Chicago Humanities Festival Adjusts 2016 STYLE Spring Festival Lineup

The Chicago Humanities Festival announces several changes to its inaugural Spring festival, STYLE.

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Additions:

The Breakbeat Poets

Sun, May 1 | 5 - 6 PM

Fine Arts Building, Studebaker Theater

410 S. Michigan Ave. | Chicago, IL | 60605

$15 Public, Members $12, Students & Teachers $10

A number of performers have been added to the Breakbeat Poets line-up including anthology editor Quraysh Ali Lansana and poets including Idris Goodwin, Daryn Alexus,Dee Lily, Miguel Aguilar, The Set it Off Cypher which includes Essie Linzy, Brittney Carter, Fredrianna Harris, Sydney Shaw, Ambrell Gambrell and Jasmine Barber, and more.

Tastemakers of the Culinary Arts

Sun, May 1| 4-6 PM

Vermilion Restaurant

10 W. Hubbard St | Chicago, IL | 60654

Tickets are $95 ($50 tax-deductible).

As a prelude to the iconic James Beard Awards, James Beard Foundation President, Susan Ungaro, will lead a panel featuring four of today's most distinguished and inventive chefs and restaurateurs exploring how tastemakers define their style and continue to evolve. Join Daniel Humm (Eleven Madison Park, Nomad), Stephanie Izard (Girl & The Goat, Little Goat, Duck Duck Goat), Michael Anthony (Gramercy Tavern, Whitney Museum, Untitled) and Rohini Dey, PhD (Vermilion, Chicago/New York) for a conversation and feast on Vermilion's Indian-Latin appetizers and signature cocktails.

Andrew Solomon: Far and Away

Sun, May 1 | 12 - 1 PM

Art Institute of Chicago, Rubloff Auditorium

230 S. Columbus Dr. | Chicago, IL | 60603

$15 Public, Members $12, Students & Teachers $10

Chicago-based writer Aleksandar Hemon, the author of The Lazarus Project, a finalist for the 2008 National Book Award and the National Book Critics Circle Award, will join Andrew Solomon in conversation. Hemon is the recipient of a 2003 Guggenheim Fellowship and a "genius grant" from the MacArthur Foundation.

Cancelations:

Iris Apfel: Style Icon

Sat, April 30 | 11 a.m. - 12 p.m.

Chicago Athletic Association, Stagg Court

12 S. Michigan Ave. | Chicago, IL | 60603

Due to a health-related concern with the presenter, the Chicago Humanities Festival has canceled its featuring Iris Apfel. Apfel is suffering from an acute bout of sciatica and her doctor has recommended she not travel.

Tickets purchased for Apfel's event may be refunded, exchanged for another available program, or donated as a tax-deductible donation to CHF. If you already have a CHF account, your account may be credited for the price of your tickets. For more information, contact the Chicago Humanities Festival's box office at (312) 493-9509, Monday toFriday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

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For more than 25 years, the Chicago Humanities Festival has celebrated the questions that shape and define us as individuals, communities, and cultures. For the curious at heart, CHF's vibrant year-round programming and robust Fall Festival offer the opportunity to engage with some of the world's most brilliant minds. Collaborating with leading arts, cultural, and educational organizations, it presents scholars, artists and architects, thinkers, theologians, and policy makers that change how we see the world, where we're from, and where we're going. Under the leadership of Executive Director Phillip Bahar, Marilynn Thoma Artistic Director Jonathan Elmer, and Associate Artistic Director Alison Cuddy, CHF is one of Chicago's most vital presenting organizations. Visit chicagohumanities.org for more information.

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