Expedition 003: DuSable and ISAC
Greetings, people of Earth!
Today at Barzai Observatory, it's a brisk 7ºC, and we have a quick update for the November Experience on November 15th.[Note 1]
November brings Expedition 003, a double-header!
Destinations: DuSable Black History Museum (open 10:00-15:30), followed by Institute for the Study of Ancient Cultures (open 10-16:00), 15 November. Admission: ISAC suggests $15, DuSable ranges
$11-$14.50DISCOUNT! Admission is currently 50% off during construction. Luncheon: TBD — hopefully 🤞 B’Gabs Goodies & Comfort Cafe (1450 E 57th St), a Black-owned vegan restaurant whose mission includes fighting food insecurity.The first destination will be DuSable. Information on the location is here: https://dusablemuseum.org/visitor/
After, we’ll head a few blocks away to ISAC: https://isac.uchicago.edu/visit/visit-museum
Neither of these venues have any suggestions for visiting by CTA; it is difficult (by design[2][3]) to get anywhere on the South Side. Carpooling may be a possibility! Chandreyee and I will want to leave about 9 am to get to DuSable by 10 (ish).
During the lunch break, we’ll have some exciting updates about our plans for Barzai in the spring: volunteer work, an activism workshop/seminar series, our Spring Expeditions destinations, and more!
Let us know if you are interested in joining us for this informative tour of 10,000 years of human history, from the banks of the Nile to Chicago[4] on the shores of Lake Illinois!
Chandreyee & Eric
Upcoming Destinations
Dec: Museum of Science & Industry, 13 December (site open 9:30-17:30). Admission: $25.95. Luncheon: TBD.
[1] The expeditions are meant to be on second Saturdays, but the schedule we put out back in August says the 15th. Thus it has been written; thus let it be done.
[2] Jasmine Barnes, South Side Weekly, 20 Oct 2023: “Chicago’s Transportation System Reinforces Insularity and Inequity” https://southsideweekly.com/op-ed-chicagos-transportation-system-reinforces-insularity-and-inequity/
[3] Alma Campos and Chima Ikoro, South Side Weekly, 25 Feb 2022: “The Structures That Divide Us” https://southsideweekly.com/the-structures-that-divide-us/
[4] This morning (6 Nov), US District Judge Sara Ellis read Carl Sandberg’s poem “Chicago” during a hearing on the use of force by federal agents in the City, saying “This is the Chicagoland I see, from Aurora to Cicero, from Chicago to Evanston to Waukegan.” https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poetrymagazine/poems/12840/chicago
