The Dirt Red Brass Band (10:15 pm)
Logan Courtyard
Dubbed UChicago's "funkiest and least controversial RSO," the Dirt Red Brass Band is the campus’s premier funk and jazz band. We’re throwing a concert, so stop by to dance and have fun! Play an instrument or sing? Meet the band and learn about auditions! (there's also free merch...)

UChicago Glee Club Performance (9:45 pm and 11:10 pm)
Logan Courtyard

Use your food tickets at our three featured food trucks! At the South Entrance, visit Yum Dum for creative bao dishes, Chicago’s Dog House for a classic Chicago hot dog, or Paleta Factory for a frozen treat.

Food Trucks - Yum Dum
South Circle
Menu:

PORK BELLY BAO: Slow braised pork belly with Taiwanese spices, topped with pickled mustard greens, crushed peanuts in a soft, fluffy bun

KOREAN FRIED CHICKEN BAO: Panko crusted chicken thigh w house spicy slaw topped with sweet garlic sauce & toasted sesame seeds in a soft, fluffy bun

KIMCHEESY RICE BALLS (vegetarian): Cheddar jack cheese, house kimchi, and scallions topped with jalapeno sriracha aioli

SESAME NOODLES (vegan/vegetarian): Cold noodles tossed with cucumbers, scallions, chili flakes, toasted sesame seeds, soy vinaigrette

Food Trucks - Chicago's Dog House
South Circle
Menu:

Chicago Style Hot Dogs and Vegan Chips
All the Condiments

Food Trucks - Paleta Factory
South Circle
Menu:

Cookies and Cream
Limon Lime
Strawberry Milkshake
Sweet Mango

Fire Escape Films Screening
Logan 003
Come and watch some of the short films produced by Fire Escape Films, UChicago’s filmmaking club! We’ll be screening student-made shorts from a variety of genres!

Arts & Crafts
Classroom 028
Show off your creativity in our two arts + crafts rooms, where you can make phone chains, paint posters to decorate your dorm rooms, and even crochet your own plushy!

The Equipment Cage: Arts Technologies on Campus
Logan Media Center
Visit the Logan Media Center to learn more about how you can use arts technologies and film equipment to make your own projects!

Henri Matisse: Jazz
Lower Level Hallway
See original prints from French artist Henri Matisse's 1947 book.

Welcome to the O-Party! Get to know the ArtsPass Program
Courtyard, North Entrance, and Gidwitz Lobby
Do you need new pens for your classes? Reusable straws for your iced coffee? Plenty of stickers to decorate your laptop? Stop by the Welcome Table to pick up some exciting merch ArtsPass partner merch and learn more about 70+ arts and culture organizations around Chicago where you can get free and discounted admission! Here, you can also find out everything you need to know about the O-Party.

In the Gidwitz Lobby, you can also pick up special Logan Center merch.

Gray Center Fellowship Exhibition: vanessa german
Gallery
The Logan Center Gallery is a great place to see work from visiting and student artists. See the new exhibition by vanessa german including work inspired by students who took her Gray Center class last winter.

Café Logan Tasting and Mural Exhibition
Café Logan
Stop by Cafe Logan to sample their Fall menu. Open Monday through Friday 8 am to 8 pm, Saturday Noon to 6 pm, and Sunday Noon to 4 pm, Cafe Logan is a great place to study, get coffee and lunch with friends, and enjoy art at the Logan Center.

University Theater Cabaret
Café Logan
Come join University Theater for a night of music and fun at the UT Cabaret! Meet some Committee members, eat some food, and show off your skills at our open mic. We can’t wait to see you all there! Be sure to follow @university.theater on Instagram for all UT updates.

Beverages
Gidwitz Lobby
Water is available in the Gidwitz Lobby outside the Performance Hall. You can also fill your water bottle at any of the water fountains throughout the Logan Center.

On the Button, with the Smart Museum of Art!
Gidwitz Lobby
The Smart is celebrating 50 years in 2024-2025! Come make your own wearable button with iconic images reproduced from the Museum’s collection, and then sometime during the fall quarter, head over to Smart galleries to experience (once, twice, or ten+ times!) The 50th: An Anniversary Exhibition and South Side artist Robert Earl Paige’s unmissable installation, Give the Drummer Some!

Meet Occam's Razor
Gidwitz Lobby
Occam's Razor, UChicago's independent improv troupe, performs three free long-and-short-form improv shows a quarter in the FXK. Get to know Occam's Razor and some of its members at this year's O-Party and ask questions about our shows, auditions, and improv on campus more generally!

Meet the South Side Free Music Program
Gidwitz Lobby
SSFMP, or the South Side Free Music Program, is a community service RSO that provides free one-on-one music lessons to students from Hyde Park and surrounding neighborhoods. Stop by our table to learn about the work we do and how you can support the Chicago community with your musical skills!

Meet UChicago Presents
Gidwitz Lobby
UChicago Presents is your on-campus concert series, featuring world-class jazz, blues, classical, contemporary, and early music artists and ensembles. Now in its 81st season, UCP engages all — the student, the Nobel Laureate, the uninitiated, the dedicated musician, and everyone in-between — to nurture curiosity through great music-making. Learn more about our 24/25 lineup, special offers, and free student tickets when you stop by our table! 

Class of 2028 Photo Booth
Gidwitz Lobby
Make some memories to look back on at graduation! Stop by the Class of 2028 Photo Booth.

Groove Theory Dance Crew Freestyle Cypher (10:00 - 10:30 pm)
Performance Hall
Groove Theory Dance Crew is the only freestyle hip-hop dance crew on campus. We're no cuts, and we're super beginner-friendly. Today we want to showcase different styles of hip-hop, all of which are freestyled, and we invite you to vibe and groove along, and to join us in the end to make a cypher.

Circle Singing with Voices in Your Head
Theater East
Calling anyone who loves to sing — join us for an evening of spontaneous vocal music! We will lead you through a series of vocal improv games meant to foster connections with yourself and the circle. Both beginners and skilled singers will be able to access a deepened freedom and musical intuition!

Meet the Theater and Performance Studies Department
Theater West
Enjoy traveling into the world of Tom Stoppard's Arcadia as we create an atmosphere that evokes a country estate of the early 1800s in England. We will have card games and a crafting activity for you to enjoy while taking in a sense of the design world that will come to life in our fall TAPS production.

Create the Class of 2028 Mural
Great Hall
Establish your legacy as part of the 2028 class by participating in the O-Party Mural! Visit the second floor and pick up a paintbrush. In four years, you’ll get to revisit your unique design!

Decorate your new Logan Center Tote Bag
North Canaliever Lounge
Join us for tote bag painting and bring home your own unique Logan Center merch!

The Film Floor - Chicago International Film Festival and UChicago Film Studies Center
Screening Room Lobby
Learn more about film opportunities in Chicago at the Chicago International Film Festival’s table on Floor 2! A CIFF representative will also be at the table to answer any questions. Stop by the UChicago Film Studies Center table to learn more about film events on campus! Here, you can pick up a full schedule of upcoming events, and learn more about watching unique films in their on-site screening rooms.

2nd Floor Block Party
Shop Window
Join us in the 2nd-floor hallway to play with wooden blocks designed by students in the Spring 2024 Children & Architecture course. The students built their block sets in the Logan Center shop, which you can see through the window as you play. Instructors and students from the class will be on hand if you're interested in how the blocks were made, or have questions about this or other Architectural Studies classes. Sponsored by Architectural Studies in the Art History Department.

Improv Workshop with Off-Off Campus
Performance Lab 501
Join Off-Off Campus, the nation’s oldest college improv group, for some high-energy, low-stakes improv games! Come for five minutes or stay the whole night because guess what? We’ll still be a bunch of freaks in a room talking about “yes, and,” with or without (although we’d much rather with).

Into the Archives with The Visual Series
Classroom 601
Come join The Visual Series for a photoshoot to commemorate the beginning of your college years! Photoshoots are an integral part of our creative process, so join us as we bring your vision to life with props, cool backgrounds and your favorite jams.

Welcome to MODA
Classroom 603
Recognized by Vogue, MODA is UChicago’s premier student fashion organization and has played an influential role in shaping and defining the presence of fashion on campus through our Design, Magazine, and Digital branches. Come talk to us to learn more and see highlights from past projects and shows!

Le Vorris and Vox Circus Workshop
Performance Lab 701
Find your inner acrobat at UChicago's one and only circus RSO! Your local jesters at Le Vorris and Vox will be teaching basic moves in aerial silks, trapeze, ground acrobatics, glow poi, and more. No previous experience necessary!

Guess the Instrument! with Jade Chinese Music Ensemble
Classroom 703
9:45 pm to 10:45 pm
Jade Chinese Music Ensemble is committed to celebrating traditional and contemporary Chinese music. Participants will learn about and try out various traditional Chinese instruments, such as erhu, zhongruan, etc. Participants will test their musical ear in a "Guess the Instrument" Kahoot game.

Creative Writing Open Mic Reading
Classroom 802
Come to the 8th floor to share your creative writing! In 802, take part in an open mic – share a poem, short story, or spoken word piece and begin to get to know the creative writing student community. Visit the multiple creative writing RSOs tabling on the floor to see how to get involved outside classes.

Sliced Bread's Start of Year Bread Bonanza
8th-floor hallway
Sliced Bread is UChicago’s arts and literary magazine. We are a community of writers, artists, and appreciators dedicated to promoting creatives on campus, whether through our biannual print issues or artist features program. If you love talking about art, conducting interviews, or want to see your work printed in a magazine, we look forward to meeting you! 

The Shady Dealer's O-Week Extravaganza
8th-floor hallway
Join the Chicago Shady Dealer, UChicago's premier satirical newspaper, at the Logan O-Party. Grab a copy of our O-Week issue and learn how you can get involved. It will be the best night of your life!

(Note: We cannot legally promise it will be the best night of your life)

Meet the Memoryhouse Magazine
8th-floor hallway
Memoryhouse Magazine is a semi-annual publication that seeks to curate personal narratives through creative nonfiction and visual art, with special emphasis on stories and art from Chicagoland-based writers and artists. The editorial board is a diverse collection of students at the University of Chicago who share a love of the written word and the city of Chicago.

UCJAS Anime Jeopardy
Terrace Seminar 801
Come participate in some fun trivia about anime and UCJAS and get the chance to win some small prizes for getting the questions correct.

UBallet Class
Performance Penthouse 901

Come join UBallet for a sample class! All are welcome, no matter your previous experience! UBallet hosts weekly classes for all levels, as well as two full length ballets.