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Skyline Village Chicago and the Near North Library host nonagenarian and new author Nancy Stevenson. Stevenson will discuss the process that led to the publication of her novel Long Reach. Although Stevenson has been in the public eye for…
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Who invented the Italian beef and giardiniera? How did the ingredients on the Chicago hot dog come together? What's a jibarito? How did Chicago become the home of the Jim Shoe, mild sauce and taffy grapes?
Learn the answer to these…
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Join us as Author Kennedy B. answers questions about story telling process and discusses one of her latest releases. Get a listen of her latest Audible release!
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Registration required (16 spots remaining)Register for event Each week we will read a picture book, briefly meet the illustrator who created the art and then enjoy some time creating and sharing art made in the style of the book. Some illustrators will join us live on Zoom, while others…
Registration opens December 17 at 12:00amEach week we will read a picture book, briefly meet the illustrator who created the art and then enjoy some time creating and sharing art made in the style of the book. Some illustrators will join us live on Zoom, while others…
Registration opens December 17 at 12:00am- ,Online event
Joss loves books, coffee and traveling—especially to the wild places of Southern Africa and, well, anywhere. She’s the author of over seventy books, the majority published by Harlequin Presents and Harlequin Desire. Some books in Joss's…
Registration closes January 23 at 2:00pm (30 spots remaining)Register for event Each week we will read a picture book, briefly meet the illustrator who created the art and then enjoy some time creating and sharing art made in the style of the book. Some illustrators will join us live on Zoom, while others…
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Chicago Public Library is pleased to host the podcast launch party of Division Street Revisited. A podcast team led by Pulitzer Prize winner Mary Schmich follows up on the stories of “uncelebrated” people from Studs Terkel’s…
Illustrious Illustrators
CanceledEach week we will read a picture book, briefly meet the illustrator who created the art and then enjoy some time creating and sharing art made in the style of the book. Some illustrators will join us live on Zoom, while others…
Each week we will read a picture book, briefly meet the illustrator who created the art and then enjoy some time creating and sharing art made in the style of the book. Some illustrators will join us live on Zoom, while others…
Registration opens December 17 at 12:00am- ,
Chicago author Renée Rosen appears in conversation with fellow local author Shelby Van Pelt to discuss Rosen's new book, Let's Call Her Barbie.
Renée Rosen is the USA Today bestselling author of Fifth Avenue Glamour Girl, The Social…
Each week we will read a picture book, briefly meet the illustrator who created the art and then enjoy some time creating and sharing art made in the style of the book. Some illustrators will join us live on Zoom, while others…
Registration opens December 17 at 12:00amEach week we will read a picture book, briefly meet the illustrator who created the art and then enjoy some time creating and sharing art made in the style of the book. Some illustrators will join us live on Zoom, while others…
Registration opens December 17 at 12:00am- ,
Chicago author Donna Seaman appears in conversation with fellow local author Alex Kotlowitz to discuss Seaman's new book, River Of Books.
With the infectious curiosity of an inveterate bibliophile and the prose of a fine…
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In collaboration with the Clarence Darrow Commemorative Committee, the library is pleased to present an event 100 years in the making. The explosion of book- and idea-banning in schools and libraries across the country might seem…
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Join CPL and American Writers Museum for the kickoff event for the American Writers Museum's new exhibit and program initiative, American Prophets. American Prophets explores how the nation's leading writers address religion and…
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CPL welcomes journalist Mary Annette Pember to discuss her new book Medicine River: A Story of Survival and the Legacy of Indian Boarding Schools.
Ojibwe journalist Mary Annette Pember’s mother was forced to…