Events

These programs took place in 2006.

Theater Lunchbreak Performance
Thursday, March 9, 12:15 p.m.
Chicago Cultural Center’s Randolph Cafe,
77 E. Randolph Street
Robert Scogin, acclaimed actor, director and artistic director of ShawChicago, will read selections from One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich.

LaSalle Bank Dame Myra Hess Memorial Concert
Wednesday, March 15, 12:15 p.m.
Chicago Cultural Center,
78 E. Washington Street
Preston Bradley Hall
Rachmaninoff Etudes-Tableaux, Op. 39 (37’) Daniel del Pino, Piano
The concert will be broadcast on WFMT-FM, 98.7 and Channel 25 TV.

The Chicago Public Library Foundation presents
The Albert Pick, Jr. Fund International Relations Project
James Fallows
Tuesday, April 4, 6:00 p.m.
Chicago Public Library
Harold Washington Library Center
Cindy Pritzker Auditorium
400 S. State Street
Co-sponsored by Facing History and Ourselves
Please join us for a discussion with James Fallows, award-winning author and national correspondent for The Atlantic Monthly. Mr. Fallows will speak about his experiences covering the war in Iraq and his views on the current state of affairs in that country and in this country in the wake of the war. Mr. Fallows will also provide a present-day lens for such transcendent themes as maintaining human dignity and individual identity in the face of oppression, and nations’ obligations within the context of One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich. This lecture is made possible by the Albert Pick Jr. Fund through the Chicago Public Library Foundation. Additional support is provided by the Allstate Foundation through Facing History and Ourselves.

One Book, Two Cities: One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich in Chicago and Moscow
Wednesday, April 5, 6:00 p.m.
Chicago Public Library
Harold Washington Library Center
Cindy Pritzker Auditorium
400 S. State Street
Join us for a conversation about how Chicago and Moscow are using the themes of this novel to understand the past, explore contemporary issues and to create connections between the two cities. Panelists will include Dr. Ekaterina Genieva, director general of the All-Russia State Library for Foreign Literature, and Professor Emerita Marianna Tax Choldin of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich Film Screening and Book Discussion
Saturday, April 8, 1:00 p.m.
Harold Washington Library Center
Video Theater
400 S. State Street
The 1970 film adaptation is directed by Caspar Wrede and stars Tom Courtenay. Please join us for a discussion following the film. Public performance rights courtesy of King World Productions.

Steppenwolf Theatre Ensemble Reading
Monday, April 10, 6:00 p.m.
Harold Washington Library Center
Cindy Pritzker Auditorium
400 S. State Street
Steppenwolf Ensemble member Yasen Peyankov will read selections from One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich in English and Russian. He last appeared at Steppenwolf in Lost Land.

One Day, Many Visions: Insights into Soviet Society and Solzhenitsyn’s One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich
Sunday, April 23, 3:00 p.m.
DePaul University
Student Center, Room 120
2250 N. Sheffield Avenue
Join the DePaul community for a lecture and a film screening. DePaul political science professor Richard Farkas will provide a meaningful context for understanding Solzhenitsyn’s work and for viewing the film adaptation of the novel. Sponsored by DePaul University’s Master of Arts in Liberal Studies Program. For more information, please call (773) 325-7840.

The Question of Freedom and the Struggle for Human Dignity in Solzhenitsyn’s One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich
Tuesday, April 25, 6:30 p.m.
DePaul University
Student Center, Room 120
2250 N. Sheffield Avenue
Join a panel of distinguished DePaul faculty who will explore Solzhenitsyn’s novel from literary, political and historical perspectives. Sponsored by DePaul University’s Master of Arts in Liberal Studies Program. For more information, please call (773) 325-7840.

Read One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich at DePaul University
Enroll in “Chicago’s One Book: Issues and Perspectives”
The centerpiece of this interdisciplinary, graduate-level course will be Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn’s One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich. DePaul University invites adults to take this opportunity to read the city’s book selection in a setting that reaches beyond the limits of a book discussion group. This 10-week course meets on Wednesday evenings, beginning March 29 (Prerequisite: bachelor’s degree). For more information, including course tuition, please visit the Master of Arts in Liberal Students Program website at las.depaul.edu/mals/ or call (773) 325-7840.