Upcoming Public Programming Events

Event—Public Programming

Beyond Belief: Religion and Social Change in 1960s Chicago

Apr 18, 2026

11:00am–1:30pm

At the Newberry – Ruggles Hall and Online

Event—Public Programming

National Library Week at the Newberry

Apr 19–Apr 25, 2026

10:00am–5:00pm

At the Newberry

Event—Public Programming

Facing Pages: Colonial and Decolonial Geographies of Text in the Edward E. Ayer Collection at the Newberry Library

with David Aiona Chang (Lloyd Lewis Fellow in American History)

Apr 22, 2026

4:00pm–5:00pm

At the Newberry – Baskes Boardroom

Event—Public Programming

The Cost of Greatness: Towner's 1960s and the Origins of Fundraising at the Newberry Library

with Rob Onorato (Newberry Library)

Apr 29, 2026

4:00pm–5:00pm

At the Newberry – Baskes Boardroom

Event—Public Programming

Genealogy 101: An Introduction to Genealogical Research at the Newberry

May 02, 2026

9:30am–10:30am

At the Newberry – Baskes Hall

Event—Public Programming

Mini Used Book Sale

May 02, 2026

10:00am–3:00pm

At the Newberry – Lobby

Event—Public Programming

Bird Haven Farm: The Story of an Original American Garden by Janet Mavec

May 05, 2026

2:00pm–3:00pm

At the Newberry – Ruggles Hall

Event—Public Programming

Wires, Rails and Vice: New Acquisitions in Cartography and Local History

with Matt Rutherford and Dave Weimer (Newberry Library)

May 06, 2026

4:00pm–5:00pm

At the Newberry – Baskes Boardroom

Event—Public Programming

Coffee Nation Book Talk

May 07, 2026

6:00pm–7:00pm

At the Newberry – Ruggles Hall

Event—Public Programming

Brewing the Revolution: Enslaved Labor and Early American Beer

May 08, 2026

6:30pm–8:30pm

At the Newberry

Event—Public Programming

Colloquium

with Eleanor Rycroft (Visiting Scholar)

May 13, 2026

4:00pm–5:00pm

At the Newberry – Baskes Boardroom

Event—Public Programming

Planting Seeds: An Indigenous Zine Fest

May 16, 2026

11:00am–3:00pm

At the Newberry – Ruggles Hall