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CHICAGO HUMANITIES FESTIVAL | 30 FESTIVAL

For 30 years the Chicago Humanities Festival has brought compelling THIS YEAR, speakers and thoughtful programming IT’S ALL ABOUT to Chicago. Our hope is that you leave Festival programs transformed— POWER with new insights and perspectives that change how you see yourself, your The Chicago Humanities Festival is turning 30! To ground ourselves amidst these community, and our world. This year, Over the past three decades, we’ve contradictory crosscurrents, we’ll revisit worked hard and played harder, bringing some of America’s foundational moments, it’s all about Power! together some of the most provocative minds from the American constitution in the era of our time, from our inaugural program with of Reconstruction, to the incredible life and Arthur Miller, to ensuing conversations with times of abolitionist Frederick Douglass. We’ll the likes of Umberto Eco, Toni Morrison, Lin consider the legacy of Chernobyl for nuclear Manuel Miranda, Yo-Yo Ma, Isabel Wilkerson, power and the future of the universe through and Studs Terkel—all while creating a robust the lens of quantum physics. In this moment of space for dialogue, debate, and community, “fake news” and “alternative facts” we’ll examine one that continues to expand across Chicago’s the power of journalism, from reigniting the neighborhoods, and, thanks to our evolving #MeToo movement to exposing the corruption online presence, around the world. of drug cartels and the still simmering Troubles So, what better way to celebrate in Northern Ireland. than by reflecting on our past? We’ve spent We’ll also ascend the ultimate throne the year revisiting–and in some cases revising– with George R. R. Martin, celebrate the beauty former themes that seem newly relevant to of “advanced style” with Ari Seth Cohen, and our current moment: He/She, Peace and War, find meaning and laughter in the face of death Home and Away, and tech-know-ledgē. We’re with Mo Rocca. Finally, we’ll learn what we excited (and hope you are too) to bring back a mere mortals can do to transform the world, number of favorite presenters, including Patti whether eating our way out of climate change Smith, Salman Rushdie, and Ta-Nehisi Coates. with Jonathan Safran Foer, becoming anti-racist It is a testament to the staying power of their art with Ibram X. Kendi, or, in harmony with the and ideas that they remain central to our public Black Monument Ensemble, lifting our voices conversations. in protest to the powers that be. As we reflect on our longevity, how fitting that CHF’s 30th Anniversary theme is 30 is going to be amazing—we hope you’ll join Power. It is hard to imagine an era more beset us at Fall Festival 2019 to celebrate! by a queasy ambivalence toward power, marked as this moment is by conflicting realities: An unprecedented level of human potential in science, technology and the arts, combined with an overall feeling of powerlessness, particularly in the face of inexorable forces such as global warming, economic turmoil, and a return to Phillip Bahar Alison Cuddy authoritarian regimes around the world. Executive Director Marilynn Thoma Artistic Director

Cover: Large crowd at a National Mobilization to End the War in Vietnam direct action demonstration, Washington, D.C. Leffler, Warren K., photographer 21 Oct. 1967

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For more information contact us (312) 661-1239 or [email protected] Being a Humanist is about more than all-access HUMANIST passes and reserved seats—it’s about belonging FALLFEST to a community dedicated to seeking new ideas, CIRCLE fostering genuine connections, and exploring 2019 P what it means to be human To learn more, contact Natalie Edwards at (312) 980-8671 or In honor of our 30th anniversary, we’re introduc- R [email protected] ing a new way to support CHF! Give a gift at the Producer level of $5,000 and support the area of focus you care about most: Science and Tech- nology, Literature, Arts and Culture, or Society E and Politics. Producers can expect exclusive invitations to explore your passions with CHF leadership, our programming team, and other – like-minded Humanists throughout the year. ALL HUMANIST LEVELS RECEIVE: F → All-access badges (2 to 8, depending on level), which provide free admission and reserved, premier seating to all CHF E programs* → Invitations to special events → Advance festival program notifications S → Admission for you and a guest to the Fall Preview, which offers a first look at our festival programs T → Up to 10 tickets each year with reserved, premier seating for your guests upon request (maximum 2 per event) → Recognition in the Fall Festival Guide

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HUMANIST LEADER ($25,000+) 8 badges, all benefits listed above, and rec- ognition of your support at a program of your *Some programs may require RSVP or offer choice. Includes a meet and greet with the assigned seating. In rare cases, part- presenter and the opportunity to introduce nerships with other institutions may require the program ticket purchase at the member price. In 2018, as part of the Terra Foundation for Ameri- RICHARD GRAY PROGRAM can Art’s initiative Art Design Chicago and under the banner of Creative Chicago, CHF convened CREATIVE artists from across the city for a six-hour con- versation about Chicago-style creativity, past, CHICAGO: ARTS present and future. To kick off Chicago’s fall cul- tural season, CHF returns to Creative Chicago, AND THE CITY picking up on its key question: ‘What does Chi- Saturday, September 14 cago need?’ through a set of conversations, dig- 12:00-5:30p m ital polling and interactive experiences designed to elicit ideas about how our city’s residents, Venue SIX10 cultural institutions and artistic legacies/collec- 610 S Michigan Avenue tions can work to develop empathy, friendship and connection across its citizens. Yollocalli Arts Reach Pop up Youth Radio will interview audience members about their ideas.

12:00–1:30 CONVERSATION: THE STATE OF ARTS AND CULTURE IN CHICAGO Deana Haggag, President and CEO, United States Artists

1:00–2:00 “WHAT DOES CHICAGO NEED?” Taking place during EXPO CHICAGO in 2018, BOOK LAUNCH Creative Chicago: An Interview Marathon with 1:45—2:45 CREATIVE Hans Ulrich Obrist was a six-hour series of con- INTERACTIVE: THE FOLDED MAP PROJECT versations with artists, authors, architects, and Tonika Johnson and Paola Aguirre others representing Chicago’s diverse creative CHICAGO: AN community. Join Obrist, Terra Foundation Pres- 3:00–4:30 INTERVIEW ident Elizabeth Glassman, Chicago Humanities CONVERSATION: ACTIONS FOR AN ARTS- Festival Marilynn Thoma Artistic Director Ali- DRIVEN CITY MARATHON son Cuddy, and artist Edra Soto for the unveil- Tracie D. Hall, Director of Cultural Programs, ing of a publication that documents the event The Joyce Foundation and explores the work of the 20+ participants. Sunday, September 22 Published by the Terra Foundation for American 3:00–4:00pm 4:45—5:45 Art, Creative Chicago features texts of Obrist’s INTERACTIVE: TRADING RACES /Dialogues Stage conversations, along with photographs of the Kenyatta Forbes EXPO CHICAGO participants and Barbara Kasten’s stage instal- Navy Pier lation. Book signing to follow. Presented by the 5:3 0 —7:0 0 Admission is free with an Terra Foundation for American Art and the Chi- CHF FALL MEMBER PREVIEW EXPO ticket or VIP pass cago Humanities Festival. CHF staff unveil the 30th Anniversary/2019: Year of Power Fall Festival Speakers | Edra Soto (Artist), Alison Cuddy (Chicago Humanities Festival, Co-Author), Hans Ulrich Obrist (Serpentine Galleries, Co-Author), Elizabeth Glassman (Terra Foundation for Amer- ican Art), Barbara Kasten (Artist). Led by Steph- anie Cristello (EXPO CHICAGO, THE SEEN)

The Richard Gray Program recognizes the significant contributions of CHF founding board member Richard Gray. This program is also presented with the gener- ous support of the Terra Foundation for American Art and Dr. Elizabeth Liebman, and in partnership with the Joyce Foundation, Lake Forest College, and the Metropolitan Planning Council. 001 002

Wednesday, October 2 Friday, October 11 7:00-8:15pm 7:30-9:00pm

UIC Dorin Forum | Symphony Center | Main Hall ABC Orchestra Hall

TICKETS ON SALE NOW! THE BLOOM/AXELRAD PROGRAM TA-NEHISI AN EVENING COATES WITH GEORGE R. R. THE WATER DANCER MARTIN

Ticket purchase Just how powerful are our memories? This is Book + Ticket (VIP) HBO’s Game of Thrones may have ended this includes a copy of The the central question of The Water Dancer, the comes with premier past May, but the Song of Ice and Fire isn’t over— Water Dancer: A Novel. first novel fromTa-Nehisi Coates, well-known seating on the main and no one knows this better than George R. R. An option for 1 book + floor and a pre-signed for his Atlantic essays, and a National Book Martin. Martin’s global bestselling books that 2 tickets is available copy of Fire and Blood. through the box office at Award winner for Between the World and Me. comprise A Song of Ice and Fire have sold more (312) 605-8444. The book follows Hiram Walker, a young slave This program requires than 90 million copies worldwide, inspired the in antebellum Virginia, as he explores the met- that Humanist members hit HBO show, and earned him comparisons to This program requires aphorical and metaphysical boundaries of his RSVP to attend. RSVP J. R. R. Tolkien. Central to the acclaimed series that Humanist members world. A remarkable blend of historical fiction by calling Daniella is its sprawling, richly-detailed world that--de- RSVP to attend. RSVP and fantasy, evocatively detailed, and con- Mazzio at (312) 777-1569. spite the dragons and direwolves--often echoes by calling Daniella stantly thought-provoking, The Water Dancer our own, especially when it comes to power Mazzio at (312) 777-1569. serves as a profound reminder of Coates’s M $ 50 moves and betrayals. Martin is joined by author P $ 75 ongoing proposition: that we must remember Eve L. Ewing to discuss his career, his creative M $ 40 ST $ 30 P $ 50 and speak of our history in order to understand process, his latest book Fire and Blood, and why, ST $ 20 current challenges. Coates will be joined in con- perhaps counterintuitively, fantasy may be the versation by Natalie Moore, South Side bureau best way to capture the realities of power. reporter at WBEZ.

This program is generously underwritten by Ben This program is generously underwritten by the Liter- Axelrad and Christy Bloom and is presented in part- ature Humanist Producers. nership with the Chicago Public Library Foundation. 003 004

Saturday, October 12 Tuesday, October 15 7:30-8:45pm 7:00-8:00pm

McCormick Place The Vic Theatre Convention Center | Arie Crown Theater

TICKETS ON SALE NOW! TICKETS ON SALE NOW! RACHEL MADDOW JODI KANTOR IN AND CONVERSATION MEGAN TWOHEY SHE SAID

Ticket purchase includes It takes a mind like Rachel Maddow’s to dis- Ticket purchase includes It’s been nearly two years since Jodi Kantor a copy of Blowout: sect the convoluted chaos of today’s current a copy of She Said: and Megan Twohey published their Pulitzer Corrupted Democracy, events and emerge with a single cause: not Breaking the Sexual Prize-winning exposé of Harvey Weinstein Rogue State Russia, Harassment Story ideology, she says, but oil. In Blowout, the in The New York Times, an investigation that and the Richest, Most That Helped Ignite a Destructive Industry on Emmy award-winning MSNBC host traces how Movement. An option helped fuel a global reckoning with sexual Earth. An option for 1 the greed of the oil industry has corrupted the for 1 book + 2 tickets harassment and power. Now, Kantor and Two- book + 2 tickets is avail- world, causing disasters both environmental is available through hey come to CHF to share their new book, She able through the box and political, including, Maddow says, the Rus- the box office at (312) Said, which details the behind-the-scenes story office at (312) 605-8444. sian interference in the 2016 election. Through 605-8444. of their groundbreaking reporting. With CHF’s painstaking reporting, Maddow’s book reveals Marilynn Thoma Artistic Director Alison Cuddy, This program requires the extent to which the interests of oil compa- This program requires they’ll reveal how they obtained confidential that Humanist members that Humanist members nies influence every aspect of our lives, from the records, convinced sources to go on the record, RSVP to attend. RSVP RSVP to attend. RSVP by calling Daniella personal to the political. In conversation, Mad- by calling Daniella and went up against Weinstein’s lawyers and Mazzio at (312) 777-1569. dow will address how we can, and must, curb Mazzio at (312) 777-1569. private investigators. They’ll also discuss how the power of the oil industry, for, as she warns: their reporting has tackled the profound ques- M $ 40 “Democracy either wins this one, or disappears.” M $ 35 tions at the heart of the #MeToo movement: Has P $ 50 P $ 40 the change gone too far? Or not far enough? ST $ 30 ST $ 20

This program is generously underwritten by History This program is presented in partnership with The New and Politics Humanist Producers. York Times.

FALLFEST 2019 P R O G R A

Join us for the Chicago Humanities Festival M CHF 30TH 30th Anniversary Gala! ANNIVERSARY FEATURING: An intimate conversation with GALA Mayor Lori E. Lightfoot HONORING: Thursday, October 3 Norman and Virginia Bobins Four Seasons Hotel Humanists of the Year 120 E Delaware Place and For more information, please call (312) 553-2000 ITW or visit chf.to/benefit Civic Leadership Award Accepted by E. Scott Santi

PRESENTING SPONSORS: Harve A. Ferrill* Kirkland & Ellis, in memory of R. Scott Falk ITW John Krehbiel and Karen Gray-Krehbiel Liz Stiffel GALA CO-CHAIRS: Allegra E. Biery, Northern Trust Douglas H. Jackson, Greenhill & Co. John W. McCarter, Jr.

*In memoriam Since the earliest days of the Chicago Human- CHICAGO ities Festival, CHF and the Chicago Tribune have brought the biggest names in literature and jour- 100 TRIBUNE nalism to CHF’s stages. Beginning in 2002, the Chicago Tribune and CHF collaborated on the PROGRAMS presentation and production of the Chicago Saturday, October 26 Tribune Literary Prizes and its Heartland Award 10:00–11:15am for Fiction and Nonfiction. The inaugural liter- Symphony Center | ary prize winner was the acclaimed playwright Orchestra Hall Arthur Miller. Over the years the honorees of this trio of prestigious prizes have included Jesmyn Ward, Marilynne Robinson, Patti Smith, Tom Wolfe, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Matthew Desmond, Isabel Wilkerson, Margaret Atwood, August Wilson, Elie Wiesel, Jane Smiley, and Studs Terkel.

These honors, given to authors who “reinforce and perpetuate the values of heartland Amer- ica” and “whose body of work has had a great impact on American society,” respectively, will be awarded to Sarah Smarsh, Rebecca Makkai, and Henry Louis Gates, Jr. Together, the Chicago PATTI SMITH Humanities Festival and the Chicago Tribune celebrate and highlight the literary past, pres- YEAR OF THE MONKEY ent, and future of Chicago, the Midwest, and the world.

2019 CHICAGO TRIBUNE PRIZE WINNERS: Ticket purchase includes On New Year’s Day, 2016, legendary singer- Sarah Smarsh a copy of Year of the songwriter Patti Smith embarked on a year of Heartland Prize for Nonfiction Monkey. An option for 1 solitary travel and writing. Her intimate memoir 201 book + 2 tickets Year of the Monkey offers a kaleidoscopic is available through the account of this time on the road, all captured in Rebecca Makkai box office at (312) 605- the candid voice of her previous works, M Train Heartland Prize for Fiction 8444. and the National Book Award-winning Just Kids. 208 This program requires Lucid and profound meditations on loss, aging, that Humanist members friendship, and American politics are inter- Henry Louis Gates, Jr. RSVP to attend. RSVP spersed with fantastical accounts of imagined Literary Award by calling Daniella realities and magical occurrences, giving us 500 Mazzio at (312) 777-1569. new insights into Smith’s virtuosic mind. At CHF, Smith will discuss what she’s learned over the Preorder your copy of Year of the Monkey course of her storied career, and the powerful through the CHF box revelations that come from opening yourself up office and save 20%. to uncertainty.

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This program is generously underwritten by the Arts and Culture Humanist Producers. 101 102

Saturday, October 26 Saturday, October 26 12:00–1:00pm 12:00–1:00pm

Field Museum | Venue SIX10 | James Simpson Theatre Feinberg Theater

CAITLIN ALISON DOUGHTY ROMAN WILL MY CAT NOTHING FANCY EAT MY EYEBALLS?

Preorder your copy of Talking about death doesn’t have to be somber Preorder your copy of “Like your best friend who’s a great cook.” Will My Cat Eat My or scary, says Caitlin Doughty, the host of the Nothing Fancy: Unfussy —Chicago Tribune Eyeballs?: Big Questions popular web series Ask a Mortician. In fact, her Food for Having People from Tiny Mortals About Over through the CHF Alison Roman may be a food-world insider—after Death through the CHF latest book offers a deep dive into mortality box office and save 20%. box office and save 20%. that is enlightening, educational, and very, very all, she’s a columnist for both the New York entertaining. In Will My Cat Eat My Eyeballs?, M $ 15 Times Food section and Bon Appétit—but she’s M $ 15 Doughty answers thirty-five of the most dis- P $ 20 also a passionate champion of the home cook. P $ 20 tinctive, delightful questions about death she’s ST $ 10 Her first cookbook,Dining In, was a best-seller ST $ 10 received throughout her career, drawing on the and named a top cookbook of the year by NPR same empathy, intelligence, and humor that for its accessible yet delectable recipes. Her made her last two books (Smoke Gets In Your newest, Nothing Fancy, is inspired by the phrase, Eyes and From Here to Eternity) best-sellers. “It’s not entertaining, it’s having people over.” At CHF, Doughty will answer your questions, Come to hear the story behind Roman’s Inter- and discuss, with Mark Bazer, host of WTTW’s net-famous Salted Chocolate Chunk Shortbread The Interview Show, how one of the great cer- recipe, and stay for her argument that gather- tainties—and mysteries—of life is something to ing around a meal—whether a formal affair or embrace, not run from. an impromptu celebration—is a truly powerful experience. Roman will be joined by comedian and author Samantha Irby. 103 104

Saturday, October 26 Saturday, October 26 12:00–1:00pm 12:00–1:00pm

Art Institute of Chicago | Chicago Architecture Fullerton Hall Center | Gand Lecture Hall

SIMON BEN LERNER CRITCHLEY THE TOPEKA SCHOOL TRAGEDY, THE GREEKS, AND US

Preorder your copy of To understand modern times, says New School Preorder your copy of Ben Lerner is no stranger to novels about per- Tragedy, the Greeks, and philosopher Simon Critchley, we must look to The Topeka School: sonal growth, having won critical acclaim for his Us through the CHF the ancient world. Critchley, who moderates A Novel through the CHF first two,Leaving Atocha Station and 10:04. But box office and save 20%. box office and save 20%. the philosophy column “The Stone” for The his latest work, The Topeka School, is his most M $ 15 New York Times, makes a compelling case for M $ 15 thought-provoking portrait of development yet P $ 20 this approach in his latest book, Tragedy, the P $ 20 (perhaps because it’s set in his hometown, the ST $ 10 Greeks, and Us. Critchley argues that a time ST $ 10 titular Topeka). The novel follows teenager Adam as fraught as ours demands we put aside our Gordon as he navigates life in the 90s, and then reliance on pop psychology and self-help books shifts both perspective and time period, throw- and turn instead to the intensely alive works of ing the characters and readers alike into our cur- the ancient Greeks whose creations reveal the rent world of political unrest. At CHF, Lerner will universal, eternal motivations of humanity. At be joined by Srikanth Reddy, Associate Profes- CHF, Critchley will illuminate these themes, sor of English and Creative Writing at the Univer- provide insights into classic texts, and help us sity of Chicago, to discuss the novel’s insights understand today’s power dynamics through an into how the angst and outrage of the 90s mir- examination of the past. rors today’s climate of anger and polarization.

This program is presented in partnership with the Art Institute of Chicago. 105 106

Saturday, October 26 Saturday, October 26 2:00–3:00pm 2:00–3:00pm

Field Museum | Venue SIX10 | James Simpson Theatre Feinberg Theater

ROBERT R. McCORMICK FOUNDATION PROGRAM ANABEL GARY JANETTI DO YOU MIND HERNÁNDEZ IF I CANCEL? DANGEROUS INVESTIGATIONS

Preorder your copy of Anabel Hernández lives in hiding. She has Preorder your copy of Do Gary Janetti is the voice behind some of TV’s Narcoland: The Mexican bodyguards. Death threats fill her inbox. Why? You Mind If I Cancel?: biggest comedies, having served as writer and Drug Lords And Their Because she’s a journalist who, over the past (Things That Still Annoy executive producer for shows including Will and Godfathers, Say Nothing: Me) through the CHF A True Story of Murder twenty plus years, has become known for expos- box office and save 20%. Grace and Family Guy. In his book Do You Mind and Memory in Northern ing corruption in the Mexican government and If I Cancel?, Janetti brings the biting wit that Ireland through the CHF the inner workings of the drug cartels. This M $ 15 made his shows such a success to bear on a box office and save 20%. work has earned Hernández the Golden Pen of P $ 20 series of episodes from his own life, including Freedom award, recognition from UNICEF, and ST $ 10 his dreams of soap opera stardom and the pains M $ 15 the French Legion of Honor, but it has also put of the pre-Internet job search. Having won com- P $ 20 her life in danger. Hernández joins Patrick Rad- parisons to David Sedaris and Fran Lebowitz, ST $ 10 den Keefe, who covers the cartels for The New Janetti, who also runs a much acclaimed Prince Yorker, to discuss her work and her belief that George parody Instagram account, comes the power of speaking out outweighs the safety to CHF to share how laughter can power us of silence. through the highs and lows of life.

This program is generously underwritten by the Robert R. McCormick Foundation and is presented in partner- ship with Contratiempo. 107 108

Saturday, October 26 Saturday, October 26 2:00–3:00pm 4:00–5:00pm

Chicago Architecture Field Museum | Center | James Simpson Theatre Gand Lecture Hall

RICHARD J. FRANKE PROGRAM BEYOND THE DAV I D BL IG H T BINARY ON FREDERICK DOUGLASS

Preorder your copy of Our binary view of the world is often established Preorder your copy of Few figures in American history have received Life Isn’t Binary: On Being when we are very young, frequently conveyed Frederick Douglass: more attention than Frederick Douglass, and for Both, Beyond, and In- through a series of oppositions: yes or no, up Prophet of Freedom good reason, given his formidable presence and Between through the CHF through the CHF box box office and save 20%. or down, good or bad. As we grow older, though, office and save 20%. accomplishments. Now, a new, epic biography we come to understand that life is less a matter from Yale historian David Blight reveals the abo- M $ 15 of yes/no and more about yes...and. Today, the M $ 15 litionist and statesman in all his legendary and P $ 20 term “non-binary” is usually used to discuss P $ 20 prosaic fullness. Blight’s Frederick Douglass: ST $ 10 gender, but Dr. Alex Iantaffi, in Life Isn’t Binary, ST $ 10 Prophet of Freedom is the first major biography explores how non-binary thinking can lead not of Douglass in three decades, and has already only to greater understanding of our own gender garnered wide critical acclaim and a Pulitzer identity but also of sexuality, bodies, relation- Prize. Drawing on new information from a pri- ships, emotions, and thought. Joining Iantaffi in vate collection, and packed with insights about conversation is emem obot, an organizer with the personal life of the public figure, Blight, a the Brave Space Alliance, the only Black- and renowned scholar of the Civil War, illuminates trans-led LGBTQ center in Chicago. Douglass’s transformation, post-Civil War, from political outsider to insider.

This annual lecture recognizes the significant contri- This program is presented in partnership with the butions to the Chicago Humanities Festival made by Brave Space Alliance. its founder and chairman emeritus Richard J. Franke. 109 110

Saturday, October 26 Saturday, October 26 4:00–5:00pm 4:30–5:30pm

Chicago Architecture Venue SIX10 | Center | Feinberg Theater Gand Lecture Hall

BEER HISTORY VS LIVE WITH WITH PATRICIA SMITH THE BREWSEUM

M $ 15 Despite some off years under the 18th Amend- M $ 15 “Every poem is speaking to some greater outside,” P $ 20 ment, thinking and drinking is a longstanding P $ 20 write the award-winning poets Franny Choi and ST $ 10 American institution. Beer, in particular, has ST $ 10 Danez Smith. In their Poetry Foundation-spon- played a central role in the cultural, economic, sored podcast, VS, Smith and Choi speak to and political development of the nation, so much poets about how poetry can both reflect and so, in fact, that President James Madison pro- shape our world. Through humorous and insight- posed creating a national brewery and installing ful conversation, Choi and Smith reveal why so a Secretary of Beer in his cabinet. In this conver- many of us turn to poetry to understand our lives. sation, Alison Cuddy, Marilynn Thoma Artistic Joining them for a live taping of VS is Patricia Director at the Chicago Humanities Festival, Liz Smith, a 2018 Pulitzer Prize finalist and four- Garibay of the Chicago Brewseum, and Theresa time National Poetry Slam champion whose McCulla of the Smithsonian’s National Museum poetry and performances have been called “a of American History will peer through their pint testament to the power of words to change lives.” glasses into the past, and examine the many ways beer refracts and enhances our percep- tions of history.

This program is presented in partnership with the This program is presented in partnership with the Chicago Brewseum Beer History and Culture Summit. Poetry Foundation. Each year, the generous support of Dolores Kohl MORRIS AND Kaplan is felt across all of Northwestern Day. 111 Dolores makes this thoughtful gift in memory of DOLORES her loving husband, Morris, who was a festival founder and Northwestern alumnus. Their com- Saturday, October 26 KOHL KAPLAN mitment to increasing access to the humanities 7:30–10:30pm NORTHWESTERN is inspiring. Gene Siskel Film Center | Thank you to the Dolores Kohl Education Foun- Theater 1 DAY dation, Alice Kaplan Institute for the Humanities, Northwestern University, and the multitude of departments and offices that make Northwest- ern Day in Evanston possible.

MORRIS AND DOLORES KOHL KAPLAN NORTHWESTERN DAY PROGRAMS:

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SARAH SMARSH REVISITING 201 DANIEL IMMERWAHR CANDYMAN 202 CHICAGO, FEAR, AMITAV GHOSH AND PUBLIC HOUSING 203 JONATHAN SAFRAN FOER 204 This program requires Since its release in 1992, Candyman has that Humanist members MADELINE MILLER haunted the public imagination. The film holds 205 RSVP to attend. RSVP particular resonance with Chicagoans: After all, by calling Daniella it’s set in the city’s Cabrini-Green Homes, and JENNIFER LACKEY Mazzio at (312) 777-1569. drew inspiration from a real-life Chicago crime. 206 Teen Pizza Hang Out: Now, with a 2020 reboot from Jordan Peele on PATRICK RADDEN KEEFE Join us in the Gene Siskel the horizon, CHF invites you to revisit the horror 207 Film Center Gallery for classic with an eye towards what the film can tell food and hangs before us about fear, race, and public housing in Chi- REBECCA MAKKAI 208 the screening and learn cago. Join us for a screening of the film followed about the Teen Art Pass. by a panel discussion with Lisa Yun Lee, exec- DEBBIE CENZIPER utive director of the National Public Housing 209 M $ 15 Museum, and Michael Orange, director of the P $ 20 INDIGNANT WOMEN ST $ 10 MATATU performative think tank, who assisted 210 in the Cabrini-Green redevelopment project. JULIA LOUIS-DREYFUS 211

Bienen School of Music Block Museum of Art This program is presented in partnership with the Office of the President National Public Housing Museum, the Chicago Archi- Office of the Provost tectural Biennial, and the Gene Siskel Film Center. Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences 200 201

Sunday, October 27 Sunday, October 27 11:00–12:00pm 12:30–1:30pm

Cahn Auditorium Ryan Center for the Musical Arts | Mary B. Galvin Recital Hall

2019 CHICAGO TRIBUNE HEARTLAND PRIZE FOR NONFICTION JILL SARAH ABRAMSON SMARSH MERCHANTS OF TRUTH

This program requires In a “post-truth” world, a strong press is neces- Preorder your copy of In a period defined by division—political, cul- that Humanist members sary for a democracy’s survival. Despite these Heartland: A Memoir of tural and especially socio-economic—Sarah RSVP to attend. RSVP stakes, it seems that many of today’s news orga- Working Hard and Being Smarsh’s Heartland has become required read- by calling Daniella Broke in the Richest nizations care more about ratings than reporting. ing for anyone seeking insight into the realities Mazzio at (312) 777-1569. Country on Earth through How did we get here? No one is better suited to the CHF box office and of American poverty. In the book, stories from Preorder your copy of answer this question than Jill Abramson, former save 20%. Smarsh’s own life as a 5th-generation member Merchants of Truth: executive editor of The New York Times. In her of a Kansas wheat farming family are contex- The Business of News book, Merchants of Truth, Abramson charts the M $ 15 tualized by incisive sociological analysis, com- and the Fight for Facts different directions taken by four major news P $ 20 bining to convey the growing gulf between the ST $ 10 through the CHF box organizations as they fight to stay relevant and realities of the working class and the American office and save 20%. profitable. Join Abramson and Emmy-award win- dream. A National Book Award finalist and an ning journalist Rebecca Jarvis in conversation instant New York Times bestseller, Heartland M $ 15 P $ 20 as they discuss where the news business has has received praise from sources as diverse as ST $ 10 been, where it’s going, and why, now more than The American Conservative and Mother Jones ever, it matters. for its poetic prose, precise observations, and powerful message. Smarsh will be joined in con- versation by Chicago Tribune columnist Mary Schmich.

This program is presented in partnership with the Chicago Tribune. 202 203

Sunday, October 27 Sunday, October 27 12:30–1:30pm 12:30–1:30pm

Norris University Center | Norris University Center | McCormick Auditorium John J. Louis Room

ANITA AND PRABHAKANT SINHA PROGRAM DANIEL A M I TAV G HO S H IMMERWAHR GUN ISLAND HOW TO HIDE AN EMPIRE

Preorder your copy of Ask people to draw a connection between the Preorder your copy of “A writer of uncommon talent who combines lit- How to Hide An Empire: words “America” and “colonies,” and most will Gun Island: A Novel erary flair with a rare seriousness of purpose.” A History of the Greater conjure up revolutionary images of 1776. But through the CHF box —The Washington Post United States through office and save 20%. the CHF box office and America’s colonial history extends much further save 20%. than the 18th century, and involves a different M $ 15 Not many people have been shortlisted for the power dynamic, one in which America was the P $ 20 Booker Prize; Fewer still have won India’s top M $ 15 colonizer, not the colonized. For example, in ST $ 10 literary prize. Amitav Ghosh has done both. Also P $ 20 1945, the US claimed jurisdiction over more peo- named a top global thinker by Foreign Policy, ST $ 10 ple living outside the States than inside them. Ghosh’s genius is on display in his latest work, In How to Hide an Empire, Northwestern pro- Gun Island, a novel rich with mythology yet

fessor Daniel Immerwahr traces the crucial yet still firmly rooted in today’s realities of climate oft-obscured role that US overseas territories change and globalization. The globe-spanning have played in the development of the nation. adventure follows bookseller Deen Datta who, From island colonies to military bases, Immer- with the help of friends, discovers a new way wahr will illuminate America’s evolving influence of seeing life. Join Festival favorite Ghosh as abroad, giving crucial context for contemporary he discusses the power of connection in an American foreign policy. increasingly disconnected world.

This program is presented in partnership with the Alice Kaplan Institute for the Humanities at Northwestern This program recognizes Anita and Prabhakant Sinha University. as Humanists of the Year at our 2018 Annual Benefit. 204 205

Sunday, October 27 Sunday, October 27 2:30–3:30pm 2:30–3:30pm

Cahn Auditorium Ryan Center for the Musical Arts | Mary B. Galvin Recital Hall

JONATHAN MADELINE SAFRAN FOER MILLER WE ARE THE WEATHER CIRCE

This program requires “Foer is the latest in a long line of distinguished Preorder your copy of As a child, Madeline Miller was fascinated by that Humanist members literary vegetarians.” Circe through the CHF Homer’s epics, though something about them RSVP to attend. RSVP —Jennifer Schuessler, New York Times Book box office and save 20%. nagged at her: Where were the women’s voices? by calling Daniella Review Miller decided to revisit her childhood question, Mazzio at (312) 777-1569. M $ 15 P $ 20 and the result, Circe, is a stunning, female-cen- Preorder your copy of Every day, it seems, brings news of another envi- ST $ 10 tric intervention, one which has garnered awards We are the Weather: ronmental disaster. In the face of increasingly for its complex portrayal of the sorceress Circe, Saving the Planet Starts dire climate reports, what’s an environmen- one of the most beguiling characters in the at Breakfast through tally-conscious citizen to do? It’s simple, says Odyssey. At CHF, Miller, who has also penned the CHF box office and Jonathan Safran Foer: Saving the planet starts a best-selling book based on the Iliad, will dis- save 20%. at breakfast. Ten years after Eating Animals, his cuss how she created a nuanced portrayal of a in-depth examination of the moral implications complicated woman trying to succeed in a world M $ 15 of meat consumption in America, Foer turns his P $ 20 allied against her—a narrative that many modern ST $ 10 attention to the environmental impacts of eating readers will find more than a little familiar. Greta animals in his newest work, We Are The Weather. Johnsen, host and producer of WBEZ’s Nerdette This conversation with Foer and WBEZ food and podcast, will join Miller in conversation. culture reporter Monica Eng will have you con- sidering your own power to improve the planet just by changing what you eat.

This program is generously underwritten by the Sci- ence and Technology Humanist Producers. 206 207

Sunday, October 27 Sunday, October 27 2:30–3:30pm 2:30–3:30pm

Norris University Center | Norris University Center | McCormick Auditorium John J. Louis Room

JENNIFER PATR ICK LACKEY RADDEN KEEFE INCARCERATION AND SAY NOTHING EDUCATION

M $ 15 Once a week, Northwestern University profes- Preorder your copy of Say “Equal parts true-crime, history, and tragedy... P $ 20 sor Jennifer Lackey leaves the Lake Michigan Nothing: A True Story A must read.” —Gillian Flynn ST $ 10 views of her Evanston campus for the concrete of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland through Belfast, 1972: Thirty-eight year-old Jean McCon- walls of Stateville Correctional Center. There, the CHF box office and she spends three hours discussing philosophy save 20%. nville is abducted from her home as her children with twenty-one incarcerated students, all of watch on in horror. For years, the crime haunts whom are enrolled in Northwestern’s Prison M $ 15 her community. In Say Nothing, award-winning Education program. Lackey, who directs the P $ 20 New Yorker staff writer Patrick Radden Keefe program, believes there are enormous benefits ST $ 10 reveals McConnville’s fate, interweaving her to be had from their education—not just for the story with a larger account of the Troubles, the prisoners, but for society as a whole, given the decades-long conflict in Northern Ireland. The 43% decrease in recidivism rates among those harrowing book captures not just the facts of who participate in these programs. Join Lackey the protracted war but also how it bred a climate for a conversation about using education to cre- of fear, secrecy, and silence. Join Keefe and jour- ate a more equitable, rehabilitative, and effec- nalist Alex Kotlowitz as they discuss the pow- tive criminal justice system. erful, long-lasting effects such an atmosphere can have on both the individual and the society.

This program is presented in partnership with the Alice Kaplan Institute for the Humanities at Northwestern University. 208 209

Sunday, October 27 Sunday, October 27 4:30–5:30pm 4:30–5:30pm

Ryan Center for the Norris University Center | Musical Arts | Mary McCormick Auditorium B. Galvin Recital Hall

2019 CHICAGO TRIBUNE HEARTLAND PRIZE FOR FICTION REBECCA DEBBIE MAKKAI CENZIPER AMERICA’S HIDDEN NAZIS

Preorder your copy of Rebecca Makkai’s novel, The Great Believers, Preorder your copy of “This is a book that anybody interested in the The Great Believers: has been lauded for its exquisite demonstration Citizen 865: The Hunt for quest for international justice should read.” A Novel through the CHF of “the effects of trauma, the joys of the fanciful, Hitler’s Hidden Soldiers —Michael Isikoff box office and save 20%. in America through the and the ways that we endure.” The novel, set in CHF box office and save M $ 15 Chicago and Paris, shifts time periods to depict 20%. In 1990, new information set off a remarkable P $ 20 both the height of the ongoing American AIDS Department of Justice search to find a group of ST $ 10 epidemic and its aftermath, revealing the physi- M $ 15 Nazi collaborators who had been living anon- cal and emotional scars left on those who loved P $ 20 ymously in the United States since the end of and lost during the worst of its ravages. Mak- ST $ 10 World War II. Pulitzer-prize winning journalist kai, a finalist for both the Pulitzer Prize and the Debbie Cenziper’s latest work tells the story National Book Award, as well as artistic direc- of this hunt, and of the historians and lawyers tor of StoryStudio Chicago, will join Rick Kogan determined to hold the collaborators, known as of the Chicago Tribune to discuss the power of the “Trawniki men,” accountable. In Citizen 865, fiction to excavate and reveal a more nuanced Cenziper, the new head of investigative journal- understanding of our shared histories. ism at Northwestern’s Medill School of Journal- ism, provides an antidote to today’s rising tide of intolerance with an inspirational tale of Amer- icans standing up to hatred and rooting it out.

This program is presented in partnership with the Alice This program is presented in partnership with the Kaplan Institute for the Humanities at Northwestern Chicago Tribune. University. 210 211

Sunday, October 27 Sunday, October 27 4:30–6:00pm 6:30–7:30pm

Norris University Center | Cahn Auditorium John J. Louis Room

ELAINE AND ROGER HAYDOCK HUMOR SERIES INDIGNANT JULIA WOMEN LOUIS-DREYFUS

Preorder your copy of Had Gwendolyn Brooks and Lorraine Hans- This program requires Julia Louis-Dreyfus is the epitome of a power- Breathe: A Letter to berry ever met, they would have had much to that Humanist members house: Star of the hit series Seinfeld and Veep, My Sons, Looking for discuss. Both Chicago natives, whose insight- RSVP to attend. RSVP Louis-Dreyfus has won more Emmy and SAG Lorraine: The Radiant and by calling Daniella ful, moving works captured the reality of being Awards than any other actor in history. Her por- Radical Life of Lorraine Mazzio at (312) 777-1569. Hansberry, A Surprised a Black woman in mid-century America, Brooks trayals of dynamic, multi-faceted, quick-witted Queenhood in the New and Hansberry also shared membership in what M $ 50 women in television and film are beloved by Black Sun: The Life & some contemporary scholars have dubbed the P $ 60 critics and audiences alike, who consider Lou- Legacy of Gwendolyn “Indignant Generation.” Though the two never ST $ 30 is-Dreyfus a comedy legend. CHF welcomes Brooks through the CHF did meet, Chicago’s Indignant Women Collec- Julia Louis-Dreyfus back to Northwestern Uni- box office and save 20%. tive have envisioned such a conversation, by versity, where her career began alongside fel- M $ 15 creating an imagined dialogue between the low student Brad Hall (now her husband of more P $ 20 two artists, which will be performed by Emily than 30 years) for a conversation reflecting on ST $ 10 Hooper Lansana and Zahra Glenda Baker from her powerful career. In the Spirit. Following the performance, poet Angela Jackson and Princeton professor Imani Perry, authors of biographies on Brooks and Hansberry, respectively, will discuss the power- ful lives and legacies of these celebrated writers.

This program is presented in partnership with the This program is generously underwritten by Elaine and Poetry Foundation and Indignant Women Collective. Roger Haydock. The programming and production teams FA LL 2019 would like to recognize the following partners PROGRAM AND for co-presenting select programs. 300

PRODUCTION About Face Theatre Thursday, October 31 6:00–7:30pm PARTNERS Alice Kaplan Institute for the Humanities Arie Crown Theater First United Art Institute of Chicago Methodist Church at the Chicago Temple | Black Oak Technical Productions Sanctuary Block Museum of Art, Northwestern University Blanc Gallery Brave Space Alliance Center for the Study of Race, Politics & Cul- ture at the University of Chicago Chicago Architectural Biennial PAUL M. ANGELL FAMILY FOUNDATION PROGRAM Chicago Park District Chicago Public Library Foundation College Arts and Humanities Institute, Indiana DEAD MAN University Court Theatre WALKING Gallery Guichard Gene Siskel Film Center SISTER HELEN PREJEAN AND Illinois Science Council TERRENCE MCNALLY Indignant Women Collective Institute for the Humanities University of Preorder your copy of When Sister Helen Prejean became penpals Michigan Dead Man Walking: The with a death row inmate, she didn’t imagine Joyce Foundation Eyewitness Account that it would change the course of her life. Now, of the Death Penalty Lake Forest College that Sparked a National nearly forty years later, Sister Helen is one of the world’s foremost anti-death penalty advo- Lyric Opera Chicago Debate through the CHF box office and save 20%. cates, and Dead Man Walking, her harrowing, Metropolitan Planning Council empathetic account of the impacts of capital Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago M $ 15 punishment, has become essential reading. P $ 20 Her work has inspired many, including famed National Public Housing Museum ST $ 10 playwright Terrence McNally and composer Jake Our Music My Body Heggie, co-creators of the award-winning opera

Peach’s Restaurant Dead Man Walking. Join CHF and Lyric Opera for a thought-provoking and spiritual meditation Poetry Foundation on who has power over life and death, featuring Seminary Co-op Prejean and McNally in conversation with the Show Services Chicago Sun-Times’s Mary Mitchell and perfor- mances from the opera. Shure Inc. Stanford Humanities Center The Bloc The Neighborhood Network Alliance This program is generously underwritten by the Paul Weinberg/Newton Gallery M. Angell Family Foundation, and presented in part- nership with the Lyric Opera Chicago. South Shore Night this year celebrates the cul- THE CHICAGO tural legacy of Chicago’s “soul coast” through 301 storytelling and musical performance, bringing COMMUNITY together past and current residents alongside cultural leaders who embody, amplify, and doc- Thursday, October 31 TRUST ument their vibrant transforming communities. 8:30–9:30pm NEIGHBORHOOD First United Methodist SOUTH SHORE NIGHT PROGRAMS: Church at the Chicago N IGHT: Temple | Sanctuary SOUTH SIDE SOUL SOUTH SHORE 302

CARLO ROTELLA ON SOUTH SHORE 303

DAMON LOCKS & THE BLACK MONUMENT ENSEMBLE 304

Stay and dance to DJ sets from our South Side JARED YATES Soul panelists. SEXTON AND HENRY ROLLINS ON MASCULINITY

Preorder your copy of From “boys will be boys” to “men don’t cry,” The Man They Wanted Me American culture has strongly ingrained ideas to Be: Toxic Masculinity about masculinity, ideas that Jared Yates Sexton and a Crisis of Our Own Making through the CHF believes are deeply damaging to our individual box office and save 20%. and collective psyches. In The Man They Wanted Me to Be, Sexton traces how norms including M $ 15 emotional repression and physical aggression P $ 20 create “toxic masculinity” and contribute to ST $ 10 some of America’s most pressing issues, from gun violence to sexual assault. Henry Rollins,

writer and former frontman of Black Flag, joins Sexton for a discussion of the corrosive effects of toxic masculinity on men themselves and on society as a whole, and to lay out the ways that we can free ourselves from its influence.

South Shore Night recognizes the many contributions made to our community by The Chicago Community Trust. The evening is presented by the Trust in part- nership with the Chicago Parks District and The Neigh- borhood Network Alliance. 302 303

Friday, November 1 Friday, November 1 6:00–6:50pm 6:00–6:50pm

South Shore South Shore Cultural Center | Cultural Center | Solarium Dining Room

SOUTH SIDE CARLO ROTELLA SOUL ON SOUTH SHORE

All attendees of this For decades, some of America’s best soul music All attendees of this Few Chicago neighborhoods have changed more program are invited to has come out of Chicago’s South Side neigh- program are invited to over time than South Shore has, and few peo- stay for an afterparty borhoods. Now, three soul music experts come stay for an afterparty ple know more about this evolution than Carlo with South Side Soul at with South Side Soul at together to celebrate the history and influence Rotella. Raised in South Shore, Rotella, now a 8:00pm. 8:00pm. of this storied musical tradition. Ayana Con- professor at Boston College, returned to the M $ 15 treras, host of Vocalo Radio’s Reclaimed Soul; Preorder your copy of neighborhood to research his latest book, The P $ 20 Ruben Molina, the DJ and historian; and DJ Tone The World Is Always World Is Always Coming to an End. Part memoir, ST $ 10 B. Nimble, will join poet, radio host, and activist Coming to an End: Pulling part urban history, Rotella’s book is an evocative Mario Smith, for a conversation covering sem- Together and Apart In reminder of the powerful ways neighborhoods inal moments in Chicago soul, as well a some a Chicago Neighborhood shape our lives. Join Rotella in the heart of South through the CHF box lesser known histories, such as the influence Shore for a discussion of the historic neigh- office and save 20%. of Mexican-American musicians on the music. borhood’s past, present, and future. Current Following the discussion, Contreras, Molina, M $ 15 residents are invited to come and share their and Nimble will have you embracing the power P $ 20 thoughts, experiences, and memories. of South Side soul in a different way: dancing to ST $ 10 their South Side soul DJ sets!

This program is presented in partnership with The This program is presented in partnership with The Neighborhood Network Alliance and the Chicago Neighborhood Network Alliance and the Chicago Park District. Park District. Our annual Hyde Park Day fittingly features some HYDE PARK DAY of the most cutting-edge scholarship within the 304 arts, humanities and sciences, including new thinking on race and reparations; our evolving ideas about space, whether across the universe Friday, November 1 or in our streets; and the future of work, from 7:00–8:00pm motherhood to other forms of content creation.

South Shore Cultural Center | Paul Robeson Theatre HYDE PARK DAY PROGRAMS:

ERIC FONER 400

CAITLIN ZALOOM ON STUDENT DEBT 401

SEAN CARROLL 402

SASHA SAGAN ON FINDING MEANING DAMON LOCKS & 403 THE BLACK IBRAM X. KENDI 404 MONUMENT SARAH KNOTT 405 ENSEMBLE TANISHA C. FORD 406

All attendees of this In the Black Monument Ensemble, Chicago artist GHOST WORK program are invited to and musician Damon Locks has put together a 407 stay for an afterparty spectacular group including dancers from Move with South Side Soul at Me Soul, and top Chicago musicians including 8:00pm. KATHERINE FRANKE ON REPARATIONS cornetist Ben LaMar Gay, drummer Dana Hall, 408 M $ 15 and percussionist Arif Smith, for a stunning P $ 20 meditation on some of the texts, moments, and SPATIAL JUSTICE ST $ 10 music of the ongoing civil rights movement. 409 Where Future Unfolds features the words of Black activists past and present layered on top SUKETU MEHTA of intricate beats and harmonies, and refer- 410 ences sources as diverse as Public Enemy and Lena Horne. Both joyous and mournful, sobering ANNE ANLIN CHENG and inspiring, their music is a reminder of the 411 power of art to combat oppression. Don’t miss this incredible performance!

This program is presented in partnership with The Neighborhood Network Alliance and the Chicago Hyde Park Day is made possible through the generous Park District. support of Bank of America. 400 401

Saturday, November 2 Saturday, November 2 11:00–12:00pm 11:00–12:00pm

Reva and David Logan International House | Center for the Arts | Assembly Hall Performance Hall

THE AJMANI FAMILY PROGRAM ERIC FONER CAITLIN ZALOOM RECONSTRUCTION AND THE CONSTITUTION ON STUDENT DEBT

Preorder your copy of The With debates over citizenship, voting rights, Preorder your copy of Nearly one in five adult Americans carry stu- Second Founding: How and due process raging, Columbia University Indebted: How Families dent loan debt; Surprisingly, though, the debt the Civil War and Recon- historian Eric Foner wants us to reexamine the Make College Work at holders aren’t always students themselves. In struction Remade the Any Cost through the Constitution through the moment these rights were enshrined in law: CHF box office and save Indebted, New York University professor Caitlin CHF box office and save not in 1787, but in the mid-19th century, when 20%. Zaloom traces how the pressure of rising college 20%. Constitutional amendments triggered by the costs has transformed family life, forcing many Civil War moved the concept of equality from M $ 15 parents and grandparents into debt. Due to the M $ 15 abstract idea to federally enforceable law. Foner, P $ 20 predatory practices of what Zaloom calls the P $ 20 whose previous works on the Civil War and ST $ 10 “student finance complex,” middle-class par- ST $ 10 Reconstruction have won the Bancroft, Lincoln, ents are faced with an impossible choice: fund- and Pulitzer Prizes, comes to CHF to discuss his ing their child’s education, or funding their own newest work, The Second Founding: How the futures. As the need to reevaluate the value of Civil War and Reconstruction Remade the Con- higher education intensifies, Zaloom’s program stitution, and reveal how the tumultuous history will provide shocking yet crucial information on of these consequential rights has shaped the the failings of the college-financing industry, battle over their meaning today. and offer ideas to fix the system.

This program is generously underwritten by Harpinder Ajmani in honor of his late parents, Labh and Rajendra This program is presented in partnership with the Ajmani. International House Global Voices Program. 402 403

Saturday, November 2 Saturday, November 2 11:00–12:00pm 1:00–2:00pm

Oriental Institute Reva and David Logan Museum | Breasted Hall Center for the Arts | Performance Hall

SEAN CARROLL SASHA SAGAN ON MANY WORLDS FINDING MEANING

Preorder your copy of Sean Carroll is a theoretical physicist, a profes- Preorder your copy of For The search for meaning may be central to human Something Deeply Hidden: sor at CalTech, and an acclaimed science writer. Small Creatures Such life, but that doesn’t mean it’s easy, even for a Quantum Worlds and And there might be more than one of him. At As We: Rituals for Finding searcher as well equipped as Sasha Sagan. The the Emergence of Space- Meaning in Our Unlikely time through the CHF least, that’s what his newest book Something World through the CHF daughter of the late astronomer Carl Sagan and box office and save 20%. Deeply Hidden posits. In this groundbreaking box office and save 20%. writer/producer Ann Druyan, Sagan grew up in work, Carroll lays out the Many Worlds Theory, a family attuned to the wonder of the natural M $ 15 which argues that the world is constantly gen- M $ 15 world. When she herself became a mother, she P $ 20 erating new versions of itself, each representing P $ 20 drew from her childhood nature lessons to cre- ST $ 10 different outcomes of particular events. If this ST $ 10 ate a set of rituals for her daughter, activities all sounds a bit more science fiction than sci- that also inspired her family to appreciate the ence, fear not: Carroll is known for his lucid and beauty in small things. Sagan’s ideas, captured accessible thinking, which he’ll bring to CHF as in her new book, For Small Creatures Such as he invites us to explore the awesome and enor- We, will invite us all to celebrate life, love, and mous possibilities contained in our universe(s). the power of mindful observation.

This program is presented in partnership with the Illi- nois Science Council. 404 405

Saturday, November 2 Saturday, November 2 1:00–2:00pm 1:00–2:00pm

International House | Oriental Institute Assembly Hall Museum | Breasted Hall

REBECCA McDADE PROGRAM IBRAM X. SARAH KNOTT KENDI MOTHER IS A VERB HOW TO BE AN ANTIRACIST

Preorder your copy of The opposite of racist isn’t “not racist,” it’s anti- Preorder your copy of In Mother Is a Verb, Sarah Knott creates a his- How to Be an Antiracist racist. The difference may seem like a semantic Mother Is a Verb: An tory of motherhood that, like the experience through the CHF box one, but National Book Award-winning historian Unconventional History itself, is both deeply personal and also rife with office and save 20%. through the CHF box Ibram X. Kendi’s new book reveals the wide gap office and save 20%. universal parallels. Motherhood has long been M $ 15 between passivity and activism when it comes an elusive subject for historians, given the scar- P $ 20 to eradicating racism. In How to Be an Antiracist, M $ 15 city of archival evidence, but Knott has found a ST $ 10 Kendi, director of American University’s Anti- P $ 20 way to bridge this gap, by weaving in her own racist Research and Policy Center, and author ST $ 10 experience of motherhood. A historian at Indi- of Stamped from the Beginning: The Definitive ana University Bloomington, Knott uncovers History of Racist Ideas in America, bridges this narratives from women traditionally neglected gap with concrete steps we can all take to create in the historical record, including Native Amer- a more just society. With race dominating con- icans and enslaved people. The combination of versations both personal and political, familial accounts from a diverse range of women across and national, Kendi’s conversation with Mother history and Knott’s personal experiences create Jones Race and Justice reporter Jamilah King what she calls an “unconventional history,” one will provide crucial insight into the power we all which captures the challenges, joys, and power have to fight racism. of motherhood.

This program is generously underwritten by Rebecca McDade and presented in partnership with the Met- This program is presented in partnership with the ropolitan Planning Council, Lake Forest College, and College Arts and Humanities Institute at Indiana International House Global Voices Program. University. 406 407

Saturday, November 2 Saturday, November 2 3:00–4:00pm 3:00–4:00pm

Reva and David Logan International House | Center for the Arts | Assembly Hall Performance Hall

TANISHA C. GHOST WORK FORD DRESSED IN DREAMS

Preorder your copy of “Tanisha Ford explores and explicates the Preorder your copy of As automation becomes more prevalent, many Dressed in Dreams: A intricacies and politics of black style with the Ghost Work: How to worry that the digital age is crowding out Black Girl’s Love Letter rigor of a critic and the heart of a writer.” Stop Silicon Valley from humans. In Ghost Work, anthropologist Mary L. to the Power of Fashion Building a New Global through the CHF box —Michael Eric Dyson Underclass through Gray, a Harvard Fellow and Principal Researcher office and save 20%. the CHF box office and at Microsoft, argues the opposite: that these Clothes are never just clothes. Instead, argues save 20%. technologies rely, paradoxically and completely, M $ 15 University of Delaware professor Tanisha C. on humans. Gray and co-author Siddharth Suri P $ 20 Ford, they’re “a powerful social skin,” a way of M $ 15 use the term “ghost work” to refer to the array ST $ 10 expressing who we are—or at least how we want P $ 20 of invisible, piecemeal tasks that keep the ST $ 10 to be seen. Ford sees this as particularly true for Internet running, including content moderation, the Black community, for whom dressing has image classification, and customer assistance. always been political, from dashikis to baggy Despite the prevalence of this work–8% of Amer- jeans. In Dressed in Dreams, Ford discusses icans have participated in the ghost work econ- the history of Black style, drawing from both omy–the industry is unregulated. Join Gray and her scholarly work and also her personal style Natalie Foster, senior fellow at the The Aspen journey as a Black teen coming of age in the Institute Future of Work Initiative, for a con- Midwest. Join Ford at CHF for a conversation versation about protecting the people involved about what style can do, and the ways we both with ghost work, whose labor may be hidden but are and are not what we wear. whose impact is profound.

This program is presented in partnership with the International House Global Voices Program. 408 409

Saturday, November 2 Saturday, November 2 3:00–4:00pm 5:00–6:15pm

Oriental Institute Reva and David Logan Museum | Breasted Hall Center for the Arts | Performance Hall

KATHERINE SPATI A L FRANKE ON JUSTICE REPARATIONS

Preorder your copy of In the past five years, the debate over repara- M $ 15 The picket, the protest, the boycott: These are Repair: Redeeming the tions for slavery has intensified, with voices as P $ 20 familiar forms of social activism. But what about Promise of Abolition varied as writer Ta-Nehisi Coates, columnist ST $ 10 the spaces we live, work, and play in? Can our through the CHF box office and save 20%. David Brooks, and a handful of Democratic pres- neighborhoods, parks or streets themselves be idential candidates coming down on either side tools for social change? Absolutely, argues Liz M $ 15 of the issue. At the heart of the debate is the Ogbu, an acclaimed designer and architect. By P $ 20 question of what form reparations might take. incorporating community needs into our built ST $ 10 Columbia professor Katherine Franke provides environments, Ogbu says, we can create spaces an answer with Repair, a compelling explora- that produce equality. Similarly, through work tion of the years immediately following the Civil that examines the impacts of land use on differ- War, when experiments in reparations were ent communities, Chicago artist Maria Gaspar conducted in two southern states. Franke will reveals another way to approach spatial jus- explain how racial inequality remained embed- tice. In a conversation moderated by Susana L. ded in those efforts, leading to their failure, as Vasquez of the University of Chicago’s Office well as what we can learn from the past as we of Civic Engagement, Ogbu and Gaspar will consider reparations in the present. discuss why spatial justice matters, how they incorporate it into their practices, and how we, as citizens, can advocate for it.

This program is presented in partnership with the Court Theater, Office of Civic Engagement at the University of Chicago, and the Chicago Architecture Biennial. 410 411

Saturday, November 2 Saturday, November 2 5:00–6:00pm 5:00–6:00pm

International House | Oriental Institute Assembly Hall Museum | Breasted Hall

SUKETU ANNE ANLIN MEHTA CHENG AN IMMIGRANT’S ORNAMENTALISM MANIFESTO

Preorder your copy of “Written ‘in sorrow and anger,’ this is Preorder your copy of China doll, dragon lady, tiger mother: we are This Land Is Our Land: a brilliant and urgently necessary book.” Ornamentalism through all too familiar with the stereotypes of Asian An Immigrant’s Manifesto —Salman Rushdie the CHF box office and women across American culture. Such images through the CHF box save 20%. office and save 20%. receive new and thought-provoking reconsider- Immigration is one of today’s most talked about M $ 15 ation in Princeton professor Anne Anlin Cheng’s M $ 15 topics. Rarely, though, do we hear from immi- P $ 20 book Ornamentalism. In this groundbreaking P $ 20 grants themselves. Suketu Mehta, a Pulitzer ST $ 10 work, Cheng explores the unexpected political ST $ 10 Prize finalist for Maximum City, and an immi- possibilities generated by these tropes, drawing grant himself, fills this gap with his latest work, on references ranging from 19th-century legal This Land is Our Land: An Immigrant’s Manifesto. cases to contemporary films likeGhost in the With empathy and precision, Mehta gathers the Shell in order to create a compelling argument narratives of immigrants, and interweaves them about how the portrayal of Asian women as with moments from his own family’s immigrant non-persons has been surprisingly central to story, in a powerful reminder of the universality Western ideas of personhood. At CHF, Cheng’s of human experience. At CHF, Mehta will dis- revelations will encourage you to expand your cuss the reasons people migrate, the challenges perceptions of American conceptions of race, they face, and the invaluable contributions they gender, and identity. make to their new homes.

This program is presented in partnership with the International House Global Voices Program. 500 501

Sunday, November 3 Sunday, November 3 11:00–12:00pm 1:00–2:00pm

Harris Theater for Field Museum | James Music and Dance Simpson Theatre

2019 CHICAGO TRIBUNE LITERARY AWARD HENRY LOUIS BETH MACY GATES, JR. DOPESICK

This program requires Henry Louis Gates, Jr., the renowned literary Preorder your copy of “No matter what you already know about that Humanist members critic and historian, is widely celebrated as Dopesick: Dealers, the opioid crisis, Dopesick’s toughness and RSVP to attend. RSVP one of the foremost authorities on the history Doctors, and the Drug intimacy make it a must.” by calling Daniella Company that Addicted of African American literature. Credited with —The New York Times Mazzio at (312) 777-1569. America (paperback) discovering the earliest known literary works through the CHF box Preorder your copy of by African American writers, Gates is also cele- office and save 20%. Every day in America, more than 130 people Stony the Road: brated for the work he has done to make history die from opioid-related overdoses. That fig- Reconstruction, White accessible and appealing through his PBS show M $ 15 ure is nearly three times greater than it was a Supremacy, and the Finding Your Roots, and through his numerous, P $ 20 mere decade ago. What has led to this dramatic ST $ 10 Rise of Jim Crow through award-winning documentaries. Amongst other increase? In Dopesick, award-winning journal- the CHF box office and honors, Gates has been awarded the National ist and New York Times bestselling author Beth save 20%. Humanities Medal and a MacArthur fellowship. Macy charts the causes and effects of the opi- In his newest book Stony The Road: Reconstruc- oid epidemic. From investigations of pharma- M $ 35 P $ 45 tion, White Supremacy, and the Rise of Jim Crow, ceutical companies that enabled drug abuse ST $ 20 Gates argues that the roots of contemporary through their pursuit of profit, to wrenching structural racism can be found in this trans- portraits of individuals struggling with addiction, formative period, demonstrating yet again why Macy lays out the human tragedy of the crisis. he is one of America’s most powerful voices on Join Macy and Monica Davey, Chicago Bureau race and history. Gates will be joined by Bruce Chief for The New York Times, as they discuss Dold, publisher and editor-in-chief of the the impact of opioids, and reveal what can be Chicago Tribune. done to combat the epidemic.

This program is presented in partnership with the Chi- cago Tribune. 502 503

Sunday, November 3 Sunday, November 3 1:00–2:00pm 1:00–2:00pm

Venue SIX10 | Museum of Feinberg Theater Contemporary Art Chicago | Edlis Neeson Theater

2019 KOHL EDUCATION PRIZE REN WESCHLER GARY TINTEROW ON THE LEGACY OF ON INCLUSIVE OLIVER SACKS MUSEUMS

Preorder your copy of Few modern clinicians have made a larger M $ 15 In the four decades since Gary Tinterow And How Are You, Dr. impact on our understanding of the human P $ 20 interned at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Sacks?: A Biographical brain than the late Oliver Sacks. Lawrence (Ren) ST $ 10 much has changed. For one, Tinterow is now the Memoir of Oliver Sacks Weschler, former artistic director of the Chicago director of that museum, following a celebrated through the CHF box office and save 20%. Humanities Festival, returns to CHF to expand 28-year stint at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. our understanding of Sacks himself. And How For another, many museum leaders are increas- M $ 15 Are You, Dr. Sacks?, Weschler’s biographical ingly focused on making their institutions more P $ 20 memoir of his 30-year friendship with Sacks, diverse, inclusive, and accessible. Tinterow ST $ 10 covers the charismatic doctor’s struggles and has been a driver of these changes, rethinking successes in and out of the clinic. Packed with everything from exhibitions to infrastructure and anecdotes both charming and profound, includ- even signage. In conversation with Angelique ing the behind-the-scenes story of Sacks’s Power, president of the Field Foundation, Tinte- award-winning book The Man Who Mistook His row will discuss his mission to make our cultural Wife for a Hat, Weschler’s work reveals to us the institutions spaces that “don’t just mirror what powerfully curious and infinitely compassionate we already know, but instead expose us to new man who forever changed our conception of the ideas, new cultures, and new works of art.” mind and the self. Artist Riva Lehrer will join Weschler in conversation.

This program is presented in partnership with the Dolores Kohl Education Foundation and the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago. 504 505

Sunday, November 3 Sunday, November 3 1:00–2:00pm 3:00–4:00pm

Columbia College Field Museum | James Chicago | Stage Two Simpson Theatre

MUSIC OF JOHN THE 70s HODGMAN JOHN CORBETT & MEDALLION STATUS VIVIEN GOLDMAN

Preorder your copy of If your idea of 1970s music starts with disco and Book + Ticket (VIP) comes You may know John Hodgman as the deranged Pick Up the Pieces: ends with classic rock, prepare to have your ears with premiere seating billionaire from The Daily Show, or as “Judge Excursions in Seventies blown by John Corbett and Vivien Goldman. In in our red badge section. John Hodgman”, the absurdist adjudicator in Music, Let’s Go (So We John Hodgman will only Pick Up the Pieces, Corbett demonstrates the The New York Times Magazine. In his new essay Can Get Back), Revenge sign copies of Medallion of the She-Punks: A power of music to shape self and society, inter- Status: True Stories collection, though, Hodgman makes it clear that Feminist Music History twining critical essays on artists such as The from Secret Rooms pre- he’s just a regular guy—albeit a more famous, from Poly Styrene Kinks with stories of his own coming of age. For ordered through the CHF slightly more conflicted, and much, much fun- to Pussy Riot through Goldman, the famed British critic, musician, and box office. nier guy. Medallion Status, the follow-up to his the CHF box office and ‘punk professor,’ music is also empowerment, bestselling Vacationland, brings insight into the save 20%. especially for the overlooked women of the This program requires vagaries of fame. From a nude scene with an punk scene whose influence—from Patti Smith that Humanist members oboe to a showdown with Instagram-famous M $ 15 RSVP to attend. RSVP to Pussy Riot—Goldman details in Revenge of corgis (the corgis won), Hodgman captures the P $ 20 by calling Daniella ST $ 10 the She Punk. Corbett and Goldman will swap Mazzio at (312) 777-1569. ironies and hilarity of 21st-century celebrity. At stories, spin records, and make the case for the CHF, Hodgman will make us laugh and think, in continuing power of 70s music. Preorder your copy of the way only he can, on the strange allure of Medallion Status: True status and the fickleness of identity. Stories from Secret Rooms through the CHF box office and save 20%.

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Sunday, November 3 Sunday, November 3 3:00–4:00pm 3:00–4:00pm

Venue SIX10 | Museum of Feinberg Theater Contemporary Art Chicago | Edlis Neeson Theater

CHRISTIAN SMITH K WA ME ON THE POWER OF ONWUACHI NOTES FROM A RELIGION YOUNG BLACK CHEF

Preorder your copy of In 2015, Pew found that nearly a quarter of Preorder your copy of “I am so excited to see what the future Religion: What It Is, How Americans described themselves as “religiously Notes from a Young holds for Chef Kwame—he is a phoenix.” It Works, and Why It unaffiliated,” which added fuel to the flames of Black Chef: A Memoir —José Andrés Matters through the CHF through the CHF box box office and save 20%. a long-standing debate around the death of reli- office and save 20%. gion. Despite this, Notre Dame professor Chris- Kwame Onwuachi, winner of the 2019 James M $ 15 tian Smith still sees religion continuing well into M $ 15 Beard Rising Star Chef of the Year award, took P $ 20 the future. Smith, the author of Religion: What It P $ 20 an unconventional path to culinary success, ST $ 10 Is, How It Works, and Why It Matters, will delve ST $ 10 having started out in the kitchens of an oil spill into the origins of religion, why people believe, cleanup ship. In Notes from a Young Black Chef, and how religion continues to evolve in order Onwuachi recounts his childhood in New York, to adapt to modern society. He’ll also discuss Nigeria, and Louisiana; his stints at Eleven how, despite increasing secularization, religion Madison Park and on Top Chef, and his grief at remains a powerful force in both our public and the closing of the much-hyped restaurant he private lives. opened at age 26. Throughout, Onwuachi, now executive chef at DC’s Kith/Kin, highlights the racism and elitism ingrained in the fine dining industry, and reveals the opportunities that empowered him to make change. Join Onwua- chi and the Chicago Sun-Times’s Ji Suk Yi for a discussion about how diversity in the kitchen benefits both chefs and diners.

This program is presented in partnership with the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago. 508 509

Sunday, November 3 Sunday, November 3 3:00–4:00pm 5:00–6:00pm

Columbia College Harris Theater for Chicago | Stage Two Music and Dance

ELAINE AND ROGER HAYDOCK HUMOR SERIES DAV I D OP DY K E MOBITUARIES THIS LAND WITH MO ROCCA

Following his program, When artist David Opdyke wanted to address Ticket purchase includes No news is entirely bad news, as long as it’s Opdyke will lead a tour climate change in his work, he found the per- a copy of Mobituaries: being delivered by Mo Rocca. A correspondent of This Land at Weinberg/ fect medium in vintage, hand-tinted postcards. Great Lives Worth Reliv- for CBS Sunday Morning and a frequent panelist Newton Gallery (688 ing. An option for 1 book Using their idyllic views of American landscapes on NPR’s Wait, Wait... Don’t Tell Me!, Rocca has N Milwaukee Ave) at + 2 tickets is available 5:00PM. as a canvas, Opdyke added apocalyptic painted through the box office at a knack for presenting current events in a way imagery, from out of control fires to menacing (312) 605-8444. that’s both informative and hilarious. In Mobit- M $ 15 beasts and written messages of doom. Five uaries, Rocca applies these skills to history, P $ 20 hundred of these miniature melodramas, orga- This program requires memorializing people and objects past. Some ST $ 10 nized into a crumbling mosaic, form his critically that Humanist members of these playful, heartfelt pieces cover subjects acclaimed artwork This Land, now on display RSVP to attend. RSVP Rocca considers overlooked or underrated; In at Weinberg/Newton Gallery. At CHF, Opdyke by calling Daniella others, he illuminates the lives of people whose Mazzio at (312) 777-1569. will discuss his belief that art might be the very names we may know, but whose true stories we thing needed to spur action on climate change. may not, including Thomas Paine and Audrey Preorder your copy of Mobituaries: Great Lives Hepburn. In conversation with Wait, Wait host Worth Reliving through Peter Sagal, Rocca will discuss the power of the CHF box office and rethinking—and finding humor in—the past. save 20%.

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This program is presented in partnership with the Weinberg/Newton Gallery and the Institute for the This program is generously underwritten by Elaine and Humanities at the University of Michigan. Roger Haydock. 510 600

Sunday, November 3 Monday, November 4 5:00–6:00pm 6:00–7:00pm

Columbia College The Vic Theatre Chicago | Stage Two

WALTER E. HELLER FOUNDATION PROGRAM LESLIE SALMAN JAMISON RUSHDIE MAKE IT SCREAM, QUICHOTTE MAKE IT BURN

Preorder your copy of In her best-selling essay collection The Empathy Ticket purchase includes Not many novelists would be brave enough to Make It Scream, Make It Exams, Leslie Jamison explored the moments a copy of Quichotte: reinterpret Don Quixote for the modern age, Burn: Essays through where we choose to look. Now, in Make It A Novel. An option for but then again, most novelists aren’t Salman the CHF box office and 1 book + 2 tickets is Scream, Make It Burn, Jamison examines the Rushdie, the Booker Prize-winning author of save 20%. available through the box moments where, compelled by longing and office at (312) 605-8444. Midnight’s Children and Shame, among others. M $ 15 obsession, we cannot look away. Covering Quichotte, Rushdie’s latest work, is more than P $ 20 subjects as diverse as the world’s loneliest This program requires just a retelling of Cervantes’s classic tale: It’s ST $ 10 whale, the community formed around an online that Humanist members an homage to the eternal power of literature. role-playing game, and her own elopement in RSVP to attend. RSVP by Longlisted for the Booker Prize, Quichotte tells Las Vegas, Jamison’s essays capture, with clar- calling Daniella Mazzio the story of Sam DuChamp, a mediocre writer ity and compassion, the overwhelming power of at (312) 777-1569. who creates his own version of Don Quixote, want. In conversation, Jamison will discuss the featuring the salesman Quichotte and his imagi- Preorder your copy of origins of desire, the ways we succumb to or try nary son Sancho. As the paths of DuChamp and Quichotte: A Novel to fend it off, and how, ultimately, what we yearn through the CHF box DuChamp’s characters intersect, Rushdie cre- for makes us who we are. office and save 20%. ates an indelible portrait of the influence that stories have over our lives. M $ 40 P $ 45 ST $ 20

This program is generously underwritten by the Walter E. Heller Foundation. Thank you to Francis W. Parker for hosting the PROGRAMS AT following programs this fall. 601 F R A NCIS W. FRANCIS PARKER PROGRAMS: PARKER SCHOOL Monday, November 4 FLORY CONCERT: POWER COUPLES 8:00–9:00pm 601 Francis W. Parker School Diane and David B. | ELI SASLOW Heller Auditorium 602

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WILLIAM AND GRETA WILEY FLORY CONCERT POWER COUPLES

This program requires Every so often, two superstars join forces that Humanist members for a duet that changes the history—and our RSVP to attend. RSVP understanding—of the Great American Song- by calling Daniella book. These moments are more than the sum of Mazzio at (312) 777-1569. their parts, combining the voices of two greats M $ 20 to make something wholly extraordinary. Join P $ 25 Rob Lindley and Doug Peck to celebrate a full ST $ 10 decade of their producing the Flory Concert as they bring to life famous duets by artists such as Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong, Judy Garland & Barbra Streisand, Diana Ross & Lionel Richie, Aretha Franklin & Annie Lennox, and many more. Featuring many favorite performers from Flory concerts past, Power Couples will also intro- duce some new and exciting voices.

This program is generously underwritten by Greta Wiley Flory, in memory of her late husband Bill, a longtime friend and supporter of the Festival. Bronzeville Night this year showcases commu- THE CHICAGO nity leaders, artists, and activists who are chal- 602 lenging traditional ideas of race, media and the COMMUNITY collective power of women, on both the local and national front. Wednesday, November 6 TRUST 7:00–8:00pm NEIGHBORHOOD BRONZVILLE NIGHT PROGRAMS: Francis W. Parker School Diane and David B. | N IGHT: Heller Auditorium THE LEGACY OF THE CHICAGO DEFENDER BRONZEVILLE 603 TRADING RACES 604

COOKING WITH CANNABIS 605

SUPERMAJORITY 606 ELI SASLOW RISING OUT OF HATRED

This program requires In his new book, Eli Saslow, Pulitzer Prize-win- that Humanist members ning reporter at The Washington Post, has RSVP to attend. RSVP turned his attention to one of today’s most by calling Daniella pressing issues: The resurgence of mainstream Mazzio at (312) 777-1569. white nationalism. In Rising Out of Hatred, Preorder your copy of Saslow tells the story of Derek Black, son of Rising Out of Hatred: the man who created the neo-Nazi site Storm- The Awakening of a front, and godson of Ku Klux Klan figurehead Former White National- David Duke. Heir apparent to the American ist through the CHF white nationalist movement, Black experienced box office and save 20%. a radical transformation after being forced to examine his beliefs by his college classmates. M $ 15 P $ 20 With nuance and narrative verve, Saslow teases ST $ 10 out how Black’s evolution from white national- ist to antiracist activist exposes the powerful grip white supremacy has over its adherents, as well as the ways America can resist and undo its harms.

Bronzeville Night recognizes the many contributions made to our community by The Chicago Community Trust. This evening is presented by the Trust in part- nership with Chicago Foundation for Women, Blanc This program is presented in partnership with the Met- Gallery, the Chicago Reader, Leadership Greater Chi- ropolitan Planning Council and Lake Forest College. cago, Gallery Guichard, and Peach’s Restaurant. 603 604

Friday, November 8 Friday, November 8 6:00–7:00pm 6:00–7:00pm

Blanc Gallery Gallery Guichard

SHORTLIST EXCLUSIVE THE LEGACY TRADING OF THE CHICAGO RACES DEFENDER

Preorder your copy July 17th, 2019, marked the first week without a FREE for Shortlist Who’s Blacker, Maya Angelou or Harriet Tub- of Chicago Defender print edition of the Chicago Defender in more Members. Join the Short- man? What about Kanye West or Barack Obama? through the CHF box than 114 years. Though the legendary Black list, a diverse community Chicago artist Kenyatta Forbes has found a office and save 20%. of Chicagoans in their newspaper continues to publish online, the 20s and 30s, for access novel way to explore these questions with her M $ 15 end of its print run has prompted a reckoning to exclusive programs. incisive and playful card game, Trading Races. P $ 20 with the crucial role the paper has played in Featured in the Chicago Tribune, VICE News, ST $ 10 the lives of many Black Americans. Myiti Seng- and NPR, players are dealt five cards featuring stacke-Rice, a fifth-generation member of the famous figures, and compete to convince one family that began publishing the Defender in another that they hold the “Blackest” card. With 1905, is one of those reflecting. Her book on the each ensuing hand, players dig deeper into the Defender covers the impact the paper had, from dynamics and complexities of race—Blackness providing a platform for writers like Langston in particular. At CHF, Forbes will discuss how Hughes and Gwendolyn Brooks, to assisting the she created the game—and facilitate a few Great Migration. Join Rice and Chicago Tonight rounds. Come prepared to play cards, have fun, correspondent Brandis Friedman for a discus- and participate in difficult but important con- sion on the power of the Black press, and the versations. future of her family’s legacy.

This program is presented in partnership with Blanc This program is presented in partnership with Gallery Gallery. Guichard. 605 606

Friday, November 8 Friday, November 8 6:00–7:00pm 7:30–8:45pm

Peach’s Restaurant Harold Washington Cultural Center | Performing Arts Center

DORIS CONANT LECTURE ON WOMEN AND CULTURE COOKING WITH SUPERMAJORITY AI-JEN POO, ALICIA GARZA, CANNABIS AND CECILE RICHARDS

M $ 15 As global interest in cannabis increases and This program requires Women have been a majority of voters in every P $ 20 laws continue to change, people want to learn that Humanist members national election since 1964. Despite this, the ST $ 10 about safe, healthy ways to enjoy it. Where can RSVP to attend. RSVP United States still ranks 77th in the world for by calling Daniella home cooks, patients, chefs, and the otherwise women’s political representation. Now, three Mazzio at (312) 777-1569. health-conscious go to find credible information women behind some of today’s most powerful on preparing and enjoying culinary cannabis? M $ 15 political organizations—Cecile Richards, for- Kitchen Toke is the first media company devoted P $ 20 mer president of Planned Parenthood; Alicia to culinary cannabis and the pursuit of a healthy, ST $ 10 Garza, co-founder of the Black Lives Matter delicious lifestyle. Cannabis consumption goes Global Network; and Ai-jen Poo, director of back thousands of years and doesn’t necessar- the National Domestic Workers Alliance—have ily involve smoking or getting high. Join Joline come together to found Supermajority, a com- Rivera, Kitchen Toke’s founder; Mike Sula, editor munity for people of all backgrounds, races, of Kitchen Toke, and David Yusefzadeh, a prom- and ages who want to fight to make sure every- inent cannabis chef, for a wide ranging discus- one is treated equally, no matter their gender. sion on the past, present, and future of culinary Richards, Garza, and Poo will join the Chicago cannabis. A CBD-infused snack will be served. Sun-Times’s Laura Washington to discuss their motivation in creating Supermajority, and lay out their plan for creating gender equity.

This annual lecture is supported by the Doris Conant Endowment for Programs on Women and Culture with additional support provided by the Lohengrin Foun- This program is presented in partnership with Peach’s dation, and is presented in partnership with Chicago Restaurant. Foundation for Women. 700 701

Saturday, November 9 Saturday, November 9 11:00–12:00pm 11:00–12:00pm

Field Museum | James Venue SIX10 | Simpson Theatre Feinberg Theater

THE RICHARD H. DRIEHAUS FOUNDATION LECTURE ON ARCHITECTURE DAVID E. SANGER DANIEL PAROLEK WAR IN THE CYBER AGE THINKING BIG, BUILDING SMALL

Preorder your copy of The States entering conflict today rely less on tra- M $ 15 “‘Missing Middle’ Housing provides more hous- Perfect Weapon: War, ditional warfare methods and more on short- P $ 20 ing choices. And when we have more choices, Sabotage, and Fear in the of-war operations conducted via keyboards ST $ 10 we create living, thriving neighborhoods.” Cyber Age through the CHF box office and save and code. This shift is deeply familiar to David —Lynn Richards, President and CEO 20%. E. Sanger, New York Times National Security of the Congress for the New Urbanism Correspondent and three-time Pulitzer win- M $ 15 ner. For decades, Sanger has reported from Daniel Parolek may be a superstar architect, P $ 20 the frontlines of cyber conflict, including most having done work for clients such as Jon Bon ST $ 10 recently Russian interference in the 2016 U. S. Jovi and Tokyo Disneyland, but his true passion presidential election and America’s sabotage is a project that could impact all Americans: of the Russian electrical grid. Sanger, author of Removing barriers to deliver a broader range The Perfect Weapon: War, Sabotage, and Fear in of housing choices in walkable communities. the Cyber Age, will join award-winning journal- How? Through what Parolek calls “Missing ist Christopher Bury to discuss how the rise of Middle Housing,” or housing types that fall cyber conflict has changed geopolitics and, on between “small” structures (detached, sin- the eve of the 2020 election, survey some of the gle-family homes) and “large” ones (high rise most pressing hot spots in foreign policy, includ- apartments). Join Parolek as he discusses how ing Iran, North Korea, Russia, and the central shifting household demographics and increas- battlefield for cyber conflict: the United States. ing housing costs position middle housing as a new alternative for an attainable, 21st century American Dream.

This program is presented in partnership with The New This program is generously underwritten by The York Times. Richard H. Driehaus Foundation. 702 703

Saturday, November 9 Saturday, November 9 11:00–12:00pm 1:00–2:00pm

School of the Art Field Museum | James Institute of Chicago | Simpson Theatre SAIC Ballroom

R. SCOTT FALK MEMORIAL PROGRAM JONATHAN CALM RICHARD ON THE BROOKHISER: GREEN BOOK GIVE ME LIBERTY

M $ 15 In 2016, the BBC commissioned photographer Preorder your copy of In Give Me Liberty, historian Richard Brookhiser P $ 20 Jonathan Calm to capture images of sites fea- Give Me Liberty: A presents a pathway to national unity through ST $ 10 tured in the Negro Motorists’ Green Book, a History of America’s an examination of thirteen formative texts from Exceptional Idea guide published from 1937 to 1966 that listed through the CHF box the American founding. Brookhiser, recipient safe places for Black Americans to stay while office and save 20%. of the National Humanities Medal and a senior traveling. Inspired by this trip, Calm, a professor editor at the National Review, mines these of Art & Art History at Stanford University, dove M $ 15 documents for values and tenets central to into the history of African American automobil- P $ 20 American identity, from liberty to democracy. ity, an oft-overlooked aspect of race relations in ST $ 10 In doing so, Brookhiser evokes what made the America. Using photographs and words, Calm United States an unprecedented experiment in conveys the meaning of automobility for Black governance, and argues that Americans should Americans, from the freedom gained through draw strength and inspiration, rather than dis- car ownership to the ongoing risks incurred cord, from this unique legacy. Join Brookhiser when “driving while Black.” Calm comes to for a discussion of the role of national pride CHF to show his photos, and discuss how the throughout American history and his belief that, ability to choose where, when, and how we if expressed thoughtfully and carefully, nation- travel has influenced American history. alism can be a force for good.

This program is generously underwritten in part by the David C. and Sarajean Ruttenberg Arts Foundation The Chicago Humanities Festival remembers our and is presented in partnership with the Stanford Board Chair, R. Scott Falk. This program recognizes Humanities Center. his significant contributions and lasting impact on the Festival. 704 705

Saturday, November 9 Saturday, November 9 1:00–2:00pm 1:00–2:00pm

Venue SIX10 | School of the Art Feinberg Theater Institute of Chicago | SAIC Ballroom

ALLSTATE INSURANCE TERRA FOUNDATION COMPANY PROGRAM SERIES ON AMERICAN ART JESSELYN SILVA HAROLD HOLZER IN THE RING ON DANIEL CHESTER FRENCH

Preorder your copy of Take a moment, and picture a boxer, fresh from Preorder your copy of Many people visiting the Lincoln Memorial find My Corner of the Ring the ring. Chances are your first impression is of Monument Man: The Life that the closer they get to the famous seated through the CHF box a grown athlete—likely male—and not a young & Art of Daniel Chester sculpture of Abraham Lincoln, the more palpa- office and save 20%. French through the CHF girl. Enter thirteen-year-old Jesselyn Silva, a box office and save 20%. ble the memorial’s emotional and historic aura. M $ 15 rising boxing phenom who’s here to upend How was this awe-inspiring work created? In P $ 20 all your expectations about the sport. CHF’s M $ 15 Monument Man, Harold Holzer reveals the man ST $ 10 youngest ever presenter, Silva rose to national P $ 20 behind the sculpture: Daniel Chester French. prominence in 2017 when The New York Times ST $ 10 It’s a story Holzer is uniquely qualified to tell: featured Girl Boxer, a short documentary on her he spent 23 years at the Metropolitan Museum Olympic goals. Since then, Silva has used her of Art, while also becoming a nationally-recog- platform to advocate for underdogs in boxing nized authority on Abraham Lincoln, work which and beyond. Following a screening of Girl Boxer, won him a National Humanities Medal. In dis- Silva will be joined by artist and boxer Cheryl cussing French’s work and legacy, Holzer will Pope for a conversation on what it takes to fight bring us new insights into the artist responsible for your dreams. for creating many of America’s most powerful and enduring monuments, including a surpris- ing range of both existing and lost sculptures crafted for Chicago.

This program is generously underwritten by Allstate Insurance Company and is presented in partnership This program is generously underwritten by the Terra with The Bloc. Foundation for American Art. 706 707

Saturday, November 9 Saturday, November 9 3:00–4:00pm 3:00–4:00pm

Field Museum | Venue SIX10 | James Simpson Theatre Feinberg Theate

TERRA FOUNDATION SERIES ON AMERICAN ART DESK 88 EMMET GOWIN SENATOR SHERROD BROWN PHOTOGRAPHING AND CONNIE SCHULTZ NUCLEAR SITES

Preorder your copyof In Desk 88, Ohio Senator Sherrod Brown offers Preorder your copy Between 1951 and 1992, the Nevada National Desk 88: Eight Pro- a unique and timely window into the history of The Nevada Test Site Security Test Site endured more than one thou- gressive Senators Who of the progressive movement, told through through the CHF box sand nuclear blasts. Esteemed photographer Changed America office and save 20%. through the CHF box the stories of those who’ve occupied Brown’s Emmet Gowin now reveals the impact these office and save 20%. desk in the Senate and the causes they cham- M $ 15 tests had on the land in his new book, The pioned. Former occupants include well-known P $ 20 Nevada Test Site. The aerial photography con- M $ 15 figures such as George McGovern and Robert ST $ 10 tained within captures the breadth of the envi- P $ 20 F. Kennedy, and lesser-known names like Glen ronmental changes, depicting a landscape that ST $ 10 Taylor—“The Singing Cowboy,” and staunch now looks more lunar than terrestrial. Gowin, opponent of segregation. Senator Brown will be professor emeritus of photography at Prince- joined by his wife, author and Pulitzer Prize-win- ton University, pairs the photos with an essay ning columnist Connie Schultz, for a conversa- about the difficult process of obtaining access tion on how the stories of the eight senators in to the site, and the emotions he experienced Desk 88 can empower us all to fight for a more in creating the work. Join Gowin as he shares just world today. his insights into the profound and far-reaching environmental impacts of human activity.

This program is generously underwritten by the Terra Foundation for American Art. 708 709

Saturday, November 9 Saturday, November 9 3:00–4:00pm 5:00–6:00pm

School of the Art Venue SIX10 | Institute of Chicago | Feinberg Theater SAIC Ballroom

MIKKI KENDALL ARI SETH COHEN ON POWERFUL ON STYLE WOMEN OVER SIXTY

Preorder your copy On January 3rd, 2019, the 116th Congress con- Preorder your copy of The philosophy behind Ari Seth Cohen’s of Amazons, Abolitionists, vened with a record-breaking 125 women in its Advanced Love through Advanced Style is simple: Fun with fashion isn’t and Activists: A Graphic ranks. While that might be a number to celebrate, the CHF box office and just a young person’s game. Initially inspired by History of Women’s Fight save 20%. for Their Rights through we still have a long way to go toward equitable his grandmother’s spirit, Cohen has been doc- the CHF box office and political representation: Men still hold 76% of M $ 15 umenting the style and stories of the over-sixty save 20%. House seats. Award-winning author Mikki Ken- P $ 20 set for years, on his acclaimed street photog- dall’s newest book, Amazons, Abolitions, and ST $ 10 raphy website, in a documentary film and in a M $ 15 Activists: A Graphic History of Women’s Fight series of books, including Advanced Style and P $ 20 for Their Rights, couldn’t be more timely. Her Advanced Love. His work has been recognized ST $ 10 full-color, beautifully illustrated book details for inspiring increased age diversity in popular the triumphs and challenges of women across culture, fashion, and advertising. Cohen will be centuries and cultures. In conversation with Jill joined by one of his muses, Judith Boyd, creator Hopkins-Olewnik, host of the The Morning Amp of Style Crone, as well as CHF’s Marilynn Thoma on Vocalo Radio, Kendall will share stories about Artistic Director Alison Cuddy, for a conversa- the achievements of a diverse group of women, tion on the power of subverting expectations, providing the perfect way to celebrate women and on the wisdom and style that come with age. past, present, and future.

This program is generously underwritten in part by the David C. and Sarajean Ruttenberg Arts Foundation. 710 711

Saturday, November 9 Saturday, November 9 5:00–6:00pm 5:00–6:00pm

School of the Art Poetry Foundation Institute of Chicago | SAIC Ballroom

BILL AND PENNY OBENSHAIN PROGRAM ON GLOBAL AFFAIRS NUCLEAR POWER REGINALD AFTER DWAY N E BETTS CHERNOBYL FELON

Preorder your copy In the nearly 35 years since Chernobyl, what Preorder your copy of “Betts’s journey back...is as inspiring as it is of Midnight in Chernobyl: have we learned? CHF has gathered a panel Felon: Poems through rare... From rebirth comes justice—and power.” The Untold Story of the of nuclear experts to reflect on the story and the CHF box office and —Henry Louis Gates, Jr. World’s Greatest Nuclear save 20%. Disaster, Confessions lessons of the world’s greatest nuclear disas- of a Rogue Nuclear Regu- ter, moderated by Emma Belcher, Director of M $ 15 At sixteen, Reginald Dwayne Betts was sen- lator, Manual for Survival: Nuclear Challenges for the MacArthur Founda- P $ 20 tenced to eight years in prison; At thirty-five, A Chernobyl Guide to the tion. Journalist Adam Higginbotham spoke with ST $ 10 he graduated from Yale Law School. Currently Future through the CHF witnesses and dug through archives to write working on a Ph.D in Law, Betts has won numer- box office and save 20%. Midnight in Chernobyl, one of the most thorough ous awards and fellowships for his work as an accounts of the incident, while MIT professor author and educator whose practice compas- M $ 15 P $ 20 Kate Brown’s Manual for Survival highlights the sionately addresses the complex lives of the ST $ 10 underreported environment fallout and health incarcerated. A memoirist and poet, Betts’s first impacts of the nuclear event. Higginbotham and book, A Question of Freedom, recounted his Brown will be joined by Gregory B. Jaczko, for- own time in prison. In his most recent book of mer chairman of the Nuclear Regulatory Com- poetry, Felon, Betts tells the story of the journey mission, who will speak about how little the after prison, revealing the “visceral effect that US nuclear industry learned from Chernobyl, prison has on identity, ” and how those effects and the steps that need to be taken to prevent reverberate throughout American society. another disaster of this scale.

The program is generously underwritten by Bill and This program is presented in partnership with the Penny Obenshain. Poetry Foundation. 800 801

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ELLEN STONE BELIC PRESENTS: IN HER INFINITE WISDOM JANE ELLIOTT NIKKI THE ANATOMY OF PREJUDICE GIOVANNI

This program requires Join CHF for an immersive, interactive program Preorder your copy of A “Nikki Giovanni’s work has always been that Humanist members with Jane Elliott, one of the world’s foremost Good Cry: What We remarkable for energy, venturesomeness, RSVP to attend. RSVP antiracist activists. Nearly fifty years ago, in Learn From Tears and direct honesty, and courage.” by calling Daniella Laughter through the response to Martin Luther King Jr.’s assassina- —Gwendolyn Brooks Mazzio at (312) 777-1569. CHF box office and save tion, Elliott started teaching “Blue eyes - Brown 20%. M $ 15 eyes,” a lesson plan that had students experi- Nikki Giovanni is one of America’s most cele- P $ 20 ence the realities of discrimination by assigning M $ 15 brated poets. Her work, which has both drawn ST $ 10 them different roles based on a random trait: P $ 20 from and influenced the Civil Rights, Black Eye color. The exercise drew Elliott national ST $ 10 Power, and Black Arts Movements, has been attention and began her career as an antiracist central to the cultural conversation since activist. In her five-decade career, Elliott has Giovanni first rose to prominence in the 1960s. worked to expose prejudice, both implicit and A seven-time NAACP Image Award winner and overt, and has developed diversity training cur- a professor at Virginia Tech, Giovanni comes riculum now taught around the world. In this fully to CHF to read selected poems, including new participatory, two-hour program, Elliott will lead works from her most recent collection, A Good us through a reflection on our own prejudices Cry: What We Learn From Tears and Laughter, —don’t miss an experience that is sure to be and, in conversation with CHF’s Director of thought-provoking and inspiring alike. Programming Tiff Beatty, discuss her life, her work, and the indomitable power of the Black community.

This program is generously underwritten by Ellen Stone Belic.

30TH ANNIVERSARY AAR Corporation 802 CIRCLE DONORS Abbott Laboratories AblesonTaylor Thank you to the following individuals and Allstate Insurance Company Sunday, November 10 organizations for their generous gifts of $30,000 or more in this 30th anniversary year. Chicago Community Trust 5:00–6:00pm We greatly appreciate and applaud their Harve Ferrill* leadership and commitment. Francis W. Parker School Bank of America Diane and David B. Heller Auditorium Barbara and Richard J. Franke Leonard A. Gail and Robin M. Steans The Steans Family Foundation Linda and Wilbur H. Gantz Elaine and Roger Haydock ITW Lynn and Douglas H. Jackson SOUTHWEST AIRLINES Kirkland & Ellis PROGRAM Elizabeth A. Liebman The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation SARAH VOWELL Judy and John McCarter PAST AND PRESENT Raymond and Judith McCaskey The Morris and Dolores Kohl Kaplan Fund of the Dolores Kohl Education Foundation National Endowment for the Humanities Northern Trust Corporation PERT Foundation The Rhoades Foundation This program requires Unusual times call for unusual historians, and that Humanist members no one fits this bill better than Sarah Vowell. A Robert R. McCormick Foundation RSVP to attend. RSVP New York Times-bestselling author of seven Debbie and Jeff Ross by calling Daniella Mazzio at (312) 777-1569. quirky and brilliant explorations of American Anita and Prabhakant Sinha history, including Lafayette in the Somewhat Liz Stiffel Preorder your copy of United States and The Partly Cloudy Patriot, Lafayette in the Some- Vowell has a talent for exposing and embracing Deborah and Nigel Telman what United States the absurd, in prose that is sharp, endearing, Marilynn and Carl Thoma through the CHF box and laugh out loud funny. Eschewing self- office and save 20%. Terra Foundation for American Art seriousness, Vowell turns convention on its head, revealing new truths in the process. In Annette W. Turow M $ 25 P $ 30 conversation with Greta Johnsen, host and Lisa and Paul Wiggin ST $ 10 producer of WBEZ’s Nerdette podcast, Vowell Helen Zell will direct her gimlet eye away from the past and towards our confounding present, in a *in memoriam program that will have us reconsidering our own understanding of the country.

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1 Cahn Auditorium 1 Oriental Institute Museum 1 Blanc Gallery 1 South Shore Cultural Center 600 Emerson St Breasted Hall 4445 S Martin Luther King Dr Dining Room 1155 E 58th St 7059 S South Shore Dr 2 Norris University Center 2 Gallery Guichard John J. Louis Room 2 International House 436 E 47th St 1999 Campus Dr Assembly Hall 1414 E 59th St 3 Harold Washington 3 Norris University Center Cultural Center McCormick Auditorium 3 Reva and David Logan 4701 S Martin Luther King Dr 1999 Campus Dr Center for Arts Performance Hall 4 Peach’s Restaurant 4 Ryan Center for the Musical Arts 915 E 60th St 4652 S Martin Luther King Dr Mary B. Galvin Recital Hall 70 Arts Cir Dr Cover Cover: Large crowd at a 001 Minesh Bacrania IMAGE National Mobilization to End 002 Gabriella Demczuk the War in Vietnam direct 003 MSNBC Media, LLC CREDITS action demonstration, 004 Megan Jodi Washington, D.C.Leffler, 100 Steven Sebring Warren K., photographer 101 Toa Heftiba 21 Oct. 1967 102 Lee Myungseon 103 Evren Aydin Inside Parker Dam power project, 105 Anabel Hernandez Front Cover Ariz. and Calif. View of 106 Jonathan Sharp Parker Dam from the Cal- 108 David Blight ifornia side, Photo by Ben 111 National Park Service Glaha, 1941 June. 201 Johny Goerend 204 Annie Spratt School Texas-Mexican relations 206 Matthew Ansley Leffler, Warren K., photog- 207 Ardfern rapher, 1964 208 Warren K. Leffler November 11-15. 210 Oladimeji Odunsi 300 Unknown Soldiers Federalized National Guard 301 Jakob Owens troops on the campus of 302 Kobu Agency the University of Alabama, 304 Chris Hershman June 11, 1963 when African 400 National Archives and Americans Vivian Malone Records Administration and James Hood registered 401 Good Free Photos for classes, Leffler, Warren 402 Patrick McManaman K., photographer, 1963 403 Anton Luzhkovsky June 11. 405 Phil Hearing Pre-Fest Protestors. Govt. workers 406 Clarke Sanders at Lafayette & hippies at 407 Sergey Zolkin Capitol, O’Halloran, Thomas 408 Matt Palmer J., photographer, Trikosko, 410 Molly Adams Marion S., photographer 411 Camila Quintero 1971 May 5. 500 Stephanie Berger 501 Thought Catalog Program Daniel Field, Georgia. Air 503 Alicia Steels Service Command. A boxing 504 Ib Rasmussen match, part of the athletic 505 Bex Finch program for all enlisted 506 Billeasy men, Delano, Jack, photog- 507 Annie Spratt rapher, 1943 July. 508 David Opdyke 509 John Paul Filo Schedule Lobbyist on Capitol steps, 510 Tao Yuan Leffler, Warren K., 600 Rachel Eliza Griffiths photographer, 1977 July 9. 601 William P Gottlieb 602 Henry Be Gold Mill Gold mill. San Juan County, 603 Matheus Ferreo Colorado 604 Kenyatta Forbes 605 Kitchen Toke Magazine Reflecting Demonstrators sit, with 606 Unknown Pool their feet in the Reflecting 700 The National Guard Pool, during the March on 701 Qusai Akoud Washington, 1963, Leffler, 702 Lorraine Motel Warren K., photographer, 703 Abbie Rowe 1963 Aug. 28. 705 Philipp Katzenberger 706 Louis Velaquez Inside Natives aid Allied drive in 707 Emmet Gowin Back Cover New Guinea jungles. United 802 REVOLT States. Office of War Information. 1943 Mar. 200 Jill Abramson 205 Madeline Miller FALLFEST 210 Zahra Glenda Baker 302 Ruben Molina 2019 711 Reginald Dwayne Betts 302 Tone B. Nimble INDEX 108 David Blight (Anthony Fields) 703 Richard Brookhiser 409 Liz Ogbu 706 Sen. Sherrod Brown 507 Kwame Onwuachi 710 Kate Brown 508 David Opdyke 702 Jonathan Calm 111 Michael Orange 402 Sean Carroll 701 Daniel Parolek 209 Debbie Cenziper 601 Doug Peck 411 Anne Anlin Cheng 210 Imani Perry 110 Franny Choi 606 Ai-jen Poo 709 Ari Seth Cohen 300 Sister Helen Prejean 302 Ayana Contreras 606 Cecile Richards 504 John Corbett 605 Joline Rivera 103 Simon Critchley 509 Mo Rocca

101 Caitlin Doughty 301 Henry Rollins Public Sales Begin: October 1, 10:00am Tuesday, 211 Julia Louis-Dreyfus 102 Alison Roman 800 Jane Elliott 303 Carlo Rotella 204 Jonathan Safran Foer 600 Salman Rushdie 400 Eric Foner 403 Sasha Sagan 604 Kenyatta Forbes 700 David E. Sanger 406 Tanisha C. Ford 602 Eli Saslow 408 Katherine Franke 603 Myiti Sengstacke- 109 Liz Garibay Rice 606 Alicia Garza 301 Jared Yates Sexton 409 Maria Gaspar 704 Jesselyn Silva 500 Henry Louis Gates, Jr. 201 Sarah Smarsh 203 Amitav Ghosh 100 Patti Smith 801 Nikki Giovanni 110 Danez Smith

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