Events
Bughouse Square Debates 2020
Saturday, July 25, 2020
11 a.m.-4 p.m.
Washington Square Park
901 N. Clark Street
Chicago, IL 60610
The Newberry Library again celebrates the history of the radical free speech space that was Washington Square Park, a.k.a. Bughouse Square, with a day of soapboxing, heckling, and honoring our marketplace of ideas. The Chicago Literary… read more
The Blues (In) Story
Saturday, September 5, 2020
TBA
Chicago, IL
Printers Row neighborhood (Exact location TBA)
The story of the Chicago blues runs so deep as to be almost mythical. From Junior Wells to Buddy Guy, the Maxwell Street Market to Kingston Mines, from Chess Records to Alligator Records, blues has… read more
36th Annual Printers Row Lit Fest
Saturday, Sept. 5 and Sunday, Sept. 6
9 a.m.-5 p.m.
Chicago, IL
Printers Row neighborhood (Congress Expressway to Polk Street and Federal to State Streets)
The Chicago Literary Hall of Fame will again make camp under the Poetry Foundation's tent at one of our country's finest book weekends, Printers Row Lit Fest. Headlining this year's fest is Harold Washington… read more
Induction Ceremony (Class of 2019)
Thursday, September 24, 2020
6:30-7:45 p.m.
City Lit Theater
1020 W. Bryn Mawr Ave.
Chicago, IL 60660
Since our inaugural ceremony in 2010, the Chicago Literary Hall of Fame has annually inducted a class of new authors. In this, our 10th season, we will induct and honor four authors into the pantheon… read more
Fuller Award: Reginald Gibbons
Thursday, October 29, 2020
5-7:30 p.m.
Newberry Library
60 W. Walton Street
Chicago, IL 60610
Reginald Gibbons's prolific writing career has included publication of ten full-length poetry collections; a short story collection and a novel; numerous essays, reviews, columns, and translations; and as editor a myriad of anthologies. His… read more
Great Chicago Books Club: Kathleen Rooney
POSTPONED: RESCHEDULED DATE TO BE ANNOUNCED
6:30-8:30 p.m.
Private Residence
Chicago, IL (Streeterville neighborhood)
The Great Chicago Books Club kicks off its 2020 calendar with another.....great Chicago book. Kathleen Rooney's O, Democracy! is not only a contemporary classic, but it touches on so many themes percolating in… read more
Fuller Award: Luis Alberto Urrea
POSTPONED: RESCHEDULED DATE TO BE ANNOUNCED
6-8:30 p.m.
National Museum of Mexican Art
1852 W. 19th Street
Chicago, IL 60608
A 2005 Pulitzer Prize finalist for nonfiction and member of the Latino Literature Hall of Fame, Luis Alberto Urrea is the critically acclaimed and best-selling author of 17 books, winning numerous awards for his… read more
Nighthawks
POSTPONED: RESCHEDULED DATE TO BE ANNOUNCED
7 p.m.
Hamburger Mary's
155 S. Oak Park Ave.
Oak Park, IL 60302
Edward Hopper's painting Nighthawks, which hangs in the Art Institute, has been the subject of much literary exploration. Stuart Dybek and Joyce Carol Oates are among the authors who've used… read more
Literary Chicago (A Bus Tour)
POSTPONED: RESCHEDULED DATE TO BE ANNOUNCED
TBA
Chicago Tribune
435 Michigan Ave.
Chicago, IL 60611
For nearly a century and a half, Chicago has been the setting for important literary works and the setting that enables authors to get that work done. On this four-hour bus tour, which includes stops… read more
Great Chicago Books Club: Timuel D. Black
POSTPONED: RESCHEDULED DATE TO BE ANNOUNCED
4-6 p.m.
Private Residence
Chicago, IL (Hyde Park neighborhood)
Timuel D. Black, at 101 years old, continues to add to his legacy as a remarkable Civil Rights activist, oral historian, educator, and writer. His 2019 memoir, Sacred Ground: The Chicago Streets of… read more
