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An Incomplete History of Comedy in Hyde Park

Hyde Park lore includes not only the atomic bomb’s invention, but also the birth of The Second City as a comedy troupe of University of Chicago students.

Recorded on 10.17.2009
Finding Oz Lecture

Evan Schwartz, author of Finding Oz: How L. Frank Baum Discovered the Great American Story, debunks popular misconceptions about Baum and Oz.

Recorded on 10.25.2009
Soul of a People: Writing America’s Story

Scholars discuss the historical and literary significance of the Federal Writers’ Project under the Works Progress Administration during the New Deal.

Recorded on 9.12.2009
The Biography of Chicago

Historian Dominic Pacyga traces our city’s storied past, from the explorations of Joliet and Marquette in 1673 to the new wave of urban pioneers today.

Recorded on 10.28.2009
Chicago Matters: Beyond Burnham Presents Planning for Sustainability through Lighting Design

Patrick Grzybek speaks on the Architect’s role in influencing models for the conservation of electrical power for lighting.

Recorded on 10.27.2009
Caravaggio—Beyond Biography

Keith Christiansen of the Metropolitan Museum of Art discusses Caravaggio's genius, in conjunction with the extraordinary loan of The Supper at Emmaus.

Recorded on 10.8.2009
Cézanne and Pissarro in the 1870s

T. J. Clark reviews the period when Pissarro and Cézanne painted side by side, before differences emerged constituting a parting of the ways within modernism.

Recorded on 10.1.2009
Between the Lines

This Between the Lines features Todd Bauer sharing his insight on the play Heroes and leading a pre-show discussion, and post-show question and answer session.

Recorded on 10.24.2009
Sol, Piedra y Sombras -- Panel Discussion

In this conversation, panelists explore and discuss the influence that the Mexican authors of the short stories in the book Sun, Stone and Shadows, as part of Big Read in Chicago.

Recorded on 10.24.2009
From Phaedra to Fedra

Listen to a discussion  of Fedra in preparation for the Lookingglass Theatre’s World Premiere production, outlining its historical and current iterations.

Recorded on 10.17.2009
Exploring Fedra

Raven Foundation founder Suzanne Ross interviews writer J. Nicole Brooks and director Laura Eason about the Lookingglass Theatre’s 51st World Premiere Fedra.

Recorded on 10.12.2009
Documentary Poetics: A Reading by Mark Nowak

Mark Nowak, poet, professor, and editor of XCP: Cross Cultural Poetics, reads from his recent book, Coal Mountain Elementary.

Recorded on 10.21.2009
What Would Jane Say? City-Builders with Skirts Were Excluded From the Plan of Chicago

Janice Metzger discusses her book What Would Jane Say?, that looks at women between 1889 and 1909 who were actively involved in improving vital city services.

Recorded on 10.21.2009
Call Me Ahab: A Reading by Anne Finger

Author Anne Finger reads from her works. Affecting but never sentimental, ironic but never cynical, her tales re-imagine life beyond the margins of “normality.”

Recorded on 10.23.2009
Inside the Kingdom

Saudi Arabia sits at the center of the greater Middle East's future. Listen to Robert Lacey discuss the politics and trends inside the Kingdom.

Recorded on 10.21.2009
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