Since the Newberry Library's founding in 1887 we have provided programs in the humanities for people throughout the Chicago metropolitan region. Today, through series of public lectures, meet the author events, exhibitions, concerts, seminars, and other programs, you can explore history, literature, music and the arts.

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Exhibitions / Newberry Consort / Adult Education Seminars
Wednesday Club / Annual Events

April

1 Wednesday

Registration opens for summer term, Adult Education Seminars

 1 Wednesday, 5:30 pm reception; 6:15 pm presentation

WEDNESDAY CLUB
President Obama Changes Sports: Olympics in Chicago, Players Union Power, and Gender Equity, Lester Munson.  Admission fee.

2 Thursday, 6:00 pm

New Views on the Aztec World: Gods, Gold, and Writing, Guilhem Olivier Durdand, Elizabeth Baquedano, Ellen T. Baird

 4 Saturday, 9:30 am

Genealogy and Local History Orientation

 4 Saturday, 9 am- noon;  afternoon session at Alliance Française

FOURTH ANNUAL CAXTON CLUB/NEWBERRY LIBRARY SYMPOSIUM ON THE BOOK
Pillage, punishment, and Provenance: Books as Victims of Crime, Sem Sutter, Sara Malton, Jennifer Larson, Alice Schreyer, Susan Allen, Michael Thompson, Brian Brusokas, William Butts

7 Tuesday, 5:30 pm reception, 6:00 pm presentation

GEOGRAPHIC SOCIETY OF CHICAGO
Environmental Inequalities and Hurricanes in New Orleans, Craig E. Colten

16 Thursday

  23 Thursday, 5:30 pm reception, 6:00 pm presentation

CHICAGO MAP SOCIETY
What to Do with Your Stuff When the Kids Don't Want It: A Panel Discussion on the Future of Your Collection, George Ritzlin, Allan Meyer, Art Holzheimer, and Bob Karrow

25 Saturday, 10:00 am

THE SHAKESPEARE PROJECT OF CHICAGO
Richard III

28 Tuesday, 6:00 pm 

MEET THE AUTHOR
Robert Clifton Weaver and the American City, Wendell Pritchett

30-May 3
Thursday - Sunday

NEWBERRY CONSORT
Arcadia Revisited: A Garden of Earthly Delights

May

2 Saturday, 9:30 am

Genealogy and Local History Orientation

2 Saturday 9:30 am- 4 pm

CHICAGO GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY
A Workshop with the Photo Detective, Maureen Taylor.
This program has been cancelled.

6 Wednesday, 5:30 pm reception; 6:15 pm presentation

WEDNESDAY CLUB
Performers, Patrons, and Publishers: Colorful Characters in the Life of George Frideric Handel, David  Douglass.  Admission fee.

11 Monday, 6:00 pm

ANNUAL GALA
The 2009 Newberry Library Award Dinner: Landscape of Learning Tickets required.

13 Wednesday, 6:00 pm

MEET THE AUTHOR
Rule 53: Capturing Hippies, Spies, Politicians, and Murderers in an American Courtroom, Andy Austin

19 Tuesday, 5:30 reception; 6:00 presentation

THE 2009 STONE-CAMRYN PROGRAM
Maria Tallchief: A Film Screening and Conversation about Dance and Identity, Elise Paschen, Richard Christiansen

21 Thursday, 5:30 pm reception, 6:00 pm presentation

CHICAGO MAP SOCIETY
A Lost City: Maps and Views of Ribeira Grande (Santiago, Cape Verde) at the Time of Drake's Conquest, Rita Costa-Gomes

June

1 Tuesday 

EXHIBITION
Daniel Burnham in the Philippines Spotlight Exhibition opens (through July 15)

6 Saturday, 9:30 am

Genealogy and Local History Orientation

19 Friday 

27 Saturday, 11:00 am

EXHIBITION LECTURE
Make Big Plans: Curators' Talk and Gallery Walk for Daniel Burnham in the Philippines, James R. Akerman and Diane Dillon

July

  7 Tuesday, 6:00 pm

MEET THE AUTHOR
Dillinger's Wild Ride: The Year That Made America's Public Enemy Number One, Elliott J. Gorn

11 Saturday, 9:30 am

23 - 26

Thursday - Sunday

The Twenty-fifth Annual Book Fair

Bughouse Square Debates