10 / 8
Start: 12:30 pm
End: 1:30 pm
To commemorate Dilbert's 20th anniversary publisher Andrews McMeel will release next week a 576-page $85 hardcover titled "Dilbert 2.0: 20 Years of Dilbert." It encompasses the full scope of corporate zaniness that made Dilbert a comic-strip sensation. Who can't identify with Dilbert and the colleagues who have spawned an animated TV series, computer game and countless Dilbert merchandise items? There's Wally, the cynical engineer with no sense of company loyalty; Alice, the token overworked female engineer; Ratbert, the simpleminded optimist, and The Boss, the uncaring, disdainful middle manager. | ||
10 / 9
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
To commemorate Dilbert's 20th anniversary publisher Andrews McMeel will release next week a 576-page $85 hardcover titled "Dilbert 2.0: 20 Years of Dilbert." It encompasses the full scope of corporate zaniness that made Dilbert a comic-strip sensation. Who can't identify with Dilbert and the colleagues who have spawned an animated TV series, computer game and countless Dilbert merchandise items? There's Wally, the cynical engineer with no sense of company loyalty; Alice, the token overworked female engineer; Ratbert, the simpleminded optimist, and The Boss, the uncaring, disdainful middle manager. | ||
10 / 10
Start: 2:00 pm
The Meaning of Service (MoS) is a reading and discussion program for Americorps volunteers featuring discussions that use short philosophical and literary texts on the nature of justice, service, and related themes. Meaning of Service presents participants with the opportunity to examine, refine, and regenerate the beliefs underlying their work.
Start: 5:00 pm
End: 6:00 pm
To commemorate Dilbert's 20th anniversary publisher Andrews McMeel will release next week a 576-page $85 hardcover titled "Dilbert 2.0: 20 Years of Dilbert." It encompasses the full scope of corporate zaniness that made Dilbert a comic-strip sensation. Who can't identify with Dilbert and the colleagues who have spawned an animated TV series, computer game and countless Dilbert merchandise items? There's Wally, the cynical engineer with no sense of company loyalty; Alice, the token overworked female engineer; Ratbert, the simpleminded optimist, and The Boss, the uncaring, disdainful middle manager. | ||
10 / 11
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10 / 12
Start: 1:30 pm
A Road Scholar Program by Raymond Bial
In this slide presentation, photo-essayist Raymond Bial presents an overview of how people struggled to make homes for themselves on the Illinois frontier. Through this program, audiences gain a deeper appreciation for the self-reliance of early settlers. Start: 2:00 pm
A Road Scholar Program by Guy Fraker Lincoln's formative years as an attorney were spent riding 'the Circuit' through central Illinois. Each of these towns has its own unique story regarding Lincoln's contribution to their towns and their citizens and, of course, their contributions to Lincoln. | ||
10 / 13
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
But emails aren't our only distraction. Our attention has been eroded to an alarming degree by the fact that we live in a hypermobile, hyperconnected society, says Maggie Jackson author of Distracted: The Erosion of Attention and the Coming Dark Age. She writes: "We can tap into 50 million Web sites. 1.8 million books in print, 75 million blogs, and other snowstorms of information, but we increasingly seek knowledge in Google searches and Yahoo! Headlines that we gulp on the run while juggling other tasks." | ||
10 / 14
Start: 6:00 pm
End: 8:00 pm
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. | ||
10 / 15
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
But emails aren't our only distraction. Our attention has been eroded to an alarming degree by the fact that we live in a hypermobile, hyperconnected society, says Maggie Jackson author of Distracted: The Erosion of Attention and the Coming Dark Age. She writes: "We can tap into 50 million Web sites. 1.8 million books in print, 75 million blogs, and other snowstorms of information, but we increasingly seek knowledge in Google searches and Yahoo! Headlines that we gulp on the run while juggling other tasks." Start: 1:30 pm
The Meaning of Service (MoS) is a reading and discussion program for Americorps volunteers featuring discussions that use short philosophical and literary texts on the nature of justice, service, and related themes. Meaning of Service presents participants with the opportunity to examine, refine, and regenerate the beliefs underlying their work. Start: 6:00 pm
Discussion of "Letters to a Young Poet," by Rainer Maria Rilke
Literature & Medicine: Humanities at the Heart of Healthcare is a discussion-based program that brings hospital staff together monthly to reflect on the larger mission of medicine through facilitated conversations about literature. | ||
