When Giorgio Angelini was working on a master’s in architecture in the midst of the 2008 housing market crash, he read an article about an
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Buffalo was once one of America’s prized cities. It had the sixth-largest economy among U.S. cities and a world-leading port. Today, it’s behind only Cleveland
In seventh grade, Rahwa Ghirmatzion led her middle school in a lunch-hour hunger strike to protest the termination of the school dishwasher and the addition
The struggling single mother who committed armed robbery to make rent. The war veteran with amputated legs working laboriously to pay off his rent to
As a writer, Megan McArdle spends a lot of time thinking about words. She encouraged the audience at her 10:45 a.m. lecture Monday, Aug. 8
When it comes to the Chautauqua Lecture Series theme, “More than Shelter: Redefining the American Home,” and the Chautauqua Literary and Scientific Circle’s vertical theme
Megan McArdle has written about a wide variety of topics — including the economy, finance and government policy — throughout her 20-year career, but she
Many people see technology as the gateway to the future, but mystery writer Walter Mosley believes that humans are ultimately heading toward an alluring mirage
No matter what Sheena Jardine-Olade does, in work, school, or leisure, it all comes back to the night. She loves it, and her hope for
From mystery to young adult fiction to graphic novels, Walter Mosley has written in nearly every genre. While he is well-known for his Easy Rawlins
Maria Tatar has spent decades studying folklore and mythology, implicitly and tangentially exploring the power of darkness and light in the stories we tell ourselves.
After the sun sets, a different kind of light takes hold of cities. Between night shift workers heading to their jobs and night shift socializers
Maria Tatar is thinking about darkness and light, the void of nighttime and crackling campfires, and the stories we tell ourselves and each other to
Everyone sleeps, which means everyone dreams — but not everyone remembers those dreams. Neuroscientist Sidarta Ribeiro proved this point at the outset of his lecture,
Most mammals dream, but only humans can share their dreams with others. Ancient civilizations searched their dreams with intention for answers, for revelations, and for
Photos of cacti with a backdrop of a brilliant blue, a starry sky contrasted against aerial photos of nighttime Chicago sliced into a grid by