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Events

Our spring and fall events include talks, panel discussions, film screenings, book launches, studio visits, exhibitions, and artistic installations. All events are documented and archived online and on the MAS Context Vimeo Channel.

Upcoming

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Installation

Future Firm: The Stork’s Stair

June 18-June 23, 2026
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MAS Context Spring Talks 2026

Lee Bey on The Best Side: The Architecture, Places, and Spaces of Chicago’s West Side

Wednesday, May 13, 2026 at 6PM
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MAS Context Spring Talks 2026

Recontextualizing Modernismo: Architecture, Intervention, and Site

Thursday, April 30, 2026 at 6PM
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Installation

The Difficulty of Representation

April 9-May 17, 2026

Past

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Mas event 2026 now arriving main

MAS Context Spring Talks 2026

Now / Arriving 2026

Thursday, April 16, 2026 at 6PM
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Mas event 2026 turn the mic up 01

MAS Context Spring Talks 2026

Germane Barnes: Turn the Mic Up

Monday, April 13, 2026 at 6PM
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Mas event 2026 the difficulty of representation 02

MAS Context Spring Talks 2026

Luis Urculo: The Difficulty of Representation

Wednesday, April 8, 2026 at 6PM
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Mas event 2026 all magnificent and wild drawing 04

MAS Context Spring Talks 2026

Don’t Give Up the Ship!

Tuesday, March 31, 2026 at 6PM
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Mas event 2026 segregation by design and reconnecting communities 01

MAS Context Spring Talks 2026

Adam Paul Susaneck: Segregation by Design and Reconnecting Communities

Monday, March 23, 2026 at 6PM
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Mas event 2026 all magnificent and wild 03

Exhibition

All Magnificent and Wild: Notes on Chicago Residential Hotels

March 14-April 11, 2026
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Mas event 2026 goff film screening poster

MAS Context Spring Talks 2026

GOFF

Tuesday, March 10, 2026 at 6PM
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Mas event 2026 exploring the archives chicago history museum 01

MAS Context Spring Talks 2026

Exploring the Archives: Chicago History Museum

Saturday, March 7, 2026 at 11AM
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Mas event 2026 identity as infrastructure main

MAS Context Spring Talks 2026

Identity as Infrastructure: How Span’s Design Shapes Culture, Institutions, and Public Life

Tuesday, February 24, 2026
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Mas event 2025 show me 01

MAS Context Fall Talks 2025

Sean Lally: New Origin Stories

Tuesday, December 9, 2025 at 6PM
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Mas event 2025 tracing traces 01

MAS Context Fall Talks 2025

Tracing / Traces: Architecture and the Archive 2025

Saturday, December 6, 2025 at 11:30AM
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Mas event 2025 thirtysix views views of inverted portal event los angeles 01

MAS Context Fall Talks 2025

James Florio: Thirtysix Views of Inverted Portal | Los Angeles

Saturday, November 22, 2025 at 6PM