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:

1. The Future of Music

Friday 8-9pm

Chicago Humanities Festival

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

Chicago Humanities Festival

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

Art Institute of Chicago

Beethoven String Quartet Cycle: Op 95 and Op 18 No 1

10pin Bowling Lounge

330 N State Street

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