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Home » Marjane Satrapi

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Posted inColumns & Opinion

Why’d CPS fire Troy LaRaviere? An activist sues to find out.

by Ben Joravsky September 22, 2016August 18, 2021

Nick Burt sues Chicago Public Schools after radio silence from the district on a Freedom of Information Act request.

Posted inColumns & Opinion

How CPS officials decided to pull Persepolis from the classroom

by Ben Joravsky February 11, 2015August 18, 2021

E-mails show that orders to yank the acclaimed graphic novel came from the top.

Tim Watts in The Adventures of Alvin Sputnik: Deep Sea Explorer
Posted inBest of Chicago

Best Festival for Nerds, Geeks, and People Who Harbor Serious Crushes on Authors and Public Intellectuals

by Aimee Levitt June 25, 2014August 18, 2021

For 25 years, Chicagoans have been packing into auditoriums for lectures on everything from Shakespeare’s sonnets to the culture of the Neanderthals.

Posted inBlogs

This year’s Chicago Humanities Fest is all about the journeys

by Aimee Levitt April 29, 2014August 18, 2021

The festival will also be celebrating its 25th anniversary.

Posted inBlogs

Iranian-born artist Ario Mashayekhi on the curious timing of the CPS ban of Persepolis

by Sarah Nardi March 26, 2013August 19, 2021

“Censorship is not something new. It happens on and on and on. For the U.S., it’s shocking. For me, it’s expected.”

Lane Tech students protest the decision by Chicago Public Schools officials to remove Marjane Satrapi's acclaimed graphic novel Persepolis from classrooms.
Posted inColumns & Opinion

The Emanuel administration kicks Persepolis out of class

by Ben Joravsky March 19, 2013August 19, 2021

The latest education fiasco from Rahm’s administration: Kicking Persepolis out of class

Posted inBlogs

The boy who wasn’t there, and the rest of this week’s movies

by J.R. Jones August 24, 2012August 19, 2021

New reviews and notable screenings in this week’s issue

Posted inBlogs

This week’s movie action

by J.R. Jones February 3, 2012August 19, 2021

New reviews and notable screenings in this week’s issue

Posted inBlogs

Coming soon to a monitor near you

by J.R. Jones May 1, 2009August 19, 2021

Nina Paley’s head-turning animation “Sita Sings the Blues” emerges from copyright battle bent but not broken.

Posted inBlogs

4/3 — Free Marjane Satrapi Lecture

by Alex Yablon April 2, 2009August 19, 2021

Graphic novelist and filmmaker Marjane Satrapi lectures at Columbia College.

Posted inBlogs

Persepolis now

by J.R. Jones March 25, 2009August 19, 2021

Marjane Satrapi, creator of the Persepolis comics and animated feature, will lecture next Friday at Columbia College.

Posted inBlogs

Movie marathon north of the border

by Andrea Gronvall September 18, 2008August 19, 2021

Five movies stand out among the 249 features in the 33rd Toronto International Film Festival.

Posted inFilm

Exiled to the Art House

by J.R. Jones January 10, 2008August 19, 2021

Persepolis, Marjane Satrapi’s animated memoir of her Iranian childhood, is begging for a wider audience.

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