10 / 25
Start: 10:00 am
End: 6:00 pm
 We live between fences. We may hardly notice them, but they are dominant features in our lives and in our history. Built of hedge, concrete, wood and metal, the fence skirts our properties and is central to the American landscape. We use them to enclose our houses and neighborhoods. | ||
10 / 26
Start: 1:00 pm
End: 5:00 pm
We live between fences. We may hardly notice them, but they are dominant features in our lives and in our history. Built of hedge, concrete, wood and metal, the fence skirts our properties and is central to the American landscape. We use them to enclose our houses and neighborhoods. | ||
10 / 27
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
 The 2000 presidential election between Vice President Al Gore and Texas Gov. George W. Bush was marked by midnight ballot-counting chaos. Americans went to bed thinking Gore had won only to awake the next morning to the news that results could not confirm a clear winner. Confusion ensued and all eyes turned to Florida and its disputed Electoral votes, along with reports of voter confusion, misinformation, and ballot irregularities.
In 2004, several states faced allegations of voter purges and electronic vote tampering. While voters had difficulty casting ballots often and faced being turned away from polling places, Republicans and Democrats accused each other of illegal misconduct. This year, voting fraud charges began months before the election. John McCain and the Republican Party accused Democrat Barack Obama's campaign of being linked to the community group ACORN (the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now), which they charged with submitting thousands of false voter-registration applications. Republican National Committee spokesman Danny Diaz labeled ACORN a "quasi criminal group," and McCain once again questioned Obama's ties to community organizations and activists he deemed questionable. | ||
10 / 28
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: 6:30 pm
End: 8:30 pm
Join us to celebrate and screen the winning films in our first "Looking for Democracy Short Film Contest." Congratulations to grand prize-winners Brandon Hummons and Chris Frills for their short film "Hope in America," and to finalists Dan Andries for his short film "Group" and members of Feel Tank Chicago for their short film "Twenty Reasons." Honorable mention goes to John Birkner for his short film "Belleville Nights." | ||
10 / 29
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
The 2000 presidential election between Vice President Al Gore and Texas Gov. George W. Bush was marked by midnight ballot-counting chaos. Americans went to bed thinking Gore had won only to awake the next morning to the news that results could not confirm a clear winner. Confusion ensued and all eyes turned to Florida and its disputed Electoral votes, along with reports of voter confusion, misinformation, and ballot irregularities.
In 2004, several states faced allegations of voter purges and electronic vote tampering. While voters had difficulty casting ballots often and faced being turned away from polling places, Republicans and Democrats accused each other of illegal misconduct. This year, voting fraud charges began months before the election. John McCain and the Republican Party accused Democrat Barack Obama's campaign of being linked to the community group ACORN (the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now), which they charged with submitting thousands of false voter-registration applications. Republican National Committee spokesman Danny Diaz labeled ACORN a "quasi criminal group," and McCain once again questioned Obama's ties to community organizations and activists he deemed questionable. | ||
10 / 30
Start: 1:00 pm
A Road Scholar Program by Rocky Maffit
Author-musician Rocky Maffit presents this engaging and informative introduction to the vast world of percussion. Part lecture, part concert, audiences will delight in this fascinating examination of sound, noise, rhythm, story, and song from around the world. This program is geared towards audiences of all ages. Rocky Maffit is an author and musician who has expertise in world music, percussion, and the history of recording technology and has won several awards as a performer and songwriter. He has also been awarded with a Chicago Book Critic's Award for Rhythm and Beauty: The Art of Percussion . In addition, Rocky has provided hundreds of concerts, lectures, workshops, keynotes, and conferences in libraries, museums, and schools in the US and abroad. Start: 4:00 pm
End: 8:00 pm
We live between fences. We may hardly notice them, but they are dominant features in our lives and in our history. Built of hedge, concrete, wood and metal, the fence skirts our properties and is central to the American landscape. We use them to enclose our houses and neighborhoods.Start: 5:00 pm
End: 6:30 pm
Discussion of "Short History of a Prince," by Jane Hamilton.
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. This discussion session is limited to the employees of Mt. Sinai Hospital. 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: 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: 7:00 pm
End: 8:00 pm
The 2000 presidential election between Vice President Al Gore and Texas Gov. George W. Bush was marked by midnight ballot-counting chaos. Americans went to bed thinking Gore had won only to awake the next morning to the news that results could not confirm a clear winner. Confusion ensued and all eyes turned to Florida and its disputed Electoral votes, along with reports of voter confusion, misinformation, and ballot irregularities.
In 2004, several states faced allegations of voter purges and electronic vote tampering. While voters had difficulty casting ballots often and faced being turned away from polling places, Republicans and Democrats accused each other of illegal misconduct. This year, voting fraud charges began months before the election. John McCain and the Republican Party accused Democrat Barack Obama's campaign of being linked to the community group ACORN (the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now), which they charged with submitting thousands of false voter-registration applications. Republican National Committee spokesman Danny Diaz labeled ACORN a "quasi criminal group," and McCain once again questioned Obama's ties to community organizations and activists he deemed questionable. Start: 7:00 pm
A Road Scholar Program by Heineman & Marcotte
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10 / 31
Start: 4:00 pm
End: 8:00 pm
We live between fences. We may hardly notice them, but they are dominant features in our lives and in our history. Built of hedge, concrete, wood and metal, the fence skirts our properties and is central to the American landscape. We use them to enclose our houses and neighborhoods.Start: 5:00 pm
End: 6:00 pm
The 2000 presidential election between Vice President Al Gore and Texas Gov. George W. Bush was marked by midnight ballot-counting chaos. Americans went to bed thinking Gore had won only to awake the next morning to the news that results could not confirm a clear winner. Confusion ensued and all eyes turned to Florida and its disputed Electoral votes, along with reports of voter confusion, misinformation, and ballot irregularities.
In 2004, several states faced allegations of voter purges and electronic vote tampering. While voters had difficulty casting ballots often and faced being turned away from polling places, Republicans and Democrats accused each other of illegal misconduct. This year, voting fraud charges began months before the election. John McCain and the Republican Party accused Democrat Barack Obama's campaign of being linked to the community group ACORN (the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now), which they charged with submitting thousands of false voter-registration applications. Republican National Committee spokesman Danny Diaz labeled ACORN a "quasi criminal group," and McCain once again questioned Obama's ties to community organizations and activists he deemed questionable. | ||
11 / 1
Start: 10:00 am
End: 6:00 pm
We live between fences. We may hardly notice them, but they are dominant features in our lives and in our history. Built of hedge, concrete, wood and metal, the fence skirts our properties and is central to the American landscape. We use them to enclose our houses and neighborhoods.Start: 1:00 pm
End: 2:00 pm
The Public Square and Free Street Theater present The Power of Protest Today with Craig Harshaw, a founding member of The Youth Justice Funding Collaborative. This conversation takes place on Saturday, November 1 at 1:00 PM at Free Street Theater.
Free Street has been using theater to create social change since 1969. Currently teen artists are working on an ensemble devised performance about youth involvement in social justice movements.  
Start: 2:00 pm
A Road Scholar Program by Sharon Z. Alter
Start: 6:00 pm
Join living historian Robert Fox, from Coulterville, as he takes a trip back in time. In 1890s period clothing, Fox will discuss the life of a coal miner behind the mine fences. Come learn how mine sites and the miners' safety has changed in over 100 years. Start: 6:00 pm
End: 8:00 pm
"In Complete World": An evening with filmmaker Shelly Silver. "In Complete World" is a documentary made up of street interviews shot in New York City. It mixes political questions with more broadly existential ones and centers on the tension between individual and collective responsibility. | ||
