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Thursday, October 1, 2009
 Author Audrey Niffenegger pays us a visit to chat about her new book, Her Fearful Symmetry. And Jonathan Miller reviews films made at Chicago’s Institute of Design.


 
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Chicago Public Housing Plan Marks 10 Years

The Plan for Transformation has overhauled public housing.

Posted on 10.1.2009
CHA CEO Lewis Jordan Outlines Next Steps for Plan for Transformation

As the CHA's Plan for Transformation marks its 10th year, we sit down with the organization's CEO, Lewis Jordan.

Posted on 10.1.2009
Author Explores Artificial Languages

Arika Okrent examines languages like Klingon and Esperanto in her book In the Land of Invented Languages: Esperanto Rock Stars, Klingon Poets, Loglan Lovers and the Mad Dreamers Who Tried to Build A Perfect Language.

Posted on 10.1.2009
Audrey Niffenegger Discusses Long-Awaited Novel

We talk with acclaimed Chicago novelist Audrey Niffenegger about her new book, Her Fearful Symmetry.

Music Button:   Saxon Shore, "Small Steps", from the CD It Doesn't Matter, (Broken Factory Records)

Posted on 10.1.2009
Vision in Motion Series Brings New Light to Old Films

Film critic Jonathan Miller reviews the Gene Siskel Film Center's Vision in Motion: Filmmaking at the Institute of Design, 1944-70, the first event of a two-part program looking at early noteworthy works out of the Institute of Technology's Institute of Design.

Posted on 10.1.2009
TimeOut Chicago's Hank Sarkin Discusses Capitalism: A Love Story and Big Fan

TimeOut Chicago film editor Hank Sartin reviews Big Fan and Michael Moore's latest Capitalism: A Love Story.

Posted on 10.1.2009
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