UChicago Game Design
JLMC Computer Lab 003
We discuss and develop games—board games, tabletop rulesets, video games, 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!

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.

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!

Meet Mock Trial
Jonathan Logan Media Center Lobby

EXHIBITION - Henri Matisse: Jazz
Lower Level Hallway
See original prints from French artist Henri Matisse's 1947 book.  Learn more about the work with the Logan Center Digital Guide on Bloomberg Connects.

Welcome to the O-Party! Get to know the ArtsPass Program
Courtyard and North Entrance
Do you need stickers to decorate your laptop? Stop by the Welcome Table to pick up your Scav Hunt card and learn more about the ArtsPass program and the 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.

Claim your scavenger hunt prize at the Logan North Keable Welcome Desk
First Floor North Entrance
If you collect at least 8 stickers you will receive a $5 Gift Card for The Hunt at Logan cafe and 1 chance to win a Nintendo Switch. If you collect all 12 stickers you get 2 chances to win a Nintendo Switch. Nintendo Switch winner will receive an email and be announced at the UChicago Arts /Logan Center Table at the Engagement Expo on October 2nd.

EXHIBITION - Longer Than the Sky: Art of the Obama Years
Gallery
While walking through the first floor, check out the Logan Center Exhibition, Longer Than the Sky: Art of the Obama Years, on view from July 10–October 11, 2026, and organized on the occasion of the opening of the Obama Presidential Center. The exhibition presents a constellation of around thirty works by an intergenerational group of artists, amounting to a significant sliver of art produced during the Obama Presidency.

University Theater Cabaret
The Hunt at Logan
Come join University Theater for a night of music and fun at the UT Cabaret! Meet some Committee members 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.

Create the Class of 2030 Mural and Meet the Logan Shop RSO
Logan Center Shop
Establish your legacy as part of the 2030 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!

Discover UChicago Arts and the Logan Center
Gidwitz Lobby Stop by to learn about the arts across the university and at the Logan Center.

Meet Court Theatre
Gidwitz Lobby
Court Theatre is a Tony-Award Winning Professional theatre on the UChicago Campus that prides itself on reimagining the classics. Court Theatre offers special UChicago student discounts, including free tickets through UChicago Arts Pass. To learn more, visit our website here.

Meet DoVA
Gidwitz Lobby
The Department of Visual Arts (DoVA) teaches art-making as a creative vehicle for exploring ideas, perception, and our constructed world. Whether students take courses listed under ARTV to meet a general education requirement or as part of a major in visual arts, the goal is to develop communicative, analytical, and expressive skills through the process of artistic production. The BA program seeks to foster understanding of art from several perspectives: the practice and intention of the creator, the visual knowledge employed, and the perception and critical reception of the audience.

Meet Midway Radio
Gidwitz Lobby

Meet 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.

Meet UChicago Presents and the Department of Music
Gidwitz Lobby
UChicago Presents, now entering its 83rd season, brings world-class jazz, blues, classical, early music, and new music together in one concert series at venues across the university campus. With the Sponsor-A-Student free ticket program, as well as $14 student tickets, UChicago students across all divisions and disciplines are welcome to share in live music with the larger Chicago community.
The University of Chicago Department of Music offers graduate degrees in Composition, Ethnomusicology, and Music History and Theory, as well as an undergraduate Bachelor of Arts degree in music. Beyond the classroom, the Music Department hosts a thriving co-curricular Performance Program encompassing four choirs, two orchestras, two jazz ensembles, a South Asian instrumental and vocal ensemble, a Middle East music ensemble, an early music ensemble, a wind ensemble, and programs in chamber music, piano and voice.

University of Chicago Women’s Ensemble (10:00 pm)
Performance Hall
The 40-50 member Women’s Ensemble is a select ensemble of undergraduate, graduate, and recent alumnae of the University of Chicago. The group explores classical repertoire from the Medieval era up through the present day, music from polyphonic singing traditions across the world, and selections from a variety of American genres. Through its diverse repertoire, the Women’s Ensemble strives to give singers the chance to discover, explore, and promote the power of women's voices. The ensemble performs throughout the academic year at UChicago and in the community at large.

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.

ACA-PALOOZA!!!
Theater West  

Soda Station
South Sandroff Box Office

Decorate your Logan Center Tote Bags
North Lounge
Join us for tote bag painting and bring home your own unique Logan Center merch!

Meet the MADDs
Great Hall – 2nd Floor North
One acronym, two meanings! The MADD Center is a hub for creative exploration, gameplay, and fabrication on campus. The MADD Program gives students the opportunity to take those things and integrate them into their academics through a major and/or minor. Come meet the MADDmins behind the acronyms, play some games, and hear about classes and events happening around the University!

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!

Get Involved: Cinema and Media Studies and the Film Studies Center
Screening Room Lobby
Since its founding in 1995, the academic program in Cinema and Media Studies has assembled a group of leading scholars in the field and developed a world-wide reputation for original, rigorous, and influential scholarship. As the comprehensive support facility for CMS, the Film Studies Center fosters interdisciplinary film scholarship through course screenings, extensive media collections, and weekly public events. Visit our tables for more information about CMS enrollment and course offerings, or the FSC's hands-on resources and public screenings.

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.

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!

Words After Dark: A Creative Writing O-Week Hangout
801
Curious about the creative writing major? Wondering how to go from idea to the page? Just looking for a fun way to spend the night? Join fourth-year creative writing majors Sophia and Chris for a laid-back evening of readings, writing games, and maybe some inspiration. Along the way, you can share your own work or ask about life as a creative writing major at UChicago, and learn how one class (or the whole major) can fit into your time and goals here. No experience needed, and no pressure to share. Browse a pile of literary magazines and books from their personal collections and maybe discover a new voice. Drop in for ten minutes or stay the whole time! ‍

‍Chinese Instrument Show and Tell with Jade Chinese Music Ensemble (9:45 pm–10:45 pm)
802
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!

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

Class of 2030 Photo Booth
9th Floor Penthouse
Make some memories to look back on at graduation! Stop by the Class of 2030 Photo Booth.