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From the Old Wood Forest: A Play by Sierra Rosetta

Jan 11, 2025

11:00am–1:30pm

At the Newberry – Ruggles Hall

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Writers on Writing: Hernan Diaz and Ananda Lima

Jan 23, 2025

6:00pm–7:00pm

Hybrid – Ruggles Hall and Zoom

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Producing Culture with Printmaking

Feb 06, 2025

6:00pm–7:00pm

Hybrid – Ruggles Hall and Zoom

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Booked for the Evening

Feb 07, 2025

5:30pm–8:30pm

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Red Earth Nation: A History of the Meskwaki Settlement

Feb 20, 2025

6:00pm–7:00pm

Hybrid – Ruggles Hall and Zoom

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Defining Chicago: Algren, Liebling, Terkel, Royko, and Bellow

Taught by Bill Savage

Weekly on Wednesdays, Feb 05–Mar 12, 2025

6:00pm–7:30pm

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Haiku: An Introduction

Taught by Michael Hennessy

Weekly on Tuesdays, Feb 18–Mar 11, 2025

2:00pm–3:30pm

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Ex Libris Hodie: The Art of Creating a Personal Bookplate

Taught by Anna Wagner & Prairie Koziol

Weekly on Tuesdays, Feb 25–Mar 25, 2025

5:30pm–7:30pm

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Flamenco: Music, Dance, and Society in Southern Spain

Taught by Brian Oberlander

Weekly on Wednesdays, Feb 26–Mar 19, 2025

6:00pm–7:30pm

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Chicago’s Black Metropolis: The Quest for Economic and Cultural Autonomy

Taught by Chris Stacey

Weekly on Tuesdays, Mar 04–Apr 01, 2025

6:00pm–7:30pm

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Manuscript is Most Extensive Example of Maguey Paper in Existence

A collection of sermons by sixteenth-century Franciscan missionary Bernardino de Sahagún is rare example from the Nahuas.

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A Conversation with Comic Book Artist Jim Terry

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