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Shadow Summit for Afghan Women’s Rights: The Critical Role of Women in the Afghan Transition Process

Sun, 20 May 2012 14:51:00 -0500

Afghan women's and girls' futures are at grave risk as the U.S. and allied forces make plans to withdraw in 2014, but Afghan women weren't at the table for these critical discussions during the NATO Summit in Chicago. In this panel, Madeleine Albright, Afifa Azim, Jan Schakowsky, and Melanne Verveer bring Afghan women's voices to the forefront as part of Amnesty International's Shadow Summit for Afghan Women's Rights.

Bob Woodward and Judge William J. Bauer: Truth and Justice in America

Thu, 17 May 2012 18:29:00 -0500

Bob Woodward and Judge William J. Bauer reunite at Bauer’s alma mater, Elmhurst College, to discuss issues at the heart of the American experience in democracy.

Studs Terkel's 100th Birthday Party

Wed, 16 May 2012 19:03:00 -0500

Celebrate the centenary of one of Chicago’s best citizens, Studs Terkel, with some of the best writers, activists, reporters, historians, and artists around.

Inside the Presidential Debates with Newton Minow

Sun, 13 May 2012 17:43:00 -0500

Newton Minow is co-vice chair of the Commission on Presidential Debates, which has organized the debates for the last two decades. Minow looks into the origins of presidential debates and suggests how they could be improved today.

Society of Midland Authors Awards Banquet

Tue, 08 May 2012 18:50:00 -0500

The Society of Midland Authors presents its annual awards honoring its choices for the best books by Midwest authors published in 2011.

Culture Catalysts: Molly Zuckerman-Hartung

Tue, 08 May 2012 18:41:00 -0500

Molly Zuckerman-Hartung’s innovative explorations of materials and process-based abstract painting make her one of Chicago’s most promising emerging artists.

In the Know: Studs Terkel's Race, Then and Now

Tue, 08 May 2012 17:23:00 -0500

To commemorate the 100th birthday of Chicago’s beloved oral historian Studs Terkel, we take his book Race off the shelf to see what it may have to say today. Listen in as we continue the conversation that Studs Terkel began for us exactly two decades ago.

Sprawl in Chicagoland: Can We Stop It? Should We?

Tue, 08 May 2012 16:51:00 -0500

When new subdivisions and shopping centers shoot up on what once was open farmland, is that evidence of economic boom or suburban sprawl? Great news for the car industry, or terrible news for the environment? Listen in as architectural historian, author, and educator Robert Bruegmann explores these questions and argues that there is opportunity in subdivisions and in spread-out development.

Mushrooms and the Micronesia Biodiversity Project with Thomas Jenkinson

Mon, 07 May 2012 19:04:00 -0500

Explore the mushrooms of the remote Pacific islands with Thomas Jenkinson, who highlights recent results from the ongoing project to document the mushroom diversity of the Federated States of Micronesia.

A Reading and Conversation with Nathaniel Tarn

Thu, 03 May 2012 12:18:00 -0500

Poet, editor, anthropologist, translator, and critic Nathaniel Tarn was born in Paris and studied English at Cambridge before pursuing anthropology at the Collége de France and the Musée de l’Homme and fieldwork in Guatemala and Burma.