Today kicks off the 50th year for Fiesta del Sol, which organizers call the “largest Latino festival of its kind in the country.” The festival is a dizzying combination of workshops, vendors, expos, family and wellness activities, and more taking over Cermak from Laflin to Morgan through Sunday. Music is a big part of the […]
Tag: Museum of Contemporary Photography
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Temp check
Interviewees: Alma Weiser, director of Heaven Gallery; Janet Dees, Steven and Lisa Munster Tananbaum curator of modern and contemporary art at the Block Museum of Art; Asha Iman Veal, associate curator at the Museum of Contemporary Photography; Teresa Silva, executive and artistic director of the Chicago Artists Coalition; Edra Soto, artist and codirector of the […]
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Out of our cold dead hands
The Museum of Contemporary Photography examines America’s obsession with guns in a new exhibit.
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On display at MoCP: Reproductive: [Women’s] Health, Fertility, Agency
The Museum of Contemporary Photography’s “Reproductive” raises questions about the future of Roe v. Wade.
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Envisioning democracy—in photos—at the MoCP
From literal and data-driven to poetic and hopeful, the galleries curated by Columbia College Chicago professors show what democracy means to them.
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See it now: ‘The Many Hats of Ralph Arnold’
There’s time to catch “The Many Hats of Ralph Arnold” at the Museum of Contemporary Photography
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‘In Their Own Form’ takes a long look at Afrofuturism beyond Black Panther
The movement—really more a wide-ranging cultural and aesthetic philosophy—has roots deep in the 19th century.
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Ai Weiwei’s solo Chicago debut, the Reader’s Book Swap, and more things to do this week
Scott Simon discusses his book My Cubs, Pop Culture Happy Hour, and more happenings from April 10-13
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A Langston Hughes birthday celebration, Chicago Voices, and more things to do in Chicago this week
Rhino Poetry, Drive-By Truckers, and more happenings from January 30-February 2.
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The petcoke problems of the southeast side hit the MoCP
A new exhibit, “Petcoke: Tracing Dirty Energy,” features various artists’ responses to the environmental problem.
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The Museum of Contemporary Photography in the age of Instagram
How the museum has, and will, survive the next photographic revolution
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Get crocked at the Reader’s Winter Mix-Off, a documentary about supper clubs, and more things to do this week
Poetry‘s Wintertime Party, a Charlotte Moorman exhibit, and other weekend happenings in Chicago from January 25-28.
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See Chicago’s musical underground in photos at the Museum of Contemporary Photography
Photographer Michael Schmelling deftly captures Chicago’s underground music scene in “Your Blues.”
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Reader’s Agenda Tue 8/19: Summer Music Film Festival, “Phantoms in the Dirt,” and a day at the MCA
What’s on the Reader’s Agenda for Tuesday, August 19
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‘Phantoms in the Dirt’ offers more than meets the eye
“Phantoms in the Dirt” at the Museum of Contemporary Photography offers more than meets the eye.