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November 14, 2009

Saturday, November 14, 2009 11:00am to 4:30pm

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Think Big Youth Expo

Chicago Humanities Festival

One hundred years ago, Daniel Burnham and Edward Bennett issued the Plan of Chicago to give people great ideas about how to make the city and region a better place. [MORE]

Saturday, November 14, 2009 noon to 1:30pm

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Bold Plans for the Next 100 Years

Chicago Humanities Festival

A panel of visionary designers and thinkers, including architect and planner Doug Farr and Cheryle Jackson, president of the Chicago Urban League and John Tolva, IBM, Director, Citizenship & Technology provide an exciting look into an imaginative future. Adele Simmons, vice chair of Chicago Metropolis 2020, moderates. Bold Plans for the Next 100 Years is part of the 2009 Chicago Humanities Festival. Two other Burnham Centennial-themed programs on November 14 are: [MORE]

Saturday, November 14, 2009 2:30pm to 4:00pm

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The Future of Chicago: How We Get There

Chicago Humanities Festival

A panel including: John Fregonese, a regional planning and transportation expert; Sadhu Johnston, former chief environmental officer for the City of Chicago; and Carlos Nelson, executive director, Greater Auburn-Gresham Development Corporation, considers practical and immediate solutions to questions about housing, education, transportation and the environment and sustainability in and around Chicago. WBEZ's Steve Edwards moderates. The Future of Chicago is part of the 2009 Chicago Humanities Festival. [MORE]

November 14, 2009

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Exhibits

Bennett’s Plan of Elgin

City of Elgin

Water = Life

The Field Museum

Be Like Burnham

Chicago Architecture Foundation

Connecting Industry:
South Shore Freight

Lubeznik Center for the Arts

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In and After School

Burnham Plan History Fair Award

Burnham Plan Centennial Committee

Burnham Birthday Celebration

DePaul University

Beyond Burnham Class & Exhibit

Chicago Academy for the Arts

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