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.
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
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#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.
Challenge: Post your last photo taken in D.C. to show what a hell-hole it is. Jan 2018, my AirBnd in the very sketchy Capital Hill district. These scummy slumhouses should obviously be torn down to make way for something useful, like marching grounds for the Trumptroops.
August 11, 2025 at 9:02 PM
Challenge: Post your last photo taken in D.C. to show what a hell-hole it is. Jan 2018, my AirBnd in the very sketchy Capital Hill district. These scummy slumhouses should obviously be torn down to make way for something useful, like marching grounds for the Trumptroops.
As part of downsizing, my university has replaced all its grand pianos. Saving a lot of $$$$ on tuning and piano moving. [Keri Lee Pierson, keyboard, and Patrick Booth, sax] #readyfortheenrollmentcliff #universitydownsizing
July 29, 2025 at 10:31 PM
As part of downsizing, my university has replaced all its grand pianos. Saving a lot of $$$$ on tuning and piano moving. [Keri Lee Pierson, keyboard, and Patrick Booth, sax] #readyfortheenrollmentcliff #universitydownsizing
I am sure that the wealthy residents of Harbor Springs will be delighted to know that they are now Yoopers.
July 23, 2025 at 4:22 PM
I am sure that the wealthy residents of Harbor Springs will be delighted to know that they are now Yoopers.