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Saturday, November 7, 2009 @ 10:00 a.m.
New Yorker Cartoonists
No issue of The New Yorker would be complete without the cartoons sprinkled throughout its pages. Hear three current New Yorker cartoonists—Pat Byrnes, Roz Chast, and Ed Koren — discuss and deconstruct the elements essential to the magazine’s famous cartoons.
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Saturday, November 7, 2009 @ 10:00 a.m.
Sander Gilman: Dr. Freud’s Little Jokes
Freud proposed one of the original theories of laughter back in 1905, arguing that humor is “best fulfilled precisely by Jewish jokes.” But when and why did the Jews become “funny,” and how did Freud’s own conflicted Jewish identity inform his development of psychoanalysis?
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Saturday, November 7, 2009 @ 2:30 p.m.
Blacks, Jews & the Comedy of Subversion
This provocative roundtable discussion explores two of the most important influences on comedy and popular culture in the United States: African American humor and Jewish humor. Panelists will discuss comedy’s role in critiquing and subverting dominant American culture.
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Saturday, November 7, 2009 @ 4:30 p.m.
Ourselves as Others See Us
Even as globalization takes hold, foreign journalists continue to see and tell US news stories from a different perspective than their American counterparts. Find out how foreign media channels depict President Obama and the news stories of the moment.
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Saturday, November 7, 2009 @ 2:00 p.m.
Filmmaker Daria Martin and Choreographer Anne Collod in Conversation
This fall the MCA presents two works developed collaboratively with legendary choreographer Anna Halprin—choreographer and dancer Anne Collod recreates Halprin’s dance performance parades & changes and filmmaker Daria Martin exhibits Minotaur, a film installation.
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Sunday, November 8, 2009 @ 10:00 a.m.
2009 Chicago Tribune Literary Prize: Tony Kushner
The Chicago Humanities Festival is pleased to again host the presentation of the annual Chicago Tribune Literary Prize. The prize is part of the Chicago Tribune’s ongoing dedication to reading, writing, and ideas.
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Sunday, November 8, 2009 @ 12:00 p.m.
Simon Schama Tells Jewish Jokes
World-renowned historian and cultural critic Simon Schama is best known as the droll, erudite host of the BBC’s A History of Britain and Simon Schama’s Power of Art. But he also indulges in a secret passion: collecting and recounting a vast array of Jewish jokes.
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Sunday, November 8, 2009 @ 5:00 p.m.
The Color of Funny: Dick Gregory on Race, Comedy, and Justice
It’s hard to predict whether Dick Gregory will be most celebrated as a path-breaking comedian or a trailblazing civil rights activist. Gregory is still a staunch, wry political voice across a range of issues as varied as nutrition, social justice, and the environment.
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