All Clio events are free and open to the public. For more information please call us at (847) 570-9715. 2003   February   March   April   May   September   October   November FEBRUARY Thursday, February 13th, 2003 6:00pm Thomas Frank Founding editor of The Baffler and author of The Conquest of Cool and One Market Under God [ map ] MARCH Thursday, March 6th, 2003 6:30pm John Heskett Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT) professor John Heskett will be discussing his book Toothpicks & Logos, Design in Everyday Life. [ map ] Thursday, March 13th, 2003 6:00pm John Judis John B. Judis, senior editor of The New Republic and author of The Emerging Democratic Majority (Scribner) will be discussing his book. [ map ] Postponed! Wednesday, March 26th, 2003 6:00pm Alderman Walter Burnett, Jr. Alderman Walter Burnett, Jr. will discuss Chicago's 27th Ward. From shelters to condos: balancing gentrification in the West Loop. [ map ] APRIL Tuesday, April 1st 7:00pm Life and Debt A screening of Stephanie Black’s acclaimed documentary Life and Debt (2001). The film will be introduced by Salikoko S. Mufwene, Professor of Linguistics at the University of Chicago, and author of The Ecology of Language Evolution (Cambridge, 2001). [ map ] Thursday, April 3, 2003 6:00pm Lowell Bergman Journalist Lowell Bergman will discuss the issue of corporate media ownership and control. Mr. Bergman will reflect on his career from Ramparts Magazine to Frontline. [ map ] Tuesday, April 8th 7:00pm A.B.C. Africa A screening of Abbas Kiarostami’s important documentary A.B.C. Africa (2002). [ map ] What about Herzog's Little Dieter? Thursday, April 10th 6:00pm Heather Becker Heather Becker, author of Art for the People (Chronicle, 2002), will discuss the Chicago Conservation Center’s restoration of 437 Progressive- and WPA-Era murals, many of which are in Chicago Public Schools. [ map ] Tuesday, April 22nd 7:00pm Tokyo Olympiad A screening of Kon Ichikawa’s glorious documentary Tokyo Olympiad (1965). [ map ] Thursday, April 24th 6:00pm Lawrence Lessig Is intellectual property copyrightable? Lawrence Lessig, Professor of Law at Stanford University and founder of the Stanford Center for Internet and Society (CIS), will discuss law in the information age. [ map ] Sunday, April 27th 3:00pm Robert W. Fuller Former President of Oberlin College Robert W. Fuller will address a common and frequently overlooked form of discrimination: Rankism. Mr. Fuller is the author of Somebodies and Nobodies: Overcoming the Abuse of Rank (New Society, 2003). [ map ] Tuesday, April 29th 7:00pm Harlan County, U.S.A. A screening of Barbara Kopple's landmark Academy Award winning documentary Harlan County, U.S.A. (1976). [ map ] MAY Thursday, May 8th, 2003 6:00pm Cass Sunstein University of Chicago Law School Professor Cass Sunstein, author of Republic.com (Princeton, 2001), will discuss his work. Topic: "Why Societies Need Dissent" [ map ] Tuesday, May 13th Double Feature: The War Room Startup.com 7:00pm A screening of The War Room by Chris Hegedus (1993). 9:00pm A screening of Startup.com also by Chris Hegedus (2001). [ map ] Thursday, May 15th, 2003 12:00pm Richard Florida & Terry N. Clark A symposium on Richard Florida’s The Rise of the Creative Class (Basic, 2002). Featuring Professors Richard Florida (Carnegie Mellon), Saskia Sassen (Univ. of Chicago), Terry Clark (Univ. of Chicago), and Dr. Gary Gates (Urban Institute). Topic: “The Politics of the Creative Class” [ map ] Tuesday, May 27th 7:00pm Rushmore A screening of Wes Anderson's sophomore triumph Rushmore (1998). [ map ] SEPTEMBER Wednesday, September 17th 7:30pm Lessons of Darkness In collaboration with Reeltime and Northwestern's Block Cinema, a screening of Werner Herzog's 1992 film Lessons of Darkness. (35mm, 52min, German with English subtitles). Complete program Location: Block Museum of Art [ map ] OCTOBER Wednesday, October 1st 7:00pm Thomas Frank Back by popular demand! Editors of The Baffler Thomas Frank and Dave Mulcahey will read from their new book Boob Jubilee: The Cultural Politics of the New Economy. Available from Norton in July (ISBN: 0-393-05777-1). [ Books will be sold by the Seminary Co-op bookstores ] Date to be announced Unprecedented: The 2000 Presidential Election [ external link ] Filmmakers Richard Ray Pérez and Joan Sekler will screen and discuss their documentary on the controversy surrounding the 2000 Presidential Election. Location: McCormick Tribune Center [ map ] NOVEMBER Date & time to be announced The Weather Underground [ external link ] Directors Sam Green and Bill Siegel will present a 35mm screening of The Weather Underground followed by a panel discussion. [ More info. coming soon ] TBD Date & time to be announced A.O. Scott New York Times film critic Topic: To be announced [ map ]