If no events are listed here, please see the Upcoming Friends’ Events column on the home page.
Find a world of friends at the many events and performances that happen across the Chicago Public Library system, neighboring libraries, and within Edgewater and the neighboring communities. Let’s play, learn, and engage together to keep our libraries and communities vibrant! We’ll note when an event is sponsored or co-hosted by the Friends of the Edgewater Library. Please make sure to click on the event name to see all the details.
Check below to see which programs will be hosted on-line via Zoom and for a direct link to Zoom registration.
Once registered, you will receive a link to the program that is unique to you; please do not forward or share that link with anyone else.
Please Note: All programs will be recorded, unless otherwise noted in the listing. By registering you are giving Friends of the Edgewater Library permission to use your image and voice as a part of that recording and its future use online without any expectation of remuneration, now or in the future. If you have privacy concerns, you may mute your audio and video, or choose not to register for a program. If you have any questions, please email us.
Chicago Audubon Society’s, John Elliott takes a fascinating look at how Midwest birds and other animals use migration to survive.
Illinois Humanities’ Road Scholar Connie Martin helps us celebrate Black History month with her presentation of “Pre-Civil War Quilts: Secret Codes To Freedom On The Underground Railroad.” Register now.
The Confidence Man was a uniquely American invention in the 19th century. When Europeans and “Old Money” were interested in investing in the bold new enterprises of a new country, tricksters used tall tales and slick talk to part them from their cash. Register for this program.
