Kheir Fakhreldin
@kheir.bsky.social
University Archivist at Chicago State. PhD student at Dominican University SOIS. Archival exhibitions, cultural memory in literature and music, iconoclasm, local history, encyclopedic novels, UMich & B1G women's sports.
Great time at Archivists Night at the Chicago Symphony Orchestra last night. Beethoven's Coriolan, a Haydn symphony, and Manfred Honeck's program of Mozart's Requiem and related music. Thanks to Frank Villella and the Chicago Area Archivists for the hookup! Seeing it from the third row was so fun.
November 22, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Great time at Archivists Night at the Chicago Symphony Orchestra last night. Beethoven's Coriolan, a Haydn symphony, and Manfred Honeck's program of Mozart's Requiem and related music. Thanks to Frank Villella and the Chicago Area Archivists for the hookup! Seeing it from the third row was so fun.
Good few days of music from previous centuries. Getting ready to hear Belly play King for its 30th anniversary at Thalia Hall. Saturday was Muti conducting the CSO on Stravinsky, Rodrigo (the amazing Concierto de Aranjuez with Pablo Sáinz-Villegas), and Brahms 4; and yesterday was Cav/Pag at Lyric.
November 11, 2025 at 1:47 AM
Good few days of music from previous centuries. Getting ready to hear Belly play King for its 30th anniversary at Thalia Hall. Saturday was Muti conducting the CSO on Stravinsky, Rodrigo (the amazing Concierto de Aranjuez with Pablo Sáinz-Villegas), and Brahms 4; and yesterday was Cav/Pag at Lyric.
Another classic at Welsh Ryan today as Northwestern Volleyball beat Maryland in four sets. Rylen Reid led the Cats with 15 kills after a career-high 27 on Friday against Iowa. (Big Ten Player of the Week?) Bella Bullington had 14 kills including the game winner and Lauren Carter had three aces.
November 3, 2025 at 5:23 AM
Another classic at Welsh Ryan today as Northwestern Volleyball beat Maryland in four sets. Rylen Reid led the Cats with 15 kills after a career-high 27 on Friday against Iowa. (Big Ten Player of the Week?) Bella Bullington had 14 kills including the game winner and Lauren Carter had three aces.
Northwestern defeats Iowa in five sets at Welsh Ryan. Rylen Reid in her first home game back from injury got match point with her 27th kill.
November 1, 2025 at 2:19 AM
Northwestern defeats Iowa in five sets at Welsh Ryan. Rylen Reid in her first home game back from injury got match point with her 27th kill.
Very good chicken cutlet with curry rice at Umaka Ramen in Old Orchard. Iowa vs Northwestern volleyball tonight at 7.
October 31, 2025 at 10:36 PM
Very good chicken cutlet with curry rice at Umaka Ramen in Old Orchard. Iowa vs Northwestern volleyball tonight at 7.
Another good music weekend: last night, A Soldier’s Tale and other works by Stravinsky at Orchestra Hall, and this afternoon, Medea at Lyric Opera.
October 26, 2025 at 8:56 PM
Another good music weekend: last night, A Soldier’s Tale and other works by Stravinsky at Orchestra Hall, and this afternoon, Medea at Lyric Opera.
Tremendous performance of Berlioz's Harold in Italy and Symphonie Fantastique by the Chicago Symphony Orchestra tonight.
October 19, 2025 at 3:52 AM
Tremendous performance of Berlioz's Harold in Italy and Symphonie Fantastique by the Chicago Symphony Orchestra tonight.
Heading to a fifth set in Evanston, Michigan vs Northwestern. It’s live on BTN. Go Blue!
October 17, 2025 at 3:11 AM
Heading to a fifth set in Evanston, Michigan vs Northwestern. It’s live on BTN. Go Blue!
I read The Argonauts by Maggie Nelson and had a resurgence of interest in post-structuralist literary theory. I'm planning to re-read Anti-Oedipus, Gender Trouble, and The History of Sexuality, Vol. 1, all of which have audiobooks now, for the first time since Lisa Haines Wright's class in Fall '92.
October 8, 2025 at 3:57 AM
I read The Argonauts by Maggie Nelson and had a resurgence of interest in post-structuralist literary theory. I'm planning to re-read Anti-Oedipus, Gender Trouble, and The History of Sexuality, Vol. 1, all of which have audiobooks now, for the first time since Lisa Haines Wright's class in Fall '92.
'Cats looked good again but lost to Minnesota in four sets at Welsh-Ryan. Paris, Bullington, Reid, Navarette, Carter, Elnady, Wright, Simkus, Dignan, and Wagner all stood out. Tim Nollan has a lot to work with. They're 1-3 in conference but they could still make some noise. They play Michigan 10/16.
October 5, 2025 at 10:29 PM
'Cats looked good again but lost to Minnesota in four sets at Welsh-Ryan. Paris, Bullington, Reid, Navarette, Carter, Elnady, Wright, Simkus, Dignan, and Wagner all stood out. Tim Nollan has a lot to work with. They're 1-3 in conference but they could still make some noise. They play Michigan 10/16.
Good early conference volleyball game underway in Evanston. Michigan State (1-1, 11-1) taking on Northwestern (1-1, 11-3). It’s Alumnae Night! ’Cats are looking really good, taking the first set 25-15 and hitting .400 to the Spartans’ .026.
October 4, 2025 at 12:30 AM
Good early conference volleyball game underway in Evanston. Michigan State (1-1, 11-1) taking on Northwestern (1-1, 11-3). It’s Alumnae Night! ’Cats are looking really good, taking the first set 25-15 and hitting .400 to the Spartans’ .026.
So is Lindsey Halligan still going to straighten out the Smithsonian or is that over now?
September 27, 2025 at 4:43 AM
So is Lindsey Halligan still going to straighten out the Smithsonian or is that over now?
I’m at Welsh-Ryan Arena for my first volleyball game of the season! Northwestern takes the first set 25-12 over Campbell. 7 kills already for Rylen Reid. ’Cats are looking good!
September 20, 2025 at 6:33 PM
I’m at Welsh-Ryan Arena for my first volleyball game of the season! Northwestern takes the first set 25-12 over Campbell. 7 kills already for Rylen Reid. ’Cats are looking good!
It took a couple months but my interlibrary loan of Pierre Nora's Realms of Memory just arrived. All three volumes. I guess I know what I'm doing tonight. Thanks NIU Libraries! #LicenseToILL
August 8, 2025 at 8:17 PM
It took a couple months but my interlibrary loan of Pierre Nora's Realms of Memory just arrived. All three volumes. I guess I know what I'm doing tonight. Thanks NIU Libraries! #LicenseToILL
I was in the bleachers at this game, April 22, 1990, when Ryne Sandberg set the record of 480 total chances without an error. His streak reached 584 over 123 games. RIP Ryno. www.mlb.com/video/ryne-s...
Ryne Sandberg sets error-free record | 04/22/1990
Ryne Sandberg sets error-free record with his 480th chance without an error for second baseman
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July 30, 2025 at 8:09 PM
I was in the bleachers at this game, April 22, 1990, when Ryne Sandberg set the record of 480 total chances without an error. His streak reached 584 over 123 games. RIP Ryno. www.mlb.com/video/ryne-s...
The summer music continues. Friday night was Mahler’s Resurrection Symphony at Ravinia with my friend Tom and his family. Last night was Kim Deal at Thalia Hall. She sounded great! She played all of Nobody Loves You More, some classic Breeders, and “Gigantic.” So much love for her from the crowd!
July 24, 2025 at 3:50 PM
The summer music continues. Friday night was Mahler’s Resurrection Symphony at Ravinia with my friend Tom and his family. Last night was Kim Deal at Thalia Hall. She sounded great! She played all of Nobody Loves You More, some classic Breeders, and “Gigantic.” So much love for her from the crowd!
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From @theathletic.bsky.social: At Iowa, Caitlin Clark and coach Lisa Bluder looked to Michael Jordan and Phil Jackson’s teachings to unlock her next level. As Jackson wrote in his book and as Bluder highlighted, “Selflessness is the soul of teamwork.”
What Caitlin Clark learned from Michael Jordan and Phil Jackson on the path to stardom
Iowa's Lisa Bluder found parallels between the experiences of her superstar, Caitlin Clark, and another generational talent: Michael Jordan.
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July 10, 2025 at 2:50 PM
From @theathletic.bsky.social: At Iowa, Caitlin Clark and coach Lisa Bluder looked to Michael Jordan and Phil Jackson’s teachings to unlock her next level. As Jackson wrote in his book and as Bluder highlighted, “Selflessness is the soul of teamwork.”
@jamellebouie.net That Sumner interview was phenomenal! That’s the type of history we need to mark the semiquincentennial. Keep up the good work!
July 7, 2025 at 3:50 AM
@jamellebouie.net That Sumner interview was phenomenal! That’s the type of history we need to mark the semiquincentennial. Keep up the good work!
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“Credit goes to Thomas Jefferson for saying all men are created equal. But it was none other than Sumner who insisted that equality should be implemented in law,” says Zaakir Tameez about Charles Sumner, a Massachusetts senator who helped give birth to modern civil rights law.
Opinion | The Civil War That Never Ended
A Q&A with Zaakir Tameez about Charles Sumner and the antislavery movement.
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July 6, 2025 at 9:00 AM
“Credit goes to Thomas Jefferson for saying all men are created equal. But it was none other than Sumner who insisted that equality should be implemented in law,” says Zaakir Tameez about Charles Sumner, a Massachusetts senator who helped give birth to modern civil rights law.
Good crowd in the Frugal Muse parking lot for the Darien/Woodridge fireworks. Very good show. One of my earliest memories is of being traumatized by the fireworks at the Bicentennial when I was two. I had a meltdown and my mom had to take me to the car.
July 5, 2025 at 3:54 AM
Good crowd in the Frugal Muse parking lot for the Darien/Woodridge fireworks. Very good show. One of my earliest memories is of being traumatized by the fireworks at the Bicentennial when I was two. I had a meltdown and my mom had to take me to the car.
Got a free trial of Apple TV for the last 2 innings of the Cubs game. (8 HRs—a team record!) Then watched Todd Haynes' Velvet Underground doc—not bad, but Lou's music from that era is no match for his 2000s work. I need a doc on The Raven, Hudson River Wind Meditations, Metal Machine Trio, and Lulu.
July 5, 2025 at 3:31 AM
Got a free trial of Apple TV for the last 2 innings of the Cubs game. (8 HRs—a team record!) Then watched Todd Haynes' Velvet Underground doc—not bad, but Lou's music from that era is no match for his 2000s work. I need a doc on The Raven, Hudson River Wind Meditations, Metal Machine Trio, and Lulu.
There's a new audiobook of Thomas Mann's Joseph and His Brothers tetralogy, the John Woods translation! The first two volumes are out, Joseph in Egypt is out in September, and Joseph the Provider is TBA. Come for the universalized Biblical lore; stay for the allegories on the rise of Nazism & FDR.
July 2, 2025 at 2:05 AM
There's a new audiobook of Thomas Mann's Joseph and His Brothers tetralogy, the John Woods translation! The first two volumes are out, Joseph in Egypt is out in September, and Joseph the Provider is TBA. Come for the universalized Biblical lore; stay for the allegories on the rise of Nazism & FDR.
@theoryishpodcast.bsky.social Found your show because I was wondering anyone had a podcast about The Arcades Project. Apparently I’m your demographic! Great show.
June 30, 2025 at 4:15 AM
@theoryishpodcast.bsky.social Found your show because I was wondering anyone had a podcast about The Arcades Project. Apparently I’m your demographic! Great show.
I'm watching Anthem, an unforgettable 1997 documentary I haven't seen since it came out. Shainee Gabel and Kristin Hahn took a road trip and interviewed famous and non-famous Americans about the American dream. Sadly it's not streaming but I got the DVD via ILL from a university library in Virginia.
June 29, 2025 at 3:43 AM
I'm watching Anthem, an unforgettable 1997 documentary I haven't seen since it came out. Shainee Gabel and Kristin Hahn took a road trip and interviewed famous and non-famous Americans about the American dream. Sadly it's not streaming but I got the DVD via ILL from a university library in Virginia.
Two phenomenal concerts last weekend: Billy Corgan and the Machines of God at Taste of Joliet on Friday, and Maestro Muti conducting Verdi’s Requiem with @chicagosymphony.bsky.social on Saturday. Looking forward to a fusion of the two in November with @lyricopera.bsky.social taking on Mellon Collie.
June 24, 2025 at 4:30 AM
Two phenomenal concerts last weekend: Billy Corgan and the Machines of God at Taste of Joliet on Friday, and Maestro Muti conducting Verdi’s Requiem with @chicagosymphony.bsky.social on Saturday. Looking forward to a fusion of the two in November with @lyricopera.bsky.social taking on Mellon Collie.