Chicago Public Radio Events

The Skyscraper and the Modern City: Chicago and New York

Wednesday, February 10, 2010 @ 12:15 p.m.

Merwood-Salisbury and Fenske discuss their new books. The authors use iconic early skyscrapers as lenses through which to view the distinctive cultures of Chicago and New York at the turn of the twentieth century.

Otomo: Film Screening and Discussion

Wednesday, February 10, 2010 @ 4:30 p.m.

Otomo is part of the Center for Black Diaspora’s Winter Quarter film series "Cinema: Transnational Subjects, African & Black Diaspora Immigrant Experiences".

Middling Folk: Three Seas, Three Centuries, One Scots-Irish Family

Wednesday, February 10, 2010 @ 6:00 p.m.

The Hammill family moved from North Ayrshire, Scotland to Northern Ireland, then to various locations throughout North America. Hammill family descendant Linda Matthews documents a multigenerational middle-class family’s journey.

Sweet Tooth Art Exhibition

Thursday, February 11, 2010 @ 6:00 p.m.

Benefiting The Chicago Urban Art Society (CUAS) and Friends - Urban Gateways, Chicago Public Art Group, HIGH JUMP, Chicago Art Department - come on out for a one-of-a-kind event!

How Chinese Art Became "Contemporary"

Thursday, February 11, 2010 @ 6:00 p.m.

This lecture defines the "contemporary turn" in Chinese art from the late 1980s to early 1990s through analyzing key art projects, experimental exhibitions, and the language of art criticism.

Social Media Success

Thursday, February 11, 2010 @ 12:00 p.m.

There’s a lot of buzz about social media but what are the facts? Hear from two organizations that have invested in new technology, done well with it, and gained institutional benefits.

The History of Science, as told by Mark Twain

Thursday, February 11, 2010 @ 10:30 a.m.

This presentation is a first-person Chautauqua style program by Warren Brown as Mark Twain. You will journey on water, land, and air sharing insights from the "Diaries of Adam and Eve" to friendships with inventors and thoughts about Galileo and Newton.

WBEZ Alliance Board of Directors Meeting

Friday, February 12, 2010 @ 8:00 a.m.

We invite the public to attend our regularly scheduled Board of Directors meeting.

A Fine Romance: Jewish Songwriters, American Songs

Sunday, February 14, 2010 @ 2:00 p.m.

David Lehman’s new book A Fine Romance: Jewish Songwriters, American Songs is a warm and witty look at the Jewish writers of the great American songbook. In this special Valentine’s Day presentation, he imparts some of his vast knowledge.

Sound Opinions at the Movies: Saturday Night Fever

Tuesday, February 16, 2010 @ 7:30 p.m.

Join Sound Opinions co-hosts Jim DeRogatis and Greg Kot for a screening of the disco classic Saturday Night Fever. It's a movie about a kid who works all weekend in a hardware store so he can blow down the house on the weekend -- and who can't relate to that?