The hardest working man on TV Ali Velshi is coming to Chicago! He'll be at the Chicago Humanities festival on May 18th!

Jumping off a @ChiHumanities talk last week, I conducted one of my own, about the increasingly fine line between 'good' and 'bad' AI in the realm of CGI moviemaking: chicagotribune.com/2024/04/19/col…

Sold out 1st in-person event for #HowToAbolishPrisons + some $ raised for Pushing Envelopes Chicago via CPEP Group merch! Thanks to Chicago Humanities & Haymarket Books for organizing. Also thanks to Rachel Herzing for facilitating + Sharlyn Grace & Stephanie Zarate for sharing their insights.

The ReidOut drew a nice crowd yesterday talking to AprilDRyan Chicago Temple during Chicago Humanities about her new book on #civilrights #icons Medgar and Myrlie Evers (📸
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Chicago friends: An event that might pique your interest from Chicago Humanities featuring studiogang.
'A conversation on how architecture can learn from nature to combat climate change'
This Saturday, 6:30 pm, at the Chicago Temple
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If small talk gives you the ick, then you're doing it wrong.😬 But don’t lose hope!

Casey Wilson and Jessica St. Clair are revealing the art of ((painless)) small talk at events near you! Tix and audiobook pre-orders here: linktr.ee/TheArtofSmallT…

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Didn’t plan on going to church this year, but it was worth it for Kara Swisher and Brené Brown in conversation. Chicago Humanities

On April 9th, Chicago Humanities brings gender studies scholar JUDITH BUTLER to the Music Box, for an in-person discussion on how right-wing authoritarian movements use fear to undermine the rights and protections of transgender people.

Get Tickets Now: chicagohumanities.org/events/attend/… .

Does anyone have an extra ticket / ticket they don’t need anymore for Chicago Humanities Kara Swisher & Brené Brown in Chicago tomorrow?? 🎟️

Eddie Glaude—We Are the Leaders Book Tour | Please join me on tour this April with ⁦OxConfBook⁩ ⁦Rizzoli Bookstore⁩ ⁦Mara Gay⁩ ⁦Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor⁩ ⁦Politics and Prose⁩ @clintsmitg ⁦Abyssinian Baptist⁩ ⁦Chicago Humanities⁩ hup.harvard.edu/features/eddie…

Looking forward to seeing my Haymarket Books #HowToAbolishPrisons co-author Rachel Herzing & great #Chicago organizers in 4 weeks for our April 13th Chicago Humanities session - “A conversation on the movement against imprisonment”!

#BuildCommunitiesNotCages

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Hey Chicago, Spring is here 🌱 From inspiring topics like art and literature to live performances and deep dives into our political landscape, there's something for everyone at the 2024 Chicago Humanities Spring Festival!

We'll see you around the city: atchf.org/events

Hope you'll vote for Shadow State in Chicago Reader's Best of Chicago for Best new novel by a Chicagoan, but also please consider my worthy Twitter mutuals in other culture categories: Steppenwolf Theatre, Annoyance Theatre, Chicago Humanities and Harris Theater for Music and Dance
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#ClipOfTheDay : In this 2023 event hosted by Chicago Humanities, Zadie Smith reads from her latest novel, The Fraud (@penguinpress), and discusses the relationship between truth and emotion with author Chris Abani. at.pw.org/TheFraud

We're nominated for best lecture series and best performing arts festival! Have fun voting, Chi ⤵️❤️

Our amazing captioner Jo will be part of this great access event put on by our friends Cultural Access Collaborative! Join in on the conversation Dec. 19 and register for free tickets ⤵️

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5 of the composers participated in an insightful preconcert discussion with WFMT’s LaRob K. Rafael, presented with Chicago Humanities, while the CSO African American Network hosted a lively afterparty & artist meet-and-greet with pizza provided by Jet's Pizza.

📷: Anne Ryan

The 2023/24 CSO MusicNOW series launched Sunday with a concert and accompanying events highlighting the works of composer collective The Blacknificent 7, curated by Jessie Montgomery and featuring the world premiere of Jasmine Barnes’s The United States Welcomes You.

📷: Anne Ryan

Where in the world has our Publicity Team been lately?? #TeamCeladon has been traveling across the country with authors Henry Winkler and Erin French!

📸: 1. D'Arcy Carden Seminary Co-op Chicago Humanities 2. The National Writers Series of Traverse City 3. 📺 SHERRI 📺 Sherri Shepherd 4. @OmnivoreBooks

Read about the origins of the Blacknificent 7 composer collective before they come to Symphony Center on Dec. 3 to spearhead a full afternoon of musical activities, including a preconcert panel with Chicago Humanities and an afterparty with free Jet's Pizza: cso.org/experience/art…