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Macbeth's Art (Ages 16+)
Evanston Art Center See all classes by this school @ 1717 Central St, Evanston, IL
Love to read Shakespeare? Love to create art? Perfect! In this course, you will do both. We will read one act per week, discuss the readings in class, and then create art in response to Shakespeare's "Macbeth". All reader levels, artistic levels, and art mediums are welcome.
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The Art of Seeing Color
Evanston Art Center See all classes by this school @ 1717 Central St, Evanston, IL
Unlock the secrets of color perception and expression in this illuminating one-day workshop. Explore the intersection of historic theories and modern perspectives to cultivate your own artistic vision. Through engaging exercises and discussions, create tangible examples to deepen your understanding and inspire ongoing color exploration beyond the classroom.
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$135
The EAC Book Club
Evanston Art Center See all classes by this school @ 1717 Central St, Evanston, IL
Join The EAC Book Club for an enriching journey through literature that intertwines with the world of art. Engage in lively discussions centered around novels that delve into the lives of renowned artists and the essence of creativity. Whether you're a seasoned bibliophile or an art enthusiast, immerse yourself in a welcoming community that celebrates the captivating intersection of literature and visual expression.
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Walking Chicago's Literary Gold Coast
The Newberry See all classes by this school @ 60 W Walton St, Chicago, IL
Chicago’s Gold Coast neighborhood contains a great number of important literary associations, including the Newberry Library and authors connected to it. The neighborhood’s rich history is intertwined with the notable writers and thinkers who’ve made the Gold Coast home over the past century and a half. This class will combine site visits (all within walking distance) with reading that explores the neighborhood—its evolution, its lasting...
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Literature & Art in the Midwest Metropolis
The Newberry See all classes by this school @ 60 W Walton St, Chicago, IL
Liesl Olson, Chicago Renaissance: Literature and Art in the Midwest Metropolis This remarkable cultural history celebrates the great Midwestern city of Chicago for its centrality to the modernist movement. Author Liesl Olson traces Chicago’s cultural development from the 1893 World’s Fair through mid century, illuminating how Chicago writers revolutionized literary forms during the first half of the twentieth century, a period of sweeping aesthetic...
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Free
Suminagashi: Japanese Marbling
Infinity Foundation See all classes by this school @ 1280 Old Skokie Valley Rd, Highland Park, IL
Suminagashi means floating ink. This traditional art form originated in eighteenth century Japan. Marble-like patterns are created by floating ink on water. Dip one brush in ink and one in colorless ink—a mixture of water and wetting agent. Using a brush, you touch the tip of the ink brush to the surface of the water. A puddle of ink will form. Touch the colorless brush to the center of the puddle. Repeat until the surface is covered with rings...
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$30
Civil Rights in Chicago Today
The Newberry See all classes by this school @ 60 W Walton St, Chicago, IL
Across the country, protests have erupted against the systemic perpetuation of racial inequality. In Chicago, African-American activists have taken to the streets and organized their communities to challenge institutionalized racism in the areas of policing, health care, education, and human rights. The Newberry welcomes three young African-American activists for a panel discussion on civil rights in Chicago today and the prospects for change in...
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Free
The Dangerous Mind of Benjamin Lay
The Newberry See all classes by this school @ 60 W Walton St, Chicago, IL
This lecture, by Marcus Rediker, explores the life and thought of Benjamin Lay, a radical abolitionist dwarf who, in the 1730’s, practiced guerilla theater against slave-owners and became one of the first to argue for the immediate, unconditional abolition of slavery. This intellectual history from below argues that Lay’s radicalism was a rope of five strands: “primitive Quakerism,” seafaring solidarity, African-American freedom struggles,...
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Genealogy and Local History Orientation
The Newberry See all classes by this school @ 60 W Walton St, Chicago, IL
The Genealogy and Local History staff will introduce visitors to the Newberry and explain how to use its collections at an informal orientation. Aimed at researchers new to the library and/or new to genealogical research, this session will last approximately an hour, followed by a short tour of the library. Afterwards, you are welcome to begin your research in the General Reading Room where a reference librarian will be available to provide suggestions...
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Frank Lloyd Wright: Looking Forward and Thinking Back
The Newberry See all classes by this school @ 60 W Walton St, Chicago, IL
This is a one time FREE course. To mark the 150th anniversary of Frank Lloyd Wright’s birth on June 8, 1867, John Waters will focus his talk on two important written works by Frank Lloyd Wright, and their connections with his built work. The works are “The Art and Craft of the Machine,” presented to the Chicago Arts and Crafts Society in 1901, and Genius and the Mobocracy, published in 1949. In the first, Wright laid out a way of thinking...
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Free
An Eternal Story of Love and Loss: Orpheus and Opera
The Newberry See all classes by this school @ 60 W Walton St, Chicago, IL
This is a one time FREE course This fall the Lyric Opera of Chicago, in collaboration with the Joffrey Ballet, is mounting an exciting new production of the 1774 Paris version of Christoph Gluck’s Orphée et Eurydice. But the myth of Orpheus journeying to the Underworld to find his deceased wife Eurydice has inspired composers from the first surviving opera by Jacopo Peri in 1600 to the Canadian composer John Robertson’s recent Orpheus masque,...
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Shakespeare Project of Chicago: Coriolanus
The Newberry See all classes by this school @ 60 W Walton St, Chicago, IL
This is a one time FREE course “Let me have war, say I: it exceeds peace as far as day does night: it’s sprightly waking, audible, and full of vent. Peace is a very apoplexy, lethargy; mulled, deaf, sleepy, insensible: a getter of more bastard children than war’s a destroyer of men.” An informative talk by a dramaturg begins fifteen minutes before the performance, which is followed by a question-and-answer session with the director and...
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Irish Genealogy Research Program
The Newberry See all classes by this school @ 60 W Walton St, Chicago, IL
Join the Ulster Historical Foundation experts as they describe the ins-and-outs of research in the Emerald Isle. No previous research experience is required. Topics will cover the whole of Ireland. Preliminary Schedule 9:15-10:15 am Introduction to Irish and Scots-Irish Family History 10:15-10:30 am Break 10:30-11:30 am Printed Sources for Irish Family History Newspapers, street directories, Ordnance Survey Memoirs, and British parliamentary...
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Free
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Literature & Art in the Midwest Metropolis
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