Public Programs: November

A Newberry Library and Chicago Historical Society Exhibit: October 1, 2004, to January 15, 2005

Public Programs: November
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Gallery Walk
Saturday, November 6, 12:00 pm
Admission is free. No reservations are required.

Bus Tour: Chicago�s Free Speech Tradition
Saturday, November 13, 1:00 pm � 5:00 pm

Meet in the lobby of the Newberry Library at 1:00 pm

Tour leaders: William Adelman, Illinois Labor History Society, and actress Alma Washington

Accompanied by actress Alma Washington as Lucy Parsons, labor historian William Adelman takes us through the city of Chicago to some of its significant sites in the battle for free speech. Highlights of this tour include Bughouse Square, the new Haymarket Square memorial, the former site of the Dill Pickle Club, and Forest Park cemetery. The tour will begin at the Newberry Library with a tour of the joint Newberry and Chicago Historical Society exhibition, Outspoken: Chicago�s Free Speech Tradition.

$35 ($25 for Chicago Historical Society members and Newberry Library Associates). Call the Chicago Historical Society at (312) 642-4600 to register for the bus tour.

Film: The Weather Underground
Tuesday, November 16, 6:30 - 9:30 pm

Note location: Chicago Historical Society, 1601 N. Clark

Post-screening discussion with director Bill Siegal, William Ayers, University of Illinois at Chicago, and Bernardine Dohrn, Northwestern University.

The Academy Award-nominated documentary The Weather Underground follows the story of a group of idealistic young Chicago anti-war activists as they crossed the line from peaceful public protest to become clandestine revolutionary outlaws.The Chicago Historical Society and Newberry Library host this event with the film�s director and two former members of the Weathermen.

The program is free with admission to the Chicago Historical Society: $5 ($3 seniors and students; $1 children 12 and under). Chicago Historical Society members and Newberry Library Associates will be admitted free to the Historical Society and the program.

Reservations are recommended; for reservations call (312) 642-4600.

This exhibit has been organized by the Newberry Library's Dr. William M. Scholl Center for Family and Community History and the Chicago Historical Society. It has been made possible with major funding provided in part by The Institute of Museum and Library Services, a federal agency that fosters innovation, leadership and a lifetime of learning. Generous support also provided by The Chicago Reader and Dr. and Mrs. Tapas K. Das Gupta.