Illinois Humanities Council
Bringing people together to reflect, think critically, and actively exchange ideas, with programs and events all over Illinois.
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1973
 
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Illinois Humanities Council What's life like for a Michelin inspector? This New Yorker article reveals...well, not all, but some: http://bit.ly/7OznCd

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OUR LOCAL CORRESPONDENTS about the Michelin Guide…
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Illinois Humanities Council Can you learn to cook from a book? Maybe not, but I keep trying! Adam Gopnik on our cookbook obsession: http://bit.ly/lUkaK

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A CRITIC AT LARGE reflecting on the ways in which recipes and cookbooks have changed over the years. Writer imagines a man and a woman lying in bed, reading. She is leafing through a fashion magazine, he through a cookbook. Why they read these things mystifies even the readers. Vicarious…
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Michael Samachson
Adam Gopnik was on Charlie Rose a few days ago. Cookbooks go back a long, long way. I still have my mother's "Fannie Farmer" cookbook, after over 50 years.
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Illinois Humanities Council Spots still available for tomorrow's Grant Application Workshop in Ullin http://bit.ly/4p1svB

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Illinois Humanities Council The Atlantic's Benjamin Schwarz picks his 25 Books of the Year: http://bit.ly/3MDwwJ How many have you read?

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Illinois Humanities Council Visit our "Journey Stories" traveling Smithsonian exhibit in Mascoutah, IL http://bit.ly/1oNl9d, which runs through 12/6

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Illinois Humanities Council Join us & @WBEZ tonight in Chicago for "Evolving Faith" with Eboo Patel and Krista Tippet. http://bit.ly/43pDxn

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Join Chicago Public Radio as Interfaith Youth Core founder Eboo Patel sits down for a conversation with Krista Tippett, the host of public radio's Speaking of Faith. How does she answer the kinds ...
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Illinois Humanities Council Reading "The Case Against Twitter" in Reason: "Like your beloved pet rock, Twitter is useful only in your imagination." http://bit.ly/2phpxM

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Illinois Humanities Council An appreciation of Isaiah Berlin, "one of the great raconteurs of his generation," from the Chronicle Review: http://bit.ly/3gahv4

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Isaiah Berlin—renowned liberal theorist, historian of ideas, Oxford don, cultural gadfly—was one of the great raconteurs of his generation. According to Robert Darnton, a professor of history ...
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Illinois Humanities Council Can the quality of a college be quantified? Or is it faith-based? "What Does College Teach" explores http://bit.ly/3o5z1G

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Illinois Humanities Council 8 Countries and States that Moved their Capitals: http://bit.ly/4XJ0e (Now you know for trivia purposes!)

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Illinois Humanities Council Our Community Grants Application Workshops are in Springfield http://bit.ly/3W5quI & Freeport http://bit.ly/2skoW9 tomorrow

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Illinois Humanities Council NEH Chairman Jim Leach's remarks at The Convocation of State Humanities Councils: http://bit.ly/2IqXnv

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Illinois Humanities Council Learn about "The Camera & Abraham Lincoln" tonight at 7 in Harwood Heights. As always, free! http://bit.ly/3KMFy5

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This presentation describes the photographs of Abraham Lincoln as they appear in the history of photography. Lincoln was the first extensively photographed President, and the first for whom the media helped sway an election. ...
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Illinois Humanities Council The Christian Science Monitor asks the $64,000 question: "Can libraries, bookstores, and Kindle peacefully coexist?"

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“Having fun isn’t hard when you have a library card.” Or so Peter Daining reminds us in his worthy post today on Tainted Green entitled “Libraries: The cheaper, greener alternative ...
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Illinois Humanities Council Is it possible to have too many people going to college? The Chronicle Review has experts weigh in on the subject: http://bit.ly/4oasrV

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With student debt rising and more of those enrolled failing to graduate in four years, there is a growing sentiment that college may not be the best option for all students. At the same time, President ...