Melissa Harris-Perry Is Coming To The Chicago Humanities Festival
By Mae Rice in Arts & Entertainment on Jul 13, 2016 5:08PM
We already know that the Chicago Humanities Festival's fall season's theme is "Speed," and that Gloria Steinem and Trevor Noah will be among the featured speakers. On Wednesday, the festival announced still more guests on their fall lineup, including Melissa Harris-Perry, author Mary Roach, professor Mychal Denzel Smith and the partners at Logan Square's Fat Rice.
Harris-Perry—who you most likely know from her beloved MSNBC show, and who Ta-Nehisi Coates has called "America's foremost public intellectual'—will host a live show at CHF focused on the 2016 election. It is sure to be good and deeply depressing at the same time. [Insert sigh that lasts until November.]
Roach, the best-selling author and science writer who wrote Stiff, will also appear at the festival to discuss her latest book: Grunt: The Curious Science of Humans at War. Smith will likewise appear to discuss his first book, Invisible Man Got the Whole World Watching, in which he reflects on his experiences as a young black man and his struggle to "make invisible men visible."
In local news: The partners behind Logan Square's Fat Rice, Abraham Conlon and Adrienne Lo, will debut their first cookbook at CHF's fall festivities: The Adventures of Fat Rice. The book is just one element of a huge year for Fat Rice; they recently expanded, opening a new bakery and bar.
Tickets to the fall CHF season, which runs from Oct. 29 to Nov. 12, go on sale to CHF members on Tuesday, September 20 and to the public on Tuesday, September 27. For more info, see the CHF website.