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CALENDAR LISTINGS FOR June 2009

Art Thing with Matt Harris, June 2, 6pm

The Hyde Park Art Center hosts Art Thing. Learn about contemporary art in an informal setting. This month features artist Matt Harris discussing his exhibition “Beyond China,” which comments on the ongoing cultural shift between “old” and “new” China. Free.

Making the Quantum Leap: Screening with Jane Barrash, June 4, 5-8pm

The Hyde Park Art Center hosts a screening of the documentary Making the Quantum Leap. The film follows retired figure skater Jane Barrash as she re-trains and performs for her 50th birthday. A question-and-answer session with Ms. Barrash will follow the screening. Free.
Life is a Collage: Workshop with Pat Swanson, June 6, 11am-12:30pm
Join Hyde Park Art Center board member Patricia Swanson for a Collage Workshop. Pat will share her passion and talent, showing you how to work with collage and answering your questions about the craft. It’s a fun workshop for the whole family! Free.

7 Stories on the 7th Day in June for 70 Days of Celebration, June 7, 3-4:30pm

Part of 70 Days for 70 Years, members of the Chicago Storytelling Guild will have you clapping, snapping and chanting along with their Interactive World tales for the whole family. Featured tellers include Judith Heineman, Jasmin Cardenas, Linda Braggs, Velma Gladney and other surprise guests. Free.

Air to the Thrown, June 9, 6pm

One day a gang of amateur film-makers set out to de-construct the Soap Opera genre. The first episode will be screened at the Hyde Park Art Center complete with commercial breaks for made up products and ending with amateur scary movies. Free.

Live Nude Girl Reading and Discussion, June 11, 6pm

The Hyde Park Art Center presents Kathleen Rooney and Krystal Meisel, who will take a revealing look at the world of figure modeling. Rooney will read from her book, Live Nude Girl, a memoir detailing her six years spent working as a figure model. Krystal Meisel is a figure model as well as a photographer and teaching artist in her own right. After the reading there will be a brief, interactive discussion where both women give their impression on what it’s like to be art. Free.

Cocktails and Clay, June 12, 8pm-12am

Think night on the town meets playing in the mud! Every 2nd Friday of the month join the Hyde Park Art Center for a late night clay-making, dance-partying, gallery-hopping good time. Enjoy sessions in our studio with a teaching artist and music from our guest DJ “Itchy,” peruse the galleries, and sip on drink specials at the cash bar. This month also features a dance performance by Same Planet Different World. Donation Suggested.

Musical Performance by Tiny Hairs, June 13, 3-5pm

The Hyde Park Art Center presents Tiny Hairs, a four-piece instrumental collective playing improvised experimental compositions that negotiate minimalism, noise, and pop. Free.

Second Sunday with Digital Youth Network, June 14, 1-4pm

Part of our monthly family series, Second Sunday features free drop-in art making workshops for the whole family. This month features a special digital video mash-ups workshop with special guests the Digital Youth Network. Also catch a capoeira workshop from Three Pillars fitness. Free.



Teen Theatre Workshop presented by Victory Gardens Theater, June 16, 4-6pm

A collaboration with the Victory Gardens Theatre, this acting and writing workshop is filled with theater games and group activities ideal for 13-18 year olds. At the end of the workshop students get to perform the work they created. Wear comfortable clothes and be prepared to move. Free.

Art or Party?, June 17, 6-8pm

Led by art critic Lori Waxman, this panel examines the phenomenon of First Fridays, apartment gallery parties, and commercial gallery openings that blur the line between art opening and social gathering. Free.

Menu Planning Workshop with Carol Yohanan, June 17, 6:30pm

Experienced event planner and caterer Carol Yohanan will be sharing her secrets on how to pull off the perfect party menu. She’ll bring some tools and suggestions for inspiring your party menu. Carol will also discuss color and texture in a menu and on a plate and cocktails that enhance the menu and make the party a success. A few small bites and sips included. Free.

Calendar Listing: SpiderBug Presents: The Flunking Calculus Short Film Screening, June 18, 6:30pm

Spiderbug presents a screening of short films that either revere calculus or bask in its mystique. Compiled from open submissions, these film shorts are sure to be revealing and (for those of us who struggled with this mathematical monster) enjoyably intimidating. Screening will be followed by a brief discussion. Free.

Shrill and a Half Bock Party, June 20, 4-10pm

1/Quarterly will host their Scavenger Hunt Awards at 3pm and hand out coveted prizes to the three people with the most items photographed in the most creative way. From 4- 10 pm the festivities will transcend the walls of the HPAC and spill into the streets in an outdoor art party presented by joymore gallery. Expect the unlikely and the uncanny, whether it be macramé or manure, piñatas or projections, custom cars or countless other diversions, Shrill and a Half Block Party will charm and amuse. Free.

Lord of the Yum Yum, June 20, 4-10pm

Lord of the Yum-Yum performs during our block party. Impossible to describe, he is an awe-inspiring performance artist that merges classical music with hip-hop. Free.



Verse Journalism with Quraysh Ali Lansana, June 21, 11am-1 pm



Poet and author Quraysh Ali Lansana leads students through this essay/exercise, empowering students to see their neighborhood and neighbors through a different lens. By examining where a poem takes place—with natural ties to social justice issues—students will discover together how geography and topography inform the self and relationships from both individual and community inquiry. Free.