Public programs for the week of May 5 through May 10 include:
EXHIBITS
Spotlight Exhibition Series
The Industrial Workers of the World: Selections from the Franklin and Penelope Rosemont Collection
May 1 - May 31
R. R. Donnelley Gallery
Admission to all Newberry exhibits is free.
WEDNESDAY CLUB
Sweet Swan of Avon: Did a Woman Write Shakespeare?
Wednesday, May 7
Reception 5:30 pm; Presentation 6:15 pm
Speaker: Robin P. Williams
Admission $9 ($6 for Associates of the Newberry Library at the Author Level, $100 or above)
Public programs for the week of May 12 through May 18 include:
EXHIBITS
Spotlight Exhibition Series
The Industrial Workers of the World: Selections from the Franklin and Penelope Rosemont Collection
May 1 - May 31
R. R. Donnelley Gallery
Admission to all Newberry exhibits is free.
CARTOGRAPHY AND GEOGRAPHY
Chicago Map Society: Mapping Sailboat Races in Real Time
Thursday, May 15
Reception 5:30 pm; Program 6:00 pm
Speaker: Kim Flagstad
Admission is free ($5 donation requested from non-members of the Chicago Map Society).
HISTORY: ARCHITECTURE TOURS
Great Chicago Places and Spaces Tours 2008
led by Newberry Library staff scholars
Tickets are free, but no tickets are available from the Newberry Library. Visit
www.greatchicagplaces.us to register for these and other Great Chicago Places and Spaces tours.
Chicago Commons Settlement House and Neighborhood Tour
Saturday, May 17, 10:00 am, and Sunday, May 18, 2:00 pm
Tour leader: Rachel Bohlmann
A Building for Books: The Newberry Library
Saturday, May 17, 2:00 pm
Tour leader: Diane Dillon
Public programs for the week of May 19 through May 24 include:
EXHIBITS
Spotlight Exhibition Series
The Industrial Workers of the World: Selections from the Franklin and Penelope Rosemont Collection
May 1 - May 31
R.R. Donnelley Gallery
Admission to all Newberry exhibits is free.
Public programs for the week of May 26 through May 31 include:
EXHIBITS
Exploration 2008: The Chicago Calligraphy Collective's
22nd Annual Juried Exhibition
May 28 - July 11
Hermon Dunlap Smith Gallery
Admission to all Newberry exhibits is free.
Spotlight Exhibition Series
The Industrial Workers of the World: Selections from the Franklin and Penelope Rosemont Collection
May 1 - May 31
R. R. Donnelley Gallery
Admission to all Newberry exhibits is free.
MUSIC
Chicago Opera Theater: The Origins of Handel's Orlando
Tuesday, May 27, 6:30 pm
Panel: Wendy Heller, Eleonora Stoppino, Justin Wray
Admission is free, but reservations are requested. Email Chicago Opera Theater at
education@chicagooperatheater.org or call (312) 704-2420, ext. 23.
GENEALOGY
Annual Workshop in Memory of Barbara Stenger Burditt:
Railroad Ancestors
Friday, May 30, and Saturday, May 31, 9:15 am - 3:00 pm
Speaker: Paula Stuart-Warren
Admission is free, but reservations are required. Call (312) 255-3700.