Linda on Feb 13 2008 | Filed under: Alumni, On Campus, academics
In preparation for the upcoming Midwest Graduate Music Consortium conference, THIS Wednesday, February 13, there will be a workshop on the papers of MAPHers Alex Wilson (’07) and Jim Steichen (’07).
Alex will be presenting his paper, “I Guess that this must be the Place: Culture, Structure, and Naive Melodies in an ‘Indie’ Record Shop,” and […]
Linda on Jan 08 2008 | Filed under: Alumni, academics, publications
Eleven MAPH Alums have contributed to the latest issue of Contrary, an online literary magazine founded and run by MAPH Alums.
In the latest addition there’s fiction by B.E. Hopkins, aka Brandon Hopkins (MAPH ‘03), who’s been living as an expatriate in Paris and writing stories like “The Halcyon Days of War.” Brandon appears alongside some […]
Linda on Oct 25 2007 | Filed under: Alumni, academics, conversation starters, entertainment, teaching, theater
Jennifer Shook graduated from MAPH in 2005 and is currently doing work at Chicago’s Caffeine Theatre. She submits this post with the hopes of generating conversations with other (After)MAPHers after being inspired by her work with the theatre company.
Caffeine and Translations–and Caffeine Theatre’s TRANSLATIONS
The same week I started in MAPH, Caffeine Theatre premiered its […]
Linda on Oct 22 2007 | Filed under: Chicago, academics, entertainment, theater
Running from October 27 through November 11 the Chicago Humanities Festival returns to Chicago for its 18th year. The theme this year is “The Climate of Concern,” working in conjunction with the Chicago Festival of Maps. Every year this festival runs throughout the various cultural institutions in Chicago, bringing lecturers, panel discussions, and music and […]