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Family Action Network (FAN) - Everybody’s Fly: Art, Music, and Changing the Culture

Thursday, March 19, 2026 | 7:00 PM - 8:00 PM CT
Evanston Township High School Auditorium, 1600 Dodge Ave., Evanston, IL 60201

Blondie’s declaration on their 1980 hit “Rapture” introduced listeners around the world to Fred Brathwaite, also known as Fab 5 Freddy, a pioneering cultural icon whose fearless creativity reshaped the worlds of art, style, and music. Next spring, Viking is proud to publish his electrifying memoir Everybody’s Fly: A Life of Art, Music, and Changing the Culture.

Fab will be in conversation with Theaster Gates, world-renowned artist, archivist, social innovator, and professor and Special Advisor to the President at the University of Chicago. Gates creates work that focuses on space theory and land development, sculpture, and performance.

Cost: Free

Audience

  • Faculty/Staff
  • Student
  • Public
  • Post Docs/Docs
  • Graduate Students

Contact

Julie Deardorff
(847) 467-3147
Email

Interest

  • Social Events
  • Arts/Humanities
  • Community Engagement

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