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...
by midland | Jul 18, 2019 | Uncategorized
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by midland | Jul 18, 2019 | History
Part 2: Getting Organized BY ROBERT LOERZEL The authors who gathered at the Auditorium Hotel in Chicago on November 28, 1914, didn’t expect a free dinner. But they were somewhat stunned when the writer who’d invited them, John M. Stahl, picked up the tab for everyone....
by midland | Jul 17, 2019 | History
Part 1: This is a new subtitle BY ROBERT LOERZEL In 1914, Carl Sandburg called Chicago “Hog Butcher for the World.” Edgar Lee Masters, a Chicago lawyer born in Kansas, was giving voice to the common folk buried in a cemetery in the fictional town of Spoon River. Other...
by midland | Apr 9, 2019 | Past Events
Tuesday, April 9, 2019 Cocktail hour: 6-7 pm; Panel discussion: 7-8 pm Cliff Dwellers Club, 200 S. Michigan Ave. 22nd floor penthouse—with a terrific view of Millennium Park! Free, open to the public. Free appetizers, cash bar. Come hear acclaimed author Rosellen...
by midland | Mar 12, 2019 | Past Events
Tuesday, March 12, 2019 Cocktail hour: 6-7 pm; Panel discussion: 7-8 pm Cliff Dwellers Club, 200 S. Michigan Ave. 22nd floor penthouse—with a terrific view of Millennium Park! Free, open to the public. Free appetizers, cash bar. Bryan Smith will discuss “The...
