Willis moves away from the sources for the paintings and looks at the resonances these artists and musicians left on the culture in which they found themselves. Admission is free. Many migr s who arrived between 1914 and 1955 entered a nation rocked by labor struggles, social unrest and international pressures. Join singer, songwriter, local recording artist and former professor of history Bucky Halker at the Block Gallery as he presents folk songs from the First World War through the Cold War. Halker is on the staff at the Illinois Humanities Council.
Northwestern students are free with identification.
Join us as four Chicago writers read excerpts from their books detailing conditions for their exile and how it affected their lives during weekly two-hour sessions. Many of the authors' books will be available for purchase in the book store at Norris University Center. Northwestern students admitted free with identification. Eprile's family left the country voluntarily as a result of a police raid on their home and other pressures. There can be a literal point of no return for those who live too long in countries not of their birth.