2025 Summer Series

Join us as we celebrate the summer through learning, exploring and reflecting together. Our variety of programs offers members of the University, South Side and greater Chicago communities the chance to connect and build sonic wellness through the arts. All are welcome as we experience the sounds of summer at the Logan Center!

Featured
LCCA Sounds of Summer: Experimental Sounds with Brother El
Jul 31
Logan Center for the Arts
LCCA Sounds of Summer: Experimental Sounds with Brother El
Logan Center for the Arts
Logan Center for the Arts
LCCA Sounds of Summer: Sonnets and Sonics
Jul 29
Logan Center for the Arts
LCCA Sounds of Summer: Sonnets and Sonics
Logan Center for the Arts
Logan Center for the Arts
LCCA Sounds of Summer: Sound Healing & Wellness with Shannon Harris of AudioPharmacology
Jul 24
Logan Center for the Arts
LCCA Sounds of Summer: Sound Healing & Wellness with Shannon Harris of AudioPharmacology
Logan Center for the Arts
Logan Center for the Arts
LCCA Sounds of Summer: Drum Circle with Azania Drum
Jul 22
Logan Center for the Arts
LCCA Sounds of Summer: Drum Circle with Azania Drum
Logan Center for the Arts
Logan Center for the Arts
LCCA Sounds of Summer: Dreamgirls Singalong
Jul 17
Logan Center for the Arts
LCCA Sounds of Summer: Dreamgirls Singalong
Logan Center for the Arts
Logan Center for the Arts
Sounds of Summer: Collaging to Sounds of Summer with Lauren Dotson
Jul 15
Logan Center for the Arts
Sounds of Summer: Collaging to Sounds of Summer with Lauren Dotson
Logan Center for the Arts
Logan Center for the Arts
Sounds of Summer: Makin’ Moves with Double Dutch
Jul 10
Logan Center for the Arts
Sounds of Summer: Makin’ Moves with Double Dutch
Logan Center for the Arts
Logan Center for the Arts
Sounds of Summer: Yoga/Sound Meditation with Undone Paige
Jul 8
Logan Center for the Arts
Sounds of Summer: Yoga/Sound Meditation with Undone Paige
Logan Center for the Arts
Logan Center for the Arts
Chicago Black Dance Legacy Project presents Divination: The Dancing Souls of Black Folk, a performance at Millennium Park
Aug 24
Jay Pritzker Pavilion at Millennium Park
Chicago Black Dance Legacy Project presents Divination: The Dancing Souls of Black Folk, a performance at Millennium Park
Jay Pritzker Pavilion at Millennium Park
Jay Pritzker Pavilion at Millennium Park
LOSING GROUND (Kathleen Collins, 1982)
Aug 18
Logan Center | Screening Room
LOSING GROUND (Kathleen Collins, 1982)
Logan Center | Screening Room

SCREENING ACTS: Film + Discussion Series

This July and August, join us for a free film series celebrating Black independent cinema, and exploring the roles we negotiate on and off screen. Read more →

Logan Center | Screening Room
Chicago Jazz Philharmonic Presents Through Ella’s Eyes
Aug 17
Logan Center for the Arts, Performance Hall
Chicago Jazz Philharmonic Presents Through Ella’s Eyes
Logan Center for the Arts, Performance Hall
Logan Center for the Arts, Performance Hall
JUST ANOTHER GIRL ON THE I.R.T. (Leslie Harris, 1992)
Aug 11
Logan Center | Screening Room
JUST ANOTHER GIRL ON THE I.R.T. (Leslie Harris, 1992)
Logan Center | Screening Room

SCREENING ACTS: Film + Discussion Series

This July and August, join us for a free film series celebrating Black independent cinema, and exploring the roles we negotiate on and off screen. Read more →

Logan Center | Screening Room
Leave A Message
Aug 7
Logan Center
Leave A Message
Logan Center

Summer Music-Meditation Series

Join us for music, group meditation, and conversation. Read more →

Logan Center
BAMBOOZLED (Spike Lee, 2000)
Aug 4
Logan Center | Screening Room
BAMBOOZLED (Spike Lee, 2000)
Logan Center | Screening Room

SCREENING ACTS: Film + Discussion Series

This July and August, join us for a free film series celebrating Black independent cinema, and exploring the roles we negotiate on and off screen. Read more →

Logan Center | Screening Room
The Anticipation of Eve
Aug 2
Logan Center | Penthouse
The Anticipation of Eve
Logan Center | Penthouse

Court Theatre presents the Spotlight Reading Series.

Series of short stories Hansberry wrote under the pseudonym Emily Jones with subject matter pertaining to queer characters and relationship dynamics. Read more →

Logan Center | Penthouse
Screening of Lorraine Hansberry: Sighted Eyes/Feeling Heart
Aug 1
Logan Center | Screening Room
Screening of Lorraine Hansberry: Sighted Eyes/Feeling Heart
Logan Center | Screening Room

Court Theatre presents the Spotlight Reading Series.

Film Screening. Read more →

Logan Center | Screening Room
Community Reads: To Be Young, Gifted, and Black, A Memoir by Lorraine Hansberry
Aug 1
Logan Center | Penthouse
Community Reads: To Be Young, Gifted, and Black, A Memoir by Lorraine Hansberry
Logan Center | Penthouse

Court Theatre presents the Spotlight Reading Series.

Enjoy dinner and intimate, facilitated group discussions as you explore Lorraine Hansberry’s memoir, To Be Young, Gifted, and Black. Read more →

Logan Center | Penthouse
To Be Young, Gifted, and Black: A Portrait of Lorraine Hansberry in Her Own Words
Jul 31
Logan Center
To Be Young, Gifted, and Black: A Portrait of Lorraine Hansberry in Her Own Words
Logan Center

Court Theatre presents the Spotlight Reading Series.

Presented in partnership with the Reva and David Logan Center and sponsored in part by the Joyce Foundation. Read more →

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BUCK AND THE PREACHER (Sidney Poitier, 1972)
Jul 28
Logan Center | Screening Room
BUCK AND THE PREACHER (Sidney Poitier, 1972)
Logan Center | Screening Room

SCREENING ACTS: Film + Discussion Series

This July and August, join us for a free film series celebrating Black independent cinema, and exploring the roles we negotiate on and off screen. Read more →

Logan Center | Screening Room
Marcus the Artist: City of Gold - Artist Talk
Jul 27
Logan Center for the Arts | Café Logan
Marcus the Artist: City of Gold - Artist Talk
Logan Center for the Arts | Café Logan

Join us for this Artist Talk in Café Logan

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Logan Center for the Arts | Café Logan
Walking Tour with Essence McDowell
Jul 25
Logan Center
Walking Tour with Essence McDowell
Logan Center

Court Theatre presents the Spotlight Reading Series

The tour is centered on Lifting As They Climbed: Mapping a History of Trailblazing Black Women in Chicago. Read more →

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Mural Making with Dorian Sylvain
Jul 23
Logan Center | Courtyard & Room 203
Mural Making with Dorian Sylvain
Logan Center | Courtyard & Room 203

Tuesdays July 16th & 23rd

Help create a unique, large-scale work of art. Read more →

Logan Center | Courtyard & Room 203
BODY AND SOUL (Oscar Micheaux, 1925)
Jul 21
Logan Center | Screening Room
BODY AND SOUL (Oscar Micheaux, 1925)
Logan Center | Screening Room

SCREENING ACTS: Film + Discussion Series

This July and August, join us for a free film series celebrating Black independent cinema, and exploring the roles we negotiate on and off screen. Read more →

Logan Center | Screening Room
Gray Center Fellowship Exhibition | vanessa german: Opening Reception + Artist Conversation
Jul 19
Logan Center for the Arts | Gallery
Gray Center Fellowship Exhibition | vanessa german: Opening Reception + Artist Conversation
Logan Center for the Arts | Gallery

Join us for the Opening Reception!

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Logan Center for the Arts | Gallery
Gray Center Fellowship Exhibition | vanessa german
Jul 19
Logan Center for the Arts | Gallery
Gray Center Fellowship Exhibition | vanessa german
Logan Center for the Arts | Gallery

Exhibition in the Logan Center Gallery

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Logan Center for the Arts | Gallery
Makin’ Moves with Double Dutch and Screen Printing!
Jul 18
Logan Center | Courtyard
Makin’ Moves with Double Dutch and Screen Printing!
Logan Center | Courtyard

Double Dutch with us!

Join us for an energetic session of jump rope, movement, and music. Read more →

Logan Center | Courtyard
Mural Making with Dorian Sylvain
Jul 16
Logan Center | Courtyard & Room 203
Mural Making with Dorian Sylvain
Logan Center | Courtyard & Room 203

Tuesdays July 9th & 16th

Help create a unique, large-scale work of art. Read more →

Logan Center | Courtyard & Room 203
CHAMELEON STREET (Wendell B. Harris, Jr., 1989)
Jul 14
Logan Center | Screening Room
CHAMELEON STREET (Wendell B. Harris, Jr., 1989)
Logan Center | Screening Room

SCREENING ACTS: Film + Discussion Series

This July and August, join us for a free film series celebrating Black independent cinema, and exploring the roles we negotiate on and off screen. Read more →

Logan Center | Screening Room
Explore Untidy Objects and Screen Printing!
Jul 11
Logan Center | South Lawn
Explore Untidy Objects and Screen Printing!
Logan Center | South Lawn

Explore a living sculpture!

Participate in screen printing. Read more →

Logan Center | South Lawn
Leave A Message
Jul 10
Logan Center
Leave A Message
Logan Center

Summer Music-Meditation Series

Join us for music, group meditation, and conversation. Read more →

Logan Center

Mothering on Screen: Film + Discussion Series

Sundays, July 13 - August 17, 1 - 4 PM* (*July 27, 5-8pm), Logan Center, Screening Room 201

This July and August, join us for Mothering on Screen, a free film and discussion series. Featuring six films that explore the experiences of black mothers across different decades, landscapes and social contexts, this series will follow the labor of mothering through the popular, critical and experimental terms of black cinema.

Featured
Mothering on Screen: Soul Food (George Tillman Jr., 1997)
Aug 17
Logan Center for the Arts
Mothering on Screen: Soul Food (George Tillman Jr., 1997)
Logan Center for the Arts
Logan Center for the Arts
Mothering on Screen: Saint Omer (Alice Diop, 2022)
Aug 10
Logan Center for the Arts
Mothering on Screen: Saint Omer (Alice Diop, 2022)
Logan Center for the Arts
Logan Center for the Arts
Mothering on Screen: A Thousand and One (A. V. Rockwell, 2023)
Aug 3
Logan Center for the Arts
Mothering on Screen: A Thousand and One (A. V. Rockwell, 2023)
Logan Center for the Arts
Logan Center for the Arts
Mothering on Screen: Bush Mama (Haile Gerima, 1979)
Jul 27
Logan Center for the Arts
Mothering on Screen: Bush Mama (Haile Gerima, 1979)
Logan Center for the Arts
Logan Center for the Arts
Mothering on Screen: Mother of George (Andrew Dosunmu, 2013)
Jul 20
Logan Center for the Arts
Mothering on Screen: Mother of George (Andrew Dosunmu, 2013)
Logan Center for the Arts
Logan Center for the Arts
Mothering on Screen: Down in the Delta (Maya Angelou, 1998)
Jul 13
Logan Center for the Arts
Mothering on Screen: Down in the Delta (Maya Angelou, 1998)
Logan Center for the Arts
Logan Center for the Arts

Summer programming at the Logan Center is supported by the Jonathan Logan Family Foundation through the Logan Center’s Digital Storytelling Initiative, the Reva and David Logan Foundation, Revada Foundation, the Chill Endowment, and friends of the Logan Center with additional support for the Screening Freedom Film Series provided by the Office of the Provost Diversity & Inclusion 2025 Juneteenth Fund.