A fledgling cartography project at the UofC challenges students and Hyde Park residents to map out their worldOn a sunny Saturday, amidst the live music, water balloon fights, and petitions at Woodlawn’s Art in Action festival, four University of Chicago…
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The Art of Action
by Anna Fixsen •
A shared University-community arts festival marks its fifth yearAround a rectangular table in a conference room at the Bessie Coleman Library, a group of University of Chicago students and community members are meeting to discuss this year’s Art in Action…
Crossing the Line: After forty years honoring 61st Street as its border with Woodlawn, the University of Chicago is positioning itself to move farther south
by Robin Peterson •
In the 1960s, the University of Chicago was subjecting Hyde Park and South Kenwood to a harsh regimen of urban renewal. It invoked eminent domain to take control of property in areas of “blight” and redevelop them, displacing many low-income…
Art in Action
by Julia Pagnamenta •
Art in Action is an annual festival launched by the Southside Solidarity Network, a University of Chicago student group; now in its third year, the event has blossomed into a full day of music, hands-on art, and community discussions where…
State of the Art: Why art matters, from the people who live it
by Chicago Weekly Staff •
We asked some leading lights of the South Side art scene: Why does art matter? What is the social relevance of art? Why do we need it on the South Side? What follows are their responses.
Making Hyde Park
by Robin Peterson •
Development in Hyde Park has been a contentious issue since the urban renewal of the 1950s, and judging by the crowd at the panel discussion “Making Hyde Park: Development in our Community,” it’s as hot a topic as ever. Over…
First, Do No Harm: The Southside Solidarity Network wants to help you find housing responsibly
by Sam Feldman •
Last spring, Clare Johnson and her boyfriend went bike riding on the North Side in search of a neighborhood that wasn’t undergoing gentrification. Johnson, at the time a third-year undergraduate at the University of Chicago, was looking for someplace she…
