The New York Times obit made radical feminist theologian Mary Daly sound downright sane.
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Chicago Humanities Festival
The 20th edition, with the theme “Laughter,” runs through November 15.
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Fall Books Special: The Gritty City
New books about old murders, queer underworlds, race wars, and more
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Fall Books Special: The Night Fred Hampton Died
An excerpt of a new book on the Black Panther leader’s death and its aftermath by People’s Law Office cofounder Jeffrey Haas
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Fall Books Special: My Dad Did It
Steve Hodel, the retired LA cop who pinned the Black Dahlia murder on his pop, believes he was also Chicago’s Lipstick Killer.
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Fall Books Special: A Queer Eye, an Open Mind
A new anthology, and a new appreciation, for local gay writer Jon-Henri Damski
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Fall Books Special: Chicago’s Life Story
Popular Columbia College prof Dominic Pacyga’s been telling the city’s history in pieces for years. Now he’s put it all together.
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Feminists on Wheels
Road tripping across the country to find out if the F word still has meaning
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Columbia College Creative Nonfiction Week
Author appearances by Luis Alberto Urrea, Laurie Lindeen, John D’Agata, and others, free and open to the public, 10/19-10/23
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They Didn’t Think of the Children
D. Bradford Hunt’s study of the Chicago Housing Authority, Blueprint for Disaster, argues that public housing projects like Cabrini-Green failed because they put too many children in hard-to-access towers.
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Fall Arts Guide 2009: Lit & Lectures Listings
SEPTEMBER wednesday 9/9 Nami Mun reads from her novel Miles From Nowhere. 7:30 PM, Women & Children First, 5233 N. Clark, 773-769-9299. Don Share, Emily Warn Joint poetry reading by Share (Squandermania) and Warn (Shadow Architect). 5:30 PM, Columbia College Concert Hall, 1014 S. Michigan, 312-369-8819. thursday 9/10 Lev Raphael l (The German Money) presents […]
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Fall Arts Guide 2009 Best Bets: Chicago Humanities Festival
The theme of this 20th edition is, simply, “Laughter,” and as usual the organizers have brought together an eclectic assortment of writers, artists, scientists, scholars, and performers to address the topic in dozens of programs stretched out over a couple weeks.
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The Time Traveler’s Wife’s Author
As the movie adaptation of her first book comes to the screen, Audrey Niffenegger gets ready to plug her second, writes her third, and mounts an art show.
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Best of Chicago 2009: Best Reading Series or Open Mike
The Reader’s Choice: RUI: Reading Under the Influence
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Best of Chicago 2009: Best Used Book Sale
The Reader’s Choice: Evanston Public Library’s Big Book Sale