Bill Ayers

8/15/26 Studs Terkel event at CHECKOUT, 4116 N. Clark

2 to 3pm
Connecting the feeling tone of the past to the now
Chicago Tribune journalist Rick Kogan in conversation with Melissa Harris & Mary Schmich, creators of the recent podcast docu-series Division Street: Revisited.
Featuring music by Chris Walz.

3 to 4pm
Only in Chicago: exploring underground art, culture, & politics
Chicago History Museum Director of Exhibitions Paul Durica in conversation with oral historians Meghan McGrath and Peter Alter.
Featuring audio from the Studs Terkel Radio Archive.

4 to 5pm
Reflections on the power of community organizing
Writer Alex Kotlowitz in conversation with Jahmal Cole, founder & CEO of My Block • My Hood • My City.
Featuring music by Mark Dvorak.

5 to 6pm
Dream into action
Activist & educator Bill Ayers in conversation with civic leader Zenobia Johnson-Black.
Featuring Studs Terkel’s seminal audio documentary This Train.

6 to 7pm
Move On Up a Little Higher
Featuring gospel & jazz vocalist Tammy McCann celebrating the work of Mahalia Jackson and her long friendship and collaboration with Studs Terkel.

Zayd’s new play, HUMANITIES, opens September 17 at Victory Gardens in Chicago.
Get tickets here: https://victorygardens.org/new-events/

Great interview on AirGo with Damon and Daniel!!

Fidel Castro is smoking a cigar.

He is thinking about how

he loves baseball.

A revolution is a curveball

thrown against history.

He stares into your eyes

through the blue-grey smoke.

Miho Kinnas & E. Ethelbert Miller