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Chicago Humanities Festival 2007

The 18th annual Chicago Humanities Festival runs from October 27th through November 11th with dozens of lectures, performances, and discussions around the city addressing the theme of global warming. Events include authors, artists, scholars, films, plays, and concerts. Highlights during the first two weekends of November include a discussion with sculptor Maya Lin and artist Roni Horn, a performance of climate-themed one-acts, and a concert by the Chicago Sinfonietta using music to discuss global climate change.

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Chicago Humanities Festival 2007

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Chicago Humanities Festival | Festival | Chicago Reader 14/03/2010 09:29

ARCHIVES » FESTIVAL October 25, 2007

Chicago Humanities Festival


Festival archives »

The 18th annual Chicago Humanities Festival, which addresses global warming with the theme "The Climate of
Concern," starts Saturday, October 27, and runs through November 11, offering dozens of lectures, readings,
and discussions by an international assortment of writers, artists, and scholars as well as film screenings and
theatrical and musical performances at multiple venues around the city. Programs are $5 in advance ($2
surcharge may be applied to purchases at the door) unless otherwise noted. Tickets can be ordered by phone at
312-494-9509 or online at [Link]. (Tickets for sold-out programs often become available due to
attrition; arrive at the venue no later than 30 minutes before the program to buy available seats, to be sold on a
first-come, first-served basis.)

Events kick into high gear over the first two weekends in November; visit the festival Web site for a complete
schedule. See our Music, Movies, Theater & Performance, Dance, and Galleries & Museums listings for more
events.

Among the highlights through October 31: The 2007 Children's Humanities Festival (see listing in Theater)
opens with Newbery Honor-winning author Gary Paulsen (Hatchet) receiving the Chicago Tribune Young Adult
Book Prize (Sat 10/27, 10:30 AM, Harold Washington Library Center, auditorium, 400 S. State).

Among the parent festival's science-oriented "Wonder Cabinet" programs is "Are Whales Singing Their Last
Song?" presented by Ocean Alliance president Roger Payne (Sat 10/27, 1 PM, also at Harold Washington Library,
auditorium).

Sculptor Maya Lin, who designed the Vietnam War Memorial in Washington, D.C., and installation artist Roni
Horn discuss their current projects in "Global Vantages"; CHF artistic director Lawrence Weschler moderates (Sat
10/27, 3 PM, also in the Harold Washington Library auditorium).

Freshman Metropolitan Water Reclamation District commissioner Debra Shore discusses "quantity, quality, and
conservation" of water in a Region of Concern program (Sun 10/28, noon, Notebaert Nature Museum, 2430 N.
Cannon); be sure to ask about BP.

Under the heading Acts of Concern, Next Theatre Company performs specially commissioned topical one-acts
by playwrights Sarah Ruhl and Lisa Dillman; discussions follow (Sun 10/28, 2 and 7 PM, Noyes Cultural Arts
Center, 927 Noyes, Evanston).

And the Chicago Sinfonietta's concert uses music to address the festival's concern with global climate change.
The program includes James DeMars's Two World Concerto, with Native American soloist R. Carlos Nakai on
cedar flute; Michael Abels's Global Warming; and Beethoven's Fifth Symphony, reimagined as a "musical
metaphor" for climate change with visuals created by the museum (Mon 10/29, 7:30 PM, Orchestra Hall,
Symphony Center, 220 S. Michigan, $15).

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