by Greg Borzo | Sep 15, 2020 | Past Events
Tuesday, Oct. 13, 2020, 7-8:15 p.m. Free, open to the public. No registration required. This meeting will be conducted by Zoom. Enter this URL in your browser: https://uic.zoom.us/j/9987216609 Marlene Brill, moderator, Midland Authors Vice President and Awards Chair ...
by Greg Borzo | Sep 3, 2020 | Past Events
NewYorkTimes bestselling author and Chicago’s own Rick Perlstein discusses his new book Reaganland: America’s Right Turn, 1976-1980 Tuesday, Sept. 8, 2020, 6:00 – 7:15 p.m Free; open to the public. Join us via Zoom with this link: https://uic.zoom.us/j/9987216609 ...
by Greg Borzo | Aug 10, 2020 | Past Events
Tuesday, August 9, 2022 Cocktail hour: 6-7 pm; Panel discussion: 7-8 pm at the Cliff Dwellers Club, 200 S. Michigan Ave., 22ndfloor penthouse—with a great view of Millennium Park! Free, open to the public; suggested donation of $5; free appetizers, cash bar...
by Robert Loerzel | May 11, 2020 | Awards
The Society of Midland Authors today revealed the winners of its 2020 awards for the best books written by Midwest authors and published in 2019, and announced that its annual awards dinner has been canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The dinner, which features...
by Greg Borzo | Feb 10, 2020 | Past Events
eminent historian Ann Durkin Keating in conversation with Greg Borzo, Midland Authors Event Chair. Tuesday, March 10, 2020 at the Cliff Dwellers See the video here, recorded by CAN-TV Juliette Kinzie is one of Chicago’s forgotten founders. She arrived in...
by midland | Feb 9, 2020 | Past Events
MIDLAND AUTHORS presents: Lori Rader-Day; Patricia Skalka; Tracy Clark; Sam Reaves The Mystery Behind Mystery Writing Tuesday, Feb. 11, 2020; Cocktail hour: 6-7 pm; Panel discussion: 7-8 pm Free, open to the public. Free appetizers, cash bar. at the Cliff...
by midland | Jan 1, 2020 | Past Events
MIDLAND AUTHORS PRESENTS: Margaret McMullan • Rich Lindberg • Donna Urbikas • David W. Berner Tuesday, January 14, 2020, at the Harold Washington Library McMullan: Where the Angels Lived: One Family’s Story of Exile, Loss and Return “McMullan has written a beautiful...
by midland | Nov 12, 2019 | Past Events
Tuesday, November 12, 2019 Cliff Dwellers Club, 200 S. Michigan Ave. Free, open to the public. Free appetizers, cash bar. Authors Michael C. Dorf and George Van Dusen draw on scores of interviews and unprecedented access to private papers to illuminate the life of a...
by midland | Sep 17, 2019 | Past Events
Tuesday, October 8, 2019 Cliff Dwellers Club, 200 S. Michigan Ave. Free, open to the public. Free appetizers, cash bar. Join Stuart Dybek (author of several books, including The Coast of Chicago), Dominic Pacyga (author of several books, including American Warsaw: The...
by Luke Renn | Sep 10, 2019 | Past Events
Tuesday, September 10, 2019 Harold Washington Library Center Cindy Pritzker Auditorium 400 S State St, Chicago, IL 60605 Authors Flint Taylor, Ed Bachrach and Austin Berg discuss Chicago’s torturous past—and its chances for reform. Author and former alderman Dick...
