The 18th annual Chicago Humanities Festival, which addresses global warming with the theme “The Climate of Concern,” starts Saturday, October 27, and runs through November 11, offering dozens of lectures, readings, and discussions by an international assortment of writers, artists, and scholars as well as film screenings and theatrical and musical performances at multiple venues around the city. Programs are $5 in advance ($2 surcharge may be applied to purchases at the door) unless otherwise noted. Tickets can be ordered by phone at 312-494-9509 or online at chfestival.org. (Tickets for sold-out programs often become available due to attrition; arrive at the venue no later than 30 minutes before the program to buy available seats, to be sold on a first-come, first-served basis.)
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Sculptor Maya Lin, who designed the Vietnam War Memorial in Washington, D.C., and installation artist Roni Horn discuss their current projects in “Global Vantages”; CHF artistic director Lawrence Weschler moderates (Sat 10/27, 3 PM, also in the Harold Washington Library auditorium).
