February - March Highlights

Special Collections Research Center
“Our Lincoln: Bicentennial Icons from the Barton Collection of Lincolniana”
Through Sunday, Feb. 22

Marking the 200th anniversary of the birth of Abraham Lincoln, the exhibition presents a selection of documents and artifacts from the University’s William E. Barton Collection of Lincolniana. The Library acquired the Barton Collection in 1932, and it has served for decades as a focus of Lincoln interest in Chicago and the Midwest. Among the notable icons on display are a handwritten page from the young Lincoln’s Sum Book; one of the few surviving letters written by Lincoln to his wife Mary Todd Lincoln; bronze casts of sculptor Leonard Volk’s life mask and hands of Lincoln; a large wool shawl once owned by Lincoln; a little-known oil portrait of Lincoln; and a presentation copy of the Emancipation Proclamation signed by Lincoln.
Joseph Regenstein Library, 1100 E. 57th St.

Renaissance Society
Paul Chan exhibition
Sunday, March 1 to Sunday, April 12

Paul Chan’s digital videos combine outsider art, surrealism and popular culture in dystopian visions engendered by events of grave social injustice. The exhibition will include a series of 18 large, text-based, ink drawings of fonts that convert the keyboard into pornographic language derived from characters in the work of Marquis de Sade, large portraits of the Supreme Court Justices and two new moving-image works. The artist will speak from 5 to 6 p.m. during an opening reception, which runs from 4 to
7 p.m. Sunday, March 1 in Cobb Hall, 5811 S. Ellis Ave., Room 307.
5811 S. Ellis Ave.

Court Theatre
Wait Until Dark
Thursday, March 5 through Sunday, April 5

Spend an evening on the edge of your seat with the genre Hitchcock made classic. A cool-as-ice psychopath smooth talks his way into the home of an unsuspecting blind woman. Unbeknownst to Susy, she’s harboring a dangerous prize, and he’ll use every trick to get it.  Murder and mayhem ensue when she refuses. The suspense thriller gained international fame through Terrence Young’s film adaptation starring Audrey Hepburn. Jeff Award-winning director Ron OJ Parson (The First Breeze of Summer and Fences) explores this psychological thriller that probes which frightens us more—the evil you can see coming, or the one you can’t. Student tickets are $10 with a valid ID. For tickets, (773) 753-4472 or visit www.courttheatre.org.

Science in Art
“MACROpathgens:” Art Exhibit by Naomi RaMona Schliesman
Through Friday, March 13

Schliesman, a Master’s in Fine Arts candidate at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, will present the first Science in Art solo exhibition—a look at bodies as a membrane in which pathogens travel. Using vibrant colors and soft materials to create cartoon-like forms, the artist allows the viewer to interact with structures of the body and its mutations. Science in Art strives to explore the intersection of science and art by using art as a vehicle and as a means for viewers to learn about topics in science. For more information, visit www.uchisciart.org.
Gordon Center for Integrative Science, 929 E. 57th St., third-floor atrium