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October 24–November 8
2015
Lead Partner
Sponsors
A group gathers. Perhaps they have come
for the simple pleasure of being together.
Perhaps they have come for a conversation,
to debate, to stage a protest, or to enjoy a
performance. But, they have assembled
for something higher than themselves.
Citizens.
We are grateful to the following organizations for their support of the
2015 Chicago Humanities Festival.
$250,000 AND ABOVE
$100,000–$249,000
Welcome to the 2015 Chicago Humanities
Festival – Citizens.
$50,000–$99,999
The Crown Family
What does it truly mean to belong – to be citizens of a
neighborhood, a city, a nation, or a world? It’s a deceptively simple question, but the fierce debates it inspires
(both at home and abroad) tell a different story.
To be a citizen is to live within given boundaries. But
our world is increasingly boundless: digital technologies
provide instantaneous connection, global economics
make it clear that we’re all interconnected, and stateless
people continue to search for home. Much flows across
our carefully drawn boundaries, demanding attention,
challenging our hearts and minds, and upsetting our
previously held notions of rights and responsibilities.
$25,000–$49,999
In this year’s Festival we’ll examine contemporary
citizenship in all its messiness and glory. We’ll explore
topics ripped from the headlines, like the NSA, immigration, and marriage equality.
$15,000–$24,999
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SPONSORS
CHICAGO
MAGNIFICENT MILE
We’ll plumb the distant and recent past to provide
new perspectives on today – from Greek democracy to
Chicago coalition politics, the Underground Railroad
to America’s race for space, the Holocaust to the Boston
Marathon bombers. And, we’ll reaffirm the vibrancy of
our neighborhoods – from Hyde Park to Evanston, the
Loop and North Michigan Avenue to Pilsen.
“The world only spins forward,” writes Tony Kushner
in Angels in America. “We will be citizens. The time
has come.” Indeed it has. You are the essential player.
Gather with us.
CHICAGO
MAGNIFICENT MILE
Jonathan Elmer
Marilynn Thoma
Artistic Director
Phillip Bahar
Executive Director
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Three handpicked events &
a cocktail reception:
Aasif Mandvi: No Land’s Man (411)
Wendell Pierce’s New Orleans (609)
Citizen DREAMers (910)
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Chicago Humanities Festival
programs are year-round!
For more than 25 years, the Festival has explored some
of the most fascinating ideas that define our human
experience. This year’s theme is no different.
Nick Offerman. Photo: Dan Winters
At the heart of our mission is our community – a place
where everyone has a confident sense of belonging and
an opportunity to contribute. While citizenship is a legal
construct, for us it is, at its core, how we respond to
the needs and circumstances of others, be they friends,
neighbors, or strangers.
Judy Blume. Photo: Sigrid Estrada
We live in a world of accelerating change, conflict, and
challenge that requires action: the mass migration of
peoples displaced by war and poverty, individuals seeking
better opportunities far from home, the unresolved
status of undocumented residents, and people long
excluded from full civic participation because of their
income, sexual orientation, ethnicity, race, religion,
or disability. However, governments have been hardpressed to find solutions with creativity, compassion,
and cooperation.
Cristina Henríquez. Photo: Michael Lionstar
The Chicago Community Trust is proud to partner
with the Chicago Humanities Festival on this year’s
theme: Citizens.
We bring today’s most prominent and
engaging authors, artists, policymakers,
and journalists to Chicago throughout
the year. See what you missed
at youtube.com/chicagohumanities.
Dinaw Mengestu. Photo: Michael Lionstar
Dear Festival Goer:
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Thanks for joining us,
Engaging Young Audiences
Terry Mazany, President and CEO
The Chicago Community Trust
EdLab™ is a dynamic program created to
support the development and refinement of
student writing in the classroom. Building
upon CHF’s 20 years of quality professional development and addressing the
current Common Core Standards around
writing, EdLab provides intensive teacher
professional development sessions and
student access to CHF presenters, including
authors Marjane Satrapi, Jacqueline
Woodson, and Eula Biss, and performers
like Theatre Unspeakable.
We hope this year’s Festival creates a public square for
dialogue and reflection on what it means to be a citizen
that both resonates with the needs of changing times and
affirms universal core values for equitable, vibrant, and
sustainable communities.
I’m confident that the Festival’s dynamic programming
will help us all gain insights that will enrich public discourse
on the challenges and possibilities facing our region.
The Trust is thankful for the Chicago Humanities Festival
and the role it plays in our community.
Visit chicagohumanities.org/education
for more information.
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SPONSORED DAYS
Endowed and Sponsored Programs
Morris and Dolores Kohl Kaplan Northwestern Day
Evanston (October 24)
Philanthropic support ensures that the Chicago Humanities Festival
remains accessible to the broadest audience. We are delighted to
recognize the generosity of the Festival’s endowed and sponsored
program donors.
This annual day in Evanston recognizes the generous
support 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 expand
the impact of the Chicago Humanities Festival.
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foundations, and corporations
who sponsor or endow annual
programs. To learn more,
please call 312-494-9563.
The Chicago Community Trust Day
Pilsen (November 8)
This day of programming in Pilsen recognizes the generous
support of The Chicago Community Trust, our lead partner
for the 2015 Fall Festival.
The Allstate Program
Anthony McGill (311)
Baskes Lecture
in History
Timothy Snyder (812)
Ellen Stone Belic Presents:
In Her Infinite Wisdom
Roxane Gay (708)
Doris Conant Lecture on
Women and Culture
House of Cards (403)
Richard H. Driehaus
Foundation Lecture on
Architecture
Democratic Cities (611)
The William and Greta
Wiley Flory Concert
Four Women: Josephine,
Eartha, Nina, and Tina (700,
701)
Richard J. Franke Lecture in
Economics
Raj Chetty (400)
The Helen B. and Ira E.
Graham Family Concert
Champian-ing the
American Songbook (212)
The Chicago Community
Trust Centennial Programs
Peter Singer (207), Sidewalk
City (306), Borders and
Islands (905), Illegal (912),
#justice (919), On Place and
Belonging (920)
Richard Gray Visual
Art Series
Artists and Cities (404),
A Presidency in Pictures
(602), Who Owns Antiquity?
(806), Citizen Artist:
Ramiro Gomez (904),
Stitching a Citizen (906,
913), Amanda Williams and
Willie “J.R” Fleming (950),
Norman W. Long (951)
Lynn Hauser and Neil Ross
Program
Citizen Sociologist: Richard
Sennett (201)
Robert R. McCormick
Foundation Lecture
Citizen University:
Eric Liu (510)
Elaine and Roger Haydock
Humor Series
Aasif Mandvi (411),
Bob Mankoff (818), Patton
Oswalt (819)
Elizabeth A. Liebman
Program
The Seldoms:
RockCitizen (918)
Karla Scherer Endowed
Lecture Series for the
University of Chicago
Passing in White America
(309), Enchanted Americans
(407), Chronicling
Conservatism (408),
Citizens Under Surveillance
(502), Geoffrey Stone (504),
School Choice? (506),
Manual Cinema (709, 815,
820, 921, 924), Hacker,
Hoaxer, Whistleblower, Spy
(903)
Anita and Prabha Sinha
Program
Maximum City (612)
Bill and Penny Obenshain
Program on Global Affairs
The Tragedy of Syria (308)
John W. and Jeanne M. Rowe
Program
Revisiting the Underground
Railroad (500)
Southwest Airlines
Program
Evan Wolfson on Freedom
to Marry (704)
Spencer Foundation
Lecture on Education and
Learning
The Civics Empowerment
Gap (607)
The Stanek Endowed Music
Program
Citizen Folklorist: Alan
Lomax (705)
Terra Foundation Series on
American Art
Politics in American Art
(601), The Legacy of Jane
Addams and Hull-House
(802), Artists as Activists
(809)
Tyson Foods Lecture
on Food
Simply Nigella (900)
Tuesday, September 15
Morris & Dolores Kohl
Kaplan Northwestern
Day – Evanston
Saturday, October 24
Walter Isaacson
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Photo: Patrice Gilbert
“If the great values of the liberal arts
are curiosity and tolerance, then
Walter Isaacson is a great humanist.”
– Evan Thomas, journalist and author
100
FOURTH PRESBYTERIAN
CHURCH OF CHICAGO
SANCTUARY
$15
$20
$10
You may also enjoy Paul
Goldberger on Frank Gehry
(810), Hacker, Hoaxer,
Whistleblower, Spy (903), and
#justice (919).
On sale now! tickets.chicagohumanities.org
Sat
O ctober
24
Sat
Champian Fulton. Photo: Laurent Leduc
TUE, SEPT 15
5:30–6:30 PM
Walter Isaacson is the critically acclaimed biographer
of such brilliant and complicated men as Steve Jobs,
Albert Einstein, Benjamin Franklin, and Henry Kissinger.
Isaacson is also president and CEO of the Aspen Institute,
a nonpartisan educational and policy studies organization
based in Washington, DC. On the heels of the successful
publication of his book The Innovators: How a Group of
Hackers, Geniuses, and Geeks Created the Digital Revolution,
this former CNN chairman and TIME magazine editor
comes to Chicago to discuss creative citizens and the
power of the humanities in the 21st century.
Oct
Image from The Republic of Imagination by Azar Nafisi
202
Chris Abani: Global Igbo
SAT, OCT 24
12:30–1:30 PM
“If you want to get at the molten heart of contemporary
fiction, Abani is the starting point.” – Dave Eggers
HARRIS HALL
ROOM 107
$9
$12
$5
You may also enjoy Marlon
James (513), Chang-rae Lee
(803), and Borders & Islands
(905).
200
Azar Nafisi: Republic of Imagination
SAT, OCT 24
11 AM–12 PM
$20
$10
Preorder your copy of The
Republic of Imagination for $14
through the CHF box office for
pickup at the program.
You may also enjoy Little Girl
on the Prairie (707), Salman
Rushdie (800), and Daniel
Alarcón (922).
201
Azar Nafisi is the beloved author of Reading Lolita in
Tehran – a personal account of teaching literary classics
to students in Iran. Her newest work – The Republic
of Imagination – is a heartening tribute to reading in a
democratic society. Part polemic, part memoir, it’s a
reading of her favorite American novels: The Adventures
of Huckleberry Finn, Babbitt, and The Heart Is a Lonely
Hunter, among others. Through her passionate prose, she
invites us to become citizens of her imaginary republic,
a country where the villains are conformity and orthodoxy,
and the only passport to entry is a free mind and a
willingness to dream.
Citizen Sociologist: Richard Sennett
Lynn Hauser and Neil Ross Program
SAT, OCT 24
12–1 PM
BIENEN SCHOOL OF MUSIC
MARY B. GALVIN RECITAL HALL
$12
Chris Abani is a true citizen of the world. The self-identified “global Igbo” is the son of an English mother and
a Nigerian father who wrote his first novel at age 16.
Through his prolific and varied writings – which include
novels, novellas, plays, and poems – Abani has sought to
capture the specifics of his own experience while conveying the political and emotional dramas that transcend
and tie together disparate cultures. The Northwestern
University professor will share his exploration of literature’s capacity to connect humanity.
“No one writes better or more stirringly.” – Salon
CAHN AUDITORIUM
$15
11
$15
$10
You may also enjoy Sidewalk
City (306), Eric Liu (510), and
Danielle Allen (808).
For nearly 50 years, Richard Sennett has been one of our
most respected thinkers about cities, labor, and culture.
Author of such classics of sociology as The Fall of Public
Man and The Hidden Injuries of Class, Sennett has more
recently meditated on what it means to really make something in our automated, consumerist world. Sennett will
take a bird’s-eye view of citizenship today, and then artist
Geof Oppenheimer will join him in conversation.
This program is generously underwritten by Lynn Hauser and Neil
Ross and is presented in partnership with the Mary and Leigh
Block Museum of Art at Northwestern University.
203
Transforming Our Schools: John Merrow
SAT, OCT 24
12:30–1:30 PM
John Merrow has spent his career shining a light on the
political and social dynamics of our public education system. Founding president of Learning Matters and veteran
education reporter for PBS, NPR, and dozens of national
publications, Merrow offers a critical and insightful
examination of our nation’s schools and the education our
children receive. With warm storytelling and thoughtful,
compelling case studies, Merrow paints a vibrant and
inspiring picture of why and how we must transform – not
reform – our schools.
NORRIS UNIVERSITY CENTER
MCCORMICK AUDITORIUM
$9
$12
$5
You may also enjoy School
Choice? (506), Maria
Hinojosa (515), and The Civics
Empowerment Gap (607).
This program is presented in partnership with the Dolores Kohl
Education Foundation.
204
Fixing the Republic
SAT, OCT 24
1–2 PM
“The most important thinker on intellectual
property in the Internet era.” – The New Yorker
CAHN AUDITORIUM
$9
$12
$5
You may also enjoy Peter Singer
(207), Geoffrey Stone: Sexing
the Constitution (504), and
Madison’s Music (603).
Lawrence Lessig is a tireless defender of individual
rights and our ability to participate fully in American life.
An activist, law professor, and director of the Edmond J.
Safra Center for Ethics at Harvard University, Lessig has
garnered praise for his energetic arguments in favor of
copyright reform and net neutrality. From conservative
roots, and clerkships with Richard Posner and Antonin
Scalia, Lessig has forged a unique path in contemporary
political thought. He will share aspirational and practical
ways we can change money’s corrupting influence in our
political process.
206
Of Machines and Men
SAT, OCT 24
2:30–3:30 PM
The Terminator movies and astrophysicist Stephen
Hawking warned us about the “rise of the machines.”
Northwestern University professor Sylvester Johnson
is more interested in exploring what human subjectivity
looks like as computers begin to outpace and outperform
us. Using interviews with developers, Johnson examines
concrete relationships among humans and machines to
think about the public policy and philosophical implications of artificial intelligence.
HARRIS HALL
ROOM 107
$9
$12
$5
You may also enjoy Julia Angwin
(502), Big Data & The Algorithmic
Citizen (604), and Hacker,
Hoaxer, Whistleblower, Spy (903).
207
Peter Singer: The Most Good You Can Do
Centennial Program
Photo courtesy of NASA/JPL-Caltech
SAT, OCT 24
2:30–3:30 PM
$9
$12
$5
You may also enjoy Lawrence
Lessig (204), Alan Lomax,
Citizen Folklorist (705), and
The Legacy of Jane Addams
(802)
205
Rocket Girls
SAT, OCT 24
2–3 PM
The story of American space exploration is generally a
tale of the bold vision and brave feats of adventurous men,
from John Glenn and Neil Armstrong to President John F.
Kennedy. But look beyond the astronauts and you’ll find an
equally daring group of women. Hired at the Jet Propulsion
Laboratory in the 1940s and 1950s, these women became the
first computer scientists at NASA. In this program about her
forthcoming book, Rocket Girls: The Women Who Propelled
Us from Missiles to the Moon to Mars and Beyond, Nathalia
Holt explores the essential role these women played in the
greatest missions in the history of US space exploration.
$9
$12
$5
You may also enjoy The Myth
of Seneca Falls (505), Capturing
the Hive (600), and Jacqueline
Woodson (605).
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Forty years ago, moral philosopher Peter Singer
changed our world with his groundbreaking book, Animal
Liberation – a bold argument that helped launch the animal
rights movement. Since then, Singer has become the
world’s most widely read philosopher. He has confronted
difficult issues such as euthanasia, abortion, and the relationship between world poverty and affluence. In his latest
book, The Most Good You Can Do, Singer takes his argument for “effective altruism” into new domains. In a world
of ever-increasing disparities of wealth and power, Singer’s
ideas on how we can all exercise philanthropy have never
been more pertinent.
This program is generously underwritten by The Chicago
Community Trust.
208
Between the World and Me: Ta-Nehisi Coates
SAT, OCT 24
3–4 PM
“As profound as it is revelatory. This is required
reading.” – Toni Morrison
CAHN AUDITORIUM
$9
$12
$5
Preorder your copy of Between
the World and Me for $20
You may also enjoy Aasif
Mandvi (411), Claudia Rankine
(508), and Roxane Gay (708).
Ta-Nehisi Coates has become one of the most powerful
writers today. A staffer for the Atlantic and author of a
memoir, The Beautiful Struggle, he shares his stunning and
evocative reflections on what it’s like to inhabit a black
male body in contemporary America. In Between the World
and Me he asks how we, as a nation, can reckon with our
fraught history and free ourselves from a troubling legacy.
Taking us from the Civil War battlefield to Chicago’s South
Side, Coates attempts to answer one of the most pressing
and relevant questions of our times.
Slavery on Screen
SAT, OCT 24
4:30–5:30 PM
12 Years a Slave was the most recent and acclaimed movie
to depict plantation slavery, but this genre has a varied,
complicated history. Northwestern University professors
Miriam Petty and Nick Davis will unpack these traditions through close analysis of important works, from
television landmarks like Roots to independent films like
Sankofa and Daughters of the Dust. They will then invite
the audience to debate different storytelling approaches
to this painful but vital subject.
HARRIS HALL
ROOM 107
$9
$12
$5
You may also enjoy A Reading
with Laird Hunt (303), Eric
Foner (500), and The Seldoms:
RockCitizen (918).
210
Citizen Journalist: From Pussy Riot to the
Boston Marathon
SAT, OCT 24
4:30–5:30 PM
“Engrossing and insightful.” – Bloomberg Business
$9
$12
$5
You may also enjoy The Tragedy
of Syria (308), Roxane Gay (708),
and Timothy Snyder (812).
Russian-born Masha Gessen is one of our most eloquent
reporters on global citizenry. Words Will Break Cement:
The Passion of Pussy Riot, an account of the Russian punk
band protesting the regime of Vladimir Putin, details
the perils of activism in 21st-century Russia. Now she
turns her unflinching eye to a story much closer to home.
The Brothers is a groundbreaking book on Tamerlan and
Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, the two men behind the 2013 Boston
Marathon bombing. Building on research and interviews
in Kyrgyzstan, Dagestan, Chechnya, and the United
States, Gessen unfolds a disturbing story about two young
men with their feet on American soil but their loyalties
elsewhere.
This program is generously underwritten by
Angela Lustig and Dale Taylor.
Yotam Ottolenghi (right) with Ramael Scully (left)
Photo: Jonathan Lovekin
209
15
211
Citizen Chef, Global Foodie: Yotam Ottolenghi
SAT, OCT 24
5–6 PM
Dinner parties got a whole lot better in the autumn
of 2011. That’s when Yotam Ottolenghi’s Plenty, a
cookbook with an enticingly squishy cover and vibrant,
Mediterranean-infused innovations hit America.
Ottolenghi, a London-based chef, restaurateur, and “The
New Vegetarian” columnist for the Guardian seduced
home cooks with surprising, delicious, and utterly beautiful creations that embrace global culinary culture. He went
on to explore the varied gastronomic influences in his
home city of Jerusalem, where Arabic and Jewish cuisines
mix. Now Ottolenghi returns with NOPI, a project with
Ramael Scully that celebrates a fusion of Asian and
Middle Eastern cuisine.
CAHN AUDITORIUM
$15
$20
$10
Preorder your copy of NOPI for
$32 through the CHF box office
for pickup at the program.
You may also enjoy Politics &
the Beer Biz with Tony Magee
(702), Nigella Lawson (900),
and Mural Walking Tour (908).
This program is generously underwritten by Sylvia and
Lawrence Margolies, and Carol Rosofsky and Robert B. Lifton.
212
Champian-ing the American Songbook
The Helen B. and Ira E. Graham
Family Concert
SAT, OCT 24
6:30–7:30 PM
$20
$25
$12
Photo from The Brothers by Masha Gessen
You may also enjoy Anthony
McGill (311), Four Women
(700), and Alan Lomax, Citizen
Folklorist (705).
“The most gifted, pure jazz singer of her generation.”
– Detroit Free Press
Champian Fulton’s swinging style and charismatic
performances have made her a guardian of the jazz legacy.
Born and raised in the Heartland, the jazz pianist and
vocalist, along with her quartet, have gone on to captivate
audiences from New York to Barcelona. Inspired by Erroll
Garner, Count Basie, and Sarah Vaughan, Fulton will perform classics ranging from Gershwin to Dinah Washington.
Hum along to hits like “Get Out of Town,” “It’s All Right
With Me,” “Blue Skies,” and “Our Love Is Here to Stay.”
This program is generously underwritten by the Helen B. and
Ira E. Graham Family.
Hyde Park Day
Sunday, October 25
Oct
Annette Kim
Sun
O ctober
25
Sun
Sunday, October 25
302
The Urban Globe
SUN, OCT 25
1:30–2:30 PM
The world seems to be turning into one vast city. How is
this social transformation impacting political participation, problems of inequality, and the environment? Born
in Calcutta and now teaching urban planning and global
poverty at UCLA, Ananya Roy brings a keenly analytic
mind and a passion for justice to these enormous questions.
Whether it is the efficacy of microfinancing in the Global
South or the goals of anti-eviction campaigns in our own
backyard, Roy leads the conversation looking for solutions.
REVA AND DAVID LOGAN
CENTER FOR THE ARTS
FILM SCREENING ROOM 201
$9
$12
$5
(207), Democratic Practice
(608), and Maximum City (612).
300
Chicago’s Heat Wave 20 Years Later
SUN, OCT 25
12–1 PM
In the summer of 1995, Chicago experienced the deadliest
heat wave in American history. Streets buckled, power
grids failed, and when the heat finally broke, more than
700 people were dead. The questions of why so many
people perished, and why their deaths were so easy to
deny, ignore, or forget, preoccupied Eric Klinenberg. He
uncovered unsettling forms of social breakdown – the
isolation of seniors, the abandonment of poor neighborhoods,
and the retrenchment of public assistance programs – which
led him to write Heat Wave: A Social Autopsy of Disaster
in Chicago. Drawing on his experience as research director
for the federal Rebuild By Design competition after
Superstorm Sandy, he also discovered that global warming
makes these issues all the more dangerous and argues that
cities must adapt, or face worse incidents in the future.
CENTER FOR THE ARTS
PERFORMANCE HALL
$9
$12
$5
City (306), School Choice?
(506), and Dispatches from
Dystopia (901).
301
Skyscrapers and Race
SUN, OCT 25
1:30–2:30 PM
Literary scholar Adrienne Brown finds a surprising
vantage point on the history and dynamic of modern race
relations through that uniquely American architectural
form, the skyscraper. In stories by Henry James, W. E. B.
Dubois, and others, Brown sees a fascination with these
towering structures, particularly with the new – if disorienting – view audacious buildings offered on urban
communities, and their potential for removing racial
divides. The University of Chicago professor will lead a
compelling discussion of architecture and race.
CENTER FOR THE ARTS
THEATER EAST
$9
$12
$5
City (306), Maximum City (612),
and Office Space (816).
This program is presented in partnership with the 2015 Chicago
Architectural Biennial.
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303
Neverhome: A Reading with Laird Hunt
SUN, OCT 25
1:30–2:30 PM
CENTER FOR THE ARTS
PERFORMANCE PENTHOUSE 901
$9
This program is presented in partnership with the Chicago Council
on Global Affairs.
$12
$5
You may also enjoy Passing
in White America (309),
The Day After D-Day (511), and
Chang-rae Lee (803).
“There is always a surprise in the voice and in
the heart of Hunt’s stories.” – Michael Ondaatje, author
of The English Patient
The Heartland has always been at the center of Laird
Hunt’s writing. In his latest work, the critically acclaimed
Neverhome, an Indiana housewife and farmer disguises
herself as a man and enlists in the Union Army. Inspired
by powerful real-life incidents, Hunt weaves a gorgeous,
fictional universe and enthralling narrative. His rich, warm
cadences mesmerize on and off the page, and with this
midwestern view of the Civil War, he will take his rightful
place among our era’s most gifted novelists. Chicago writer
Kevin Kilroy will join him for a conversation.
Sunday, October 25
306
Sidewalk City
Centennial Program
SUN, OCT 25
3:30–4:30 PM
CENTER FOR THE ARTS
$9
$12
$5
You may also enjoy Democratic
Cities (611), Maximum City (612),
304
Lawrence Wright: Peace Against All Odds
SUN, OCT 25
2–3 PM
“Exceedingly balanced, highly readable, and
appropriately sober.” – Los Angeles Times
CENTER FOR THE ARTS
PERFORMANCE HALL
“A born-again Christian, a pious Muslim, and an orthodox
Jew go behind closed doors for 13 days and emerge with
the only durable peace treaty in the Middle East.” This is the
premise of Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist Lawrence
Wright’s latest book, Thirteen Days in September, which
details the Camp David negotiations among Jimmy Carter,
Anwar Sadat, and Menachem Begin. Wright’s work, from
his history of al-Qaeda to his exposé of Scientology (Going
Clear), explores our deepest convictions, and how we do –
or don’t – manage to live with those who hold different
beliefs. Hear about an unprecedented historical event from
one of America’s finest nonfiction writers.
$9
$12
$5
You may also enjoy Masha
Gessen (210), The Tragedy
of Syria (308), and Salman
Rushdie (800).
This program is generously underwritten by Paula R. Kahn.
305
From the Bullet to the Ballot: Black Panthers
and Chicago’s Racial Coalitions
SUN, OCT 25
3:30–4:30 PM
CENTER FOR THE ARTS
THEATER EAST
$9
$12
$5
You may also enjoy Chicago’s
Heat Wave 20 Years Later (300),
Passing in White America (309),
and Eric Foner (500).
In examining history, Jakobi Williams concludes that it
is no coincidence that the first African American president
hails from Chicago. In his recent book, From the Bullet to
the Ballot: The Illinois Chapter of the Black Panther Party
and Racial Coalition Politics in Chicago, this native South
Sider uses sealed secret police files and first-person
interviews to explore the history and impact of the Black
Panther Party and Rainbow Coalition. Learn about this
important chapter in the long battle to forge a more just
city and nation.
This program is presented in partnership with the College Arts and
Humanities Institute at Indiana University.
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As any Chicagoan can tell you, sidewalks are valuable
commodities. Whether stretching across patio-lined
Division Street or up the tourist-mobbed Magnificent Mile,
sidewalks are essential public spaces. For social scientist
and artist Annette Kim they are also a way to understand
urban community. Since 1996 she has studied the sidewalks of Ho Chi Minh City, tracing the tensions between
the Communist Vietnamese government and the city’s
thousands of enterprising street vendors. Kim will share
her research and cinematic maps that show how the meaning of Ho Chi Minh City’s sidewalks has evolved over time.
Community Trust.
307
Media Against Fascism: From World War II to
the Psychedelic Sixties
SUN, OCT 25
3:30–4:30 PM
CENTER FOR THE ARTS
$9
$12
$5
Gessen (210), Hacker, Hoaxer,
Whistleblower, Spy (903), and
#justice (919).
The Human Be-In of 1967 is often seen as the beginning
of the counter-culture movement. But Fred Turner of
Stanford argues that it is the endpoint of an American
assault on Fascism with roots going back to the work of
Margaret Mead and the artists of Chicago’s New Bauhaus.
The Democratic Surround: Multimedia and American
Liberalism from World War II to the Psychedelic Sixties charts
this surprising trajectory and its connections to mass
media, collective experiences, and forms of democratic
citizenship – providing essential context for understanding
our current digital age.
This program is presented in partnership with Public Books.
Sunday, October 25
308
SUN, OCT 25
4–5 PM
CENTER FOR THE ARTS
PERFORMANCE HALL
$9
$12
$5
Wright (304), Citizenship &
Politics in Greece (409), and
Timothy Snyder (812).
The Tragedy of Syria
Bill and Penny Obenshain Program on
Global Affairs
310
Soccer and the World
SUN, OCT 25
5:30–6:30 PM
The four-year-long civil war in Syria is one of the most
devastating internal conflicts in recent history, with a litany
of atrocities including indiscriminate bombings, summary
executions, systematic torture, and the use of chemical
weapons on civilians. Karen Koning AbuZayd has served
on the International Independent Commission of Inquiry
on the Syrian Arab Republic since 2011. AbuZayd debriefs
us on the commission’s latest report and discusses her
experiences working for the United Nations on behalf of
displaced people in other conflict zones, from Gaza to
Sarajevo and Sudan.
CENTER FOR THE ARTS
While recent allegations of corruption have tainted FIFA
World Cup, soccer – the “beautiful game” – is a truly global
sport that has long inspired its countless devoted fans. In
the hands of arts activist, spoken word artist, and librettist
Marc Bamuthi Joseph, soccer becomes a site for exploring the ecology of egalitarianism across cultures. From his
travels to leagues in the United States and soccer capitals
in places like Brazil and South Africa, Bamuthi comes to
CHF to perform excerpts from and discuss /peh- LO tah/,
his new work that layers poetic text, movement,
images, and music into a fresh theatrical form based on
hip-hop aesthetics.
$9
$12
$5
You may also enjoy Chris Abani
(202), Wendell Pierce’s New
Orleans (609), and Jeff Chang
on Hip-Hop, Culture & Social
Change (610).
This program is presented in partnership with and as part of a
residency at the Richard and Mary L. Gray Center for Arts and
Inquiry at the University of Chicago.
Passing in White America
Karla Scherer Endowed Lecture Series for
the University of Chicago
SUN, OCT 25
5:30–6:30 PM
CENTER FOR THE ARTS
$9
$12
Anthony McGill. Photo: David Finlayson
This program is generously underwritten by longstanding supporters
Bill and Penny Obenshain and is presented in partnership with the
Institute of Politics at the University of Chicago.
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$5
You may also enjoy Slavery on
Screen (209), From the Bullet
to the Ballot (305), and Eric
Foner (500).
“Passing . . . is itself as fluid, complex, and
contradictory as our ideas of race.” – The Boston Globe
Between the 18th and 20th centuries, countless African
Americans passed as white, leaving behind families, friends,
and community. It was, as Stanford historian Allyson
Hobbs writes, a chosen exile, a separation from one racial
identity and a leap into another. Her work explores the way
this racial indeterminacy offered an escape from slavery
in the antebellum South and helped defy Jim Crow. But in
looking back at both American history and the story of her
own family, Hobbs also uncovers the terrible grief, loneliness, and isolation of passing, and the ways it continues to
influence our thinking about racial identity and politics.
This program is presented as part of the annual Karla Scherer
Endowed Lecture Series for the University of Chicago and is
presented in partnership with the Stanford Humanities Center.
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Anthony McGill: An Evening of Performance
and Conversation
The Allstate Program
SUN, OCT 25
7–8 PM
“McGill has almost ludicrously fluid command.”
– The Philadelphia Inquirer
CENTER FOR THE ARTS
PERFORMANCE HALL
$12
$15
$10
You may also enjoy Champian
Fulton (212), Wozzeck (410),
and Elvis Costello (703).
Born and raised on Chicago’s South Side, Anthony McGill
has carved out a stellar career in classical music. He is
equally recognized as an orchestra musician, a chamber
musician, soloist, and teacher. Recently appointed principal clarinet of the New York Philharmonic after a decade
with the Metropolitan Opera, he’s also one of just a few
African American musicians to hold such a position (his
brother, Demarre, happens to be another). McGill returns
home to perform and discuss his career – from his solo
performance at Carnegie Hall to his gig of a lifetime playing President Obama’s 2009 inauguration – his family, and
the state of diversity in classical music.
This program is generously underwritten by Allstate Insurance Company.
Tuesday, October 27 –
Friday, October 30
27–30
Oct
2 7
O ctober
– 3 0
Aasif Mandvi
Tuesday, October 27–Friday, October 30
400
402
Sanford Biggers
TUE, OCT 27
7:30–8:30 PM
Artist Sanford Biggers uses a multimedia approach
(film, video, installation, performance, and music) to bring
together iconic images from hip-hop, Buddhism, AfricanAmerican ethnography, and Americana. The results
broaden and complicate our understandings of history
and media, from the figure of Harriet Tubman to the war
in Iraq. Biggers will discuss the role of improvisation and
experimentation in his efforts to create civic engagement
through art.
Raj Chetty
Richard J. Franke Lecture in Economics
TUE, OCT 27
5:30–6:30 PM
NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY
SCHOOL OF LAW
THORNE AUDITORIUM
$15
$20
$10
You may also enjoy Enchanted
Americans (407), Danielle Allen
(808), and Gaby Pacheco (910).
401
TUE, OCT 27
6–7:30 PM
MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY
ART CHICAGO
CAFÉ
FREE
This program, along with
museum admission, is free to
Illinois residents.
Spokaoke will also take place
on Wednesday, October 28 at
Haymarket Pub & Brewery. For
more details, see program 405.
You may also enjoy From
the Bullet to the Ballot (305),
Wendell Pierce’s New Orleans
(609), and Jeff Chang on HipHop, Culture & Social Change
(610).
Equality of opportunity – our country enshrines this
idea. But how do you measure it? How do you really know
if such equality exists? Raj Chetty, a MacArthur Fellow
and a professor of economics at Harvard, has undertaken
a hugely influential study of this question. Sometimes
called the “most cited economist in the world,” Chetty will
demonstrate how empirical evidence can help give our
most vulnerable citizens better chances of succeeding.
This annual lecture recognizes the significant contributions to the
Chicago Humanities Festival made by its founder and chairman
emeritus Richard J. Franke.
ART CHICAGO
EDLIS NEESON THEATER
$8
$10
$6
City (306), Manual Cinema
(709), and Stitching a Citizen
(906).
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This program is presented in partnership with the Museum of
Contemporary Art as part of the current exhibition The Freedom
Principle: Experiments in Art and Music, 1965 to Now.
Spokaoke
“A treat for the culture maven.” – New York Theatre Review
You have probably had a fling or two with karaoke. But
have you ever experienced the joys of “Spokaoke”?
Artist Annie Dorsen brings her participatory event to
Chicago, inviting people to perform iconic political
speeches, from Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s “I Have a
Dream” to Sojourner Truth’s “Ain’t I a Woman?” and
Ronald Reagan’s “Tear Down this Wall!” By putting
important texts, both familiar and long forgotten, back to
back, Dorsen explores the connections among disparate
political moments and creates a new understanding of
the power of oratory, the politics of performance, and the
performance of politics. So come on festivalgoers – step
up to the microphone and have some fun!
Contemporary Art Chicago.
403
House of Cards
Doris Conant Lecture on Women and Culture
TUE, OCT 27
7:30–8:30 PM
SCHOOL OF LAW
THORNE AUDITORIUM
$9
$12
$5
Mandvi (411), A Presidency
in Pictures (602), and Patton
Oswalt (819).
Feeling cynical, angry, or deeply disturbed by congressional stalemates and the overall state of American electoral
politics? House of Cards is both the confirmation and
antidote you’re looking for! Three seasons in, viewers cannot get enough of the murderous machinations of Frank
and Claire Underwood, the power couple who perfectly
combine Machiavellian tactics with Macbeth-level drama.
In her third year on the writing staff of the Netflix series,
playwright and executive story editor Laura Eason has a
hand in crafting those deliciously twisted narratives. The
Evanston-born Northwestern alumna and former artistic
director of Lookingglass Theatre talks with CHF Associate
Artistic Director Alison Cuddy about writing off-Broadway and online.
This annual lecture is supported by the Doris Conant Endowment
for Programs on Women and Culture and is presented in partnership
with Northwestern University School of Communication’s MFA in
Writing for Screen+Stage.
404
An Even ng w th
Sarah Vowell
David Hartt and Sam Prekop:
Artists and Cities
Richard Gray Visual Art Series
WED, OCT 28
7–8 PM
THE ARTS CLUB OF CHICAGO
$9
$12
$5
Charter Humanists must RSVP
for this program by calling
312-494-9509.
You may also enjoy Sanford
Biggers (402), Amanda
Williams and the Anti-Eviction
Campaign (950),
and Soundscapes (951).
What do Athens, Greece, and Detroit, Michigan, have in
common? In the current moment both cities symbolize
profound failure – the near complete collapse of economic
and political systems. In his video installation The Republic,
David Hartt looks beyond the contemporary rhetoric
of ruin enshrouding each city to earlier moments, when
ambitious planners laid out visions of renewal that invited
new futures and new forms of citizenship. Hartt’s collaborator, Chicago musician Sam Prekop (of the band The Sea
and Cake), joins him for this screening with live musical
accompaniment, followed by conversation.
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This program is part of a three-month Richard Gray Visual Art
Series presented in partnership with The Arts Club of Chicago. The
annual Richard Gray Visual Art Series recognizes a significant
gift from founding CHF board member and distinguished art dealer
Richard Gray.
Spokaoke
WED, OCT 28
8:30–10 PM
DOORS AT 7:30 PM
See program 401 for more information.
HAYMARKET PUB & BREWERY
DRINKING & WRITING THEATER
$10
$10
Photo: Bennett Miller
405
“[Vowell] is patriot and rebel, cynic and
dreamer, an aching secularist in search
of a higher ground.”
$10
– The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Admission includes one pint of
a select Haymarket beer.
Spokaoke will also take place
on Tuesday, October 27, at the
MCA. For more details, see
program 401.
You may also enjoy Sarah
Vowell (406), Politics & the
Beer Biz with Tony Magee (702),
and Artists as Activists (809).
406
THU, OCT 29
6–7 PM
ART INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO
RUBLOFF AUDITORIUM
$32
$38
$32
Ticket purchase includes a copy
of Lafayette in the Somewhat
United States.
Mandvi (411), Wendell Pierce’s
New Orleans (609), and WBEZ:
Year in Review (706).
Sarah Vowell’s irreverent and hilarious explorations into
American history and politics have won her a large and
devoted readership. A regular guest on The Daily Show with
Jon Stewart, and author of such favorites as Assassination
Vacation, The Partly Cloudy Patriot, and The Wordy
Shipmates, Vowell will discuss her new book, Lafayette in
the Somewhat United States, a lively and insightful portrait
of Revolutionary War hero Marquis de Lafayette.
This program is presented in partntership with the School of
the Art Institute of Chicago’s Visiting Artists Program and its
Distinguished Alumni Lecture Series.
407
409
Enchanted Americans
Karla Scherer Endowed Lecture Series for the
THU, OCT 29
6–7 PM
SCHOOL OF LAW
THORNE AUDITORIUM
$9
$12
$5
You may also enjoy Raj Chetty
(400), Eric Liu (510), and
Living Deliberately in the 21st
Century (811).
University of Chicago political scientist Eric Oliver argues
that the United States is an enchanted land. It’s not that
we live among witches, fairies, and ogres. Rather we’re
under the spell of our own “magical thinking.” Whether we
fear genetically modified foods or believe in angels, people
across the political spectrum are willing to attribute causality to unseen forces. Oliver explores the various phenomena
that lurk behind our anti-scientific thinking, as well as the
ways those perceptions inform – and distort – our understanding of politics.
Citizenship and Politics in Greece –
Ancient and Modern
THU, OCT 29
7–8:45 PM
NATIONAL HELLENIC MUSEUM
$12
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$15
$10
This program includes light
refreshments, wine, and access
to museum exhibitions.
Wright (304), The Tragedy of
Syria (308), and Danielle Allen
(808).
The ancient Greek polis served as a laboratory for Western
ideals of democracy. Today Greece is still a testing ground
for the complexities of sovereign status in the greater
Europe. Moral philosopher Martha Nussbaum will
discuss what remains powerful in the ancient example.
Then Ambassador Ioannis Vrailas, deputy head of the
delegation of the European Union to the UN and a Greek
national, will join us for a conversation about our contemporary moment.
This program is presented in partnership with the National Hellenic
Museum.
Endowed Lecture Series for the University of Chicago.
410
Photo from Nixonland by Rick Perlstein
Wozzeck, A Conversation with Sir David
McVicar
FRI, OCT 30
6–7 PM
SCHOOL OF LAW
THORNE AUDITORIUM
$15
$20
$10
Fulton (212), Anthony McGill
(311), and Four Women (700).
Alban Berg’s classic opera Wozzeck still has the power
to take your breath away. Sir David McVicar brings a
new creative vision to the Lyric Opera of Chicago this
November. Wozzeck has long been treated as an expressionist masterpiece, but McVicar and the extraordinary
team at the Lyric have put the opera back in its context –
as a product and expression of the political chaos and
despair following World War I. McVicar and Lyric’s general
director, Anthony Freud, will provide a preview of this
powerful interpretation.
This program is presented in partnership with Lyric Unlimited.
408
Chronicling Conservatism
THU, OCT 29
8–9 PM
SCHOOL OF LAW
THORNE AUDITORIUM
$9
$12
$5
Wright (304), House of Cards
(403), and Politics & the Beer
Biz with Tony Magee (702).
“Rick Perlstein is becoming an American institution. . .”
– The New Republic
The renowned chronicler of conservatism, Rick Perlstein,
author of Before the Storm and Nixonland, turns his attention to Ronald Reagan. In his newest book, The Invisible
Bridge: The Fall of Nixon and the Rise of Reagan, Perlstein
argues that a skeptical and suspicious American public
proved surprisingly fertile ground for the advance of a new
political Right. Perlstein will detail Reagan’s ascent from
aspiring actor to conservative icon.
411
Aasif Mandvi: No Land’s Man
Elaine and Roger Haydock Humor Series
FRI, OCT 30
8–9:15 PM
SCHOOL OF LAW
THORNE AUDITORIUM
$20
$25
$12
This program is included in the
Shortlist package for young
professionals. See page 4.
You may also enjoy Ta-Nehisi
Coates (208), Sarah Vowell
(406), and Patton Oswalt (819).
Of the many smart, satirical, and laugh-out-loud delights
of The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, one of the most
reliable was former contributor Aasif Mandvi, America’s
favorite Muslim/Indian/Arab/Brown/Doctor correspondent. The comedian and author of No Land’s Man will share
his singular brand of humor and his perspective as an
Indo-American-British actor who is still creating, through
humor, a place to belong.
This program is generously underwritten by Elaine and
Roger Haydock.
Oct
31
Claudia Rankine. Photo: John Lucas
Sat
O ctober
31
Sat
500
Revisiting the Underground Railroad
John W. and Jeanne M. Rowe Program
SAT, OCT 31
10–11 AM
SCHOOL OF LAW
THORNE AUDITORIUM
$9
$12
$5
Screen (209), Passing in
White America (309), and
About Face (509).
“Illuminating . . . an invaluable addition
to our history.” – The New York Times Book Review
Eric Foner is one of the most influential American
historians writing today and author of landmark books on
freedom, slavery, and politics, including his 2011 Pulitzer
Prize–winning The Fiery Trial: Abraham Lincoln and
American Slavery. Now he’s turned his attention to the
Underground Railroad in Gateway to Freedom. Through
previously unknown documents, Foner sheds new light on
how this covert network actually operated and uncovers
some of the key figures who risked their lives to ferry
thousands of slaves to freedom. Join him as he recounts
the story of the courageous effort to fight slavery, person
by person.
502
Citizens Under Surveillance
SAT, OCT 31
10:30–11:30 AM
FOURTH PRESBYTERIAN
CHURCH OF CHICAGO
BUCHANAN CHAPEL AT
THE GRATZ CENTER
$9
$12
$5
Lessig (204), Media Against
Fascism (307), and Big Data &
The Algorithmic Citizen (604).
This program is generously underwritten by
John W. and Jeanne M. Rowe.
501
Why You Can’t Teach United States History
without American Indians
SAT, OCT 31
10–11 AM
THE NEWBERRY LIBRARY
RUGGLES HALL
$9
$12
$5
Screen (209), Citizenship &
Politics in Greece (409), and
Democratic Practice (608).
The sovereignty of the United States emerged amid violent
conflict with native peoples, and their prior claim to sovereign status. This history is acknowledged – only American
Indian reservations have sovereignty within US borders –
but centuries of denial have rendered it nearly invisible.
One of our country’s leading scholars of indigenous rights,
Jean O’Brien, explores conflicts over sovereignty in North
America, and the racial struggles that persist within them.
This program is presented in partnership with the Karla Scherer
Center for the Study of American Culture at the University of
Chicago, The Newberry Library, and the Institute for Advanced
Study at the University of Minnesota.
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“Dragnet Nation moves right to the top of the list of
books we should all read about privacy.” – Salon
What might a transcript of your Google searches from
the past reveal about you? While ubiquitous surveillance
is a relatively new phenomenon, we now carry tracking
devices in our pockets, and corporations and the government unabashedly sweep up vast amounts of our personal
information. In Dragnet Nation, Pulitzer Prize–winning
investigative journalist Julia Angwin details her failed
attempt to keep her data private. At a time when privacy
has become a luxury good, Angwin provides a sobering
reflection on the extent – and potential implications – of
this new normal.
503
Rae Armantrout
SAT, OCT 31
10:30–11:30 AM
For many of us, poetry is an antidote to the modern world.
And few poets cut through the chatter with such verve
and wit as Rae Armantrout. Armantrout was a founding
member of the L=A=N=G=U=A=G=E movement, a group
of poets that emerged from the late-1960s San Francisco
scene. Since then she’s continued to woo readers, fellow
poets, and critics alike – winning both the Pulitzer and
National Book Critics Circle Award for her book Versed.
Now she visits Chicago to celebrate her latest volume, Itself.
POETRY FOUNDATION
$9
$12
$5
with Laird Hunt (303), Claudia
Rankine (508), and Bodies at
the Center (817).
This program is presented in partnership with the Poetry Foundation.
506
School Choice?
SAT, OCT 31
12:30–1:30 PM
FOURTH PRESBYTERIAN
CHURCH OF CHICAGO
BUCHANAN CHAPEL AT THE
GRATZ CENTER
$9
504
Geoffrey Stone: Sexing the Constitution
Karla Scherer Endowed Lecture Series
for the University of Chicago
SAT, OCT 31
12–1 PM
SCHOOL OF LAW
THORNE AUDITORIUM
$9
$12
$5
You may also enjoy Julia
Angwin (502), The Day After
D-Day (511), and Madison’s
Music (603).
A Festival perennial – and favorite – returns with a look at
how and when the Supreme Court of the United States has
weighed in on what happens in the privacy of our bedrooms.
Starting with the court’s recent decision on same-sex
marriage and moving back to review cases involving contraception and reproduction, leading constitutional scholar
and University of Chicago professor Geoffrey Stone considers how the court has come to see issues related to
sex as constitutional rights.
505
The Myth of Seneca Falls
SAT, OCT 31
12–1 PM
RUGGLES HALL
$9
$12
$5
You may also enjoy Rocket Girls
(205), About Face (509), and
Roxane Gay (708).
“This provocative work challenges the standard
narrative of the history of the women’s
rights movement.” – Library Journal
It is hard to imagine an event more central in American
women’s history than the 1848 meeting at Seneca Falls
in upstate New York, which is widely hailed as the first
convention on women’s rights and the birthplace of US
feminism. But according to historian Lisa Tetrault, this
origin story was created and popularized well after the
fact by Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton in
an effort to shape the evolving women’s rights movement. Tetrault’s lively program will explore the myths and
realities of the women’s movement in America.
Chicago, The Newberry Library, and the Humanities Center at
Carnegie Mellon University.
$12
$5
You may also enjoy
Transforming Our Schools
(203), Raj Chetty (400), and
The Civics Empowerment Gap
(607).
507
POETRY FOUNDATION
$12
Chicago’s elite public schools are the best in the state, but
some of its neighborhood schools are the worst in the
nation. CPS administrators say that parents have a choice,
but do they really? Award-winning writer and sociologist
Mary Pattillo interviewed more than 70 Chicago families
to explore how school choice impacts their experiences
within the public education system.
Enacting Justice: Legal Performance in
the Civil Rights Era
SAT, OCT 31
12:30–1:30 PM
$9
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$5
You may also enjoy Artists
as Activists (809), Living
Deliberately in the 21st Century
(811), and Bodies at the Center
(817).
Paige McGinley studies performance – how our ways of
making meaning in the world are fundamentally tied to
gesture, movement, and embodiment. Author of a study on
blues performance from tent shows to tourism, McGinley
has now turned her eye to the role of performance – in
courtrooms, nonviolent protests, and theaters – during
the long battle for civil rights for African Americans. This
crucial period in our nation’s history looks new, and newly
powerful, through McGinley’s lens.
The program is presented in partnership with Center for the
Humanities at Washington University in St. Louis.
Claudia Rankine. Photo: John Lucas
510
Citizen University: Eric Liu
Robert R. McCormick Foundation Lecture
SAT, OCT 31
2:30–3:30 PM
FOURTH PRESBYTERIAN
CHURCH OF CHICAGO
GRATZ CENTER
$15
508
Claudia Rankine: An American Lyric
National Endowment for the Humanities 50th
Anniversary Program
SAT, OCT 31
2–3 PM
SCHOOL OF LAW
THORNE AUDITORIUM
$9
$12
$5
Biggers (402), Claudia Rankine:
Poetry in Performance (516),
and Artists as Activists (809).
$20
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$10
You may also enjoy Walter
Isaacson (100), The Civics
Empowerment Gap (607), and
#justice (919).
“What we should celebrate more than diversity is
what we do with it.” – Eric Liu
Eric Liu wants us to find our civic voice, and he’s pushing
us to look beyond the ballot box. The founder and CEO of
Citizen University, an organization dedicated to fostering a
stronger culture of citizenship, Liu explores the broad field
of civic participation – politics, business, arts and culture,
technology, and beyond. Liu has explored transcultural
experience as a first-generation American in A Chinaman’s
Chance and The Accidental Asian: Notes of a Native Speaker.
He is a veteran of the Clinton White House, a regular contributor to CNN, and a prominent voice in contemporary
debates about how America can reimagine its civic ideals.
This program recognizes the generous support of the Robert
R. McCormick Foundation to the Chicago Humanities Festival.
Claudia Rankine’s Citizen is an indictment of our times.
Using a poetic frame, she uncovers an insidious racism
embedded in the everyday – from Main Street USA to the
lecture halls of the Ivory Tower. An offhand comment or
a helpful call from a neighbor can carry ominous weight,
as Rankine’s observations move from bewilderment to
disappointment to quiet ire. Citizen is a true revelation – it
leaves its readers unsettled, moved, and changed with
every page.
This program is presented in partnership with the National
Endowment for the Humanities, the Poetry Foundation, Illinois
Humanities, and the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago.
509
About Face
SAT, OCT 31
2–3 PM
Across the 20th century, a great migration of a different
sort occurred in US book history: author portraits moved
from inside a book’s frontispiece to the outer dust jacket.
Yale literary scholar Jacqueline Goldsby argues that this
seemingly simple move speaks volumes. Based on archival
research of black rare books in the 1940s and 1950s, she’ll
discuss how the aesthetics of mid-century book design and
author portraiture not only revitalized black readership
and authorship, but also challenged the prevailing politics
of Jim Crow segregation.
RUGGLES HALL
$9
$12
$5
You may also enjoy Marc
Bamuthi Joseph (310), Eric
Foner (500), and Four Women
(700).
Chicago and The Newberry Library.
511
The Day After D-Day
SAT, OCT 31
2:30–3:30 PM
The story of D-Day is well known, but less frequently told
is the French side of the story. In her award-winning book,
What Soldiers Do: Sex and the American GI in World War II
France, Mary Louise Roberts provides a rich, nuanced
picture of the interaction among Allied soldiers and
French civilians in World War II and its aftermath. Hear
this historian elucidate a story you thought you already
knew, and learn about the sometimes surprising responses
to her findings.
POETRY FOUNDATION
$9
$12
$5
You may also enjoy Eric Foner
(500), The Myth of Seneca Falls
(505), and Timothy Snyder
(812).
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.
512
So You’ve Been Publicly Shamed
SAT, OCT 31
4–5 PM
“A fresh, big-hearted take on an important and
timely topic.” – National Public Radio
SCHOOL OF LAW
THORNE AUDITORIUM
$9
$12
$5
Vowell (406), Selfish, Shallow
& Self-Absorbed (801), and
Office Space (816).
513
“[Marlon James] is a virtuoso.” – The New York Times Book Review
FOURTH PRESBYTERIAN
CHURCH OF CHICAGO
GRATZ CENTER
$12
$5
You may also enjoy Chris Abani
(202), House of Cards (403),
and The Seldoms: RockCitizen
(918).
514
POETRY FOUNDATION
$12
Marlon James is at the forefront of a new generation of
Caribbean writers. The author of such critically acclaimed
novels as John Crow’s Devil and The Book of Night Women,
James’s latest returns us to his lush, tumultuous homeland. Using the assassination attempt on Bob Marley as an
anchor, A Brief History of Seven Killings explores the Cold
War and gangster politics of 1970s Jamaica. At the heart
of all of James’s work is a fertile historical imagination.
Join him for a conversation on his fictional characters and
writerly motivations.
Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark:
Audrey Niffenegger
SAT, OCT 31
4:30–5:30 PM
$9
Modern-day shaming is an intense, and – thanks to the
internet – lightning-fast form of social control. In his new
book, So You’ve Been Publicly Shamed, the Welsh journalist
and humorist Jon Ronson winds his way through a recent
who’s who of social media pariahs, whose impromptu
postings and photos led to personal humiliation and professional downfall. Ronson, who was himself impersonated
by a Twitter spambot, will explore why shaming, once
abolished as public punishment, has returned, and the
demoralizing effect of the online pile-on version of citizen
justice for the shamed and shamers alike.
Marlon James: A Brief History of
Seven Killings
SAT, OCT 31
4:30–5:30 PM
$9
41
$5
with Laird Hunt (303), House
of Cards (403), and Daniel
Alarcón (922).
October 31 wouldn’t be complete without a haunting or
two. Chicago’s own Audrey Niffenegger delivers the
ghoulish goods with her new collection, Ghostly. From
Edgar Allan Poe to Kelly Link, M. R. James to Neil Gaiman,
Niffenegger’s selections reveal the evolution of the ghost
story with tales going back to the 19th century and into the
modern era.
515
Maria Hinojosa
SAT, OCT 31
6–7 PM
As the host and executive producer of NPR’s Latino USA,
Maria Hinojosa has had a significant vantage point on
the issues and concerns of Latinos, the fastest growing
segment in the United States. Her reporting on issues
from immigration to poverty and gender inequity have
earned her countless awards, including four Emmys, and
a Peabody. Born in Mexico City and raised in Chicago,
Hinojosa shares her perceptions of the role Latinos will
play in the 2016 election and in American culture over the
coming decades.
SCHOOL OF LAW
THORNE AUDITORIUM
$9
$12
$5
You may also enjoy WBEZ: Year
in Review (706), Gaby Pacheco
(910), and Illegal (912).
516
Claudia Rankine’s Citizen: Poetry in
Performance
SAT, OCT 31
7:30–9 PM
ART CHICAGO
$12
$15
$10
Coates (208), David Hartt &
Sam Prekop (404), and The
Seldoms: RockCitizen (918).
Last September, the reverberations from Michael Brown’s
death in Ferguson rippled across the country, bringing
communities together in disbelief, grief, and outrage.
These voices were soon amplified by a powerful poetic
force: Claudia Rankine. As the country continues to reel
from unending stories of police brutality and violence,
hip-hop historian Jeff Chang (Can’t Stop Won’t Stop), jazz
musician David Boykin, sound artist Christine Hume,
scholar Lauren Berlant, poet Roger Reeves, and others,
join Rankine for a performance that reflects on race in
America today.
Contemporary Art Chicago and the Poetry Foundation.
Sunday, November 1
1
Educating
for Character
and Citizenship
since 1901
Middle School Open House
for students entering 6th–8th Grades
Saturday, October 24 | 1 p.m.
Upper School Open House
for students entering 9th–12th Grades
Saturday, November 21 | 10 a.m.
Register online at
fwparker.org/openhouse
Nightviews presents
Beverly Daniel Tatum
Race Relations Expert and President of Spelman College
Tuesday, December 15 | 7 p.m.
18th Annual Francine C. Rosenberg Lecturer
Dr. Bruce Perry
Senior Fellow of the ChildTrauma Academy and
author of Born for Love: Why Empathy Is Essential—
and Endangered
Tuesday, April 19 | 7:30 p.m.
Robert A. Pritzker Visiting
Scientist•Inventor•Engineer in Residence
Fall 2015
The Jeanne Harris Hansell Endowed Poet
Spring 2016
More online at
fwparker.org/nightviews
Wendell Pierce. Photo: Sean Hagwell
2015–16 Admission Events
2015-16 Nightviews Events
Nov
Sun
November
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Sun
Sunday, November 1
Capturing the Hive
SUN, NOV 1
11 AM–12 PM
It’s hard to imagine springtime without bees buzzing in the
blossoms. Yet, for the past decade, this reassuring signal to
winter’s end has been in jeopardy. Biologist turned photographer Anand Varma seeks to promote understanding of
the factors involved in this devastating loss and to translate
complex scientific research for the general public. His
stunning photos in National Geographic and films capture
in colorful, breathtaking clarity the demise of this crucial
contributor. Accompany him for a visual journey – and
important conversation – through the challenges that bees
are facing.
RUBLOFF AUDITORIUM
$9
$12
$5
You may also enjoy Rocket Girls
(205), A Presidency in Pictures
(602), and #justice (919).
A student matinee featuring Anand Varma is generously underwritten
by Baxter International and Lorraine and Jay Jaffe.
Photo: Pete Souza
600
602
A Presidency in Pictures
SUN, NOV 1
1–2 PM
Washington Crossing the Delaware by Emanuel Leutze
RUBLOFF AUDITORIUM
$9
$12
$5
You may also enjoy Capturing
the Hive (600), Big Data & The
Algorithmic Citizen (604), and
#justice (919).
601
FULLERTON AUDITORIUM
$9
$12
$5
You may also enjoy Richard
Sennett (201), Democratic
Practice (608), and The Legacy
of Jane Addams (802)
Images and artworks can stake a political claim – contesting,
reinforcing, or questioning our models of civic participation. One of the leading historians of American art today,
Wendy Bellion has long focused on the political dimension
of our artistic heritage, from canvases that invite participation to rituals of protest and iconoclasm. Join Bellion as
she examines surprising links between early American art,
culture, and citizenship.
This annual lecture recognizes a generous multiyear grant 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.
The Obama White House regularly uses Flickr and other
social media sites to disseminate intimate snapshots in real
time, shifting the relationship between photography and
the broader image of a US presidency. This careful attention
to images – and the technology used to share them – has
a long political history. From Abraham Lincoln to today,
pictures of the presidency provide a compelling lens for
examining the history of the medium. Drawing on her work
in progress, The Camera Politic, Cara Finnegan of the
University of Illinois explores photography’s role in shaping
American public life and the power of its presidency.
The annual Richard Gray Visual Art Series recognizes a significant
Richard Gray. This program is presented in partnership with the
Illinois Program for Research in the Humanities at the University of
Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
Politics in American Art
Terra Foundation Series on American Art
SUN, NOV 1
11:30 AM–12:30 PM
45
603
Madison’s Music: What Does the First
Amendment Mean?
SUN, NOV 1
1:30–2:30 PM
$9
$12
$5
You may also enjoy Geoffrey
Stone: Sexing the Constitution
(504), Enacting Justice (507),
and Citizens, United? (807).
For five decades, Burt Neuborne has been one of the
nation’s premier public interest lawyers. The former legal
director of the ACLU and the founding director of the
Brennan Center for Justice at NYU, Neuborne decodes the
foundation of our civil liberties – the First Amendment.
Arguing that you can only understand James Madison’s
text if you read it as a musical composition, Neuborne
presents an important, new interpretation of the First
Amendment as less a list of protections than a vision of
democratic practice.
Sunday, November 1
Big Data and the Algorithmic Citizen
SUN, NOV 1
1:30–2:30 PM
Our citizenship now exists online. Google searches, Facebook
profiles, every purchase on Amazon or your smart phone –
all of it contributes to a composite image of us as individuals,
consumers, and citizens. John Cheney-Lippold from the
University of Michigan explains how the NSA has defined
citizenship based on the algorithms they use to trawl
through their vast data collections.
HAROLD WASHINGTON
LIBRARY CENTER
CINDY PRITZKER AUDITORIUM
$9
$12
$5
You may also enjoy Julia
Angwin (502), Jon Ronson (512),
and Citizens, United? (807)
This program is presented in partnership with the University of
Michigan’s Institute for the Humanities.
605
Jacqueline Woodson: Brown Girl Dreaming
SUN, NOV 1
2–3 PM
“This is a book full of poems that cry out to be
learned by heart.” – The New York Times
FIRST UNITED METHODIST
CHURCH AT
THE CHICAGO TEMPLE
FREE
Reservations required for all
except Charter Humanists.
You may also enjoy Claudia
Rankine (508), Marlon James
(513), and Little Girl on the
Prairie (707).
Brown Girl Dreaming, Jacqueline Woodson’s memoir-inverse, is a rich and poignant description of life as a black
child in the 1960s. But in telling her own story so powerfully, she also has painted an indelible portrait of Jim Crow
America, both in the South and the North, and resonated
with readers and critics alike. The author of more than 30
books, Woodson received the National Book Award for
Young People and the Newbery Honor for this latest work.
She takes to the CHF stage for a conversation about her life
and influences.
This program and student matinee are generously underwritten by
the American Library Association’s Office of Intellectual Freedom
and the Freedom to Read Foundation, the Lohengrin Foundation,
and the Poetry Foundation.
606
City of Design
SUN, NOV 1
3–4 PM
Rick Valicenti is a master of design practice, a passionate and articulate spokesperson for design, and winner
of the Smithsonian’s Cooper Hewitt National Design
Award. He leads initiatives that inspire change around
societal issues such as sustainable living, public safety,
and air quality. Sometimes called the “dean” of Chicago
designers, Valicenti curated CHGO DSGN, an exhibition
that showcased the work of more than 200 Chicagoans.
Come see why – and how – design is reshaping our civic
future. Valicenti will be in conversation with the Graham
Foundation’s Sarah Herda.
RUBLOFF AUDITORIUM
$9
$12
$5
You may also enjoy Richard
Sennett (201), Skyscrapers
& Race (301), and Paul
Goldberger on Frank Gehry
(810).
This program is presented in partnership with the 2015 Chicago
Photo: Pete Souza
604
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607
Spencer Foundation Lecture on Education
and Learning
SUN, NOV 1
3:30–4:30 PM
$9
$12
$5
You may also enjoy School
Choice? (506), Eric Liu (510),
and Evan Wolfson on Freedom
to Marry (704).
Many of us are familiar with the idea of an achievement
gap in education. But Meira Levinson argues that there
is an equally troubling civics gap in our schools. Even
if students are learning fundamentals such as how a bill
becomes a law, not all of them have the opportunity to see
the rights and responsibilities of citizenship in action. The
Guggenheim award-winner and Harvard scholar challenges us to think of schools as civic spaces that should
reflect our values and concerns as citizens – and what we
might do to close the civics empowerment gap.
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.
608
Democratic Practice, Opting in or Out?
SUN, NOV 1
3:30–4:30 PM
What happens when we decide to opt out of the responsibilities of citizenship? What does it mean to choose a
private option exempted from a public system – a special
line at the airport, a private school instead of a public one,
health care for one rather than for all? Brown University
political theorist Bonnie Honig examines contemporary
instances of “opting out,” asking whether these moments
are acts of resistance or forms of privilege, and investigating historical precedents from Thoreau’s refusal to pay
taxes to Antigone’s rejection of her entire community.
HAROLD WASHINGTON
LIBRARY CENTER
CINDY PRITZKER AUDITORIUM
$9
$12
$5
Lessig (204), Julia Angwin
(502), and Citizens, United?
(807).
This program is generously underwritten by Cassandra L. Book
and is presented in partnership with the Cogut Center for the
Humanities at Brown University.
Sunday, November 1
609
Wendell Pierce’s New Orleans
611
SUN, NOV 1
4–5 PM
In 2005, the country watched in horror as Hurricane
Katrina ravaged New Orleans. As the levees broke and Lake
Pontchartrain flooded the Ninth Ward, it seemed impossible that life in the Big Easy would ever be the same. For
New Orleans native Wendell Pierce, whose family has
called the city home for more than a hundred years, the
storm was especially devastating. The star of HBO’s The
Wire and Treme, Pierce wanted to contribute, through art
and music, to rebuilding the city he loved. The Wind in
the Reeds: A Storm, A Play, and the City that Would Not Be
Broken, is that story.
SUN, NOV 1
6–7 PM
CHURCH AT
THE CHICAGO TEMPLE
$15
$20
$10
Preorder your copy of The Wind
in the Reeds for $23 through the
CHF box office for pickup at the
program. This program is included in the Shortlist package
for young professionals. See
page 4.
Democratic Cities
Richard H. Driehaus Foundation Lecture
on Architecture
$9
$12
$5
You may also enjoy The Urban
Globe (302), Sidewalk City
(306), and Dispatches from
Dystopia (901).
New Urbanism is like the town hall of democratic politics:
a mixed-used, mixed-income community whose members
find common ground just by getting out of their cars and
hanging out or walking in the streets. Yet one of the visionaries behind this way of living says democracies haven’t
been all that good at giving rise to equitable cities. Born in
Cuba, raised in Spain, and currently practicing architecture
in the United States, Andrés Duany will discuss new ideas
for city planning, including his latest passion, lean urbanism. (Hint: it involves getting bureaucracy out of the way.)
Photo from Maximum City: Bombay Lost and Found
by Suketu Mehta
Jeff Chang on Hip-Hop, Culture, and
Social Change
SUN, NOV 1
6–7 PM
RUBLOFF AUDITORIUM
$9
“The man who reinvented the city.” – The Atlantic
This program is generously underwritten by the Richard H. Driehaus
Foundation.
Bamuthi Joseph (310), Claudia
Rankine (508), and The Civics
Empowerment Gap (607).
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$12
$5
Bamuthi Joseph (310), About
Face (509), and Claudia
Rankine: Poetry in Performance
(516).
“Who We Be confirms the singular brilliance
of Jeff Chang.” – Adam Mansbach
Jeff Chang is one of the leading voices exploring the complexities of race, hip-hop, youth culture, and the arts. His
2014 book Who We Be: The Colorization of America
makes the case that in our post–civil rights movement culture drives how Americans see race. Chang tracks critical
changes in art, music, and advertising, from the iconic
1971 Coca-Cola ad “I’d like to teach the world to sing” to
the rhetoric of a “post-racial” world after the election of
Barack Obama. Chang comes to CHF to discuss the power
and limits of contemporary multiculturalism and his current work around culture and social change.
This program is presented in partnership with the School of the
Art Institute’s Master of Arts Administration and Policy, with
additional support from the Earl and Brenda Shapiro Center for
Research and Collaboration.
612
Maximum City
Anita and Prabha Sinha Program
SUN, NOV 1
6–7 PM
CHURCH AT
THE CHICAGO TEMPLE
$9
$12
$5
Globe (302), Wendell Pierce’s
New Orleans (609), and
Stitching a Citizen (906).
In Maximum City: Bombay Lost and Found, journalist
and nonfiction writer Suketu Mehta returned to his
hometown after 21 years to explore that “city in extremis,”
known now as Mumbai. Through intimate interviews and
rambling journeys, Mehta detailed the lives of Hindus
and Muslims, hit men and top cops, sex workers and
cross-dressers, and earned himself a spot as a Pulitzer
Prize finalist. Now at work on an epic tale of immigrants
in contemporary New York, Mehta comes to Chicago to
talk about migration, alienation, community, and what it
means to be an urban human being.
This program is generously underwritten by Anita and
Prabha Sinha.
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Monday, November 2 –
Friday, November 6
2–6
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all creative communities through its Cultural Collection. We proudly support the
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Elvis Costello. Photo: Mary McCartney
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Four Women:
Joseph ne, Eartha,
N na, and T na
702
The W ll am and Greta W ley Flory Concert
Politics and the Business of Craft Beer
with Tony Magee
TUE, NOV 3
6–7 PM
FRANCIS W. PARKER SCHOOL
DIANE AND DAVID B HELLER
AUDITORIUM
$9
53
$12
$5
You may also enjoy Yotam
Ottolenghi (211), Spokaoke
(401/405), and Elvis Costello
(703).
This year Forbes magazine declared craft breweries
“America’s hottest start-up.” But it didn’t come easy. The
independents wrestled with Prohibition-era legislation and a
distribution system tilted toward “big beer.” One of the major
players in the explosion of fancy suds is Tony Magee of
Lagunitas Brewing. Magee started his brewery in Petaluma,
California, back in the 1990s, opened a Chicago brewery
and taproom last summer, and will open a third brewery
in Azusa, California, in 2017. The Arlington Heights native
is considered an iconoclast among brewers, known for
his championing of legal pot and small government. Join
Magee for a fascinating conversation about the political
realities of craft beer.
This program is presented in partnership with the Chicago Reader.
703
Elvis Costello
TUE, NOV 3
8–9:30 PM
With his trademark black-rimmed glasses and unrelentingly diverse musicality, Elvis Costello has been shaping
our collective songbook for the past 40 years. Now he
gives us the ultimate behind-the-music story, his memoir. Unfaithful Music and Disappearing Ink takes us from
Costello’s younger days in London and Liverpool as the
child of a jazz musician through his prolific career to his
current status as a veteran rock icon. Alison Cuddy,
CHF’s associate artistic director and former WBEZ 91.5
host joins him in conversation.
AUDITORIUM
$15
$20
$10
Preorder your copy of
Unfaithful Music and
Disappearing Ink for $23
From left to right: Josephine Baker, Eartha Kitt, Nina Simone, Tina Turner
700/701
MON, NOV 2
6–7:15 PM & 8:30–9:45 PM
AUDITORIUM
$20
$25
$12
Fulton (212), Anthony McGill
(311), and Alan Lomax, Citizen
Folklorist (705).
Rob Lindley and Doug Peck, the team behind A Night
at the Oscars and Birds Do It, Bees Do It . . . , bring us
an evening exploring the lives and music of four iconic
expatriates. Josephine Baker, Eartha Kitt, Nina Simone,
and Tina Turner felt compelled to journey far from home
to realize their artistic and personal dreams. This onenight-only event, hosted by Lili-Anne Brown, will feature
CHF favorites and music and theater legends including
E. Faye Butler, Lynne Jordan, Dee Alexander, Bethany
Thomas, and more. Uncover the deep and complicated
histories behind beloved songs like “Ne Me Quitte Pas,”
“Mississippi Goddam,” “River Deep – Mountain High,”
“Private Dancer,” and “I Want to Be Evil.”
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.
You may also enjoy Four
Women (700), Alan Lomax,
Nigella Lawson (900).
This program is presented in partnership with the Chicago Reader.
704
706
Evan Wolfson on Freedom to Marry
Southwest Airlines Program
WED, NOV 4
6–7 PM
“One of the 100 most influential people.” – TIME
AUDITORIUM
$9
$12
$5
You may also enjoy From
the Bullet to the Ballot (305),
(408), and Geoffrey Stone:
Sexing the Constitution (504).
For more than a quarter of a century, Evan Wolfson has
been a tireless advocate for gay rights. In 2001, Wolfson
formed Freedom to Marry, a driving agent in one of the
most astonishing transformations of attitudes toward civil
rights in our nation’s history. Wolfson offers his front-andcenter view of this struggle, its dark moments, its recent
victories, and the work that lies ahead.
This program is generously underwritten by Southwest Airlines.
Year in Review: 1990
THU, NOV 5
8–10 PM
DOORS AT 7 PM
PARK WEST
$15
$20
$15
(408), and Maria Hinojosa
(515).
Photo: Alan Lomax
707
Little Girl on the Prairie
FRI, NOV 6
6–7 PM
Laura Ingalls Wilder’s Little House series has been keeping
young readers company for the past half-century. Her
stories – both gritty and charming – are a window into
the hardscrabble life of America’s frontier settlers. Last
year when the South Dakota Historical Society published
Wilder’s annotated autobiography, Pioneer Girl, fans
eagerly explored a more nuanced and adult reflection on
the homestead life, this time rife with racial tensions and
inequities. Wilder’s editor, Pamela Smith Hill, provides
new perspective on our beloved Laura. “Half-Pint” fans
won’t want to miss this program on everyone’s favorite
pioneer girl.
$9
$12
$5
You may also enjoy Rocket
Girls (205), A Reading with
Laird Hunt (303), and Selfish,
Shallow & Self-Absorbed (801).
Citizen Folklorist: Alan Lomax’s
Musical Journeys
The Stanek Endowed Music Program
WED, NOV 4
7:30–9 PM
OLD TOWN SCHOOL OF
FOLK MUSIC
GARY AND LAURA MAURER
CONCERT HALL
$20
$25
$12
You may also enjoy Four
Women (700), Elvis Costello
(703), and Mohawk Interruptus
(911).
Where were you in 1990? The United States launched
Operation Desert Storm, Aerosmith appeared on Wayne’s
World, East and West Germany reunited, Kevin Costner
danced with wolves, Nelson Mandela was released from
prison, internet pioneers wrote the first web page, and
“grunge” music exploded as Milli Vanilli imploded. Even if
you weren’t yet born, the events of 1990 have influenced
you. Six WBEZ personalities, along with six cutting-edge
storytellers and poets, will work through the year – monthby-month, one compelling tale at a time – to bring that
pivotal year alive again.
This program is presented in partnership with Chicago Public Media.
AUDITORIUM
705
55
Born one hundred years ago, Alan Lomax began his tuneful
sojourn in the 1930s when he accompanied his father on
a music documentary trip through the American South.
Recording front-porch jam sessions and work songs in
state penitentiaries, Lomax went on to bring the musical
traditions of the South into the country’s consciousness.
Lead Belly, Woody Guthrie, Muddy Waters, Jelly Roll
Morton, and many others – Lomax’s discoveries became
the canon of 20th-century American folk music. Michael J.
Kramer, professor of history at Northwestern University,
and Nathan Salsburg, the curator of Lomax’s archive,
will host a conversational and musical journey that revels
in, and reveals, some of the surprising legacies of this
legendary ethnographer.
This program is generously underwritten as part of the Stanek
Endowed Music Program series and is presented in partnership
with the Old Town School of Folk Music.
708
Roxane Gay
Ellen Stone Belic Presents:
In Her Infinite Wisdom
FRI, NOV 6
8–9 PM
AUDITORIUM
$9
$12
$5
Coates (208), Chang-rae Lee
(803), and Mohawk Interruptus
(911).
“Trailblazing.” – Salon
By all accounts, 2014 was the Year of Roxane Gay. First
came the publication of An Untamed State, her harrowing
and unforgettable novel. Next was her provocative collection of essays, Bad Feminist. Both are incontrovertible proof
that she is one of the finest cultural observers writing today,
unerringly putting her finger on the flashpoints of cultural
identity and political life. Gay covers these pressing topics
in the New York Times and many other publications. Get to
know a voice that will shape American tastes for decades to
come. Lindsay Hunter, author of Don’t Kiss Me, joins Gay
in lively conversation.
This program is generously underwritten by Ellen Stone Belic and
features an artist, writer, or other creative authority discussing her
extraordinary career.
Manuel C nema:
My Soul’s Shadow
Escuela
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Karla Scherer Endowed Ser es for the
Un vers ty of Ch cago
“This Chicago troupe [conjures]
phantoms to die for.”
– The New York Times
709
FRI, NOV 6
7:30–8:30 PM
MANA CONTEMPORARY
$20
$25
$20
312-494-9509.
You may also enjoy Rae
Armantrout (503), Escuela
(710), and The Seldoms:
RockCitizen (918).
A Manual Cinema production is a choreographic feat.
Puppeteers move seamlessly from projector to projector,
shadow puppets glide across large screens, encountering the live actors who bound between, doffing a cap
here, lighting a cigarette there, as music swells from the
orchestra. At turns moody and bittersweet, exquisite and
melancholic, their latest production embraces language
in celebration of Spanish poet Federico García Lorca. My
Soul’s Shadow is a bilingual, immersive audio-visual installation that invites audiences to encounter Lorca’s elegiac
verse anew, through projections and live, original music.
Endowed Series for the University of Chicago.
PERFORMANCE SCHEDULE
Day/Date ProgramTime
710
FRI, NOV 6
7:30–9:10 PM
ART CHICAGO
$24
$30
$24
Charter Humanists must
purchase member-priced
admission tickets for this
program. Student- and teacherprice tickets are limited in
availability.
Gessen (210), Manual Cinema
(709), and Daniel Alarcón (922).
The new play from acclaimed Chilean actor/playwright
Guillermo Calderón has its North American debut
at this year’s Festival. Escuela (School) vivisects the
conditions that drive ordinary citizens to take up arms.
Set in the 1980s during the military dictatorship of
Augusto Pinochet, a group of masked left-wing youth
undergo paramilitary training to resist the ruthless and
unyielding tactics of Chilean police forces. Using people’s
living rooms for their secret meetings, Escuela recasts
the meaning of homeschooling and reveals the troubling
activities and aspirations of a generation who asked what
democracy means when liberty and justice are denied.
In Spanish with English supertitles.
Contemporary Art Chicago.
PERFORMANCE SCHEDULE
FRI, NOV 6
709
7:30–8:30 PM
SAT, NOV 7
815
5–6 PM
SAT, NOV 7
820
7:30–8:30 PM
FRI, NOV 6
710
7:30–9:10 PM
5–6 PM
SAT, NOV 7
821
7:30–9:10 PM
7:30–8:30 PM
SUN, NOV 7
914
3–4:40 PM
SAT, NOV 8
925
7:30–9:10 PM
SUN, NOV 8
SUN, NOV 8
921
924
Saturday, November 7
7
Nov
Sat
7
Patton Oswalt
Sat
November
C t zen Art st:
Salman Rushd e
801
2015 Ch cago Tr bune L terary Award
Selfish, Shallow, and Self-Absorbed:
Meghan Daum
SAT, NOV 7
11:30 AM–12:30 PM
“Daum is a master of the bold admission.”
– Los Angeles Times
UIC FORUM
MAIN HALL C
$9
$12
$5
You may also enjoy Enchanted
Americans (407), Aasif Mandvi
(411), and Jon Ronson (512).
802
UIC FORUM
MEETING ROOM GHI
– Salman Rushdie
$9
800
SAT, NOV 7
10–11 AM
UIC FORUM
MAIN HALL AB
$15
$20
$10
Preorder your copy of Two Years
Eight Months and Twenty-Eight
Nights for $23 through the CHF
box office for pickup at the
program.
with Laird Hunt (303), Audrey
Niffenegger (514), and Changrae Lee (803).
Salman Rushdie is a global exemplar of artist as citizen.
Beloved for his brilliant fiction, Rushdie has helped define
the literary canon with his classics Midnight’s Children and
Shame. Author most recently of Two Years Eight Months
and Twenty-Eight Nights, he embodies the power and
reverberations of the written word – personally and politically – more clearly than any living writer. In response
to Rushdie’s novel The Satanic Verses, the Ayatollah
Khomeini issued a fatwa on the writer’s life. Living under
threat of death for years, Rushdie has emerged as an
outspoken advocate for the freedom of expression. In honoring him with its literary award, presented previously to
icons from Arthur Miller and August Wilson to Joyce Carol
Oates and Patti Smith, the Chicago Tribune recognizes not
only great literary achievement but also the transformative
power of the written word. Rushdie will be joined in conversation with Bruce Dold, editor of the Chicago Tribune
editorial page.
This program is presented in partnership with the Chicago
Tribune’s Printers Row series.
$12
Meghan Daum is at the forefront of a cadre of talented,
sharp, and witty writers responsible for today’s golden age
of creative nonfiction. Beginning with My Misspent Youth,
Daum’s wry frankness has urged her readers to confront
fraught ideas. Her critically acclaimed collection The
Unspeakable brims with such moments. Whether expressing
relief at the death of her mother or examining the personal
and social ramifications of her decision not to have children,
Daum revels in and reveals the discomforts of our human
condition. On the heels of this year’s anthology, Selfish,
Shallow, and Self-Absorbed, Daum will share her inimitable
blend of candor and provocation. Jac Jemc, author of A
Different Bed Every Time, joins her for a conversation.
The Legacy of Jane Addams and Hull-House
SAT, NOV 7
11:30 AM–12:30 PM
“Free speech is the whole thing, the whole
ball game. Free speech is life itself.”
61
$5
You may also enjoy Hull-House
Tour (804), Artists as Activists
(906).
Histories of Hull-House often recount Jane Addams’s
fervent commitment to the arts – in its galleries, theaters,
libraries, and studios. But Addams also used an artistic
language to describe settlement life as a democratic project.
Hull-House artists, reformers, and immigrants blurred the
lines between art and life and put aesthetics at the center
of their vision for a more socially just world. UIC Director
of the School of Art & Art History Lisa Yun Lee and
UC-Berkeley Associate Vice Chancellor Shannon Jackson
discuss Addams’s philosophy of art and her legacy for
current activist-artists.
This program recognizes a generous multiyear grant 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.
803
“Faced with On Such a Full Sea, I have no choice but
to ask: Who is a greater novelist than Chang-rae Lee
today?” – Los Angeles Times
UIC FORUM
MAIN HALL AB
$12
$5
James (513), Audrey
Niffenegger (514), and Salman
Rushdie (800).
Chang-rae Lee has always been preoccupied with belonging. Beginning with his debut, Native Speaker, and continuing with such extraordinary novels as The Surrendered and
A Gesture Life, he has explored the many ways one might
negotiate the borders of country, culture, and community.
With his latest, he leaves behind familiar landscapes and
creates a world from scratch. On Such a Full Sea does what
all of the best dystopic novels do – provides a space to
consider how our current choices may propel us toward an
uncertain, disheartening future. As the winner of this year’s
Chicago Tribune Heartland Award for Fiction, Lee will share
his perspective on writing and reading, and why storytelling remains a powerful tool for thinking about how we live
with others.
804/805
Jane Addams Hull-House Museum Tour
SAT, NOV 7
1–2 PM
Hull-House, Chicago’s first social settlement, established
in 1889, was not only the private home of Jane Addams
and other Hull-House residents, but also a place where
immigrants of diverse communities gathered to learn, eat,
debate, and acquire the tools necessary to put down roots
in their new country. On this hour-long tour you’ll be
introduced to the life and work of Addams and other HullHouse residents, learn about the conditions immigrants
faced in Chicago’s 19th Ward, and discover the lasting
impact of the Hull-House Settlement.
JANE ADDAMS HULL-HOUSE
MUSEUM
$5
63
Chang-rae Lee
2015 Chicago Tribune Heartland Award
for Fiction
SAT, NOV 7
12–1 PM
$9
$5
$5
All attendees, including Charter
Humanists, must RSVP for this
program by calling
312-494-9509.
Globe (302), Enacting Justice
(507), and The Legacy of Jane
Addams (802).
This program is presented in partnership with the Jane Addams
Hull-House Museum.
806
SAT, NOV 7
1:30–2:30 PM
UIC FORUM
MAIN HALL C
$9
SAT, NOV 7
804/805
1–2 PM
SAT, NOV 7
813/814
4–5 PM
$12
$5
You may also enjoy Wozzeck
(410), Wendy Bellion (601), and
Gallery Tour (909).
When the British Museum decided to loan one of the Elgin
Marbles to Russia last year, a decades-long debate over
repatriating the treasured antiquities to Athens erupted
anew. While Greek officials and others argued that the
art was improperly taken and should be returned, James
Cuno has long maintained that questions regarding
repatriation are complex and that all factors, including the
benefits of exploring the world’s artistic legacy in encyclopedic museums, should be considered in a request for the
return of antiquities. Join the president of the J. Paul Getty
Trust (and former director of the Art Institute of Chicago)
for a frank conversation about global patrimony.
Richard Gray.
807
Citizens, United?
SAT, NOV 7
1:30 AM–2:30 PM
Corporate personhood has been a hot topic since the
Supreme Court ruled on Citizens United in 2010, but it is
far from a modern invention. Henry Turner from Rutgers
University argues that history is full of alternative models
of corporations as social actors. What if the dilemma of
our time is not that we have too many corporations in our
political life, but that we have too few?
UIC FORUM
MEETING ROOM GHI
$9
TOUR SCHEDULE
Who Owns Antiquity?
$12
$5
Lessig (204), Of Machines &
Men (206), and Geoffrey Stone:
Sexing the Constitution (504).
This program is presented in partnership with the Rutgers Center
for Cultural Analysis.
808
SAT, NOV 7
2–3 PM
UIC FORUM
MAIN HALL AB
$9
$12
$5
Lessig (204), Eric Liu (510), and
(607).
65
Danielle Allen
2015 Chicago Tribune Heartland Award
for Nonfiction
810
Building Art: Paul Goldberger on Frank Gehry
SAT, NOV 7
3:30–4:30 PM
Political philosopher Danielle Allen is celebrated for her
work on justice and citizenship in both ancient Athens
and modern America. Her latest book, Our Declaration,
published just last year, is already regarded as a seminal
interpretation of the promise of American democracy.
Challenging conventional wisdom, she boldly makes the
case that the Declaration is a document as much about
political equality as about individual liberty. Combining
a personal account of teaching the Declaration of
Independence with a vivid evocation of the colonial world
between 1774 and 1777, Allen reveals the text to be an
animating force that changed the world more than two
hundred years ago and possesses the power to do so today.
UIC FORUM
MAIN HALL C
For many, Frank Gehry is considered the most important
living architect. To Chicagoans, his undulating Jay Pritzker
Pavilion in Millennium Park is at the very heart of our city.
Paul Goldberger, the New Yorker’s architecture critic and
author of Why Architecture Matters, finds that understanding Gehry’s work and personal story holds undeniable
appeal. In Building Art, Goldberger looks to the man’s
immigrant grandparents, two marriages, and even his
longtime therapist, to provide a context for his audacious
and impressive structures.
$9
$12
$5
You may also enjoy City of
Design (606), Democratic
Practice (608), and Office
Space (816).
This program is presented in partnership with the Society of
Architectural Historians.
809
Artists as Activists
SAT, NOV 7
2–4 PM
MUSEUM
RESIDENTS’ DINING HALL
$5
$5
$5
You may also enjoy Wendy
Bellion (601), Mural Walking
Tour (908), and Gaby Pacheco
(910).
CHF continues its examination of Jane Addam’s legacy of
art and activism with an in-depth, intimate conversation
with Chicago-based artists who make works of art that
intervene in social situations. Gather with Laurie Jo
Reynolds, Michael Rakowitz, Silvia I. Gonzalez, and
fellow festivalgoers in the historic Hull-House dining and
meeting room for a wide-ranging, lively conversation in
the style of settlement meetings of the past – hosted by
Lisa Yun Lee and Shannon Jackson.
This program recognizes a generous multiyear grant 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.
811
Living Deliberately in the 21st Century
SAT, NOV 7
3:30–4:30 PM
Mindfulness. Intentionality. Living deliberately. The
past decade has seen Americans embrace the contemplative approaches long practiced by Buddhists. Justin
McDaniel, religious studies professor at the University
of Pennsylvania and one of our leading scholars on
Buddhism, explores how past and present converge in
these ancient spiritual practices. As director of the Thai
Digital Monastery Project, McDaniel makes these sacred
spaces accessible to the world and trains monks to become
their cultural caretakers. The author of prizewinning
books, including The Lovelorn Ghost and the Magical Monk,
McDaniel will discuss how self-reflective practices are
changing both our communities and ourselves.
UIC FORUM
MEETING ROOM GHI
$9
$12
$5
(207), Democratic Practice
(608), and Bodies at the Center
(817).
This program is presented in partnership with the Penn Humanities
Forum.
812
67
Timothy Snyder: The Holocaust as
History and Warning
Baskes Lecture in History
SAT, NOV 7
4–5 PM
“A superb and harrowing history.” – Financial Times
UIC FORUM
MAIN HALL AB
$15
$20
$10
Wright (304), Eric Foner (500),
and James Cuno: Who Owns
Antiquity? (806).
In telling an epic history of extermination and survival
Timothy Snyder presents a new explanation of the 20th
century’s greatest atrocity, and reveals the risks that we
face in the 21st. Based on new Eastern Europe sources
and forgotten testimonies of Jewish survivors, Black
Earth recounts the mass murder of the Jews as an event
that is still close, more relevant in today’s world than
we would like to think, and thus all the more terrifying.
Groundbreaking, authoritative, and utterly absorbing,
Black Earth reveals a Holocaust that is not only history but
a warning.
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 Illinois Holocaust Museum and
Education Center.
813/814
Jane Addams Hull-House Museum Tour
SAT, NOV 7
4–5 PM
MUSEUM
815
SAT, NOV 7
5–6 PM
MANA CONTEMPORARY
Manual Cinema: My Soul’s Shadow
Karla Scherer Endowed Series for the
816
Office Space
SAT, NOV 7
5:30–6:30 PM
“Subtle and sophisticated.” – The New Yorker
UIC FORUM
MAIN HALL C
$9
$12
$5
Globe (302), Sidewalk City
(306), and Paul Goldberger on
Frank Gehry (810).
As any worker bee will tell you, the beige modularity and
low-slung fluorescent lights of today’s offices are hardly
inspiring. But Nikil Saval’s literary flair and fascinating research reveal the intrigue lurking in the spaces
where we spend our 9 to 5 lives. From the clerks in
Herman Melville’s “Bartleby, the Scrivener” to the design
of Herman Miller desk chairs, Saval’s Cubed traces the
surprising and illuminating history behind our modern
workaday existence.
This program is generously underwritten by the Graham Foundation
for Advanced Studies in the Fine Arts and is part of the 2015 Chicago
817
Bodies at the Center
SAT, NOV 7
5:30–6:30 PM
To celebrate the 25th anniversary of the Americans with
Disabilities Act, CHF commissioned an original performance with two artists who are at the heart of the
conversation – Gregg Bordowitz and Marissa Perel.
Bordowitz is a seminal artist known for exploring identity –
in video and film, including his documentary about his
identity as a gay man living with AIDS (Fast Trip, Long
Drop). For Perel, the limitations of her body are infinite
sources of inspiration for performance and poetry.
Together these two illuminate the ways in which disability
culture is allied with feminist and gay rights, exploring
what can be accomplished when shared vulnerabilities
become a tool for revolution.
UIC FORUM
MEETING ROOM GHI
$9
$12
$5
You may also enjoy Evan
Wolfson on Freedom to Marry
(704), Artists as Activists (809),
and The Seldoms: RockCitizen
(918).
This program is presented in partnership with the ADA 25 Chicago.
Bob Mankoff:
A L fe n Cartoons
819
Ela ne and Roger Haydock Humor Ser es
Patton Oswalt
Elaine and Roger Haydock Humor Series
SAT, NOV 7
8–9 PM
UIC FORUM
MAIN HALL AB
$12
69
$15
$10
Vowell (406), Aasif Mandvi
(411), and Bob Mankoff (818).
Former wedding deejay, Ratatouille voice artist, New York
Times best-selling author, and stand-up comedian, Patton
Oswalt recently outed himself as something else entirely:
a cinephile. Silver Screen Fiend details his fledgling days
in Los Angeles as a regular at the New Beverly Cinema.
From classic Hollywood flicks, to contemporary releases,
Oswalt finds on the silver screen a guide to acting, writing,
relationships, and, perhaps most importantly, comedy.
Join this sharp-witted entertainer for a conversation that
plumbs the varied inspirations that have helped him shape
21st-century humor.
This program is generously underwritten by Elaine and Roger
Haydock.
820
SAT, NOV 7
7:30–8:30 PM
818
SAT, NOV 7
6–7 PM
UIC FORUM
MAIN HALL AB
$12
$15
$10
Mandvi (411), Alan Lomax,
Patton Oswalt (819).
“Anything worth saying is worth saying funny.” So says veteran New Yorker cartoon editor Bob Mankoff. A favorite
of CHF’s Laughter Festival (2009), Mankoff returns with
a memoir in his chosen medium. In How About Never – Is
Never Good For You?: My Life in Cartoons, Mankoff traces
his love for the craft and shares why his first love –
psychology – was a perfect training ground for a life in
“graphic” humor. Enjoy an evening of hilarity and perspective on how cartoons – with a dash of psychology – help
us understand ourselves and each other.
This program is generously underwritten by Elaine and
Roger Haydock.
MANA CONTEMPORARY
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SAT, NOV 7
7:30–9:10 PM
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Simply Nigella
Tyson Foods Lecture on Food
SUN, NOV 8
10–11 AM
BENITO JUAREZ
COMMUNITY ACADEMY
AUDITORIUM
$15
$20
$10
Preorder your copy of Simply
Nigella for $28 through the
CHF box office for pickup at the
program.
You may also enjoy Yotam
Ottolenghi (211), Politics & the
Beer Biz with Tony Magee (702),
The international culinary superstar Nigella Lawson –
bestselling author and television personality – shares
delicious foods that make everyone feel better, in body and
mind. In her latest cookbook, Simply Nigella, she serves up
fast, easy breakfasts, brunch and suppers; one-pot dishes;
dairy- and gluten-free treats; a feasting chapter for group
entertaining; and comfort “Bowlfood.” Join her for a rare
Chicago appearance that will celebrate great food with
plenty of zest and zero stress, as only Nigella can. She is
joined in conversation by Alison Cuddy, CHF’s associate
artistic director and former WBEZ 91.5 host.
902
Citizen Artists: Open Studios at
Mana Contemporary
SUN, NOV 8
11:30 AM–4:30 PM
MANA CONTEMPORARY
FREE
No reservations required.
Biggers (402), Bodies at the
Center (817), and Closing Party
(923).
This program is generously underwritten by Tyson Foods, Inc.
Hacker, Hoaxer, Whistleblower, Spy
SUN, NOV 8
12–1 PM
BENITO JUAREZ
COMMUNITY ACADEMY
AUDITORIUM
$9
$12
$15
Lessig (204), Julia Angwin
(502), and #justice (919).
Dispatches from Dystopia
SUN, NOV 8
10–11 AM
Location, location, location! In Dispatches from Dystopia:
Histories of Places Not Yet Forgotten, historian Kate Brown
reinvents that old mantra – visiting a ruined mining town
in Kazakhstan; the largest environmental Superfund site
in the United States; and the industrial rustbelt of Elgin,
Illinois, to see what these communities have in common.
She finds hucksterism and hardy inhabitants who choose
to stay despite incredibly difficult circumstances. Her
examination of these desolate, seemingly ruined places and
their denizens is a provocative reflection on the places we
choose to call home.
NATIONAL MUSEUM OF
MEXICAN ART
$9
$12
$5
The Urban Globe (302), and
Sidewalk City (306).
Mana Contemporary Chicago is a rapidly expanding art
center set in a historic building in Chicago’s Pilsen neighborhood. Inside the building designed by George C. Nimmons
are a café, library, exhibition spaces, and dozens of studios –
home to artists working in painting, sculpture, photography,
film, sound, dance, and more. As part of the Festival’s Pilsen
Day, this space and individual studios will be open for exploration. Come see some special in-house projects created
in response to the theme of Citizens developed by Graffiti
Institute, High Concept Laboratories, Rodrigo Lara,
and Mana’s resident artist, Dawit L. Petros.
This program is presented in partnership with
Mana Contemporary Chicago.
903
901
73
Half a dozen years ago, anthropologist Gabriella Coleman
set out to study the rise of the worldwide movement of
hackers, pranksters, and activists who operate under the
non-name Anonymous. This was before Anonymous shot
to fame as a key player in the battles over WikiLeaks, the
Arab Spring, and Occupy Wall Street. Coleman ended up
becoming so closely connected with the group that her
own story began to unfold: her inside–outside status as
Anon confidante, interpreter, and mouthpiece. Coleman
shares the stories that became her book, Hacker, Hoaxer,
Whistleblower, Spy and provides insight into the motivations
and movements of those behind the name.
Endowed Lecture Series for the University of Chicago and is
presented in partnership with Public Books.
Sunday, November 8
Citizen Artist: Ramiro Gomez
SUN, NOV 8
12–1 PM
NATIONAL MUSEUM OF
MEXICAN ART
$9
Image from Han’s Citizenship Test Sampler.
904
$12
$5
You may also enjoy Stitching
a Citizen (906), Día de los
Muertos Tour (907), and Mural
Walking Tour (908).
Born in California’s Inland Empire to immigrant parents,
Los Angeles–based artist Ramiro Gomez saw firsthand
the struggles of new Americans, an experience that has
shaped his work. Taking David Hockney’s iconic 1960s
Southern California scenes as both starting point and
object of critique, Gomez’s paintings and sculptural
cutouts make visible the people whose largely overlooked
labor supports such upper-class idylls – the gardeners,
maids, maintenance workers, and pool boys. Gomez will
talk with CHF Emeritus Artistic Director Lawrence
Weschler and present a recent exhibition of his work at
Richard Gray. This program is presented in partnership with the
Institute for the Humanities at the University of Michigan and with
906
SUN, NOV 8
12–2 PM
MANA CONTEMPORARY
FREE
Reservations recommended
905
Borders and Islands
Centennial Program
SUN, NOV 8
12–1 PM
“One of the most exciting Dominican authors.” – NPR
CULTURA IN PILSEN
$5
75
$5
$5
You may also enjoy Claudia
Rankine (508), Maria Hinojosa
(515), and Place & Belonging
(920).
In her native Dominican Republic, Rita Indiana is known
as “La Montra” or “The Monster” for her accomplishments
as a writer, musician, and theater artist. Most recently
she’s been a vocal critic of the country where she was born
for its treatment of Haitian immigrants. Indiana comes
to CHF to talk with writer and critic Achy Obejas who
translated Indiana’s novel Papi, to discuss their shared
Caribbean and queer identities. The program will begin
with Crossing Paths, a multimedia bilingual performance by
first generation immigrant youth.
This bilingual program will offer simultaneous interpretation
into Spanish.
Community Trust and is presented in partnership with Cultura in
Pilsen, contratiempo, and the Chicago Latino Writers Initiative.
You may also enjoy Wendy
Bellion (601), Ramiro Gomez
(904), and Gallery Tour (909).
Stitching a Citizen
One of the many requirements to becoming an American
citizen is the ability to pass an exam. Chicago artist Aram
Han Sifuentes became interested in the questions on
the US Naturalization Test and what they communicate
about American ideals of citizenship. To get a conversation
started, she employs a unique educational tool: the needlework samplers popular among young women in colonial
America. Han has undertaken the project of stitching every
question on the test (and her answers) and has invited
hundreds of citizens and non-citizens alike to create
personalized samplers. Contribute to Han’s US Citizenship
Test Sampler, and receive a lesson in old-fashioned sampler
stitching!
Richard Gray.
TOUR SCHEDULE
SUN, NOV 8
906
12–2 PM
SUN, NOV 8
913
2–4 PM
Sunday, November 8
77
907
Día de los Muertos Exhibit Tour
909
Pilsen Gallery Tour
SUN, NOV 8
1:30–2:30 PM
The Day of the Dead, most strongly associated with
Mexican culture, is a time to remember those who have
passed away. Those who have recently lost a loved one
begin a series of rituals, including creating altars, decorating gravesites, and buying sugar skulls. With some
adaptations, this ancestral tradition is alive on this side of
the border. Tour the National Museum of Mexican Art’s
annual Día de los Muertos exhibition, honoring all those
newly departed through this annual celebration. Curated
by Dolores Mercado, altars, installations, popular art,
and works by more than 60 artists from both sides of the
border make up this momentous presentation.
SUN, NOV 8
1:30–3 PM
Cofounder of Cobalt Studio Antonio Martinez leads
this tour of Pilsen’s contemporary art studios and creative
spaces featuring mixed-media paintings, printmaking, photography, arts and crafts, and live performances.
NATIONAL MUSEUM OF
MEXICAN ART
$9
$12
$5
You may also enjoy Manual
Cinema (709), Mural Walking
Tour (908), and Daniel Alarcón
(922).
TOUR SCHEDULE
SUN, NOV 8
907
1:30–2:30 PM
SUN, NOV 8
915
3:30–4:30 PM
COBALT STUDIOS
$10
$15
$10
This walking tour covers a lot
of ground and will take place
rain or shine. Please be sure
to arrive in proper attire and
meet your tour guide at least 10
minutes prior to program start.
312-494-9509.
TOUR SCHEDULE
SUN, NOV 8
909
1:30–3 PM
SUN, NOV 8
917
3:30–5 PM
Biggers (402), Ramiro Gomez
(906).
908
Mural Walking Tour
910
Citizen DREAMers
SUN, NOV 8
1:30–3 PM
Follow poet, activist, and Pilsen Mural Tours guide Luis
Tubens on an exploration of public art that fights stereotypes about Latinos, combats assimilation, and celebrates
Mexican culture. This walking excursion through historic
and contemporary public art will begin with an introduction to the work of renowned Pilsen muralist Hector
Duarte and conclude with an opportunity to participate
in a public art installation, ofrenda, created by Elevarte
Community Studio for Citizens.
SUN, NOV 8
2–3 PM
In 2010, Gaby Pacheco walked 1,500 miles – from Miami
to Washington, DC – to agitate for the rights of immigrants in this country and to put pressure on the Obama
administration to stop separating families and deporting
young immigrants who might be eligible for the DREAM
Act. Now Pacheco is one of the faces of TheDream.US, a
college scholarship program focused on DREAMers. Come
hear Pacheco’s powerful story and her views on this flashpoint of debate about citizenship.
HARRISON PARK FIELDHOUSE
$10
$15
$10
This walking tour covers a lot
of ground and will take place
rain or shine. Please be sure
to arrive in proper attire and
meet your tour guide at least 10
minutes prior to program start.
312-494-9509.
You may also enjoy Ramiro
Gomez (904), Día de los
Muertos Tour (907), and
Gallery Tour (909).
TOUR SCHEDULE
SUN, NOV 8
908
1:30–3 PM
SUN, NOV 8
916
3:30–5 PM
BENITO JUAREZ
COMMUNITY ACADEMY
AUDITORIUM
$9
$12
$5
This program is included in the
Shortlist package for young
professionals. See page 4.
You may also enjoy Maria
Hinojosa (515), Mural Walking
Tour (908), and Place &
Belonging (920).
Sunday, November 8
911
Mohawk Interruptus
913
SUN, NOV 8
2–3 PM
For indigenous people across the Americas the question
of citizenship is not simple. In her latest book, Mohawk
Interruptus, Columbia University anthropologist Audra
Simpson radically challenges the way we think about
sovereignty and national belonging in the United States.
Simpson will discuss her ethnography of the Kahnawà:ke
Mohawks, a community that insists on its right to self-governance and refuses US and Canadian citizenship alike.
This powerful collection of stories reminds us that colonialism is neither a thing of the past nor a phenomenon
that only exists elsewhere.
SUN, NOV 8
2–4 PM
NATIONAL MUSEUM OF
MEXICAN ART
$9
$12
$5
You may also enjoy Jean
O’Brien (501), The Civics
Empowerment Gap (607), and
Danielle Allen (808).
This program is presented in partnership with the Heyman Center
for the Humanities at Columbia University.
912
Stitching a Citizen
MANA CONTEMPORARY
914
Escuela
SUN, NOV 8
3–4:40 PM
ART CHICAGO
Illegal
Centennial Program
SUN, NOV 8
2–3 PM
CULTURA IN PILSEN
$5
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$5
$5
You may also enjoy From the
Bullet to the Ballot (305), Maria
Hinojosa (515), and Artists as
Activists (809).
“With near-poetic language, this undocumented
immigrant from Mexico describes his years-long
journey.” – Library Journal
“My life in the shadows began some 17 years ago. It was a
hot April night in Tijuana, that border siren that lures both
migrant and tourist with promises of boundless prosperity
and unchecked lust.” José Ángel N., author of the book
Illegal: Reflections of an Undocumented Immigrant, talks
about the experience of undocumented immigrants, who
live both very much inside and at the margins of American
society. The program will begin with Crossing Paths, a
multimedia bilingual performance by first-generation
immigrant youth.
into Spanish.
915
Día de los Muertos Exhibit Tour
SUN, NOV 8
3:30–4:30 PM
NATIONAL MUSEUM OF
MEXICAN ART
916
Mural Walking Tour
SUN, NOV 8
3:30–5 PM
HARRISON PARK FIELDHOUSE
917
Pilsen Gallery Tour
SUN, NOV 8
3:30–5 PM
COBALT STUDIOS
Sunday, November 8
The Seldoms: RockC t zen
919
El zabeth A. L ebman Program
#justice
Centennial Program
SUN, NOV 8
4–5 PM
NATIONAL MUSEUM OF
MEXICAN ART
$9
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$12
$5
You may also enjoy Media
Against Fascism (307), Eric
Liu (510), and Hacker, Hoaxer,
Whistleblower, Spy (903).
Can technological tools and culture be combined for the
greater good? To what extent can we control the technology
we create and influence? Kimberly “Dr. Goddess” Ellis
and David Iberkleid are two online strategists who have
used social media and emerging technology to empower
African American and Latino communities. Champion
of “Black Twitter,” the online subculture gone viral, Dr.
Ellis (aka @DrGoddess) helped solidify Twitter as a main
source of news for African Americans and is a complex,
multilayered powerhouse. Iberkleid has designed various
platforms and apps to help underserved communities share
time-critical information with each other and combat
racial profiling by police. Come hear Ellis and Iberkleid in
conversation about their successes and challenges in using
technology to create social change.
Community Trust.
920
On Place and Belonging
Centennial Program
SUN, NOV 8
4–5 PM
CULTURA IN PILSEN
$5
$5
$5
You may also enjoy Borders and
Islands (905), Gaby Pacheco
(910), and Daniel Alarcón (922).
918
SUN, NOV 8
4–5 PM
BENITO JUAREZ
COMMUNITY ACADEMY
AUDITORIUM
$15
$20
$10
James (513), Elvis Costello
(703), and Escuela (710).
Whether or not you saw The Seldoms’s triumphant
Power Goes, you won’t want to miss the contemporary
dance theater company’s preview of their companion piece,
RockCitizen. It all started when artistic director Carrie
Hanson read The Republic of Rock, a study of 1960s counterculture by Northwestern University historian Michael
J. Kramer. Kramer chronicles how the counterculture
became a space for power; and peace, love, sex, drugs, and
rock ’n’ roll became avenues for questioning what it meant
to be a citizen. Join Kramer and Hanson for a preview performance and discussion of the counterculture’s continued
ability to unite and divide, critique and perpetuate, the
status quo.
This program is generously underwritten by Elizabeth A. Liebman.
When immigration has shaped entire neighborhoods,
the link between place and citizenship is strong. Such is
the case in Pilsen, where successive immigrant waves –
Bohemian, Croatian, German, Italian, and Mexican – have
given the neighborhood a distinctive look and feel. Now
Pilsen is experiencing a new phase of gentrification. What
does this mean for the neighborhood’s identity, language,
and culture? contratiempo magazine´s editorial director
Gerardo Cárdenas moderates a roundtable discussion on
citizenship, immigration, and gentrification with journalists, artists, and writers. The program will begin with
Crossing Paths, a multimedia bilingual performance by
first-generation immigrant youth.
into Spanish.
Sunday, November 8
921
SUN, NOV 8
5–6 PM
MANA CONTEMPORARY
922
924
MANA CONTEMPORARY
925
Escuela
SUN, NOV 8
7:30–9:10 PM
City of Clowns: Daniel Alarcón
“There’s no doubting Mr. Alarcón’s seriousness and
ambition. He is one to watch.” – The Economist
NATIONAL MUSEUM OF
MEXICAN ART
From his stunning reportage in Harper’s Magazine about
conditions in Lurigancho, Peru’s largest and most notorious penal institution, to his dark and imaginative fiction,
Daniel Alarcón has placed South American culture and
politics at the heart of his writing. City of Clowns is his
latest brilliant meditation. Created in collaboration with
artist Sheila Alvarado, this graphic novel follows Oscar
“Chino” Uribe, a young Peruvian journalist. Chino is drawn
into the haunted, fantastical world of Lima street clowns,
sad characters who populate the violent and corrupt city
streets, while he simultaneously confronts his father’s
troubling legacy.
$12
$5
You may also enjoy Azar Nafisi
(200), Audrey Niffenegger (514),
and Manual Cinema (709).
923
Closing Party
SUN, NOV 8
7–9 PM
DOORS AT 6 PM
What’s a Festival without a fiesta? Join CHF presenters,
partners, and friends as we celebrate the end of Citizens!
David Chavez of Sound Culture brings us a night of
musical entertainment at Thalia Hall, including Sones
de México, Dos Santos, and Sonorama. Calixta will
provide visual effects. Drink, eat, and make merry!
THALIA HALL
$9
$12
$5
You may also enjoy Spokaoke
(401/405), Elvis Costello (703),
and Manual Cinema (709).
SUN, NOV 8
6–7 PM
$9
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This celebration is presented in partnership with Time Out
Chicago as part of a larger Pilsen Day media sponsorship.
SUN, NOV 8
7:30–8:30 PM
ART CHICAGO
WED, NOV 18
6–7 PM
$9
$12
$5
Biggers (402), Artists and Cities
(404), and Soundscapes (951).
For a little over a year, visual artist and architect Amanda
Williams has been painting abandoned homes in a long
underdeveloped area of Englewood, using her customized
palette of colors that are culturally relevant to Chicago’s
black collective memory (Harold’s Chicken Shack, Ultra
Sheen, Currency Exchange, and Pink Oil, to name a few).
Meanwhile, Willie “J.R.” Fleming and The Anti-Eviction
Campaign were continuing the work they’d begun in 2009:
taking over, fixing up, and “moving homeless people into
the people-less homes” left in the wake of the housing
crash. Williams and Fleming will discuss the spirit and
aims of their different efforts to reclaim and repurpose
properties in their communities.
Soundscapes with Norman W. Long
951
WED, DEC 9
6–7 PM
$12
$5
Biggers (402), Artists and
Cities (404), and Amanda
Williams and the Anti-Eviction
Campaign (950).
Can the vitality of a neighborhood be determined by the
sounds it makes? Trained as a landscape architect, artist
Norman W. Long believes sounds can provide audible
evidence of a community’s health. His artistic practice
combines the ethnographic approach of Alan Lomax with
the dub and sampling techniques of contemporary electronica, electro-acoustic and hip-hop musicians, mixing
field recordings and other sounds into compositions, which
he then performs and installs in spaces ranging from art
galleries to botanical gardens. Come hear Long discuss the
ways he creates art through sound.
annual Richard Gray Visual Art Series recognizes a significant gift
from founding CHF board member and distinguished art dealer
Richard Gray.
Photo: Patrice Gilbert
annual Richard Gray Visual Art Series recognizes a significant gift
from founding CHF board member and distinguished art dealer
Richard Gray.
$9
Join us for the Chicago Humanities
Festival Benefit Evening
Amanda Williams and Willie “J.R.” Fleming of
the Anti-Eviction Campaign
950
Walter Isaacson
President and CEO of
the Aspen Institute,
in conversation with
Mellody Hobson
President of Ariel
Investments
See program 100 for
more information
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John W. and
Jeanne M. Rowe
Four Seasons Hotel
Chicago
120 East Delaware Place
Harrison I. and Lois H. Steans
Reception and Dinner
6:30–9:30 PM
Gala Committee
Co-Chairs
Tables and Tickets
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Director, Northern Trust
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R. Scott Falk, Partner,
Kirkland & Ellis LLP
Vice Chair: $25,000
Sponsor: $5,000
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$1,000
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For more information about the Benefit Evening, please call 312-553-2000
or visit chicagohumanities.org/gala.
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July 1, 2014 to June 30, 2015
$250,000 and above
$100,000–$249,999
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$50,000–$99,999
Allstate Insurance Company
The Crown Family
Kirkland & Ellis, LLP
The Dolores Kohl Education
Foundation – Morris &
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The John D. and Catherine T.
MacArthur Foundation
Northern Trust
$25,000–$49,999
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Citadel
Efroymson Family Fund
Exelon Corporation
ITW
National Endowment for
the Arts
Terra Foundation for
American Art
$15,000–$24,999
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Foundation
The Field Foundation of
Illinois
Nuveen Investments
The Spencer Foundation
Tyson Foods, Inc.
$10,000–$14,999
Abbott Laboratories
AbbVie Inc.
American Library Association’s
Office of Intellectual
Freedom and the Freedom
to Read Foundation
Aon
Bank of America Merrill Lynch
City of Chicago,
Department of Cultural
Affairs & Special Events
Chicago Tribune
Illinois Arts Council Agency
GCM Grosvenor
Joseph L. and Emily K. Gidwitz
Memorial Foundation
Karla Scherer Center for the
Study of American Culture
at the University of Chicago
UIC
$5,000–$9,999
AbelsonTaylor, Inc.
BAIRD
Patrick and Anna M. Cudahy
Fund
Graham Foundation for
Advanced Studies in the
Fine Arts
John R. Halligan Charitable
Fund
Illinois Institute of Technology
Jack and Goldie Wolfe
Miller Fund
Lohengrin Foundation
Poetry Foundation
Society of Architectural
Historians
Stearns Charitable Trust in
Memory of Virginia S. Gassel
Tawani Foundation
University of Illinois
at Urbana-Champaign,
Chancellor’s Office
University of Illinois
at Urbana-Champaign
College of Liberal
Arts and Sciences
Weinberg College of Arts
and Sciences, Northwestern
University
$2,500–$4,999
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Blair Thomas & Company
Illinois Humanities
Lake Forest College
Master of Arts in Arts
Administration and Policy at
the School of the Art
Institute of Chicago
Master of Fine Arts in Writing
at the School of the
Art Institute of Chicago
Polk Bros. Foundation
The Rhoades Foundation
School of Professional Studies,
Northwestern University
$1,000–$2,499
Arts Midwest
Franklin Philanthropic
Foundation
Lloyd A. Fry Foundation
Québec Government Office
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July 1, 2014 to June 30, 2015
‡ Includes in-kind support
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$250,000 and above
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$100,000–$249,999
Karla Scherer ∑
Martha and Scott C. Smith
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Steans
Marilynn and Carl Thoma ∑
$50,000–$99,999
Ms. Allegra E. Biery and
Mr. René Cornejo ∑
Cheryl Harris and
Brian Booker
Kimberly and R. Scott Falk ∑
Anne and Bill Fraumann
Mary L. and Richard Gray ∑
Annette W. Turow ∑
$25,000–$49,999
Ann and John Amboian
Julie and Roger Baskes ∑
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Adnaan Hamid
Deborah and S. Cody Engle ‡
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Charles M. Brennan, III
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Susan Bush
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Roxanne J. Decyk
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Megan Dorfman
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Jan and Bill Jentes
Bridget Jones and Dinesh
Goburdhun
Virginia and John A. Jones
Andrea K. Kaufman
Mary Keefe and Robert Scales
Julie Kennedy
Katherine Kim
Avril Klaff
Kirbie J. Knutson and Michael
Jacobs
Martin J. and Susan B. Kozak
Jim and Mary Kreidler
Sonia Kwon and James Cornell
John K. Lane
Roberta Lee
Elliot and Frances Lehman
Sheila Lehr
Susan Lieber
Grace Lin
Joan Lovell
Liz Lubiniecki
Kristen Mark
Carol and Joseph Master
Cynthia Mathews
Susan Mayer
Kathleen McCarthy
Michelle McCarthy
Ms. Alisa McQueen
Lisa Metzger-Mugg
Diane Mielnikowski
Christine and Thomas
Moldauer
Herbert R. Molner
Paula Molner
Kelly Morgan
Fredrik and Jessica Nielsen
Janis and John Notz, Jr.
Margaret A. O’Connor
Ted and Susan Oppenheimer
Lynn B. Pearl
Jose Perez-Sanz and Catherine
Bosher
Emanuel and Tina Pollack
Katherine and Jack Riley
Ellen D. Rosenberg
Martha Roth and Bryon A.
Rosner
Lori and Laurence Rubin
Drs. Safinaz and Nabil Saleh
John Scanlon
Joanne and Frank Schell
Shirley and John Schlossman
Daniel Schonwald
Scott Schroeder
Hugh Schulze
Elizabeth M. Schwartz
Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Sents
Drora and Matti Shalev
Janet and Larry Shiff
Susan Silver
Brian Silverstein
Travis Smith
Maxine and Lawrence Snider
Joan Solbeck
Robin and Steve Solomon
Milos Stehlik
Elizabeth Stein
Isabel C. and Donald M.
Stewart
Dana Suskind
Ana Tannebaum
Carol Trapp
Steve Traxler
Sue Tresselt and William Clark
Donna and J. Dirk Vos
Miriam Waltz and Steve
MacLellan
Gail and John Ward
James Weidner
Nora Weir
Marsha and Stuart Weis
Penny Weis
Joan Werber
Laura and Michael Werner
Joanna and Lawrence Weschler
Janie and Barry Winkler
Sharon Woodry
Jennifer Yorke
Mrs. Susan S. Youdovin and
Mr. Charles Shulkin
Bobbi Zabel
Ms. Karen A. Zupko
Contributed Gifts and Services
Special thanks to:
Southwest Airlines for its
partnership as the official
airline of the Chicago
Humanities Festival.
WBEZ 91.5 FM for its longstanding promotional support.
The following organizations
have generously provided
goods and services:
Design: Studio Blue
826CHI
Adventure Stage Chicago
Alice Kaplan Institute for
the Humanities, Office of
the President, Office of the
Provost, and Weinberg
College of Arts and Sciences
at Northwestern University
Art Institute of Chicago
The Arts Club of Chicago
Benito Juarez Community
Academy
Bottom Lounge
Charlie James Gallery
Chicago Cultural Accessibility
Consortium
Chicago Public Library,
Harold Washington
Library Center
Chicago Public Media
City of Chicago, Department
of Cultural Affairs &
Special Events
Cobalt Studio
Cultura in Pilsen
Eli’s Cheesecake Company
First United Methodist Church
at The Chicago Temple
Four Seasons Hotel Chicago
Fourth Presbyterian Church of
Chicago
Francis W. Parker School
Girls Rock! Chicago
Dinesh Goburdhun
Google AdWords
Greenhouse
Haymarket Pub & Brewery
Herman Miller
Institute for the Humanities,
University of Michigan
Instituto Cervantes
The James Chicago
93
Jane Addams Hull-House
Museum
Kartemquin Films
Kirkland & Ellis, LLP
Lindblom Math & Science
Academy
Lyric Opera of Chicago
Mana Contemporary
Mary & Leigh Block Museum
of Art
Merle Reskin Theatre
Metropolitan Brewing
Museum of Contemporary Art
Chicago
Music Box Theatre
National Hellenic Museum
National Museum of Mexican
Art
The Newberry Library
Old Town School of Folk Music
Open Doors Organization
Owen + Alchemy
Palmer House Hilton
Park West
Poetry Foundation
Potter’s Lounge
Reva and David Logan Center
for the Arts
The Richard and Mary L. Gray
Center for Arts and Inquiry
Ruzicka & Associates, Ltd.
Skoog Productions
Thalia Hall
Time Out Chicago
Unabridged Bookstore
UIC
Van Duzer Vineyards
Vapiano
Victory Gardens Theater
Visiting Artists Program at the
School of the Art Institute of
Chicago
The Whitehall Hotel
Special Thanks
Jean Allman
Daniel Ash
Chelsea Avery
Mary Kate Barley-Jenkins
Carol Ross Barney
Frankie Benach
Andrew Benedict-Nelson
Michael Bérubé
Amy Beste
Susy Bielak
Rachel Blanco
Rachel Bohlmann
Thomas Bradshaw
Erin Brenner
Tom Burke
Leslie Buxbaum-Danzig
Dayna Calderón
Amy Carr
Francesca Casadio
Yolanda Cesta-Cursach
James Chandler
David Churchill
Kim Coventry
Shoshona Currier
Craig Davis
Diane Dillon
Peter Dully
Kate Dumbleton
Paul Durica
Steve Edwards
James English
Leigh Fagin
Molly Feingold
Alison Fisher
Daniel Frank
Alex Franke
Maxine Friedman
Susan Friedman
Peter Galassi
William Galperin
Cory Garfin
Hillary Geller
Eileen Gilooly
Lisa Graziose-Corrin
Andrea Green
Michael Green
Jose Guerrero
Margaret Guerrero
Jennifer Gunn
Sara Guyer
Don Hall
Karen Hamilton
Troy Hansbrough
Cayenne Harris
Dianne Harris
Cameron Heinze
Erin Hemmingway
Sarah Herda
Agnes Herget
Mary Horan
Cheryl Hughes
Chris Jabin
David Jacobson
Barbara Jones
Ruth Jurgensen
Kate Keleman
Gerould Kern
Kathy Kidder
Niamh King
Judith R. Kirshner
Eileen Kleeberg
Judy Klem
Eric Klinenberg
Ben Kolak
Liz Kores
Karolina Kowalczyk
Lisa Krueger
Lizeth Lamourt
Martha Lavey
Mike Lavin
Rachel Leamon
Rena Lee
Jeff Leitner
David Levine
Susan Levine
Maggie Lewis
Liz Libby
Robert Livingstone
Jeff Lowitz
Howell Malham Jr.
Jay Malone
Sharon Marcus
Elizabeth Martin
Reinhold Martin
Antonio Martinez
Doug McLaren
Mandy Medley
Ann Meisinger
Bill Michel
Janine Mileaf
Connie Mourtoupalas
Mateo Mulcahy
Justine Nagan
Tommy Nolan
Erik Nussbaum
Julie Nygard
Naomi O’Connor
Astrida Orle Tantillo
Nanette Perez
Jeff Perlman
Tuan Pham
Moira Pujols
Ana Ramic
Greg Redenius
Heidi Reitmaier
Phil Reynolds
Fawn Ring
Gavin Robinson
Steven Rosofsky
Martha Roth
Dinesh Sabu
Pauline Saliga
Jennifer Scott
Martin Sherrod
David Shumway
Eric Slauter
Jeffrey Smith
Sidonie Smith
Ryan Soard
Sarah Sommers
David Spadafora
Michael Stanfill
Geoffrey Stone
Peter Taub
Elizabeth Taylor
Martha Tedeschi
Amy Teschner
John Tessitore
Alan Thomas
David Thurm
Matthew Tiews
David Tolchinsky
Carlos Tortolero
Rose Truesdale
Thao Tunison
Wendy Wall
Lara Weber
Jean Westrick
Travis Whitlock
Stephen Young
Angel Ysaguirre
Lisa Yun Lee
Caitlin Zaloom
95
Officers
Staff
Clark Hulse
Chair
Phillip Bahar
Executive Director
Harve A. Ferrill
Vice Chair and Secretary
Jonathan Elmer
Marilynn Thoma
Artistic Director
John W. McCarter, Jr.
Vice Chair
Scott C. Smith
Vice Chair and Treasurer
Karla Scherer
Vice Chair
Marilynn J. Thoma
Vice Chair
Willard G. Fraumann
Chair Emeritus
Directors
Paul J. Adams III
John P. Amboian
Allegra E. Biery
R. Scott Falk
Mary Louise Gorno
Cheryl A. Harris
Douglas H. Jackson
Christopher N. Knight
Dagmara Kokonas
Raymond F. McCaskey
Elizabeth Nolan
Jeffrey S. Ross
Ryan Ruskin
Anita K. Sinha
Katie Spring
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
Mary A. Boyer
Paul C. Gignilliat
Ruth Ann Quinn
Tiffanie Beatty
Program Manager
Emily Blum
Director, Marketing and
Communications
Rem Cabrera
Director, Institutional Giving
Alison Cuddy
Associate Artistic Director
Saloni Dar
Associate Director,
Administration and
Operations
Jeanette Goddard
Program Manager
(ACLS Public Fellow)
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
Fellows
Ian Blechschmidt
Nikki A. Yeboah
Nicholas Pisanelli
Timothy Harkins
Manager, Production
Heidi Hewitt
Director, Planning and
Production
Matthew Heinrich
Webmaster
Alexandra Katich
Associate Director,
Development
Corrina Lesser
Director, Programming
Jennifer Ludwick
Managing Director,
Finance and Administration
Audrey Peiper
Director,
Individual Giving
Laura Perlow
Managing Director,
Development
Rashida Phillips
Director,
Education and Youth
Initiatives
David Pickett
Web Content Manager
Interns
Madeline Field
Elaine Ji
Arthur Kolat
Binyi Li
Brandy Martinez
Deanna Miera
Oscar Olivia
Morris and Dolores Kohl Kaplan Northwestern Day – Evanston
Sunday, October 25
Hyde Park Day – Reva and David Logan Center for the Arts
CAHN AUDITORIUM
600 EMERSON ST
PERFORMANCE HALL
915 E 60TH ST
BIENEN SCHOOL
OF MUSIC
MARY B. GALVIN
RECITAL HALL
70 ARTS CIRCLE DR
FILM SCREENING
ROOM 201
915 E 60TH ST
PERFORMANCE
PENTHOUSE 901
915 E 60TH ST
301
Skyscrapers & Race
302
The Urban Globe
303
A Reading with
Laird Hunt
305
From the Bullet to
the Ballot
306
307
Media Against
Fascism
11 A M
208
Ta-Nehisi Coates
1 P M
2 P M
304
Lawrence Wright
207
CCT Centennial
Series
4 P M
4 P M
Peter Singer
209
Slavery on Screen
300
Chicago’s Heat Wave
20 Years Later
3 P M
206
Of Machines & Men
3 P M
Richard Sennett
205
Rocket Girls
2 P M
1 P M
204
Lawrence Lessig
203
Transforming
Our Schools
Hauser & Ross
Program
12 P M
201
12 P M
11 A M
200
Azar Nafisi
202
Chris Abani
308
Obenshain Program
CCT Centennial
Series
Sidewalk City
The Tragedy of Syria
210
Masha Gessen
211
Yotam Ottolenghi
5 P M
5 P M
THEATER EAST
915 E 60TH ST
10 A M
NORRIS UNIVERSITY
CENTER
1999 CAMPUS DR
10 A M
HARRIS HALL
ROOM 107
1881 SHERIDAN RD
309
Scherer Series
6 P M
6 P M
Passing in White
America
Champian Fulton
EVENING
EVENING
212
Graham Family
Concert
311
Allstate Program
Anthony McGill
7 PM
310
Marc Bamuthi
Joseph
Wed, Oct 28
Tue, Oct 27
NORTHWESTERN
UNIVERSITY
SCHOOL OF LAW
THORNE AUDITORIUM
375 E CHICAGO AVE
THE ARTS CLUB OF
CHICAGO
201 E ONTARIO ST
HAYMARKET PUB &
BREWERY
DRINKING & WRITING
THEATER
737 W RANDOLPH ST
404
405
Spokaoke
8:30 PM
Doors at
7:30 PM
5 PM
MUSEUM OF
CONTEMPORARY
ART CHICAGO
EDLIS NEESON
THEATER
220 E CHICAGO AVE
5 PM
MUSEUM OF
CONTEMPORARY
ART CHICAGO
CAFÉ
220 E CHICAGO AVE
400
402
Sanford Biggers
7:30 PM
403
Conant Lecture
House of Cards
7:30 PM
6 PM
EVENING
Raj Chetty
401
Spokaoke
EVENING
6 PM
Franke Lecture
Thu, Oct 29
David Hartt &
Sam Prekop
7 PM
Fri, Oct 30
NORTHWESTERN
UNIVERSITY
SCHOOL OF LAW
THORNE AUDITORIUM
375 E CHICAGO AVE
406
Sarah Vowell
407
NATIONAL HELLENIC
MUSEUM
333 S HALSTED ST
NORTHWESTERN
UNIVERSITY
SCHOOL OF LAW
THORNE AUDITORIUM
375 E CHICAGO AVE
6 PM
Scherer Series
410
Wozzeck
EVENING
5 PM
ART INSTITUTE OF
CHICAGO
RUBLOFF AUDITORIUM
230 S COLUMBUS DR
5 PM
6 PM
EVENING
Gray Series
411
Enchanted
Americans
408
Scherer Series
Chronicling
Conservatism
8 PM
409
Citizenship &
Politics
in Greece
7 PM
Haydock Series
Aasif Mandvi
8 PM
FOURTH
PRESBYTERIAN
CHURCH OF CHICAGO
BUCHANAN CHAPEL
AT THE GRATZ
CENTER
126 E CHESTNUT ST
POETRY
FOUNDATION
61 W SUPERIOR ST
501
Jean O’Brien
Rowe Program
Eric Foner
502
Scherer Series
Citizens Under
Surveillance
11 AM
MUSEUM OF
CONTEMPORARY
ART CHICAGO
EDLIS NEESON
THEATER
220 E CHICAGO AVE
ART INSTITUTE OF
CHICAGO
RUBLOFF AUDITORIUM
230 S COLUMBUS DR
ART INSTITUTE OF
CHICAGO
111 S MICHIGAN AVE
CHURCH AT THE CHICAGO
TEMPLE
77 W WASHINGTON ST
HAROLD WASHINGTON
LIBRARY CENTER
CINDY PRITZKER
AUDITORIUM
400 S STATE ST
10 AM
500
THE NEWBERRY
LIBRARY
RUGGLES HALL
60 W WALNUT ST
503
Rae Armantrout
11 AM
10 AM
NORTHWESTERN
UNIVERSITY
SCHOOL OF LAW
THORNE
AUDITORIUM
375 E CHICAGO AVE
Sunday, November 1
600
Capturing the Hive
601
Geoffrey Stone:
Sexing the
Constitution
506
Scherer Series
School Choice?
507
Enacting Justice
Wendy Bellion
12 PM
Scherer Series
505
The Myth of
Seneca Falls
1 PM
1 PM
12 PM
Terra Series
504
602
Gray Series
509
About Face
NEH Program
Claudia Rankine
510
3 PM
McCormick
Lecture
Eric Liu
603
Madison’s Music
605
Jacqueline Woodson:
Brown Girl
Dreaming
2 PM
508
511
The Day After
D-Day
3 PM
2 PM
A Presidency in
Pictures
606
City of Design
607
608
Democratic Practice
EVENING
4 PM
The Civics
Empowerment Gap
609
Wendell Pierce’s
New Orleans
5 PM
514
Audrey
Niffenegger
515
Maria Hinojosa
6 PM
6 PM
5 PM
513
Marlon James
516
Claudia Rankine:
Poetry in
Performance
7:30 PM
EVENING
4 PM
Spencer Lecture
512
Jon Ronson
604
Big Data & The
Algorithmic Citizen
610
Jeff Chang on
Hip-Hop, Culture
& Social Change
611
612
Democratic Cities
Maximum City
Driehaus Lecture
Sinha Program
Wed, Nov 4
FRANCIS W. PARKER
SCHOOL
DIANE AND DAVID B
HELLER AUDITORIUM
2233 N CLARK ST
FRANCIS W. PARKER
SCHOOL
DIANE AND DAVID B
HELLER AUDITORIUM
2233 N CLARK ST
FRANCIS W. PARKER
SCHOOL
DIANE AND DAVID B
HELLER AUDITORIUM
2233 N CLARK ST
700
702
Politics & the
Beer Biz with
Tony Magee
704
Flory Concert
EVENING
Four Women
701
Flory Concert
Four Women
8:30 PM
703
Elvis Costello
8 PM
OLD TOWN SCHOOL
OF FOLK MUSIC
GARY AND
LAURA MAURER
CONCERT HALL
4544 N LINCOLN AVE
Thu, Nov 5
Fri, Nov 6
PARK WEST
322 W ARMITAGE AVE
FRANCIS W. PARKER
SCHOOL
DIANE AND DAVID B
HELLER AUDITORIUM
2233 N CLARK ST
Southwest
Program
Evan Wolfson
on Freedom to
Marry
705
Stanek Program
Alan Lomax,
Citizen Folklorist
7:30 PM
MANA
CONTEMPORARY
S ALLPORT ST &
W CERMAK RD
MUSEUM OF
CONTEMPORARY ART
CHICAGO
EDLIS NEESON
THEATER
220 E CHICAGO AVE
708
709
Roxane Gay
8 PM
Manual Cinema
7:30 PM
710
Escuela
7:30 PM
707
Little Girl on
the Prairie
6 PM
Tue, Nov 3
EVENING
6 PM
Mon, Nov 2
706
WBEZ: Year in
Review: 1990
8 PM
Doors at 7 PM
Belic Program
Scherer Series
UIC FORUM
MAIN HALL C
725 W ROOSEVELT RD
UIC FORUM
MEETING ROOM GHI
725 W ROOSEVELT RD
UIC FORUM
MEETING ROOM DEF
725 W ROOSEVELT RD
801
Selfish, Shallow
& Self-Absorbed
802
Lounge with
Book Sales &
Signings
Tribune Award
808
Tribune Award
James Cuno: Who
Owns Antiquity?
804/805
Hull-House
Museum Tour
809
807
Citizens, United?
Terra Series
Artists as Activists
812
810
Paul Goldberger on
Frank Gehry
811
Living Delibertately
in the 21st Century
Baskes Lecture
4 P M
3 P M
3 P M
Danielle Allen
4 P M
MUSEUM OF
CONTEMPORARY ART
CHICAGO
220 E CHICAGO AVE
12 P M
Chang-rae Lee
1 P M
The Legacy of
Jane Addams
2 P M
Tribune Award
Terra Series
1 P M
12 P M
803
Gray Series
5 P M
5 P M
Timothy Snyder
818
Haydock Series
813/814
Hull-House
Museum Tour
815
Scherer Series
Manual Cinema
817
Bodies at the Center
6 P M
816
Office Space
6 P M
MANA CONTEMPORARY
S ALLPORT ST &
W CERMAK RD
11 A M
Salman Rushdie
806
2 P M
JANE ADDAMS
HULL-HOUSE MUSEUM
800 S HALSTED ST
10 A M
800
11 A M
10 A M
UIC FORUM
MAIN HALL AB
725 W ROOSEVELT RD
819
Haydock Series
Patton Oswalt
8 PM
EVENING
EVENING
Bob Mankoff
820
Scherer Series
Manual Cinema
7:30 PM
821
Escuela
7:30 PM
NATIONAL MUSEUM
OF MEXICAN ART
1852 W 19TH ST
900
901
Dispatches from
Dystopia
Tyson Lecture
MANA CONTEMPORARY
S ALLPORT ST & W CERMAK RD
COBALT STUDIOS
MEET AT
1950 W 21ST STREET
907
Día de los
Muertos Tour
908
Mural Walking
Tour
909
Pilsen
Gallery Tour
THALIA HALL
1807 S ALLPORT ST
MUSEUM OF
CONTEMPORARY
ART CHICAGO
EDLIS NEESON
THEATER
220 E CHICAGO AVE
Ramiro Gomez
905
CCT Centennial
Series
Borders &
Islands
906
Gray Series
Stitching a
Citizen
12 PM
Hacker, Hoaxer,
Whistleblower,
Spy
Gray Series
Graffiti Institute
High Concept
Laboratories
Rodrigo Lara
912
913
Illegal
Stitching a
Citizen
CCT Centennial
Series
Gray Series
and more . . .
2 PM
911
Mohawk
Interruptus
914
Escuela
3 PM
910
Gaby Pacheco
919
920
The Seldoms:
RockCitizen
#justice
On Place &
Belonging
CCT Centennial
Series
CCT Centennial
Series
921
5 PM
Liebman
Program
Scherer Series
915
Día de los
Muertos Tour
916
Mural Walking
Tour
917
Pilsen
Gallery Tour
5 PM
918
4 PM
3 PM
2 PM
HARRISON PARK
FIELDHOUSE
MEET OUTSIDE
1824 S WOOD ST
1 PM
904
Scherer Series
1 PM
12 PM
903
902
Citizen Artists:
Open Studios
featuring
Dawit L. Petros
4 PM
NATIONAL MUSEUM
OF MEXICAN ART
MEET AT
1852 W 19TH ST
11 AM
Nigella Lawson
CULTURA IN PILSEN
1900 S CARPENTER ST
10 AM
BENITO JUAREZ
COMMUNITY
ACADEMY
AUDITORIUM
S LAFLIN ST &
W CERMAK RD
11 AM
10 AM
Sunday, November 8
Chicago Community Trust Day – Pilsen
6 PM
922
Daniel Alarcón
924
Scherer Series
Manual Cinema
7:30 PM
EVENING
EVENING
6 PM
Manual Cinema
923
Closing Party
7 PM
Doors at
6 PM
925
Escuela
7:30 PM
Index
Abani, Chris, 202
Abuzayd, Karen Koning, 308
Alarcón, Daniel, 922
Alexander, Dee, 700
Allen, Danielle, 808
Angwin, Julia, 502
Armantrout, Rae, 503
Bellion, Wendy, 601
Berlant, Lauren, 516
Biggers, Sanford, 402
Bordowitz, Gregg, 817
Boykin, David, 516
Brown, Adrienne, 301
Brown, Lili-Anne, 700
Brown, Kate, 901
Butler, E. Faye, 700
Calderón, Guillermo, 710, 821,
914, 925
Calixta, 923
Cárdenas, Gerardo, 920
Chang, Jeff, 516, 610
Chavez, David, 923
Cheney-Lippold, John, 604
Chetty, Raj, 400
Coates, Ta-Nehisi, 208
Coleman, Gabriella, 903
Costello, Elvis, 703
Cuddy, Alison, 403, 703, 900
Cuno, James, 806
Daum, Meghan, 801
Davis, Nick, 209
Dold, Bruce, 800
Dorsen, Annie, 401, 405
Dos Santos, 923
Duany, Andrés, 611
Duarte, Hector, 908, 916
Eason, Laura, 403
Elevarte Community Studio for
Citizens, 908, 916
Ellis, Kimberly, 919
Escuela, 710, 821, 914, 925
Finnegan, Cara, 602
Fleming, Willie “J.R.”, 950
Foner, Eric, 500
Freud, Anthony, 410
Fulton, Champian, 212
Gay, Roxane, 708
Gessen, Masha, 210
Goldberger, Paul, 810
Goldsby, Jacqueline, 509
Gomez, Ramiro, 904
Gonzalez, Silvia I., 809
Graffiti Institute, 902
Hanson, Carrie, 918
Hartt, David, 404
Herda, Sarah, 606
High Concept Laboratories,
902
Hill, Pamela Smith, 707
Hinojosa, Maria, 515
Hobbs, Allyson, 309
Holt, Nathalia, 205
Honig, Bonnie, 608
Hume, Christine, 516
Hunt, Laird, 303
Hunter, Lindsay, 708
Iberkleid, David, 919
Indiana, Rita, 905
Isaacson, Walter, 100
Jackson, Shannon, 802, 809
James, Marlon, 513
Jemc, Jac, 801
Johnson, Sylvester, 206
Jordan, Lynne, 700
Joseph, Marc Bamuthi, 310
Kilroy, Kevin, 303
Kim, Annette, 306
Klinenberg, Eric, 300
Kramer, Michael J., 705, 918
Lara, Rodrigo, 902
Lawson, Nigella, 900
Lee, Chang-rae, 803
Lee, Lisa Yun, 802, 809
Lessig, Lawrence, 204
Levinson, Meira, 607
Lindley, Rob, 700
Liu, Eric, 510
Long, Norman W., 951
Magee, Tony, 702
Mandvi, Aasif, 411
Mankoff, Bob, 818
Manual Cinema, 709, 815,
820, 921, 924
Martinez, Antonio, 909, 917
McDaniel, Justin, 811
McGill, Anthony, 311
McGinley, Paige, 507
McVicar, Sir David, 410
Mehta, Suketu, 612
Mercado, Delores, 907, 915
Merrow, John, 203
N., José Ángel, 912
Nafisi, Azar, 200
Neuborne, Burt, 603
Niffenegger, Audrey, 514
Nussbaum, Martha, 409
Obejas, Achy, 905
O’Brien, Jean, 501
Oliver, Eric, 407
Oppenheimer, Geof, 201
Oswalt, Patton, 819
Ottolenghi, Yotam, 211
Pacheco, Gaby, 910
Pattillo, Mary, 506
Peck, Doug, 700
Perel, Marissa, 817
Perlstein, Rick, 408
Petros, Dawit L., 902
Petty, Miriam, 209
Pierce, Wendell, 609
Prekop, Sam, 404
Rakowitz, Michael, 809
Rankine, Claudia, 508, 516
Reeves, Roger, 516
Reynolds, Laurie Jo, 809
Roberts, Mary Louise, 511
Ronson, Jon, 512
Roy, Ananya, 302
Rushdie, Salman, 800
Salsburg, Nathan, 705
Saval, Nikil, 816
Scully, Ramael, 211
Sennett, Richard, 201
Sifuentes, Aram Han, 906, 913
Simpson, Audra, 911
Singer, Peter, 207
Snyder, Timothy, 812
Sones De México, 923
Sonorama, 923
Stone, Geoffrey, 504
Tetrault, Lisa, 505
Thomas, Bethany, 700
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Vowell, Sarah, 406
Vrailas, Ioannis, 409
WBEZ, 706
Weschler, Lawrence, 904
Williams, Amanda, 950
Williams, Jakobi, 305
Wolfson, Evan, 704
Woodson, Jacqueline, 605
Wright, Lawrence, 304
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