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Upcoming Literature Events

Event—Literature

Watching and Reading Shakespeare’s "Hamlet"

Taught by Steven J. Venturino

Weekly on Tuesdays, Feb 17–Mar 10, 2026

2:00pm–4:00pm

Online

Event—Literature

Ben Hecht's "1001 Afternoons in Chicago"

Taught by Richard Reeder

Weekly on Thursdays, Feb 19–Mar 19, 2026

2:00pm–4:00pm

At the Newberry

Event—Literature

Dostoevsky’s "The Brothers Karamazov"

Taught by Julia Kriventsova Denne

Weekly on Saturdays, Feb 21–May 09, 2026

10:00am–12:00pm

Online

Event—Literature

Jane Austen's "Emma" as a Mystery Novel

Taught by Elzbieta Foeller-Pituch

Weekly on Wednesdays, Mar 04–Mar 18, 2026

6:00pm–7:30pm

Online

Event—Literature

Laura Ingalls Wilder and the Little House Books: “But It Was a Different Time Then!”

Taught by Dawn Sardella-Ayres

Weekly on Thursdays, Mar 05–Apr 23, 2026

6:00pm–8:00pm

Online

Event—Literature

George Orwell: The Politics of Language

Taught by Frank Biletz

Weekly on Tuesdays, Mar 17–May 05, 2026

1:00pm–3:00pm

At the Newberry

Event—Literature

Wallace Stegner’s "Crossing to Safety": Marriage through the Eyes of a Master Storyteller

Taught by Susan O'Brien Lyons

Weekly on Tuesdays, Mar 17–Apr 21, 2026

6:00pm–7:30pm

At the Newberry

Event—Literature

Gravity's Rainbow: A Crash Course

Taught by Dylan Zavagno

Weekly on Saturdays, Mar 21–May 02, 2026

1:00pm–3:00pm

At the Newberry

Event—Literature

Shakespeare's Contemporary Playwrights

Taught by Bruce Hatton Boyer

Weekly on Tuesdays, Mar 24–Apr 28, 2026

2:00pm–4:00pm

At the Newberry

Event—Literature

Dante's Inferno: The Man, the Words, and the Pictures

Taught by Linda Levine

Weekly on Thursdays, Mar 26–May 14, 2026

2:00pm–4:00pm

At the Newberry

Event—Literature

A Serial Reading of George Eliot’s "The Mill on the Floss"

Taught by Steven J. Venturino

Weekly on Tuesdays, Mar 31–May 05, 2026

2:00pm–4:00pm

Online

Event—Literature

Transforming Fairy Tales

Taught by Anca L. Szilágyi

Weekly on Tuesdays, Mar 31–Apr 21, 2026

6:00pm–7:30pm

Online