In hybrid format, join us for a lively conversation with Melissa Villaseñor about the relationship between comedy and mental health. Monday, November 7, 2022 | 7:00pm Melissa Villaseñor is a stand-up comedian, actress, and impressionist who broke barriers by becoming the first-ever Latina cast member of Saturday Night Live. Melissa has voiced characters for Toy

Co-sponsored by EPICS and The Block Museum of Art Screening and Q&A: THE YEAR BETWEEN follows college sophomore Clemence Miller, who is diagnosed with bipolar disorder and forced to return home to her sleepy Illinois suburb after suffering a mental breakdown. Thursday, October 27, 2022 | 7:00pm Run Time: 94 minutes Alex Heller’s upcoming work includes

Andrew Solomon is a writer of remarkable talent and intellect. His books and essays explore the subjects of politics, culture and psychology with extraordinary humanity. Thursday, October 13, 2022 | 7:00pm Andrew Solomon’s memoir, The Noonday Demon: An Atlas of Depression, won the National Book Award, was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize, and was

Co-sponsored by the Northwestern University Asian American Studies Program and Counseling and Psychological Services (CAPS)  Asian American short films curated by Huu T. Ly with respondents: Ji-Yeon Yuh, Director, Northwestern University Asian American Studies Program, and Dr. Qianhui Zhang, Clinical Psychologist, Northwestern University Counseling & Psychological Services  Thursday, May 26, 2022 | 7:00 p.m. Through

In partnership with the MFA Writing for the Screen and Stage program. By Eliza Bent, directed by Susan E. Bowen Thursday, May 19, 2022 | 7:00 p.m. In 2014 Eliza Bent did a one-night performance, Fire the Hire, in which she dressed as her Boss doing stand-up about what a bad employee and bride-to-be she

Screening and panel discussion featuring filmmaker Sophia Feuer and the short documentary, Space Lady, created with Sundance Collab   Friday, May 6, 2022 | 7:00 p.m. The Block Museum of Art Looking at Listening is a program of short documentary films organized around the themes of electronic music, archival retrieval, and audiovisual experimentation. These four films

With Kate Folb Thursday, April 28, 2022 | 7:00 p.m. In this presentation Kate Folb, Director of Hollywood, Health & Society (HH&S), will share how the organization works with the entertainment industry to ensure accuracy in depictions of health, safety and security. Clips of popular shows with which HH&S has consulted will be shown and

With private post-show Q&A with playwright Doug Wright Thursday, April 7, 2022 | 7:00pm The Goodman Theatre Anything can happen on live TV. And one night, it did. Emmy Award-winning actor and producer Sean Hayes (Will & Grace) stars as the irrepressible Oscar Levant. It’s 1958, and Jack Paar hosts the hottest late-night talk-show on television.

Co-sponsored by Pritzker Pucker Studio Lab for the Promotion of Mental Health via Cinematic Arts and the MFA in Writing for Screen + Stage Thursday, March 31, 2023 | 7:00pm Block Museum of Art In Night’s End, an anxious shut-in unwittingly moves into a haunted apartment and hires a mysterious stranger to perform an exorcism

Panel Discussion with Nava Mau, Sowjanya Kudva, & Debra Tolchinsky Thursday, April 14, 2022 | 7:00 p.m. Panelists, Nava Mau and Sowjanya Kudva will discuss their experiences with film and television production through the lens of mental health. Moderated by Debra K. Tolchinsky, the panel will explore the stakes of mental health and well-being of production cultures