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Bruce Sagan, longtime Chicago publisher and arts champion, dies at 96

Illinois Humanities is deeply saddened by the loss of Bruce Sagan. A lifelong champion of the humanities, Bruce and his wife, Bette Cerf Hill, were honored with our 2012 Public Humanities Award. Journalism and Chicago have lost a treasure. Our deepest sympathies go out to the Sagan family.
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Artist, activist, and historian Matthew Schlerf received an Illinois Humanities grant to implement the first in a series of guided tours of downtown Chicago as part of his Jewish Chicago History Project. Learn more about Matthew and this project in this month's grantee partner spotlight.
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