A new exhibit at the American Writers Museum featres prominent and lesser-known Black authors, poets, and journalists.
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Flashpoints, free speech, and the law
Last week, amid the usual tsunami of grim news about inflation, mass shootings, pandemic, and war, came word that the New York Court of Appeals is considering whether the Bronx Zoo is violating the rights of Happy, an Asian elephant who’s lived there for more than four decades, by confining her to a portion of […]
The American Writers Museum creates a digital experience during COVID-19
The museum quickly adapted to pandemic pressures with rich online content and virtual events.
Academy Awards Nominations Panel at Siskel Film Center, and more of the best things to do in Chicago this week
Daisies hosts a fermentation dinner, Eve L. Ewing at Read/Write Library, and more goings-on January 22-25
The Chicago Air and Water Show, the inaugural Tacos y Tamales Festival, and more of the best things to do in Chicago this weekend
The Annoyance Theatre’s Sad Clown, Chicago Literary Hall of Fame Induction of Roger Ebert, After Dark at the Art Institute of Chicago, and more to do the weekend of 8/18-8/20.
American Writers Museum is just a dead writers’ society
A new “national” institution presents a touch-screen literary history.
Alderman Ameya Pawar promises to run on a progressive platform in 2018 Illinois gubernatorial race, and other news
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Does the American Writers Museum plan need an edit?
Will visitors to the proposed Michigan Avenue space pay money for info that’s a tap away on their phones?