Lectures on Tap- "The Power of Horror in Cinema"

Join us for an engaging evening where professors, experts, and storytellers bring their thought-provoking lectures to your favorite bar in River North, Chicago!

Hosted by the Lectures on Tap team.

🗓️ Date: October 28th, 2025

🕡 Time: 6:30 PM

📍 Location: River North, Chicago (exact address given in confirmation email)

📚 Lecture: "The Power of Horror in Cinema"

🎤 Speaker: Professor AE Stevenson, Ph.D.

Horror has often been dismissed as a low genre, too focused on spectacle. However, in this illuminating lecture, Professor AE Stevenson will demonstrate that horror is a powerful lens through which we can explore societal norms, particularly in relation to gender and race.

Through classic and contemporary horror films, we will examine how the genre constructs and deconstructs notions of identity, using clips and theoretical frameworks to illustrate the ways these representations evoke confusion, fear, and repulsion. Attendees will come to understand the connections between gender, race, and class, gaining insights into human emotions and our response to an increasingly frightening world.

Professor Stevenson is an Assistant Professor of Cinema and Media Studies at the University of Chicago, currently working on her book manuscript exploring the visual language of the Internet through the lens of Black women and girls. Her published work includes contributions to liquid blackness, Feminist Media Histories, and Catalyst.

Get a drink, connect, and learn at Lectures on Tap! 🙌

Agenda

6:30 PM – Doors open: find a seat (open seating!), order food & drinks, and expect a bar line—arriving early is key.

6:55 PM – Host introduction

7:00 PM – Lecture begins

7:45 PM – Audience Q&A

8:00 PM – Have 1:1 time with the speaker, mingle with fellow guests, and order another round

8:30 PM – Wrap up.

Event Venue & Nearby Stays

River North, River North, Chicago, United States