, Angel Bat Dawid and Julian Otis, Fireflies is a place for families to gather on Saturday mornings for music and fun on the Arts Block

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February 22 | Community Yoga
Feb
22

February 22 | Community Yoga

Join Arts + Public Life for free yoga classes every Friday and Saturday on the Arts Block! These 1-hour sessions include poses, stretching, breathing, and meditation—perfect for stress relief and relaxation.

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February 21 | Community Yoga
Feb
21

February 21 | Community Yoga

Join Arts + Public Life for free yoga classes every Friday and Saturday on the Arts Block! These 1-hour sessions include poses, stretching, breathing, and meditation—perfect for stress relief and relaxation.

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Committed Knitters
Feb
19

Committed Knitters

Join Committed Knitters for bi-weekly gatherings at the Arts Incubator Flex Space, where all skill levels—from beginners to pros—are welcome to share ideas, work on projects, and have fun together. Supplies are provided, and no registration is needed—just drop in!

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