This year’s fest, themed “The Body,” kicks off Sunday, October 24, with Festival Day on the University of Chicago campus. That day’s events include discussions with U. of C. scholars on the following topics: The Metropolitan Opera production of Dmitri Shostakovich’s opera The Nose (10 AM, International House, 1414 E. 59th, $5); The South-Side Health and Vitality Studies: Body and Community Wellness (10 AM, Mandel Hall, 1131 E. 57th, $5); artist Tania Bruguera and Renaissance Society education director Hamza Walker in conversation on Sculpting Politics, Debating Art (11:30 AM, Goodspeed Hall, 1010 East 59th, $5); Human Vulnerability—Human Rights (noon, International House, $5); Studying the Body: Rare Medical Texts of the History of Medicine (noon, Oriental Institute, 1155 E. 58th, $5); Making a Body From Scratch: Human Development Before Birth (2 PM, International House, $5); A Mummy Comes to Life (2 PM, Oriental Institute, $5); How the Body Became a Museum Exhibit (4 PM, International House, $5); and Machiavelli and the Body Politic by historian Hanna Gray (4 PM, Mandel Hall, $5).
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On the food front, chef Paul Kahan, pastry chef Mindy Segal, and WTTW’s Check, Please! host Alpana Singh present “The Perfect Meal: A Journey With Chicago Tastemakers” (Sun 11/14, 10 AM, Northwestern University School of Law, $10).
