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Great Books Chicago 2008: April 25-27

By: Sharon Crowley

Join us in the Windy City April 25–27 for Great Books Chicago 2008. The theme of this year's event is "Deadly Sins." Activities include:

• Opera's Ten Deadly Sins, a program by Toronto's "Meistersinner" and opera educator, Iain Scott
• A Chicago Symphony Orchestra performance of Berlioz's Symphonie fantastique and the Prelude and Liebestod from Wagner's Tristan and Isolde
• Lively Great Books discussions of Faulkner's "A Rose For Emily," Lawrence's "The Rocking-Horse Winner," Dostoevsky's "Stavrogin's Confession,"and Wharton's Ethan Frome
• A visit to the Art Institute of Chicago
• A screening of the film Chicago at the Siskel Film Center

The registration fee is $235 (does not include accommodation or transportation). To register call 1-800-222-5870, ext. 1.

For more information call 1-800-222-5870, ext. 345.

Great Books Chicago is an event by the Great Books Foundation and Harrison Middleton University, with support from Encyclopaedia Britannnica, Penguin Books, and Verizon.

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