Saturday, February 8, 2025
7-9:30 p.m.
Colvin House
5940 N. Sheridan
Chicago, IL 60660
Registration is now open. For the fifth straight year, the Chicago Literary Hall of Fame will host a cocktail fundraiser. We return to the Colvin House, where we'll split time between the opulent art…
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Saturday, March 29, 2025
10 a.m.-3 p.m.
Robert J. Quinn Chicago Fire Academy
558 W De Koven St, Chicago, IL 60607
(Bus leaves and returns here)
On this five-hour tour of Chicago, we’ll visit sites associated with events like The Great Chicago Fire and the Leopold & Loeb Murder Trial; places like “Millionaires Row” and Camp Douglas; institutions like the old…
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Tuesday, April 29, 2025
TBA
American Writers Museum
180 N. Michigan Avenue
Chicago, IL 60601
Artist Mary Livoni's short film, The Apprentice, is based on Stuart Dybek's short story by the same name. The atmospheric, vibrantly shot film tells the story of a boy and his uncle.…
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Saturday, May 17, 2025
2 p.m.
Harold Washington Library Center
400 S. State Street
Reception Hall (Lower Level)
Chicago
The Randall Albers Young Writers Award returns for its third year. On Saturday, May 17, we will present awards to young writers of both prose and poetry and listen as they read aloud from their…
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Saturday, June 28, 2025
1-4 p.m.
Margate Park Field House
4921 N. Marine Drive
Chicago, IL 60640
(Tour begins and ends here)
This three-hour walking tour takes us to the former residences of notable Chicago writers, as well as institutions and streets with literary associations. We’ll learn a bit about authors George R.R. Martin, Margaret Anderson, John…
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Chicago Literary Hall of Fame
Email: Don Evans
4043 N. Ravenswood Ave., #222
Chicago, IL 60613
773.414.2603