Chicago Humanities Festival
chicago humanity festival nonprofit organization host annual series lecture concert film chicago illinois united state two season year including spring festival april may longer fall festival september november festival started illinois humanity council became independent organization year programming connected broader theme cover wide variety topic art politics society science technology chicago humanity festival designed create opportunity people explore humanity aegis illinois humanity council thenchairman richard j franke notion humanity day proposed expanded festival eileen mackevich created first chicago humanity festival oneday affair held november art institute chicago orchestra hall audience people eight program addressed theme expression freedom including keynote address playwright arthur miller founding cosponsor institution included art institute chicago chicago symphony orchestra lyric opera chicago university chicago festival formally separated illinois humanity council established independent nonprofit organization eileen mackevichs leadership independent festival expanded nearly program day venue involving nearly partner institution several hundred site volunteer attracting combined audience nearly childrens humanity festival introduced addition yearround slate education program devoted supporting classroom teacher student festival also expanded presence yearround offering public lecture reading concert special event anticipate build interest november festival lawrence weschler appointed first artistic director chf stuart flack joined executive director january matti bunzl appointed associate artistic director fall four year festival lawrence weschler became emeritus artistic director matti bunzl assumed role artistic director bunzl left vienna wien museum alison cuddy artistic director lauren pacheco michael green hired cocreative director childrens humanity festival renamed stage sight sound better reflect full breadth spring festival stage sight sound third year spring festival emphasis performance provides contrast fall festival adultcentered programming includes lecture discussion exploration central theme change year chf expression freedom notable presenter arthur miller ed paschke philip gossett chf ii culture contact notable presenter toni morrison john edgar wideman michael ondaatje sandra cisneros chf iii freedom equality notable presenter john updike czesław miłosz chf iv communication understanding notable presenter william safire david mccullough marlo thomas chf v crime punishment notable presenter tom wolfe scott turow sherman alexie chf vi love marriage notable presenter stephen sondheim stevie wonder diane ackerman betty friedan chf vii birth death notable presenter edward albee jane urquhart stephen ambrose chf viii work play notable presenter peter otoole amartya sen michael moore chf ix heshe notable presenter wendy wasserstein edward hirsch galway kinnell chf x new old notable presenter yusef komunyakaa mordecai richler chf xi notable presenter alan lightman harold ramis alison lurie chf xii word picture notable presenter leonard nimoy jonathan franzen witold rybczynski junot diaz art spiegelman chf xiii brain beauty notable presenter francis fukuyama joyce carol oates jeffrey eugenides francine prose mira nair chf xiv saving spending notable presenter roberto benigni oscar hijuelos tom wolfe chf xv time notable presenter august wilson maxine hong kingston clive barker chf xvi home away notable presenter margaret atwood salman rushdie annie proulx susan orlean chf xvii peace war notable presenter paul krugman azar nafisi joel meyerowitz frank mccourt joan baez errol morris wesley clark garry trudeau chf xviii climate concern notable presenter wangari maathai el doctorow philip pullman majora carter peter singer roger payne terry tempest williams w merwin edward burtynsky maya lin dave egger colin quinn cat chow greil marcus amartya sen head writer onion chf xix thinking big notable presenter david mccullough jeffrey sachs robert darnton wendy kopp erika dos robert irwin naomi klein lawrence lessig amitav ghosh colonel eileen collins jonathan alter ronald mallett laurence tribe chf xx laughter notable presenter matt groening john hodgman bob sabiston lynda barry jules feiffer robert mankoff barbara ehrenreich paul farmer claire mccaskill robert reich billy collins ronald kl collins kay ryan tim reid tom dreesen ian frazier john adam composer chfxxi body notable presenter kareem abduljabbar sam shepard dan savage sarah jones stage actress sherwin b nuland laura kipnis frank shorter alpana singh chf xxii tech•knowledgē notable presenter stephen sondheim jonathan franzen jeanne gang william gibson michael taussig cathy davidson yuri lane claudia rankine jared diamond chf xxiii america notable presenter camille paglia mark helprin charles c mann john lewis gaddi yves béhar austan goolsbee neil macgregor nate silver ian frazier rus feingold david brook elie wiesel richard ford chf animal make u human notable presenter david axelrod rick bayless jonathan safran foer kimberly peirce martina navratilova sherman alexie chf journey notable presenter anne rice andrew ross sorkin cheryl strayed eighth blackbird chf citizen notable presenter tanehisi coates elvis costello lawrence lessig bob mankoff chf speed notable presenter gloria steinem trevor noah thomas friedman chf belief notable presenter al gore reza aslan samantha power chf graphic notable presenter tom hank abbi jacobson hanif abdurraqib ron chernow jill lepore tim wu phoebe robinson doris kearns goodwin chf power notable presenter nikki giovanni julia louisdreyfus henry louis gate jr david brook stacey abrams raghuram rajan chf vision notable presenter torus amos abby mcenany margaret atwood david axelrod maria hinojosa john dickerson chicago humanity festival website