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  • An Evening with James McBride

    Online IL, United States

    Illinois Libraries Present James McBride, an award-winning author, musician, and screenwriter. His landmark memoir, The Color of Water, was published in 1996 and is considered an American classic, read in […]

  • Slowing Down with Amy Tan

    Online IL, United States

    National Humanities Medal winner and bestselling author of The Joy Luck Club, Amy Tan joins us to share on her body of work and reflect on the wonder of slowing […]

  • Exploring Space with Coralie Adam

    Online IL, United States

    Get an inside look at the space industry with Illinois’ own Coralie Adam. She’ll be joined in conversation by Renae Kerrigan, Curator of Science and Director of the Dome Planetarium […]

  • The Art of Foraging with Alexis Nikole Nelson

    Online IL, United States

    Alexis Nikole Nelson is a forager and an outdoor educator using her platforms, TikTok account alexisnikole and Instagram page blackforager, to celebrate all the edible plants hiding in plain sight. […]

  • Art and Adventures with Author/Illustrator Dan Santat

    Online IL, United States

    Join bestselling author and illustrator Dan Santat for an afternoon event all about books and art with friend and collaborator, author Minh Lê. Dan Santat is the author and illustrator […]

  • Poverty: A Discussion with Matthew Desmond

    Online IL, United States

    Join us to close out our fourth season with bestselling author Matthew Desmond in conversation with award-winning journalist, Natalie Moore. Desmond is a professor of sociology at Princeton University and […]