The Chicago Way Our city ’ s influence on the world

Chicago ’ s influence In conjunction with Saul Bellow ’ s Adventures of Augie March as a One Read One Chicago selection, this display and lecture series will show the city ’ s impact on subjects in the humanities.

Chicago ’ s influence Display will showcase Bellow ’ s work and also include the influence of prominent Chicagoans in these fields: –Literature –Music –Architecture

Bellow ’ s influence The lecture on Saul Bellow will feature incidents in his life, the influence of his works (National Book Award, Pulitzer Prize, Nobel Prize, international awards) and his connections to the city of Chicago. Great source: Saul Bellow Journal,

Adventures of Augie March (1953) Depicts Chicago during the Great Depression Picaresque novel Semi-autobiographical Won many awards Great source: Saul Bellow Journal,

Lecture will discuss Chicago writers and their impact, including: Saul Bellow Gwendolyn Brooks Carl Sandburg Nelson Algren Studs Terkel Margaret Walker Literature Richard Wright Upton Sinclair James T. Farrell Mike Royko Gordon Parks Sandra Cisneros

Lecture will explore: Great Migration of African Americans to Chicago in the 1940s Delta Blues plus electric guitars, other instruments becomes Chicago Blues Influence of Chicago record companies like Chess and Vee-Jay Prominent artists then and now Music

Lecture will also explore : Home to many gospel musicians Home to jazz musicians Prominent orchestra, opera House music and rock bands Lollapalooza and other big festivals Contemporary artists: Kanye West, Lupe Fiasco … Music

Lecture will cover: Chicago Fire of Columbian Exposition The birth of the skyscraper (necessity due to need for space) Architecture

Home to Prairie School architects including Frank Lloyd Wright European Modernist architects admired Wright ’ s work Great examples of different architectural styles here Architecture

Literature resources Books Andrews, Clarence A. Chicago in Story: A Literary History. Iowa City, Iowa: Midwest Heritage Publishing, Print. Duffey, Bernard. The Chicago Renaissance in American Letters: A Critical History. Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press Publishers, Print. Mullen, Bill V. Popular Fronts: Chicago and African American Cultural Politics. University of Illinois Press, Print. Pinkerton, Jan and Randolph H. Hudson. Encyclopedia of the Chicago Literary Renaissance. Facts on File, Print. Smith, Carl S. Chicago and the American Literary Imagination, Chicago: University of Chicago Press, Print. Williams, Kenny J. Prairie Voices: A Literary History of Chicago from the Frontier to Nashville, Tenn.: Townsend Press, Print. Wooley, Lisa. American Voices of the Chicago Renaissance. DeKalb, Illinois: Northern Illinois University, Print. Web resources Sun-Times Media, LLC. Center Stage Chicago. Chicago Sun-Times. Web. Nov. 30, Illinois State University. LitLine, a Web site for the Independent Literary Community Illinois State University. Web. Nov. 29, Chicago Writers Association. Windy City Writers blog Web. Nov. 28,

Music resources DVDs “ Chicago Blues. ” Dir. Harley Cokliss. Featuring Muddy Waters, Johnnie Lewis, Buddy Guy, Junior Wells, J.B. Hutto. Grossman Guitar Workshop, DVD. “ Godfathers and Sons. ” Martin Scorsese presents The Blues – A Musical Journey. Dir. Mark Levin. Feat. Chuck D and Leonard Chess. Sony, Books Grazian, David. Blue Chicago: The Search for Authenticity in Urban Blues Clubs. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, Print. Hughes, Claire. Waking Up In Chicago: A Musical Tour of the Windy City. Bodmin, Cornwall. Sanctuary Publishing, Marsh, Robert C. 150 Years of Opera in Chicago. Norman Pelligrini, ed. De Kalb, Illinois: Northern Illinois Press, Print. Whiteis, David. Chicago Blues: Portraits and Stories. Chicago: University of Illinois Press, Print. Web resources ROVI Corporation. AllMusic.com Web. Dec. 4, Soul of America. SoulofAmerica.com Web. Dec. 4,

Architecture resources DVDs “ Chicago: City of the Century. ” American Experience. Featuring Austin Hoyt, Donald L. Miller, David Ogden Stiers, Patricia Garcia Rios, Kelly Luchtman and Geoffrey Baer. WGBH Educational Foundation, Window to the World Communications, Inc., DVD. “ Expo: Magic of the White City. ” Mark Bussler, ed. Featuring Gene Wilder. Inecom, DVD. Books Merwood-Salisbury, Joanna. Chicago 1890: The Skyscraper and the Modern City. Chicago: University of Chicago, Print. O ’ Gorman, Thomas J. Frank Lloyd Wright ’ s Chicago. Thunder Bay Press, Print. Pridmore, Jay, and George A. Larson. Chicago Architecture and Design. Photography by Henrich Blessing. Rev. and expanded ed. Abrams, Print. Solomonson, Katherine. The Chicago Tribune Tower Competition: Skyscraper Design and Cultural Change in the 1920s. Cambridge, Print. Web resources Art Institute of Chicago. The Art Institute of Chicago Web site, Web. Nov. 29, Art Institute of Chicago. The Chicago Architects Oral History Project. Web. Nov. 29, City of Chicago. Chicago Landmarks. CityofChicago.org. Web. Nov. 29, Chicago Historical Society. Encyclopedia of Chicago Web site Newberry Library Web. Nov. 29,

The Chicago Way Our city ’ s influence on the world