Arts & Humanities

July–Aug/12

An Oriental Institute exhibit shows why images of ancient artifacts aren’t as accurate as we imagine.

July–Aug/12

Mike Michaels, X’61, explains how he was a fly on the wall in the creation of the greatest song in the history of rock and roll.

July–Aug/12

The Comics: Philosophy and Practice conference at the Logan Center for the Arts drew 17 cartoonists and hundreds of observers, in person and online, for three days in May of intense discussion of the field.
05.15.2012

Author takes his audience across the seas in the Logan Center performance penthouse.

University of Chicago News Office, 04.30.2012

The Smart Museum of Art's creative exhibition, Feast, hosts artists who serve up food, drink, and contemplation.
May–June/12

For 50 years Robert Silvers, AB’47, has expertly paired writers and subjects at the New York Review of Books.

May–June/12

Dance and Soviet film inspired curator-artist Sarah Best’s installation at the Hyde Park Art Center.

May–June/12

John Snyder recalls his unusual childhood in the Carolinas.

May–June/12

When Sadie Stein, AB’03, finally read the fourth installment in her favorite young-adult series, she was pleasantly surprised.

May–June/12

An interview with writer and tale-teller Robert Coover, AM’65.

May–June/12

Believing that fairy tales have lost their magic, Renaissance scholar Armando Maggi, PhD’95, calls for a new kind of happily ever after.

May–June/12

The Smart Museum’s exhibition Feast explores hospitality and welcoming gestures.