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901A: ORIGINS OF CHRISTIANITY: Part I
Directed by Jerome Prieur and Gerard Mordillat, this ten-hour documentary originally aired on French television. It examines chronologically the emergence of Christianity between the years 30 and 150 CE. Dozens of historians and theologians weigh in, and sources range from the Gospels to the most contemporary research. English subtitles. 260 minutes (first half).
Presented in partnership with Facets Multi-Media.
Program Presenters:
- Jerome Prieur
- Gerard Mordillat
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When:
Saturday November 6, 2004
10:00 AM
Where:
Facets Cinémathèque
1517 W. Fullerton Ave.
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901B: ORIGINS OF CHRISTIANITY: Part II
Directed by Jerome Prieur and Gerard Mordillat, this ten-hour documentary originally aired on French television. It examines chronologically the emergence of Christianity between the years 30 and 150 CE. Dozens of historians and theologians weigh in, and sources range from the Gospels to the most contemporary research. English subtitles. 260 minutes (second half).
Presented in partnership with Facets Multi-Media.
Program Presenters:
- Jerome Prieur
- Gerard Mordillat
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When:
Sunday November 7, 2004
10:00 AM
Where:
Facets Cinémathèque
1517 W. Fullerton Ave.
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605: BERNARDO BERTOLUCCI: Filmmaker
The internationally renowned Italian film director, whose work includes such cinematic landmarks as The Conformist, Last Tango in Paris, The Last Emperor, and The Dreamers, makes a rare visit to Chicago. In an interview with Chicago Sun-Times film critic Roger Ebert, Bertolucci discusses a lifetime of distinguished and influential work.
Presented in partnership with Istituto Italiano di Cultura.
Program Presenters:
- Bernardo Bertolucci
- Roger Ebert
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When:
Saturday November 13, 2004
10:00 to 11:00 AM
Where:
First United Methodist Church (The Chicago Temple)
77 W. Washington
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C21: DAVID GONZALEZ: As If the Past Were Listening
This collection of creation myths from the Latino world—including South America, Puerto Rico, and the “Republic of da’ Bronx”—is performed with passion, humor, and panache by storyteller David Gonzalez. Using contemporary language, his own unique imagery, and Latin jazz accompaniment on the piano, Gonzalez brilliantly imbues these myths with meanings both personal and universal, making a lively and varied program for audiences.
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- MICHAEL HERALDA’S AZTEC STORIES: From Micailhuitl to Dia de Los Muertos
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When:
Monday November 8, 2004
10:00 to 11:00 AM
Where:
Duncan YMCA Chernin Center for the Arts
1001 W. Roosevelt Road
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703: ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPTS PANEL: The Gould “Hours,” a Medieval Best-seller
Three experts discuss an illuminated Book of Hours by medieval painter Marc Caussin, recently acquired by the Newberry Library. Paul Saenger, the library’s curator of rare books, explains how the book was obtained from the former estate of financier Jay Gould. James Marrow, professor emeritus of art history at Princeton Univ., reviews the manuscript’s artist, provenance, and features. Sandra Hindman, professor emeritus at Northwestern Univ. and expert on early manuscripts and printed books, assesses the book’s meaning, cultural importance, and pedagogic interest.
Program Presenters:
- Paul Saenger
- Sandra Hindman
- James Marrow
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When:
Sunday November 14, 2004
10:00 to 11:00 AM
Where:
Newberry Library
60 W. Walton
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603: JEROME PRIEUR, GERARD MORDILLAT: Origins of Christianity
The makers of this rigorous, ten-hour filmed examination of the early years (A.D. 30-150) of Christianity discuss the creation of a documentary work that is at once erudite, provocative, and challenging. It created a sensation in France equaled only by Mel Gibson’s The Passion of the Christ and, perhaps, The Da Vinci Code. Prieur and Mordillat are Paris-based filmmakers, scholars, and authors whose previous work includes Corpus Christi and the best-selling book Jesus après Jesus. Garry Wills, the distinguished Northwestern Univ. scholar, moderates.
Presented in partnership with Facets Multi-Media.
Program Presenters:
- Jerome Prieur
- Gerard Mordillat
- Garry Wills
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When:
Saturday November 13, 2004
10:00 to 11:00 AM
Where:
Claudia Cassidy Theater, Chicago Cultural Center
78 E. Randolph
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305: JOHN HOPE FRANKLIN: My Life
This celebrated American historian, who has played a conspicuous role as an African American intellectual and activist over the past sixty years, has just completed his autobiography. He talks about his life and times with UIC historian Michael Perman who, like Franklin, is a specialist in the history of the American South.
Presented in partnership with Phi Beta Kappa Association, Chicago Area.
Program Presenters:
- John Hope Franklin
- Michael Perman
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When:
Saturday November 6, 2004
10:00 to 11:00 AM
Where:
Thorne Auditorium, Northwestern University School of Law: Chicago Campus
375 E. Chicago Ave.
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C11: MICHAEL HERALDA’S AZTEC STORIES: From Micailhuitl to Dia de Los Muertos
Our records show that this program is technically sold out. Due to our attrition rate and inexpensive tickets, it is possible we may have some tickets available the day of the program. However, we cannot guarantee this. If it is a program that you would really like to attend, please arrive at the venue 20-30 minutes before the program is scheduled to begin and check at the ticket desk for availability.
Be prepared to experience the wondrous world of the Mexika/Aztecs in an interactive program featuring music, stories, ancient poetry, and narratives all based upon the indigenous perspective. Who are the Aztecs? What type of music and dance did they create? What types of foods did they eat and what types of ceremonies did they celebrate? These questions
and more will be addressed in a program that is fun and engaging. Michael Heralda brings many hand-made indigenous instruments to share and demonstrate. The audience will have the opportunity to join with Michael in playing songs together.
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Friday November 5, 2004
10:00 to 11:00 AM
Where:
Ogden Elementary School
24 West Walton St.
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304: MICHAEL IGNATIEFF: Up Close and Too Personal: Writing the History of the Present
The Harvard professor, essayist, and human rights expert considers: How does the historian make sense of current events such as those in Iraq? How is perspective and clear vantage possible when events are unfolding? How do we grasp the meaning of events in time to respond to them?
Presented in partnership with the Chicago Council on Foreign Relations and the Canadian Consulate General Chicago.
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When:
Saturday November 6, 2004
10:00 to 11:00 AM
Where:
First United Methodist Church (The Chicago Temple)
77 W. Washington
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609: PAUL THEROUX: The Truth of Travel
Our records show that this program is technically sold out. Due to our attrition rate and inexpensive tickets, it is possible we may have some tickets available the day of the program. However, we cannot guarantee this. If it is a program that you would really like to attend, please arrive at the venue 20-30 minutes before the program is scheduled to begin and check at the ticket desk for availability.
Travel is not about having a good time or loving your hosts—or even about distant places. According to this renowned novelist (Mosquito Coast, The Stranger at the Palazzo D’Oro) and travel writer (The Great Railway Bazaar and, most recently, Dark Star Safari), it’s about innocence, experience, and self-discovery.
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When:
Saturday November 13, 2004
10:00 to 11:00 AM
Where:
St. James Episcopal Cathedral
65 E. Huron Wabash and Huron
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303: RICHARD CHRISTIANSEN: A Theater of Our Own
Our records show that this program is technically sold out. Due to our attrition rate and inexpensive tickets, it is possible we may have some tickets available the day of the program. However, we cannot guarantee this. If it is a program that you would really like to attend, please arrive at the venue 20-30 minutes before the program is scheduled to begin and check at the ticket desk for availability.
The esteemed former theater critic for the Chicago Tribune has just published his memoir of "1001 nights in Chicago," a loving, "living" history of the Chicago theater scene and his experiences covering it.
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When:
Saturday November 6, 2004
10:00 to 11:00 AM
Where:
Chicago Public Library, Harold Washington Library Center
400 S. State St.
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301: ROBERT K. MASSIE: Castles of Steel: Winning the Great War
The Pulitzer-Prize winning author of Peter the Great, Nicholas and Alexandra, and Dreadnought discusses his recent best-seller, which describes the decisive role that British sea power and strategy played in the victory over Germany in World War I.
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Saturday November 6, 2004
10:00 to 11:00 AM
Where:
Claudia Cassidy Theater, Chicago Cultural Center
78 E. Randolph
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601: S. JAY OLSHANSKY: The Quest for Immortality
Why do we age? Olshansky, professor in the School of Public Health at UIC and research associate at the Univ. of Chicago’s Center on Aging answers this fundamental question while explaining why we live as long as we do, how much higher life expectancy can rise, and the implications of humankind’s efforts to extend life further.
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When:
Saturday November 13, 2004
10:00 to 11:00 AM
Where:
Alliance Française de Chicago
54 W. Chicago Ave.
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702: SUE MILLER: Time, Memory and The Story of My Father
The author of The Good Mother, Family Pictures, and The World Below talks about her father, whose struggle with Alzheimer’s was the subject of her memoir.
Program is generously supported by the McCormick Tribune Foundation.
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When:
Sunday November 14, 2004
10:00 to 11:00 AM
Where:
Rubloff Auditorium, Loyola University (downtown)
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701: TOM WOLFE: I am Charlotte Simmons
Our records show that this program is technically sold out. Due to our attrition rate and inexpensive tickets, it is possible we may have some tickets available the day of the program. However, we cannot guarantee this. If it is a program that you would really like to attend, please arrive at the venue 20-30 minutes before the program is scheduled to begin and check at the ticket desk for availability.
The pioneering journalist, essayist, and novelist presents his long-awaited new fiction, a satirical immersion into the world of the modern-day campus viewed through the eyes of an innocent young woman from small-town North Carolina.
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Sunday November 14, 2004
10:00 to 11:00 AM
Where:
Merle Reskin Theatre, DePaul University (downtown)
60 E. Balbo Dr.
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607: URBAN PANEL: The Encyclopedia of Chicago
Developed by the Newberry Library in cooperation with the Chicago Historical Society, The Encyclopedia is the definitive work on metropolitan Chicago. The editors discuss their creative process: How were decisions made about what—and what not—to include? How did they identify 145 ethnic communities to include as individual entries? Why does the book have no standard biographical entries? And exactly what is a neighborhood? With editors James R. Grossman, Ann Durkin Keating, and Janice L. Reiff.
Program Presenters:
- James R. Grossman
- Ann Durkin Keating
- Janice L. Reiff
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When:
Saturday November 13, 2004
10:00 to 11:00 AM
Where:
Newberry Library
60 W. Walton
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401: CHICAGO TRIBUNE LITERARY PRIZE: August Wilson
The Chicago Tribune’s annual honor recognizes an individual who has made an extraordinary contribution to the literary world, touched audiences, and changed the face of literature. Wilson is a two-time Pulitzer Prize-winning American playwright whose work charts the 20th century African American experience in this country.
All proceeds benefit Chicago Tribune Holiday Campaign, a campaign of Chicago Tribune Charities, a McCormick Tribune Foundation Fund.
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When:
Sunday November 7, 2004
10:00 to 11:30 AM
Where:
Armour Stage, Symphony Center
220 S. Michigan Ave.
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302: ANNALS OF REVOLT: 1789
A panel of experts considers the lasting international legacy of the French Revolution and its immediate aftermath. Including Univ. of Wisconsin historian Suzanne Desan; UIC historian David Jordan; and Univ. of Kentucky historian Jeremy Popkin.
Program Presenters:
- Suzanne Desan
- David Jordan
- Jeremy Popkin
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When:
Saturday November 6, 2004
10:00 to 11:30 AM
Where:
Chicago Historical Society
1601 N. Clark St.
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602: ANNALS OF REVOLT: 1979
This tumultuous year saw the overthrow of the Shah, the rise of the Islamic Republic in Iran, and the subsequent hostage crisis—not to mention the rise of Saddam Hussein, the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan, and the Camp David peace accords. Revisiting these events, and tracing their impact up to the present day, are New York Times journalist Stephen Kinzer; Univ. of Michigan history professor Juan Cole; and international banker Karim Pakravan. Moderated by Allan N. Lever, president, World Trade Center Chicago.
Program Presenters:
- Stephen Kinzer
- Juan Cole
- Karim Pakravan
- Allan N. Lever
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When:
Saturday November 13, 2004
10:00 to 11:30 AM
Where:
Chicago Historical Society
1601 N. Clark St.
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604: HISTORY PANEL: Time and Truth
Can historical “truth” be derived through narrative forms—literature, drama, film—that venture beyond the strict historical record? Using as an example the Abolitionist movement immediately prior to the Civil War, novelist Valerie Martin (Property); Victory Gardens Theater playwright Charles Smith (Free Man of Color); and Yale historian and Civil War-era authority David Blight consider the search for historical understanding. The moderator is esteemed historian Charles Branham.
Program Presenters:
- Valerie Martin
- Charles Smith
- David Blight
- Charles Branham
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When:
Saturday November 13, 2004
10:00 to 11:30 AM
Where:
Student Center, DePaul University (Lincoln Park)
2250 N. Sheffield (at Belden)
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606: FILM SCREENING: My Architect: A Son’s Journey
Our records show that this program is technically sold out. Due to our attrition rate and inexpensive tickets, it is possible we may have some tickets available the day of the program. However, we cannot guarantee this. If it is a program that you would really like to attend, please arrive at the venue 20-30 minutes before the program is scheduled to begin and check at the ticket desk for availability.
The architect Louis Kahn left behind a brilliant legacy of intensely powerful and spiritual buildings. His dramatic death in 1974, however, laid bare a complex personal life of secrets and broken promises; he led not a double, but a triple life. In My Architect, Kahn's only son, Nathaniel, sets out on an epic journey to reconcile his father's life and work by speaking with his architectural peers and the women and children in his life.
2003, U.S.A., 35mm, 116 mins.
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When:
Saturday November 13, 2004
10:00 AM to 12:00 PM
Where:
Museum of Contemporary Art
220 E. Chicago Ave.
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LAW AND LITERATURE PANEL: Representations of Violence
In two panels, distinguished scholars in law and the humanities discuss the subject of representations of violence in literary and artistic works, and in the law. Essays are slated for a future special issue of TriQuarterly magazine. Contributors include, among others, Lan Cao (College of William and Mary), Austin Sarat (Amherst College), Annelise Riles (Cornell Univ.), Catharine Stimpson (NYU), Stephen Gillers (NYU), Marianne Constable (Univ. of California, Berkeley), Regina Schwartz (Northwestern Univ.), Michael Lesy (Hampshire College), Dorothy Roberts (NU School of Law), David Thompson (Univ. of Chicago), Carolyn Frazier (NU School of Law), and Stephen Presser (Northwestern Univ.). Conference convened by NU School of Law senior lecturer Leigh Bienen, who also presents.
FREE TO NU SCHOOL OF LAW STUDENTS AND FACULTY.
FREE EVENT, also, for Chicago Humanities Festival attendees.
NO TICKET REQUIRED.
Saturday, November 13; 10-Noon
Northwestern University School of Law
150 Rubloff, 375 East Chicago Ave.
Program Presenters:
- Leigh Bienen
- Lan Cao
- Austin Sarat
- Annelise Riles
- Catharine Stimpson
- Stephen Gillers
- Marianne Constable
- Regina Schwartz
- Stephen Presser
- Michael Lesy
- Dorothy Roberts
- Carolyn Frazier
- David Thompson
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When:
Saturday November 13, 2004
10:00 AM to 12:00 PM
Where:
Northwestern University School of Law, 150 Rubloff
375 East Chicago Avenue
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608: MOCK JUDICIAL APPEAL: Slats Grobnik v. Fat Food
Grobnik, that embodiment of our nation’s “obesity epidemic,” has accused the food industry of being responsible for his condition. But shouldn’t he be held accountable for his own growing avoirdupois? Deciding the appeal are the Hon. Suzanne B. Conlon, Judge, U.S. District Court; the Hon. Charles P. Kocoras, Chief Judge, U.S. District Court; and the Hon. Warren D. Wolfson, Justice, Illinois Appellate Court. Lawyers Leslie M. Smith and Bernard R. Tresnowski argue Slats’s side of the case, while lawyers Philip L. Harris and Alan N. Salpeter respond on behalf of the defendants.
PLEASE NOTE: A buffet-style lunch is available for this extended program. Cost for this lunch option is $25.
To reserve a lunch ticket, you must order this particular program by phone. We regret that we cannot fulfill "Mock Appeal w/lunch" orders online. Please contact CHF Ticket Office at . We apologize for any inconvenience.
Program Presenters:
- Hon. Suzanne B. Conlon
- Hon. Charles P. Kocoras
- Hon. Warren D. Wolfson
- Leslie M. Smith
- Bernard R. Tresnowski
- Philip L. Harris
- Alan N. Salpeter
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When:
Saturday November 13, 2004
10:00 AM to 12:30 PM
Where:
Thorne Auditorium, Northwestern University School of Law: Chicago Campus
375 E. Chicago Ave.
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807H: FREE MUSEUM TOUR: History of Astronomy—Time
Our records show that this program is technically sold out. Due to our attrition rate and inexpensive tickets, it is possible we may have some tickets available the day of the program. However, we cannot guarantee this. If it is a program that you would really like to attend, please arrive at the venue 20-30 minutes before the program is scheduled to begin and check at the ticket desk for availability.
Take this thirty-minute guided tour of a special temporary exhibit featuring the Adler Planetarium’s dazzling collection of sundials and other early tools for Time measurement. Tickets are required. Please contact the CHF Ticket Office at for details. Ticket-buyers receive complimentary admission to the museum.
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When:
Sunday November 14, 2004
10:30 to 11:00 AM
Where:
Adler Planetarium
1300 S. Lake Shore Drive
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307: ERIC ROHMANN and DAVID WIESNER: Caldecott Conversation!
Our records show that this program is technically sold out. Due to our attrition rate and inexpensive tickets, it is possible we may have some tickets available the day of the program. However, we cannot guarantee this. If it is a program that you would really like to attend, please arrive at the venue 20-30 minutes before the program is scheduled to begin and check at the ticket desk for availability.
The American Library Association annually recognizes the best picture book for children with its Caldecott Medal. The winners for 2002 and 2003, respectively, discuss the process of creating beautiful and evocatively illustrated books to delight parents and children alike.
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When:
Saturday November 6, 2004
10:30 to 11:30 AM
Where:
Art Institute of Chicago, Price Auditorium
111 S. Michigan Ave.
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612GB: GREAT BOOKS DISCUSSION: Joyce Carol Oates
Our records show that this program is technically sold out. Due to our attrition rate and inexpensive tickets, it is possible we may have some tickets available the day of the program. However, we cannot guarantee this. If it is a program that you would really like to attend, please arrive at the venue 20-30 minutes before the program is scheduled to begin and check at the ticket desk for availability.
A discussion of a short story by Joyce Carol Oates precedes the author’s public presentation. Reading material will be made available at the site. Discussion is free but tickets are required.
Contact the CHF Ticket Office for more information at .
Presented in partnership with The Great Books Foundation.
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When:
Saturday November 13, 2004
10:30 to 11:30 AM
Where:
First United Methodist Church (The Chicago Temple)
77 W. Washington
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613GB: GREAT BOOKS DISCUSSION: Richard Dawkins
Our records show that this program is technically sold out. Due to our attrition rate and inexpensive tickets, it is possible we may have some tickets available the day of the program. However, we cannot guarantee this. If it is a program that you would really like to attend, please arrive at the venue 20-30 minutes before the program is scheduled to begin and check at the ticket desk for availability.
A discussion of a selection from the work of Richard Dawkins precedes the author’s public presentation. Reading material will be made available at the site. Discussion is free but tickets are required. Contact the CHF Ticket Office.
Presented in partnership with The Great Books Foundation.
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When:
Saturday November 13, 2004
10:30 to 11:30 AM
Where:
Newberry Library
60 W. Walton
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Mermaid Theatre of Nova Scotia
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C9: MERMAID THEATRE OF NOVA SCOTIA: Very Eric Carle
Our records show that this program is technically sold out. Due to our attrition rate and inexpensive tickets, it is possible we may have some tickets available the day of the program. However, we cannot guarantee this. If it is a program that you would really like to attend, please arrive at the venue 20-30 minutes before the program is scheduled to begin and check at the ticket desk for availability.
The Mermaid Theatre of Nova Scotia draws upon the magic of black-light puppetry to capture the charm of three favorite Eric Carle stories. High up in a beautiful blue sky, a Little Cloud changes into various shapes of things he has seen. Changing into different animals during an adventurous trip to the zoo teaches The Mixed-Up Chameleon the importance of being true to oneself. In The Very Busy Spider, a spider builds a web on a farmyard fence and ignores the playful banter of the barnyard animals. For Pre-K – grade 3
Program Presenters:
- Mermaid Theatre of Nova Scotia
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When:
Thursday November 4, 2004
10:30 to 11:30 AM
Where:
Chicago Public Library, Harold Washington Library Center
400 S. State St.
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C12: MICHAEL HERALDA’S AZTEC STORIES: From Micailhuitl to Dia de Los Muertos
Be prepared to experience the wondrous world of the Mexika/Aztecs in an interactive program featuring music, stories, ancient poetry, and narratives all based upon the indigenous perspective. Who are the Aztecs? What type of music and dance did they create? What types of foods did they eat and what types of ceremonies did they celebrate? These questions
and more will be addressed in a program that is fun and engaging. Michael Heralda brings many hand-made indigenous instruments to share and demonstrate. The audience will have the opportunity to join with Michael in playing songs together.
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Saturday November 6, 2004
10:30 to 11:30 AM
Where:
Mexican Fine Arts Center Museum
1852 West 19th Street Chicago, Illinois 60608
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306: VISUAL ARTS PANEL: The Ravages of Time
Self-portraits painted at various times in an artist's career can reveal much about the individual's changing inner life. A panel of art historians examines this notion through the work of Rembrandt, Gauguin, and Ivan Albright. With Richard Brettell of the Univ. of Dallas; Stephen Eisenman of Northwestern Univ.; and Claudia Swan of Northwestern Univ.
Art Institute curator Gloria Groom moderates.
Program Presenters:
- Richard Brettell
- Stephen Eisenman
- Claudia Swan
- Gloria Groom
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When:
Saturday November 6, 2004
10:30 to 11:30 AM
Where:
Fullerton Auditorium, Art Institute of Chicago
111 S. Michigan
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309: FOOD PANEL: From Farm to Table
Our records show that this program is technically sold out. Due to our attrition rate and inexpensive tickets, it is possible we may have some tickets available the day of the program. However, we cannot guarantee this. If it is a program that you would really like to attend, please arrive at the venue 20-30 minutes before the program is scheduled to begin and check at the ticket desk for availability.
“Eating is an agricultural act,” wrote Wendell Berry. Our food and ingredient choices determine to a great extent how the world is used. The freshest, purest, best-tasting food is produced by local, small-scale organic sustainable agriculture. The goal is to take care of the earth for future generations by supporting small family farms. A distinguished panel discusses how this is already happening in Chicago and elsewhere. Abby Mandel, founder and board president, Chicago’s Green City Market, is joined by Tod Murphy of the Farmers Diner (Barre, Vermont); David Cleverdon, Kinnikinnick Farm; Gerald Adelmann, Openlands Project; and Sarah Stegner, chef, The Dining Room, Ritz-Carlton Hotel, Chicago.
Program generously supported by the Frances Lease Mayer Memorial Fund.
Program Presenters:
- Abby Mandel
- Tod Murphy
- David Cleverdon
- Gerald Adelmann
- Sarah Stegner
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When:
Saturday November 6, 2004
10:30 AM to 12:00 PM
Where:
Second Floor Atrium, National-Louis University
122 S. Michigan Avenue
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308: FREE PROGRAM: Now’s the Time
Writers from the Neighborhood Writing Alliance/Journal of Ordinary Thought match their words to works by local photographers, to explore how the everyday experience of Time relates to class, race, ethnicity, and gender.
FREE, ticket required.
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When:
Saturday November 6, 2004
10:30 AM to 12:00 PM
Where:
Loyola University (downtown)
25 E. Pearson Street
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C16: FAMILY EVENT: Encore Chamber Orchestra: Tempo!
Rhythm is the most fundamental of musical elements; it is everywhere and in all of us—the swaying of windswept trees, the clopping of horse hooves, the beating of a heart. It’s also the foundation of dance, an important element in every culture. This short, interactive program explores rhythms and dances from around the world, in music old and new, including pieces by Tchaikovsky, Beethoven, Dvorak, Piazzolla, and Stock. Allen Tinkham conducts.
Presented in partnership with the Chicago Youth Symphony Orchestras.
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- FREE FAMILY EVENT: A Musical Celebration of Caldecott Medal Illustrators
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When:
Saturday November 6, 2004
11:00 AM to 12:00 PM
Where:
Simpson Theater, The Field Museum
1400 S. Lake Shore Drive. Use West Entrance.
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310: FAMILY EVENT: Encore Chamber Orchestra: Tempo!
Rhythm is the most fundamental of musical elements; it is everywhere and in all of us—the swaying of windswept trees, the clopping of horse hooves, the beating of a heart. It’s also the foundation of dance, an important element in every culture. This short, interactive program explores rhythms and dances from around the world, in music old and new, including pieces by Tchaikovsky, Beethoven, Dvorak, Piazzolla, and Stock. Allen Tinkham conducts.
Presented in partnership with the Chicago Youth Symphony Orchestras.
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When:
Saturday November 6, 2004
11:00 AM to 12:00 PM
Where:
Simpson Theater, The Field Museum
1400 S. Lake Shore Drive. Use West Entrance.
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311: SPORTS PANEL: Two-Minute Warnings, Sudden Death Overtimes, and Running Out the Clock
Sports have become an increasingly Time-driven form of entertainment. Sports Illustrated’s Lester Munson leads a lively discussion of the love affair between sports and “the ticker.” Panelists include Sun-Times columnist Ron Rapoport and Univ. of Chicago athletic director Thomas Weingartner.
Program Presenters:
- Lester Munson
- Ron Rapoport
- Thomas Weingartner
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When:
Saturday November 6, 2004
11:00 AM to 12:00 PM
Where:
Ganz Hall, Roosevelt University
430 S. Michigan Ave.
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704: EUROPEAN UNION LITERARY PANEL
Chicago artist and lecturer Claudia Traudt conducts a discussion with writers selected for inclusion in the upcoming European Union Literary Festival featuring new literature from Europe. Participants include Claudio Magris (Italy), Liane Dirks (Germany), Vladimir Vertlib (Austria), and Joakín Montero (Spain).
Presented in partnership with the European Union Cultural Committee.
Program Presenters:
- Claudia Traudt
- Claudio Magris
- Liane Dirks
- Vladimir Vertlib
- Joakín Montero
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When:
Sunday November 14, 2004
11:00 AM to 12:30 PM
Where:
Alliance Française de Chicago
54 W. Chicago Ave.
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705: MAXINE HONG KINGSTON, NUALA O’FAOLAIN: The Father/Daughter Dance
Two beloved memoirists converse about the dynamics between fathers and daughters, and consider the role that their writing has played in finding a degree of appreciation and understanding of this charged relationship. Kingston is author of China Men, The Woman Warrior, and, most recently, The Fifth Book of Peace. O’Faolain’s memoirs are Are You Somebody? The Accidental Memoir of a Dublin Woman and Almost There: The Onward Journey of a Dublin Woman. Moderator is Lisa Yun Lee, co-founder of The Public Square.
Program Presenters:
- Maxine Hong Kingston
- Nuala O'Faolain
- Lisa Yun Lee
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When:
Sunday November 14, 2004
11:00 AM to 12:30 PM
Where:
Thorne Auditorium, Northwestern University School of Law: Chicago Campus
375 E. Chicago Ave.
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C18: ANNE SHIMOJIMA: Timeless Stories from the East
Folktales have endured through the years for a very good reason: they speak to us of the joys, hopes, dreams, and challenges shared by all people. Come and listen to stories from China and Japan—tales filled with wisdom, magic, and humor. For ages 8 and up.
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Sunday November 7, 2004
11:30 AM to 12:30 PM
Where:
Art Institute of Chicago, Price Auditorium
111 S. Michigan Ave.
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C14: DAY OF THE DEAD WORKSHOP
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Celebrate and learn about the Mexican Day of the Dead holiday. Interactive hands-on activities introduce children to the ways in which Mexican families remember their dead, and the continuity of life. Linited to 40 children.
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- MICHAEL HERALDA’S AZTEC STORIES: From Micailhuitl to Dia de Los Muertos
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When:
Saturday November 6, 2004
11:30 AM to 12:30 PM
Where:
Mexican Fine Arts Center Museum
1852 West 19th Street Chicago, Illinois 60608
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312: ROBERT REMINI: Jackson’s Indian Policies
The distinguished UIC emeritus professor, currently writing an official history of the U.S. House of Representatives, considers Andrew Jackson’s attitude toward eastern Native Americans, exemplified by his 1830 Indian Removal Act and the resulting westward "Trail of Tears."
Presented in partnership with Phi Beta Kappa Association, Chicago Area.
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When:
Saturday November 6, 2004
11:30 AM to 12:30 PM
Where:
Thorne Auditorium, Northwestern University School of Law: Chicago Campus
375 E. Chicago Ave.
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807J: FREE MUSEUM TOUR: History of Astronomy—Time
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Take this thirty-minute guided tour of a special temporary exhibit featuring the Adler Planetarium’s dazzling collection of sundials and other early tools for Time measurement. Tickets are required. Please contact the CHF Ticket Office at for details. Ticket-buyers receive complimentary admission to the museum.
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When:
Sunday November 14, 2004
12:00 to 12:30 PM
Where:
Adler Planetarium
1300 S. Lake Shore Drive
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707: PATRICIA WILLIAMS: Open House: Of Family, Food, Friends, Piano Lessons, and the Search for a Room of My Own
The Nation columnist and Columbia Univ. professor of law relates stories from her recent book about her life as lawyer, scholar, writer, African-American, descendent of slaves, mother, and single 50-something woman.
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When:
Sunday November 14, 2004
12:00 to 1:00 PM
Where:
Rubloff Auditorium, Loyola University (downtown)
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709: BHARATI MUKHERJEE: Hindu Concept of Time
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This distinguished and award-winning author views the Hindu concept of Time as central to her identity—it shapes her thinking and authorial vision, and is becoming intrusively present in her fiction. Her newest novel, The Tree Bride, is a sequel of sorts to her Desirable Daughters and moves back and forth through Time and across continents.
Presented in partnership with the Canadian Consulate General Chicago.
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When:
Sunday November 14, 2004
12:00 to 1:00 PM
Where:
Newberry Library
60 W. Walton
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315: DAVID LODGE: Time in the Novel
The novel, as a literary form, is inseparable from the concept of Time. Lodge considers issues of chronological order, duration, and historical period, illustrating with his own new novel, Author, Author, the kind of choices a writer faces.
Program is generously supported by the McCormick Tribune Foundation.
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Saturday November 6, 2004
12:00 to 1:00 PM
Where:
First United Methodist Church (The Chicago Temple)
77 W. Washington
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402: DAVID PLOWDEN: Time’s Imprint
Since his first photographs in the 1940's, David Plowden has applied his poetic vision to produce poignant, elegiac revelations of American culture. Much of his work has been devoted to the effects of Time on the landscape of the American Midwest: train depots, main streets, farmland, and rural architecture.
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When:
Sunday November 7, 2004
12:00 to 1:00 PM
Where:
Alliance Française de Chicago
54 W. Chicago Ave.
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404: DOUGLAS GLOVER: Narrative Time and Consciousness
The 2003 Canadian Governor General’s Award winner for Elle considers the way Time in a novel is manipulated through both the consciousness of the narrating intelligence and the thoughts of the characters. He also examines the “nuts and bolts” of novel writing, touching on how our mental processes construct a present that's filled with the past and the future (not to mention the return of past time we’ve forgotten or repressed).
Program is generously supported by the McCormick Tribune Foundation.
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When:
Sunday November 7, 2004
12:00 to 1:00 PM
Where:
Claudia Cassidy Theater, Chicago Cultural Center
78 E. Randolph
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314: EDWARD P. JONES: The Known World
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This gifted writer’s first novel, a historical meditation on the moral complexities of slavery, won both the Pulitzer Prize and National Book Critics Circle Award this year.
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When:
Saturday November 6, 2004
12:00 to 1:00 PM
Where:
Chicago Public Library, Harold Washington Library Center
400 S. State St.
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610: FIROOZEH DUMAS: Funny in Farsi (Actually, Funny in Any Language)
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The author of the delightful Funny in Farsi: A Memoir of Growing Up Iranian in America engages the audience with stories and discussion about one young woman’s journey from Abadan, Iran to 1970s America. Guaranteed to leave you laughing—without an accent.
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When:
Saturday November 13, 2004
12:00 to 1:00 PM
Where:
Alliance Française de Chicago
54 W. Chicago Ave.
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509: JAMES FALLOWS: News of the Moment
The veteran journalist and editor for the Atlantic Monthly discusses the day’s issues while considering the impact of the 24/7 news cycle that too quickly transforms nuance-filled events into “yesterday’s news.”
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When:
Friday November 12, 2004
12:00 to 1:00 PM
Where:
Thorne Auditorium, Northwestern University School of Law: Chicago Campus
375 E. Chicago Ave.
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611: JEFFERY RENARD ALLEN, BAYO OJIKUTU: Lamenting Lost Time in Written Word
The authors, respectively, of Rails Under My Back and 47th Street Black discuss the place of Time—as abstract concept, as industrial resource, as rhythmic mediator of narrative—in their own work and that of other African American writers.
Program Presenters:
- Jeffrey Renard Allen
- Bayo Ojikuto
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When:
Saturday November 13, 2004
12:00 to 1:00 PM
Where:
Claudia Cassidy Theater, Chicago Cultural Center
78 E. Randolph
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612: JOYCE CAROL OATES: The Falls
This bestselling and critically-lauded writer discusses her newest novel, The Falls, set against the mythic-historic backdrop of Niagara Falls in the mid-twentieth century. A young man’s suicide precipitates a passionate love affair and marriage that over the ensuing 30 years begets a corrosive family drama of distrust, greed, murder, and, ultimately, love.
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When:
Saturday November 13, 2004
12:00 to 1:00 PM
Where:
First United Methodist Church (The Chicago Temple)
77 W. Washington
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313: JULIAN JACKSON: The Fall of France
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A professor of French history at Queen Mary College, Univ. of London, Jackson recounts the events of 1940, when Hitler’s army inflicted a swift and humiliating defeat on France, ultimately drawing the whole world into war. The Fall of France recently won the prestigious Wolfson History Prize.
Presented in partnership with the Alliance Française de Chicago.
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When:
Saturday November 6, 2004
12:00 to 1:00 PM
Where:
Alliance Française de Chicago
54 W. Chicago Ave.
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201: PRE-PERFORMANCE TALK: The Restoration of Tan Manhattan
Tan Manhattan, thought to be lost since 1941, has been resurrected and made ready for the Festival’s Benefit Gala performance. Three minds behind this musical revue’s restoration—historian of American musical theater Robert Kimball; music writer Barry Singer; and composer/performer William Bolcom—discuss the arduous process of bringing it back to life, including extensive archival work and the meaning the process has had on their own lives.
Program Presenters:
- Robert Kimball
- Barry Singer
- William Bolcom
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When:
Friday November 5, 2004
12:00 to 1:00 PM
Where:
Grainger Ballroom, Symphony Center
220 S. Michigan Ave.
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613: RICHARD DAWKINS: The Ancestor’s Tale
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Using the format of Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales, this respected biologist’s new masterwork provides a comprehensive tour through four billion years of life on earth. Dawkins discusses the latest developments in evolutionary theory while taking questions; he and his wife, actress Lalla Ward, read selections.
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When:
Saturday November 13, 2004
12:00 to 1:00 PM
Where:
Newberry Library
60 W. Walton
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405: STEVEN CHU: The Physics of Time
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The Nobel Prize-winning Stanford Univ. professor describes the intricate and awe-inspiring physics of Time, and considers how it has shaped humankind’s world view.
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When:
Sunday November 7, 2004
12:00 to 1:00 PM
Where:
Second Floor Atrium, National-Louis University
122 S. Michigan Avenue
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403: WILL ANDREWES, BRUCE BOUCHER: The Depiction of Time: Clocks in Early Modern European Culture
The invention of the mechanical clock was a milestone for Western civilization. While primarily used for the organization of urban life, its allegorical significance reflected God’s creation as well as wisdom, virtue, prestige, and prosperity. Andrewes is a museum consultant and frequent guest curator for horological exhibits. Boucher is curator of European decorative art and sculpture at the Art Institute of Chicago.
Program Presenters:
- Will Andrews
- Bruce Boucher
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When:
Sunday November 7, 2004
12:00 to 1:00 PM
Where:
Fullerton Auditorium, Art Institute of Chicago
111 S. Michigan
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614: WILLIAM GIBSON: Beyond Cyberspace
The visionary author of the groundbreaking “cyberpunk” science fiction novel Neuromancer—reissued this year in a 20th anniversary edition—discusses themes of Time and chronology in his groundbreaking speculative fiction. Gibson is interviewed by Northwestern Univ. lecturer in English Bill Savage.
Presented in partnership with the Canadian Consulate General Chicago.
Program Presenters:
- William Gibson
- Bill Savage
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When:
Saturday November 13, 2004
12:00 to 1:00 PM
Where:
St. James Episcopal Cathedral
65 E. Huron Wabash and Huron
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101: FESTIVAL OPENING PANEL: The Election Results: What Does It All Mean?
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At a special lunch-time session, a panel of leading print and broadcast journalists considers the results of the U.S. general election held a mere two days prior. Participants include Caroline Daniel of the Financial Times; Adrian Wooldridge of The Economist, Jo Mannies of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, and Chuck Todd of The Hotline (National Journal). Moderator is Hermene Hartman, publisher of N'Digo.
Presented in partnership with the Financial Times and The Economist.
Program Presenters:
- Adrian Wooldridge
- Jo Mannies
- Chuck Todd
- Hermene Hartman
- Caroline Daniel
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When:
Thursday November 4, 2004
12:00 to 1:30 PM
Where:
Thorne Auditorium, Northwestern University School of Law: Chicago Campus
375 E. Chicago Ave.
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708: PABLO HELGUERA: Parallel Lives
In a “fugue in five biographies,” this one-man performance blends music, the lecture format, and visual elements to interweave the lives of five fascinating yet obscure visionaries. Following the performance, Helguera is interviewed by Hamza Walker, curator and director of education at the Renaissance Society, Univ. of Chicago.
Program Presenters:
- Pablo Helguera
- Hamza Walker
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When:
Sunday November 14, 2004
12:00 to 1:30 PM
Where:
Museum of Contemporary Art
220 E. Chicago Ave.
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621GB: GREAT BOOKS DISCUSSION: Works by Galway Kinnell
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A discussion of selections from Galway Kinnell’s poetry precedes the poet’s public presentation. Reading material will be made available at the site.
Discussion is free but tickets are required. Contact the CHF Ticket Office at to order tickets.
Presented in partnership with The Great Books Foundation.
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When:
Saturday November 13, 2004
12:30 to 1:30 PM
Where:
Newberry Library
60 W. Walton
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317: MARGARET MacMILLAN: Recapturing Vanished Worlds: Women of the Raj
British women were often blamed for the gulf between the races when Britain ruled India. Historian MacMillan, winner of the Samuel Johnson prize and author of Women of the Raj and Paris 1919, asks: was this fair? What were these women really like? How much can we really understand them and the world in which they lived?
Presented in partnership with the Canadian Consulate General Chicago.
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When:
Saturday November 6, 2004
12:30 to 1:30 PM
Where:
Chicago Historical Society
1601 N. Clark St.
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710: WILLIAM KENNEDY: A Place in Time
The author of the acclaimed “Albany Cycle” of novels, including Ironweed and Billy Phelan’s Greatest Game, talks about his fictional/historical project in an interview with Donald Marshall, chair of Great Books, Pepperdine University.
Program is generously supported by the McCormick Tribune Foundation.
Program Presenters:
- William Kennedy
- Donald Marshall
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When:
Sunday November 14, 2004
12:30 to 1:30 PM
Where:
First United Methodist Church (The Chicago Temple)
77 W. Washington
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406: ANNALS OF REVOLT: 1968
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A world-changing year of international social upheaval is examined by a panel of historians and actual participants in the events. Mark Kurlansky, author of 1968: The Year that Rocked the World, recounts the year’s major events and movements. Invited for discussion are Mark Rudd, former U.S. student revolutionary (now mathematics teacher); Daniel Cohn-Bendit, former leader of the French student revolts (now co-president of the Greens/European Free Alliance in the EU Parliament); Edward Mortimer, British journalist who covered the events in France (now Special Adviser to the U.N. Secretary-General); Carol Brightman, American anti-war activist (now a journalist and award-winning biographer); Julian Jackson, professor of French history at Queen Mary College, Univ. of London; and Bobby Rush, co-founder of the Illinois Black Panther party (now U.S. Congressman for the 1st District, Illinois).
Presented in partnership with the Ivy League/Seven Sisters Roundtable.
Program Presenters:
- Julian Jackson
- Mark Kurlansky
- Mark Rudd
- Edward Mortimer
- Carol Brightman
- Bobby Rush
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When:
Sunday November 7, 2004
12:30 to 2:00 PM
Where:
Chicago Historical Society
1601 N. Clark St.
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617: ARCHITECTURE PANEL: Remembering Louis Kahn
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UIC architecture scholar Daniel S. Friedman leads a discussion on the legacy of this seminal architect of 20th century Modernism. Joining him are Univ. of California, Berkeley associate professor Kathleen James-Chakraborty; Univ. of Arizona scholar Daniel Hoffman; Univ. of Pennsylvania art historian David Brownlee; and Kahn’s son, Nathaniel Kahn, director of the film My Architect: A Son’s Journey.
Program generously supported by the Graham Foundation.
Program Presenters:
- Nathaniel Kahn
- Daniel S. Friedman
- Kathleen James-Chakraborty
- Daniel Hoffman
- David Brownlee
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When:
Saturday November 13, 2004
12:30 to 2:00 PM
Where:
Museum of Contemporary Art
220 E. Chicago Ave.
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316: AUDREY NIFFENEGGER, CHARLES DICKINSON: Local Time
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Each of these two Chicago-based authors published a successful “domestic Time-travel” novel last year. Niffenegger, author of The Time Traveller's Wife, discusses how the out-of-order lives of her characters illuminate our own; Dickinson, who wrote A Shortcut in Time, asks: "Time—what’s up with that?"
Program Presenters:
- Audrey Niffenegger
- Charles Dickinson
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When:
Saturday November 6, 2004
12:30 to 2:00 PM
Where:
Claudia Cassidy Theater, Chicago Cultural Center
78 E. Randolph
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Donald Margulies
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Tracy Letts
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407: DONALD MARGULIES: “Time is the Worst Thing in the World”
The Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright (Dinner with Friends, Sight Unseen) discusses the themes of Time and memory in his work. Former Chicago Tribune theater critic Richard Christiansen interviews Margulies, followed by a reading of a scene from his latest play Brooklyn Boy. Tracy Letts and Mike Nussbaum perform.
Program generously supported by Liz and Jules Stiffel.
Program Presenters:
- Richard Christiansen
- Donald Margulies
- Tracy Letts
- Mike Nussbaum
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When:
Sunday November 7, 2004
12:30 to 2:00 PM
Where:
Harris Music and Dance Theater
205 E. Randolph Drive
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615: JOURNALIST PANEL: The Emerging World
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Distinguished international journalists examine economic developments in select regions of the world where growth and change are dramatic. Participants include Manjeet Kripalani, Bombay-based reporter for Business Week; Timothy Garton Ash, historian and journalist whose newest book is Free World: America, Europe, and the Surprising Future of the West; Andrew Meier, former Time Russian correspondent and author of Black Earth: A Journey Through Russia After the Fall; and Robert Guest, African bureau chief for The Economist and author of The Shackled Continent: Power, Corruption, and African Lives. Moderator is John Cruickshank, publisher, Chicago Sun-Times.
Presented in partnership with the Chicago Council on Foreign Relations and The Economist.
Program Presenters:
- Manjeet Kripalani
- Timothy Garton Ash
- Andrew Meier
- Robert Guest
- John Cruickshank
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When:
Saturday November 13, 2004
12:30 to 2:00 PM
Where:
Chicago Historical Society
1601 N. Clark St.
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616: BEATLEMANIA! TWO PROGRAMS, ONE-WAY TICKET, YEAH!
TERRI HEMMERT: Beatles ’68
In June, 1967, the Beatles performed “All You Need is Love” live to a world audience; 17 months later, the White Album ushered in “Revolution” and “Helter Skelter.” How did the global events of 1968 affect the Beatles musically and personally? Hemmert, the popular WXRT radio personality and host of “Breakfast With the Beatles,” shares her knowledge of the Fabs.
GLENN GASS: High Art on the Pop Charts
The scope and creative integrity of the Beatles’ music make it one of the world’s greatest artistic legacies. This Indiana Univ. School of Music professor, who developed one of the country’s earliest college courses on rock music, celebrates the short, wondrous time when boundaries between art and entertainment evaporated and the most adventurous music was also the most popular.
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When:
Saturday November 13, 2004
12:30 to 2:30 PM
Where:
Student Center, DePaul University (Lincoln Park)
2250 N. Sheffield (at Belden)
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410: CHICAGO TRIBUNE HEARTLAND PRIZE WINNERS: Ward Just and Ann Patchett
This annual award for fiction and non-fiction recognizes new work “embodying the spirit of the nation’s Heartland.” Just’s prize-winning novel is An Unfinished Season, a brilliant exploration of his characteristic themes: culture, politics, and the individual conscience. Patchett, author of such novels as Bel Canto and The Magician’s Assistant, is recognized for her first work of non-fiction, Truth & Beauty: A Friendship.
All proceeds benefit Chicago Tribune Holiday Campaign, a campaign of Chicago Tribune Charities, a McCormick Tribune Foundation Fund.
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When:
Sunday November 7, 2004
1:00 to 2:00 PM
Where:
Armour Stage, Symphony Center
220 S. Michigan Ave.
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409: ALEX KOTLOWITZ: Accidental Chicagoan
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The award-winning author Kotlowitz, a self-described “accidental Chicagoan,” considers how a journalist or historian manages to capture a place at a particular moment in Time. His latest book is Never a City So Real: A Walk in Chicago.
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When:
Sunday November 7, 2004
1:00 to 2:00 PM
Where:
Chicago Public Library, Harold Washington Library Center
400 S. State St.
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C15: CHICAGO PARK DISTRICT POETRY PROJECT: Words@Play
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Join the acclaimed group Barrel of Monkeys for a program based on poetry created by students from the Chicago Park District. Barrel of Monkeys is an ensemble of actor-educators that creates an alternative learning environment in which children share their personal voices and celebrate the power of their imaginations.
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Saturday November 6, 2004
1:00 to 2:00 PM
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Mexican Fine Arts Center Museum
1852 West 19th Street Chicago, Illinois 60608
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711: DEBRA DICKERSON: The Self-Appointed Spokesperson: Bearing Witness or Carpetbagging?
Given the world’s newfound interest in first person accounts from “exotic” minorities and cultures, how does an individual know whether she is testifying as an artist or merely commodifying her personal (and her group’s) “experiences” for personal gain? Dickerson is author of the memoir An American Story and, most recently, The End of Blackness.
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Sunday November 14, 2004
1:00 to 2:00 PM
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Chicago Public Library, Harold Washington Library Center
400 S. State St.
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318: DOUGLAS DRUICK: On a Forever Ordinary Sunday
The distinguished Art Institute curator explores artist Georges Seurat’s radical expression of Time in his painting "A Sunday on La Grande Jatte – 1884." The contrived tension between a sense of the momentary and the permanent, the evanescent and the eternal, is key to the picture's initial notoriety and enduring fascination.
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Saturday November 6, 2004
1:00 to 2:00 PM
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Fullerton Auditorium, Art Institute of Chicago
111 S. Michigan
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Robin Behn
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Lois Roma-Deeley
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319: ARTIST DIALOGUE: Poetry/Women/Art
Female visual artists responded to the writings of female poets in an exhibition last year at ARC Gallery. Highlights from that event are presented for the CHF by the artists themselves. Artists include Beth Shadur, Granite Amit, Laura Cloud, Iris Goldstein, Deva Suckerman, and Mirjana Ugrinov. Poets include Jan Beatty, Robin Behn, Lois Roma-Deeley, and Judith Vollmer.
Program Presenters:
- Beth Shadur
- Granite Amit
- Laura Cloud
- Iris Goldstein
- Deva Suckerman
- Mirjana Ugrinov
- Jan Beatty
- Robin Behn
- Lois Roma-Deeley
- Judith Vollmer
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Saturday November 6, 2004
1:00 to 2:30 PM
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Rubloff Auditorium, Loyola University (downtown)
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321: IOWA INTERNATIONAL WRITERS PANEL
Christopher Merrill, program director at the International Writing Program at Univ. of Iowa, leads this annual panel of readings and discussion by the program's resident writers from around the world. The participants are:
Asim Al-Saidi (Oman)
Vivienne Plumb (New Zealand)
Kurt Folch (Chile)
Christopher Matthews (Ireland)
Michal Hvorecky (Slovakia)
Kwon Ji-ye (Korea)
Program Presenters:
- Christopher Merrill
- Asim Al-Saidi
- Vivienne Plumb
- Kurt Folch
- Christopher Matthews
- Michael Hvorecky
- Kwon Ji-ye
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Saturday November 6, 2004
1:00 to 2:30 PM
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Ganz Hall, Roosevelt University
430 S. Michigan Ave.
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320: URBAN PLANNING PANEL: Regarding the Built Environment
A distinguished panel considers the relationship between the “built environment” and the quality of our lives. Issues to be discussed include enlightened zoning and preservation of neighborhood character. Panelists include MarySue Barrett, Jack Swenson, David Bahlman, John F. Hartray, Jr., and Kristen Schaffer.
Program Presenters:
- MarySue Barrett
- Jack Swenson
- David Bahlman
- John F. Hartray, Jr.
- Kristen Schaffer
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Saturday November 6, 2004
1:00 to 2:30 PM
Where:
Second Floor Atrium, National-Louis University
122 S. Michigan Avenue
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807E: FREE MUSEUM TOUR: History of Astronomy—Time
Take this thirty-minute guided tour of a special temporary exhibit featuring the Adler Planetarium’s dazzling collection of sundials and other early tools for Time measurement. Tickets are required. Please contact the CHF Ticket Office at for details. Ticket-buyers receive complimentary admission to the museum.
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Sunday November 7, 2004
1:30 to 2:00 PM
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Adler Planetarium
1300 S. Lake Shore Drive
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712: ANDREW SEAN GREER: The Confessions of Max Tivoli
This brilliant young writer has garnered comparisons to Proust and Kafka. His recent novel recounts the life of Max Tivoli, a man who is born looking like a 70 year-old and becomes progressively younger as his mind matures.
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Sunday November 14, 2004
1:30 to 2:30 PM
Where:
Alliance Française de Chicago
54 W. Chicago Ave.
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618: CYNTHIA OZICK: Heir to the Glimmering World
The award-winning American author’s newest novel shows her at the height of her powers. Set in Depression-era Bronx and focused on the lives of perpetual outsiders brought together by coincidence and fate, the story is inspired in part by the real-life “Christopher Robin.”
Program is generously supported by the McCormick Tribune Foundation.
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Saturday November 13, 2004
1:30 to 2:30 PM
Where:
Thorne Auditorium, Northwestern University School of Law: Chicago Campus
375 E. Chicago Ave.
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322: GEOFFREY R. STONE: Perilous Times: Free Speech in Wartime
Stone, a professor at the Univ. of Chicago Law School and a foremost authority on the First Amendment, discusses his new history of U.S. government actions that have had the potential to endanger fundamental rights during periods of war.
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Saturday November 6, 2004
1:30 to 2:30 PM
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Thorne Auditorium, Northwestern University School of Law: Chicago Campus
375 E. Chicago Ave.
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C19: GLEN HUSER: Acting Out
Canadian author Glen Huser won a coveted Governor General’s Literary Award for Stitches, a YA novel about a boy whose proudest achievement—a puppet production of A Midsummer Night’s Dream—is overshadowed by the threat of an angry classmate. As a youth, Huser marshaled his neighborhood cronies into acting out stories that captured his imagination. Small wonder then that his Young Adult novels center on characters who escape into drama when facing the problems life has thrown at them. For ages 9 and up.
Presented in partnership with the Canadian Consulate General Chicago.
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Sunday November 7, 2004
1:30 to 2:30 PM
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Art Institute of Chicago, Price Auditorium
111 S. Michigan Ave.
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408: PETER JEFFERY, ARS MUSICA CHICAGO: Gregorian Time Travel
A Princeton musicologist and MacArthur Fellow discusses his specialty, Gregorian chant. Jeffery posits that chant allowed its listeners to be “present” at Biblical events as they were happening. Selected chants are performed by Chicago’s Ars Musica.
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Sunday November 7, 2004
1:30 to 2:30 PM
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Ganz Hall, Roosevelt University
430 S. Michigan Ave.
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713: SCOTT TUROW, LAURA KIPNIS: Crimes of Love
The author of best-selling legal thrillers (Presumed Innocent, Reversible Errors) is actually a novelist of marriage and love. So says Kipnis, author of Against Love: A Polemic, and professor of media studies at Northwestern Univ. Kipnis and Turow interview each other about “crimes of love” in their respective books.
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Sunday November 14, 2004
1:30 to 2:30 PM
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Thorne Auditorium, Northwestern University School of Law: Chicago Campus
375 E. Chicago Ave.
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622: FREE MUSIC PERFORMANCE: Ars Antigua: “Remembrance of Things Past”
This performance on period instruments by the Chicago-based early music ensemble promises to unfold our cultural memory and propel us, as with Proust’s tea and madeleine, backward in Time. Featuring works by Vivaldi, Telemann, and J.S. Bach.
FREE, tickets required.
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Saturday November 13, 2004
2:00 to 3:00 PM
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Quigley Preparatory Seminary (Chapel)
103 E. Chestnut St. Rush and Pearson
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412: ADOLFO AGUILAR ZINSER: The United Nations in the World Today
The former Mexican Ambassador to the U.N. recalls the original goals and initiatives of a global institution he views as more relevant than ever. Without the U.N., fair, mutually beneficial economic and social interdependence is impossible. Is multi-lateralism and the rule of international law still viable?
Presented in partnership with the Chicago Council on Foreign Relations.
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Sunday November 7, 2004
2:00 to 3:00 PM
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Claudia Cassidy Theater, Chicago Cultural Center
78 E. Randolph
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326: CHUCK D: Hip-hop and the Digital Divide
Chuck D pioneered the development and popularization of rap through his work with Public Enemy. More recently he has been an on-air commentator for Air America Radio. For the Festival, he talks about the speed of change—and inequity of access—in communications technology.
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Saturday November 6, 2004
2:00 to 3:00 PM
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First United Methodist Church (The Chicago Temple)
77 W. Washington
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Stephen Burns
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David Wiesner
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Eric Rohmann
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Bruce Adolphe
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David Stock
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325: FREE FAMILY EVENT: A Musical Celebration of Caldecott Medal Illustrators
Stephen Burns with Fulcrum Point New Music Project performs newly commissioned pieces by composers Bruce Adolphe and David Stock, inspired by the award-winning illustrated books of Eric Rohmann (Time Flies) and David Weisner (June 29, 1999). A Children’s Humanities Festival program. For all ages.
FREE, ticket required.
Program generously supported by Target Stores.
Program Presenters:
- Stephen Burns
- David Wiesner
- Eric Rohmann
- Bruce Adolphe
- David Stock
- Fulcrum Point New Music Project
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Saturday November 6, 2004
2:00 to 3:00 PM
Where:
Simpson Theater, The Field Museum
1400 S. Lake Shore Drive. Use West Entrance.
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621: GALWAY KINNELL: A Life in Poetry
The esteemed poet, translator, and teacher, whose Selected Poems won both the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award, reads a chronological selection of his poems while commenting on his evolution as a poet.
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Saturday November 13, 2004
2:00 to 3:00 PM
Where:
Newberry Library
60 W. Walton
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331GB: GREAT BOOKS DISCUSSION: Works by Sharon Olds
Our records show that this program is technically sold out. Due to our attrition rate and inexpensive tickets, it is possible we may have some tickets available the day of the program. However, we cannot guarantee this. If it is a program that you would really like to attend, please arrive at the venue 20-30 minutes before the program is scheduled to begin and check at the ticket desk for availability.
A discussion of selections from Sharon Olds’s poetry precedes the poet’s public presentation. Reading material will be made available at the site. Discussion is free but tickets are required. Contact the CHF Ticket Office at .
Presented in partnership with The Great Books Foundation.
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Saturday November 6, 2004
2:00 to 3:00 PM
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Loyola University (downtown)
25 E. Pearson Street
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715: JAMES GLEICK: Relatively Absolute (and Vice Versa)
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Four centuries after Newton’s discoveries, Time still has us reeling. The author of the books Chaos, Genius, Faster, and What Just Happened explores some themes introduced in his recent Isaac Newton.
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Sunday November 14, 2004
2:00 to 3:00 PM
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Rubloff Auditorium, Loyola University (downtown)
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619: JOEL GREENBERG: Below the Surface: Life Within Our Rivers, Streams, and Lakes
The author of A Natural History of the Chicago Region considers how human activities have, over Time, altered life within local aquatic ecosystems. Affected organisms include fish, plankton, and insects. Greenberg is currently a writer and environmental consultant. He is joined in his talk by singers/sailors/songwriters/storytellers Tom and Chris Kastle. They complement Greenberg's talk with songs of the waterways.
Program Presenters:
- Joel Greenberg
- Chris Kastle
- Tom Kastle
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Saturday November 13, 2004
2:00 to 3:00 PM
Where:
Alliance Française de Chicago
54 W. Chicago Ave.
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714: JUAN COLE: The Sunni-Shiite Split
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A professor of modern Middle East and South Asian history at Univ. of Michigan, Cole has written extensively about modern Islamic movements in Egypt, the Persian Gulf, and South Asia. He reviews the historical (7th century) division and continuing tensions between the Sunni and Shiite Muslims.
Presented in partnership with the University of Michigan Institute for the Humanities.
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Sunday November 14, 2004
2:00 to 3:00 PM
Where:
Chicago Historical Society
1601 N. Clark St.
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623: KIM STANLEY ROBINSON: Science Fiction: It’s About Time
All novels must somehow deal with Time. Science fiction, set in the future, must often foreground the individual’s relationship to biological, historical, and cosmic Time. Robinson, a Hugo Award-winning author, discusses how this works and considers some of the other great “time novelists,” including Proust, Woolf, and Garcia Marquez.
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Saturday November 13, 2004
2:00 to 3:00 PM
Where:
St. James Episcopal Cathedral
65 E. Huron Wabash and Huron
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414: MUSIC PERFORMANCE: Play It By Ear
Improvisational opera? Director Rhoda Levine’s Play it By Ear is a performance piece and troupe specializing in high-quality musical improvisation based on audience suggestion. Come join in the creation of an original opera!
Program Presenters:
- Rhoda Levine
- Play It By Ear
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Sunday November 7, 2004
2:00 to 3:00 PM
Where:
The Three Arts Club of Chicago
1300 N. Dearborn Parkway
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324: NORMAN SHERRY: The Life of Graham Greene, 1904-1991
While not always exemplary, the writer Graham Greene’s life was in many ways emblematic of his Times. Sherry has just released the third and final volume (covering 1956-1991) of his definitive biography of a most talented, and most conflicted, artist.
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Saturday November 6, 2004
2:00 to 3:00 PM
Where:
Chicago Public Library, Harold Washington Library Center
400 S. State St.
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716: PANKAJ MISHRA: The Buddha in His Time
The author of The End of Suffering: The Buddha in the World and the novel The Romantics gives an account of the social and political context in which the Buddha diagnosed and proposed a cure to human suffering. He describes the Buddha’s emphasis on the present moment as the proper focus of human concerns, and he contrasts it with the contemporary preoccupation with history and with the modern sense of Time.
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Sunday November 14, 2004
2:00 to 3:00 PM
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Newberry Library
60 W. Walton
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411: ROBERT ROSENBLUM: Time in Modern Art
The distinguished NYU professor and Guggenheim curator provides a diverse anthology of the ways Time is evoked in 19th and 20th century art; from the mechanical to the biological, from the cosmic to the psychological.
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Sunday November 7, 2004
2:00 to 3:00 PM
Where:
Alliance Française de Chicago
54 W. Chicago Ave.
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620: SHIRLEY HAZZARD, ALICE McDERMOTT: In Conversation
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Two beloved authors exchange views on the writing craft and the role of the novel in today’s world. Hazzard’s recent novel The Great Fire won the National Book Award. McDermott’s most recent novels are Charming Billy and Child of My Heart. Moderator is author Carol Anshaw.
Program Presenters:
- Shirley Hazzard
- Alice McDermott
- Carol Anshaw
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Saturday November 13, 2004
2:00 to 3:00 PM
Where:
Claudia Cassidy Theater, Chicago Cultural Center
78 E. Randolph
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413: SUSAN MEISELAS: Timeless Peoples
The award-winning Magnum photographer and MacArthur Fellow discusses her recent work, which includes visual histories of Kurdistan (In the Shadow of History) and of the Dani people of the West Papuan highlands (Encounters With the Dani).
Presented in partnership with the Chicago Council on Foreign Relations.
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Sunday November 7, 2004
2:00 to 3:00 PM
Where:
Second Floor Atrium, National-Louis University
122 S. Michigan Avenue
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323: JOHN CROWLEY, PETER STRAUB: The Work of Time
Fictional Time differs from experiential Time. Two masters of irrealistic prose share their ideas about the technical uses of Time in literature, and the problems it creates for writers. Crowley is the author of The Translator, the novella Great Work of Time, and Little, Big. Straub wrote Ghost Story, Lost Boy, Lost Girl, and, with Stephen King, The Talisman. Roosevelt Univ. professor Gary Wolfe moderates.
Program Presenters:
- John Crowley
- Peter Straub
- Gary Wolfe
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Saturday November 6, 2004
2:00 to 3:30 PM
Where:
Alliance Française de Chicago
54 W. Chicago Ave.
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415: BETTY SEID: Shiva Nataraja: Timeless Dancer
Often depicted in bronze icons, including a stunning example in the Art Institute, the god Shiva serves simultaneously as Destroyer and Regenerator in Hindu cosmology. His whirling dance sets the cyclical rhythm of life and death underlying Hindu beliefs. Seid is coordinator and research associate in the Art Institute’s department of Asian art. Lecture followed by a traditional dance to Shiva by Krithika Rajagopalan, assistant artistic director and principal dancer of Chicago’s Natya Dance Theater.
Program Presenters:
- Betty Seid
- Krithika Rajagopalan
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Sunday November 7, 2004
2:30 to 3:30 PM
Where:
Fullerton Auditorium, Art Institute of Chicago
111 S. Michigan
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717: DOUGLAS BRINKLEY: Kerouac’s Journals
The versatile and award-winning historian, author of Tour of Duty: John Kerry and the Vietnam War, has edited the just-released Windblown World, the early journals of Beat writer Jack Kerouac. He discusses Kerouac’s formative years as a writer from 1947 to 1952.
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Sunday November 14, 2004
2:30 to 3:30 PM
Where:
First United Methodist Church (The Chicago Temple)
77 W. Washington
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334GB: GREAT BOOKS DISCUSSION: Marcel Proust
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A discussion of an excerpt from Marcel Proust's Swann's Way precedes Roger Shattuck’s public presentation. Reading material will be made available at the site. Discussion is free but tickets are required. Contact the CHF Ticket Office at .
Presented in partnership with The Great Books Foundation.
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Saturday November 6, 2004
2:30 to 3:30 PM
Where:
Chicago Public Library, Harold Washington Library Center
400 S. State St.
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327: ANNALS OF REVOLT: 1848
In a double program, two Univ. of Chicago scholars assess the sources and impacts of the revolutionary actions that erupted across Europe in a single year. William Sewell, professor of history and political science, examines how the elite’s fear of revolution, dating back to 1789, helps to explain the rapidity with which the various revolutions of 1848 were crushed. Francoise Meltzer, professor of French and comparative literature, is writing a book about 1848; she examines the notion of rupture (in history, philosophy, architecture, and literature) as read in the year’s events in France.
Program Presenters:
- William Sewell
- Francoise Meltzer
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Saturday November 6, 2004
2:30 to 4:00 PM
Where:
Chicago Historical Society
1601 N. Clark St.
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328: MUSICAL THEATER PERFORMANCE: Tan Manhattan
The second and final Festival performance of this exciting reconstruction of Eubie Blake’s and Andy Razaf’s legendary and masterful 1941 musical revue. Performance stars Freda Payne and Lawrence Hamilton, plus Denise Thimes, with Jennifer Edmonds, Germaine Goodson, Lisa Nicole Wilkerson, Eugene Fleming, Ron Hutchins, Gil Pritchett III. Special appearances by Reginald Robinson, Mercedes Ellington and the talented Andre De Shields, who also choreographs and directs. Plus, appearances by the Trinity United Church of Christ Sanctuary Choir, and the students of McCutcheon Elementary School. Frank Owens is conductor and musical director.
This performance of Tan Manhattan is supported in part by the Joyce Foundation, The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, and the Chicago Illinois Chapter of The Links, Inc. Fund of the Chicago Community Trust.
Tickets $15
Students and educators FREE with ticket. Please call for details.
Program Presenters:
- Denise Thimes
- Lawrence Hamilton
- Jennifer Edmonds
- Germaine Goodson
- Gil Pritchett III
- Ron Hutchins
- Eugene Fleming
- Andre De Shields
- Mercedes Ellington
- Reginald Robinson
- Trinity United Church of Christ Sanctuary Choir
- McCutcheon Elementary School Singers
- Frank Owens
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Saturday November 6, 2004
2:30 to 4:30 PM
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Armour Stage, Symphony Center
220 S. Michigan Ave.
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903B: FILMS BY BERNARDO BERTOLUCCI: The Dreamers
The CHF and Facets Multi-Media present two landmark films by the renowned Italian film director.
Presented in partnership with Facets Multi-Media and Istituto Italiano di Cultura.
A young American studying in Paris strikes up an erotically charged friendship with a French brother and sister. Set against the backdrop of the 1968 Paris student riots. With Eva Green, Michael Pitt, and Louis Garrel. 2003, 35mm, 115 min. English/French with subtitles. NC-17.
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Sunday November 7, 2004
3:00 PM
Where:
Facets Cinémathèque
1517 W. Fullerton Ave.
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419: BASKES LECTURE IN HISTORY: James M. McPherson: The Global Impact of the Civil War
The Pulitzer Prize-winning historian, author of the definitive history of the American Civil War era, Battle Cry of Freedom, examines the political and economic impact of that war globally.
Program generously supported by Julie and Roger Baskes.
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Sunday November 7, 2004
3:00 to 4:00 PM
Where:
Harris Music and Dance Theater
205 E. Randolph Drive
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625: CARLOS EIRE: Confessions of a Wayward Historian
Professional historians aren’t expected to write about their own lives. Nor are they expected to offer proofs for the existence of God, not even in jest. Yale professor Eire, however, briefly put his research aside to write a childhood memoir that inserts God in the narrative. The result, the 2003 National Book Award-winning Waiting for Snow in Havana, is a book unlike any ever written by an eyewitness to the Cuban Revolution. What caused this historian of late medieval and early modern Europe to turn his attention to his own past?
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Saturday November 13, 2004
3:00 to 4:00 PM
Where:
First United Methodist Church (The Chicago Temple)
77 W. Washington
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420: GARY SAUL MORSON: From Determinism’s Moment to Open Time
The great Russian writers—Tolstoy, Dostoevsky, Chekhov, others—challenged determinism’s belief in pre-ordained outcomes (as opposed to free will or chance) for any moment. Tolstoy argued instead for a radical contingency; Dostoevsky noted determinism’s falsity to human psychology; and Chekhov viewed determinism as an excuse to avoid responsibility. The Northwestern Univ. professor in Slavic languages and literature revisits these arguments, and how their reasoning might help us to accept a more “open” notion of Time.
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Sunday November 7, 2004
3:00 to 4:00 PM
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Ganz Hall, Roosevelt University
430 S. Michigan Ave.
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329: JEAN GOLDMAN: Michelangelo, In His Time and Through Time
A timeless genius, Michelangelo both paralyzed and inspired artists for centuries. Art historian Goldman argues that his influence vacillated depending on what each artist borrowed from the multivalent aspects of his legacy.
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Saturday November 6, 2004
3:00 to 4:00 PM
Where:
Fullerton Auditorium, Art Institute of Chicago
111 S. Michigan
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330: FASHION TIME: Mirroring the Past, Envisioning the Future
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Don’t miss this celebration of fashion in Chicago! Tim Long, collection manager for costumes at the Chicago Historical Society, revisits fashions of a previous era while Teri Agins, staff reporter for The Wall Street Journal and author of The End of Fashion, offers her views on today's currents and industry trends. Discussion is followed by a fashion show featuring exciting new work by up-and-coming Chicago designers.
Program partially supported by Richard H. Driehaus, with additional support from the Costume Council of the Chicago Historical Society and the Apparel Industry Board, Inc.
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Saturday November 6, 2004
3:00 to 4:30 PM
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Claudia Cassidy Theater, Chicago Cultural Center
78 E. Randolph
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624: GLOBAL CHICAGO PANEL: What Kind of Town, Chicago Is?
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The new book Global Chicago argues that globalization has transformed the city—politics, economy, neighborhoods, food, and more. It’s no longer that toddlin’ town or industrial-era City of the Big Shoulders but a true global city, and Chicagoans must learn anew how to think about their town. Debating the truth of this view are R.C. Longworth, executive director, Global Chicago Center of the Chicago Council on Foreign Relations; Clare Muñana, international management consultant; Mark Brown, Chicago Sun-Times columnist; Laura Washington, DePaul Univ. professor and journalist; and James M. Houlihan, Cook County Assessor. The moderator is Mike Leiderman, executive producer of Chicago Tonight on WTTW11.
Presented in partnership with the Chicago Council on Foreign Relations.
Program Presenters:
- R.C. Longworth
- Clare Muñana
- Mark Brown
- Laura Washington
- James M. Houlihan
- Mike Leiderman
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When:
Saturday November 13, 2004
3:00 to 4:30 PM
Where:
Chicago Historical Society
1601 N. Clark St.
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416: JOURNALISM PANEL: Page One Meeting
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You’re in the room as top Chicago Tribune editors and distinguished ethicists wrestle with the provocative issues and images journalists confront every day. Could you make the hard choices demanded by these turbulent times? Managing editor James O’Shea explains how the Chicago Tribune builds page one. Editors William Parker, Stephan Benzkofer, Torry Bruno, and Timothy McNulty match wits and skills with Donald D. Holt, former journalist and current Wheaton College guest instructor; Rabbi Herbert Bronstein North Shore Congregation Israel and Lake Forest College lecturer; Aminah McCloud, DePaul Univ. professor of religious studies, and E. David Cook, professor of faith and learning, Wheaton College.
Program Presenters:
- James O’Shea
- William Parker
- Stephan Benzkofer
- Torry Bruno
- Timothy McNulty
- Donald D. Holt
- Rabbi Herbert Bronstein
- Aminah McCloud
- E. David Cook
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When:
Sunday November 7, 2004
3:00 to 4:30 PM
Where:
Chicago Historical Society
1601 N. Clark St.
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718: LAWRENCE WESCHLER, IRA GLASS: Vermeer in Bosnia and Other Passions
The host of “This American Life” engages Weschler in a conversation touching on themes from the latest installment in the cultural critic’s “Passions and Wonders” series, Vermeer in Bosnia. Weschler’s subjects include art, serenity, terror, Roman Polanski, a Parkinsonian artist, the author’s Weimar-era composer grandfather, and his daughter’s season with The Borrowers.
Program Presenters:
- Ira Glass
- Lawrence Weschler
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When:
Sunday November 14, 2004
3:00 to 4:30 PM
Where:
Student Center, DePaul University (Lincoln Park)
2250 N. Sheffield (at Belden)
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Stuart Dybek
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Faith Adiele
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417: LITERARY PANEL: New Voices
Author Stuart Dybek (The Coast of Chicago, I Sailed With Magellan) introduces three promising, newly published writers. Featuring Sarah Shun-lien Bynum (Madeleine Is Sleeping); Faith Adiele (Meeting Faith: The Forest Journals of a Black Buddhist Nun); and lê thi diem thúy (The Gangster We Are All Looking For).
Program Presenters:
- Stuart Dybek
- Sarah Shun-lien Bynum
- Faith Adiele
- lê thi diem thúy
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When:
Sunday November 7, 2004
3:00 to 4:30 PM
Where:
Chicago Public Library, Harold Washington Library Center
400 S. State St.
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510: LITERARY PANEL: Playing With Time
A distinguished panel of writers and scholars considers the processes and challenges of translating and transforming historical materials in order to bring the past into the present. Participants include novelists Rosellen Brown and Alec Michod; poets Jana Harris and Lawrence Joseph; and journalist Alex Kotlowitz. Northwestern Univ. School of Law senior lecturer Leigh Bienen moderates.
Program Presenters:
- Alex Kotlowitz
- Rosellen Brown
- Alec Michod
- Jana Harris
- Lawrence Joseph
- Leigh Bienen
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When:
Friday November 12, 2004
3:00 to 4:30 PM
Where:
Thorne Auditorium, Northwestern University School of Law: Chicago Campus
375 E. Chicago Ave.
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418: THEATER PERFORMANCE: Ferdydurke
From Poland, Teatr PROVISORIUM & Kompania Teatr’s stage adaptation of the classic underground novel by Polish author Witold Gombrowicz. In an absurdist variation on the Faust legend, a young writer is transformed by a demonic professor into an adolescent and sent back to school to “learn to do it right.” With Jacek Brzezinski, Witold Mazurkiewicz, Jaroslaw Tomica, and Michal Zgiet. In English.
Program generously supported by the Polish National Alliance in association with the Polish Cultural Institute.
Program Presenters:
- Witold Mazurkiewicz
- Jaroslaw Tomica
- Michal Zgiet
- Jacek Brzezinski
- Teatr PROVISORIUM
- Kompania Teatr
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Sunday November 7, 2004
3:00 to 4:30 PM
Where:
Merle Reskin Theatre, DePaul University (downtown)
60 E. Balbo Dr.
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C20: DAVID GONZALEZ: As If the Past Were Listening
This collection of creation myths from the Latino world—including South America, Puerto Rico, and the “Republic of da’ Bronx”—is performed with passion, humor, and panache by storyteller David Gonzalez. Using contemporary language, his own unique imagery, and Latin jazz accompaniment on the piano, Gonzalez brilliantly imbues these myths with meanings both personal and universal, making a lively and varied program for audiences. For ages 8 and up.
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- MICHAEL HERALDA’S AZTEC STORIES: From Micailhuitl to Dia de Los Muertos
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Sunday November 7, 2004
3:30 to 4:30 PM
Where:
Art Institute of Chicago, Price Auditorium
111 S. Michigan Ave.
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C10: MERMAID THEATRE OF NOVA SCOTIA: Very Eric Carle
The Mermaid Theatre of Nova Scotia draws upon the magic of black-light puppetry to capture the charm of three favorite Eric Carle stories. High up in a beautiful blue sky, a Little Cloud changes into shapes of various things he has seen. Changing into different animals during an adventurous trip to the zoo teaches The Mixed-Up Chameleon the importance of being true to oneself. In The Very Busy Spider, a spider builds a web on a farmyard fence while ignoring the playful banter of the barnyard animals.
Program Presenters:
- Mermaid Theatre of Nova Scotia
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Thursday November 4, 2004
3:30 to 4:30 PM
Where:
Chicago Public Library, Harold Washington Library Center
400 S. State St.
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331: SHARON OLDS, JOHN BARR: Poetry
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Two admired poets read from and discuss their work. Olds, who has published eight volumes of vivid and highly personal poetry, won the National Book Critics Circle Award for The Dead and the Living in 1983. Barr, president of The Poetry Foundation, is an investment banker, college professor, and has published five collections of poetry.
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When:
Saturday November 6, 2004
3:30 to 4:30 PM
Where:
Rubloff Auditorium, Loyola University (downtown)
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719: SWING TIME: Klezmer and All That Jazz
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Chicago Tribune jazz critic Howard Reich examines the parallels between Jewish Klezmer music and jazz. With performances by two ensembles: Chicago Klezmer Ensemble led by Kurt Bjorling; and jazz trumpeter David Young and musicians.
Program Presenters:
- Howard Reich
- Kurt Bjorling
- Chicago Klezmer Ensemble
- David Young
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When:
Sunday November 14, 2004
3:30 to 4:30 PM
Where:
Chicago Public Library, Harold Washington Library Center
400 S. State St.
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Albany Park Theater Project
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720: Albany Park Theater Project, Saffron
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Chicago's acclaimed youth theater ensemble invites you to dinnertime at Saffron Restaurant. This new multidisciplinary performance comes from the real-life stories of a Persian restaurant whose owners emigrated from Iran in 1979 and whose customers and staff come from all over the world. By the end of dinner, as you sip your saffron tea, you'll smile to discover that your soul too has found nourishment.
A Children’s Humanities Festival program.
Children under 10 will not be admitted.
Students and educators FREE with ticket. Please contact the CHF Ticket Office at for details.
Program Presenters:
- Albany Park Theater Project
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When:
Sunday November 14, 2004
3:30 to 5:00 PM
Where:
Museum of Contemporary Art
220 E. Chicago Ave.
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C24: Albany Park Theatre Project: Saffron
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Chicago's acclaimed youth theater ensemble invites you to dinnertime at Saffron Restaurant. This new multidisciplinary performance comes from the real-life stories of a Persian restaurant whose owners emigrated from Iran in 1979 and whose customers and staff come from all over the world. By the end of dinner, as you sip your saffron tea, you'll smile to discover that your soul too has found nourishment. Children under 10 will not be admitted.
Program Presenters:
- Albany Park Theater Project
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Sunday November 14, 2004
3:30 to 5:00 PM
Where:
Museum of Contemporary Art
220 E. Chicago Ave.
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332: ARCHITECTURE PANEL: Shared Space
Our urban world is filled with fences and walls, both real and metaphorical. What possibilities might today's architects and city planners pursue in the creation of shared, common public spaces where different ethnic, national, and religious groups mgiht interact constructively? What is the architect's role in ensuring that shared spaces act as bridges to positive interaction? Architects Amir Pasic, Michael Sorkin, Arthur Spector, and Abbad al-Radi offer their perspectives. Moderator is Richard Solomon, director of the Graham Foundation.
Program generously supported by the Graham Foundation.
Program Presenters:
- Amir Pasic
- Abbad al-Radi
- Michael Sorkin
- Richard Solomon
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When:
Saturday November 6, 2004
3:30 to 5:00 PM
Where:
Second Floor Atrium, National-Louis University
122 S. Michigan Avenue
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626: GOVERNMENT PANEL: Iraq: Constituting a Nation
What challenges does the Iraqi nation face as it undertakes the creation of a constitution? Examining the issue are Douglass W. Cassel, Jr., clinical associate professor and director, Center for International Human Rights, Northwestern Univ. School of Law; Stephen Franklin, Chicago Tribune journalist; and Feisal al-Istrabadi, vice president, Iraqi Forum For Democracy. The moderator is Mark E. Wojcik, director of global legal studies, The John Marshall Law School and chair, Illinois State Bar Association Section on International and Immigration Law.
Presented in partnership with the Illinois State Bar Association.
Program Presenters:
- Douglass W. Cassel, Jr.
- Stephen Franklin
- Feisal al-Istrabadi
- Mark E. Wojcik
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When:
Saturday November 13, 2004
3:30 to 5:00 PM
Where:
Student Center, DePaul University (Lincoln Park)
2250 N. Sheffield (at Belden)
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627: MUSIC PERFORMANCE: Fire and Blood for Violin and Orchestra
Composer Michael Daugherty, professor of composition at Univ. of Michigan School of Music presents his 2003 violin concerto commissioned by the Detroit Symphony Orchestra and inspired by artist Diego Rivera’s “Detroit Industry” frescoes at the Detroit Institute of Arts. Using the collaboration between Rivera and his wife, Frida Kahlo, as a point of departure, Fire and Blood explores the energies and rhythms of machinery and the human body. Daugherty gives a slide presentation, with Bethany Mennemeyer performing on violin and David Gilliland on piano.
Presented in partnership with the University of Michigan Institute for the Humanities.
Program Presenters:
- Michael Daugherty
- Bethany Mennemeyer
- David Gilliland
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When:
Saturday November 13, 2004
3:30 to 5:00 PM
Where:
Museum of Contemporary Art
220 E. Chicago Ave.
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333: INTERNATIONAL JOURNALISTS PANEL: Ourselves As Others See Us
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Prominent Washington D.C. bureau chiefs discuss what they’re reporting to their audiences back home. This year’s participants include Yasemin Congar (Milliyet, Turkey), Rupert Cornwell (The Independent), Khaled Dawoud (Al Ahram, Egypt), Patrick Jarreau (Le Monde, France), Sridhar Krishnaswami (The Hindu, India), and Siu-Wai Cheung (Ta Kung Pao, China). Global Chicago's executive director R.C. Longworth moderates.
Presented in partnership with the Chicago Council on Foreign Relations.
Program Presenters:
- Yasemin Congar
- Rupert Cornwell
- Khaled Dawoud
- Patrick Jarreau
- Sridhar Krishnaswami
- Siu-Wai Cheung
- R.C. Longworth
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When:
Saturday November 6, 2004
3:30 to 5:30 PM
Where:
Thorne Auditorium, Northwestern University School of Law: Chicago Campus
375 E. Chicago Ave.
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629: CLARK BLAISE: The Creation of Standard Time
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In the late 1800s, localized definitions of clock time played havoc with the idea of accurate railroad scheduling. One Canadian entrepreneur, Sandford Fleming, did something about it. Blaise, a respected short story writer, novelist, and teacher, tells the story in his book Time Lord: Sir Sandford Fleming and the Creation of Standard Time.
Presented in partnership with the Canadian Consulate General Chicago.
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When:
Saturday November 13, 2004
4:00 to 5:00 PM
Where:
Alliance Française de Chicago
54 W. Chicago Ave.
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630: CLIVE JAMES: Critical Perspective
A journalist, poet, novelist, reviewer, lyricist, memoirist, and raconteur, James discusses his extensive range of work in what he sees as its present literary and historical context.
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Saturday November 13, 2004
4:00 to 5:00 PM
Where:
Claudia Cassidy Theater, Chicago Cultural Center
78 E. Randolph
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724: JONATHAN GALASSI, SCOTT TUROW: The Time it Takes
Galassi, the distinguished poet, editor, and president of publisher Farrar, Straus & Giroux (FSG) in conversation with one of FSG’s most distinguished authors. The discussion centers on the writer/editor relationship and the process by which a work is shaped and polished for publication. In short, when is a literary work “finished,” if ever?
Program Presenters:
- Scott Turow
- Jonathan Galassi
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When:
Sunday November 14, 2004
4:00 to 5:00 PM
Where:
Newberry Library
60 W. Walton
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336: LINDA PERLSTEIN: Not Much, Just Chillin’
This Washington Post reporter spent a year immersed in the roller rinks, math classes, rec rooms, family minivans, and boy-girl parties of the suburban Maryland middle school (12-15 year-olds) set. She explains the mysteries of this difficult period of children’s lives—acute embarrassment, passion, anxiety, and conformist non-conformism.
This program is thematically linked to the Victoria production of “ÜBUNG” at the Museum of Contemporary Art. Ticket-buyers for “ÜBUNG” (program 339) may attend the Linda Perlstein presentation for no additional charge (reservations required). Please call the CHF Ticket Office for details at .
Presented in partnership with Museum of Contemporary Art.
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Saturday November 6, 2004
4:00 to 5:00 PM
Where:
Museum of Contemporary Art
220 E. Chicago Ave.
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335: MARK SALZMAN: Transcending Environment
A captivating speaker, the author of Iron & Silk, Lying Awake, and The Soloist discusses his experiences as a writing teacher at a maximum-security prison for juvenile offenders. Detailed in his True Notebooks, Salzman’s work with these hardened youths proved revelatory: they consistently write about finding reasons to believe in themselves, despite their circumstances.
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When:
Saturday November 6, 2004
4:00 to 5:00 PM
Where:
First United Methodist Church (The Chicago Temple)
77 W. Washington
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423: McGUIRE GIBSON: Erasing the Past, Diminishing the Future
The Oriental Institute, Univ. of Chicago archaeologist considers the accidental—and deliberate—destruction of cultural artifacts and heritage due to war or the desire by some to feed the international antiquities market. What are the long-term costs to cultural and national identity? What revenues will be lost in terms of future archaeological excavations and tourism?
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Sunday November 7, 2004
4:00 to 5:00 PM
Where:
Second Floor Atrium, National-Louis University
122 S. Michigan Avenue
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422: MICHAEL WILMINGTON: “Doing Time” in Film
From cell block riots and great escapes to private demons and personal redemption, the Chicago Tribune’s movie critic examines the development and uses of the prison film.
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Sunday November 7, 2004
4:00 to 5:00 PM
Where:
Claudia Cassidy Theater, Chicago Cultural Center
78 E. Randolph
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722: MOHSIN HAMID: Pakistan Today
This native of Lahore, Pakistan, author of the critically acclaimed novel Moth Smoke, assesses the changes occurring in his country: the local boom in liberal media as a counter to the call of fundamentalists; peace with India; the changing (and improving) economic climate; and attitudes towards the U.S. He also considers Time and the evolution of societies—particularly developing and/or Muslim countries.
Presented in partnership with the Chicago Council on Foreign Relations.
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When:
Sunday November 14, 2004
4:00 to 5:00 PM
Where:
Chicago Historical Society
1601 N. Clark St.
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102: RICHARD J. FRANKE LECTURE IN ECONOMIC HISTORY: Richard Parker: John Kenneth Galbraith: His Life, His Politics, His Economics
The distinguished lecturer in public policy at Harvard’s John F. Kennedy School of Government delivers the second annual Richard J. Franke Lecture in Economic History. Parker discusses Galbraith’s significant impact on American economic and social policy during the second half of the 20th century.
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When:
Thursday November 4, 2004
4:00 to 5:00 PM
Where:
Thorne Auditorium, Northwestern University School of Law: Chicago Campus
375 E. Chicago Ave.
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334: ROGER SHATTUCK: Proust, Einstein, and the Fourth Dimension
The former Boston Univ. literature professor, author of Proust's Way: A Field Guide to "In Search of Lost Time," discusses Proust's "special sense" of Time. The sweepingly definitive 1974 biography, Marcel Proust, earned Shattuck the National Book Award. Other titles include The Banquet Years and Forbidden Knowledge.
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When:
Saturday November 6, 2004
4:00 to 5:00 PM
Where:
Chicago Public Library, Harold Washington Library Center
400 S. State St.
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337: RUSSELL BANKS: The Darling
The internationally acclaimed author discusses his latest novel about an American woman who, wanted for her radical activities with the Weather Underground, has had to flee her country for Africa. There, she is caught up in the struggles for African nationhood while searching for her own identity.
Program is generously supported by the McCormick Tribune Foundation.
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When:
Saturday November 6, 2004
4:00 to 5:00 PM
Where:
Harris Music and Dance Theater
205 E. Randolph Drive
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421: SEÁN McCONVILLE: The Political Prisoner
Politically motivated offenses range from civil disobedience to crimes of shocking brutality and inhumanity. Offenders often seek the martyrdom of punishment, using prison to advance their image. McConville, professor in criminology, law, and government at Queen Mary College, Univ. of London and a renowned historian of penal policy, asks: How should democracies respond?
Presented in partnership with the Chicago Council on Foreign Relations.
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When:
Sunday November 7, 2004
4:00 to 5:00 PM
Where:
Alliance Française de Chicago
54 W. Chicago Ave.
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631: VICTOR VILLASEÑOR: Family Stories
The author of Macho! and Rain of Gold, and a popular lecturer on themes of family, heritage, education and personal achievement, discusses family history—his own, and everyone else’s!
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When:
Saturday November 13, 2004
4:00 to 5:00 PM
Where:
St. James Episcopal Cathedral
65 E. Huron Wabash and Huron
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Mary Ann Caws
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Rosemary Lloyd
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723: LITERARY PANEL: Memoirs and Time
Scholars and writers Mary Ann Caws, Christie McDonald, Jacqueline Taylor, and Rosemary Lloyd discuss ways of visualizing and memorializing events, places, and persons from one’s past, while considering what ultimately endures.
Program is generously supported by the McCormick Tribune Foundation.
Program Presenters:
- Mary Ann Caws
- Rosemary Lloyd
- Christie McDonald
- Jacqueline Taylor
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When:
Sunday November 14, 2004
4:00 to 5:30 PM
Where:
Rubloff Auditorium, Loyola University (downtown)
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721: SLOW FOOD: Peace of Bread
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When families emigrate, culinary traditions get lost. Chicago writer Rose Spinelli screens her short documentary film Baking Bread which, prompted by her inability to make the traditional bread of her ancestors, allows her to make peace with the past. She’s joined by Janine MacLachlan, food writer, consultant, teacher, and member of the advisory board of Slow Food Chicago, which advocates the continuation of culinary traditions, to discuss the meaning of food in our lives.
Program Presenters:
- Janine MacLachlan
- Rose Spinelli
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When:
Sunday November 14, 2004
4:00 to 5:30 PM
Where:
Alliance Française de Chicago
54 W. Chicago Ave.
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726: MUSIC PERFORMANCE: Kevin Cole, Time Capsules
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Music can make our hearts stand still. And when the music is played by “America’s Pianist,” Time stands still. Cole opens time capsules of music that take you to another time, another place, another you. Program includes timeless masterpieces (Time on My Hands, Time and Time Again, As Time Goes By) by timeless masters Kern, Porter, Berlin, Gershwin, and many more.
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When:
Sunday November 14, 2004
4:30 to 5:30 PM
Where:
Thorne Auditorium, Northwestern University School of Law: Chicago Campus
375 E. Chicago Ave.
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725: RODDY DOYLE: Oh, Play That Thing
The acclaimed Irish author of The Barrytown Trilogy and Paddy Clark Ha Ha Ha presents the second volume in his new trilogy The Last Roundup. Oh, Play That Thing follows the protagonist of A Star Called Henry as he emigrates to America in 1924 and makes his way to Chicago—where he meets a certain trumpeter named Louis Armstrong! Following the discussion, young musicians perform selections from Armstrong's "Hot" combos.
Program is generously supported by the McCormick Tribune Foundation and Mr. and Mrs. Frederick A. Krehbiel.
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When:
Sunday November 14, 2004
4:30 to 6:00 PM
Where:
First United Methodist Church (The Chicago Temple)
77 W. Washington
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806: SPECIAL FREE EVENT FOR CHF MEMBERS: Richard Parker Reception
Meet this year's Franke Lecturer in a private, post-lecture setting along with other CHF Members.
Members Only Event. You may reserve your place by clicking the "purchase ticket" button to the right. Please call the CHF Ticket Office for location details at .
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When:
Thursday November 4, 2004
5:00 to 6:00 PM
Where:
Thorne Auditorium, Northwestern University School of Law: Chicago Campus
375 E. Chicago Ave.
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504: DORIS CONANT LECTURE ON WOMEN’S HISTORY: Germaine Greer: “Speeding Up or Slowing Down?”
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The celebrated and controversial broadcaster and author of the central feminist text The Female Eunuch returns to the Festival to discuss aging and its impact on our perception of Time. See page 20 for longer description.
Program generously supported by the Conant Family Foundation.
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When:
Wednesday November 10, 2004
6:00 to 7:00 PM
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Thorne Auditorium, Northwestern University School of Law: Chicago Campus
375 E. Chicago Ave.
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502: JOSEPH CALIFANO: Inside: A Public and Private Life
A quintessential public servant, Califano worked in the power centers of three Democratic administrations. His recent book, Inside, is a history, memoir, and profoundly revealing personal tale of how ambition, tenacity, and courage, guided by deeply felt ethics, can move the world. Califano is currently president and chairman of The National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse at Columbia Univ.
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When:
Tuesday November 9, 2004
6:00 to 7:00 PM
Where:
Thorne Auditorium, Northwestern University School of Law: Chicago Campus
375 E. Chicago Ave.
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507: PUBLIC POLICY ROUNDTABLE: The Future of Social Security
Perhaps no public policy issue is more concerned with issues of Time than the Social Security situation in this country. Are current projections of solvency into the 2050s accurate? Should citizens be able to invest their social security payments in the stock market? Discussing these and other questions are Atlantic Monthly journalist James Fallows; Heritage Foundation fellow David C. John; Deputy Commissioner of Social Security James B. Lockhart; senior economist at the Center for American Progress Christian E. Weller; and assistant director of the AFL-CIO Public Policy Department Shaun O’Brien. D. Cameron Findlay, general counsel for Aon Corporation, moderates.
Program Presenters:
- David C. John
- James B. Lockhart
- Christian E. Weller
- Shaun O’Brien
- D. Cameron Findlay
- James Fallows
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When:
Thursday November 11, 2004
6:00 to 7:30 PM
Where:
Thorne Auditorium, Northwestern University School of Law: Chicago Campus
375 E. Chicago Ave.
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727: FESTIVAL CLOSING PERFORMANCE: Campaign of the Century
The Festival’s examination of Time ends with a tuneful concert version of a new musical by Steven Lutvak and Robert L. Freedman about writer Upton Sinclair’s remarkable bid to become governor of California in 1934. Tony Award winner and Broadway favorite Michael Rupert (Sweet Charity) performs the role of Sinclair.
Program generously supported by Ethel and William Gofen.
Program Presenters:
- Steven Lutvak
- Robert L. Freedman
- Michael Rupert
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When:
Sunday November 14, 2004
6:30 to 8:30 PM
Where:
Merle Reskin Theatre, DePaul University (downtown)
60 E. Balbo Dr.
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903A: FILMS BY BERNARDO BERTOLUCCI: Last Tango in Paris
The CHF and Facets Multi-Media present two landmark films by the renowned Italian film director.
Presented in partnership with Facets Multi-Media and Istituto Italiano di Cultura.
While looking for an apartment, Jeanne, a beautiful young Parisienne, is drawn to Paul, a mysterious American expatriate. The two engage in a stormy and passionate, yet anonymous, affair. An acknowledged masterpiece. With Marlon Brando and Maria Schneider. 1972, 35mm, 129 min. In French/English with subtitles. NC-17.
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When:
Saturday November 6, 2004
7:00 PM
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Facets Cinémathèque
1517 W. Fullerton Ave.
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902A: THE TULSE LUPER SUITCASE: Part I, The Moab Story
Directed by Peter Greenaway. A sweeping, multi-film epic about the life and times of Tulse Luper, a man bigger than the world itself. The film covers nearly 60 years of history, from the 1928 discovery of uranium to the 1989 collapse of the Berlin Wall.
Presented in partnership with Facets Multi-Media.
Part I: The Moab Story
Luper's reputation as a writer and project-maker grows in Europe and America, culminating in a symposium and exhibition in his honor which leads to a surprising revelation. 2003, 35mm, 127 min. In English plus subtitled French, German, Dutch, and Spanish.
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When:
Wednesday November 10, 2004
7:00 PM
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Facets Cinémathèque
1517 W. Fullerton Ave.
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902B: THE TULSE LUPER SUITCASE: Part II, Vaux to the Sea
Directed by Peter Greenaway. A sweeping, multi-film epic about the life and times of Tulse Luper, a man bigger than the world itself. The film covers nearly 60 years of history, from the 1928 discovery of uranium to the 1989 collapse of the Berlin Wall.
Presented in partnership with Facets Multi-Media.
Part II: Vaux to the Sea
Part II recounts Luper's experiences in Europe at the outbreak of WWII, as he is shunted to different locations and engages in various dubious occupations before being captured and jailed. 2004, 35mm, 120 min. In English.
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When:
Thursday November 11, 2004
7:00 PM
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Facets Cinémathèque
1517 W. Fullerton Ave.
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902C: THE TULSE LUPER SUITCASE: Part III, From Sark to Finish
Directed by Peter Greenaway. A sweeping, multi-film epic about the life and times of Tulse Luper, a man bigger than the world itself. The film covers nearly 60 years of history, from the 1928 discovery of uranium to the 1989 collapse of the Berlin Wall.
Presented in partnership with Facets Multi-Media.
Part III: From Sark to Finish
The jailed Luper records various fictional accounts of his future on the walls of his cell. while admired by his fellow inmates for his storytelling, the authorities are more interested in depicting him as a fascist sympathizer. 2004, 35mm, 108 min. In English.
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When:
Friday November 12, 2004
7:00 PM
Where:
Facets Cinémathèque
1517 W. Fullerton Ave.
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The Association House of Chicago
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508: FAMILY EVENT: Young Chicago Authors: “Youthology”
A rare teen-instigated dialogue about society’s questions, fears and beliefs about youth and “youthfulness.” In this multimedia performance, young people from Young Chicago Authors and The Association House of Chicago examine their own culture and tell adults what it all means. A Children’s Humanities Festival program. For ages 12 and up.
Students and educators FREE with ticket. Please contact the CHF Ticket Office at .
Program Presenters:
- Young Chicago Authors
- The Association House of Chicago
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When:
Thursday November 11, 2004
7:00 to 8:00 PM
Where:
Student Center, DePaul University (Lincoln Park)
2250 N. Sheffield (at Belden)
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The Association House of Chicago
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C22: FAMILY EVENT: Young Chicago Authors: Youthology
A rare teen-instigated dialogue about society’s questions, fears and beliefs about youth and “youthfulness.” In this multimedia performance, young people from Young Chicago Authors and The Association House of Chicago examine their own culture and tell adults what it all means. For ages 12 and up.
Program Presenters:
- Young Chicago Authors
- The Association House of Chicago
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When:
Thursday November 11, 2004
7:00 to 8:00 PM
Where:
Student Center, DePaul University (Lincoln Park)
2250 N. Sheffield (at Belden)
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505: GENE WOLFE: Master of Time
The hugely admired “dean” of science fiction writers and award-winning author of The Book of the New Sun and, most recently, The Wizard Knight, discusses his career-long exploration of other Times, and other worlds. Wolfe is interviewed by author Neil Gaiman.
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When:
Wednesday November 10, 2004
7:00 to 8:00 PM
Where:
Student Center, DePaul University (Lincoln Park)
2250 N. Sheffield (at Belden)
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Paul Muldoon
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James Fenton
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511: PAUL MULDOON, JAMES FENTON: The Eternity of the Poem
Two lauded poets sample their work and consider the “pre-life” and “after-life” of a poem. Muldoon, described by The Times Literary Supplement as “the most significant English-language poet since the second World War,” teaches at Princeton Univ. In addition to writing poetry, Fenton has been a foreign correspondent and theater critic, and writes frequently about art and culture.
Program is generously supported by Mr. and Mrs. Frederick A. Krehbiel.
Program Presenters:
- Paul Muldoon
- James Fenton
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When:
Friday November 12, 2004
7:00 to 8:00 PM
Where:
St. James Episcopal Cathedral
65 E. Huron Wabash and Huron
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512: MUSIC PERFORMANCE: Harold in Chicago
This opera of political suspense draws from the controversy-plagued life of Chicago mayor Harold Washington. Featuring music by legendary Chicago jazz composer Edward Wilkerson, Jr. with a story and libretto by novelist Elizabeth S-Wilkerson. Musicians and vocalists will perform a staged reading of this work-in-progress.
Program is generously supported by Peter and Lucy Ascoli.
Program Presenters:
- Edward Jr. Wilkerson
- Elizabeth S-Wilkerson
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When:
Friday November 12, 2004
7:00 to 8:30 PM
Where:
Thorne Auditorium, Northwestern University School of Law: Chicago Campus
375 E. Chicago Ave.
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501: THEATER PERFORMANCE: Johnny G. & Noël C.
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From the day actor John Gielgud understudied Noel Coward in The Vortex (1925) they were the best of friends. In Johnny G. & Noel C. Johnny (Veteran stage actor Paxton Whitehead) and Noël (actor Simon Jones) reminisce about the lives they led, the people they knew, and the plays they had in common. The radiant Rosemary Harris plays their leading ladies, from Amanda in Private Lives to Beatrice in Much Ado to the Mother Superior she played opposite Johnny in his last stage performance in a play called Best of Friends. And cabaret favorite Steve Ross sheds lyrical light on Johnny and Noël's joint contribution to musical theater! Devised and written by Barry Day as a tribute to the Gielgud centenary.
Program generously supported by the Elizabeth F. Cheney Foundation.
Program Presenters:
- Simon Jones
- Rosemary Harris
- Steve Ross
- Barry Day
- Paxton Whitehead
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When:
Monday November 8, 2004
7:00 to 9:00 PM
Where:
Thorne Auditorium, Northwestern University School of Law: Chicago Campus
375 E. Chicago Ave.
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340: ASCAP CABARET: Songs of Our Time
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Cabaret, concert, and theater star Andrea Marcovicci hosts this year’s Festival cabaret. The evening presents some of the finest and most talented contemporary songwriters, including Mary Liz McNamara, John Bucchino, Johnny Rodgers, Steven Lutvak, and Shelly Markham; their songs are among the most popular and widely performed in cabaret today. With special guest performer Sharon McNight. ASCAP’s Director of Musical Theatre, Michael A. Kerker and Chicago-based musical director Dan Stetzel produce the event.
Presented in partnership with The American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers.
Program Presenters:
- Andrea Marcovicci
- Steven Lutvak
- Mary Liz McNamara
- John Bucchino
- Johnny Rodgers
- Shelly Markham
- Sharon McNight
- Michael Kerker
- Dan Stetzel
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When:
Saturday November 6, 2004
7:30 to 9:00 PM
Where:
Harris Music and Dance Theater
205 E. Randolph Drive
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103: FESTIVAL OPENING PERFORMANCE: Ladies First: In the Words of America’s First Ladies
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Right in the heart of election season, we consider the real power behind the Presidency--the First Ladies. Join Steppenwolf Theatre Company ensemble members Joan Allen, Martha Lavey, and Molly Regan for a program drawn from the letters and writings of America’s first First Ladies that shows how these women shaped our understanding of those who occupy the role today. Written and directed by Steppenwolf associate artistic director Curt Columbus.
Program generously supported by American Airlines. Presented in partnership with Steppenwolf Theatre Company.
Program Presenters:
- Joan Allen
- Martha Lavey
- Molly Regan
- Curt Columbus
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When:
Thursday November 4, 2004
7:30 to 9:00 PM
Where:
Thorne Auditorium, Northwestern University School of Law: Chicago Campus
375 E. Chicago Ave.
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338: THEATER PERFORMANCE: Ferdydurke
From Poland, Teatr PROVISORIUM & Kompania Teatr’s stage adaptation of the classic underground novel by Polish author Witold Gombrowicz. In an absurdist variation on the Faust legend, a young writer is transformed by a demonic professor into an adolescent and sent back to school to “learn to do it right.” With Jacek Brzezinski, Witold Mazurkiewicz, Jaroslaw Tomica, and Michal Zgiet. In English.
Program generously supported by the Polish National Alliance in association with the Polish Cultural Institute.
Program Presenters:
- Witold Mazurkiewicz
- Jaroslaw Tomica
- Michal Zgiet
- Jacek Brzezinski
- Teatr PROVISORIUM
- Kompania Teatr
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When:
Saturday November 6, 2004
7:30 to 9:00 PM
Where:
Merle Reskin Theatre, DePaul University (downtown)
60 E. Balbo Dr.
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339: THEATER PERFORMANCE: ÜBUNG (Practice)
A riveting multimedia piece from Belgium’s Victoria exploring the passage from childhood to adulthood. A group of children ages 11-14 watches a film of adults misbehaving at a country weekend dinner party. Then, with the sound turned down, the children skillfully lip-synch the dialogue they’ve just heard while mimicking the adult behaviors. Are they rehearsing their own futures or simply making fun of the adult world? Suitable for a mature audience.
Ticket-buyers for “ÜBUNG” may attend the Linda Perlstein presentation (see program 336) for no additional charge (reservations required). Please contact the CHF Ticket Office at for details.
Presented in partnership with Museum of Contemporary Art.
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When:
Saturday November 6, 2004
7:30 to 9:00 PM
Where:
Museum of Contemporary Art
220 E. Chicago Ave.
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424: MUSICAL THEATER PERFORMANCE: You Might As Well Live
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This one-woman musical play, featuring Broadway and cabaret star Karen Mason, is an intimate look at the life and work of Dorothy Parker, one of the most influential women writers of the 20th century. Parker’s affecting and acerbic lines have been set to a jazzy musical score by composer Norman Mathews. Directed by Guy Stroman, with Chris Denny as pianist/musical director.
Program Presenters:
- Karen Mason
- Norman Mathews
- Guy Stroman
- Chris Denny
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When:
Sunday November 7, 2004
7:30 to 9:30 PM
Where:
Harris Music and Dance Theater
205 E. Randolph Drive
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503: PETER GREENAWAY: In Conversation
The CHF and Facets Multi-Media welcome this important and innovative visual artist known for such intricately challenging films as The Draughtsman's Contract, The Pillow Book, The Belly of an Architect, Drowning by Numbers, and Prospero's Books. In an interview, he discusses his latest multi-part project, The Tulse Luper Suitcase.
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When:
Tuesday November 9, 2004
8:00 to 9:00 PM
Where:
Thorne Auditorium, Northwestern University School of Law: Chicago Campus
375 E. Chicago Ave.
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Albany Park Theater Project
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C23: Albany Park Theater Project, Saffron
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Chicago's acclaimed youth theater ensemble invites you to dinnertime at Saffron Restaurant. This new multidisciplinary performance comes from the real-life stories of a Persian restaurant whose owners emigrated from Iran in 1979 and whose customers and staff come from all over the world. By the end of dinner, as you sip your saffron tea, you'll smile to discover that your soul too has found nourishment. Children under 10 will not be admitted.
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- Albany Park Theater Project
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When:
Saturday November 13, 2004
8:00 to 9:30 PM
Where:
Museum of Contemporary Art
220 E. Chicago Ave.
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202: CHICAGO HUMANITIES FESTIVAL BENEFIT GALA: Tan Manhattan
The CHF celebrates its 15th anniversary in high style. Benefit Gala and concert-only tickets are available to the premiere performance of this dazzling, song-filled reconstruction of Eubie Blake’s and Andy Razaf’s legendary and masterful 1941 musical revue. It's a loving homage to multi-cultural urban life and a true artistic milestone that has been "lost" for decades but is now restored through the initiative of the CHF.
Cast includes Freda Payne and Lawrence Hamilton, plus Denise Thimes, with Donna Clark, Jennifer Edmonds, Germaine Goodson, Eugene Fleming, Ron Hutchins, Gil Pritchett III. Special appearances by Mercedes Ellington, pianist Reginald Robinson, and the brilliant Andre De Shields, who also choreographs and directs the evening's activities. Plus, appearances by the Trinity United Church of Christ Sanctuary Choir, and the students of McCutcheon Elementary School. Frank Owens is conductor and musical director.
Online Tickets for Concert Only ($25.00)
This performance of Tan Manhattan is supported in part by the Joyce Foundation, The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, and the Chicago Illinois Chapter of The Links, Inc. Fund of the Chicago Community Trust.
Program Presenters:
- Denise Thimes
- Lawrence Hamilton
- Jennifer Edmonds
- Germaine Goodson
- Gil Pritchett III
- Ron Hutchins
- Eugene Fleming
- Freda Payne
- Andre De Shields
- Mercedes Ellington
- Reginald Robinson
- Trinity United Church of Christ Sanctuary Choir
- McCutcheon Elementary School Singers
- Frank Owens
- Donna Clark
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When:
Friday November 5, 2004
8:00 to 10:00 PM
Where:
Armour Stage, Symphony Center
220 S. Michigan Ave.
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632: DANCE PERFORMANCE: Peter Sparling Dance Company, Peninsula
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This Ann Arbor-based company is led by the Univ. of Michigan Department of Dance professor and veteran of the Martha Graham and Jose Limon dance companies. Peninsula is a three-part video/dance “road trip,” accompanied by poetry and music, celebrating Michigan’s diverse cultural and geographic landscapes.
Presented in partnership with the University of Michigan Institute for the Humanities.
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When:
Saturday November 13, 2004
8:00 to 10:00 PM
Where:
Chicago Public Library, Harold Washington Library Center
400 S. State St.
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425: MUSIC PERFORMANCE: Be Music, Night
The acclaimed international music ensemble Peter Brotzmann Chicago Tentet performs an all-new work that combines the words of poet Kenneth Patchen with improvised performance. Welsh performer Mike Pearson joins the musicians, presenting Patchen’s poems through recitation and projected images.
Program Presenters:
- Mike Pearson
- Peter Brotzmann Chicago Tentet
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When:
Sunday November 7, 2004
8:00 to 10:00 PM
Where:
Thorne Auditorium, Northwestern University School of Law: Chicago Campus
375 E. Chicago Ave.
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506: NEIL GAIMAN: New Stuff
A master of fantasy writing, Gaiman is author of American Gods, Neverwhere, the Sandman series, and the young adult fiction Coraline, among other books. He reads from and discusses his work-in-progress, a comedy (“scary in bits”) for adults entitled Anansi Boys.
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When:
Wednesday November 10, 2004
8:30 to 9:30 PM
Where:
Student Center, DePaul University (Lincoln Park)
2250 N. Sheffield (at Belden)
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