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Home » Women & Children First

Tag: Women & Children First

Posted inArts & Culture

The Beauty of Your Face isn’t afraid to get ugly

by Deanna Isaacs July 22, 2020August 18, 2021

In Sahar Mustafah’s debut novel, The Beauty of Your Face, a terrorist attack opens a window on the story of a Palestinian American family in Chicago.

Posted inNews & Politics

The new normal

by Rachel Hawley June 10, 2020August 18, 2021

What the aftermath of coronavirus will bring for Chicago’s small businesses

Posted inArts & Culture

Peruse these virtual bookshelves

by S. Nicole Lane April 27, 2020August 18, 2021

Ditch Amazon and support local bookstores.

Posted inArts & Culture

A writer surveys the transformation of Chicago’s literary landscape

by Max Grinnell May 29, 2019August 18, 2021

“Does anyone ever enter a bookstore just to purchase a book?”

Posted inArts & Culture

Lit recs for the reader exhausted by the weight of history

by Aimee Levitt December 3, 2018August 18, 2021

The current book obsessions of Reader culture editor Aimee Levitt and essayist and Women & Children First co-owner Sarah Hollenbeck.

Posted inBlogs

Malcolm London and more of the best things to do this week in Chicago

by Steve Heisler April 2, 2018August 18, 2021

The release of My Lady’s Choosing and more goings-on 4/2-4/5

Posted inBlogs

Broadway in Chicago Summer Concert in Millennium Park, and more of the best things to do in Chicago this week

by Emily Wasielewski August 14, 2017August 18, 2021

James Brown vs. Charlie Brown, iO’s Musical Improv Festival, and more things to do August 14-17

Posted inBlogs

Renegade Craft Fair Pop-Up in Pilsen, Home Theater Festival, and more things to do in Chicago this weekend

by Brianna Wellen May 12, 2017August 18, 2021

Morgan Parker talks There Are More Beautiful Things Than Beyoncé, Mother’s Day Brunch, and more happenings from May 12-14

Posted inBlogs

Chicago Zine Fest, Obscura Day 2017, and more things to do in Chicago this weekend

by Brianna Wellen May 5, 2017August 18, 2021

Nasty Women Art Chicago, Osama Alomar, and more happenings from May 5-7.

Posted inBlogs

Alvin Ailey, Journalism in the Age of Trump, and more things to do in Chicago this week

by Brianna Wellen March 20, 2017August 18, 2021

Dmitry Samarov’s exhibit “In Taverns,” Hidden Figures Revealed, Drunk [Redacted] Talks, and more happenings from March 20-23

Posted inBlogs

Dystopian novels are dominating best-seller lists

by Michael Miner January 31, 2017August 18, 2021

Read the book, then live the nightmare.

Posted inArts & Culture

Women & Children First starts a Conversation about art and resisting the new administration

by Aimee Levitt January 25, 2017August 18, 2021

The bookstore’s new monthly series explores the intersection of books and politics

Posted inBlogs

Feminist Happy Hour, “Off the Wall,” and more things to do in Chicago this week

by Jack Ladd January 16, 2017August 18, 2021

Ice Cream Beer Social, Kim Kong: Comedy Monster, and more happenings from January 16-19.

Posted inBlogs

Things to do in Chicago: Bang Bang Pie dinner, a reflection on Obama, and more

by Brianna Wellen January 9, 2017August 18, 2021

Gender in the Old-Time Saloon, Write Club, and more happenings from January 9-12

Posted inArts & Culture

The year in Chicago bookstores

by Aimee Levitt December 21, 2016August 18, 2021

Amazon is coming, but the indies have built a true community for the city’s readers

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