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Lori Andrews

Wed, 01 Feb 2012 15:34:00 -0600

Lori Andrews, internationally acclaimed legal pioneer in the areas of modern ethics and privacy, discusses her latest book, I Know Who You Are and I Saw What You Did: Social Networks and the Death of Privacy. The author has written a much overdue constitution for the web, which extends our basic rights to this wild new frontier.

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Jodi Kantor in Conversation with Steve Edwards

Tue, 17 Jan 2012 19:38:00 -0600

New York Times correspondent Jodi Kantor discusses and signs her new book, The Obamas. Kantor takes us deep inside the White House as the Obamas grapple with their new roles, change the country, raise children, maintain friendships, and figure out what it means to be the first black President and First Lady.

Filled with detail and insight into their partnership, emotions, and personalities, The Obamas is an intimate portrait that will...

Barbara Lamprecht: The Cross-Pollination of American and European Architecture Shown Through the Work of Richard Neutra

Thu, 12 Jan 2012 19:32:00 -0600

Long before he set foot in his future, permanent home of Los Angeles, the renowned 20th-century architect Richard Neutra immersed himself in the lessons of booming 1920s Chicago and America, drinking in steel framing via architect and engineer Dankmar Adler, working on the Palmer House as Draftsman #216 for Holabird and Roche, visiting the great Louis Sullivan in his final days, and meeting Frank Lloyd Wright.

Austrian-American Neutra trained in Vienna before moving to Berlin to...

One Life

Thu, 12 Jan 2012 14:33:00 -0600

One Life celebrates the work of poet and musician Richard Fammeree with poetry and music, visual arts, and dance.

The evening features the poetry of Charlie Newman, Deborah Nodler Rosen, Francesco Levato, Dina Elenbogen, Susan Aurinko, Chris Green, Elise Paschen, Michael Splendoria, Stella Radulescu, Rachel Webster...

Dick Simpson, Don Rose, and Constance A. Mixon discuss “Twenty-First Century Chicago”

Tue, 10 Jan 2012 19:13:00 -0600

Dick Simpson, Don Rose, and Constance A. Mixon discuss Twenty-First Century Chicago. This new book investigates the social, economic, political, and governmental conditions of Chicago in this century. The anthology includes speeches by politicians, newspaper stories, editorials by journalists, memoirs and biographies, and little-known research reports advocating change. Covering metropolitan Chicago as a whole, this volume...

Culture Catalyst: Stephanie Izard

Tue, 10 Jan 2012 18:37:00 -0600

Stephanie Izard was born in the Chicago suburb of Evanston but grew up in Stamford, Connecticut, where her parents got her hooked on food with their themed dinner parties, weekly menus posted on the fridge, and a life-changing trip to Epcot where she couldn’t wait to get home and recreate the crepes she ate in “France.” As much as she loved cooking (and eating), she went the traditional route first and got a sociology degree from University of Michigan. Soon thereafter, she discovered that...

America's Relationship with Afghanistan and Pakistan

Sun, 08 Jan 2012 18:57:00 -0600

Local author M. Salahuddin Khan has written a multiple award-winning novel, Sikander. A work of historical fiction, it covers the origins of the war in Afghanistan and America's complex relationships with Pakistan, the Taliban, and other forces in the region. Hear Mr. Khan discuss these events and read from his book.

The Adlai Stevenson Center on Democracy is an independent, nonpartisan, not-for-profit organization. The ASCD operates out of the Adlai E....

Antípoda

Fri, 16 Dec 2011 17:45:00 -0600

Mare Performance, contratiempo, and Calles y Sueños copresent contratiempo member Rey Andújar's Antípoda.

Antípoda is a sound and text performance centered in rythm and cadence, giving words color and tonality through breathing and scene presence. The texts that form Antípoda are complemented with classic texts of authors such as Charles Bukowski and Federico García Lorca. Antípoda has been presented succesfully in Puerto Rico...

The Arab World's Berlin Wall Moment?

Wed, 14 Dec 2011 18:17:00 -0600

Fawaz Gerges believes that Arabs are on the brink of a democratic wave similar to the ones that swept through Eastern Europe and Latin America. The recent massive political and social upheaval in the Middle East has stunned the world, and many now wonder if the age of oppressive regimes has come to an end. The monarchies—Bahrain, Oman, Saudi Arabia, and Jordan—have been shaken by the social unrest, yet seem less vulnerable than the faltering republics of Syria and Yemen....

Louis Sullivan: Tragedy and Triumph

Wed, 14 Dec 2011 17:26:00 -0600

From 1880 to 1895, Louis Sullivan and his partner, Dankmar Adler, headed one of the country’s most creative and successful architectural practices. Known for their expertise in theatre design, they designed the Auditorium Building, which included not only a magnificent theater but a hotel and office block as well. While they didn’t invent the tall building, Sullivan was among the first to find a way to celebrate its height. Sadly, after the partnership dissolved in 1895, Sullivan found it...