09 / 19
Start: 10:30 am
A family music workshop about the history and practice of Puerto Rican music. Start: 7:00 pm
End: 8:15 pm
Physicists at Fermilab, the world's most powerful atom smasher, are closing in on one of the universe's best-kept secrets. This film chronicles American physicists in their gripping search for the tiny "god particle" using an aging, cantankerous, four-mile machine beneath the Illinois prairie. | ||
09 / 20
Start: 1:00 pm
End: 2:30 pm
Stephen Fredericks, VoteIn a program moderated by Theaster Gates, Chicago artists Michael Goro, Brandy Pudzis, and Marilyn Propp will discuss their art and use of printmaking as a vehicle to voice political dissent. Start: 7:30 pm
A Road Scholar Program by Clark (Bucky) Halker
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09 / 21
Start: 2:00 pm
A Road Scholar Program by Ron Keller
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09 / 22
Start: 6:00 pm
End: 8:00 pm
The Odyssey Project is a college-level course in philosophy, literature, art history, and history for men and women living below 150% of the poverty level. Its anchor program is the first-year course, which is offered in partnership with Bard College and for which students may receive six units of college credit. Faculty members are largely from first-rate universities such as University of Chicago, the School of the Art Institute, and DePaul University. Tuition is free, and the Illinois Humanities Council provides free childcare, free books, and transportation. The six units of credit are fully transferable to other colleges and universities. This course meets on Mondays and Thursdays. Start: 7:30 pm
End: 8:30 pm
 It's the economy, smarty! | ||
09 / 23
Start: 6:00 pm
End: 8:00 pm
The Odyssey Project is a college-level course in philosophy, literature, art history, and history for men and women living below 150% of the poverty level. Its anchor program is the first-year course, which is offered in partnership with Bard College and for which students may receive six units of college credit. Faculty members are largely from first-rate universities such as University of Chicago, the School of the Art Institute, and DePaul University. Tuition is free, and the Illinois Humanities Council provides free childcare, free books, and transportation. The six units of credit are fully transferable to other colleges and universities. This course meets on Tuesdays and Thursdays. Start: 6:00 pm
End: 7:30 pm
Breaking Barriers: Women and Health. Speakers will discuss the history of women physicians in Chicago and share the remarkable story of how they broke social barriers in medicine. There will also be a screening of a video by a woman who after being diagnosed with cervical cancer at age 25 made it her mission to educate others. | ||
09 / 24
Start: 12:00 pm
End: 2:00 pm
A book club for prisoners at the maximum security prison of Stateville who are serving actual or de facto life sentences. According to the proposal, prisoners at Stateville that are serving this type of sentence do not have access to any educational or job training programs and in essence are permanently "warehoused". Start: 12:30 pm
End: 1:30 pm
It's the economy, smarty!Start: 4:30 pm
End: 6:00 pm
For Midwest Palliative Care employees only. For information contact Jan Silverstein at 312-422-5580. Start: 7:00 pm
End: 8:00 pm
It's the economy, smarty! | ||
09 / 25
Start: 6:00 pm
End: 8:00 pm
The Odyssey Project is a college-level course in philosophy, literature, art history, and history for men and women living below 150% of the poverty level. Its anchor program is the first-year course, which is offered in partnership with Bard College and for which students may receive six units of college credit. Faculty members are largely from first-rate universities such as University of Chicago, the School of the Art Institute, and DePaul University. Tuition is free, and the Illinois Humanities Council provides free childcare, free books, and transportation. The six units of credit are fully transferable to other colleges and universities. This course meets on Tuesdays and Thursdays. Start: 6:00 pm
End: 8:00 pm
The Odyssey Project is a college-level course in philosophy, literature, art history, and history for men and women living below 150% of the poverty level. Its anchor program is the first-year course, which is offered in partnership with Bard College and for which students may receive six units of college credit. Faculty members are largely from first-rate universities such as University of Chicago, the School of the Art Institute, and DePaul University. Tuition is free, and the Illinois Humanities Council provides free childcare, free books, and transportation. The six units of credit are fully transferable to other colleges and universities. This course meets on Mondays and Thursdays. Start: 7:00 pm
End: 8:00 pm
It's the economy, smarty!Start: 7:00 pm
End: 8:00 pm
It's the economy, smarty!Start: 7:00 pm
End: 9:00 pm
Using the casual salon format as a launching point for cultural convergence, Representations provides common ground for artists to move from the margins of public discourse on creativity and culture to the center. | ||
09 / 26
Start: 9:00 am
The Illinois Humanities Council (IHC) Board of Directors will hold its fall meeting on Friday, September 26, 2008. The Board will convene at 9:00 a.m. The agenda will include a review of grant proposals, an update on the FY 2009 budget, and plans for the IHC's 35th anniversary fund raiser in 2009. Start: 5:00 pm
End: 6:00 pm
It's the economy, smarty! | ||
