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October 6 and 21
October 25 – November 9
2014
Sponsors
IT’S TIME
TO EMBARK
We are grateful to the following organizations for their support
of the 2014 Chicago Humanities Festival.
$100,000 and Above
Welcome to the 25th Chicago Humanities Festival –
JOURNEYS.
$50,000–$99,999
Lao-Tzu said that “a journey of a thousand miles begins
with a single step.” The Chicago Humanities Festival took
its first step on a crisp autumn day in 1990, and a handful of
programs blossomed into the country’s largest event of its
kind.
The Crown Family
Marcel Proust noted that “we don’t receive wisdom; we
must discover it for ourselves after a journey that no one
can take for us.” Each year, we collectively explore the
abundance of human creativity, expression, and thought
in more than 140 programs – from the literary avantgarde to Nobel Prize winners, from intimate, thoughtful
conversations to high-energy blockbuster events. Surprising
insights emerge to challenge long-held assumptions, and we
are all the wiser for it.
$25,000–$49,999
$15,000–$24,999
Adrienne Rich believed that “every journey into the past
is complicated by delusions, false memories, and false
namings.” For us, the slippage between fact and fiction is a
provocation to be explored and contemplated – where we’re
going is fundamentally predicated on where we’ve been.
Join us as we celebrate 25 years of art and ideas.
FOUNDATION
Anniversaries are a time to renew vows. Ours is to explore
human thought at its most dazzling: to seek out innovation,
to explore humanity in all its riches, and to delve into
contemporary knowledge, from its most persistent truths to
its sharpest cutting edge. In this spirit of adventure, we ask:
where will your journey take you?
Additional support provided by:
Program Partners
Media Partners
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Matti Bunzl The Marilynn Thoma Endowed Chair for
Artistic Leadership
Phillip Bahar
Executive Director
Ordering Tickets
chicagohumanities.org
312-494-9509 (M–F, 10 am–5 pm)
Put yourself on The Shortlist.
The Shortlist is how curious, culturally savvy young
professionals sample, mingle, and connect at the Festival.
Exclusive Member Pre-Sale: September 2–7
Programs often sell out. Members receive early box office access
and for the first time, discounts on most festival events!
Join or renew at supportchf.org or 312-494-9578.
The Shortlist Package: $45
Three hand-picked events + a cocktail reception:
Persepolis with Marjane Satrapi (504)
Mark Bittman: How to Cook Everything (706)
Modern Love with Daniel Jones (913)
General Ticket Sales begin September 8.
Ticket prices are indicated with the following icons throughout
this program guide:
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chicagohumanities.org/shortlist.
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Memberships and contributions cover 80% of Festival costs
and provide you with great benefits.
→ NEW! Member discount on most Fall Festival tickets
→ Member Lounge access between select programs
→ 10% off Festival books at program venues and year-round
at Unabridged Bookstore
→ Discounts on year-round Festival programs
Join our membership family today at supportchf.org or
312-494-9578.
YOU MAY ALSO ENJOY: A NEW
PROGRAM GUIDE FEATURE
This year we’re excited to make
some suggestions to deepen your
Festival experience. Next to each
program description you’ll notice
the following:
You may also enjoy
Sasha Frere-Jones (511),
A Burroughs Birthday Bash
(517), and Anne Rice (812).
Please note, the number in the
parentheses is the program
number. Program numbers are in
chronological order and appear
next to each program listing.
Charter
Humanists
By becoming a Charter Humanist you help spread the
power of ideas. Contributions like yours cover 80% of the
Festival’s costs, keeping ticket prices affordable and audiences
diverse.
Charter Humanists also support First Time for a Lifetime,
CHF’s education initiative that provides for 10,000 students
and teachers to participate in the Festival each year.
Charter Humanists are recognized with exclusive benefits
including:
→ All-access, VIP Red Badge that grants you free admission and reserved, premier seating to all Festival programs, even when sold out*
→ Invitations to special events throughout the year, such as preview parties, behind-the-scenes encounters, and private gatherings with presenters
Your VIP experience of the 25th Anniversary Festival supports
CHF’s work throughout the year.
*Excludes the Gala Benefit and a very small number of special
programs. Arrive at least 15 minutes in advance of programs to
ensure seating.
For more information and to join,
visit supportchf.org or call 312-494-9563.
Endowed and
Sponsored Programs
Ruth Simmons
Andrew Ross Sorkin
Philanthropic support keeps the Chicago Humanities Festival
thoughtful, lively, and accessible to the broadest audience.
We are delighted to recognize the generosity of the Festival’s
endowed and sponsored program donors.
Richard H. Driehaus
Foundation Lecture on
Architecture
Lost in the Italian
Renaissance with Niall
Atkinson (501)
Baskes Lecture in
History
Peter Galison: From
Einstein’s Clocks to the
Refusal of Time (906)
The William and Greta
Wiley Flory Concert
Doug Peck and Rob
Lindley: A Night at the
Tonys (700)
Doris Conant Lecture
on Women and Culture
The Future of Higher
Ed with Ruth Simmons
(601)
Richard J. Franke
Lecture in Economics
Andrew Ross Sorkin
(804)
Gary Shteyngart,
photographed by Brigitte Lacombe
The Renée and Lester
Crown Speaker Series
Still Failing: Gary
Shteyngart Returns
(212)
Richard Gray Visual Art
Series
Liminal Camera (202),
Persepolis with Marjane
Satrapi (504), Sacre
Bleu with Marc Walton
(512), Sarah Thornton:
33 Artists in 3 Acts (702),
Guy Maddin: His
Winnipeg (703)
Lynn Hauser and Neil
Ross Program
Jamaica Kincaid (200)
Elaine and Roger
Haydock Humor Series
Lena Dunham: Not
That Kind of Girl (100),
Wallace Shawn (211),
Trick-or-Treat with
Paula Poundstone (405)
The Helen B. and Ira E.
Graham Family Cabaret
René Marie: I Wanna Be
Evil (701)
René Marie, photographed by Joe Boggess
Art Institute of Chicago
President’s Lecture
The Making of a
National Institution
with Lonnie G. Bunch
III (704)
Herman Miller Design
Program
Bruce Mau: Massive
Changes (904)
Elizabeth A. Liebman
Program
The Original Lovely with
Darrell Jones (514)
Robert R. McCormick
Foundation Lecture
The New Face of Global
Activism with Maryam
Al-Khawaja (806)
Bill and Penny
Obenshain Program on
Global Affairs
Ian Buruma, Global
Thinker (502)
Anita and Prabha Sinha
Program
Masters of the Universe
with Shamus Khan
(910)
Karla Scherer Endowed
Lecture Series for the
University of Chicago
David Brooks 25th
Anniversary Celebration
(101), Geoffrey Stone on
the NSA (609)
Spencer Foundation
Lecture on Education
and Learning
Cathy Cohen (305)
Terra Foundation
Lectures on American
Art
From Bauhaus to Bunny
and Beyond with Art
Paul (509), Unpacking
the Indian Corner with
Elizabeth Hutchinson
(611)
Southwest Airlines
Program
The Rough Guide to
Geopolitics with Mary
Louise Pratt (603)
SPONSORED DAYS
Underwrite a Program,
Sponsor a Series
Morris and Dolores Kohl Kaplan Northwestern Day —
Evanston (200–212)
Are you passionate about a
particular topic? Help us to make
sure it is represented at the Festival
every year.
Many Festival programs are made
possible through the generosity of
individuals, families, foundations,
and corporations. To learn more,
please call 312-494-9563.
This annual day of the Chicago Humanities Festival
recognizes the generous underwriting of Morris and Dolores
Kohl Kaplan, ardent supporters of the arts. Dolores makes
this thoughtful gift in memory of her loving husband, Morris,
who was one of the Festival’s founders, and for their shared
desire to bring the Chicago Humanities Festival to the North
Shore.
Monday, October 6
100
MONDAY, OCTOBER 6
6–8:30 PM
NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY
SCHOOL OF LAW
THORNE AUDITORIUM
375 E CHICAGO AVE
$35 SOLD OUT
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Tuesday, October 21
Lena Dunham: Not That Kind of Girl
Elaine and Roger Haydock Humor Series
Not just a voice of a generation, Lena Dunham is defining
our cultural moment. The creator and star of HBO’s Girls
comes to Chicago to celebrate her new book. Dunham is
joined in conversation by Jenni Konner, co-executive
producer of Girls.
DAVID
BROOKS
This program is generously underwritten by Elaine and Roger
Haydock.
A signed copy of Not That Kind of Girl
is included with each ticket. General
tickets for this program are sold out.
Charter Humanists may RSVP by
calling 312-494-9563.
Josh Haner, New York Times
You may also enjoy
Cheryl Strayed (402),
Roxane Gay (606), and
Modern Love (913).
Autumn de Wilde
It’s not Lena Dunham’s candor that makes me gasp. Rather it’s her
writing – which is full of surprises where you least expect them. A fine,
subversive book. – David Sedaris
101
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 21
5:30–6:30 PM
THE FOURTH PRESBYTERIAN
CHURCH OF CHICAGO
SANCTUARY
N MICHIGAN AVE
AT DELAWARE PL
$50
Charter Humanists, CHF Members,
teachers, and students must
purchase general admission tickets
for this program. Gala attendees
must RSVP for complimentary
seating by calling 312-661-1731.
You may also enjoy
Steve Schmidt (300),
Geoffrey Stone (609), and
Andrew Ross Sorkin (804).
David Brooks 25th Anniversary Celebration
Karla Scherer Endowed Lecture Series for the
Perennial CHF favorite David Brooks returns to Chicago
to kick off our 25th anniversary celebration. On the eve of
the midterm election, he brings his unique brand of social
criticism to illuminate our current political landscape.
This program is a special Festival fundraiser. Following
his public event, David Brooks will join the Chicago
Humanities Festival Gala for an intimate conversation.
For more information on our gala, please see page 77.
This program is presented as part of the annual Karla Scherer
Endowed Lecture Series for the University of Chicago.
Fall Books from Chicago
Irina Baronova and
the Ballets Russes
de Monte Carlo
Victoria Tennant
“The passionate life story of the beautiful
and dedicated Russian prima ballerina
Irina Baronova is tenderly recounted by
her daughter with wonderful photographs
and vivid detail.”—Anjelica Huston
“This is a beautiful record of the twentieth
century lived through dance. I loved it.”
—Edmund De Waal, author of The Hare
with Amber Eyes
CloTh $55.00
Juvenescence
MORRIS & DOLORES KOHL KAPLAN
NORTHWESTERN DAY – EVANSTON
SAT
JOUR
OCT
NEYS
25
A Cultural History of Our Age
Robert Pogue harrison
“I’m not sure that I’d sell my shirt for any
living critic. But if there had to be one, it
would unquestionably be Harrison.”
—Jonathan Bate, Spectator
CloTh $25.00
The UnIVeRsITy of ChICago PRess www.press.uchicago.edu
Roger Ebert, photographed by Kevin Horan
Robert Pogue Harrison is back with his
trademark mix of deep learning, broad
temporal and cultural reach, and surprising
insights into vast topics. This time his subject
is youth, both personal and societal.
Saturday, October 25
200
Jamaica Kincaid
Lynn Hauser and Neil Ross Program
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 25
11 AM–12 PM
CAHN AUDITORIUM
$15
$20
11
$10
You may also enjoy
Laila Lalami (302),
Cheryl Wall (503), and
Mary Louise Pratt (603).
Born in Antigua, Jamaica Kincaid arrived in the United
States as a seventeen-year-old au pair. Working her way
through college, she eventually became a staff writer at the
New Yorker and one of our most renowned novelists. Her
Caribbean birthplace continues to inspire her fiction, from
Annie John and Lucy to Mr. Potter and See Now Then. Join
her for a wide-ranging conversation with CHF Emeritus
Artistic Director Lawrence Weschler.
LIMINAL
CAMERA
A unique, compelling voice that cannot be found anywhere
else. – San Francisco Chronicle
This program is generously underwritten by Lynn Hauser and
Neil Ross.
201
A Real-Life Mr. Ripley
12:30–1:30 PM
A stunning true story from the author of Up in the Air. For
15 years, acclaimed journalist and novelist Walter Kirn
fell for the pedigreed charms of one Clark Rockefeller.
Then in July 2008, authorities pursued “Rockefeller” for
kidnapping his own daughter, and an elaborate lie very
publicly unraveled. Clark’s real identity was revealed to
be Christian Gerhartsreiter, a German imposter with a
murderous past. What started as a story about American
nobility became Blood Will Out, a deeply personal account
of Kirn’s relationship with a psychopath masquerading as a
gentleman.
HARRIS HALL
ROOM 107
$9
$12
$5
You may also enjoy
Jesmyn Ward (510), and
Charles Blow (805).
Cover image, The Autobiography of My Mother
Engrossing. . . . A haunting, pained and terrifically engaging
self-interrogation. – Chicago Tribune
202
Liminal Camera
Richard Gray Visual Arts Series
12:30–1:30 PM
MARY & LEIGH
BLOCK MUSEUM OF ART
PICK-LAUDATI AUDITORIUM
$9
$12
$5
You may also enjoy
Jawshing Arthur Liou (505),
Wayfinders (708), and
Bruce Mau (904).
A mobile camera made out of a shipping container, the
Liminal Camera is one of the most ambitious art projects
underway today. Traversing the country by land and by
water – from the back of a flatbed truck and via barge – it
has explored vast regions of the American West and the
Hudson and Erie canals. On the occasion of the Festival,
the Liminal Camera journeys to Chicago to probe the state
of the American dream. The result, monumentally scaled
black-and-white prints, will go on view at the DePaul Art
Museum in May 2015.
Join artists Lauren Bon, Richard Nielsen, and Tristan
Duke – the team behind Liminal Camera – and CHF
Emeritus Artistic Director Lawrence Weschler for a
discussion of their practice.
Climb inside the Liminal Camera! From October
25 to November 2, the device will be deployed
around the city and at Festival venues. Visit
chicagohumanities.org for more information and
locations.
The annual Richard Gray Visual Art Series recognizes a
significant gift from founding CHF board member and
distinguished art dealer Richard Gray. This program is also
presented in partnership with DePaul Art Museum.
13
203
Bruce Perry: The First Three Years
206
The Bride of Christ Goes to Hell
12:30–1:30 PM
Each of us takes the same journey from birth to consciousness
– but none of us recalls it. This early stage of life is crucial;
Sigmund Freud famously obsessed over it, as do millions
of parents every day. What goes on cognitively during
that time, and what can parents – and other adults – do
to further promote infant well-being? Join renowned
psychiatrist Bruce Perry, recipient of the 2014 Dolores
Kohl Education Prize, for this discussion of early-childhood
brain development and its long-term importance.
2:30–3:30 PM
History is full of unintended effects – especially when it
comes to women. Medieval Christendom was a particularly
striking instance, ushering in the downfall of pious
women, from “Christ’s brides” to the “Devil’s concubines.”
Northwestern University professor Dyan Elliott discusses
this dire movement in the history of religion.
OWEN L. COON FORUM
DONALD P. JACOBS CENTER
$9
$12
FREE
You may also enjoy
Hakeem Oluseyi (303),
The Spencer Lecture (305),
and Leslie Jamison (310).
MARY & LEIGH
BLOCK MUSEUM OF ART
$9
Once in awhile a book changes the way I experience the
world. This time it’s Born for Love, by Bruce Perry and
Maia Szalavitz. – The Denver Post
Black Theater Is Black Life
1–2 PM
CAHN AUDITORIUM
$9
$12
FREE
You may also enjoy
Black Cinema House (400),
La Reunión (515), and
Lonnie G. Bunch III (704).
The 2011 images from Tahrir Square are indelible:
hundreds of thousands of people ushering in a new
political era in the Middle East. Or so it seemed. Today,
true democracy in Egypt is a distant dream. Over the last
decade, anthropologist Jessica Winegar has witnessed the
transformations up close. One of our foremost experts on
Egypt, the Northwestern University professor shares her
analysis of the Arab Spring and its surprisingly personal
aftermath.
HARRIS HALL
ROOM 107
$9
$12
FREE
You may also enjoy
Ian Buruma (502),
Maryam Al-Khawaja (806),
and Karl Eikenberry (810).
2:30–3:30 PM
Eula Biss may well be the Joan Didion of her generation.
In her award-winning book Notes from No Man’s Land,
the brilliant essayist took us on a journey across America’s
endlessly complicated racial landscapes. Her new book
is similarly pressing and no less generous. On Immunity
focuses on vaccinations, interweaving the history of
medicine with her personal reflections as a new mother.
Biss will be joined in conversation by Katie Watson,
professor of medical humanities and bioethics at
Northwestern University.
$12
You may also enjoy
Leslie Jamison (310),
Roxane Gay (606), and
Peter Galison (906).
$5
Eula Biss’ Notes From No Man’s Land is the most
accomplished book of essays anyone has written or published
so far in the 21st century. – Salon
A student matinee featuring Eula Biss is generously
underwritten by Baxter International, the Illinois Arts
Council Agency, and Lorraine and Jay Jaffe.
Jan Toorop The Three Brides
2:30–3:30 PM
Eula Biss: Where We Are From
$9
This program is presented in partnership with the School of
Communications at Northwestern University.
Egyptian Utopias
207
OWEN L. COON FORUM
DONALD P. JACOBS CENTER
In his latest book, Northwestern University theater
professor Harvey Young illuminates 40 years of African
American culture in Chicago. His powerful collection
of oral histories includes interviews with prominent
producers, directors, choreographers, designers, dancers,
and actors who changed Chicago’s theatrical landscape
from 1970 to 2010. In this exclusive CHF program, Young
is joined by one of Chicago’s favorite sons, actor Harry
Lennix (The Blacklist, Man of Steel) to provide context and
commentary for these singularly engrossing stories.
205
FREE
You may also enjoy
Radical Grace (209),
Niall Atkinson (501), and
Zachary Lesser (909).
This program is presented in partnership with the Dolores
Kohl Education Foundation.
204
$12
15
208
Roger Ebert: Life Itself
210
Riva Lehrer: A Self-Portrait in Formaldehyde
3–4 PM
Kartemquin Films’s Life Itself, based on Roger Ebert’s
celebrated memoir of the same title, recounts the
surprising, entertaining, and moving life of the worldrenowned film critic and social commentator. Roger’s
widow, Chaz Ebert, and filmmaker Steve James (Hoop
Dreams, The Interrupters) share stories, clips, and outtakes
from the summer’s most-talked-about film. Alison Cuddy,
CHF’s program director and former WBEZ 91.5 host, will
guide the conversation.
4:30–5:30 PM
For her entire life, Chicago artist Riva Lehrer has been
confronted with descriptions of her body as stunted,
twisted, or deformed. These encounters have pushed
her to question how to depict the human form, both as a
portraitist and as a lecturer in anatomy at the School of
the Art Institute of Chicago. With a combination of brutal
honesty, whimsy, and acceptance of the unknown, Lehrer
explores the variant body, the divide between inner and
outer life, and the mystery of survival.
$9
$12
$5
You may also enjoy
Black Cinema House (400),
Guy Maddin (703), and
Philippe Petit (808).
This program is generously underwritten by Carol Rosofsky
and Robert B. Lifton.
For me, the movies are like a
machine that generates empathy.
– Roger Ebert
MARY & LEIGH
BLOCK MUSEUM OF ART
$9
$12
$5
You may also enjoy
Marjane Satrapi (504),
Heidi Latsky (600), and
Sarah Thornton (702).
211
Wallace Shawn
5–6 PM
CAHN AUDITORIUM
$15
209
Radical Grace
4:30–5:30 PM
There is a long tradition of American Catholic nuns
challenging their church to live its teachings. As women
in a patriarchal system, they do not follow an easy path.
Radical Grace is a feature-length documentary that follows
three nuns willing to risk their place in the church they
love in order to remain true to their faith. What does it
mean for these women to be both devoted to and in conflict
with a powerful religious institution? Why stay? Sister
Chris Schenk and filmmaker Rebecca Parrish discuss
these questions of faith.
HARRIS HALL
ROOM 107
$9
$12
You may also enjoy
Dyan Elliott (206),
Life Itself (208), and
$5
$20
You may also enjoy
Gary Shteyngart (212),
La Reunión (515), and
Colm Tóibín (912).
$10
Provocative and intellectually demanding, the plays of
Wallace Shawn are as multifaceted and enigmatic as the
man himself, known to many from his roles as an actor
(My Dinner with Andre, Manhattan, The Princess Bride).
Join the writer whom critics have placed in the first rank of
contemporary dramatists for an unforgettable conversation
on his unique theatrical vision.
A corrosive, original voice . . . a significant and sui generis
playwright. – The New York Times
Haydock and presented in partnership with Northwestern
University School of Communication’s MFA in Writing for
Screen+Stage.
Wallace Shawn
CAHN AUDITORIUM
Still Failing: Gary Shteyngart Returns
The Renée and Lester Crown Speaker Series
7:30–8:30 PM
CAHN AUDITORIUM
$9
$12
$5
Pre-order your copy of Little Failure
for $14 through the CHF box office
for pick-up at the program.
You may also enjoy
Martin Amis (403), and
Mastering the Art of
Soviet Cooking (605).
CHF favorite Gary Shteyngart is back for a muchanticipated encore. Having traveled the world to promote
his best-selling memoir Little Failure, he brings his
inimitable blend of Russian-Jewish ennui, self-deprecating
comedy, and literary erudition to Evanston.
This program is generously underwritten by the Crown
Family Center for Jewish and Israel Studies at Northwestern
University.
[A] keenly observed tale of exile, coming-of-age and family
love: It’s raw, comic and deeply affecting.
– The New York Times
Cover image, Little Failure by Gary Shteyngart
212
HYDE PARK DAY
SUN
JOUR
OCT
NEY
26
S
Renée Fleming, photographed by Decca/Andrew Eccles
Sunday, October 26
300
Sunday Morning with Steve Schmidt and Steve
Edwards
SUNDAY, OCTOBER 26
11 AM–12 PM
REVA AND DAVID LOGAN
CENTER FOR THE ARTS
PERFORMANCE HALL
$9
19
$12
$5
You may also enjoy
David Brooks (101),
Geoffrey Stone (609), and
Andrew Ross Sorkin (804).
Steve Schmidt, a nationally recognized GOP political
strategist, has advised candidates such as George W. Bush,
Arnold Schwarzenegger, and John McCain. As such, he has
had a front-row seat to the making of political history, from
the choice of Sarah Palin as vice presidential candidate to
the eventual victory of Barack Obama. Now a policy analyst
on MSNBC, Schmidt is spending fall 2014 as a Fellow at
the University of Chicago’s Institute of Politics. Schmidt
and IOP Executive Director Steve Edwards will open the
Festival’s Hyde Park Day with a discussion about politics
and policy, and an up-to-the-minute check on the latest
developments just a week before the midterm elections.
303
Star Search
SUNDAY, OCTOBER 26
1–2 PM
Hakeem Oluseyi is not your average astrophysicist. From
rural Mississippi, he took a circuitous route to a career in
science, with a detour through Silicon Valley. With eight
patents under his belt, he moved from the tech world to a
life of research, teaching, and the global support of young
scientists. He speaks about his inspiring journey and his
cutting-edge work on computer, telescope, and in-space
propulsion technology.
CENTER FOR THE ARTS
PERFORMANCE HALL
$9
$12
FREE
You may also enjoy
Bruce Perry (203),
Eula Biss (207), and
This program and a student matinee featuring Hakeem
Oluseyi are generously underwritten by the Lohengrin
Foundation. The student matinee is also generously
underwritten by Baxter International, the Illinois Arts
Council Agency, and Lorraine and Jay Jaffe.
This program is presented in partnership with the Institute of
Politics at the University of Chicago.
Sahlins 101
SUNDAY, OCTOBER 26
12:30–1:30 PM
Marshall Sahlins embodies the modern history of
anthropology. From early work on “stone age economics”
to a brilliant theory on who killed Captain Cook to a recent,
revolutionary approach to kinship, he has repeatedly
reset the agenda for the discipline. A one-time colleague
of Claude Lévi-Strauss, Sahlins looks back on decades of
studies of Oceanic societies and shares insights into his
unparalleled career. The University of Chicago scholar,
rabble-rouser, campus activist, and inventor of the teach-in
holds forth on his home turf.
CENTER FOR THE ARTS
THEATER WEST
$9
$12
FREE
You may also enjoy
We Refugees (304),
The Passenger (902), and
Ruth Behar (905).
302
Laila Lalami: The Moor’s Account
SUNDAY, OCTOBER 26
12:30–1:30 PM
From the widely praised author of Secret Son and Hope
and Other Dangerous Pursuits comes a stunning piece
of historical fiction. The Moor’s Account is an imagined
memoir of the New World’s first explorer of African
descent, a Moroccan slave known as Estebanico. Join
Laila Lalami for a reading and conversation with Gina
Frangello, author of A Life in Men and Sunday editor at
the Rumpus.
CENTER FOR THE ARTS
FILM SCREENING ROOM 201
$9
$12
$5
You may also enjoy
Jamaica Kincaid (200),
Jawshing Arthur Liou (505),
and Gabeba Baderoon (602).
Brilliantly imagined fiction. – Salman Rushdie
We Refugees
SUNDAY, OCTOBER 26
2:30–3:30 PM
Hannah Arendt was among the defining philosophers of
the 20th century. CHF brings her work to life in a staged
reading of her essay “We Refugees.” Grounded in her own
experience as a German Jew in America, Arendt challenges
us to imagine the world from an immigrant’s perspective.
Acclaimed actor Amanda Drinkall, fresh off a triumphant
run in the Goodman Theatre’s Venus in Fur, and Lifeline
and TimeLine Theatres’ dramaturg Maren Robinson give
voice to this essential text.
CENTER FOR THE ARTS
THEATER WEST
$9
$12
$5
You may also enjoy
Gordon Chang (607),
Eric Lichtblau (801), and
The Passenger (902).
Amanda Drinkall
301
304
Sunday, October 26
305
Spencer Foundation Lecture on
Education and Learning
SUNDAY, OCTOBER 26
2:30–3:30 PM
CENTER FOR THE ARTS
PERFORMANCE PENTHOUSE
901
$9
$12
$5
You may also enjoy
Hakeem Oluseyi (303),
Kwame Anthony Appiah
(508), and
Martha Minow (513).
Nelson Mandela famously said that “education is the
most powerful weapon which you can use to change the
world.” But what are the best strategies for our place and
time? This annual lecture in partnership with the Spencer
Foundation presents exemplary research on education,
broadly conceived. With a focus on investigating ways
that education can be improved, the work presented is
both daring and practical. Join Cathy Cohen, professor of
political science at the University of Chicago and author of
Democracy Remixed: Black Youth and the Future of American
Politics, as she discusses the Black Youth Project, what it
reveals about black Americans’ experience, and the political
repercussions of these findings.
This annual lecture recognizes a generous multiyear grant
from the Spencer Foundation, which seeks both to support
and disseminate exemplary research about education, broadly
conceived.
306
Ben Marcus: Leaving the Sea
SUNDAY, OCTOBER 26
2:30–3:30 PM
Ben Marcus’s storytelling is surreal, tender, and
terrifying. The author of The Age of Wire and String, widely
considered a bible of experimental writing, is a master of
acutely observed investigations into human vulnerability
and failure. In his new story collection, Leaving the Sea,
Marcus proves again that the most absurd and alien
predicaments can capture the deepest truths. Adam
Levin, author of The Instructions and Hot Pink, joins
Marcus for a conversation.
CENTER FOR THE ARTS
$9
$12
You may also enjoy
Leslie Jamison (310),
Eileen Myles (610), and
Lydia Millet (911).
21
$5
Ben Marcus is one of
my favorite writers on the planet.
– Karen Russell
307
The Mutations of Vijay Iyer
SUNDAY, OCTOBER 26
3–4 PM
Vijay Iyer: jazz pianist, classical violinist, interdisciplinary
PhD in the cognitive science of music. This unlikely blend
has helped Iyer navigate the intersection of contemporary
and avant-garde jazz with generosity and verve. On the
heels of his latest album, Mutations, join him for a lively
session in music theory and practice.
CENTER FOR THE ARTS
PERFORMANCE HALL
$15
$20
$10
You may also enjoy
(517), and
eighth blackbird (604).
One of the world’s most inventive new-generation jazz
pianists. – The Guardian
This program is presented in partnership with the Hyde Park
Jazz Festival.
308
The FBI as Literary Critic
SUNDAY, OCTOBER 26
4:30–5:30 PM
Perhaps the most surprising of J. Edgar Hoover’s many
obsessions was his interest in African American writing.
Beginning with the Harlem Renaissance, Hoover and his
G-men tried to anticipate political unrest through close
readings and interpretations of such authors as Claude
McKay, Richard Wright, and Sonia Sanchez. Washington
University professor William J. Maxwell uncovers this
long-hidden chapter in the history of American surveillance
and American literature.
CENTER FOR THE ARTS
THEATER WEST
$9
$12
FREE
You may also enjoy
Walter Kirn (201),
Cheryl Wall (503), and
Geoffrey Stone (609).
This program is presented in partnership with the Center for
the Humanities at Washington University.
309
Balanchine’s Discovery
SUNDAY, OCTOBER 26
4:30–5:30 PM
Irina Baronova’s rise to the pinnacle of the ballet world
began when George Balanchine plucked her out of a
Russian studio and put her on the stage at the age of 12.
For her daughter, actor Victoria Tennant (L.A. Story),
her mother’s remarkable career led to a beautiful project:
an intimate portrait of Baronova’s life as a dancer. With
sumptuous photographs and rare behind-the-scenes stories
of life on the road, Tennant illuminates one of the glorious
moments in the history of ballet.
CENTER FOR THE ARTS
PERFORMANCE PENTHOUSE
901
$9
$12
$5
You may also enjoy
Renée Fleming (311),
Darrell Jones (514), and
A Night at the Tonys (700).
23
Sunday, October 26
310
Regarding the Pain of Others
SUNDAY, OCTOBER 26
4:30–5:30 PM
Leslie Jamison’s visceral and revealing essays ask this
essential question: Can we truly feel another’s pain? In The
Empathy Exams, her New York Times best-selling collection,
she channels Susan Sontag to arrive at startling insights on
the human condition. Jac Jemc, author of My Only Wife
and A Different Bed Every Time, joins her for a conversation.
CENTER FOR THE ARTS
$9
$12
$5
You may also enjoy
Bruce Perry (203),
Eula Biss (207), and
Roxane Gay (606).
311
Beautiful Voice: A Conversation with Renée
Fleming
SUNDAY, OCTOBER 26
6–7 PM
CENTER FOR THE ARTS
PERFORMANCE HALL
$15
$20
[Leslie Jamison] combines the intellectual rigor of a
philosopher, the imagination of a novelist and a reporter’s
keen eye for detail. – The Los Angeles Times
$10
You may also enjoy
William Kinderman (608),
A Night at the Tonys (700),
and The Passenger (902).
One of the world’s greatest opera stars, Renée Fleming
is also a Chicago treasure. The creative consultant for the
Lyric Opera of Chicago, she has become an ambassador
for arts education in the city. She is also the force behind
one of Lyric’s most ambitious projects: Bel Canto, an opera
based on Ann Patchett’s celebrated novel, which in turn
takes its inspiration from Fleming’s career. She will discuss
all that and more with opera dramaturg Colin Ure. You’ve
heard her sing, including the national anthem at this year’s
Super Bowl; now come hear Renée Fleming talk.
This program is generously underwritten by Julie and Roger
Baskes and presented in partnership with Lyric Unlimited, an
initiative of Lyric Opera of Chicago and 98.7 WFMT.
Fleming remains a class apart.
– Chicago Sun-Times
STUDS TERKEL
RADIO ARCHIVE
After the Humanities Festival is ﬁnished, continue
your journey into the world of ideas with the Studs
Terkel Radio Archive featuring more than 5,000 radio
interviews and special programs covering literature,
history, music, theater, science, visual art, education,
politics and much more.
see preview at
studsterkel.org
Darlene Love
JOU
OCT
RNE
28–
31
YS
27
Tuesday, October 28–Thursday, October 30
400
Behind the Screen: Black Cinema House
402
Cheryl Strayed: Wild
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 28
6:30–9:30 PM
With Rebuild Foundation and Dorchester Projects,
Theaster Gates is taking the global art world and urban
planners by storm, rapidly transforming Grand Crossing,
his South Side neighborhood. Abandoned buildings
are activated with arts and cultural programming and
affordable-space initiatives. Black Cinema House hosts film
screenings, discussions, and video classes for neighborhood
youth. BCH moves to new quarters this fall, and CHF
members are invited to attend the exclusive reopening,
details of which will be posted on our website.
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 29
6–7 PM
There’s a reason everyone loves Cheryl Strayed. With her
frank, hilarious, imminently relatable voice, she has wooed
readers, including Oprah, with Wild, her extraordinary
memoir of hiking the Pacific Crest Trail. And then there’s
Tiny Beautiful Things, her collection of “Dear Sugar”
columns for the Rumpus, which established her as the
Dear Abby of the digital age. She takes us on her personal
journey, including her recent experience of being portrayed
by Reese Witherspoon in the film adaptation of Wild.
This program is for CHF Members
only and seating is limited.
Join CHF or renew your membership
to attend. For more information
about CHF membership, see page
2. Charter Humanists must RSVP by
calling 312-494-9563.
You may also enjoy
Harvey Young (204),
Life Itself (208), and
Elizabeth Diller (901).
401
Journeys: The Moth StorySLAM
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 28
DOORS 6 PM
STORIES BEGIN 8 PM
The human impulse to share stories has been given new life
in recent years thanks to an explosion of live storytelling
events in Chicago and beyond. One of the most compelling
of these is The Moth. At weekly story slams held around
the country, novice and seasoned storytellers alike walk
in, throw their names in a hat, and hope they’ll be one of
10 chosen to share a tale on The Moth stage – without
notes! Join us for a special slam inspired by the CHF theme
Journeys. Bring a story or volunteer to be a judge!
MARTYRS’
$8/$16
Beginning October 14, a limited
number of tickets will be sold
online for $16 at themoth.org.
$8 tickets will be sold at the door
based on availability. All tickets
guarantee general admission
only and not necessarily seating.
Charter Humanists, CHF Members,
students, and teachers must
purchase regularly priced tickets for
this program.
You may also enjoy
Paula Poundstone (405),
Gashlycrumb Orphanage
(406), and
Eileen Myles (610).
$15
$20
$10
You may also enjoy
Walter Kirn (201),
Mary Louise Pratt (603), and
Roxane Gay (606).
Spectacular. . . . A literary and human triumph.
– The New York Times Book Review
This program is generously underwritten by Sylvia and
Lawrence Margolies.
403
Martin Amis: Zone of Interest
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 30
6–7 PM
The “zone of interest” refers to the outer perimeter of the
Auschwitz concentration camp. But in the hands of Martin
Amis, one of the greatest authors in the English language,
it becomes the terrain for a love story – though one
with a violently unromantic setting. In a novel powered
by both wit and pathos, Amis excavates the depths and
contradictions of the human soul.
FRANCIS W. PARKER SCHOOL
DIANE AND DAVID B HELLER
AUDITORIUM
$9
$12
You may also enjoy
Wallace Shawn (211), and
It is brilliant and quietly addictive. – The Guardian
Cover image (detail), Wild by Cheryl Strayed
$20
SCHOOL OF LAW
THORNE AUDITORIUM
Joe Mazza at Brave Lux
BLACK CINEMA HOUSE
$5
Shockingly, savagely funny. – Huffington Post
Thursday, October 30–Sunday, November 2
Darlene Love
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 30
8–9 PM
No one has traveled through the last 50 years of popular
music with more grace and spirit than Darlene Love.
From singing backup for the Righteous Brothers, Sam
Cooke, and Elvis to lead singer for The Blossoms, her
amazing career received another boost last year when she
was featured in the Oscar-winning documentary 20 Feet
from Stardom. Join her for a rich, wonderful evening of
conversation and stories – and, we hope, a few songs.
$15
$20
$10
You may also enjoy
Jesmyn Ward (510),
Darrell Jones (514), and
René Marie (701).
Darlene Love’s thunderbolt voice is as embedded in the history
of rock and roll as Eric Clapton’s guitar or Bob Dylan’s lyrics.
405
Trick-or-Treat with Paula Poundstone
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 31
8–9 PM
SCHOOL OF LAW
THORNE AUDITORIUM
$20
$25
$10
Charter Humanists must RSVP for
Red Badge seating by calling
312-494-9563.
GASHLYCRUMB
ORPHANAGE
Photographed by Joe Mazza
at Brave Lux
404
AUDITORIUM
29
Spend Halloween with everyone’s favorite cat lady, Paula
Poundstone. Known for her regular appearances on
NPR’s Wait Wait . . . Don’t Tell Me! and beloved for her
distinctive brand of wry, intelligent, and witty comedy,
Poundstone takes center stage for a special Festival night.
Haydock.
You may also enjoy
Lena Dunham (100),
The Moth StorySLAM (401),
and Stephin Merritt (707).
406
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 31–
SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 2
Conjuring comparisons to Tim Burton and Edward Gorey,
this immersive theatrical experience has the orphans
running the orphanage. Rowena and Thaddeus, the two
eldest foundlings, have taken over after the mysterious
and sudden disappearance of headmistress Mrs. Gintz.
As we, the audience-cum-orphans learn, Mrs. Gintz has
lied to us about our given names and respective origins.
Gashlycrumb Orphanage examines identity through a range
of storytelling styles, including dance, toy theater, and
original music.
POETRY FOUNDATION
$20
$25
$10
312-494-9563.
Paula Poundstone
You may also enjoy
The Moth StorySLAM (401),
Stephin Merritt (707), and
Anne Rice (812).
Performance Schedule
Day/Date
ProgramTime
FRI, OCT 31
406
7:30–8:30 PM
SAT, NOV 1
516
7:30–8:30 PM
SUN, NOV 2
616
7:30–8:30 PM
Image from Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi.
Edward Mapplethorpe
SAT
JOU
RNE
NOV
1YS
Saturday, November 1
33
PATTI
SMITH
501
Lost in the Italian Renaissance
Richard H. Driehaus Foundation
Lecture on Architecture
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 1
11:30 AM–12:30 PM
CHICAGO CULTURAL CENTER
CLAUDIA CASSIDY THEATER
$9
$12
FREE
You may also enjoy
Elizabeth Hutchinson (611),
Philip Deloria (613), and
Edward Mapplethorpe
502
HAROLD WASHINGTON
LIBRARY CENTER
CINDY PRITZKER AUDITORIUM
500
Patti Smith
2014 Chicago Tribune Literary Award
10–11 AM
$20
$5
You may also enjoy
Jessica Winegar (205),
(508), and
Maryam Al-Khawaja (806).
$10
You may also enjoy
(517), and
Anne Rice (812).
This year’s Chicago Tribune Literary Award pays tribute to
Patti Smith, a galvanizing artistic force for four decades.
At the heart of New York’s downtown scene with the
likes of Andy Warhol, Lou Reed, Sam Shepard, and Allen
Ginsberg, Smith – all shaggy hair and hollow cheeks –
mesmerized the avant-garde. Her debut album, Horses, was
electrifying. Its raw energy changed music and poetry for
good. Just Kids, her gorgeous, stirring memoir of the era
and her relationship with the late Robert Mapplethorpe,
made people fall in love with Smith all over again. Spend
an unforgettable hour at Symphony Center with this
American icon.
Jesus may have died for somebody’s sins, but Patti Smith lives
and writes and sings for all of us. – Washington Post
This program is presented in partnership with the Chicago
Tribune’s Printers Row series.
Ian Buruma is a noted academic, journalist, and public
intellectual, as well as a frequent contributor to the New
York Review of Books and the New Yorker. Coming on the
heels of his widely celebrated Year Zero: A History of 1945,
his new collection of essays, Theater of Cruelty: Art, Film,
and the Shadows of War, explores the interactions between
art – literature, film, painting – and war, with a particular
emphasis on World War II, Germany, and Japan. Join
the conversation with one of today’s leading geopolitical
thinkers.
Elegant and humane. – Financial Times
Legendary rock ’n’ roller. Punk poetess. Conjurer of the
dead.
SYMPHONY CENTER
ARMOUR STAGE
$15
$12
This program is generously underwritten by the Richard H.
Driehaus Foundation.
Ian Buruma, Global Thinker
Bill and Penny Obenshain Program on
Global Affairs
11:30 AM–12:30 PM
$9
As travel became ever more commonplace in the Italian
Renaissance, so did a collateral phenomenon: getting
lost. University of Chicago professor Niall Atkinson is
fascinated by these moments. Join him for a tour of the
dark corners of early modern Florence, Naples, and Rome,
and hear the stories of sojourners disoriented by the
architectural transformations of their urban environments.
This program is generously underwritten by longstanding
supporters Bill and Penny Obenshain.
503
Her Eyes Were Watching God
11:30 AM–12:30 PM
We all know and love Zora Neale Hurston as one of the
great 20th-century writers. But she was not just a literary
star. Trained as an anthropologist, she did pioneering
fieldwork in the American South and the Caribbean. These
travels became the foundation for her rich storytelling.
Rutgers University English professor Cheryl Wall
discusses Hurston’s unique blend of ethnography and
literature.
SCHOOL OF THE ART INSTITUTE
OF CHICAGO BALLROOM
$9
$12
You may also enjoy
William Maxwell (308),
Jesmyn Ward (510), and
Mary Louise Pratt (603).
FREE
This program is generously underwritten by Cassandra
L. Book and presented in partnership with the Center for
Cultural Analysis and the English Department at Rutgers
University, New Brunswick.
504
Persepolis
12–1 PM
FIRST UNITED METHODIST
CHURCH AT THE CHICAGO
TEMPLE
$15
$20
$10
This program is included in the
Shortlist package for young
professionals. See page 3.
You may also enjoy
Chicks Dig Time Lords (507),
and Maryam Al-Khawaja
(806).
Persepolis is Marjane Satrapi’s audacious look at the
Iranian Revolution – the world turned upside down
and seen through the eyes of a child. An award-winning
graphic memoir that was also turned into a celebrated
movie, it is a sharp, wise reflection on the hypocrisies of
adulthood. And it’s controversial, too: in 2013, Chicago
Public Schools restricted its use in the classroom, sparking
student protests and the book’s eventual reinstatement.
In conversation with novelist Rebecca Makkai (The
Hundred-Year House), this defining artist shares her
personal journey, which took her from Tehran to Paris, and
discusses her second book and forthcoming live-action
film, Chicken with Plums.
Marjane Satrapi may have given us a new genre.
– Gloria Steinem
distinguished art dealer Richard Gray. This program
is presented in partnership with the American Library
Association’s Office of Intellectual Freedom and the Freedom
to Read Foundation. A student matinee featuring Marjane
Satrapi is generously underwritten in part by the Illinois Arts
Council Agency and Lorraine and Jay Jaffe.
505
Behind The Waves
1:30–2:30 PM
Through his art, Jawshing Arthur Liou aims to transform
recognizable imagery into realms of otherworldly
experience. Pilgrimage is at the heart of his work: his latest
project, “Behind The Waves,” took him to Japan to grapple
with the aftermath of the devastating 2011 tsunami.
Before that, he traveled to Tibet to engage the tradition of
mountain pilgrimage in Tibetan Buddhism. Join the Indiana
University professor as he shares his sojourns across the
media of video, photography, and writing.
$9
$12
35
FREE
You may also enjoy
Marjane Satrapi (504), and
This program is presented in partnership with the College Arts
& Humanities Institute at Indiana University.
506
The Maid’s Version: Daniel Woodrell
2014 Chicago Tribune Heartland
Award for Fiction
1:30–2:30 PM
HAROLD WASHINGTON
LIBRARY CENTER
$9
$12
$5
You may also enjoy
Walter Kirn (201),
Jesmyn Ward (510).
Daniel Woodrell’s “country noirs” have inspired
filmmakers like Ang Lee and helped launch the career of
actor Jennifer Lawrence. The author of Winter’s Bone joins
the Festival to discuss another dark and affecting story
rooted in the Missouri Ozarks. The Maid’s Version takes us
to 1929 and the mysteries surrounding a dance hall fire.
Daniel Woodrell writes flowing, cataclysmic prose with the
irresistible aura of fate about it. – Sam Shepard
507
Chicks Dig Time Lords
1:30–2:30 PM
Don’t blink, Doctor Who fans! As the show enters its 51st
year and introduces a new doctor, we are convening with
Lynne Thomas, host of the podcasts “SF Squeecast”
and “Verity!” and coeditor of Chicks Dig Time Lords: A
Celebration of Doctor Who by the Women Who Love It. To
be discussed: Who is the best Doctor? How does Capaldi
compare? And what are the best ways for fans to pay
homage to the show?
OF CHICAGO BALLROOM
$9
$12
$5
You may also enjoy
(406), Anne Rice (812), and
Aleksandar Hemon (903).
508
Kwame Anthony Appiah: Citizen of the World
Chicago Community Trust Centennial Lecture
2–3 PM
ART INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO
FULLERTON AUDITORIUM
$15
$20
$10
You may also enjoy
Martha Minow (513),
Eric Schlosser (800).
Philosopher Kwame Anthony Appiah is one of our
era’s defining thinkers. In an age of ever-increasing
globalization, he asks what it means to be a citizen
across local, national, and transnational commitments.
Cosmopolitanism is his key word, a moral manifesto for a
planet we share with more than seven billion strangers.
I felt like a better person after I read [him], and I recommend
the same experience to others. – Orhan Pamuk
This program is generously underwritten by the Chicago
Community Trust and presented in partnership with Facing
History and Ourselves, the School of the Art Institute of
Chicago, and the Art Institute of Chicago.
509
From Bauhaus to Bunny and Beyond
Terra Foundation Lecture on American Art
3:30–4:30 PM
$9
$12
37
$5
You may also enjoy
Sarah Thornton (702),
Elizabeth Diller (901), and
Bruce Mau (904).
Chicagoan Art Paul gave Playboy its distinctly American
look, from the magazine’s award-winning layout to that
iconic bunny. But Paul’s design sensibility has European
roots. In the late 1940s, he trained at the Institute of
Design, known as the “Chicago Bauhaus.” Graphic designer
James Goggin recounts Paul’s aesthetic journey from
mid-century to the present and discusses the work with the
man himself.
from the Terra Foundation for American Art. The Terra
Foundation is dedicated to fostering the exploration,
understanding, and enjoyment of the visual arts in the United
States for national and international audiences.
511
Talking Music with Sasha Frere-Jones
3:30–4:30 PM
Writer and musician Sasha Frere-Jones has been a staff
writer and the pop music critic for the New Yorker since
2004. Nearly every review delivers a remarkable history
lesson, as he smartly and seamlessly provides context for
the most current artists by looking back and sideways
at musical precursors and multiple genres. Joined by art
and music curator John Corbett, Frere-Jones uses his
musician’s ear to explain how and why the music we love
works – or doesn’t.
OF CHICAGO BALLROOM
$15
$20
$10
You may also enjoy
Stephin Merritt (707), and
Chicago Blues by Bus (803).
512
Sacre Bleu
4–5 PM
510
Men We Reaped: Jesmyn Ward
2014 Chicago Tribune Heartland
Award for Nonfiction
3:30–4:30 PM
$9
$12
$9
HAROLD WASHINGTON
LIBRARY CENTER
$5
You may also enjoy
Cheryl Wall (503),
Daniel Woodrell (506), and
Charles Blow (805).
In five years, Jesmyn Ward lost five young men in her
life – to drugs, accidents, suicide, and the bad luck that
can follow people who live in poverty, particularly black
men. Dealing with these losses, one after another, led Ward
to write her remarkable memoir Men We Reaped. Called
“raw, beautiful and dangerous” by the New York Times Book
Review, it is a haunting and essential story.
A lovely book about stuff so painful that Ward
must have written it in a kind of fever. . . .
The final chapters are so moving you have to
avert your eyes, both for the trauma and the
tenderness.
– Entertainment Weekly
$12
This program is generously underwritten by Paula R. Kahn.
$5
You may also enjoy
Elizabeth Hutchinson (611),
Philip Deloria (613), and
B. Venkat Mani (614).
Blue pigment occurs naturally in exactly one form: lapis
lazuli. That uniqueness made the color a luxury commodity
for thousands of years. Traded at a cost greater than gold,
reserved for royalty, and written into artist’s contracts,
blue is both visually and materially rich. Marc Walton,
senior scientist at the Art Institute of Chicago and
Northwestern University, is an expert on blue’s history.
Join him as he uncovers the color’s journey through art
history, from Cleopatra’s eye shadow to Picasso’s blue
period.
distinguished art dealer Richard Gray and is presented in
partnership with the Art Institute of Chicago.
39
513
Martha Minow: Justice for All
515
La Reunión
4–5 PM
Harvard Law School Dean Martha Minow is regarded
internationally as a leading voice for justice, an advocate
for human rights, and a champion for educational
opportunities for students across the nation. President
Obama has cited her as an inspiration for his decision to
pursue public service. Hear from one of our greatest legal
minds about a career that stretches from her clerkship with
Thurgood Marshall to the halls of Congress, and from New
Trier High School to the United Nations High Commission
for Refugees.
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 1–
SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 2
My Dinner with Andre meets the Inquisition. A theatrical
showdown between Christopher Columbus and Queen
Isabella, Teatro en el Blanco’s La Reunión is taking South
America by storm. The Chilean production comes to the
MCA stage to lay bare the psychology of conquest and
revisit the journey that defined America. In Spanish with
English supertitles.
FIRST UNITED METHODIST
CHURCH AT THE CHICAGO
TEMPLE
$12
$5
You may also enjoy
(508), and The Future of
Higher Ed (601).
This program is presented in partnership with Facing History
and Ourselves.
514
The Original Lovely with Darrell Jones
Elizabeth A. Liebman Program
6–7 PM
OF CHICAGO BALLROOM
$9
$12
$5
You may also enjoy
Harvey Young (204),
Victoria Tennant (309), and
Heidi Latsky (600).
As a dancer, Darrell Jones has worked with some of the
best: Urban Bush Women, Bebe Miller, Min Tanaka, Ralph
Lemon. As a choreographer, he reveals surprising moments
of vulnerability, sexual intensity, and joy by blending
voguing, contemporary dance, and contact improvisation.
Winner of a 2013 Bessie Award for choreography, Jones
takes the runway at the School of the Art Institute of
Chicago Ballroom with some of his long-time collaborators.
Zachary Whittenburg of Hubbard Street Dance Chicago
joins them for a discussion about the latest iteration of
their work.
Darrell Jones, where have you been all my life?
This program is generously underwritten by Elizabeth A.
Liebman.
Portrait of William S. Burroughs by Graziano Origa
$9
MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY
ART CHICAGO
EDLIS NEESON THEATER
$22
$28
$10
Charter Humanists must purchase
member-price admission tickets
for this program. Student- and
teacher-price tickets are limited in
availability.
This program is presented in partnership with the Museum of
Contemporary Art Chicago.
You may also enjoy
Harvey Young (204),
Laila Lalami (302), and
(406).
SAT, NOV 1
515
7:30–9 PM
SUN, NOV 2
612
3–4:30 PM
SUN, NOV 2
615
7:30–9 PM
516
7:30–8:30 PM
See program 406 for more information.
Day/Date
ProgramTime
POETRY FOUNDATION
$20
$25
$10
312-494-9563.
517
Interzone: A Burroughs Birthday Bash
DOORS 6:30 PM
PERFORMANCE 7:30 PM
To celebrate the 100th birthday of America’s most
audacious writer, William S. Burroughs, CHF brings
together a motley crew of poets, writers, and musicians.
Among those paying homage to the Beat icon and author
of Naked Lunch are Anne Waldman, Eileen Myles, Tony
Trigilio, Davis Schneiderman, Don Meyer, Sasha
Frere-Jones, and Jon Langford.
CO-PROSPERITY SPHERE
$15
$20
$10
You may also enjoy
Patti Smith (500),
Sasha Frere-Jones (511), and
Eileen Myles (610).
This program is presented in partnership with Lake Forest
College.
The New Colossus
byMarshallGoldberg
Anywhere But Here
byJennyGardiner
The Cure: A Thriller
byBradleeFrazer
The Farmer’s Market Cookbook
byNinaPlanck
Sports Illustrated Book of the
Apocalypse: Two Decades of
Sports Absurdity
byJackMcCallum
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Image from La Reunión, photographed by Alejandro Bustos
SUN
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Sunday, November 2
600
A Dancemaker’s Journey
603
SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 2
10–11 AM
Choreographer Heidi Latsky is best known for her
pioneering work The GIMP Project, which features disabled
and nondisabled dancers. Having presented GIMP to
tremendous acclaim in 2010, CHF brings back its creator
to reflect on a remarkable career that has taken her from
principal dancer in Bill T. Jones’s company to boundarypushing dancemaker.
SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 2
10:30–11:30 AM
$12
$5
You may also enjoy
Riva Lehrer (210), and
Darrell Jones (514).
601
SCHOOL OF LAW
THORNE AUDITORIUM
$12
FREE
You may also enjoy
Martha Minow (513),
Lonnie G. Bunch III (704), and
Karl Eikenberry (810).
Ruth Simmons is one of the most influential figures in
American academia. An expert in French literature, she
was the first black president of an Ivy League school and
the first woman to lead Brown University. Simmons is
joined in conversation by Michael Roth, president of
Wesleyan University and author of the widely acclaimed
book Beyond the University: Why Liberal Education Matters.
Don’t miss the chance to hear these visionaries discuss the
future of higher education.
This annual lecture is supported by the Doris Conant
Endowment for Programs on Women and Culture and is
presented in partnership with the Cogut Center for the
Humanities at Brown University and the Center for the
Humanities at Wesleyan University.
602
The Silence Before Speaking
SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 2
10–11 AM
Informed by her childhood in apartheid South Africa,
her schooling in England, and her arrival in the United
States, the poetry of Gabeba Baderoon charts a personal
geography. Through her three collections, she bears
witness to moments of loss and recognition, contemplating
cultural displacement and encounter and conjuring new
visions of the world she inhabits. Baderoon, a Pennsylvania
State University professor, shares a reading and
conversation.
POETRY FOUNDATION
$9
$12
You may also enjoy
Ruth Behar (905), and
Richard Blanco (908).
THE NEWBERRY LIBRARY
RUGGLES HALL
$9
$12
$5
You may also enjoy
Marshall Sahlins (301),
Laila Lalami (302), and
$5
This program is presented in partnership with the Institute for
the Arts and Humanities at Pennsylvania State University.
Before Instagram, National Geographic, or even the
Brownie camera gave us a window to the world’s cultures,
readers relied on inherently subjective dispatches
from intrepid travel writers. New York University’s
Mary Louise Pratt is the genre’s leading scholar. Her
landmark book Imperial Eyes offers the definitive analysis
of how travel writing has shaped geopolitics from the age
of exploration to the present.
This program is generously underwritten by Southwest
Airlines and presented in partnership with The Newberry
Library and the Karla Scherer Center for the Study of
American Culture at the University of Chicago.
The Future of Higher Ed
Doris Conant Lecture on Women and Culture
SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 2
10–11 AM
$9
The Rough Guide to Geopolitics with
Mary Louise Pratt
Southwest Airlines Program
604
eighth blackbird
SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 2
12–1 PM
Renowned for their unusual instrumentation and creative
partnerships with today’s leading composers, Chicago’s
eighth blackbird fuses musical virtuosity with the
sensibility of avant-garde theater. Ensemble members
Lisa Kaplan (piano) and Matthew Duvall (percussion)
discuss their journey from the rehearsal rooms of Oberlin
College to the world’s smartest and most sophisticated
venues for contemporary classical music. Andrew Patner
of 98.7 WFMT and the Chicago Sun-Times guides this
conversation.
ART CHICAGO
$15
$20
$10
You may also enjoy
Vijay Iyer (307), A Burroughs
Birthday Bash (517), and
William Kinderman (608).
This program is presented in partnership with 98.7 WFMT.
eighth blackbird,
photographed by Luke Ratray
ART CHICAGO
$9
43
Sunday, November 2
45
605
Mastering the Art of Soviet Cooking
607
Working on the Railroad
SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 2
12–1 PM
Anya von Bremzen’s story begins in that vanished
empire known as the USSR, a place where every edible
morsel was packed with emotional and political meaning.
A Cold War émigré, she developed an altogether different
relationship with food in the USA, reveling in high-end
cuisine as a prominent food writer and editor at Travel +
Leisure. A few years ago, Von Bremzen ventured a kind of
return, eating and cooking her way through Soviet history.
Join her as she waxes poetic on the “mayonnaise of her
homeland,” among other delicacies, with Chicago Magazine
editor Gina Bazer.
SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 2
12:30–1:30 PM
Between 1865 and 1869, thousands of Chinese migrants
toiled at a grueling pace and in perilous working conditions
to help construct America’s first transcontinental
railroad. Gordon Chang, professor of history at Stanford
University, leads an ambitious international research
project on that crucial emergence of modern America.
Using sources in Chinese and English, photographs, oral
histories, and the latest digital technologies, he reveals this
long-neglected history.
SCHOOL OF LAW
THORNE AUDITORIUM
$9
$12
$5
You may also enjoy
Marcus Samuelsson (816),
and David Greene (907).
RUGGLES HALL
$9
$12
$5
You may also enjoy
We Refugees (304),
Lilia Fernández (811), and
Ruth Behar (905).
A delicious, intelligent book. When I read it, I can taste the
food but also the melancholy, tragedy, and absurdity that
went into every bit of pastry and borscht. – Gary Shteyngart
606
Roxane Gay: Bad Feminist
SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 2
12–1 PM
For our money, there is no finer cultural critic writing
today than Roxane Gay. Over the last few years, she has lit
up the interwebs from the Wall Street Journal to Bookslut.
And in 2014 alone, she is publishing two books: the novel
Untamed State, the harrowing story of a kidnapping
in Haiti, and Bad Feminist, a collection of her most
provocative essays. Meet the extraordinary writer during
a conversation with Lindsay Hunter, author of Don’t
Kiss Me – and get to know the voice that will be shaping
American tastes for decades to come.
POETRY FOUNDATION
$9
$12
$5
You may also enjoy
Eula Biss (207),
Leslie Jamison (310), and
Cheryl Strayed (402).
Roxane Gay
Pay attention to Roxane Gay; she’s here to stay.
– Tayari Jones
This program is presented in partnership with the Stanford
Humanities Center, the Stanford Arts Institute, The
Newberry Library, and the Karla Scherer Center for the
Study of American Culture and the University of Chicago.
608
Les Adieux: Beethoven’s Farewells
SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 2
2–3 PM
Beethoven’s piano sonatas are among the towering
compositions in music history. But even in this heralded
oeuvre, Les Adieux stands apart. Built into the score itself is
a story of multiple departures, from joyous to bittersweet.
William Kinderman, leading Beethoven scholar and
accomplished concert pianist, guides us through this
singular work. In this lecture-performance, he illuminates
Beethoven’s genius.
CHURCH OF CHICAGO
BUCHANAN CHAPEL AT THE
GRATZ CENTER
$15
$20
$10
You may also enjoy
eighth blackbird (604), and
Johari Jabir (815).
This program is presented in partnership with the Illinois
Program for Research in the Humanities at the University of
Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
[Kinderman has] impressive . . .
intellectual energy and distinctive insight.
Sunday, November 2
609
SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 2
2–3 PM
SCHOOL OF LAW
THORNE AUDITORIUM
$9
$12
47
$5
You may also enjoy
William Maxwell (308), and
Geoffrey Stone on the NSA
Karla Scherer Endowed Lecture Series for the
611
How can the United States government protect our
national security and advance our foreign policy while
also respecting our commitment to privacy and civil
liberties? After the leaks by Chelsea Manning and Edward
Snowden, that’s the question President Obama put to
Geoffrey Stone, University of Chicago professor and
leading constitutional scholar. Stone recounts his work
on the President’s Review Group on Intelligence and
Communication Technologies and shares his far-reaching
conclusions on the state of the nation in the age of the
NSA.
RUGGLES HALL
Unpacking the Indian Corner
Terra Foundation Lecture on American Art
SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 2
2:30–3:30 PM
$9
$12
$5
You may also enjoy
Niall Atkinson (501),
Marc Walton (512), and
Philip Deloria (613).
from the Terra Foundation for American Art. The Terra
Foundation is dedicated to fostering the exploration,
understanding, and enjoyment of the visual arts in the United
States for national and international audiences. This program
is also presented in partnership with The Newberry Library
and the Karla Scherer Center for the Study of American
Culture at the University of Chicago.
This program is presented as part of the annual Karla Scherer
Endowed Lecture Series for the University of Chicago.
610
Inferno: Poetry with Eileen Myles
SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 2
2–3 PM
New York poet Eileen Myles is the most seductive of
writers – and impossible to categorize. Her poet’s novel,
Inferno (2010), has quickly become a touchstone for young
writers and a must-read book on the morning L train into
Manhattan. Myles’s chronicles are queer, funny, feminist,
and provocative. Her performances mix stand-up, Zen talk,
and the first poetry reading that blew you away. She’ll be
talking about her new fantasy and dog memoir Afterglow
about her long-time companion, Rosie.
POETRY FOUNDATION
$9
$12
$5
You may also enjoy
Patti Smith (500),
Burroughs Birthday Bash
(517), and
This program is presented in partnership with the Poetry
Foundation.
One of the savviest voices and most
restless intellects in contemporary lit.
– Artforum
Collecting Native American baskets, blankets, and bowls
was the fad of the early 20th century. Americans brought
these objects home, displaying them in domestic nooks
called “Indian corners.” Was this cultural fetishization,
or was something else going on? Art historian Elizabeth
Hutchinson unpacks the phenomenon and links it to the
history of American art.
612
La Reunión
SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 2
3–4:30 PM
ART CHICAGO
$22
$28
$10
availability.
613
The Next Vivian Maier
SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 2
4–5 PM
Many artists toil in obscurity only to be discovered and
appreciated after their deaths. Mary Sully is a fascinating
example. Between 1928 and the mid-1940s, the Dakota
Sioux artist produced a compelling body of work at the
intersection of modernist aesthetics, industrial design, and
Sioux visual tradition. University of Michigan professor
Philip Deloria rediscovers her extraordinary creations
and makes a case for her place in the canon of American
art.
CHURCH OF CHICAGO
GRATZ CENTER
$9
$12
FREE
You may also enjoy
Niall Atkinson (501),
Marc Walton (512), and
Elizabeth Hutchinson (611).
the Humanities at the University of Michigan.
Sunday, November 2
614
The Global Book
SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 2
4–5 PM
Bibliophiles take note: there’s a new way to obsess about
books. That prized copy of Moby-Dick you have in your
collection is more than a beloved object – it’s an agent of
globalization. University of Wisconsin professor B. Venkat
Mani calls this phenomenon bibliomigrancy. In this
program, he discusses his fascinating research project on
the emergence of world literature through the ever-wider
circulation of texts, which spans the history of books and
libraries from the Age of Enlightenment to the Amazon
Kindle.
POETRY FOUNDATION
$12
$5
You may also enjoy
Marc Walton (512),
This program is presented in partnership with the Center
for the Humanities and the Institute for Research in the
Humanities at the University of Wisconsin at Madison.
615
La Reunión
SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 2
7:30–9 PM
ART CHICAGO
$22
$28
$10
availability.
616
SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 2
7:30–8:30 PM
POETRY FOUNDATION
$20
$25
$10
312-494-9563.
René Marie, photographed by Joe Boggess
$9
NOV
JOU
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3–7
YS
Monday, November 3–Wednesday, November 5
700
702
A Night at the Tonys
The William and Greta Wiley Flory Concert
MONDAY, NOVEMBER 3
7:30–10 PM
AUDITORIUM
$26
$35
$10
This program will have a 15-minute
intermission.
You may also enjoy
Victoria Tennant (309),
Renée Fleming (311), and
René Marie (701).
In 1949, the Tony Awards began giving a prize for Best
Musical. From Kiss Me, Kate to Avenue Q, South Pacific
to In the Heights, the awards have recognized the best in
Broadway. In the tradition of the 2011 CHF concert “A
Night at the Oscars,” the evening will be a chronological
journey featuring one song from each of the winners.
The team behind this adventure is CHF faves Rob Lindley
and Doug Peck, Jeff Award–winning partners in life
and art. Joining them and Chicago choreographer Katie
Spelman are numerous stars of the stage, including
several artists who appeared in the original Tony Award–
winning productions Ain’t Misbehavin’ and The Wiz
(André DeShields), Raisin (Ernestine Jackson), and
Sunset Boulevard (Karen Mason).
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WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 5
6–7 PM
ART CHICAGO
$8
$10
$6
You may also enjoy
Riva Lehrer (210),
Guy Maddin (703), and
Lonnie G. Bunch III (704).
703
René Marie: I Wanna Be Evil
The Helen B. and Ira E. Graham
Family Cabaret
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 4
7:30–8:45 PM
AUDITORIUM
$20
$25
$10
You may also enjoy
Vijay Iyer (307),
A Night at the Tonys (700),
and Wayfinders (708).
Poised to explode on the national scene, René Marie
brings her infectious jazz stylings to a rare Chicago
appearance with her trio. Fresh off her acclaimed album I
Wanna Be Evil (With Love to Eartha Kitt), she pays homage
in this program to the fiery chanteuse with sensual and
clever interpretations of Kitt’s diverse repertoire and
favorites from the Great American Songbook.
This program is generously underwritten by the Helen B. and
Ira E. Graham Family.
Masterful. . . . [I Wanna Be Evil]
is one of the year’s best jazz vocal albums.
– Downbeat
Sarah Thornton, author of the smash hit Seven Days in
the Art World, discusses her brand new book, 33 Artists
in 3 Acts, with Heidi Reitmaier, Beatrice C. Mayer
Director of Education at the Museum of Contemporary
Art Chicago. Turning her wry and unflinching gaze on
artists themselves, Thornton explores their studios, bank
accounts, and bedrooms. Over the course of three “acts,”
she examines how key players are performing their roles
and explodes many myths of the artist.
A field guide to the nomadic tribes of the contemporary art
world. – The New York Times Book Review
distinguished art dealer Richard Gray and is presented in
partnership with the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago.
This program is generously underwritten by a gift from Greta
Wiley Flory in memory of her late husband Bill, a longtime
friend and supporter of the Festival.
701
Sarah Thornton: 33 Artists in 3 Acts
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 5
8–9 PM
ART CHICAGO
$8
$10
$6
You may also enjoy
Life Itself (208),
Sarah Thornton (702), and
Guy Maddin: His Winnipeg
Iconoclastic filmmaker Guy Maddin has created a singular
visual vocabulary. Best known for The Saddest Music in the
World and My Winnipeg, he explores the slippages between
authenticity and artifice. Alison Cuddy, CHF’s program
director, former WBEZ 91.5 host, and herself a native
Winnipegger, joins Maddin for a conversation.
distinguished art dealer Richard Gray. This program is also
presented in partnership with the School of the Art Institute
of Chicago’s Departments of Writing and Film, Video, New
Media, and Animation, and the Museum of Contemporary Art
Chicago.
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Thursday, November 6–Sunday, November 9
704
The Making of a National Institution with
Lonnie G. Bunch III
Art Institute of Chicago President’s Lecture
707
Words with Friends: Stephin Merritt
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 7
6–7 PM
Lonnie G. Bunch III, former president of the Chicago
Historical Society, is the founding director of the National
Museum of African American History and Culture. The
latest addition to the National Mall, the Smithsonian’s 19th
museum, is slated to open by spring of 2016. Join him as he
discusses his vision for this monument to African American
culture, shares his strategy for amassing the collection, and
previews the building’s stunning architecture.
DIANE AND DAVID B. HELLER
AUDITORIUM
We need more than two letters to define the fabulous and
multi-faceted career of Stephin Merritt. Best known
as the voice and songwriting talent behind The Magnetic
Fields, Merritt has just penned 101 Two-Letter Words, a
collection of poems for each of the 101 two-character
phrases permissible in Scrabble. The book, illustrated with
cartoons by the incomparable Roz Chast, is a witty resource
for language aficionados and Words with Friends addicts
everywhere. Along with Wait Wait . . . Don’t Tell Me! host
Peter Sagal, Merritt joins us for an evening of wordy
wonders – and maybe the largest-ever Scrabble game.
$15
$20
$10
You may also enjoy
The Future of Higher Ed
(601), Charles Blow (805), and
Karl Eikenberry (810).
This program is presented in partnership with the Art
Institute of Chicago.
705
William Gibson
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 6
6–7 PM
On the occasion of the 30th anniversary of his landmark
novel Neuromancer, CHF favorite William Gibson returns
to the Festival. This autumn he’ll celebrate the publication
of his latest work, The Peripheral, a high-tech thriller set
partly in a decadent postapocalyptic future.
SCHOOL OF LAW
THORNE AUDITORIUM
$9
$12
$5
[The] God of speculative fiction. – New York Magazine
$9
706
He doesn’t want to stay up all night drinking beer with other
bands. But he’s always the first to bring cognac and discuss
Henry James. – Daniel Handler a.k.a. Lemony Snicket
708
Wayfinders
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 7–
SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 9
An extraordinary visual and sonic experience, Wayfinders
explores where we are and how we find a path through the
world. Guided by Portland-based composer Holcombe
Waller’s plaintive voice, his ensemble navigates between
ancient ocean journeys and a disembodied techno-future in
this multimedia performance.
ART CHICAGO
SCHOOL OF LAW
THORNE AUDITORIUM
$15
$20
$10
You may also enjoy
Eric Schlosser (800),
Marcus Samuelsson (816),
and Modern Love (913).
$28
$10
member-price tickets for this
program. Student- and teacherprice tickets are limited in
availability.
Mark Bittman: How to Cook Everything
8–9 PM
$5
You may also enjoy
Paula Poundstone (405), and
Modern Love (913).
$22
You may also enjoy
Martin Amis (403),
Anne Rice (812), and
Aleksander Hemon (903).
$12
Mark Bittman may well be America’s culinary conscience.
The best-selling author of the How to Cook Everything
series and New York Times columnist is on a quest to
change the way we eat. Join him as he celebrates his latest
book, How to Cook Everything Fast, with a rare public
appearance.
A tour de force. – Jacques Pépin
You may also enjoy
Vijay Iyer (307),
eighth blackbird (604), and
René Marie (701).
Holcombe Waller,
photographed by Tyler Kalberg
6–7 PM
This program is presented in partnership with the Museum of
Contemporary Art Chicago.
Day/Date
ProgramTime
FRI, NOV 7
708
7:30–8:30 PM
SAT, NOV 8
817
7:30–8:30 PM
SUN, NOV 9
914
7:30–8:30 PM
We are proud to sponsor
the Chicago Humanities Festival
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Saturday, September 27, 2014
Francis W. Parker School
Presented by the
Francis W. Parker School
Looking to the future, the Francis W. Parker
School introduces the Chicago Education
Festival. Join the continuing journey to
explore big ideas in education.
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SAT
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8YS
Philippe Petit, photographed by Matthew Banister & Keith Bomely DBOX
Focus on the Journey
Not the Destination
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800
Eric Schlosser
802
I Have a Dream
10–11 AM
His book Fast Food Nation forever changed the way we
think about what we eat. Now Eric Schlosser turns his
keen eye, journalistic prowess, and signature storytelling
to an equally urgent subject: nuclear weapons. With the
pacing of a techno-thriller, Command and Control takes us
to the rolling hills and small farms of Damascus, Arkansas,
and into the struggle to prevent the explosion of a ballistic
missile carrying the most powerful nuclear warhead ever
built by the United States. Don’t miss the chance to get to
the heart of our nuclear age.
10:30–11:30 AM
The words Martin Luther King Jr. spoke on the National
Mall on August 28, 1963, have become an indelible part
of American history. King’s speech still inspires us 50
years later, but its very power has also narrowed our
understanding of the March on Washington. University of
Wisconsin historian William P. Jones restores the march
to its full significance by highlighting A. Philip Randolph
and Bayard Rustin’s leadership and uncovering the
inextricable links between the civil rights movement and
the cause of economic justice.
$20/$25
A copy of Command and Control is
included with each $20 individual
ticket or $25 pair of tickets. CHF
Members, students, and teachers
must purchase regularly priced
tickets for this program.
Reminiscent of Upton Sinclair. – Boston Globe
You may also enjoy
Geoffrey Stone (609),
Karl Eikenberry (810), and
David Corn (814).
801
Nazis Next Door
10:30–11:30 AM
Until recently, historians believed that the United States
gave aslyum to only a few Nazi scientists in the aftermath
of World War II. But the truth is much more troublesome
and has been covered up for decades: the CIA and FBI
brought hundreds of perpetrators to America as possible
assets against their new Cold War enemies and turned a
blind eye to thousands more who sneaked in on their own.
Eric Lichtblau, Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist for
the New York Times, illuminates this shocking chapter of
American history.
UIC FORUM
MAIN HALL C
$9
$12
You may also enjoy
We Refugees (304),
Ian Buruma (502), and
Martha Minow (513).
$5
UIC FORUM
MEETING ROOM GHI
$9
$12
FREE
You may also enjoy
Maryam Al-Khawaja (806),
Johari Jabir (815), and
Shamus Khan (910).
This program is presented in partnership with the Center
for the Humanities and the Institute for Research in the
Humanities at the University of Wisconsin at Madison.
March on Washington,
photographed by Warren K. Leffler
UIC FORUM
MAIN HALL AB
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CHICAGO
BLUES BY
BUS
804
Andrew Ross Sorkin
Richard J. Franke Lecture in Economics
12–1 PM
UIC FORUM
MAIN HALL AB
$15
$20
$10
You may also enjoy
David Brooks (101),
Steve Schmidt (300), and
David Corn (814).
Andrew Ross Sorkin is the leading voice on Wall Street
and corporate America. Hailed by New York magazine as
“the most famous financial journalist of his generation,”
he is the author of Too Big to Fail, the definitive account of
the 2008 financial crisis, which ruled the New York Times
best-seller list for over six months. Hear from the anchor of
CNBC’s Squawk Box and creator of Showtime’s new series
on hedge fund billionaires.
Sorkin’s book, like its author, is a phenom.
– The American Prospect
This annual lecture recognizes the significant contributions
to the Chicago Humanities Festival made by its founder and
chairman emeritus Richard J. Franke.
805
Charles Blow: Behind the Column
12:30–1:30 PM
Prominent New York Times columnist Charles Blow
shares his unsettling and moving life story. His career in
journalism began in rural Louisiana and was fraught with
seemingly insurmountable traumas. His inspiring memoir
Fire Shut Up in My Bones underscores the racial and sexual
fault lines that continue to haunt America.
UIC FORUM
MAIN HALL C
$9
803
Chicago Blues by Bus
Chicago and the blues: a match made in heaven. The city
was a sweet home for musicians such as Big Bill Broonzy,
Sonny Boy Williamson, and Etta James; local recording
labels like Chess and V-Jay; and countless blues clubs
and outdoor spaces like Maxwell Street. Join Chicago’s
cultural historian Tim Samuelson for a bus tour of his
favorite landmarks in Chicago’s blues history – soundtrack
included!
UIC FORUM
$26
$35
$10
The bus pick-up and drop-off for
this tour will be outside UIC Forum.
Please arrive at least 10 minutes
prior to the program’s start time
as the bus will depart on time. Late
seating will not be guaranteed.
You may also enjoy
Darlene Love (404),
Sasha Frere-Jones (511), and
Johari Jabir (815).
SAT, NOV 8
803
11 AM–1 PM
SAT, NOV 8
809
2–4 PM
$5
You may also enjoy
David Brooks (101),
Hakeem Oluseyi (303), and
Jesmyn Ward (510).
806
The New Face of Global Activism
Robert R. McCormick Foundation Lecture
12:30–1:30 PM
UIC FORUM
MEETING ROOM GHI
$9
Tour Schedule
Day/Date
ProgramTime
$12
$12
$5
You may also enjoy
Marjane Satrapi (504), and
Martha Minow (513).
The Arab Spring was one of the millennial generation’s
coming-of-age moments. One of its leaders is Maryam AlKhawaja, 27, who has pioneered the use of social media
as a tool for activism and alternative journalism. Operating
from the Bahrain Centre for Human Rights, she gives voice
to positions beyond government censors and offers a report
from the frontlines of today’s evolving global landscape.
Odette Yousef, WBEZ 91.5 North Side reporter and
co-host of WTTW’s My Chicago, joins Al-Khawaja for a
conversation.
This program recognizes the generous support of Robert R.
McCormick Foundation to the Chicago Humanities Festival.
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CHICAGO TO
MEXICO
808
Man on Wire: Philippe Petit
2–3 PM
Since well before his epic 1974 walk between the Twin
Towers of the World Trade Center, Philippe Petit was an
artist who answered first and foremost to the demands of
his craft – not only on the high wire, but also as a street
juggler, lecturer, timber framer, and writer. Even 40 years
after his breathtaking, career-defining work, Petit is no less
a rebel. He shares his outlaw perspective (and encourages
ours) in his 10th book, Creativity: The Perfect Crime, a
new manifesto for the imagination from the master of the
impossible. Alison Cuddy, CHF’s program director and
former WBEZ 91.5 host, joins Petit for a conversation.
UIC FORUM
MAIN HALL AB
$9
$12
$5
You may also enjoy
Radical Grace (209), and
Wayfinders (708).
Alex Garcia, Chicago Tribune
He is an inspiration to all who dare to dream of the seemingly
impossible. –Mikhail Baryshnikov
807
Chicago to Mexico
Bus Tour
UIC FORUM
$23
$30
$10
You may also enjoy
Lilia Fernández (811),
David Greene (907), and
Every week, hundreds of people board buses in Chicago
and travel to small towns across Mexico. The ride takes
days – through southern Illinois, Missouri, Arkansas, and
Texas, then across the border to Tamaulipas, Guanajuato,
and on to Michoacán. WBEZ 91.5 reporter Linda Lutton
has made the 2,000-mile trip nearly a dozen times. Last
year she took her tape recorder along and captured the
journey. Join her on a bus ride through Chicago, as she recreates the experience with other journalists who’ve made
the trip, including Alex Garcia and Teresa Puente.
Tour Schedule
Day/Date
ProgramTime
SAT, NOV 8
807
1–2 PM
SAT, NOV 8
813
4–5 PM
809
Chicago Blues by Bus
2–4 PM
UIC FORUM
$26
$35
$10
63
810
Karl Eikenberry: The Heart of the Matter
813
Chicago to Mexico
2:30–3:30 PM
Karl Eikenberry believes that the humanities belong
at the center of American foreign policy. And his voice
matters. The retired United States Army lieutenant general
and former United States ambassador to Afghanistan
put cultural ventures, such as the Turquoise Mountain
Project, at the heart of his diplomacy. He continues his
advocacy through his leadership on the congressionally
commissioned report The Heart of the Matter: The
Humanities and Social Sciences for a Vibrant, Competitive,
and Secure Nation. Hear from this accomplished public
servant in a conversation with Jerome McDonnell,
long-time host of Worldview, the global affairs program on
WBEZ 91.5.
4–5 PM
UIC FORUM
MAIN HALL C
$9
$12
FREE
You may also enjoy
Martha Minow (513),
Eric Schlosser (800), and
Timothy Snyder (900).
This program is presented in partnership with the American
Academy of Arts & Sciences.
811
Brown in the Windy City
2:30–3:30 PM
Brown in the Windy City is the first history to examine the
migration and settlement of Mexicans and Puerto Ricans in
postwar Chicago. Lilia Fernández, historian at The Ohio
State University, reveals how the two populations arrived
in Chicago amid tremendous social and economic change
and managed to carve out a geographic and racial place in
one of America’s great cities.
UIC FORUM
MEETING ROOM GHI
$9
$12
FREE
You may also enjoy
Gordon Chang (607),
Chicago to Mexico (807), and
This program is presented in partnership with the Humanities
Institute at The Ohio State University.
Brown in the Windy City is an essential read.
– Time Out Chicago
812
Anne Rice: Vampire Chronicler
4–5 PM
A stunning departure – and compelling return. From Anne
Rice, perennial best-selling author and inventor of the
modern vampire genre, comes a chilling, hypnotic new
novel. Be among the first to hear the author of Interview
with the Vampire on her next classic, Prince Lestat: The
Vampire Chronicles. Victoria Wilson, Rice’s longtime
editor, joins her for a conversation.
UIC FORUM
MAIN HALL AB
$15
$20
$10
You may also enjoy
Patti Smith (500),
Chicks Dig Time Lords (507),
and Eileen Myles (610).
Magnificent, compulsively readable – Chicago Tribune
UIC FORUM
$23
$30
$10
814
David Corn: Breaking News, Changing History
4:30–5:30 PM
His scoop came to be known as “the 47 percent story” and
was the defining event of the 2012 presidential election.
But the video of Mitt Romney’s candid comments at a
Florida fundraiser is only one of many highlights in David
Corn’s long career as a distinguished political journalist.
Join Corn, Mother Jones Washington bureau chief and
MSNBC regular, just four days after the fall midterm
elections for a conversation with Steve Edwards, the
University of Chicago Institute of Politics executive
director and former WBEZ 91.5 program host.
UIC FORUM
MAIN HALL C
$15
$20
$10
You may also enjoy
David Brooks (101),
Andrew Ross Sorkin (804),
and Shamus Khan (910).
This program is presented in partnership with Mother Jones.
815
The Sounds of Freedom
4:30–5:30 PM
The UIC Forum comes alive with an hour of iconic
American music. Johari Jabir, acclaimed musician and
University of Illinois at Chicago professor of African
American studies, celebrates the place of gospel music
in the civil rights movement. Take a sonic tour from Rev.
James Cleveland’s pioneering sound to Nina Simone’s
protest songs.
UIC FORUM
MEETING ROOM GHI
$9
$12
You may also enjoy
Vijay Iyer (307),
René Marie (701), and
William P. Jones (802).
FREE
This program is presented in partnership with the UIC
Institute for the Humanities.
816
Marcus Samuelsson: Off Duty
Hillshire Brands Foundation Lecture on Food
6–7 PM
UIC FORUM
MAIN HALL AB
$15
$20
$10
You may also enjoy
Mastering the Art of Soviet
Cooking (605),
Mark Bittman (706), and
He is one of the Food Network’s biggest stars, but Chopped
fans see only one dimension of this remarkable chef. Born
in Ethiopia and raised in Sweden, Marcus Samuelsson
exploded onto the American scene at New York’s
Aquavit, turning Swedish food into a culinary sensation.
Samuelsson is the current owner and chef of Red Rooster
Harlem and Ginny’s Supper Club, putting his own twist on
American comfort food. With his latest book, Marcus Off
Duty: The Food I Cook at Home, he provides the details on
how to bring his remarkable cuisine to your kitchen.
Samuelsson has the flavors of many countries in his blood.
– The Boston Globe
This program is generously underwritten by Hillshire Brands.
817
Wayfinders
7:30–8:30 PM
ART CHICAGO
$22
$28
$10
Marcus Samuelsson,
photographed by Paul Brissman
availability.
SUN
JOU
RNE
NOV
9YS
67
900
Ukraine: From Propaganda to Reality
SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 9
10–11 AM
Since February, the world’s eyes have been on Ukraine as
nationalists met Vladimir Putin’s forces on the streets of
Kiev and the beaches of Crimea. Yale University’s Timothy
Snyder is the world’s leading historian of Eastern Europe.
His series of articles in the New York Review of Books has
been hailed as the definitive analysis of this crisis. Join him
as he clarifies the stakes.
ART CHICAGO
$9
$12
$5
You may also enjoy
(508), Karl Eikenberry (810),
and David Greene (907).
This program is generously underwritten by Rose L. Shure.
901
Elizabeth Diller: Beyond the Blueprints
SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 9
10–11 AM
Elizabeth Diller is one of the visionaries of American
architecture. A founding partner of the New York–based
design studio Diller Scofidio + Renfro (DS+R), she is
responsible for an array of astonishing projects: New York
City’s High Line, Boston’s Institute for Contemporary Art,
and The Broad Museum in Los Angeles. Join the MacArthur
Fellow for a wide-ranging conversation on the role of
architecture in contemporary life with University of Illinois
architectural historian Dianne Harris.
SCHOOL OF LAW
THORNE AUDITORIUM
$15
$20
$10
IImage from Love Illuminated by Daniel Jones
You may also enjoy
From Bauhaus to Bunny . . .
(509), and
Bruce Mau (904).
This program is presented in partnership with the Society
of Architectural Historians and the Temple Hoyne Buell
Center for the Study of American Architecture at Columbia
University.
902
The Passenger: A Recovered Opera
SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 9
10:30–11:30 AM
Mieczysław Weinberg’s The Passenger is one of the most
stunning stories in opera history. Written in 1960s
Moscow, it was suppressed by the regime because of its
representation of the Holocaust, receiving its muchdelayed world premiere only in 2010. Since then, it has
quickly been recognized as one of the 20th century’s
greatest works of art. Lyric Opera of Chicago Director
Anthony Freud, himself the child of a Holocaust survivor,
recounts his role in bringing this masterpiece to America’s
stages. Joining him is Andrew Patner of 98.7 WFMT and
the Chicago Sun-Times.
RUGGLES HALL
$9
$12
$5
You may also enjoy
William Kinderman (608),
and Eric Lichtblau (801).
This program is presented in partnership with 98.7 WFMT.
Sunday, November 9
69
903
Works in Progress: Aleksandar Hemon
905
An Island Called Home
SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 9
12–1 PM
Aleksandar Hemon describes his next novel, The
Making of Zombie Wars, as “a roller coaster ride of violence
and sex.” It’s going to be funny, too. Fresh off his essay
collection The Book of My Lives and a memorable January
CHF conversation with Gary Shteyngart, the MacArthur
Fellow and member of Chicago literary royalty gives us a
much-anticipated preview.
SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 9
12:30–1:30 PM
Ruth Behar was four years old when her family fled their
native Cuba. Growing up between the diasporic worlds of
her Sephardic father and Ashkenazic mother, she became
one of the world’s great anthropologists, a master at telling
the stories of her Catholic informants in Spain and Mexico.
When, in her thirties, she did return to Cuba and her own
origins, she produced beautifully poetic accounts of loss
and resilience. The University of Michigan professor and
MacArthur Fellow recounts her fascinating travels across
cultures.
ART CHICAGO
$9
$12
$5
You may also enjoy
Ben Marcus (306),
Lydia Millet (911), and
Incandescent. When your eyes close, the power of Aleksandar
Hemon’s colossal talent remains. – Junot Díaz
904
Bruce Mau: Massive Changes
Herman Miller Design Program
SCHOOL OF LAW
THORNE AUDITORIUM
$20
$9
$12
$5
You may also enjoy
Marshall Sahlins (301),
Gabeba Baderoon (602), and
Her exquisite stories leave me astonished, exhilarated,
illuminated, and forever transformed. – Sandra Cisneros
SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 9
12–1 PM
$15
RUGGLES HALL
$10
You may also enjoy
From Bauhaus to Bunny…
(509), and
Elizabeth Diller (901).
Since his triumphant MCA exhibition Massive Change,
Bruce Mau has continued to push the boundaries of
design. Leaving behind his early work on branding, the
creator of the iconic Zone Books charts his path from
object and environment-based design to the more essential
contemplation of how one engineers a sustainable, creative
life.
This program is generously underwritten by Herman Miller.
the Humanities at the University of Michigan.
906
Peter Galison: From Einstein’s Clocks to
the Refusal of Time
Baskes Lecture in History
SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 9
2–3 PM
CHURCH OF CHICAGO
GRATZ CENTER
$9
$12
$5
Bruce Mau
You may also enjoy
Bruce Perry (203), Eula Biss
(207), and Hakeem Oluseyi
(303).
Harvard University historian of science and Festival
favorite Peter Galison returns once again. Building on his
groundbreaking work in Einstein’s Clocks, Poincaré’s Maps,
which charts the cultural implications of the quest for
“pure time,” his most recent endeavor is his collaboration
with renowned visual artist William Kentridge. Using their
installation The Refusal of Time as a springboard, Galison
revisits his work’s key issues, from the social history of
nuclear power to the historical meanings of time.
This annual lecture recognizes a generous multiyear
contribution to the Chicago Humanities Festival by Julie and
Roger Baskes and is presented in partnership with the History
of Science Society as its inaugural public event honoring the
memory of Elizabeth Paris.
Sunday, November 9
907
From Russia with Love
910
SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 9
2–3 PM
After two and a half years as NPR’s Moscow bureau chief,
David Greene undertook a 6,000-mile journey by rail
from Moscow to the Pacific port of Vladivostok to speak
with ordinary Russians on how their lives changed in
the post-Soviet era. Along the way, he discovered an
overlooked, idiosyncratic Russia. He recounts his sojourn
and shares his insight into the country during the Putin
age in his book Midnight in Siberia. Mark Bazer, host and
founder of The Interview Show and co-host of My Chicago
on WTTW joins Greene for a conversation.
SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 9
4–5 PM
ART CHICAGO
$9
$12
$5
You may also enjoy
Mastering the Art of Soviet
Cooking (605), and
Timothy Snyder (900).
908
Richard Blanco: Portrait of the Poet
as a Young Man
SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 9
2–3 PM
SCHOOL OF LAW
THORNE AUDITORIUM
$9
$12
FREE
A poignant, hilarious, and inspiring memoir from the first
Latino and openly gay inaugural poet. Richard Blanco’s
The Prince of los Cocuyos explores his coming-of-age as the
child of Cuban immigrants in Miami and his attempts to
understand his place in America while grappling with his
burgeoning artistic and sexual identities.
You may also enjoy
(517), Gabeba Baderoon (602),
and Eileen Myles (610).
Blanco’s contributions to the fields of poetry and the arts
have already paved a path forward for future generations of
writers. – President Barack Obama
909
Shakespeare’s Sherlock
SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 9
2:30–3:30 PM
To be or not to be – that is the question in more ways than
one. As it happens, Hamlet exists in multiple versions, and
ever since the 1823 discovery of a seemingly earlier variant
in the closet of a manor house, generations of scholars
have puzzled over which is the definitive text. The latest
to join the literary sleuthing is University of Pennsylvania
professor Zachary Lesser. In this lecture, he untangles
the textual clues in these multiple versions to give us a new
sense of Hamlet.
RUGGLES HALL
$9
71
$12
You may also enjoy
Dyan Elliott (206),
Niall Atkinson (501), and
$5
This program presented in partnership with the Penn
Humanities Forum.
Masters of the Universe
Anita and Prabha Sinha Program
CHURCH OF CHICAGO
GRATZ CENTER
$9
$12
$5
You may also enjoy
Martha Minow (513),
William P. Jones (802), and
David Corn (814).
The child of immigrants from Ireland and Pakistan,
Shamus Khan enrolled in one of the nation’s elite
boarding schools at the age of 13. Years later, he returned
as a teacher and researcher, making a splash with his
innovative account of the experience in his 2010 book
Privilege. In a conversation about his latest projects, the
leading young sociologist takes us beyond the prep school
playground to the center of American power, New York
City, to show us who exactly gets to live the American
dream today.
This program is generously underwritten by Anita and Prabha
Sinha and is presented in partnership with Public Culture.
911
Mermaids in Paradise
SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 9
4–5 PM
Lydia Millet redefines “comedy of errors” in her genrebending satire of a tropical honeymoon hijacked by
mermaids, kidnappers, and mercenaries. The Pulitzer Prize
finalist discusses her hilarious new novel with writer and
Festival regular Sara Levine.
ART CHICAGO
$9
$12
$5
Millet’s lush prose has you in her thrall from the start.
– The Boston Globe
You may also enjoy
Walter Kirn (201),
Ben Marcus (306), and
Aleksandar Hemon (903).
912
Colm Tóibín’s Transatlantic Worlds
SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 9
4–5 PM
Colm Tóibín belongs to the great tradition of Irish
expatriates. In novels like The Master and Brooklyn, the
New York–based writer excavates the joys and sorrows
of displacement, both physical and metaphorical. Tóibín
discusses his latest work of fiction, Nora Webster, which
returns us to his homeland and the tumult of family. The
director of the Guild Literary Complex, John Rich, joins
Tóibín for a conversation.
SCHOOL OF LAW
THORNE AUDITORIUM
$9
$12
You may also enjoy
Laila Lalami (302),
Daniel Woodrell (506).
$5
A marvel. – John Updike
This program is presented in partnership with the Guild
Literary Complex.
Sunday, November 9
913
Modern Love
SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 9
6–7 PM
Ah, the Sunday New York Times. Let’s be honest: our first
read – and enduring guilty pleasure – is “Modern Love.”
The iconic column on romance in all its guises brings us
a wealth of intimate and sweeping love stories. Daniel
Jones has been its editor for the last 10 years. He and
some Chicago-based contributors discuss the column
and examine contemporary love in all its treachery and
tenderness.
SCHOOL OF LAW
THORNE AUDITORIUM
$15
$20
$10
You may also enjoy
Paula Poundstone (405), and
Marcus Samuelsson (816).
This program is generously underwritten in part by the
Shortlist, CHF’s program for curious, culturally savvy young
professionals in their 20s and 30s.
914
Wayfinders
SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 9
7:30–8:30 PM
ART CHICAGO
$22
$28
$10
Daniel Jones,
photographed by Phoebe Jones
availability.
northwestern on stage
Black Theater Is Black Life
An Oral History of Chicago Theater and
Dance, 1970–2010
Harvey Young and Queen Meccasia Zabriskie
978-0-8101-2942-9
$34.95 pbk
The Goodman Theatre’s
Festival Latino
Six Plays
solo/black/woman
scripts, interviews,
and essays
Edited by Henry D.
Godinez and
Ramón H. RiveraServera
Edited by E. Patrick
Johnson and
Ramón H. RiveraServera
978-0-8101-2943-6
978-0-8101-2947-4
$34.95 pbk
$34.95 pbk
See Harvey Young at the Morris & Dolores Kohl
Kaplan Northwestern Day, Saturday, October 25
… in chicago
Venus in Fur
A Play
David Ives
Bethany
A Play
Laura Marks
White Snake
A Play
Mary Zimmerman
978-0-8101-2822-4
$15.00 pbk
978-0-8101-2998-6
$16.00 pbk
978-0-8101-2927-6
$17.00 pbk
NO RT H WE ST E RN UNIV ER S ITY P R ES S
www.nupress.northwestern.edu
Selected Plays
Alice Childress
Edited by Kathy A.
Perkins
978-0-8101-2751-7
$24.95 pbk
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Chicago Humanities Festival programs are year-round!
We bring today’s most prominent and engaging authors, artists,
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Gary Shteyngart, Karen Russell, and James Franco—all archived on our
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Stages, Sights & Sounds—Chicago’s only international children’s
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children and families. Our 2014 Festival featured dozens of performances,
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We bring the arts and humanities to life for Chicago-area residents. Our
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Fund for the Future –
Endowed Gifts 2014
Julie and Roger Baskes
Harve Ferrill
Barbara and Richard J. Franke
Anne and Bill Fraumann
Individual Donors
$100,000 and above
Barbara and Richard J. Franke ∑
$10,000–$14,999
Family of Joanne Alter
Lucy and Peter Ascoli
Lorraine and Jay Jaffe
Susan and Richard Kiphart
Judy and John McCarter
Bill and Penny Obenshain
Cathleen and William Osborn
Rose L. Shure
Pam and Russ Strobel
$5,000–$9,999
Anonymous
Paul J. Adams, III
David and Suzanne Arch
Harve A. Ferrill ∑
Brian Bellew
Anne and Bill Fraumann
Leslie Berger and Paul C.
Ellen and Paul Gignilliat
Williams
Richard and Mary L. Gray
Cassandra L. Book
Cheryl Harris and Brian Booker
Henry and Gilda Buchbinder
The Morris A. Kaplan and Dolores
Family Foundation
Kohl Kaplan Fund of the Mayer Jane and John Chapman
and Morris Kaplan Family
Doris Conant
Foundation
Ann and Tracy Drake
Nancie and Bruce Dunn
$25,000–$49,999
Mary and Paul Finnegan
Ginger Gassel
Julie and Roger Baskes ∑
Ms. Allegra E. Biery and Mr. René Mary Lou Gorno
Daniel and Gloria Kearney
Cornejo ‡
Jane E. Kiernan
Mr. Christopher M. Crane
Roberta and George Mann
Deborah and S. Cody Engle ‡
Sylvia and Lawrence Margolies
Kimberly and R. Scott Falk
Margot and Thomas J. Pritzker
Greta Wiley Flory
Family Foundation
Elaine and Roger Haydock
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Elizabeth Nolan
Carol Rosofsky and Robert B.
Debbie and Jeff Ross
Lifton ‡
Karla Scherer
John W. and Jeanne M. Rowe
Anita K. and Prabha Sinha
Ruzicka & Associates, Ltd. ‡
Martha and Scott C. Smith
The Shortlist Crowdfunding
Grace K. Stanek
Campaign
Mr. and Mrs. Harrison I. Steans
Marcie and Avy Stein
Marilynn and Carl Thoma ‡
Liz Stiffel
Pam Phillips Weston and Roger
$15,000–$24,999
L. Weston
Anonymous
Ann and John Amboian
Jean and John Berghoff
Mary and Carl Boyer
Ira E. Graham
Lynn Hauser and Neil Ross
Carolyn and Clark Hulse ‡
Emily and Christopher N. Knight
Elizabeth Amy Liebman
Annette W. Turow
$50,000–$100,000
83
$2,500–$4,999
Anonymous (5)
Keri and Phillip Bahar
Maria Bechily and Scott Hodes
Mr. and Mrs. Theodore
Berghorst
Mr. and Mrs. Philip D. Block, III
Lynn Bolanowski
Joyce Bixler Bottum
Susan Bowey
Carolyn Bucksbaum
Matti Bunzl and Billy Vaughn ‡
The Butz Foundation
Ann and Roger Cole
Linda F. Cushman
Robert O. Delaney
Sidney and Sondra Berman
Epstein
Sally and Michael Feder
Joan and Robert Feitler
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Filippini
Joan and Martin Fox
Mary and Terry Franke
Ethel and William Gofen
Thomas Gorey
Cornelia Grumman and James
Warren
Janet Hadley
Katherine Harris
Mrs. John M. Hartigan
Lois and Marty Hauselman
Mr. and Mrs. John J. Held
Mary P. Hines
Janet and Richard Horwood
Jill Ingrassia-Zingales and Luigi
Zingales
Howard Isenberg
Judy and Jerry Kaufman
Patricia A. Kenney and Gregory
J. O’Leary
Priscilla and Steven Kersten
Diana H. and Neil J. King
Dagmara and Nicholas Kokonas
Koldyke Family Fund
Audrey and Eric Lester
Julius Lewis
Angela Lustig and Dale Taylor
Kay and Jim Mabie
Sonia Marschak
Patty and Mark McGrath
Jane and Bruce McLagan
Heather McWilliams and
Frederick D. Fischer
Edward and Lucy R. Minor
Family Foundation
Linda and David Moscow
Jean and Jordan Nerenberg
Jerry Newton and David Weinberg
Alexandra and John Nichols
Dr. and Mrs. Arthur C. Nielsen, III
Deborah Oestreicher and Victor
Magar
Geraldine and Eugene Pergament
Jane and Kenneth Pigott
Joan and Avner Porat
Steven and JoAnn R. Potashnick
Ruth Ann and Neil Quinn
Sheli and Burton Rosenberg
Babette H. Rosenthal
Judy and Warner Rosenthal
Judith and Robert Rothschild
Susan B. and Myron E. Rubnitz
Esther S. Saks
Edna J. Schade
Betty and Richard Seid
Adele and John Simmons
John M. Sirek
Jennifer Steans and Jim
Kastenholz
Carole D. Stone and Arthur
Susman
James H. Stone, Stone
Management Corp.
Peggy Sullivan
May and Ted Swan
The Ringer Foundation
Takiff Family Foundation
Donna Van Eekeren
Karen and Herb Wander
Sarita Warshawsky
Laura and Bob Watson
Florette and Robert Weiss
Judy Wise and Sheldon Baskin
$1,000–$2,499
Anonymous
Cameron S. Avery and Lynn B.
Donaldson
Judith Barnard and Michael Fain
Nora Lee and Guy Barron
Suzanne and William Bettman
Adrienne and Arnold F.
Brookstone
Bill Brown
Ann and Richard Carr
Wendy and James Daverman
Mr. Lawrence Del Pilar
Janet and Craig Duchossois
Sonja and Conrad Fischer
Suzanne and Albert Friedman
Jill Garling and Thomas J. Wilson
Suzanne H. Gilbert
Marcia and Donald Grenesko
Francia E. Harrington
Cynthia Heusing and David H.
Kistenbroker
Mr. and Mrs. David C. Hovey, Sr.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles K. Huebner
Lynn and Philip Hummer
Gayle Inbinder
Barbara and Garrett Johnson
Paula R. Kahn
Mr. and Mrs. Richard Karger
Kip Kelley
Jewell and Gerould Kern
Rebecca and Lester B. Knight
Brock C. LaMarca, Mesirow
Financial
Nancy A. Lauter McDougal
Ann Merritt
Suzanne and Michael Moskow
Leslie and Arthur Muir
Luvie and Scott Myers
John F. Nichols
Katherine and Oliver Nicklin
Mr. and Mrs. Julian A. Oettinger
Elizabeth A. Parker and Keith
S. Crow
Mrs. Margaret Pendry
Linda and Joseph Perry
Lorna and Ellard Pfaelzer, Jr.
Donna and Leslie Pinsof
Michael Polsky
Professor Margaret Power and
Ken Bigger, Ph.D.
Ryan S. Ruskin and Michael L.
Andrews
Sandi and Earl J. Rusnak
Barbara and Robert Schmid
Nancy and D. Gideon Searle
Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Sents
Dr. Siena
Mary and Harvey Struthers
Mr. and Mrs. Richard L. Thomas
Lisa and Charles Tribbett
Dr. and Mrs. Jeffery S. Vender
John Volk
Mary and Paul Yovovich
Dr. and Mrs. Robert Zimmer
$500–$999
James L. Alexander and Curtis
Drayer
Sandra Bass
Lisa Fohrman-Becker and Marc
Becker
Ms. Jane Christino and Mr.
Joseph Wolnski
Nancy Cunniff and Alan
Zunamon
Judy and Tapas K. Das Gupta
Camille DeFrank
Jennifer A. Draffen
F.J. Zimmerman Foundation
Susan Page Estes
Rita Franke
Terri and Stephen Geifman
Jerome J. and Carol Ginsburg
Kathleen and Charles Harper
Caryn and King Harris
Joyce E. Hodel
Thomas Hodson
Mr. and Mrs. R. Thomas
Howell, Jr.
Barbara Huyler
Mary Ittelson
Julie and Bill Kellner
John K. Lane
Jan and Richard Lariviere
Miranda and Jed Mandel
Sarah C. Mangelsdorf and Karl
Rosengren
Judy and Richard Marcus
Lynn and Gary Massel
Shirley and Walter Massey
Linda and Denny Mayer
Pam and John R. McCambridge
Sheila and Harvey Medvin
James M. Minich
William A. Minneman Memorial
Fund
Christine and Thomas Moldauer
Peter Monahan
James and Pauline Montgomery
Judith and Lester Munson
Rebecca and R. Michael Murray Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph E. Nathan
The Honorable Sheila O’Brien and
The Honorable Wayne Andersen
John Powers
Sheldon and Irene Reitman,
Shepard Schwartz & Harris
Merle Reskin
Kathy Roe and Jack Rovner
Maureen Rogan and Vince Cozzi
Kathryn and James Rolfes
Morton Rosen
Thomas F. Rosenbaum
Martha Roth and Bryon Rosner
Deloris and Harold Sanders
Roberta and Howard A. Siegel
Judith and Michael Stein
Nikki and Fredric Stein
Bruce W. Taylor
Elaine and Richard Tinberg
Anne and William Tobey
Karin and Ernie Torain
Penny and John Van Horn
Dr. and Mrs. Charles Watts
Evan Westerfield
Ann S. Wolff
$250–$499
Anonymous
Susan Adler
Janet and Steven Anixter
Gustavo Bamberger
Frank V. Battle
Barbara and Barry Bernsen
Greg Bloch
Mit Buchanan
Leslie Buchbinder
Susan Bush
Mr. and Mrs. Harold Chizewer
Alison Cuddy
Frona Daskal
Roxanne J. Decyk
Tracy Deno
Carol Eastin
Sondra Ward Eisenberg and
Karl Eisenberg
Jane and James Esser
Catherine J. Filippini
Maria Finitzo
Andrea Fox
Judith R. Freeman
Kathleen Gaynor-Dickey and
Tim Dickey
Erin Glasco
Bridget Jones and Dinesh
Goburdhun
Linda Goldwyn and Eric Isaacs
Leslie and Martin I. Goodman
Edith and Melvin Goodman
Leslie Grant
Carol and Alan Greene
Gretchen Hartke
Lee and Arthur Herbst
Richard Herman
Barbara and Jim Herst
Dorothy and Art Hofstetter
Doris B. Holleb
Ellen Itskovitz
Jan and Bill Jentes
Mary Keefe and Robert Scales
Lisa Kornick
Kiki and John Kouchoukos
Martin J. and Susan B. Kozak
Nell Cady Kruse and Steven
Kruse
Victoria Lautman
John and Jill Levi
Tina and Richard Lieberman
Susanne Lodgen
Carol and Louis Lombardi
Denise and Eric Macey
Barbara and Kent Manning
Gregory Mark
Mike Massart
Elizabeth Maxeiner
Michelle McCarthy
John E. McGuire
Sara and Richard Mesirow
Casey Miller
Margaret A. O’Connor
Cathy Passen
Mr. and Mrs. Edward S.
Pierson
Elizabeth and Tobin Richter
Eleanor and Robert Roemer
Ady and Harry Rosenberg
Diane Sakai-Furuta
Safinaz and Nabil Saleh
Julia Sarron
Roberta Schaffner
Shirley and John Schlossman
Salome and Cedric Shaw
Merrill Smith
Maxine and Larry Snider
Rand Sparling
Tammy and Eric Steele
Ann and George Thoma
Sue Tresselt and William Clark
Kathryn and Geoffrey P. Voland
Marsha and Stuart Weis
Janie and Barry Winkler
Ms. Jane Woldenberg
Sharon Woodry
Regina and Jeffrey Wootton
Maria Wynne
Mrs. Susan S. Youdovin and
Mr. Charles Shulkin
Bobbi Zabel
Board & Staff
Acknowledgments
Officers
Staff
Interns
Clark Hulse
Chair
Harve A. Ferrill
Vice Chair and Secretary
Scott C. Smith
Vice Chair and Treasurer
Karla Scherer
Vice Chair
Marilynn J. Thoma
Vice Chair
Phillip Bahar
Executive Director
Emily Blum
Director, Marketing and
Communications
Matti Bunzl
Artistic Director
Rem Cabrera
Director, Institutional Giving
Alison Cuddy
Program Director
Saloni Dar
Associate Director,
Administration and
Operations
Jeanette Goddard
Program Manager
(ACLS Public Fellow)
Timothy Harkins
Manager, Production
Heidi Hewitt
Director, Planning and
Production
Matthew Heinrich
Webmaster
Alexandra Katich
Associate Director,
Development
Corrina Lesser
Associate Director,
Programming and Education
Jennifer Ludwick
Managing Director,
Finance and Administration
Julia Mayer
Assistant Director,
Programming
and Performance
Caroline Older
Managing Director,
Development
Audrey Peiper
Director, Individual Giving
David Pickett
Web Content Manager
Brittany Pyle
Manager, Audience Services
Carol Rosofsky
Counsel to Development,
Programming,
and Special Events
Ruth Stine
Director, Special Projects
Kira Tippenhauer
Development Assistant
Anna Marie Wilharm
Manager, Marketing and
Public Relations
Fall 2013:
Audra Puchalski, Jennifer
Latshaw, Rachel Colias,
Megan Olsen,
Kelly Noel Rasmussen
and Xiaoyu Ke
Winter–Spring 2014:
Graham Duff, Hector
Gonzalez, Caitlyn Hill,
Conor O’Leary, Courtney Tan
Summer 2014:
Lauren Hutton-Work,
Courtney Tan,
and Annie Dipert
Directors
Paul J. Adams III
John P. Amboian
Allegra E. Biery
Mary A. Boyer
Deborah G. Engle
R. Scott Falk
Willard G. Fraumann
Mary Louise Gorno
Cheryl A. Harris
Douglas H. Jackson
Christopher N. Knight
John W. McCarter, Jr.
Elizabeth Nolan
Jeffrey S. Ross
Ryan S. Ruskin
Anita K. Sinha
Grace K. Stanek
Harrison I. Steans
Avy H. Stein
Annette W. Turow
James C. Warren
Emeriti
Richard J. Franke
Founding Chair
Richard Gray
Founding Vice Chair
Jean S. Berghoff
Paul C. Gignilliat
Ruth Ann Quinn
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Fellows
Ian Blechschmidt
William Loder
Gina Di Salvo
Harrison Sherrod
The Chicago Humanities Festival
would like to thank the following
individuals for their assistance and
support.
Jean Allman
Mary Kate Barley-Jenkins
Michael Bérubé
Amy Beste
Phil Blackwell
Rachel Bohlmann
Thomas Bradshaw
John Bunzl
Martin Bunzl
Tom Burke
Joseph Campbell
Campbell + Company
Francesca Casadio
Jon Cates
Yolanda Cesta-Cursach
James Chandler
David Churchill
Shoshona Currier
Amber Da
Craig Davis
Joe Diaz
Kate Dumbleton
Peter Dully
Steve Edwards
Jonathan Elmer
James English
Leigh Fagin
Alison Fisher
Ginny Fitzgerald
Joan M. Fox
Daniel Frank
Maxine Friedman
Susan Friedman
Sara Garber
Nancy Gelman
Tyler James Green
Michael Greene
Sara Guyer
Cayenne Harris
Dianne Harris
Jeffreen Hayes
Cameron Heinze
Agnes Herget
Jessica Herman
Akemi Hong
Gia Interlandi
David Jacobson
Barbara Jones
Damian Jones
Nicholas Kantas
Steve Katz
Jara Kern
Kathy Kidder
Judith R. Kirshner
Eileen Kleeberg
Judy Klem
Eric Klinenberg
Moyra Knight
Ben Kolak
Lisa Krueger
Jon Langford
Martha Lavey
Mike Lavin
Rachel Leamon
Jose Leon
Susan Levine
Liz Libby
Grace Lin
Robert Livingstone
Jay Malone
Ruth Margraff
Ed Marszewski
Reinhold Martin
Walter Massey
Bill Michel
Dan Moore
Jacob Moore
Allison Muscolino
Justine Nagan
Erik Nussbaum
Bonnie Oberman
Astrida Orle Tantillo
Jackie Ostrowski
Randi Patrovic
Nanette Perez
Jeff Perlman
Matthew Pirotte
Greg Redenius
Heidi Reitmaier
Paul Reitter
Phil Reynolds
Gavin Robinon
Steven Rosofsky
Martha Roth
Pauline Saliga
Dominic Saracino
Joe Schagemann
Davis Schneiderman
Jack Schreur
Carol Septow
Ashley Sheehan
Martin Sherrod
Jennifer Siegenthaler
Eric Slauter
Jeffrey Smith
Sidonie Smith
Ryan Soard
Mark Steinberg
Peter Taub
Dale Taylor
Elizabeth Taylor
Martha Tedeschi
John Tessitore
Alan Thomas
David Thurm
Matthew Tiews
David Tolchinsky
Liz Traines
Elizabeth Treacy
Treacy Marketing Group
Henry Turner
Wendy Wall
Lara Weber
Benno Weisberg
Barry Wimpfheimer
Joycelyn Winnecke
Stephen Young
Odette Yousef
Angel Ysaguirre
Festival Photography
Michael Boehmer, Aubrey
Boonstra, Ben Gonzales, and
Al Zayed
Morris and Dolores Kohl Kaplan Northwestern Day – Evanston
Sunday, October 26
Hyde Park Day – Reva and David Logan Center for the Arts
CAHN AUDITORIUM
600 EMERSON ST
PERFORMANCE HALL
915 E 60TH ST
OWEN L. COON FORUM
DONALD P. JACOBS
CENTER
2001 SHERIDAN RD
11 A M
11 A M
200
Hauser & Ross
Program
206
The Bride of
Christ Goes to
Hell
Liminal Camera
203
Bruce Perry:
The First Three Years
300
Sunday Morning
with Steve
Schmidt
301
Sahlins 101
302
Laila Lalami: The
Moor’s Account
303
Star Search
304
We Refugees
307
The Mutations of
Vijay Iyer
305
Spencer Foundation
Lecture
306
Ben Marcus:
Leaving the Sea
309
Balanchine's
Discovery
310
Regarding the
Pain of Others
Cathy Cohen
4 P M
207
Eula Biss:
Where We Are From
3 P M
208
Roger Ebert:
Life Itself
4 P M
211
Haydock Series
210
Riva Lehrer: A
Self-Portrait in
Formaldehyde
308
The FBI as
Literary Critic
5 P M
3 P M
FILM SCREENING ROOM
201
915 E 60TH ST
12 P M
205
Egyptian Utopias
Gray Series
1 P M
202
209
Radical Grace
5 P M
PERFORMANCE
PENTHOUSE 901
915 E 60TH ST
2 P M
204
Black Theater Is
Black Life
201
A Real-Life
Mr. Ripley
2 P M
1 P M
12 P M
Jamaica Kincaid
212
Crown Series
Gary Shteyngart
EVENING
6 P M
6 P M
Wallace Shawn
EVENING
WEST THEATER
915 E 60TH ST
10 A M
MARY & LEIGH BLOCK
MUSEUM OF ART
PICK-LAUDATI
AUDITORIUM
40 ARTS CIRCLE DR
10 A M
HARRIS HALL
ROOM 107
1881 SHERIDAN RD
311
Beautiful Voice:
Renée Fleming
Tue, Oct 28
MARTYRS'
3855 N LINCOLN AVE
EVENING
6 PM
BLACK CINEMA HOUSE
6901 S DORCHESTER AVE
Wed, Oct 29
400
Black Cinema
House
6:30 PM
401
Journeys:
The Moth
StorySLAM
8 PM
Thur, Oct 30
NORTHWESTERN
UNIVERSITY SCHOOL
OF LAW
THORNE AUDITORIUM
375 E CHICAGO AVE
FRANCIS W. PARKER
SCHOOL
DIANE AND DAVID B
HELLER AUDITORIUM
2233 N CLARK ST
402
Cheryl Strayed:
Wild
403
Martin Amis:
Zone of Interest
404
Darlene Love
8 PM
Fri, Oct 31
NORTHWESTERN
UNIVERSITY SCHOOL
OF LAW
THORNE AUDITORIUM
375 E CHICAGO AVE
POETRY FOUNDATION
61 W SUPERIOR ST
405
406
Gashlycrumb
Orphanage
7:30 PM
Haydock Series
Paula
Poundstone
8 PM
CHICAGO CULTURAL
CENTER
CLAUDIA CASSIDY
THEATER
77 E RANDOLPH ST
FIRST UNITED
METHODIST CHURCH
AT THE CHICAGO
TEMPLE
77 W WASHINGTON ST
HAROLD
WASHINGTON
LIBRARY CENTER
CINDY PRITZKER
AUDITORIUM
400 S STATE ST
10 AM
500
Tribune Award
SCHOOL OF THE
ART INSTITUTE OF
CHICAGO
BALLROOM
112 S MICHIGAN AVE
MUSEUM OF
CONTEMPORARY ART
CHICAGO
EDLIS NEESON
THEATER
220 E CHICAGO AVE
POETRY FOUNDATION
61 W SUPERIOR ST
CO-PROSPERITY
SPHERE
3219-21 S MORGAN ST
515
La Reunión
7:30 PM
516
Gashlycrumb
Orphanage
7:30 PM
517
Interzone:
A Burroughs
Birthday Bash
7:30 PM
11 AM
11 AM
Patti Smith
12 PM
Driehaus
Program
Niall Atkinson
502
504
Gray Series
Obenshain
Program
Ian Buruma
503
Her Eyes Were
Watching God
1 PM
1 PM
Persepolis
12 PM
501
508
505
Behind the
Waves
506
509
510
Tribune Award
Daniel Woodrell
CCT Lecture
2 PM
2 PM
SYMPHONY CENTER
ARMOUR STAGE
220 S MICHIGAN AVE
10 AM
ART INSTITUTE OF
CHICAGO
FULLERTON
AUDITORIUM
111 S MICHIGAN AVE
507
Chicks Dig
Time Lords
3 PM
3 PM
Kwame Anthony
Appiah
6 PM
5 PM
Sacre Bleu
From Bauhaus to
Bunny . . .
513
Martha Minow:
Justice for All
Jesmyn Ward
4 PM
Gray Series
511
Talking Music
with Sasha
Frere-Jones
5 PM
512
Tribune Award
6 PM
4 PM
Terra Lecture
514
Liebman
Program
EVENING
EVENING
Darrell Jones
MUSEUM OF
CONTEMPORARY
ART CHICAGO
EDLIS NEESON
THEATER
220 E CHICAGO AVE
10 AM
600
A Dancemaker’s
Journey
THE NEWBERRY
LIBRARY
RUGGLES HALL
60 W WALTON ST
601
602
The Silence
Before
Speaking
603
The Future of
Higher Ed
12 PM
604
eighth blackbird
1 PM
607
Working on the
Railroad
608
Les Adieux:
Beethoven's
Farewells
EVENING
605
Mastering the
Art of Soviet
Cooking
Scherer Series
Terra Lecture
612
La Reunión
Geoffrey Stone
on the NSA
610
Inferno: Poetry
with Eileen
Myles
Unpacking the
Indian Corner
614
The Global
Book
6 PM
EVENING
615
La Reunión
7:30 PM
FRANCIS W. PARKER
SCHOOL
DIANE AND DAVID B
HELLER AUDITORIUM
2233 N CLARK ST
Wed, Nov 5
MUSEUM OF
CONTEMPORARY ART
CHICAGO
EDLIS NEESON
THEATER
220 E CHICAGO AVE
702
Gray Series
700
Flory Concert
A Night at the
Tonys
7:30 PM
701
Graham Family
Concert
René Marie
7:30 PM
703
Gray Series
Guy Maddin
8 PM
606
Roxane Gay:
Bad Feminist
5 PM
613
The Next
Vivian Maier
FRANCIS W. PARKER
SCHOOL
DIANE AND DAVID B
HELLER AUDITORIUM
2233 N CLARK ST
Thurs, Nov 6
609
611
Tues, Nov 4
Sarah Thornton
6 PM
11 AM
Mary Louise
Pratt
3 PM
2 PM
POETRY
FOUNDATION
61 W SUPERIOR ST
Conant Lecture
Southwest
Airlines
4 PM
NORTHWESTERN
UNIVERSITY SCHOOL
OF LAW
THORNE
AUDITORIUM
375 E CHICAGO AVE
616
Gashlycrumb
Orphanage
7:30 PM
Fri, Nov 7
ART INSTITUTE OF
CHICAGO
FULLERTON
AUDITORIUM
111 S MICHIGAN AVE
NORTHWESTERN
UNIVERSITY SCHOOL
OF LAW
THORNE AUDITORIUM
375 E CHICAGO AVE
FRANCIS W. PARKER
SCHOOL
DIANE AND DAVID B
HELLER AUDITORIUM
2233 N CLARK ST
704
705
William Gibson
707
Words with
Friends: Stephin
Merritt
Art Institute
President's
Lecture
Lonnie G.
Bunch III
EVENING
THE FOURTH
PRESBYTERIAN
CHURCH OF CHICAGO
BUCHANAN CHAPEL
AT THE GRATZ
CENTER
126 E CHESTNUT ST
Mon, Nov 3
6 PM
Sunday, November 2
706
Mark Bittman:
How to Cook
Everything
8 PM
MUSEUM OF
CONTEMPORARY ART
CHICAGO
EDLIS NEESON
THEATER
220 E CHICAGO AVE
708
Wayfinders
7:30 PM
Sunday, November 9
UIC FORUM
MAIN HALL C
725 W ROOSEVELT RD
UIC FORUM
MEETING ROOM GHI
725 W ROOSEVELT RD
10 AM
12 PM
903
Aleksandar
Hemon
814
David Corn:
Breaking News,
Changing
History
811
Brown in the
Windy City
815
The Sounds of
Freedom
807
Chicago to
Mexico
1 PM
Face of
Global Activism
809
Chicago
Blues by Bus
2 PM
McCormick
Lecture
906
Baskes Lecture
Peter Galison
907
From Russia
with Love
3 PM
810
Karl Eikenberry:
The Heart of the
Matter
806
4 PM
812
Anne Rice:
Vampire
Chronicler
900
Ukraine: Beyond
the Propaganda
813
Chicago to
Mexico
910
Sinha Program
Masters of the
Universe
911
Mermaids in
Paradise
816
Hillshire
Lecture
902
The Passenger:
A Recovered
Opera
NORTHWESTERN
UNIVERSITY SCHOOL
OF LAW
THORNE AUDITORIUM
375 E CHICAGO AVE
901
Elizabeth Diller:
Beyond the
Blueprints
904
905
An Island
Called Home
Herman Miller
Program
Bruce Mau
908
Richard Blanco
909
Shakespeare’s
Sherlock
912
Colm Tóibín’s
Transatlantic
Worlds
913
Modern Love
817
Wayfinders
7:30 PM
EVENING
Marcus
Samuelsson
EVENING
THE NEWBERRY
LIBRARY
RUGGLES HALL
60 W WALTON ST
5 PM
2 PM
3 PM
808
Man on Wire:
Philippe Petit
805
Charles Blow:
Behind the
Column
MUSEUM OF
CONTEMPORARY ART
CHICAGO
EDLIS NEESON
THEATER
220 E CHICAGO AVE
11 AM
11 AM
Franke Lecture
1 PM
12 PM
804
Andrew Ross
Sorkin
THE FOURTH
PRESBYTERIAN
CHURCH OF CHICAGO
BUCHANAN CHAPEL
AT THE GRATZ
CENTER
126 E CHESTNUT ST
802
I Have a Dream
803
Chicago
Blues by Bus
5 PM
4 PM
MUSEUM OF
CONTEMPORARY
ART CHICAGO
EDLIS NEESON
THEATER
220 E CHICAGO AVE
800
Eric Schlosser
801
Nazis Next Door
6 PM
UIC FORUM
BUS TOUR PICK-UP
AND DROP-OFF
LOCATIONS
725 W ROOSEVELT RD
6 PM
10 AM
UIC FORUM
MAIN HALL AB
725 W ROOSEVELT RD
914
Wayfinders
7:30 PM
Index
Al-Khawaja, Maryam, 806
Amis, Martin, 403
Appiah, Kwame Anthony, 508
Atkinson, Niall, 501
Alter, Jonathan, Gala
Baderoon, Gabeba, 602
Bazer, Gina, 605
Bazer, Mark, 907
Behar, Ruth, 905
Biss, Eula, 207
Bittman, Mark, 706
Blanco, Richard, 908
Blow, Charles, 805
Bon, Lauren, 202
Brooks, David, 101/Gala
Bunch III, Lonnie G., 704
Buruma, Ian, 502
Chang, Gordon, 607
Cohen, Cathy, 305
Corbett, John, 511
Corn, David, 814
Cuddy, Alison, 208, 703, 808
Deloria, Philip, 613
De Shields, André, 700
Diller, Elizabeth, 901
Drinkall, Amanda, 304
Duke, Tristan, 202
Dunham, Lena, 100
Duvall, Matthew, 604
Ebert, Chaz, 208
Edwards, Steve, 300, 814
eighth blackbird, 604
Eikenberry, Karl, 810
Elliott, Dyan, 206
Fernández, Lilia, 811
Fleming, Renée, 311
Frangello, Gina, 302
Frere-Jones, Sasha, 511, 517
Freud, Anthony, 902
Galison, Peter, 906
Garcia, Alex, 807, 813
Gashlycrumb Orphanage, 406,
516, 616
Gates, Theaster, 400
Gay, Roxane, 606
Gibson, William, 705
Goggin, James, 509
Greene, David, 907
Harris, Dianne, 901
Hemon, Aleksandar, 903
Hunter, Lindsay, 606
Hutchinson, Elizabeth, 611
Iyer, Vijay, 307
Jabir, Johari, 815
Jackson, Ernestine, 700
James, Steve, 208
Jamison, Leslie, 310
Jemc, Jac, 310
Jones, Daniel, 913
Jones, Darrell, 514
Jones, William P., 802
Kaplan, Lisa, 604
Khan, Shamus, 910
Kincaid, Jamaica, 200
Kinderman, William, 608
Kirn, Walter, 201
Konner, Jenni, 100
Lalami, Laila, 302
Langford, Jon, 517
La Reunión, 515, 612, 615
Latsky, Heidi, 600
Lehrer, Riva, 210
Lennix, Harry, 204
Lesser, Zachary, 909
Levin, Adam, 306
Levine, Sara, 911
Lichtblau, Eric, 801
Liminal Camera, 202
Lindley, Rob, 700
Liou, Jawshing Arthur, 505
Love, Darlene, 404
Lutton, Linda, 807, 813
Maddin, Guy, 703
Makkai, Rebecca, 504
Mani, B. Venkat, 614
Marcus, Ben, 306
Marie, René, 701
Mason, Karen, 700
Mau, Bruce, 904
Maxwell, William J., 308
McDonnell, Jerome, 810
Merritt, Stephin, 707
Meyer, Don, 517
Millet, Lydia, 911
Minow, Martha, 513
Myles, Eileen, 517, 610
Nielsen, Richard, 202
Oluseyi, Hakeem, 303
Parrish, Rebecca, 209
Patner, Andrew, 604, 902
Paul, Art, 509
Peck, Doug, 700
Perry, Bruce D., 203
Petit, Philippe, 808
Poundstone, Paula, 405
Pratt, Mary Louise, 603
Puente, Teresa, 807, 813
Rebuild Foundation, 400
Reitmaier, Heidi, 702
Rice, Anne, 812
Rich, John, 912
Robinson, Maren, 304
Roth, Michael, 601
Sagal, Peter, 707
Sahlins, Marshall, 301
Samuelson, Tim, 803, 809
Samuelsson, Marcus, 816
Satrapi, Marjane, 504
Schenk, Christine, 209
Schlosser, Eric, 800
Schmidt, Steve, 300
Schneiderman, Davis, 517
Shawn, Wallace, 211
Shteyngart, Gary, 212
Simmons, Ruth, 601
Smith, Patti, 500
Snyder, Timothy, 900
Sorkin, Andrew Ross, 804
Spelman, Katie, 700
Stone, Geoffrey, 609
Strayed, Cheryl, 402
Teatro en el Blanco, 515, 612, 615
Tennant, Victoria, 309
The Moth, 401
Thomas, Lynne, 507
Thornton, Sarah, 702
Tóibín, Colm, 912
Trigilio, Tony, 517
Ure, Colin, 311
von Bremzen, Anya, 605
Waldman, Anne, 517
Wall, Cheryl, 503
Waller, Holcombe, 708, 817, 914
Walton, Marc, 512
Ward, Jesmyn, 510
Watson, Katie, 207
Wayfinders, 708, 817, 914
Weschler, Lawrence, 200, 202
Whittenburg, Zachary, 514
Wilson, Victoria, 812
Winegar, Jessica, 205
Woodrell, Daniel, 506
Young, Harvey, 204
Yousef, Odette, 806
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