Chicago’s annual literary festival, formerly known as Chicago Book Week, is now a monthlong event. This year’s edition runs through October 30, with readings and book signings by local and national writers, poets, and scholars as well as discussions, lectures, workshops, and children’s activities at locations throughout the city. Admission is free unless otherwise noted. For more information call 312-747-4300, see www.chicagopubliclibrary.org, or contact the hosting venues.
“The Virtuoso: Ideals and Realities of Italian Renaissance Art”
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International Literary Hall of Fame for Writers of African Descent
The performance artist and writer reads from Some of the Parts. 7:30 PM: Barbara’s Bookstore, 1350 N. Wells. 312-642-5044.
Discussion of Willa Cather’s My Antonia. 10 AM. Chicago Public Library, Thurgood Marshall branch, 7506 S. Racine. 312-747-5927.
“Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel”
