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Westside Stories: A Performance by the Homan Square Story Elders

Richard M. Daley Library 733 N. Kedzie, Chicago

Storytelling is going on all over Chicago and the nation and now it comes to the Westside.  The Homan Square Story Elders are part of the Goodman Theater's GeNarrations writing workshops. They tell stories of the Westside and their family's migration from Mississippi roots to Lawndale. Stories of family gatherings, church and work.  Conflicts and reconciliation. Their stories are […]

Books & Brews: Red Clocks

Roots Handmade Pizza 1924 West Chicago Avenue, Chicago

Join us at Roots Pizza for our monthly Books & Brews book discussion, a book club that meets at a bar/restaurant. This month we'll discuss Red Clocks by Leni Zumas, a fictional novel in the vein of Margaret Atwood about five women in a post-reproductive rights America. Copies of the book are available for checkout at the West […]