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Gimme Shelter
MAC Locations: Nearly 80 properties throughout Hyde Park and Kenwood Amenities: Range widely depending on the property, but may include balcony, dishwasher, bike room, hardwood floors or carpeting, granite countertops, air conditioning, sunroom, a laundry center, private parking, fireplace, and fitness center. All apartments include heat, water, and 24-hour maintenance. Rent Range: Studio: $600-800;... »
Sacred Spaces
On Thursday morning, Father Elijah Mueller arrived at the UofC’s New Graduate Residence Hall with a wooden bowl full of holy water, an incense stick, and a small bottle of oil. He was wearing a long black cassock and ornate shawl. Mueller, a priest from the UofC’s Orthodox Christian Fellowship, came to bless rooms... »
Room to Grow
Theaster Gates, Director of Arts and Public Life at the University of Chicago, is spearheading a new UofC Arts and Public Life initiative aimed at strengthening the connection between the arts communities on and off campus. The cornerstone of this $1.85 million University-funded initiative will be an “arts incubator” in Washington Park. »
O for Oscar
In her talk, Peirce poked fun at the prudishness of the Motion Picture Association of America, asking the audience, “When has anyone ever been hurt by an orgasm that lasted too long?” »
Float On
Working with his ChiArts students everyday after school and on weekends for the past few months, Jeremiah Hulsebos-Spofford has designed and begun to build usable rafts out of discarded construction materials from projects on the University of Chicago campus. »
Ceramic Namelessness
Like "Age of Aquarius," the gallery’s previous show, “O’Brien” is a fun exhibition, wild, eclectic, and colorful. About a hundred ceramic pieces sit tightly arranged on a wooden, T-shaped table, and while a few terraced pyramids on the tabletop elevate some ceramics above the others, for the most part it’s pieces next to pieces... »
State of disbelief
Hosted by the Secular Student Association in the UofC’s Reynolds Club, the Spirit Week kickoff Superstition Bash was intended to be an irreverent reversal of rituals and a transgression of taboos. »
Hunting and gathering records
Delirious “whoops” only world record-breakers could produce emanated from the main quad of the University of Chicago campus at 5:40pm last Friday. Admittedly, the celebration was premature—the old record was still standing—but if the endless mass of individuals filling the quad stuck with the challenge, breaking the record was certainly imminent. »
