Weekly Advisory: August 25, 2014
UIC Events
(A complete listing of UIC events is online)
29, Friday: Garden Walk 2014. More than 200 species of medicinal plants, such as black cohosh, Echinacea and foxglove, will be showcased at the Dorothy Bradley Atkins Medicinal Plant Garden. 10 a.m. – 3 p.m., 828 S. Wood St. Contact Deb Fox; dfox4@uic.edu.
31, Sunday: UIC Jazz Ensemble at Chicago Jazz Fest. Playing Kenny Wheeler’s “Sweet Time Suite.” 2:45 – 3:45 p.m. Young Lions Stage, Millennium Park. Free. Call (312) 996-6068.
Sept. 5: “Universal Declaration of Infantile Anxiety Situations Reflected in the Creative Impulse.” Art exhibition opening. Drawings, masks, performance by art collective My Barbarian. Reception, 5 – 8 p.m. Performance,6:30 p.m. On view Tuesday – Friday, 10 a.m. – 6 p.m.; Saturday, noon – 6 p.m. Gallery 400, 400 S. Peoria St. Free. Call (312) 996-6114.
Sept. 6: Project Osmosis benefit. Party and silent auction for Project Osmosis, which engages minority youth in creative activities. 6 – 9:30 p.m. UIC Innovation Center, 1240 W. Harrison St. $65. Call (312) 413-2331.
Sept. 7: John Lennon Educational Tour Bus. Open for tours. 10 a.m. – 5 p.m. Jane Addams Hull-House Museum, 800 S. Halsted St. Free. Call (312) 413-5353.
Sept. 9: Tuesdays-at-One concert. The Estrella Consort, saxophone quartet. 1-1:50 p.m. Recital Hall L060, Education, Theatre, Music and Social Work Building, 1040 W. Harrison St. Free. Call (312) 996-6068.
Sept. 13: UIC Open House. Admissions and financial aid sessions, campus tours, student panels and college information tables. 8 a.m. – 2 p.m. Free. Call (312) 996-4350 or visit http://www.uic.edu/depts/oar/prospective_students/openhouse/index.html
Thru May 2015: “Unfinished Business: The Right to Play.” Exhibit on the need for time off. Tuesday – Friday, 10 a.m. – 4 p.m.; Sunday, noon – 4 p.m. Jane Addams Hull-House Museum, 800 S. Halsted St. Free. Call (312) 413-5353.
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