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Bits and Bobs: An Extraordinary Collection of Artists' Books at the Newberry

Jill Gage

Apr 17, 2024

6:00pm–7:00pm

Hybrid – Ruggles Hall and Zoom

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Forever Vilnius Wilno Vilne: 700 Years of a Multicultural City

Rimvydas Petrauskas

May 02, 2024

6:00pm–7:30pm

Hybrid – Ruggles Hall and Zoom

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Genealogy 101: An Introduction to Genealogical Research at the Newberry

May 04, 2024

9:30am–10:30am

At the Newberry – Rettinger Hall

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Writers on Writing: Jericho Brown and Robyn Schiff

May 09, 2024

6:00pm–7:00pm

Hybrid – Ruggles Hall and Zoom

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Indigenous Archival Activism: Mohican Interventions in Public History and Memory

May 19, 2024

12:00pm–12:40pm

Off-site – Chicago Public Library's Harold Washington Center

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Visionary Poet and Painter: Etel Adnan of Lebanon

Taught by Laurel Harig-Khan

Weekly on Tuesdays, Apr 30–May 14, 2024

6:00pm–7:30pm

Online

Event—Adult Education

American Murals and Muralists of the 1920s, ’30s, and ’40s

Taught by Kathleen Murphy Skolnik

Weekly on Saturdays, Apr 27–May 11, 2024

1:00pm–3:00pm

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Event—Adult Education

The Railroad in Popular Fiction

Taught by Chad Beharriell

Weekly on Thursdays, Apr 25–May 09, 2024

6:00pm–7:30pm

Online

Event—Adult Education

Poetry in Dialogue: A Writing Workshop

Taught by Julie Benesh

Weekly on Tuesdays, Apr 16–May 07, 2024

5:30pm–7:30pm

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Harold Lucas: A Bronzeville Historian’s Lasting Kinship

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A Nineteenth Century Portrait and a Complex History

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