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Our Fall Festival lineup is stacked 📖 Check out our feature in the @chicagosuntimes at the link in our bio. by @chihumanities

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Announcement: John Green, Barbara Kingsolver, Emily St. Mandel, the stars of Twin Peaks, Marlon James — and many, many more — will join the Chicago Humanities Fall Festival 2026.

We can’t wait to see you in Pilsen, Hyde Park, Evanston, and beyond.

See the full lineup and get your tickets today at ChicagoHumanities.org. by @chihumanities

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Stephen “ESPO” Powers (@steveespopowers) is the iconic New York-based artist best known for his sign painting and graffiti.

After launching his career in the 90s under the alias “ESPO” (Exterior Surface Painting Outreach), he quickly became a New York staple, covering dozens of storefront grates with bright, playful block lettering and toeing the line of legality.

Since then, he’s made the switch from graffiti to become a full-time studio artist, winning a Fulbright Scholarship in the process. His work has been featured in numerous exhibitions across the globe.

Join us as Powers discusses how he uses creativity to deepen our understanding of the social life of neighborhoods.

🗓️ Saturday, Nov. 7 at 4:30 p.m.
📍 @uchicago - Mandel Hall in Hyde Park
🔗 Tickets through the link in our bio by @chihumanities

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Today, antigender ideology continues to be mobilized by the far right and transgender people’s lives are increasingly targeted. But what are we talking about when we talk about gender?

Leading trans scholar Susan Stryker joins us for an urgent conversation on her new book, “Changing Gender.” Drawing on her decades of work as a historian, filmmaker, and activist, she’ll explore the concept of gender, its origins, and where we go from here.

A book signing will follow this program.

🗓️ Saturday, Nov. 7 at 4 p.m.
📍 @uchicago - Ida Noyes Hall in Hyde Park
🔗 Tickets through the link in our bio by @chihumanities

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Join us Nov. 7 as we welcome back two-time National Book Award-winner @jesmynward.

Get a glimpse into the life of a singular writer often lauded as “the heir apparent to Toni Morrison” (@literaryhub).

She’ll discuss her newest work, “On Witness and Respair,” a collection of essays documenting more than a decade of her work.

The acclaimed titular essay, which appeared in @vanityfair, tells the story of her partner’s sudden death on the eve of the COVID-19 epidemic.

She’ll be joined in conversation by author and @uchicago professor Stephanie Soileau (@smsoileau).

A book signing will follow this event.

🗓️ Saturday, Nov. 7 at 4:30 p.m.
📍 University of Chicago - Mandel Hall in Hyde Park
🔗 Tickets through the link in our bio by @chihumanities

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Sunday was a reminder to always look on the “bright side of life.” We hope you left feeling a little bit lighter.

Thank you for joining us at @northwesternu for a day full of laughs, learning, and some (happy) tears.

Next up: @uchicago Arts & Humanities Day on Nov. 7. Get your tickets at the link in our bio.

📸: @dtkindlerphoto by @chihumanities

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Chicago’s very own Daniel Kraus (@kraus_author) is the bestselling author of “Whalefall” — a major motion picture to be released this month — plus “Angel Down” and “The Sixth Nik.”

Join us for a conversation with Kraus on writing as a craft, what it takes to write a novel in one sentence (like the Pulitzer Prize-winning "Angel Down"), and how screenwriting opens up new possibilities for storytelling.

He'll be joined in conversation by author and UChicago professor Augustus Rose (@rrosedelay).

A book signing will follow this event.

🗓️ Saturday, Nov. 7 at 1:30 p.m.
📍 @uchicago - Ida Noyes Hall in Hyde Park
🔗 Tickets through the link in our bio by @chihumanities

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10 days ago

Happy National Arts and Humanities Month!

The humanities celebrate creativity. They promote civic engagement. They address inequities. And they create a stronger community for everyone.

The humanities help us to better understand ourselves and each other.

We hope you’ll join us at our Fall Festival, which runs through Nov. It’s a celebration of what the humanities can do.

Get tickets at the link in our bio. by @chihumanities

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Cultural critic Hilton Als (@hilton.als) — also Pulitzer Prize winner and long-time writer at @newyorkermag — joins our Fall Festival on Nov. 7.

UChicago scholar Rachel Cohen (@rachelcohennotebook) will join him in conversation to discuss his practice as a critic, author, and curator. They’ll discuss recent cultural controversies, including the political pressures the Smithsonian faces from the current administration.

🗓️ Saturday, Nov. 7 at 11 a.m.
📍 @uchicago - Mandel Hall in Hyde Park
🔗 Tickets through the link in our bio by @chihumanities

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Journalist, bestselling author, and political analyst Anand Giridharadas (@anandwrites) joins our Fall Festival this Sunday to share the riveting story of a deadly encounter.

Through painstaking, on-the-ground reporting, he reveals the depth of the rage, violence, and division that have defined 2020s America.

He will be joined in conversation by award-winning author Alex Kotlowitz.

A book signing will follow this program.

🗓️ Sunday, Oct. 4 at 7 p.m.
📍 @northwesternu in Evanston
🔗 Tickets through the link in our bio by @chihumanities

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17 days ago

Thank you for coming out to celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month with us Saturday in Pilsen. 💜

From tours and photography to music and fiction — we hope you left Pilsen Day 2026 feeling inspired to read, write, and create. We certainly did.

Up next: Northwestern Day this Sunday, Oct. 4. Get your tickets through the link in our bio.

📸: Slides 1-3: @eddiequinones Slides 4, 6, 10: @dtkindlerphoto by @chihumanities

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