Chicago Humanities Festival 2008 - Saturday & Sunday

[mojosmom]

So, it begins. Two weekends of (practically) non-stop lectures, concerts, readings, panel discussions, and all variety of interesting things. Saturday was a bit crazy as I took in four events. First up, a lecture by archaeology professor and superintendent of antiquities of Rome, Adriano La Regina, who talked about (natch) Roman monuments. Next, a bunch of lawyers on the subject of habeas corpus. Both of those were at the Northwestern University School of Law. Then I dashed to the First United Methodist Church to hear Richard Sennett talk about craftsmanship, and then back up north to the Museum of Contemporary Art for a staged reading of poet Yusuf Komunyakaa's version of Gilgamesh.

Sunday was fairly quiet as I went to just one event, a discussion called "Queer Lyrics", with writers Achy Obejas and Mark Doty (got books signed!), moderated by poet C.C. Carter.