Capturing a piece of Hyde Park culture
Undergraduate Sarra Jahedi’s film, The Game, documents the avid local chess scene.
Carrie Golus
Landmark festival celebrates French composer
Music lovers to converge on campus to hear and discuss musical pioneer Olivier Messiaen.
Josh Schonwald
Artists who defied convention
The University of Chicago Department of Visual Arts’ exhibition reveals little-known South Side scene that reflects the turmoil of the times.
Susie Allen
Views of art, self on ‘other’ side of globe
University of Chicago undergraduates travel to Spain to see masterpieces, and themselves, in a different context.
Greg Holden
Music, Movies, and the Mind
University of Chicago PhD student David Bashwiner's mind-expanding score reaches the big screen.
Michelle Rapaport
Art historian takes a road trip to renew her spirit
Erin Hogan, AM’91, PhD’99, drove 3,000 miles, solo, to view the massive land art of the West.
Laura Putre
Politics of the hip-hop generation
Bakari Kitwana, the 2007-2008 Artist-in-Residence in the University’s Center for the Study of Race, Politics and Culture, discusses hip hop.
Josh Schonwald
Going viral with a new music search engine Songza
A website developed by University of Chicago alumnus Aza Raskin, AB’05, allows users to listen to music for free.
Valerie Vedral
Organ and carillon reunite at Rockefeller
University of Chicago’s carillonneur and organist enjoy a special place in history, as two newly renovated jewels return to their former glory.
Michael Drapa
New, interdisciplinary arts center aims to nurture creativity
The Reva and David Logan Center for Creative and Performing Arts is scheduled to open in 2011.