Discussions at the Chicago Humanities Festival: November 1, 2008

The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald and Epic of Gilgamesh

The Great Books Foundation is partnering with the Chicago Humanities Festival to present Great Books discussions. The entire event runs from October 3 until November 16, 2008 at various locations throughout Chicago, and the festival's theme is ''Thinking Big.''

On Saturday, November 1, 2008 there will be a Great Books discussion of F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby from 12-1 p.m. There will also be a discussion of The Epic of Gilgamesh from 4:30-5:30 p.m. Both events will take place in the Museum of Contemporary Art, in the Kanter Meeting Center. A staged reading of Pulitzer-prize winning poet and Princeton professor, Yusef Komunyakaa's play, adapted from The Epic of Gilgamesh, will follow the second discussion ($15). Both discussions are free with reservations required. Reading materials will be provided at the site.