Chet DeFonso
@chetdefonso.bsky.social
Yooperprof. British historian. Occasional actor. Jet Set Chet. Reader of books. Likes opera. Also beer. LGBTQ club member. He/him.
And I'll never forget this about Jonestown.
November 28, 2025 at 4:24 PM
And I'll never forget this about Jonestown.
This is a classic.
November 28, 2025 at 4:22 PM
This is a classic.
Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra and Chorus, Nicholas McGegan conductor, Handel Messiah. Cheryl Hill choral director. Btw, McGegan was musician in residence at Wash U in St Louis when I was an undergrad there in the early 1980s.
November 22, 2025 at 4:18 AM
Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra and Chorus, Nicholas McGegan conductor, Handel Messiah. Cheryl Hill choral director. Btw, McGegan was musician in residence at Wash U in St Louis when I was an undergrad there in the early 1980s.
Getty Images, give me an example of "chutzpah."
November 13, 2025 at 4:27 AM
Getty Images, give me an example of "chutzpah."
And the one person on the ballot this year who is a personal friend won his race to serve on the Marquette City Commission.
November 6, 2025 at 12:46 AM
And the one person on the ballot this year who is a personal friend won his race to serve on the Marquette City Commission.
Wafaa Bilal Iraqi-American conceptual artist Exhibition at the MCA Chicago. #wafaabilal #mcachicago #mcachicago
October 18, 2025 at 3:15 AM
Wafaa Bilal Iraqi-American conceptual artist Exhibition at the MCA Chicago. #wafaabilal #mcachicago #mcachicago
Otto Preminger Comes to Marquette, presentation last night by local historian Dan Rydholm about 1959 making of Anatomy of a Murder. Dan's father Fred was Mayor of Marquette in 1959.
October 15, 2025 at 9:51 AM
Otto Preminger Comes to Marquette, presentation last night by local historian Dan Rydholm about 1959 making of Anatomy of a Murder. Dan's father Fred was Mayor of Marquette in 1959.
Scott Beaulier, Dean of the School of Business at the University of Wyoming, speaking at Northern Michigan University where he is a candidate for the Presidency. Scott is a graduate of NMU, having double-majored in History and Economics in 2000. And a former student of mine!
October 9, 2025 at 10:49 PM
Scott Beaulier, Dean of the School of Business at the University of Wyoming, speaking at Northern Michigan University where he is a candidate for the Presidency. Scott is a graduate of NMU, having double-majored in History and Economics in 2000. And a former student of mine!
Meanwhile, in the Heart of America. . .
October 3, 2025 at 9:52 PM
Meanwhile, in the Heart of America. . .
General Kutusov was definitely too fat. And yet. . .
October 1, 2025 at 12:25 PM
General Kutusov was definitely too fat. And yet. . .
So true! Friday night at the Warbler Cafe in Lincoln Square they ran out of Kale Salad and I had to get the Crispy Cauliflower 😫!!!
September 28, 2025 at 9:51 PM
So true! Friday night at the Warbler Cafe in Lincoln Square they ran out of Kale Salad and I had to get the Crispy Cauliflower 😫!!!
Múm in concert last night at the Old Town School of Folk Music in Chicago
September 27, 2025 at 9:00 AM
Múm in concert last night at the Old Town School of Folk Music in Chicago
What are 4 films I consider to be "parfait"?
September 22, 2025 at 7:16 PM
What are 4 films I consider to be "parfait"?
Wasn't it just the other day that there was a shooting incident at Union Station?
September 9, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Wasn't it just the other day that there was a shooting incident at Union Station?
Truth, Beauty, and 13 year-old me. At Keats' grave in Rome, March 1976.
September 2, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Truth, Beauty, and 13 year-old me. At Keats' grave in Rome, March 1976.
Glad that I live by the lake!
August 29, 2025 at 9:39 PM
Glad that I live by the lake!
Exit, pursued by bear sounds. . . I missed the 🐻 bear! Otherwise a faultless Winter's Tale at Stratfest 2025, which itself was a veritable actors festival headlined by Graham Abbey, Sara Topham, Yanna McIntosh, André Sills, Geraint Wyn Davies, Tom McManus, Tom Rooney, etc etc etc
August 21, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Exit, pursued by bear sounds. . . I missed the 🐻 bear! Otherwise a faultless Winter's Tale at Stratfest 2025, which itself was a veritable actors festival headlined by Graham Abbey, Sara Topham, Yanna McIntosh, André Sills, Geraint Wyn Davies, Tom McManus, Tom Rooney, etc etc etc
August 19, 2025 at 4:56 PM
August 18, 2025 at 2:09 PM
August 17, 2025 at 1:56 PM
#20tbrbookchallenge
Choose 20 books from your current tbr shelves or piles. 1 book a day for 20 days. No explanations, no excuses, just covers.
#booksky #tbrchallenge #hilarymantel
A Place of Greater Safety
Choose 20 books from your current tbr shelves or piles. 1 book a day for 20 days. No explanations, no excuses, just covers.
#booksky #tbrchallenge #hilarymantel
A Place of Greater Safety
August 16, 2025 at 5:52 PM
#20tbrbookchallenge
Choose 20 books from your current tbr shelves or piles. 1 book a day for 20 days. No explanations, no excuses, just covers.
#booksky #tbrchallenge #hilarymantel
A Place of Greater Safety
Choose 20 books from your current tbr shelves or piles. 1 book a day for 20 days. No explanations, no excuses, just covers.
#booksky #tbrchallenge #hilarymantel
A Place of Greater Safety
Sheila Jordan, at 90, at the Detroit Jazz Festival in 2019 (with bassist Marion Hayden.) Magical.
August 12, 2025 at 6:15 AM
Sheila Jordan, at 90, at the Detroit Jazz Festival in 2019 (with bassist Marion Hayden.) Magical.