Weekender with Alison Cuddy
November 11, 2011
Maybe it's the fall weather that's got me itching to move before hibernation season sets in. Maybe the full moon has me restless? Whatever - I've got walking on the brain. So do others - protestors are on a two week hike from New York to Washington, DC called Occupy the Highway. Writer and scientist Loreen Niewenhuis recently staved off a midlife crisis by walking around the perimeter of Lake Michigan. Back in 1974 filmaker Werner Herzog walked from Munich to Paris - an undertaking he thought would save a seriously ill friend. His diary of that journey is like a film in writing. To find out why walking can be a political or personal cure read this. Or head out yourself! Steve Jones of the University of Illinois at Chicago is leading a 'sound walk' of some historic campus buildings. That's just one of my picks for your weekend - start winding your way through other choices below!
Here are Weekender's top 8 picks:
Friday 8-9pm
Francis W Parker School 2233 N Clark Street
Hear Jim DeRogatis & Greg Kot of Sound Opinions interviewed here
Saturday 10am
Presentation on Urban Spaces and Sound followed by a Soundwalk on UIC's campus
UIC Behavioral Science Building
Saturday 8-9:15pm
Francis W Parker School 2233 N Clark Street
Hear a profile of Rachel Barton Pine here
Saturday 8pm
Auditorium Theater of Roosevelt University 50 E. Congress Pkwy
Hear an interview with David Sedaris here
Saturday 10:30pm
w/ Big Science
Schubas 3159 N Southport
Friday and Saturday nights: Special K & Reggie Reg
4641 S. King Drive
Hear an interview of owner Mary Lindsey here
Sunday 2pm
Beethoven String Quartet Cycle: Op 95 and Op 18 No 1
330 N State Street
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Video is Green Tunnel from Kevin Gallagher on Vimeo.
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