Friends of the Library Speaker Series
Featured Guest: Robert Lombardo
Featured Book: Organized Crime in Chicago
Date & Location: Tuesday, February 26, 2013
6 p.m., Beane Hall, 13th floor, Lewis Towers, 111 East Pearson, WTC
Book signing to follow talk.
Featured Guest:
Wenguang Huang
Featured Book:
The Little Red Guard
Date & Location:
Tuesday, November 13, 2012
6:00 p.m.
Richard Klarchek Information Commons, 4th Floor
Lake Shore Campus
1032 West Sheridan
Presenting:
“Mom, Dad and Mao”
Book Discussion: The Book Thief by Markus Zusak Moderator: Janette Kopacz from the Chicago Public Library Location: Room 727, Corboy Law Center 25 East Pearson Water Tower Campus Date: Monday, October 29, 2012 2:00 p.m. – 3:30 p.m. In conjunction with the Chicago Public Library’s One Book, One Chicago Come join the Discussion! For more […]
Featured Guest:
Dr. Robert Bucholz
Featured Book:
London: A Social and Cultural History, 1550-1750
Date & Location:
Thursday, September 27, 2012
6:00 p.m.
Richard Klarchek Information Commons, 4th Floor
Lake Shore Campus
1032 West Sheridan
♦ “Exploring the RMS Titanic” – Friday, April 13, 2012, Emory Kristof, National Geographic photographer and explorer, gave a public lecture at Mundelein Auditorium on the Lake Shore Campus. Kristof shared close-up still photos and video of the the Titanic wreckage to an audience of over 250 people. This presentation also marked the inaugural Rosalind […]
Featured Guest:
Mai Elliott
Featured Book:
The Sacred Willow: Four Generations in the Life of a Vietnamese Family
Date & Location:
Tuesday, April 3, 2012
6:00 p.m.
Richard Klarchek Information Commons, 4th Floor
Lake Shore Campus
1032 West Sheridan
In remembrance of the 100th anniversary of the sinking of the RMS Titanic, please join us for the following events:
♦ “Exploring the RMS Titanic” – Public lecture by Emory Kristof, National Geographic photographer and explorer. Kristof will be presenting close-up still photos and video of the wreckage on Friday, April 13, 2012 at 7:00 p.m. in Mundelein Auditorium, Lake Shore Campus
♦ “A Night to Remember: An Evening on the Titanic” – Fundraising dinner for Loyola University Libraries will be held on Saturday, April 14, 2012 at 6:00 p.m. in the Klarchek Information Commons, Fourth Floor, Lake Shore Campus
For more information: LUC.edu/Titanic
Book Discussion:
Gold Boy, Emerald Girl
Date & Location:
Thursday, April 19, 2012
2:00 p.m. to 3:30 pm
Room 727
Corboy Law Center
Water Tower Campus
25 East Pearson
Come join the discussion of the Spring 2012 One Book, One Chicago selection Gold Boy, Emerald Girl by Yiyun Li . . .
Featured Guest:
Laura Caldwell, J.D.
Featured Book:
Long Way Home: A Young Man Lost in the System and
the Two Women Who Found Him
Date & Location:
Thursday, October 27, 2011
6:00 p.m.
Richard Klarchek Information Commons, 4th Floor
Lake Shore Campus
1032 West Sheridan
Laura Caldwell, J.D., Senior Lecturer in Residence at Loyola University Chicago’s School of Law, will discuss her first non-fiction book Long Way Home. It is the story of a man held in Cook County jail for six years without ever going to trial.
Featured Guest:
Baird Harper
Featured Topic:
Writing Short Stories
Date & Location:
Thursday, September 29, 2011 6:00 p.m.
Richard Klarchek Information Commons, 4th Floor
Lake Shore Campus
1032 West Sheridan
Baird Harper, winner of the Nelson Algren Short Story Award, will discuss his short stories and his work as an instructor StoryStudy Chicago.