The 14th annual Chicago Humanities Festival, this year themed “Saving + Spending,” continues Saturday and Sunday, November 8 and 9, offering dozens of lectures, readings, and discussions by writers, artists, and scholars (see schedule below) as well as films by director Costa-Gavras at Facets Cinematheque and theatrical and musical performances (see separate listings in this section and in Section Three). The following events take place at Alliance Francaise, 54 W. Chicago; Art Institute, Michigan and Adams; Chicago Cultural Center, 78 E. Washington; Chicago Historical Society, 1601 N. Clark; DuSable Museum of African American History, 740 E. 56th Pl.; First United Methodist Church, 77 W. Washington; Harold Washington Library Center, 400 S. State; Istituto Italiano di Cultura, 500 N. Michigan; Newberry Library, 60 W. Walton; Northwestern University School of Law, 375 E. Chicago; Polish Museum of America, 984 N. Milwaukee; Saint James Cathedral, 65 E. Huron; Steppenwolf Theatre, 1650 N. Halsted; and Symphony Center, 220 S. Michigan. Programs are $5 in advance, $6 (if available and cash only) at the door. Advance tickets are available by phone at 312-494-9509 or at the Tribune Store, 435 N. Michigan. (Some tickets may become available for sold-out programs; check at the venue 20 to 30 minutes ahead of time.) See www.chfestival.org for more into.
Lydia Davis, Mary Ann Caws
The former Poetry magazine editor lectures on “The Lyre and Lucre.” Newberry Library, 10 AM.
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Brenda Wineapple
The journalist presents After the Ball: Gilded Age Secrets, Boardroom Betrayals, and the Party That Ignited the Great Wall Street Scandal of 1905. Alliance Francaise, noon.
“Shareholder Value, Shareholder Values”
