Wednesday, October 9, 2024, 7:00 PM, Assembling Tomorrow: A Guide to Designing a Thriving Future, a FAN webinar featuring Carissa Carter and Scott Doorley in conversation with Liz Gerber, Ph.D. REGISTER: www.bit.ly/CCSDFANWebinar BONUS AFTER-HOURS EVENT: Attendees who purchase a copy of Assembling Tomorrow from FAN's partner bookseller The Book Stall are invited to attend an […]
Cook County United Against Hate and The Glenview Public Library are sponsoring a screening and discussion of the documentary Waking In Oak Creek on October 15th. "As the Sikh community in Oak Creek, Wisconsin prepares for Sunday prayers, a deadly hate attack shatters their lives, but not their resilience." All are welcome. Waking in Oak […]
A Celebration of Community and Those Who are Transforming Mental Health! Join us for our third annual luncheon to honor those who are making great impacts on mental health efforts in our area. For the last two years, we have come together to honor and celebrate the collective, collaborative, and critical work that is happening […]
Thursday, October 17, 2024, 7:00 PM, Leaders as Futurists: Cultivating Civic Imagination for a Dynamic World, a FAN webinar featuring Lisa Kay Solomon in conversation with Liz Gerber, Ph.D. REGISTER: www.bit.ly/LKSolomonFANWebinar BONUS AFTER-HOURS EVENT: Webinar attendees are invited to join a free “Ask Me Anything” AFTERHOURS event hosted by Solomon and Gerber that will start […]
Friday, October 18, 2024, 7:00 PM, Twenty-Four Seconds from Now: An Evening with Jason Reynolds, Evanston Township High School Auditorium, 1600 Dodge Ave., Door 6, Evanston, IL 60201. BONUS BOOK GIVEAWAY of Twenty-Four Seconds from Now at the event, while supplies last. No registration required. “Reynolds astounds in a sweetly hilarious story of two Black […]
Monday, October 21, 2024, 7:00 PM, Polostan: An Evening with Neal Stephenson, The Book Stall, 811 Elm St., Winnetka, IL 60093. BONUS BOOK GIVEAWAY of Polostan at the event. SPACE IS LIMITED -- REGISTRATION REQUIRED: https://bit.ly/StephensonFANEvent The #1 New York Times bestselling author of thirteen previous critically acclaimed works of fiction, including Termination Shock and […]
Wednesday, October 23, 2024, 7:00 PM, The Last Human Job: The Work of Connecting in a Disconnected World, Latin School of Chicago, Wrigley Theatre, 59 W. North Blvd., Chicago, IL 60610. No registration required. Book sale and signing at the event. “Digital systems are rapidly replacing human beings because, we are told, they are more […]
Wednesday, October 30, 2024, 7:00 PM, How to Raise a Citizen (And Why It's Up to You to Do It), a FAN webinar featuring Lindsey Cormack, Ph.D. in conversation with Heidi Stevens. REGISTER: www.bit.ly/CormackFANWebinar BONUS AFTER-HOURS EVENT: Attendees who purchase a copy of How to Raise a Citizen from FAN's partner bookseller The Book Stall […]
Friday, November 1, 2024, 7:00 PM, Gather Me: A Memoir in Praise of the Books That Saved Me, a FAN webinar featuring Glory Edim in conversation with Natalie Y. Moore. REGISTER: www.bit.ly/EdimFANWebinar BONUS BOOK GIVEAWAY! We are giving away copies of Gather Me to randomly selected Zoom attendees. Details on the webinar registration page. “She […]
Monday, November 11, 2024, 7:00 PM, By the Fire We Carry: The Generations-Long Fight for Justice on Native Land, a FAN webinar featuring Rebecca Nagle in conversation with Bryan McKinley Jones Brayboy, Ph.D. (Lumbee). REGISTER: www.bit.ly/NagleFANWebinar BONUS AFTER-HOURS EVENT: Attendees who purchase a copy of By the Fire We Carry from FAN's partner bookseller The […]
Tuesday, November 12, 2024, 7:00 PM, Triumph of the Yuppies: America, the Eighties, and the Creation of an Unequal Nation, a FAN webinar featuring Tom McGrath in conversation with Rachel Slade. REGISTER: www.bit.ly/McGrathFANWebinar BONUS AFTER-HOURS EVENT: Attendees who purchase a copy of Triumph of the Yuppies from FAN's partner bookseller The Book Stall are invited […]
A discussion between author Meg Kissinger and Renee Dominguez, PhD, Co-Executive Director of the Family Service Center, about the book While You Were Out: An Intimate Family Portrait of Mental Illness in an Era of Silence. Book sale and signing following the program. Books provided by The Book Stall, Winnetka. To register for this event, […]
