Our Community
Hyde Park
Located right on Lake Michigan and just minutes south of downtown Chicago, Hyde Park is filled with some of the finest art, theatre, music, dance, architecture, and bookstores in the city. Connect with HyPa—the Hyde Park Alliance for Arts and Culture—for a comprehensive map, calendar of events, and information on all the neighborhood’s cultural riches.
Cultural highlights
- DuSable Museum of African American History
- Experimental Station
- Frank Lloyd Wright’s Robie House
- Hyde Park Art Center
- Hyde Park Jazz Festival
- Little Black Pearl
- Lorado Taft’s Fountain of Time
- Museum of Science and Industry
Neighborhood dining
The University of Chicago
The University of Chicago is a campus of contrasts and convergences that mixes lively discourse with a flourishing arts scene. The University is home to not only Nobels and neo-Gothic quads but also world-class art, film, music, poetry, and theater. For the latest arts news and campus-wide calendar of events, visit arts.uchicago.edu.
Cultural highlights
- Art History
- Court Theatre
- Doc Films
- Henry Moore’s Nuclear Energy
- Logan Arts Center
- Oriental Institute Museum
- Poetry and Poetics
- Renaissance Society
- Rockefeller Memorial Chapel
- Special Collections Research Center
- The University of Chicago Presents
- WHPK
Other resources
Photo by Alex MacLean.
Feast | Opens February 16
Discover the radical history of the shared meal as an artistic medium.
Family Days
On the first Saturday of every month, drop by the Smart and join in the free creative family activities!
