November Highlights

“Untitled” by Toni Grand

An exhibition by Toni Grand.

Sunday, Nov. 12-Sunday, Dec. 24

Opening reception: 4-7 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 12

Museum hours: 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Tuesday-Friday; noon-5 p.m. Saturday-Sunday.

The Renaissance Society, Room 418, Cobb Hall, 5811 S. Ellis Ave. 702-8670. Free.

The Renaissance Society will present two new works by Toni Grand, a French elder statesman of sculpture. For this exhibition, which is his U.S. solo museum debut, Grand has produced two large works that focus explicitly on the divide between art and technology. Each work juxtaposes a piece of

technology with an accumulation of hundreds of irregular, hand-crafted, wooden loops––a motif Grand has used since the late 1970s.

David Finckel and Wu Han

The University of Chicago Presents

David Finckel, cello, and Wu Han, piano

8 p.m. Friday, Nov. 3

Pre-concert lecture by cellist Michael Kannen at 7 p.m. Mandel Hall, 1131 E. 57th St.

702-8068. $28 general; $11 students.

The University of Chicago Presents Chamber Music Series continues with the Chicago debut of the unique husband and wife team, cellist David Finckel and pianist Wu Han. The couple will perform Prokofiev’s Sonata for Cello and Piano, Op. 119; Shostakovich’s Sonata in D Minor for Cello and Piano, Op. 40; Augusta Reed Thomas’ Bells Ring Summer; and Rachmaninoff’s Sonata for Cello and Piano in G Minor, Op. 19.

Richard Rorty

John M. Olin Center Lecture

Richard Rorty, professor in comparative literature at Stanford University

4:30 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 8

Breasted Hall in the Oriental Institute, 1155 E. 58th St.

Alumnus Richard Rorty (A.B. ’49; A.M. ’52) will give a lecture on the subject “The Decline of Redemptive Truth and the Rise of Literary Culture.” This lecture will be the second in a series titled “Nietzsche, Heidegger and the Future of Democracy.” The focus of this series is on the implications of Friedrich Nietzsche’s and Martin Heidegger’s thought for the future of modern democratic politics.

University Theater

Off-Off Campus’ Yes! (And Other Answers)

9 p.m. Fridays, through Nov. 17

The Blue Gargoyle, 5655 S. University Ave. 702-7300. $5.

Jean Anouilh’s Antigone

8 p.m. Thursday-Saturday, Nov. 2-4

First Floor Theater, Reynolds Club, 5706 S. University Ave.

702-7300. $5.

Neil Simon’s Rumors

8 p.m. Wednesday-Saturday,

Nov. 8-11

First Floor Theater, Reynolds Club, 5706 S. University Ave.

702-7300. $8 general; $6

students/seniors.

Steve Martin’s Picasso at the Lapin Agile

8 p.m. Wednesday-Saturday, Nov. 15-18

The Francis X. Kinahan Third Floor Theater, Reynolds Club,

5706 S. University Ave. 702-7300. $8 general; $6 students/seniors.