This seminar will explore Chicago’s riches in the realm of public art, including murals, commemorative statues, architectural sculpture, commercial decorations, and park designs, through a series of walking tours.
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Tuesday, June 4, 2013
(This program continues for multiple sessions)
5:45 – 7:45 pm
Tuesday, June 4, 2013
(This program continues for multiple sessions)
5:45 – 7:45 pm
Memoir and fiction writers draw on the same sources for inspiration: experience, observation, and point of view. They use their skills to express private visions in a universal art form. Through a series of writing exercises, participants will re-create their experiences, re-examine their points of view, and use fiction techniques to expand their discoveries into finished work.
Tuesday, June 4, 2013
(This program continues for multiple sessions)
5:45 – 7:45 pm
Would you like to try a laid-back and enjoyable way to start studying French or to improve your French pronunciation? This course, intended for students at any level of proficiency, provides a positive classroom atmosphere and the vocabulary of fine food and wine to help you decode the French spelling system and pronounce French more easily and accurately.
Tuesday, June 4, 2013
(This program continues for multiple sessions)
6 – 7:30 pm
This class is full and registration is closed.
This year marks the 200th anniversary of the publication of Pride and Prejudice. We will gain fresh perspectives on this perennially popular book.
Wednesday, June 5, 2013
(This program continues for multiple sessions)
5:45 – 7:45 pm
Writers will have the opportunity to share their stories in a supportive, focused, and enlightening environment. Facilitated discussions of participants’ manuscripts will highlight the writing process, story components, elements of narrative, craft, revision, and marketability within today’s children’s book publishing world.
Wednesday, June 5, 2013
(This program continues for multiple sessions)
2 – 4 pm
It has been said that chamber music is the most intimate form of musical expression for the composer, the performer, and the listener. We will tap into that intimacy and explore the reasons why composers poured their souls into these pieces.
Wednesday, June 5, 2013
(This program continues for multiple sessions)
5:45 – 7:45 pm
McCarthy has been characterized as “our greatest living writer” and “the worthy disciple both of Melville and of Faulkner.” But he is not for the faint of heart, and his themes—when not considered with an appreciation for the majesty of his style—can overwhelm and depress.
Thursday, June 6, 2013
(This program continues for multiple sessions)
2 – 4 pm
This is the first of two seminars examining the people, organizations, and events of music in Chicago. The story begins before the city was incorporated in 1837, with dance music heard in local taverns, and will move to popular songs and minstrel shows. We will consider opera, which began in the 1880s, and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, which gave its first concerts in 1891.
Thursday, June 6, 2013
(This program continues for multiple sessions)
6 – 7:30 pm
This class is full and registration is closed.
Each week a different Chicago-based playwright will discuss one of his or her plays with the class. Ranging from established plays which have had a number of productions to scripts still in development, this seminar will give participants an intimate glimpse into the creative process and a unique opportunity to engage in an in-depth dialogue with local playwrights.
Thursday, June 6, 2013
(This program continues for multiple sessions)
6 – 7:30 pm
We will immerse ourselves in the world of James T. Farrell’s classic Studs Lonigan trilogy. It tells the story of a young Irish-American man trying to make his way on the South Side of Chicago during the years between World War I and the Great Depression.