Chicago’s annual literary festival continues through October 30, with readings and book signings by local and national writers, poets, and scholars as well as discussions, lectures, workshops, tours, and children’s activities at bookstores, public libraries, and other venues. Some events feature the city’s “One Book, One Chicago” selection, Tim O’Brien’s National Book Award-winning novel The Things They Carried. Admission is free unless otherwise noted. For more information call 312-747-4300, see www.chicagopubliclibrary.org, or contact the hosting venues.
Artists Emily Reiser and Jill Summers show how their books are made. Noon: Mid-day Club, Bank One Plaza, 10 S. Dearborn, 56th floor. $25 (includes lunch). 312-255-3710. Reservations required.
Stories for kids ages two through ten. 10 AM to 4 PM: Marshall Field’s, ninth floor, 111 N. State. 312-781-4483.
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“A Lesson Before Dying”
Film screening. 1 PM: Harold Washington Library Center, video theater, 400 S. State. 312-747-1194. See Movies for capsule review.
Margaret T.G. Burroughs
