We here at the Reader have made no secret of our deep and abiding love for the Chicago Humanities Fest. Our biggest complaint, besides being forced to choose which events to go to instead of just getting to go to them all, is that the festival comes but once a year. Well, OK, that’s not entirely true: for the past few years, the CHF crew has stealthily been scheduling individual events throughout the winter and spring. But now, for the first time, there will be a full-blown festival running April 28 to May 1, featuring many big-name visitors in a concentrated period of time, all speaking around a central theme: style.
Many of these events will be taking place in stylish locations that the festival has never used before, including the Chicago Athletic Association Hotel, the newly remodeled Studebaker Theater in the Fine Arts Building, and the Art Institute.
