(Tuesdays With Morrie) plugs his new novel, For One More Day. Thu 11/2, noon, Starbucks, 180 N. LaSalle, 312-236-1286.
Thu 11/2, 7 PM, Winnetka Congregational Church, 725 Pine, Winnetka, 847-446-8880. At Winnetka Congregational Church: $25 includes book and two tickets.
(Shakti Mantras) touts Chakra Mantras: Liberate Your Spiritual Genius Through Chanting.
Thu 11/2, 7 PM, Transitions Bookplace, 1000 W. North, 312-951-7323.
signs Creepy Chicago, Chicago Haunts, More Chicago Haunts, and Graveyards of Chicago.
Sat 10/28, 11 AM, Book Cellar, 4736 N. Lincoln, 773-293-2665.
The former Playboy managing editor promotes Yes You Can!
Behind the Hype and Hustle of the Motivation Biz, an "irreverent investigation into a thriving American phenomenon: the motivation business." Thu 11/2, 7:30 PM, Borders, 2817 N. Clark, 773-935-3909.
presents her memoir, Lessons in Becoming Myself. Mon 10/30, 7:30 PM, Swedish American Museum Center, 5211 N. Clark, 773-769-9299.
Ticketed event; available with book purchase at Women Children First, 5233 N. Clark. Tue 10/31, 12:30 PM, Borders, 150 N.
State, 312-606-0750.
Friends of the Bloomingdale Trail cofounder Ben Helphand talks about "Building the Bloomingdale Trail." Wed 11/1, 12:15 PM, ArchiCenter, 224 S.
Michigan, 312-922-3432, ext. 266.
The 17th annual Chicago Humanities Festival, this year themed "Peace and War," runs through 11/12, offering dozens of lectures, readings, and discussions by an international coterie of writers, artists, and scholars as well as film screenings and theatrical and musical performances.
Programs are $5 in advance, $6 (cash only) at the door, unless otherwise noted. The following events take place through 11/2; see next week's Reader for a complete schedule. CHF artistic director Lawrence Weschler gives a slide lecture on "The Graphics of Solidarity.
" Fri 10/27, 7 PM, Wright College Events Building Theater, 4300 N. Narragansett. Author Kate DiCamillo (The Tale of Despereaux) receives the Chicago Tribune Young Adult Fiction Prize.
Sat 10/28, 10:30 AM, Harold Washington Library Center, 400 S. State. Harold Washington College's Loop Players perform Moliere's The Miser; a discussion follows.
Sat 10/28, 3 PM, Harold Washington College, Washington Hall, 30 E. Lake. Frank McCourt discusses his latest memoir, Teacher Man, with Chicago Public Radio's Hello Beautiful!
host Edward Lifson. Wed 11/1, 6 PM, Art Institute, Rubloff Auditorium, Michigan and Adams, $15. Steppenwolf Theatre Company members Martha Lavey and Nicholas Rudall are joined by other actors in a reading of war-themed works for a program titled "All for One.
" Wed 11/1, 7-8:30 PM, Northwestern Univ. School of Law Thorne Auditorium, 375 E. Chicago.
School of Law Thorne Auditorium, 375 E. Chicago; 312-494-9509 or . A reception with McCourt to benefit Art Resources in Teaching follows his talk.
It's $175; call 312-332-0355 for tickets. The following films are playing at Facets Cinematheque as part of the festival; click on titles for reviews. , Mon 10/30, 6:30 PM.
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Michael Palmer (Company of Moths) and John Tipton (Surfaces) are the featured readers.
Sat 10/28, 3 PM, Harold Washington Library Center, Chicago Authors Room, 400 S. State, 312-747-4050.
Discussion with chef Rick Bayless (Frontera Grill, Topolobampo) and Univision radio host Rafael "El Pistolero" Pulido; moderated by Chicago Public Radio's Eight Forty-Eight host Steve Edwards.
Thu 11/2, 7-8:30 PM, Chicago History Museum, 1601 N. Clark, 312-642-4600, $12.
reads from her screenplay Sex on the Side.
Sat 10/28, 2 PM, Woodson Regional Library, 9525 S. Halsted, 312-747-6921.
Chester Kulis holds forth on the Illinois Council Against Handgun Violence.
Sat 10/28, 8 PM, Lincoln Restaurant, 4008 N. Lincoln, 312-327-6611 or 312-842-5036, $3 plus a $5 food/drink purchase.
Discussion with DePaul prof and journalist Laura Washington and reporters Cheryl Corley of Chicago Public Radio and Gary Rivlin of the New York Times.
Thu 11/2, 6 PM, DePaul Univ. Student Center, room 120, 2250 N. Sheffield, 773-325-4580.
Panel of architects and city planners. Wed 11/1, 6 PM, ArchiCenter, 224 S. Michigan, 312-922-3432, ext.
224.
New Testament scholar Edgar Krentz lectures for the series. Mon 10/30, 7-10 PM, Zygon Center for Religion and Science, Lutheran School of Theology, 1100 E.
55th, 773-256-0670.
reads from her novel Everything Must Go. Thu 11/2, noon, Book Stall at Chestnut Court, 811 Elm, Winnetka, 847-446-8880.
Thu 11/2, 7:30 PM, Women Children First, 5233 N. Clark, 773-769-9299.
Translator Joel Agee and scholar Kenneth Northcott discuss Friedrich D u rrenmatt: Selected Writings, a new three-volume set of the Swiss writer's works.
Thu 11/2, 6 PM, Goethe-Institut, 150 N. Michigan, suite 200, 312-263-0472. Reservations requested.
Project manager Jim Walsh reviews the design and plans for a new building under construction at 300 N. LaSalle. Thu 11/2, 12:15 PM, Chicago Cultural Center, Millennium Park Meeting Room, 78 E.
Washington, 312-744-6630 or 312-458-9454.
Multimedia artist Carlos Amorales lectures. Thu 11/2, 5 PM, Gallery 400, Univ.
of Illinois at Chicago, 1240 W. Harrison, 312-996-6114.
Authors Dale Kaczmarek, Tamara Shaffer, and Jim Graczyk "share ghostly tales.
" Mon 10/30, 7 PM, Book Cellar, 4736 N. Lincoln, 773-293-2665.
reads Halloween stories from his Boston-based zine The Duplex Planet, an "ongoing work designed to portray a wide variety of real characters who are old or in decline.
" Sun 10/29, 4:30 PM, Quimby's Bookstore, 1854 W. North, 773-342-0910.
(Forrest Gump) discusses 1942: The Year That Tried Men's Souls.
Thu 11/2, 6 PM, Pritzker Military Library, 610 N. Fairbanks, 312-587-0234. A reception precedes; reservations suggested.
Entrants in the Guild Complex Fiction and Nonfiction Award contest read their work. Wed 11/1, 8:30 PM, California Clipper, 1002 N. California, 877-394-5061.
signs her latest novel, Let Sleeping Dogs Lie. Thu 11/2, 7:30 PM, Borders, 2210 W. 95th, 773-445-5471.
Horror writers Martin Mundt, John Everson, and Bill Breedlove offer a "night of fearful readings." Tue 10/31, 7:30-9:30 PM, Red Line Tap, 7006 N. Glenwood, 773-274-5463.
"The performance will contain strong and disturbing description of violence, sexuality, and language. It is not recommended for squeamish folks."
The Business Week senior writer presents Bangalore Tiger: How Indian Tech Upstart Wipro Is Rewriting the Rules of Global Competition.
A Chicago Council on Global Affairs program. Thu 11/2, 6 PM, Hilton Chicago, 720 S. Michigan, 312-726-3860, $30.
Registration requested.
promotes Nina Hartley's Guide to Total Sex. Thu 11/2, 12:30 PM, Borders, 150 N.
State, 312-606- 0750.
reads from his novel The Widow of the South. Fri 10/27, 7 PM, Winnetka Public Library, 768 Oak, Winnetka, 847-446-7220.
Hillary Carlip (Queen of the Oddballs: And Other True Stories From a Life Unaccording to Plan), Elaine Soloway (The Division Street Princess), and Jill Soloway (Tiny Ladies in Shiny Pants) read from their memoirs. Fri 10/27, 7:30 PM, Women Children First, 5233 N. Clark, 773-769-9299.
The cultural critic (The Shock of the New, et al) discusses his memoir, Things I Didn't Know. Tue 10/31, 6 PM, Newberry Library, 60 W. Walton, 312-255-3700.
(Cotton Field of Dreams) presents Conversations: William Jefferson Clinton--From Hope to Harlem; she'll be joined by Clinton Presidential Library and Museum director David Alsobrook. Mon 10/30, 6 PM, DePaul Student Center, room 314, 2250 N. Sheffield, 773-325-4580.
signs her new YA fantasy, Erec Rex: The Dragon's Eye. Sat 10/28, 2 PM, Borders, 1144 Lake, Oak Park, 708-386-6927.
talks about The Female Thing: Dirt, Sex, Envy, Vulnerability, her latest volume of provocative cultural criticism.
It's not as explosive as her previous book, Against Love, a dive-bomb attack on bourgeois conventions of sex and fidelity. But as ever her tone is fearless and polemical. (Martha Bayne) Wed 11/1, 7 PM, 57th Street Books, 1301 E.
57th, 773-684-1300.
The Air America radio network cocreator talks about Naked Republicans: A Full-Frontal Exposure of Right-wing Hypocrisy and Greed. Fri 10/27, 7 PM, 57th Street Books, 1301 E.
57th, 773-684-1300.
discuss Ethical Realism: A Vision for America's Role in the World. A Chicago Council on Global Affairs program.
Wed 11/1, 6 PM, Millennium Knickerbocker Hotel, 163 E. Walton, 312-726-3860. Registration requested.
Neil Adelman of the Lyric Opera lecture corps speaks on Verdi's Il Trovatore. Sat 10/28, 2 PM, Evanston Public Library, 1703 Orrington, Evanston, 847-448-8600. Tue 10/31, noon, Evanston Public Library, north branch, 2026 Central, Evanston, 847-866-0330.
Victoria Christopher Murray (A Sin and a Shame), Ehryck F. Gilmore (101 Great Ways to Improve Your Life), Nahleigna Kai (Every Woman Needs a Wife), and Suzetta Perkins (Behind the Veil) are among the MPG authors signing their books. Fri 10/27, 11:30 AM, Waldenbooks, 500 W.
Madison, 312-627-8334.
discusses Mandela: The Authorized Portrait; Maharaj was a confidant of Mandela's while both were incarcerated at Robben Island. Fri 10/27, 7:30 PM, Barbara's Bookstore, 1218 S.
Halsted, 312-413-2665.
reads from her debut novel, This Heavy Silence. Sat 10/28, 1 PM, Book Stall at Chestnut Court, 811 Elm, Winnetka, 847-446-8880.
signs her kids' book Peter Pan in Scarlet. Sun 10/29, 3:30 PM, Barbara's Bookstore, 1218 S. Halsted, 312-413-2665.
(Man Eating Bugs) discuss their latest photo-essay collection, Hungry Planet: What the World Eats. Thu 11/2, 7:30 PM, Museum of Science and Industry, 57th Lake Shore Dr., 773-753-6230, $20, $12 children under 17.
A wine reception precedes.
Forum on "Promoting and Marketing Music: Part 1--DIY Marketing to the Public" with Jim Kopeny (Chicagoist), Jay Prasad (Pure Entertainment), Micah Taylor (Direction Marketing), and Doug LeFrak (Feisty Management); moderated by Mark Roth of the Chicago Music Commission. Mon 10/30, 6-8 PM, Chicago Cultural Center, Yates Gallery, 78 E.
Washington, 312-744-6630.
The Coast to Coast AM host promotes Worker in the Light: Unlock Your Five Senses and Liberate Your Limitless Potential. Tue 10/31, 1 PM, Barnes Noble, 55 Old Orchard Center, Skokie, 847-676-2230.
(Nutella: An Italian Myth) discusses Slow Food Revolution: A New Culture for Eating and Living. Fri 10/27, 6 PM, Italian Cultural Institute, 500 N. Michigan, suite 1450, 312-822-9545.
Buddhist scholar Richard Thurman (The Jewel Tree of Tibet, et al) lectures in conjunction with the exhibit "The Missing Peace: Artists Consider the Dalai Lama." Fri 10/27, 5:30 PM, Loyola Univ. Museum of Art, 820 N.
Michigan, 312-915-7630. Reservations required.
(Population: 485) presents his memoirish Truck: A Love Story.
Wed 11/1, 7:30 PM, Barbara's Bookstore, 1100 Lake, Oak Park, 708-848-9140.
Discussion with sociologist Thomas Cushman, founding editor of the Journal of Human Rights, and Ariela Bl a tter of Amnesty International. Part of the Chicago Council on Global Affairs series "GOAt: Globally Occupying the Attention of Chicago's Untapped Audience.
" Wed 11/1, 7-9 PM, HotHouse, 31 E. Balbo, 312-726-3860, $10, 21+.
The New York Times columnist talks about The Greatest Story Ever Sold: The Decline and Fall of Truth From 9/11 to Katrina.
Mon 10/30, 6 PM, Harold Washington Library Center, auditorium, 400 S. State, 312-747-4050.
signs his self-published novel, Minister: Book 1--Drug Lord.
Sat 10/28, noon-2 PM, Books in the City, University Center Bldg., 545 S. State, 312-291-1111.
Graduating students Catie Nienaber and Rebecca Rine-Stone read creative nonfiction. Thu 11/2, 5 PM, Roosevelt Univ. Old Faculty Lounge, room 244, 430 S.
Michigan, 312-341-3770.
The creator of TV's Everybody Loves Raymond signs You're Lucky You're Funny: How Life Becomes a Sitcom. Wed 11/1, 7:30 PM, Barnes Noble, 1441 W.
Webster, 773-871-3610.
"Short, informal booze-inspired readings." This edition's theme: Day of the Dead.
Featured is Tales From the Dim Unknown magazine founder Brian Torney; he'll be joined by RUI regulars Julia Borcherts, Rob Duffer, Carly Huegelmann, and Amanda Snyder and "soon-to-be regular" Jesse Jordan. Wed 11/1, 7-10 PM, Sheffield's, 3258 N. Sheffield, 773-281-4989, $3, 21+.
(Persepolis) introduces her latest autobiographical graphic novel, Chicken With Plums. Sat 10/28, 7 PM, Quimby's Bookstore, 1854 W. North, 773-342-0910.
Sun 10/29, 4:30 PM, Swedish American Museum Center, 5211 N. Clark, 773-769-9299.
discusses Emma Lazarus, her biography of the writer whose poem "The New Colossus" is engraved on a plaque at the base of the Statue of Liberty.
A Nextbook program. Mon 10/30, 7 PM, Woman's Club of Evanston, 1702 Chicago, Evanston, 312-747-4074, $8, $6 students. Tickets via 888-621-2230 or .
The Check, Please! host promotes Alpana Pours: About Being a Woman, Loving Wine, and Having Great Relationships. Click here for last week's .
Thu 11/2, 7:30 PM, Barnes Noble, 55 Old Orchard Center, Skokie, 847-676-2230.
Program with kids' book author Amy Timberlake (That Girl Lucy Moon). Thu 11/2, 7 PM, Barnes Noble, 1441 W.
Webster, 773-871-3610.
The Nobel Prize-winning Nigerian writer speaks on "Othello's Dominion, Immigrant Domain" as part of "One Book, One Northwestern." Wed 11/1, 5 PM, Northwestern Univ.
Harris Hall, room 107, 1881 Sheridan, Evanston, 847-491-7294.
Impetus Press novelists Jennifer Banash (Hollywoodland: An American Fairy Tale) and Kate Hunter (The Dream Sequence) are the featured readers; they'll be joined by Make magazine associate editor Gabriel Levinson and Make cofounder and Sunday Salon cohost Mike Zapata. Sun 10/29, 7:30 PM, Charleston Bar, 2076 N.
Hoyne, 773-489-4757.
reads from her new novel, Gemma. Though its subject matter--child sexual abuse--is disturbing, the book is wonderfully written and Tilly avoids any shred of moralizing; the story speaks for itself.
Wed 11/1, 7:30 PM, Women Children First, 5233 N. Clark, 773-769-9299.
presents his memoir, No Shortcuts to the Top: Climbing the World's 14 Highest Peaks.
Wed 11/1, 7 PM, Borders, 830 N. Michigan, 312-573-0564.
Discussion with University of Chicago molecular geneticist Jocelyn Malamy and IIT Center for the Study of Ethics in the Professions director Vivian Weil; moderated by Culinary Historians of Chicago president Bruce Kraig.
An Illinois Humanities Council program. Sat 10/28, 11 AM-12:30 PM, Notebaert Nature Museum, 2430 N. Cannon Dr.
, 312-422-5580. Reservations required.
More than Dowd or Huffington or Palast, economist turned editorial firebrand Paul Krugman arouses ire at the red end of the blogosphere.
You can practically see the Seinfeldian scorn curling their collective lip every time someone invokes the hated name: Krugman! Emerging as the New York Times's voice of intelligent dissent in the wake of Bush 43's accession to the presidency, Krugman brings a hard-numbers background to the table. Not only is he ready to contest the slipperiest postconservative bullshit--from rebates disguised as refunds to the doughnuttiness of the prescription-drug benefit to the attempted dismantling of social security--he's got the math to back it up.
And his fierce but measured outrage at the administration's oligarchical agenda--not to mention the tactics employed in its service--might serve as a model for some of his snarkier, more hotheaded peers. (Most recently, Krugman has had some sobering things to say about the slim chances of the Democrats retaking the House in November after years of Republican gerrymandering.) But his grasp of the bigger picture and ability to explain it shouldn't be that surprising.
After all, he's an economist and despite America's capacity for denial on this score, almost all our remaining problems are really economic. His talk kicks off the 2006 Chicago Humanities Festival, which this year is themed "Peace and War." See next week's issue for a festival schedule.
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