We spent 2020, our first year of digital programming, thinking about how our view of the past shapes the present, and how we can envision a better future.
Allstate Insurance Company Program
Veronica Roth: Chosen Ones
The Richard Gray Program
The Painter and the Thief: Film and Conversation
Fifth Third Bank Program
John Dickerson on the American Presidency
Elaine and Roger Haydock Humor Series
Charlie Kaufman: Antkind
The Esther S. Saks Lecture Series: Culture, Curiosity & Commitment
Krista Franklin and Nate Marshall on Black Futures
The Ajmani Family Program
What’s Next: Michael Roth on Public Speech
Terra Foundation Series on American Art
Monuments and Memorials
Richard J. Franke Program
Jill Lepore on Data and Control
The Bill and Penny Obenshain Program on Global Affairs
Clarissa Ward: On All Fronts
Anita and Prabhakant Sinha Program
Ayad Akhtar: Homeland Elegies
The Esther S. Saks Lecture Series: Culture, Curiosity & Commitment
Claudia Rankine, Just Us: An American Conversation
Walter E. Heller Foundation Program
Elena Ferrante in Translation: A Panel Discussion
The Richard H. Driehaus Foundation Lecture on Architecture
Carl Smith on Chicago’s Great Fire
Art Design Chicago Now Program
Art in the Moment
Paul M. Angell Family Foundation Program
Alex Ross on Wagnerism
CHF Member-exclusive Program
The Making of Punch 9 for Harold Washington: A Panel Discussion
Ellen Stone Belic Presents: In Her Infinite Wisdom
Margaret Atwood: Dearly
Helen B. and Ira E. Graham Family Concert
Visionary Voices Behind the American Songbook with Natalie Douglas
CHF Member-exclusive Program
Book Club with Jonathan Alter — His Very Best: Jimmy Carter, a Life
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Being a member of the Chicago Humanities Festival is especially meaningful during this unprecedented and challenging time. Your support keeps CHF alive as we adapt to our new digital format, and ensures our programming is free, accessible, and open to anyone online.
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Member and donor support drives 100% of our free digital programming. These inspiring and vital conversations are possible because of people like you. Thank you!