“What are we listening to these days, and why?” Prompted by this and other questions, Josh Rios invites you to this all-ages gathering to share and reflect on music in an open, collective setting. Think of it as a live mix-tape, where everyone gets the …

Tune In, Take Turns is an all-ages soundwalk that starts with "ear cleaning" and grounding exercises, followed by a soundwalk/treasure hunt in one of Jens Jensen's iconic Chicago parks. Participants will engage in yawning and vocal exercises, make joyful noises with choral call-and-response singing, and …

The Singing Insects Monitoring Program is a community science effort to familiarize people with common sounds of singing insects in the Chicago region, including grasshoppers, cicadas, katydids, and crickets. Building on Dr. Carl Strang’s work documenting the many species within these four types across 22 …

Join interdisciplinary artist Eliza Fernand for a deep listening scavenger hunt in which we will interrogate our individual and collective value sets and question the usefulness of classification. Participants will enact body-based research, listening to the beach environment through a microphone, then capturing a collection …

What are the sounds of Newton? How do sounds change as one season gives way to another? What sounds represent life here in 2025, and how might Newton sound different in 2050? Let's go for a walk, listen to what is happening now, and imagine …

What are the sounds of Newton? How did Newton sound different 100 years ago, and how might this place sound different in the future? In this activity, we’ll go on a short walk to listen together, gather some sound recordings, and then work on designing …