Now I Lay Me Down: Hemingway in Paris
Sunday, September 8, 2019
6-8 p.m.
Hamburger Mary's
155 S. Oak Park Ave.
Oak Park, IL 60302
Ernest Hemingway, native of Oak Park and inaugural inductee into the Chicago Literary Hall of Fame, recounted in A Moveable Feast his legendary travels and acquaintances as a struggling young author in 1920s Paris. June Sawers adapted the memoir, along with excerpts from his letters, to capture the essence of Hemingway’s experience in Paris…
Great Chicago Book Sale
Saturday, August 17, 2019
10 a.m.-3 p.m.
Euclid Avenue United Methodist Church
405 S. Euclid Ave.
Oak Park, IL 60302
This fundraiser will feature a large assortment of used books, including a large number of collectible copies. Among the Chicago authors who've signed books for this sale: Peter Anderson, Carol Anshaw, Elizabeth Berg, Rosellen Brown, Michael Burke, Daniel Burns, Susanna Calkins, Elizabeth Crane, Albert DeGenova, Rita Dragonette, Stuart Dybek,…
Great Chicago Books Club: Audrey Niffenegger
Sunday, July 28, 2019
5-7:30 p.m.
Chicago, IL
Private Home
TBA
Our Great Chicago Books Club on Sunday, July 28, will feature Audrey Niffeneggers’s The Time Traveler’s Wife, the author’s debut novel and a long-standing bestseller. The Newberry Library, which is the start of our Gold Coast Literary Tour, features prominently in the story. The evening begins with cocktails at five p.m.,…
Bughouse Square Debates
Saturday, July 27, 2019
12-4 p.m.
Washington Square Park
901 N. Clark Street
Chicago, IL
The Bughouse Square Debates are free and open to the public, and happening in conjunction with Newberry Library's annual book fair. The afternoon is an homage to Bughouse Square's history of lively debate and a celebration of free speech. No registration required. The Newberry always offers the CLHOF a free table to pass out our literature…
Nelson Algren and Wicker Park Literary Tour
Sunday, July 7, 2019
2:30-4 p.m.
Meet: Nelson Algren Statue, Polish Triangle at Division, Ashland, and Milwaukee Aves.
End: Lottie’s, 1925 W. Cortland, Chicago
The author of Chicago: City on the Make and The Man with the Golden Arm spent much of his life near the Polish Triangle, and both he and his characters bopped about the Wicker Park and Bucktown neighborhoods for many decades. On this walking tour, we’ll visit the places that figured prominently in Algren’s life and work, and investigate…
Downtown Chicago Literary Tour II
Saturday, June 15, 2019
10 a.m.-Noon
Chicago Cultural Center
78 E. Washington Street
Chicago, IL 60602
Downtown Chicago, with important cultural institutions like the Chicago Cultural Center, Palmer House, and the Fine Arts Building, features a wide array of historic literary sites. In this part of the city, where skyscrapers and other iconic buildings dot the landscape, authors have made deep footprints. Chicago’s finest authors, along…
Wicker Park/Nelson Algren Walking Tour
Sunday, June 9, 2019
Noon-1:30 p.m.
Polish Triangle
Intersection of Milwaukee, Ashland, and Division
Chicago, IL
The author of Chicago: City on the Make and The Man with the Golden Arm spent much of his life near the Polish Triangle, and both he and his characters bopped about the Wicker Park and Bucktown neighborhoods for many decades. On this walking tour, we’ll visit the places that figured prominently in Algren’s life and…
The Oracle of Bronzeville: The Making of the Gwendolyn Brooks Monument
Saturday, June 1, 2019
2-4 p.m.
Carver 47 Cafe
Little Black Pearl
1060 E. 47th Street
Chicago, IL 60653
All students, parents, teachers and friends will be invited to view Rana Segal’s documentary Gwendolyn Brooks: The Oracle of Bronzeville at the Carver 47 Cafe. The 20-plus minute film captures the sculptor Margot McMahon throughout her process of researching, sculpting, casting, and installing the historic bronze portrait. Poetry readings…
Downtown Chicago Literary Tour
Saturday, May 11, 2019
10 a.m. to Noon
Chicago Cultural Center
78 E. Washington St.
Chicago, IL 60602
Downtown Chicago, with important cultural institutions like the Chicago Cultural Center, Art Institute, and the Fine Arts Building, features a wide array of historic literary sites. In this part of the city, where skyscrapers and other iconic buildings dot the landscape, authors have made deep footprints. Chicago’s finest authors, along with…
Fuller Award: Sara Paretsky
Thursday, May 9, 2019
5-7 p.m.
Newberry Library (Free Tickets Required)
60 W. Walton Street
Chicago, IL 60610
On Thursday, May 9, author Sara Paretsky will receive the Chicago Literary Hall of Fame's Fuller Award for lifetime achievement at the Newberry Library. A host of speakers, including Lori Rader Day, Ann Christophersen, Dominick Abel, Donna Seaman, Neil Harris, Heather Ash, and Margaret Kinsman, will give short tributes highlighting Sara's…
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