November Highlights

Court Theatre
Radio Macbeth
Through Sunday, Dec. 7

Late at night in the guts of an abandoned theater, a company of actors gathers to rehearse Shakespeare’s Macbeth. They soon realize they’re not alone. As the Bard’s most magnetic play draws them in deeper, the ghosts that have haunted the story since its inception hover and encroach. History, ambition, fortune, fate, free will, hubris, pride, indecision, the eternal male-female conflict and madness permeate the production, which Anne Bogart and Darron West co-direct. Student tickets are only $10 with ID and are available by calling (773) 753-4472.
5535 S. Ellis Ave.

School of Social Service Administration
Centennial Opening Celebration
5 to 7:30 p.m. Friday, Nov. 14

Highlighting the people and achievements of the school and the impact on society, the SSA will celebrate 100 years of field-shaping research and service. President Zimmer and Jeanne Marsh, Dean of SSA and the George Herbert Jones Distinguished Service Professor, will speak along with human service pioneers, philanthropists, social service leaders and distinguished SSA alumni. A presentation titled “Scholarship and Service in a Changing World” will relive moments that advanced social justice and equality. University faculty are invited to attend. For more information, https://ssanet.uchicago.edu/RSVP/centennial/index.cfm or call (773) 702-1164.
969 E. 60th St.

School of Social Service Administration
Symposia: “Into the Second Century: Continuing SSA’s Tradition of Improving Urban Education”
8 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 15

The seminar will spotlight exemplary SSA and Chicago-area school improvement efforts as well as national urban schools. Michael Woolley, Assistant Professor; Melissa Roderick, the Hermon Dunlap Smith Professor; and Charles Payne, the Frank P. Hixon Distinguished Service Professor, will speak. Registration is $85-$120. For more information, visit https://ssanet.uchicago.edu/RSVP/centennial/index.cfm.
969 E. 60th St.

Oriental Institute Museum
“Iraq: Must Cultural Heritage Be a Casualty of War?”
7 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 19

Micah Garen is a journalist, photographer and filmmaker who has spent years documenting the destruction of cultural history in Iraq and Afghanistan. His 2005 memoir, American Hostage: The Story of a Journalist Kidnapped in Iraq and the Remarkable Battle to Win His Freedom, chronicled his experiences after being kidnapped for 10 days while making a film about the looting of archaeological sites in Southern Iraq. Garen will discuss the current situation of archaeological looting, share clips from the documentary film he is co-producing and speak about his kidnapping by Iraqi insurgents.
1155 E. 58th St.

John U. Nef Committee on Social Thought
Anri Sala’s “Long Sorrow”
4:30 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 20

Michael Fried, professor of humanities and art history at the Johns Hopkins University, is the author of some of the most influential art history and art criticism in recent history. His works include Art and Objecthood, Absorption and Theatricality, Manet’s Modernism and most recently, Why Photography Matters As Art As Never Before.
Social Science Research Building, 1126 E. 59th St., Room 122