Royko
1
Chicago Style: Mike Royko and Windy City Journalism
(Newberry Library)
Photographs, news clippings, selected writings, and ephemera drawing from the Mike Royko Papers.
Through September 28
2
Get Lit: Grown-Up Book Fair
(American Writers Museum)
A night of pop-up book stands and other festivities for bookworms looking to mix and mingle.
July 9, 5:30pm
3
Fuller Award Ceremony Honoring Patricia Smith for Lifetime Achievement
(Poetry Foundation)
Chicago Literary Hall of Fame bestows its Fuller Award for the sixteenth time. Featuring Chicago Poet Laureate avery r. young, Nora Brooks Blakely, Reginald Gibbons, Poetry Out Loud National Champion Niveah Glover, Adrian Matejka, Marc Smith and Jamila Woods.
July 11, 6pm
4
A Bigger Table: 50 Years of the Chicago Poetry Center
(Poetry Foundation)
Opening celebration for the exhibition exploring a half century of a seminal literary institution
July 13, 2pm
5
NewberryFest
(Newberry Library)
A new summer event promises “collection presentations, guided tours, information sessions” and more.
July 20, 10am-4pm
