Printers Row Lit Fest has been bringing all things literary to the streets of the Printers Row neighborhood for 37 years. The festivities return for the second weekend of September with a packed schedule of events. The festival is many things to many people: a homage to the publishing industry, a shopping spree for book […]
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Race, fate, and sisterhood on the south side
“My earliest memory of myself is of my sister. My earliest understanding of my world comes from three women—my mother, grandmother, and aunt.” In her new memoir Three Girls From Bronzeville: A Uniquely American Story of Race, Fate, and Sisterhood, Dawn Turner turns her journalistic eye toward her own story, one she weaves as inextricable […]
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Lit this month
September brings us a bevy of book-related, word-inspired, and otherwise literary events. Here’s a few to pencil into your calendar. The Paper Machete has returned to its performance home in Uptown at the Green Mill, to the delight of fans. The organizers describe it as a “weekly live magazine,” and while comedians are regularly featured, […]
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It’s time once again for the two-day book bonanza that’s the Printers Row Lit Fest
Books! Books! Authors! Food! Books!
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What to check out at Printers Row 2017
Everything that’s free at the annual fest (except Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and Al Franken)
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The poop scoop on festival season
Service Sanitation porta-potties have become a ubiquitous sight at Chicago music festivals. And even if you don’t think you want to, you’re about to learn about the business that put them there.
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Printers Row Lit Fest, Mel Brooks, and more things to do in Chicago this weekend
Ribfest Chicago, Felonious Munk, and more happenings from June 10-12
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Chicago’s best summer 2016 fairs and festivals
Beer, food, comedy, art, lit, and fashion festivals—even one dedicated to hot sauce!
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Ten cool things to do in Chicago in June 2015
What to do when the final weeks of spring start turning into summer
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The best fairs and festivals in Chicago in summer 2016
Ten fairs and festivals to make the most of your summer.
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Reader’s Agenda Sat 6/7: Printers Row Lit Fest, a scavenger hunt, and Mother Falcon
What’s on the Reader‘s Agenda for Saturday, June 7
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Paula, Lidia, and Ina at Lit Fest, Rick’s art meets plate, and more
Things that are happening, from pie talk on stage to art coming down from the walls to be eaten
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Printers Row Lit Fest preview
Printers Row Lit Fest’s 30th year brings hundreds of authors and booksellers to the South Loop.
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Workshopping with Irvine Welsh
Trainspotting author Irvine Welsh joins Don De Grazia for a staged reading of their script in progress.