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.
A Night of Mellon Collie and Infinite Sadness at Lyric Opera lived up to the hype! Billy’s a genius. Those songs are undeniable. It reminded me of being blown away the first time I heard it back in Nara in 1995. I used his Guitar World article on inspiration in my CCNY freshman comp classes.
November 26, 2025 at 4:46 AM
A Night of Mellon Collie and Infinite Sadness at Lyric Opera lived up to the hype! Billy’s a genius. Those songs are undeniable. It reminded me of being blown away the first time I heard it back in Nara in 1995. I used his Guitar World article on inspiration in my CCNY freshman comp classes.
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.
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!
Lauren Derkowski of Michigan is the tournament’s Most Outstanding Player. When they were celebrating, I told her that I came to see her play, and that this was my first softball game. She said I picked a good one. It’s great to be a Michigan Wolverine.
May 10, 2025 at 10:36 PM
Lauren Derkowski of Michigan is the tournament’s Most Outstanding Player. When they were celebrating, I told her that I came to see her play, and that this was my first softball game. She said I picked a good one. It’s great to be a Michigan Wolverine.
Great talk by Haki R. Madhubuti at Chicago State University today kicking off National Library Week. He read poetry by and about Gwendolyn Brooks, and afterward visited the Archives where I played him a video of Brooks and himself speaking at the 1992 Gwendolyn Brooks Writers Conference.
April 8, 2025 at 3:23 AM
Great talk by Haki R. Madhubuti at Chicago State University today kicking off National Library Week. He read poetry by and about Gwendolyn Brooks, and afterward visited the Archives where I played him a video of Brooks and himself speaking at the 1992 Gwendolyn Brooks Writers Conference.
Last opera of the season tonight: La Bohème. No Wagner on the schedule for next year, but there will be a Billy Corgan production for the thirtieth anniversary of Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness. Seven performances at the Lyric around Thanksgiving. He’s kind of our Wagner I guess.
March 31, 2025 at 11:59 PM
Last opera of the season tonight: La Bohème. No Wagner on the schedule for next year, but there will be a Billy Corgan production for the thirtieth anniversary of Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness. Seven performances at the Lyric around Thanksgiving. He’s kind of our Wagner I guess.
Today’s March Madness matchup between Notre Dame and the University of Michigan features two outstanding international freshmen: 6’5” Kyiv, Ukraine native Kate Koval for the Irish and 6’0” Sudbury, Ontario native Syla Swords for the Wolverines. They were teammates at Long Island Lutheran! Go Blue!
March 23, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Today’s March Madness matchup between Notre Dame and the University of Michigan features two outstanding international freshmen: 6’5” Kyiv, Ukraine native Kate Koval for the Irish and 6’0” Sudbury, Ontario native Syla Swords for the Wolverines. They were teammates at Long Island Lutheran! Go Blue!
@andreachalupa.bsky.social Your Canada episode failed to mention Syla Swords, Sudbury, Ontario native & Michigan Wolverines women’s basketball standout! Youngest player ever on the Canadian Olympic WBB team, Big Ten All-Freshman team & All-Tournament team, tipping off against Iowa State in 20 mins.
March 21, 2025 at 3:08 PM
@andreachalupa.bsky.social Your Canada episode failed to mention Syla Swords, Sudbury, Ontario native & Michigan Wolverines women’s basketball standout! Youngest player ever on the Canadian Olympic WBB team, Big Ten All-Freshman team & All-Tournament team, tipping off against Iowa State in 20 mins.
“Computer” (poem) by Gwendolyn Brooks, 1983, @illinoisrbml.bsky.social.
February 23, 2025 at 9:31 PM
“Computer” (poem) by Gwendolyn Brooks, 1983, @illinoisrbml.bsky.social.
Excellent! Thanks so much to you and Dana for the chat about Brooks yesterday. I’ll be in touch soon about 4/7. Attached is Parallax by Nancy Cunard (published by Hogarth Press) from NYPL’s exhibition Virginia Woolf: A Modern Mind (2022).
February 22, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Excellent! Thanks so much to you and Dana for the chat about Brooks yesterday. I’ll be in touch soon about 4/7. Attached is Parallax by Nancy Cunard (published by Hogarth Press) from NYPL’s exhibition Virginia Woolf: A Modern Mind (2022).
Thanks to Cathy Popovitch and Ian Hunt for the behind-the-scenes tours of the Margaret Cross Norton building (which houses the Illinois State Archives) and the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum. Now I’m heading to @illinoisrbml.bsky.social in Urbana to see some Gwendolyn Brooks stuff!
February 21, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Thanks to Cathy Popovitch and Ian Hunt for the behind-the-scenes tours of the Margaret Cross Norton building (which houses the Illinois State Archives) and the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum. Now I’m heading to @illinoisrbml.bsky.social in Urbana to see some Gwendolyn Brooks stuff!
Record-breaking crowd of 8,305 at Wintrust Arena in Chicago for UConn-DePaul women’s basketball. Cold shooting night from Paige Bueckers but UConn is up 22 with 4:46 left in the 4th.
January 30, 2025 at 1:45 AM
Record-breaking crowd of 8,305 at Wintrust Arena in Chicago for UConn-DePaul women’s basketball. Cold shooting night from Paige Bueckers but UConn is up 22 with 4:46 left in the 4th.
#24 Minnesota vs Northwestern women’s basketball tipping off at Welsh-Ryan shortly. The Gophers are 16-2 overall on the year, 4-2 in the Big Ten. The Wildcats are looking for their first Big Ten win.
January 19, 2025 at 7:51 PM
#24 Minnesota vs Northwestern women’s basketball tipping off at Welsh-Ryan shortly. The Gophers are 16-2 overall on the year, 4-2 in the Big Ten. The Wildcats are looking for their first Big Ten win.
January 5, 2025 at 1:19 AM
Oregon-Northwestern women’s basketball is underway at Welsh-Ryan. Caileigh Walsh was honored before the game for joining the 1,000-point club. Like all the greats, she takes a knee during the anthem. She’s got a tough defensive assignment on 6’8” Phillipina Kyei.
December 31, 2024 at 8:10 PM
Oregon-Northwestern women’s basketball is underway at Welsh-Ryan. Caileigh Walsh was honored before the game for joining the 1,000-point club. Like all the greats, she takes a knee during the anthem. She’s got a tough defensive assignment on 6’8” Phillipina Kyei.
The sewing machine on which it was created is also on display at the LoC.
December 7, 2024 at 8:11 PM
The sewing machine on which it was created is also on display at the LoC.
We’re underway on the South Side of Chicago for the Northeast Conference volleyball championship featuring the Farleigh Dickinson University Knights vs. the Chicago State Cougars. The winner gets an automatic trip to the NCAA tournament.
November 24, 2024 at 12:05 AM
We’re underway on the South Side of Chicago for the Northeast Conference volleyball championship featuring the Farleigh Dickinson University Knights vs. the Chicago State Cougars. The winner gets an automatic trip to the NCAA tournament.
The CSU Cougars volleyball team, in their first year in the NEC, will play tomorrow for the conference tournament championship and an automatic trip to the NCAA tournament! They closed out the fourth set 25-19 to defeat LIU. Go Cougars!
November 22, 2024 at 10:19 PM
The CSU Cougars volleyball team, in their first year in the NEC, will play tomorrow for the conference tournament championship and an automatic trip to the NCAA tournament! They closed out the fourth set 25-19 to defeat LIU. Go Cougars!
The Cougars roar back to take the second game 25-21. CSU and LIU are even at a set a piece on the South Side with the chance to play for an automatic tournament bid on the line.
November 22, 2024 at 9:12 PM
The Cougars roar back to take the second game 25-21. CSU and LIU are even at a set a piece on the South Side with the chance to play for an automatic tournament bid on the line.
It’s the semifinal of the NEC tournament. The winner of this tournament gets an automatic bid to the NCAA national tournament! By way of comparison, CSU dressed nine players and LIU dressed twenty-two.
November 22, 2024 at 8:46 PM
It’s the semifinal of the NEC tournament. The winner of this tournament gets an automatic bid to the NCAA national tournament! By way of comparison, CSU dressed nine players and LIU dressed twenty-two.
An electric atmosphere in the Jacoby Dickens Center as Chicago State University Volleyball rallies from down 20-12 in the first set, only to fall 29-27 to Long Island University. LIU leads one set to none.
November 22, 2024 at 8:40 PM
An electric atmosphere in the Jacoby Dickens Center as Chicago State University Volleyball rallies from down 20-12 in the first set, only to fall 29-27 to Long Island University. LIU leads one set to none.
Batenhorst’s 22nd kill closes out the match with a 25-16 win for USC over Northwestern in the fourth set. Trojans take it three sets to one. We’ll miss you, Ally!
November 22, 2024 at 3:01 AM
Batenhorst’s 22nd kill closes out the match with a 25-16 win for USC over Northwestern in the fourth set. Trojans take it three sets to one. We’ll miss you, Ally!
We’re underway in Evanston: #21 USC vs. Northwestern. The Trojans are led by 6’5 National Player of the Year candidate Ally Batenhorst, shown below doing what she does best.
November 22, 2024 at 1:14 AM
We’re underway in Evanston: #21 USC vs. Northwestern. The Trojans are led by 6’5 National Player of the Year candidate Ally Batenhorst, shown below doing what she does best.