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Chicago Tribune
CHICAGO — The fall lineup for the 2023 Chicago Humanities Festival is here, but before you poke around its ambitious sprawl of 50-something events, spread over two months (Sept. 17 to Nov. 15), before you eye-pop at Millie Bobby Brown (Sept. 17) or plan autumn weekends around the relentless ignorance of our politicians (Andy Borowitz, Oct. 18) and the history of sketch comedy (Keegan-Michael Key and wife Elle Key, Oct. 5), consider the stresses of piecing together such a festival: There’s the artist who requires 30 minutes of complete silence before stepping on stage. The coastal agents who ju…