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  • July 2025

  • Sun 20
    Reading Came First Book Club

    ‘Reading Came First’ Book Club (Mttg. #8): Invisible Life by E. Lynn Harris

    July 20, 2025 @ 3:30 pm
    Nobody's Darling 1744 West Balmoral Ave., Chicago, IL, United States

    "Reading Came First" is a unique book club program launched...

    Free
  • Sat 26
    Chicago's Soul at the Parks Gwendolyn Brooks and Curtis Mayfield

    Chicago’s Soul: The Words and Music of Gwendolyn Brooks and Curtis Mayfield @Sherman

    July 26, 2025 @ 5:00 pm

    Chicago’s Soul: The Words and Music of Gwendolyn Brooks and...

  • August 2025

  • Sat 16
    Chicago's Soul at the Parks Gwendolyn Brooks and Curtis Mayfield

    Chicago’s Soul: The Words and Music of Gwendolyn Brooks and Curtis Mayfield @Warren

    August 16, 2025 @ 4:00 pm

    Chicago’s Soul: The Words and Music of Gwendolyn Brooks and...

    Free
  • Sun 17
    Reading Came First

    ‘Reading Came First’ Book Club (Mttg. #9): Invisible Life by E. Lynn Harris

    August 17, 2025 @ 3:30 pm
    Nobody's Darling 1744 West Balmoral Ave., Chicago, IL, United States

    Program Overview "Reading Came First" is a unique book club...

    Free
  • Sun 17
    Reading Outside Straight Lines

    Reading Outside Straight Lines: Queer Voices. Bold Stories.

    August 17, 2025 @ 5:30 pm
    Skeleton Key Brewery 8102 Lemont Rd. Unit 300, Woodridge, IL, United States

    Join us for a casual evening at Skeleton Key Brewery...

  • Sat 23
    Safe Spiritual Spaces Octavia Butler

    Reimagining Faith Within & Beyond the Church

    August 23, 2025 @ 4:30 pm
    Center on Cottage Grove 6323 S Cottage Grove Ave., Chicago, IL, United States

    Let's explore new ways to connect with our faith, both...

    Free
  • September 2025

  • Sat 6
    40th Annual Printers Row Lit Fest

    40th Annual Printers Row Lit Fest

    September 6, 2025 - September 7, 2025

    The 2025 Printers Row Lit Fest is set for Saturday,...

    Free
  • Sat 6
    Write That Down!

    Write That Down! An archival project capturing the particulars of our current moment

    September 6, 2025 @ 3:00 pm

    Hello everyone! We will be celebrating the launch of Write...

    Free
  • Sat 13
    Chicago's Soul at the Parks Gwendolyn Brooks and Curtis Mayfield

    Chicago’s Soul: The Words and Music of Gwendolyn Brooks and Curtis Mayfield @Garfield

    September 13, 2025 @ 5:00 pm

    Chicago’s Soul: The Words and Music of Gwendolyn Brooks and...

    Free
  • Tue 16
    American Writers Museum James Baldwin

    American Prophets: James Baldwin & Queer Spirituality

    September 16, 2025 @ 6:00 pm
    American Writers Museum 180 N. Michigan Ave., Chicago, IL, United States

    Despite James Baldwin’s disavowal of Christianity in his youth, he continued to...

    $10.38
  • Fri 26
    Achy Obejas Boy Kingdom

    The Boy Kingdom / El reino de los varones by Achy Obejas

    September 26, 2025 @ 7:00 pm
    Women & Children First 5233 N. Clark St., Chicago, IL, United States

    Please join us to celebrate Achy Obejas and her new book The Boy...

    Free
  • October 2025

  • Sat 4
    Kate McKinnon Chicago Humanities

    Kate McKinnon: Secrets of the Purple Pearl

    October 4, 2025 @ 2:00 pm
    Illinois Tech - Hermann Hall 3241 S. Federal St., Chicago, IL, United States

    The comedian on the second book in her bestselling series...

    $52
  • Sat 11
    Books on the Chopping Block

    Books on the Chopping Block

    October 11, 2025 @ 2:00 pm
    Edgewater Library 6000 N Broadway, Chicago, IL, United States

    Multiple Dates Banned Books Week is an annual event celebrating...

  • Mon 13
    Plogging

    Plogging after the Chicago Marathon

    October 13, 2025 @ 9:00 am
    Buckingham Fountain 301 S. Columbus Drive, Chicago, IL, United States

    Join Read & Run Chicago as we join podcaster and...

    Free
  • Fri 17
    Evening of Poetry Bookends and Beginnings

    An evening of poetry with Rosa Lane and Stephen Haven

    October 17, 2025 @ 6:00 pm
    Bookends & Beginnings 1620 Orrington Ave., Evanston, IL, United States

    Rosa Lane will read from her 4th poetry collection, Called...

    Free
  • Sat 18
    Nobody's Darling Reading Came First

    ‘Reading Came First’ Book Club (Mttg. #11): Just As I Am by E. Lynn Harris

    October 18, 2025 @ 3:30 pm
    Nobody's Darling 1744 West Balmoral Ave., Chicago, IL, United States

    "Reading Came First" is a unique book club program launched...

    Free
  • Tue 28

    Author Event: Erik Piepenburg with Monica Eng

    October 28, 2025 @ 6:30 pm
    City Lit Books 2523 N. Kedzie Blvd., Chicago, IL, United States

    Join author and New York Times journalist, Erik Piepenburg for...

    Free
  • Wed 29
    Read & Run Chicago

    Queer Literary Horror Series Fun Run with Author David Jay Collins

    October 29, 2025 @ 6:00 pm
    The Lost Hours 5256 N. Broadway, Chicago, IL, United States

    Four gay men, four addictions, one landlord from hell, and...

    $39.19
  • November 2025

  • Sat 1
    Esteem Awards Sidetrack Nov 1

    The Esteem Awards Present: Red, Pink, & Purple Polka Dot Poetry Slam

    November 1, 2025 @ 1:00 pm
    Sidetrack 3349 N. Halsted, Chicago, IL, United States

    The Esteem Awards Present: A unique and inspiring event-the first...

  • Sat 15
    Slay the Lake Horror LGBTQ Book fest

    Slay the Lake Chicago LGBTQ+ Horror Book Fest

    November 15, 2025 @ 12:00 pm
    Soundgrowler Brewing Co. 8201 183rd St., Suite P, Tinley Park, IL, United States

    Join us! Slay the Lake Chicago LGBTQ+ Horror Book Fest...

    Free
  • Thu 20

    Chicago Writers’ Bloc New Play Festival

    November 20, 2025
    City Lit Theater 1020 Bryn Mawr, Chicago, IL, United States

    All Performances at 7:30 PM 11/2: Merry Widows, the Musical...

    $25
  • Sat 22
    Banned Book Drive Rapbrary

    Banned Book Drive & Dinner

    November 22, 2025 @ 6:00 pm
    Jamii Center for Arts & Media 3850 S Indiana Ave, Chicago, IL, United States

    Celebrate the Season with Purpose   This holiday season, join...

    Free
  • December 2025

  • Fri 5
    Winter Walk Wilson

    Lesbian author Elizabeth Andre appears at Walk on Wilson’s Uptown Holiday Market

    December 5, 2025 @ 5:00 pm
    Uptown Wilson and Broadway

    The Uptown Chamber of Commerce is hosting our 11th Annual WINTER WALK ON...

  • Thu 18
    Drunk Sappho

    Drunk Sappho

    December 18, 2025 @ 6:00 pm
    4633 N. Clark St. 4633 N. Clark St., #1, Chicago, IL, United States

    Our private, members-only night where you better come ready to hold...

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