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Catch the End of the Chicago Humanities Festival
In this week's '3 Things To Do Downtown,' we look at the last weekend of the Humanities Fest, an event at the zoo and a gay and lesbian film festival.
If you’re in the mood for some deep thinking and great speakers, then catch the tail end of the annual Chicago Humanities Festival. Many of the events are sold out, though you can go on the waiting list. Tickets are still available for Martina Navratilova at 10 a.m. on Saturday, Temple Grandin at noon on Saturday, David Axelrod at 5 p.m. on Saturday and Susan Orlean at 11 a.m. Sunday. Many of the other talks still have tickets. Check the full schedule here.
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The Lincoln Park Zoo is offering a new type of education program where adults and children are split into peer groups to learn about the same topic. Saturday’s lessons are about animal diets. Kids will focus on the predator-prey relationship and adults will learn about planning the animals’ meals at the zoo. You can register as a family or as individuals. The sessions run from 9–11 a.m. or 1–3 p.m. and cost $30 per person, $26 for members. Tickets are available here.
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Reeling, the second oldest gay and lesbian film fest in the world, begins Thursday and runs for a week. Fresh off the state’s vote to approve same-sex marriage, the event is sure to have an extra celebratory feel this year. You can check out the full schedule here.
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