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Chicago Humanities is
"the intellectual-a-palooza...
designed to blow your mind."
- Chicago Magazine
Chicago Humanities is
"the city’s premiere forum for promoting authors
on the vanguard"
-Third Coast Review
People Magazine
#8: Millie Bobby Brown
Sun-Times
Host of Big Names
TimeOut
Chicago Humanities Festival’s Spring Lineup
NBC Chicago Today
Joan Baez Opens Up
Politico
Hillary Clinton Live at the Riviera
WBEZ's Reset
Chicago Humanities This Fall
Chicago Tonight on WTTW
Beto O’Rourke
Windy City Times
Andy Cohen & drag queens at CHF
Axios
Music writer Mark Guarino
Chicago Crusader
Black Women Will Save The World
The Verge
The Verge at Chicago Humanities Festival
Daily Herald
Napperville Native Bob Odenkirk
Salon
11 facts about "Interview with the Vampire"
BuzzFeed
Great Virtual Book Events
Chicago Magazine
Five Things to do This Fall
Chicago Life Magazine
Anna Deavere Smith
Newcity Film
Joan of Arc doing "Joan of Arc"
WLS Radio
Show & Tell with Andrea Darlas
Press Requests: Contact The Silverman Group, Nicole Rizzo
To learn more about the Festival's mission, please check out our history page.
To see recordings of past events, explore our video archive.
Additional Selected Press Highlights
December 9, 2025 // Third Coast Review // Third Coast Curates: Chicago Culture Packs
November 17, 2025 // New York Post // Ezra Klein's Private Briefing (CH branded photo)
November 11, 2025 // PBS // Book. Says Constitution Intended to be Amended
October 22, 2025 // The Loyola Phoenix // The Evolution of a Bad Feminist with Roxanne Gay
October 17. 2025 // Chicago Tribune // Nick Offerman's Life is a Circus
October 14, 2025 // FOX-TV // Princeton president talks free speech on college campuses
October 4, 2025 // WGN-Radio // Behind the Curtain with Chicago Humanities
September 12, 2025 // Show & Tell With Andrea Darlas // Chicago Humanities Festival
September 11, 2025 // NewCity // Today in Culture
August 27, 2025 // Modern Luxury // 6 Can't-Miss September Events In Chicago
June 9, 2025 // WGN-TV // Comedian and Actor Jeff Hiller
May 28, 2025 // WTTW-PBS, Chicago Tonight: Black Voices // Jonathan Capehart Gets Personal
May 28, 2025 // Chicago Magazine // June/July Agenda
May 18, 2025 // Splash Magazine // American Prophets
May 14, 2025 // FOX-TV // Jocelyn Benson Encourages Readers to Find Their Voice
May 6, 2025 // The New York Times // The Best Turkey Meatballs I've Ever Made
May 2, 2025 // Chicago Life Magazine // Three Questions with Chris Hayes
May 1, 2025 // Take the Lead When // Create a Movement from Chaos
April 28, 2025 /// WGN-TV // Actor, Comedian Ed Helms
April 21, 2025 // WGN-Radio // Interview with Heather Cox Richardson on John Williams
March 10, 2025 // WGN-TV // It’s time to play the Mystery Guest Game!
November 16, 2024 // The DePaulia // Comedian Randy Rainbow at the Chicago Humanities Festival
November 7, 2024 // Axios // Chicago's celebrated documentary "Hoop Dreams" turns 30
October 29, 2024 // WGN-TV // Matty Matheson from 'The Bear'
October 17, 2024 // The Triibe // Ta-Nehisi Coates Returns to Chicago
October 12, 2024 // Chicago Life Magazine // 3 Questions with Malcolm Gladwell
October 9, 2024 // FOX 32 // Iconic author R.L. Stine
October 2, 2024 // WTTW - Black Voices // Author Digs Deep into Hidden History of Civil Rights
September 30, 2024 // Rolling Out // Law Roach Returns to Chicago
September 26, 2024 // Sun-Times // Chicago native Law Roach shares secret
September 20, 2024 // WLS Radio // Show and Tell with Andrea Darlas
March 19, 2024 // Hollywood Chicago // Actor Christina Jackson on Netflix's Shirley
March 15, 2024 // Sun-Times // Richard Roeper's Review of Shirley
March 12, 2024 // CBS-TV // Chicago Humanities Spring Festival Kicks Off
February 21, 2024 // Dickens Society // Dickens Isn't Dead
January 16, 2024 // The Mirror // Bobby Berk Breaks Silence on Why He Left Queer Eye
December 12, 2023 // Rolling Stone // Bikini Kill's Kathleen Hanna Plots Book Tour
November 26, 2023 // Go Pride Chicago // Ginger Minj Serves Up Southern Fried Sass
November 8, 2023 // WBEZ's The Rundown // Climate Change Expert Says Cultural Shift is Needed
November 7, 2023 // NBC's Chicago Today // Queer Eye's Bobby Berk Stops By
October 27, 2023 // WGN-TV // Ed Begley Jr Stops by the WGN Morning News
October 3, 2023 // WGN-TV // Keegan-Michael Key and Elle Key to Talk at Chicago Humanities Festival
October 2, 2023 // NewCity Lit // Lit Top 5: October 2023
September 29, 2023 // Chicago Life Magazine // 3 Questions with Bob & Erin Odenkirk
September 22, 2023 // WGN-TV // Design Expert Bobby Berk
September 18, 2023 // Daily Mail // Millie Bobby Brown at Chicago Humanities
September 18, 2023 // Hello Magazine // Millie Bobby Brown Looks Unreal
September 12, 2023 // CBS Chicago News // Chicago Humanities Celebrates Arts & Culture
August 28, 2023 // Newcity Lit // Can’t-Miss Lit Events (Fall Arts Preview 2023)
June 3, 2023 // WTTW's Black Voices // Oscar-Winning Costume Designer Ruth Carter
May 24, 2023 // The Washington Post // Hillary Clinton says Sen. Dianne Feinstein shouldn’t resign
May 24, 2023 // The New York Times // Hillary Clinton Says Dianne Feinstein Should Not Resign
May 12, 2023 // Windy City Times // Gigi Gorgeous Spills The T Guide at Chicago Humanities Festival
May 4, 2023 // CNN // Katie Porter on the Axe Files
April 18, 2023 // CBS News Chicago // Chicago Humanities Spring Festival Underway Across the City
April 13, 2023 // WGN-TV // From Pop Star to Novelist, Susanna Hoffs, co-founder of the Bangles
April 5, 2023 // Reader // Best Lecture Series
March 23, 2023 // Newcity Lit // Lit Top 5
March 21, 2023 // Chicago Tribune // Chicago Humanities Spring Fest 2023
November 25, 2023 // People Magazine // #30: Patti Smith
Fall 2022 // Chicago Life Magazine // Three Questions for Our Man In Chicago: Comedian Jeff Garlin
October 13, 2022 // Solzy at the Movies // Iliza Shlesinger Brings Book Tour to Chicago
October 12, 2022 // The Reader // From Domestic Terrorism to the Voting Booth
April 11, 2022 // WGN-TV // Dean Chats with SNL Alum Molly Shannon
March 22, 2022 // TimeOut // Take a look through Chicago Humanities Festival’s spring events lineup
March 17, 2022 // Reel Chicago // Chicago Humanities hosts Molly Shannon and Jonathan Van Ness
January 22, 2022 // AV Club // What is your personal pop culture resolution for 2022?
November 13, 2021 // WGN News // Poet Angela Jackson Reads Part of Her Poetry Collection
November 4, 2021 // Good Day Chicago (Fox32) // Kal Penn Performing in Chicago This Weekend
November 1, 2021 // Chicago Hotels Magazine // 10 Events to Visit in Chicago in November
October 31, 2021 // Out Chicago // Debbie Millman Interview on Out Chicago
October 27, 2021 // Newcity Design // Design Top 5: November 2021
October 8, 2021 // Chicago Magazine // Our Brain Candy Selects from the Chicago Humanities Festival
October 4, 2021 // Newsy //In the Loop: What the Future of Live Music and Comedy Looks Like
July 19, 2021 // Splash Magazine // Chicago Humanities Festival -- A Return to In-person Events
March 30, 2021 // Medium //Ghosts in the Canon: Joyce Carol Oates at the Chicago Humanities Festival
March 21, 2021 // The Things // 10 Things Most Fans Don't Know About John Mulaney
April 21, 2020 // Thrillist // Thrillist: The Best Chicago Art Experiences You Can Enjoy at Home
September 19, 2019 // MSN // Actual Ravens Delivering Chicago Invites to See 'GoT' Author
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For a full list of press highlights or more information, please contact Publicity Manager Stephanie Storey