In Sweet Bitter Love, now open at the Newberry, new work by Jeffrey Gibson responds to 19th-century representations of Native people in the Newberry collection.

Sometime in the first half of the 18th century, a group of Nahua people from Zempoala (in the Mexican state of Hidalgo) resisted Spanish rule and asserted their rights in a document known as the Codex Zempoala.

¡Viva la Libertad! is a series of public programs bringing together scholars, writers, artists, and community members to explore the independence struggles of the Americas and reflect on their legacies today.

The Newberry has acquired the archives of Mister Kelly’s, an iconic Chicago nightclub that helped launch the careers of Barbra Streisand, Richard Pryor, and many others. Included in the collection are live recordings, posters, photographs, and revealing ephemera—like a bar tab run up by comedian Lenny Bruce.