Celebrate the Year of Games with UChicago Game Design
JLMC Computer Lab 003
We discuss and develop games—board games, tabletop rulesets, videogames, and more. Come stop by to see a showcase of (playable!) student projects and to participate in a collaborative game design activity throughout the night!

The Equipment Cage: Arts Technologies on Campus
Jonathan Logan Media Center
Visit the Logan Media Center to learn more about how you can use arts technologies and film equipment to make your own projects!

Improv Workshop with Off-Off Campus
028
Looking to show your new friends, house members, and/or potential hook-ups just how funny and cool you are? Then come try out some improv games with the nation's oldest, continuously running, collegiate sketch and improv comedy group: Off-Off Campus. No prior experience is necessary, just be ready to laugh with and at others. 

Mock Trial
Logan Media Center Lobby

EXHIBITION - Henri Matisse: Jazz
Lower Level Hallway
See original prints from French artist Henri Matisse's 1947 book.

Welcome to the O-Party! Get to know the ArtsPass Program
Courtyard and North Entrance
Do you need new pens for your classes? Plenty of stickers to decorate your laptop? Stop by the Welcome Table to pick up your Year of Games Scav Hunt card and some ArtsPass partner merch and learn more about 70+ arts and culture organizations around Chicago where you can get free and discounted admission! Here, you can also find out everything you need to know about the O-Party.

Logan Tours with Student Guides
North Keable Van Wart Welcome Desk
Have a question about the building? Wanna know where something is? Ask one of our student volunteers or take a complete building tour to get to where you want to be.

EXHIBITION - Tongji Philip Qian: Alloyed Commitments
Gallery
The Logan Center Gallery is a great place to see work from visiting and student artists. See the new exhibition of DoVA faculty member Tongji Philip Qian’s work. Also stop by for information on taking classes with the Department of Visual Art.

EXHIBITION - Stitches for the Culture: Past, Present, and Future
Café Logan The woman behind KenKreates Crochet Art is Kendra Balans.  At the heart of her work is the expression of her identity as an African American LGBTQ+ woman, wife, and mother. Her art reflects the richness and complexity of that experience. Rooted in the spirit of the African American community is the phrase “Do It for the Culture,” which captures the importance of preserving and honoring heritage through creative expression. Stitches for the Culture: Past, Present, and Future embodies that sentiment and features crochet portraits that evoke nostalgia from the ’70s and ’80s, as well as iconic figures and cultural trailblazers.

FOOD - Café Logan
Café Logan
Stop by Cafe Logan to sample their Fall menu. Open Monday through Thursday, 8 am to 7:30 pm; Friday, 8 am to 8 pm; Saturday, noon to 6 pm; and Sunday, Noon to 4 pm, Cafe Logan is a great place to study, get coffee and lunch with friends, and enjoy art at the Logan Center.

DRINK - Culture Pop and Water Stations
Cafe Logan
Check out our new display of Culture Pop! Flavors Include: Orange Mango & Lime, Black Cherry, and Strawberry & Rhubarb. We also offer Coke, Diet Coke, Fanta, and will have water stations available.

University Theater Cabaret
Café Logan
Come join University Theater for a night of music and fun at the UT Cabaret! Meet some Committee members, eat some food, and show off your skills at our open mic. We can’t wait to see you all there! Be sure to follow @university.theater on Instagram for all UT updates.

Class of 2029 Photo Booth
Gidwitz Lobby
Make some memories to look back on at graduation! Stop by the Class of 2029 Photo Booth.

Create the Class of 2029 Mural and Meet the Logan Shop RSO
Logan Center Shop
Establish your legacy as part of the 2029 class by participating in the O-Party Mural! Visit the second floor and pick up a paintbrush. In four years, you’ll get to revisit your unique design!

UBallet Class
Theater East
Come join UBallet for a sample class! All are welcome, no matter your previous experience! UBallet hosts weekly classes for all levels, as well as two full length ballets.

Theater and Performance Studies DJ Party
Theater West Wander in and enjoy live music being spun by a Chicago DJ featuring some of UChicago's street dance crews. This open dance party is a sneak peek at the dance programming that occurs in the Open DJ Dance Sessions in Theatre and Performance Studies. This drop-in event is a chance to check out our theatres, hear some great music, and move your body.

The Shady Dealer's O-Week Extravaganza
Gidwitz Lobby
Join the Chicago Shady Dealer, UChicago's premier satirical newspaper, at the Logan O-Party. Grab a copy of our O-Week issue and learn how you can get involved. It will be the best night of your life!
(Note: We cannot legally promise it will be the best night of your life)

Meet the Smart Museum of Art
Gidwitz Lobby
As the fine arts museum of the University of Chicago, the Smart Museum of Art is a site for rigorous inquiry and exchange that encourages the examination of complex issues through the lens of art objects and artistic practice. In addition to coordinating the storied Art 2 Live With program on campus, the Smart welcomes students to attend a variety of artist talks, art-making workshops, performances, community programs, study halls, classes for all disciplines and more! Admission is always free.

Meet UChicago Presents and the Department of Music
Gidwitz Lobby
UChicago Presents is your on-campus concert series, featuring world-class jazz, blues, classical, contemporary, and early music artists and ensembles. Now in its 82nd season, UCP engages all — the student, the Nobel Laureate, the uninitiated, the dedicated musician, and everyone in-between — to nurture curiosity through great music-making. Learn more about our 25/26 lineup, special offers, and free student tickets when you stop by our table! 

Meet Court Theatre
Gidwitz Lobby
Stop by to learn about Court Theatre and all the ways you can experience incredible professional theatre right on campus. Winner of the 2022 Regional Theatre Tony Award, Court Theatre reimagines classic theatre to illuminate our current times. Be sure to check out UChicago Student Nights, Free ArtsPass tickets – available one hour before each show when available, student subscriptions and more. To learn more visit our website here.

Meet Sliced Bread
Gidwitz Lobby
Sliced Bread is the literary and arts magazine for UChicago undergraduates. We work closely with our selected writers to workshop their pieces and curate print issues every other quarter. We're looking for short writing and art that is complex or simple, shocks or comforts, and above all, that which makes us think. Check out slicedbreadmagazine.com for a sample of our work. 

Occam’s Razor Gidwitz Lobby Occam's Razor is UChicago's independent improv comedy troupe, bringing the funniest and freest improv to our campus since 1999. Members meet twice a week in preparation for three awe-inspiring performances each quarter. Come to auditions during the second week of classes for the chance to explore the remotest chambers of the human soul with us.

Celebrate the Year of Games at the Mini MADD Center
Great Hall – 2nd Floor North
Are you interested in games, media, arts, and design – stop by for an introduction to the MADD Arts Labs and Media Arts and Design Major. Help us kick off the UChicago Year of Games with Legos, games and more. The Media Arts and Design Major nurtures nimble makers and critical thinkers, blending theory with playful experimentation. The MADD Arts Labs – Weston Game Lab and Hack Arts Lab are located in Crerar Library. Come play with us.

The Film Floor - Chicago International Film Festival and UChicago Film Studies Center
Screening Room Lobby
Learn more about film opportunities in Chicago at the Chicago International Film Festival’s table on Floor 2! A CIFF representative will also be at the table to answer any questions. Stop by the UChicago Film Studies Center table to learn more about film events on campus! Here, you can pick up a full schedule of upcoming events, and learn more about watching unique films in their on-site screening rooms.

Fire Escape Films Screening
Logan 201
Come and watch some of the short films produced by Fire Escape Films, UChicago’s filmmaking club! We’ll be screening student-made shorts from a variety of genres!

EXHIBITION - Lauren Deutsch and Jonathan Woods’ Tangible Sound: An Immersive Experience of Great Black Music is a salute to the 60th Anniversary of the Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians (AACM).
North Lounge
Experience a synesthetic series of projected animated sound palettes and abstracted performance portraits of musicians and their music in celebration of the sixth decade of a Black music collective whose philosophy and practice of exploding boundaries and convention has influenced and inspired generations of artists to express the exhilaration and transformation of what the AACM calls a “power stronger than itself.  Also, be sure to pick up a Hyde Park Jazz Festival Schedule to experience great Jazz on Saturday and Sunday, September 27th and 28th.

Decorate your Logan Center and Arts + Public Life Tote Bags
2nd-floor South Gidwitz Mezzanine
Join us for tote bag painting and bring home your own unique Logan Center merch! Here, you can also learn about Arts + Public Life and decorate an APL tote bag.

Meet the South Side Free Music Program
5th-floor Lobby
SSFMP, or the South Side Free Music Program, is a community service RSO that provides free one-on-one music lessons to students from Hyde Park and surrounding neighborhoods. Stop by our table to learn about the work we do and how you can support the Chicago community with your musical skills!

Groove Theory Dance Crew Freestyle Cypher
501
Groove Theory Dance Crew is the only freestyle hip-hop dance crew on campus. We're no cuts, and we're super beginner-friendly. Today we want to showcase different styles of hip-hop, all of which are freestyled, and we invite you to vibe and groove along, and to join us in the end to make a cypher.

Jam out with Music Forum
502
Music forum is a live-sound orientated RSO that brings interested musicians of all experience levels together to play songs and jam. Meetings occur once a week, and songs are recommended and chosen by member vote.

Come meet Cadenza!
Classroom 603 Founded in 1989 under the name ‘Unaccompanied Women’, Cadenza is the oldest a cappella group at the University of Chicago. As a high voices group, we pride ourselves on telling stories through our music, and all of our songs are arranged by members, past and present. As a group, we compete in the ICCAs every other year and record music as often as possible. Most recently, we placed third at the 2024 ICCA Great Lakes Quarterfinals. You can listen to our entire 2024 ICCA Set on our new EP ‘Overflow’!! We look forward to welcoming new cadets this fall and hope to see YOU at auditions!!

Come meet the Ransom Notes
Art Classroom 601

Le Vorris and Vox Circus Workshop
Performance Lab 701
Find your inner acrobat at UChicago's one and only circus RSO! Your local jesters at Le Vorris and Vox will be teaching basic moves in aerial silks, trapeze, ground acrobatics, glow poi, and more. No previous experience necessary!

Chinese Instrument Show and Tell with Jade Chinese Music Ensemble
Classroom 703
9:45 pm to 10:45 pm
Jade Chinese Music Ensemble is a mixed ensemble with both Western and traditional Chinese instruments. Participants will learn about and try their hand at various traditional Chinese instruments, such as erhu (Chinese violin), guzheng (Chinese zither), etc. Participants can make traditional Chinese paper cutting crafts as they listen to live music played by the ensemble! We welcome all musicians from all backgrounds, no matter your experience or instrument. If you are a musician or simply just interested in music, please drop by!

Circle Singing with Voices in Your Head
802
Calling anyone who loves to sing — join us for an evening of vocal music! Throughout the night, we will play fun vocal improv games and learn short quartet-based tunes. We encourage all to contribute their voice, regardless of skill level. Voices looks forward to singing with you!

Learn some Tags with Run for Cover!
801 RFC seeks to provide a creative outlet to talented singers/musicians, rehearsing 6-8 hours a week. A low voice a cappella group, we frequently release recorded music, compete in competitions, and perform for the UChicago community.

Medusa
8th Floor Lobby
Medusa is a competitive high-voices A Cappella group that has been on campus for over 25 years. You can find all their music on Spotify!

EXHIBITION – Pope.L’s Cliff
8th Floor Windows
As you explore the Logan Center tower – check out the art piece on the windows on Floor 7, 8, and 9, created by former DoVA faculty member Pope.L. Cliff speaks in a contradictory fashion to its surroundings: its peaks and valleys are cast against the ultra-flat Midwestern urban scape that is visible through the windows in all directions. Amidst the incongruous desert cliffs one can make out single letters that spell out a slogan: ON STRIKE FOR BETTER SCHOOLS.

Enjoy music and check out the best view on campus!
9th floor Penthouse

Food Trucks - Paleta Factory
9th Floor Penthouse
Menu:

• Cookies and Cream

• Limon Lime

• Strawberry Milkshake

• Sweet Mango

DRINK - Culture Pop and Water Stations
9th Floor Lobby
Check out our new display of Culture Pop! Flavors Include: Orange Mango & Lime, Black Cherry, and Strawberry & Rhubarb. We also offer Coke, Diet Coke, and Fanta.

Claim your scavenger hunt prize at the Logan welcome table
9th Floor Penthouse
Bring your completed YofG scavenger hunt card and select your prize! Everyone can also learn about the Logan Center, the UChicago ArtsPass program, and get more Logan Center swag here.