This fall, Chicago Humanities Festival is bringing some of the biggest names in film and TV to stages across Chicago for entertaining, inspiring, and provocative conversations.
Academy Award-winner Jessica Lange will sit down with The New Yorker‘s Adam Gopnik to share stories and photographs from her illustrious career. Kevin Nealon and Tim Meadows will get together for a night of laughs. Curb Your Enthusiasm‘s Jeff Garlin and Susie Essman will come to the stage to talk about Garlin growing up in our very own Chicago. Artist, filmmaker, and writer Miranda July looks back at her eclectic career. Creators Jim Jarmusch and Jonathan Ames will talk film and art. And no-hold-bard comedian Ilisa Shlesinger will entertain audiences with her unique opinions about life. And for music fans, the fall will cap off with a conversation and performance from the legendary Patti Smith.
Fall Festival
October 13 – December 9
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“As we return to our first fully in-person Fall Festival since the start of the pandemic, we wanted to explore how each of us is returning to public life, how attitudes towards America’s various publics have changed, and how we can use this transition to better engage in the vital public conversations of our time,” says CHF’s Executive Director Phillip Bahar. “From deep conversations about gun violence, religion and politics, to laugh-out-loud events with comedians and entertainers, we have a broad range of programs to tempt Chicagoans to come out and re-engage with the remarkable public life of our great city.”
Most events will take place on various Neighborhood Days—where all of the events are held within walking distance in a specific neighborhood to encourage audiences to spend all day hopping from one event to another. Neighborhood Days include Northwestern on October 22, Hyde Park on October 29, Southport on November 5, and Lincoln Park on November 12.
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