Events and Lectures in September

Dir. Werner Herzog
600 S. Michigan Ave., Room 921 (9th floor)
6pm

The stunning beauty of pristine as well as devastated landscapes is the subject of these two films by German filmmaker Werner Herzog. La Soufrièr(1976, 33 minutes) documents an impending catastrophe—a volcanic eruption on the island of Guadeloupe that has caused most of the island’s inhabitants to flee. Placing himself and his crew in grave danger, Herzog interviews those who chose to stay and “wait for death” and notes the structures and detritus of lives left behind. Lessons of Darkness (1992, 52 minutes) shows a visually exquisite hell on earth and the environmental aftermath of the first Gulf War: the oil well fires in Kuwait.

Wednesday, noon
@MoCP

Exhibition curator Natasha Egan and exhibiting artists Alan Cohen, New Catalogue (Luke Batten and Jonathan Sadler), and Anna Shteynsleyger will lead a public tour of Loaded Landscapes.

Monday, 6-8 pm
Simon Norfolk and Dr. David A. Shirk
@ MoCP

In conjunction with The Chicago Council on Global Affairs, the MoCP will host a reception and discussion on political, economic, and humanitarian issues related to the border between the United States and Mexico with exhibiting artist Simon Norfolk and scholar Dr. David A. Shirk, director of the Trans-Border Institute and assistant professor in the Department of Political Science at the University of San Diego. Shirk conducts research on Mexican politics, U.S.-Mexican relations, and a variety of policy issues along the U.S.-Mexican border. He is the author of Mexico’s New Politics: The PAN and Democratic Change and co-editor of Reforming the Administration of Justice in Mexico.

The Chicago Council on Global Affairs is an independent, nonprofit, nonpartisan organization committed to building global awareness in Chicago and the Midwest and contributing to national and international
discourse on the great issues of our time.

www.thechicagocouncil.org

Advanced reservations recommended.
Space is limited. Please contact the CCGA at 312.726.3860.

$10.00 Chicago Council on Global Affairs and Museum Members,
$15.00 Nonmembers.

Thursday, 6:30 pm
Ferguson Lecture Hall
600 S. Michigan Ave.
1st floor

Presented in conjunction with the Columbia College Photography Department’s Lectures in Photography series.

Sunday, 7:30 pm
@ MoCP
Free
For information call 312.494.2655

The International Contemporary Ensemble (ICE),Artists in Residence at the Music Department of Columbia College Chicago since 2003, presents a concert dedicated to the music of IRCAM’s Philippe Manoury, including the Chicago Premiere of a new ICE-commissioned work by Manoury based on the poetry of Jerome Rothenberg. Mr. Manoury will be present for the event to speak about his work. This concert is part of Chicago ICEFest 2007, the ensemble’s 10-day tour of Chicago, featuring 10 different cutting-edge new music programs in 10 different venues.