The Ruiz Branch is closed Saturday, September 28, due to a malfunctioning fire alarm.
Signature Event
Saturday, January 25, 2020
2:00pm
In Person
Fifty years ago, Chicago’s Black Panther Party formed an unlikely alliance in one of the most segregated cities in America. Intent on addressing po...
Signature Event
Thursday, January 23, 2020
6:30pm
In Person
Drawing from new book Health Justice Now, activist and author Timothy Faust makes the case for a single-...
Signature Event
Wednesday, January 22, 2020
6:30pm
In Person
Facing overwhelming obstacles, Jews and others in occupied Europe resisted Nazi rule in a variety of ways during World War II. Some instigated u...
Signature Event
Tuesday, January 14, 2020
6:30pm
In Person
As the civil rights movement waned in the 1960s and early ’70s, federal programs promoted a new means of racial equality: the franchising of McDona...
Signature Event
Sunday, January 12, 2020
1:30pm
In Person
Sigmund Freud, the celebrated father of psychoanalysis, often referenced literature and theater in his analytic theory. The annual Searc...
Signature Event
Friday, December 13, 2019
6:00pm
In Person
Start the holiday season with a festival at the Library, overlooking the beautiful Plaza lights. Listen to live music while enjoying cookies and a...
Signature Event
Thursday, December 12, 2019
6:30pm
In Person
An heiress who preferred big-game hunting to debutante balls, Gertrude “Gertie” Legendre was interesting enough to be an inspiration for a 1928 Broadw...
Signature Event
Wednesday, December 11, 2019
6:30pm
In Person
Author and activist Helen LaKelly Hunt recalls the event that launched the women’s rights movement in our country – the first Anti-Sl...
Signature Event
Sunday, December 8, 2019
2:00pm
In Person
Recorded by Dylan Thomas in 1952 and published in book form two years later, A Child’s Christmas in Wales endures as one of the...
Signature Event
Thursday, December 5, 2019
6:30pm
In Person
Author John A. Farrell examines our nation’s 37th president and the relevance of his career and complex legacy in the era of Trump in...