Roots Handmade Pizza
Events at this venue
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Books & Brews: Trace: Memory, History, Race, and the American Landscape
Roots Handmade Pizza 1924 West Chicago Avenue, Chicago, United StatesJoin 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 Trace by Lauret Savoy, a provocative and powerful mosaic of personal journeys and historical inquiry across a continent and time, exploring how the country’s still unfolding history, and ideas of “race,” have marked […]
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Books & Brews: Before We Were Yours
Roots Handmade Pizza 1924 West Chicago Avenue, Chicago, United StatesJoin 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 Before We Were Yours by Lisa Wingate, a story about two families, two generations apart, linked by a notorious real life scandal. Copies of the book are available for checkout at the West […]
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American Experience Book Club: Pale Rider
Roots Handmade Pizza 1924 West Chicago Avenue, Chicago, United StatesFrom 1918 - 1920, one of the most horrific worldwide epidemics left over 50 million dead and was one of the greatest disasters of all time. In Pale Rider: the Spanish Flu of 1918 and How it Changed the World, author Laura Spivey delves into how the virus travelled globally, not only affecting areas of treatment […]
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Books & Brews: Radium Girls
Roots Handmade Pizza 1924 West Chicago Avenue, Chicago, United StatesJoin 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 The Radium Girls by Kate Moore, the […]
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Books & Brews: Red Clocks
Roots Handmade Pizza 1924 West Chicago Avenue, Chicago, United StatesJoin 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 […]
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Candidates Forum
Roots Handmade Pizza 1924 West Chicago Avenue, Chicago, United StatesChicago's election for mayor, alderman and other city offices is Feb. 26. The first Monday in February will be a Candidates Forum upstairs at Roots Pizza, 1924 W. Chicago Ave. Candidates in ward and citywide races will give short statements, mingle and answer voter questions. The Feb. 4 event starts at 6:30pm. Sponsors are Chicago […]
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Books & Brews: The Hike
Roots Handmade Pizza 1924 West Chicago Avenue, Chicago, United StatesJoin 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 The Hike by Drew Magary, a fantastical novel about a guy who takes a routine walk and finds himself on a trail that is totally surreal, scary and wholly original. Copies of […]
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Books and Brews: Dreamland: The True Tale of America’s Opiate Epidemic
Roots Handmade Pizza 1924 West Chicago Avenue, Chicago, United StatesJoin us at Roots Pizza for our monthly Books and Brews book discussion, a book club that meets at a bar/restaurant. This month we'll discuss Dreamland by Sam Quinones. Copies of the […]
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Books & Brews: Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?
Roots Handmade Pizza 1924 West Chicago Avenue, Chicago, United StatesJoin 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 the One Book, One Chicago selection: Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Phillip K. Dick. Copies of the book are available for checkout at the West Town Branch Library. This event is for […]
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Books and Brews: The Coyote’s Bicycle
Roots Handmade Pizza 1924 West Chicago Avenue, Chicago, United StatesJoin us at Roots Pizza for our monthly Books and Brews book discussion, a book club that meets at a bar/restaurant. This month we'll discuss The Coyote's Bicycle. Copies of the book are available for check out at the West Town Branch Library. This event is for ages 21 and up.