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Pages through History

The Third Coast: When Chicago Built the American Dream

2023-05-31 19:00:00 2023-05-31 21:00:00 America/Chicago Pages through History Explore the Chicago of the 1940s and '50s. Skokie Public Library - Cosmos Room, Zoom Event

Wednesday, May 31
7:00pm - 9:00pm

Add to Calendar 2023-05-31 19:00:00 2023-05-31 21:00:00 America/Chicago Pages through History Explore the Chicago of the 1940s and '50s. Skokie Public Library - Cosmos Room, Zoom Event

Skokie Public Library

Cosmos Room, Zoom Event

Explore the Chicago of the 1940s and '50s.

It was Studs Terkel and Mahalia Jackson. It was Muddy Waters and Mies van der Rohe. It was Gwendolyn Brooks and Mayor Daley. It was Ebony and Playboy. It was A Raisin in the Sun and The Man with the Golden Arm and Kukla, Fran and Ollie. It was McDonald's and improv and the birth of rock 'n' roll. It was Emmett Till. It was Chicago in the 1940s and '50s, and even those who were there don't know the full story.

This is a hybrid event with the option to participate in person or on Zoom. Online participants will receive the Zoom link in their confirmation email.

If you have questions about this event after registration has closed, please email the events team or call the library at 847-673-7774.

Limited to 24 in-person participants.

Find The Third Coast: When Chicago Built the American Dream by Tom Dyja in the library catalog.

AGE GROUP: | Adults |

EVENT TYPE: | Discussion |

Skokie Public Library

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Phone: 847-673-7774

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Tue, Jun 06 9:00AM to 9:00PM
Wed, Jun 07 9:00AM to 9:00PM
Thu, Jun 08 9:00AM to 9:00PM
Fri, Jun 09 9:00AM to 9:00PM
Sat, Jun 10 9:00AM to 6:00PM
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Sat, Jun 10, 10:30am - 11:00am
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Sun, Jun 11, 1:00pm - 3:00pm
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Sun, Jun 11, 3:00pm - 4:15pm
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Fri, Jun 16, 3:00pm - 4:30pm
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Wed, Jun 21, 9:30am - 9:50am
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Business and Community Center

Wed, Jun 21, 1:30pm - 2:30pm
Cosmos Room

Wed, Jun 21, 2:00pm - 4:00pm
New Nonfiction

Wed, Jun 21, 6:00pm - 7:00pm
Business and Community Center

Wed, Jun 21, 7:00pm - 8:15pm

Thu, Jun 22, 12:15pm - 1:00pm
South Courtyard

Thu, Jun 22, 12:30pm - 2:00pm
Cosmos Room
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Thu, Jun 22, 2:00pm - 3:00pm
Activity Room

Thu, Jun 22, 6:30pm - 8:30pm
Petty Auditorium

Fri, Jun 23, 12:15pm - 1:00pm
South Courtyard

Fri, Jun 23, 1:30pm - 4:00pm
Petty Auditorium

Fri, Jun 23, 3:00pm - 4:30pm
Cosmos Room

Sat, Jun 24, 10:30am - 11:00am
Storytime Room

Sat, Jun 24, 1:30pm - 2:00pm
South Courtyard

Sun, Jun 25, 10:30am - 11:15am

Mon, Jun 26, 10:30am - 11:30am
North Courtyard

Mon, Jun 26, 12:15pm - 1:00pm
South Courtyard

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New Nonfiction

Tue, Jun 27, 10:30am - 11:00am
South Courtyard

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Tue, Jun 27, 12:15pm - 1:00pm
South Courtyard

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West Entrance

Tue, Jun 27, 5:00pm - 5:30pm

Tue, Jun 27, 6:30pm - 7:30pm
Cosmos Room

Wed, Jun 28, 9:30am - 9:50am
North Courtyard

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North Courtyard

Wed, Jun 28, 10:00am - 11:30am
Radmacher Room

Wed, Jun 28, 12:15pm - 1:00pm
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New Nonfiction

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Cosmos Room
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Fri, Jun 30, 12:15pm - 1:00pm
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Cosmos Room

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Teen Room

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