Events | WTTW Presents: An Evening with Ken Burns
WTTW Presents: An Evening with Ken Burns
When
Thu, September 25, 20257:30 PM to 9:10 PM
Where
50 East Ida B. Wells Drive
Chicago, IL 60605
You’re invited to join Ken Burns and WTTW for an unforgettable evening at The Auditorium in Chicago on Thursday, September 25, 2025 at 7:30 pm.
This special preview event will feature selections from the epic new six-part, 12-hour film, THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION, and a behind-the-scenes conversation with filmmakers Ken Burns and Sarah Botstein; Anne Applebaum, staff writer for The Atlantic; and Pulitzer Prize-winning author Kathleen DuVal and early America historian and Monticello/The Thomas Jefferson Foundation President and CEO Jane Kamensky.
THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION explores how thirteen British colonies won independence and created a new government that reshaped the continent and inspired centuries of democratic movements around the globe.
There are just a few remaining seats, so get your tickets now!
THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION premieres on Chicago PBS station WTTW in November 2025.
The WTTW presentation of THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION is brought to you, in part, by Catherine M. and Frederick H. Waddell in honor of George Washington’s Mount Vernon and The Mount Vernon Ladies’ Association.
Corporate funding for THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION was provided by Bank of America. Major funding was provided by The Better Angels Society and its members Jeannie and Jonathan Lavine with the Crimson Lion Foundation; and the Blavatnik Family Foundation. Major funding was also provided by David M. Rubenstein; The Robert D. and Patricia E. Kern Family Foundation; Lilly Endowment Inc.; and the following Better Angels Society members: Eric and Wendy Schmidt; Stephen A. Schwarzman; and Kenneth C. Griffin with Griffin Catalyst. Additional support for THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION was provided by: The Arthur Vining Davis Foundations; The Pew Charitable Trusts; Gilbert S. Omenn and Martha A. Darling; Park Foundation; and the following Better Angels Society members: Gilchrist and Amy Berg; Perry and Donna Golkin; The Michelson Foundation; Jacqueline B. Mars; Kissick Family Foundation; Diane and Hal Brierley; John H. N. Fisher and Jennifer Caldwell; John and Catherine Debs; The Fullerton Family Charitable Fund; Philip I. Kent; Gail Elden; Deborah and Jon Dawson; David and Susan Kreisman; The McCloskey Family Charitable Trust; Becky and Jim Morgan; Carol and Ned Spieker; Mark A. Tracy; and Paul and Shelley Whyte. THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION was made possible, in part, with support from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.
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