May
8, 2007
Bluestem Festival Celebrates Chicago's Best and Brightest
Explore Chicago's vibrant history during Oakton Community College's 2007 Bluestem Festival of the Arts and Humanities. Eight great events are scheduled June 4 - 7 at Oakton's Ray Hartstein Campus, 7701 N. Lincoln Ave., Skokie.
The theme of this year's Bluestem Festival, "Chicago's Best and Brightest," celebrates the Windy City's extensive cultural landscape and some of its most fascinating individuals. Programs include:
"Chicago's All Time Greats" examines the lives of six inspirational role models who helped transform Chicago into the great city it is today (Monday, June 4, 10 - 11:30 a.m.);
"Clarence Darrow: The Lawyer and the Man" delves into the professional and private life of Clarence Darrow whose name is synonymous with the celebrated Scopes "Monkey Trial" and the murder trial of Leopold and Loeb (Tuesday, June 5, 10 - 11:30 a.m.);
"The Art Institute of Chicago: Early 20th Century Collection" focuses on permanent works of expressionism and cubism at the Art Institute of Chicago (Wednesday, June 6, 1 - 2:30 p.m.); and
"Chicago's Blues Roots" looks at the great musical performers who helped put Chicago on the blues map (Thursday, June 7, 1 - 2:30 p.m.).The fee for the entire Bluestem Festival series is $45; individual lectures are $10 each. The complete program schedule may be found at www.oakton.edu/bluestemflyr07.pdf. For more information, contact Leona Hoelting at 847-635-1414, or hoelting@oakton.edu.
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