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My Only Regret Is Not Having Gone...To The Law School Musical!

A little stress relief.  Enjoy!  And good luck on your exams and papers!

Videos and slideshow from the Law School Musical 2011:  Law School Is a Cabaret:

 

 

And from last year's Law School Musical "All You Need Is Law":  Gunner's World!

 

Hidden Chicago

The Law Library recently acquired DVDs of the Geoffrey Baer tours around Chicago which originally aired on WTTW11.  The "Hidden Chicago" video tour in particular highlights the University's "Nuclear Energy" sculpture and Rockefeller Chapel.  "Ghost signs."  And a cowpath in the Loop! 

Check them out on DVD or at WTTW's website. 

响堂山石窟: "Echoes of the Past": The Buddhist Cave Temples of Xiangtangshan (Smart Museum Exhibit)

Discover the remarkable history of the ancient Buddhist cave temples of Xiangtangshan. Through January 16. Free. [via Facebook]

Since the sixth century, Buddhist cave temples in northern China have housed a magnificent array of sculptures of Buddha, his attendants, and many other figures.  In the early 1900s, looters raided the caves and chiseled off heads, hands, and feet from the sculptures.  The severed parts of the sculptures have found their way into various private collections throughout the world.  For the past six years, the University of Chicago's Center for the Art of East Asia has engaged in a research and 3-D digital reconstruction project focused on the caves.  An international team of experts tracked down and photographed the missing parts of the sculptures, and then, using scholarly research and cutting-edge technology, the experts reconstructed the original appearance of the caves.  The Smart Museum has mounted an exhibit, called "Echoes of the Past," where visitors can view a virtual representation of the caves with missing parts of the statues digitally superimposed.  The exhibit is available for viewing, free, through Sunday, January 16, 2011.  On the closing day, the museum will conduct a Curator Tour at 2 p.m.

Celebrate Oktoberfest in Hyde Park Today!

This Saturday, from 11:00 a.m.- 7:00 p.m., celebrate Oktoberfest in Hyde Park!  The free community festival will be on 53d Street, from Dorchester to Kimbark avenues.  Sponsors include the University of Chicago's Office of Civic Engagement, the South East Chicago Commission (SECC), and the Hyde Park Chamber of Commerce.  

There will be music, dancing, arts and crafts, food, games, pony rides, and beer!   For more information, check the 53rd Street Blog post, Party At Oktoberfest, and media advisory press release, both written by the University's Wendy Parks.  Come celebrate Hyde Park's Oktoberfest!