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T.C. Boyle

2010-02-01T12:00:00-06:00

Monday, February 1 6:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Cindy Pritzker Auditorium
T. C. Boyle Date: Mon. February 01, 2010 Time: 6:00 pm Location: Harold Washington Library Center Cindy Pritzker Auditorium 400 S. State Street 60605 About this event: T.C. Boyle, one of the most acclaimed American writers of today, will read from and sign his new collection of stories, Wild Child. The fourteen stories gathered here display both Boyle’s astonishing range and his imaginative storytelling. Nature is the dominant player in many of the stories and all are incisive and entertaining with his trademark wit and socially conscious sensibility.

Gerald Walker

2010-02-03T12:00:00-06:00

Wednesday, February 3 6:00 PM - 7:00 PM
HWLC - Chicago Authors Room
Jerald Walker Date: Wed. February 03, 2010 Time: 6:00 pm Location: Harold Washington Library Center Authors Room 400 S. State Street 60605 About this event: Chicago author Jerald Walker reads from and signs his new memoir, Street Shadows: A Memoir of Race, Rebellion, and Redemption. In this moving and masterfully told story, Walker reveals his own struggles growing up in Chicago housing projects, a boy of great promise, his decent into the 'thug life' and the wakeup call that led to him finding himself again. It is an eloquent account of how the past shadows but need not determine the present.

A Snapshot of a Day in the Life of Your Library

2010-02-09T18:00:00-06:00

Wednesday, February 10
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Join Illinois libraries and participate in "Snapshot of a Day" by collecting Statistics, comments, and photographs from the day to provide indisputable proof that libraries consistently provide invaluable services to our community. Illinois libraries are being requested to collect statistics in eight areas: Customer Visits/Door Count Internet/Public Computer Number of Reference Questions Children Participating in Programs Adults Participating in Programs Circulation Total for the Day Date Base Usage Web Page Hits Eventually, libraries are being requested to record these statistics using Survey Monkey.

Wells Tower Presented by Writers on the Record with Victoria Lautman

2010-02-11T12:00:00-06:00

Thursday, February 11 6:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Cindy Pritzker Auditorium
Writers on the Record with Victoria Lautman presents Wells Tower Date: Thu. February 11, 2010 Time: 6:00 pm Location: Harold Washington Library Center Cindy Pritzker Auditorium 400 S. State Street 60605 Program: Writers on the Record with Victoria Lautman About this event: Best selling author Wells Tower joins host Victoria Lautman for a discussion of his writing and his book Ravaged, Everything Burned. When Tower published his first story collection last year, the response was frenzied: Everything Ravaged, Everything Burned sold out within weeks, garnering intense praise and a vast fan-base. Tower's characters experience humiliation, anger, and loneliness, but told with astounding wit and tenderness. Writers on the Record with Victoria Lautman is a partnership with the Chicago Public Library and 98.7WFMT Radio. The interview will be broadcast on Sunday, February 14th, at noon.

Patti Smith

2010-02-21T08:00:00-06:00

Sunday, February 21 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Cindy Pritzker Auditorium
Patti Smith Date: Sun. February 21, 2010 Time: 2:00 pm Location: Harold Washington Library Center Cindy Pritzker Auditorium 400 S. State Street 60605 About this event: Patti Smith, the world renowned writer, musician and visual artist, discusses and signs her new book, Just Kids, a memoir of her time in New York with Robert Mapplethorpe. It was the summer Coltrane died, the summer of love and riots, and the summer when a chance encounter in Brooklyn led two young people on a path of art, devotion and initiation. Smith would evolve as a poet and performer and Mapplethorpe would direct his highly provocative style toward photography. Just Kids begins as a love story and ends as an elegy. It is a fascinating look at New York City in the late sixties and seventies and a beautiful portrait of two young artists’ prelude to fame. Cosponsored by Borders Books and Music. Please note: Seating is very limited and provided on a first come, first served basis. The Library opens at 1 p.m. and the Cindy Pritzker Auditorium doors open at 1:30 p.m.