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Wednesday,
October 4
Biennial Events
Building With Digital Fragments
Lecture/Panel, 5:00 PM, Chicago Cultural Center
Jens Jensen: The Living Green
Film Screening, 6:30 PM, National Museum of Puerto Rican Arts and Culture
Partner Events
Chicago Architectural Club: Burnham Prize
Exhibition Opening, 10:00 AM, Chicago Cultural Center
bLumen & Westside Wednesdays Celebration
Reception/Social, 5:00 PM, Homan Park Community Center
First Wednesdays at CiaoChicago: An Italian Design Night
Lecture/Panel, 6:00 PM, Ciao Chicago
Thursday,
October 5
Biennial Events
Matter/Structure/Architecture: A Conversation with Yasmil Raymond and Tomás Saraceno
Lecture/Panel, 6:00 PM, Chicago Cultural Center
Partner Events
Chicago Architectural Club: Burnham Prize
Exhibition Opening, 10:00 AM, Chicago Cultural Center
Friday,
October 6
Partner Events
Chicago Architectural Club: Burnham Prize
Exhibition Opening, 10:00 AM, Chicago Cultural Center
Gallery Talk: Color Studies
Lecture/Panel, 12:00 PM, Art Institute of Chicago
Beverly Arts Center Happy Hour for a Cause
Reception/Social, 4:00 PM, Beverly Arts Center
Saturday,
October 7
Partner Events
Second Presbyterian Church - Basement to Belfry: October Tour
Tour, 10:00 AM, Second Presbyterian Church
UChicago Architecture Biennial Shuttles
Tour, 10:00 AM, Reva and David Logan Center for the Arts
Chicago Architectural Club: Burnham Prize
Exhibition Opening, 10:00 AM, Chicago Cultural Center
Opening Closings: Reactivating Closed Chicago Public Schools
Workshop/Activity, 11:00 AM, Former Anthony Overton Elementary School
Logan Center Five Year Bash
Workshop/Activity, 11:30 AM, Reva and David Logan Center for the Arts
Beverly Art Walk at the Beverly Arts Center
Tour, 12:00 PM, Beverly Arts Center
Thiago de Paula Souza
Lecture/Panel, 2:00 PM, Reva and David Logan Center for the Arts
Cauleen Smith: If Thoughts Could Heal
Performance, 2:00 PM, DuSable Museum of African American History
Sunday,
October 8
Partner Events
Chicago Architectural Club: Burnham Prize
Exhibition Opening, 10:00 AM, Chicago Cultural Center
Monday,
October 9
Partner Events
Chicago Architectural Club: Burnham Prize
Exhibition Opening, 10:00 AM, Chicago Cultural Center
Do Ho Suh
Lecture/Panel, 6:00 PM, Art Institute of Chicago - Rubloff Auditorium
Tuesday,
October 10
Biennial Events
Spray Runners with Miguel Aguilar
Lecture/Panel, 3:00 PM, Chicago Cultural Center
CANCELLED: Fashion + Body + Beats with Cheryl Pope
Workshop/Activity, 3:00 PM, Chicago Cultural Center
Partner Events
Chicago Architectural Club: Burnham Prize
Exhibition Opening, 10:00 AM, Chicago Cultural Center
H. H. Richardson and the Ames Family: The Architecture of Scandal and Redemption
Lecture/Panel, 7:00 PM, Glessner House Museum
Wednesday,
October 11
Partner Events
Chicago Architectural Club: Burnham Prize
Exhibition Opening, 10:00 AM, Chicago Cultural Center
Thursday,
October 12
Partner Events
Spotlight: Architecture+Space+Design at the 53rd Chicago International Film Festival
Film Screening, 10:00 AM, AMC River East 21
Chicago Architectural Club: Burnham Prize
Exhibition Opening, 10:00 AM, Chicago Cultural Center
MAS Context presents: Charles Rice | Interior Urbanism
Lecture/Panel, 6:00 PM, Society of Architectural Historians
RARE EARTH: Joshua Abrams/Tomeka Reid/Dave Rempis
Performance, 6:30 PM, Arts Incubator Pavilion at 265 E Garfield Blvd
SOM: Engineering x [Art + Architecture] – Panel Discussion: Structure as Poetry
Lecture/Panel, 7:00 PM, Ace Hotel Chicago
Friday,
October 13
Partner Events
Spotlight: Architecture+Space+Design at the 53rd Chicago International Film Festival
Film Screening, 10:00 AM, AMC River East 21
Chicago Architectural Club: Burnham Prize
Exhibition Opening, 10:00 AM, Chicago Cultural Center
Sampson Wong: Objects for Protest
Lecture/Panel, 4:15 PM, SAIC - Leroy Neiman Center
Unsolicited Sideshow :Tank Takeover 2
Performance, 6:00 PM, Chicago Athletic Association
Preview—Confluence • 20+ Creative Ecologies of Hong Kong
Reception/Social, 6:00 PM, Chicago Design Museum
Altar Call: The Architecture of Black Sacred Space
Exhibition Opening, 6:30 PM, Rootwork Gallery
Performing Home
Performance, 7:00 PM, Links Hall
Saturday,
October 14
Partner Events
Open House Chicago
Tour, 9:00 AM, Chicago Architecture Foundation
Chicago Architectural Club: Burnham Prize
Exhibition Opening, 10:00 AM, Chicago Cultural Center
Spotlight: Architecture+Space+Design at the 53rd Chicago International Film Festival
Film Screening, 10:00 AM, AMC River East 21
Hong Kong Creative Ecologies: The Plurality of Visions in Design
Exhibition Opening, 12:00 PM, Block 37 Third Floor
The Lineage of Inspiration: From Tradition to Innovation
Lecture/Panel, 12:30 PM, Chicago Design Museum
Obama Presidential Center Panel
Lecture/Panel, 2:00 PM, DuSable Museum of African American History
Objects for Protest: Contemporary Crowd Creation
Lecture/Panel, 4:00 PM, Chicago Design Museum
BIG Time
Film Screening, 6:00 PM, AMC Theater River East 21
Performing Home
Performance, 7:00 PM, Links Hall
Sunday,
October 15
Partner Events
Open House Chicago
Tour, 9:00 AM, Chicago Architecture Foundation
Spotlight: Architecture+Space+Design at the 53rd Chicago International Film Festival
Film Screening, 10:00 AM, AMC River East 21
Performing Home
Performance, 7:00 PM, Links Hall
Monday,
October 16
Partner Events
Spotlight: Architecture+Space+Design at the 53rd Chicago International Film Festival
Film Screening, 10:00 AM, AMC River East 21
Designing for Diplomacy with James Timberlake
Lecture/Panel, 6:00 PM, Chicago Architecture Foundation
Tuesday,
October 17
Biennial Events
From Waste to Wonder: Developing The River as Chicago's Second Coast
Lecture/Panel, 6:00 PM, Chicago Cultural Center - Claudia Cassidy Theater
Partner Events
Spotlight: Architecture+Space+Design at the 53rd Chicago International Film Festival
Film Screening, 10:00 AM, AMC River East 21
The Architecture of Noir
Film Screening, 4:00 PM, AMC River East
MCA In Progress: Artist Talk with Amanda Williams
Lecture/Panel, 6:00 PM, Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago
The American Indian Center: The Role of the Arts and Cultural Spaces in Decolonizing Historical Narratives
Lecture/Panel, 6:30 PM, Chicago Cultural Center
Wednesday,
October 18
Partner Events
Spotlight: Architecture+Space+Design at the 53rd Chicago International Film Festival
Film Screening, 10:00 AM, AMC River East 21
From Frank Lloyd Wright to Chicago’s Jackson Park: The Work of Japanese American Architect Kaneji Domoto Lecture by Lynnette Widder
6:00 PM, Alphawood Gallery
David Hartt: in the forest - Artist Talk
Lecture/Panel, 6:00 PM, Graham Foundation
Book Talk: Architects' Gravesites with Henry H. Kuehn
Lecture/Panel, 6:00 PM, Chicago Architecture Foundation
Future Cities: A Conversation with Chad Friedrichs
Film Screening, 6:30 PM, Chicago Cultural Center
Ongoing Events
Arquitectos X Perspectives (AxP)
Thursday,
October 19
Biennial Events
Housing as a Human Right: Social Construction
Exhibition Opening, 5:30 PM, NPHM + Archeworks
Partner Events
Spotlight: Architecture+Space+Design at the 53rd Chicago International Film Festival
Film Screening, 10:00 AM, AMC River East 21
Rural Urban Framework: Joshua Bolchover and John Lin
Lecture/Panel, 4:15 PM, LeRoy Neiman Center
John Vinci: Life and Landmarks
Lecture/Panel, 6:00 PM, Illinois Institute of Technology - S.R. Crown Hall
RARE EARTH: Performance featuring Mykele Deville and Growing Concerns Poetry Collective.
Performance, 6:30 PM, Arts Incubator Pavilion
How the Arts Affect Neighborhoods: Panel Discussion
Lecture/Panel, 7:30 PM, Beverly Arts Center
Ongoing Events
Arquitectos X Perspectives (AxP)
Friday,
October 20
Biennial Events
range
Performance, 6:30 PM, Columbia College
Partner Events
Spotlight: Architecture+Space+Design at the 53rd Chicago International Film Festival
Film Screening, 10:00 AM, AMC River East 21
Ongoing Events
Arquitectos X Perspectives (AxP)
Saturday,
October 21
Partner Events
Glessner House Museum: October Behind-the-Scenes Architecture Tour
Tour, 10:00 AM, Glessner House Museum
Spotlight: Architecture+Space+Design at the 53rd Chicago International Film Festival
Film Screening, 10:00 AM, AMC River East 21
MAS Context : Analog 2017
Lecture/Panel, 11:00 AM, The Joinery
Edgar Miller and the Legacy of Arts & Crafts
Workshop/Activity, 1:00 PM, The Glasner Studio at Kogen-Miller Studios
Singing Stones: Guest-Designer Led Tour with Andrew Schachman
Lecture/Panel, 2:00 PM, DuSable Museum of African American History
Floating Museum + Avery R Young: Parable of a maroon moon ritual & a southern tree
Performance, 3:00 PM, DuSable Museum of African American History
Ongoing Events
Arquitectos X Perspectives (AxP)
Sunday,
October 22
Partner Events
Spotlight: Architecture+Space+Design at the 53rd Chicago International Film Festival
Film Screening, 10:00 AM, AMC River East 21
Ongoing Events
Arquitectos X Perspectives (AxP)
Monday,
October 23
Partner Events
Power and Identity: Crafting a New Narrative for Women in Architecture
Lecture/Panel, 9:00 AM, Dentons - Willis Tower Skydeck
Spotlight: Architecture+Space+Design at the 53rd Chicago International Film Festival
Film Screening, 10:00 AM, AMC River East 21
Ongoing Events
Arquitectos X Perspectives (AxP)
Tuesday,
October 24
Biennial Events
Characters in the Theater of Everyday Life
Lecture/Panel, 6:30 PM, Chicago Cultural Center - Claudia Cassidy Theater
Partner Events
Power and Identity: Crafting a New Narrative for Women in Architecture
Lecture/Panel, 9:00 AM, Dentons - Willis Tower Skydeck
Spotlight: Architecture+Space+Design at the 53rd Chicago International Film Festival
Film Screening, 10:00 AM, AMC River East 21
Chicago Landmark Awards for Preservation Excellence
Lecture/Panel, 4:00 PM, Chicago Cultural Center
Mixed Feelings: Cultural Memory, Erasure, and Chicago’s Public Art
Workshop/Activity, 6:30 PM, Chicago Cultural Center
Ongoing Events
Arquitectos X Perspectives (AxP)
Wednesday,
October 25
Biennial Events
Van Alen Variety Show
Performance, 5:30 PM, Garfield Park Conservatory
Partner Events
Spotlight: Architecture+Space+Design at the 53rd Chicago International Film Festival
Film Screening, 10:00 AM, AMC River East 21
Autoconstrucción: The Water Trilogy
Lecture/Panel, 6:00 PM, Block Museum at Northwestern University
Ongoing Events
Arquitectos X Perspectives (AxP)
Thursday,
October 26
Biennial Events
Amanda Williams: Art, Architecture, and the Urban at the SJ Johnson Golden Rondelle
Lecture/Panel, 7:00 PM, SC Johnson Golden Rondelle
Partner Events
Spotlight: Architecture+Space+Design at the 53rd Chicago International Film Festival
Film Screening, 10:00 AM, AMC River East 21
Crossroads Conversations: Public Space Discussion
Workshop/Activity, 12:30 PM
2017 Small Project Awards: At Home
Reception/Social, 5:45 PM, Merchandise Mart #100
Chicago's Architectural Past: NOW - Excavating the Charnley-Persky House: Archaeology of Chicago’s Gold Coast, 1880–1920
Lecture/Panel, 6:00 PM, Chicago History Museum
Back on the Cutting Edge: Building 21st-Century Technology into Wright’s Unity Temple
Lecture/Panel, 7:00 PM, Unity Temple
Ongoing Events
Arquitectos X Perspectives (AxP)
Friday,
October 27
Partner Events
Crossing Paths: The MTCC Competition, 20 Years Hence
Exhibition Opening, 12:00 PM, Graham Resource Center - S.R. Crown Hall
Ongoing Events
Arquitectos X Perspectives (AxP)
Saturday,
October 28
Biennial Events
Biennial Teen Studio: Chicago Cultural Center
Workshop/Activity, 10:00 AM, Chicago Cultural Center
Biennial Teen Studio: Hamilton Park
Workshop/Activity, 11:00 AM, Hamilton Park
Partner Events
Crossing Paths: The MTCC Competition, 20 Years Hence
Exhibition Opening, 12:00 PM, Graham Resource Center - S.R. Crown Hall
Calling all Citymakers...
Lecture/Panel, 2:00 PM, Stony Island Arts Bank
Palais de Tokyo | Singing Stones Closing Reception
Exhibition Opening, 2:00 PM, DuSable Museum of African American History
Ongoing Events
Arquitectos X Perspectives (AxP)
Sunday,
October 29
Partner Events
Crossing Paths: The MTCC Competition, 20 Years Hence
Exhibition Opening, 12:00 PM, Graham Resource Center - S.R. Crown Hall
Ongoing Events
Arquitectos X Perspectives (AxP)
Monday,
October 30
Partner Events
Crossing Paths: The MTCC Competition, 20 Years Hence
Exhibition Opening, 12:00 PM, Graham Resource Center - S.R. Crown Hall
Moshe Safdie: Humanizing Megascale
Lecture/Panel, 6:00 PM, Graham Foundation
Ongoing Events
Arquitectos X Perspectives (AxP)
Tuesday,
October 31
Partner Events
Crossing Paths: The MTCC Competition, 20 Years Hence
Exhibition Opening, 12:00 PM, Graham Resource Center - S.R. Crown Hall
Ongoing Events
Arquitectos X Perspectives (AxP)
Wednesday,
November 1
Partner Events
Cities of Italy, Metropolitan Areas and Urban Dynamics
Exhibition Opening, 9:00 AM, Ciao Chicago
Crossing Paths: The MTCC Competition, 20 Years Hence
Exhibition Opening, 12:00 PM, Graham Resource Center - S.R. Crown Hall
Biennial Teen Studio: Thurgood Marshall Library
Workshop/Activity, 4:00 PM, Thurgood Marshall Library
Building a new New World: Amerikanizm in Russian Architecture
Lecture/Panel, 5:00 PM, Block Museum of Art
Simon Sadler: One modernism? One history? One world?
Lecture/Panel, 5:30 PM, DePaul Art Museum
Cities of Italy, Metropolitan Areas and Urban Dynamics
Lecture/Panel, 6:00 PM, Ciao Chicago
Moriyama San
Film Screening, 6:30 PM, Chicago Cultural Center - Claudia Cassidy Theater
Marc Dilet: TRANS-POSITIONS
Exhibition Opening, 6:30 PM, Alliance Française de Chicago
Ongoing Events
Arquitectos X Perspectives (AxP)
Thursday,
November 2
Biennial Events
CANCELLED: Cesar Pelli & Art Gensler: In Conversation
Lecture/Panel, 6:00 PM, Wintrust Arena
Columbus + Exhibit Columbus Curators Anne Surak and Jonathan Nesci
Film Screening, 7:00 PM, SC Johnson Golden Rondelle
Partner Events
Crossing Paths: The MTCC Competition, 20 Years Hence
Exhibition Opening, 12:00 PM, Graham Resource Center - S.R. Crown Hall
Ongoing Events
Arquitectos X Perspectives (AxP)
Friday,
November 3
Biennial Events
Biennial Teen Studio: Illinois Institute of Technology
Workshop/Activity, 1:00 PM, 1060 E. 47th St
Partner Events
Crossing Paths: The MTCC Competition, 20 Years Hence
Exhibition Opening, 12:00 PM, Graham Resource Center - S.R. Crown Hall
A Cast of Things by the Los Angeles Design Group: Exhibition Opening
Exhibition Opening, 5:00 PM, Los Angeles Design Group at bulthaup Chicago
Buildings and Blind Spots: Invention and Interpretations of Immediate and Imaginary Environments
Exhibition Opening, 5:00 PM, The Chicago Academy for the Arts
Panel Critique with Architectural Scholars Cynthia Davidson, Penelope Dean, and Geoffrey Goldberg
Lecture/Panel, 6:00 PM, The Arts Club of Chicago
Ongoing Events
Arquitectos X Perspectives (AxP)
