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Home » Lawrence Weschler

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Definitive proof (?) that the 13th of each month will most likely fall on a Friday

by Steve Heisler April 13, 2018August 18, 2021

According to a proof by a Reader writer, Friday the 13th arrives more often than you’d think.

Posted inBlogs

Alison Cuddy’s appointment at Chicago Humanities Festival signals an important change

by Deanna Isaacs July 25, 2017August 18, 2021

The CHF goes local.

"Let's put it this way," says Matti Bunzl of his new job heading Vienna's Wien Museum. "I don't think there have been many gay Jews who've been in leadership positions in the cultural or any other sector in Austrian history."
Posted inColumns & Opinion

Chicago Humanities Fest artistic director Matti Bunzl is heading to Vienna on a journey of his own

by Deanna Isaacs October 21, 2014August 18, 2021

UI prof and CHF artistic director Matti Bunzl’s new job puts an outsider at the center of Viennese culture.

Matti Bunzl
Posted inColumns & Opinion

Thinks Global, Lives Local

by Deanna Isaacs October 21, 2010August 19, 2021

The Chicago Humanities Festival’s new artistic director actually lives in Chicago—sometimes.

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Aimee Bender, Junot Diaz, and the Museum of Jurassic Technology

by Whet Moser March 19, 2008August 19, 2021

Story Week and the Museum of Jurassic Technology.

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Review: “The New Kings of Nonfiction,” ed. Ira Glass

by Whet Moser October 26, 2007August 19, 2021

On Ira Glass’s “The New Kings of Nonfiction.”

Posted inBlogs

Maya Lin has her finger on the zeitgeist

by Whet Moser October 25, 2007August 19, 2021

Maya Lin comes to Chicago.

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