South Side Fireflies
South Side Fireflies is back on the Arts Block!
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.
Critical Sounds Symposium Open Studios: UChicago Students
UChicago composers and sound practitioners present installed at the Green Line Performing Arts Center and Arts Incubator
Critical Sounds Keynote Lecture: Gascia Ouzounian
Professor Gascia Ouzounian delivers the keynote address for Critical Sounds, drawing on her research at the intersection of sound studies, urban history, and science and technology studies.
Critical Sounds Symposium Performance: Evicshen (Victoria Shen)
San Francisco-based sound artist Victoria Shen, performing as Evicshen, brings her singular practice to GLPAC
Critical Sounds Symposium Open Studios: UChicago Students
UChicago composers and sound practitioners present installed works across the spaces of the Green Line Performing Arts Center and Arts Incubator.
Critical Sounds Symposium UChicago Student/Faculty/Community Performances
UChicago composers and sound practitioners present installed works across the spaces of the Green Line Performing Arts Center and Arts Incubator.
Critical Sounds Symposium Closing Party: DJ Lady D
Close out Critical Sounds on the dance floor with DJ Lady D, who returns to bring the symposium/festival to a euphoric close. Lady D spins house, disco, and tech-house in the Harris Studio— an open space transformed for the night into a proper party.
First, Breathe Healing Arts Series
First, Breathe: Healing Arts Series is a movement and arts-based program rooted in creativity, community care, and embodied storytelling.
Black History Future Folk Symposium
The 3rd Annual Black History Future Folk Symposium returns April 17–18, 2026 here in Chicago!
Challenge Accepted! Teen Arts Council Game Night
Join APL’s multifaceted Teen Arts Council on April 29th from 5:00 to 7:30 for Challenge Accepted, a game night experience! This specially curated evening features original, student-created games and interactive activities designed to help you unplug from your screens and connect with those around you.
May Their Impact Never Be Forgotten: Activating the Legacies of Invisible Giants
In celebration of Women’s History Month, join Arts + Public Life and filmmaker, author and historian Essence McDowell for a special screening of Invisible Giants.
South Side Fireflies
South Side Fireflies is back on the Arts Block!
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.
Jess Atieno Exhibition Opening: Sightlines, Ghosts, and Other Stories of the Impossible
Jess Atieno (2023 Arts + Public Life Artist-in–Residence) returns to Arts + Public Life and presents new work that considers the shifting legacy of African modernism through the afterlives of independence-era architecture.
First, Breathe Healing Arts Series
First, Breathe: Healing Arts Series is a movement and arts-based program rooted in creativity, community care, and embodied storytelling.
South Side Fireflies
South Side Fireflies is back on the Arts Block!
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.
Committed Knitters
Committed Knitters meets bi-weekly at the Arts Incubator Flex Space for a cozy, creative gathering open to all skill levels. Supplies are provided—just drop in, connect, and knit together.
Spinning Home Movies #20 Quiet Still Closing Night with Jenn Freeman
Celebrate Spinning Home Movies Episode #20: Quiet Still with an intimate performance by movement artist Jenn Freeman.
Forever Fly Vintage Market
Join us on March 14th at the Arts Incubator for the Forever Fly Vintage Market.
Spinning Home Movies #20: Quiet Still with Jason Campbell | Gallery Hours
As part of its 20th Anniversary celebration, the South Side Home Movie Project presents Spinning Home Movies Episode 20: Quiet Still with Jason Campbell, a week-long exhibition that showcases the materiality, architecture and temporality of home through archival films and architectural design.
Silkroad Resonance Circle: Chicago
Join us for a vibrant, welcoming community jam & dance session featuring musicians from the Silkroad Ensemble & guest artist, Karim Nagi
South Side Fireflies
South Side Fireflies is back on the Arts Block!
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.
Spinning Home Movies #20: Quiet Still with Jason Campbell | Gallery Hours
As part of its 20th Anniversary celebration, the South Side Home Movie Project presents Spinning Home Movies Episode 20: Quiet Still with Jason Campbell, a week-long exhibition that showcases the materiality, architecture and temporality of home through archival films and architectural design.
Spinning Home Movies #20: Quiet Still with Jason Campbell | Gallery Hours
As part of its 20th Anniversary celebration, the South Side Home Movie Project presents Spinning Home Movies Episode 20: Quiet Still with Jason Campbell, a week-long exhibition that showcases the materiality, architecture and temporality of home through archival films and architectural design.
Spinning Home Movies #20: Quiet Still with Jason Campbell | Gallery Hours
As part of its 20th Anniversary celebration, the South Side Home Movie Project presents Spinning Home Movies Episode 20: Quiet Still with Jason Campbell, a week-long exhibition that showcases the materiality, architecture and temporality of home through archival films and architectural design.
Spinning Home Movies #20: Quiet Still with Jason Campbell | Gallery Hours
As part of its 20th Anniversary celebration, the South Side Home Movie Project presents Spinning Home Movies Episode 20: Quiet Still with Jason Campbell, a week-long exhibition that showcases the materiality, architecture and temporality of home through archival films and architectural design.
Spinning Home Movies #20: Quiet Still with Jason Campbell | Gallery Hours
As part of its 20th Anniversary celebration, the South Side Home Movie Project presents Spinning Home Movies Episode 20: Quiet Still with Jason Campbell, a week-long exhibition that showcases the materiality, architecture and temporality of home through archival films and architectural design.
Spinning Home Movies #20 | Quiet Still with Jason Campbell
The South Side Home Movie Project presents Spinning Home Movies Episode 20: “Quiet Still” with Jason Campbell
South Side Fireflies
South Side Fireflies is back on the Arts Block!
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.
L1 Sip + Shop
Join us for Sip + Shop, a series of gatherings at the L1 Retail Store that showcase local creative entrepreneurs with a curated shopping experience, drinks and bites, and good vibes.
Committed Knitters
Committed Knitters meets bi-weekly at the Arts Incubator Flex Space for a cozy, creative gathering open to all skill levels. Supplies are provided—just drop in, connect, and knit together.
Rear View Mirror Sessions: Stevie Wonder
RVMS continues with a celebration of Stevie Wonder, in conjunction with the UChicago course, Wonder Lab: Learning from the Musical Art and Craft of Stevie Wonder, taught by Prof. Adam Green.
Making Home The Linen Closet + South Side Home Movie Project
This compilation of vintage home movies drawn from the South Side Home Movie Project archives celebrates the materiality of home.
South Side Fireflies
South Side Fireflies is back on the Arts Block!
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.
First, Breathe Healing Arts Series
First, Breathe: Healing Arts Series is a movement and arts-based program rooted in creativity, community care, and embodied storytelling.
South Side Fireflies
South Side Fireflies is back on the Arts Block!
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.
Portable Gray CAA Critical Art Soirée
The Richard and Mary L. Gray Center for Arts and Inquiry invite you to join us for our Portable Gray CAA Critical Art Soirée
Committed Knitters
Committed Knitters meets bi-weekly at the Arts Incubator Flex Space for a cozy, creative gathering open to all skill levels. Supplies are provided—just drop in, connect, and knit together.
South Side Fireflies
South Side Fireflies is back on the Arts Block!
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.
LOVE IS IN THE AIR: Valentine's Day Candle Making Workshop
Celebrate love in all its forms with an intimate Valentine’s Day candle pouring experience led by Hyde + Park Co.
South Side Fireflies
South Side Fireflies is back on the Arts Block!
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.