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Envisioning Earth
This exhibit points to historical references to conservation and the environment; the approach is one that is multidisciplinary, accomplished through music, literature, and cartography. |
Locations
Regenstein 3rd Floor Reading Room May 1 — Sept. 4, 2017 View web exhibit >> |
Subjects
Literature Music Maps |
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An Exile of 80 Years: The Spanish Civil War and its Diaspora
Eighty years after the Spanish Civil War, this exhibition highlights the experiences of those displaced by it. Drawings made by children who were fleeing the conflict, photographs taken in the residences where refugees were housed, personal effects of those displaced, and publications made while in exile are shown. |
Locations
Regenstein 3rd Floor Reading Room April 22 — June 15, 2019 |
Subjects
European History |
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The Shanghai Jews
This three-case exhibit is part of an event series exploring the experience of many thousands of Jewish refugees who escaped to Shanghai during World War II. |
Locations
Regenstein 3rd Floor Reading Room Jan. 15 — March 30, 2019 View web exhibit >> |
Subjects
East Asian Studies Jewish Studies |
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Sounds from Tomorrow's World: Sun Ra and the Chicago Years, 1946-1961
This exhibit explores Sun Ra’s Chicago years through images and sound recordings of his poetry and music, vinyl records and album artwork, promotional materials and early controversial broadsheets. While living in Chicago, Herman Poole “Sonny” Blount became Sun Ra—the leader of the Arkestra and a composer and arranger of some of the most avant-garde jazz of the time. |
Locations
Regenstein 3rd Floor Reading Room Dec. 1 — Aug. 20, 2010 View web exhibit >> |
Subjects
Music Chicago and Illinois |