Programs and Events

These events took place in 2001.

To Kill a Mockingbird Lecture by Claudia Durst Johnson
Monday, October 8, 6:00 p.m.
Harold Washington Library Center
Lower Level
400 S. State Street
Author and To Kill a Mockingbird expert Claudia Durst Johnson discusses the historical context of the novel including the Scottsboro Trial and influences of race, gender and class.

To Kill a Mockingbird Mock Trial and Discussion
Tuesday, October 9, 5:30 p.m.
E.M. Dirksen U.S. Courthouse
James Benton Parsons Memorial Courtroom
19 S. Dearborn Street, 25th Floor
Witness firsthand how the legal system failed Tom Robinson. Chicago-area attorneys, and ABC 7 News anchor and reporter Joel Daly as Atticus Finch, re-enact the powerful courtroom scenes from Harper Lee’s classic story, followed by a discussion. Co-presented by the Chicago Bar Association and the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois.

To Kill a Mockingbird Movie Marathon
Saturday, October 13 and Sunday, October 14
Chicago Public Library locations
The Chicago Public Library is pleased to present the Academy Award-winning 1962 film based on Harper Lee’s novel, starring Gregory Peck and Robert Duvall.
Saturday, October 13

• 9:30 a.m., 12:00 p.m., 2:30 p.m.
  Harold Washington Library Center
  Video Theater, Lower Level
  400 S. State Street
• 10:00 a.m.
  Back of the Yards Branch
  4650 S. Damen Avenue
• 1:00 p.m.
  Walker Branch
  11071 S. Hoyne Avenue
• 1:30 p.m.
  South Chicago Branch
  9055 S. Houston Avenue
• 2:00 p.m.
  Portage-Cragin Branch
  5108 W. Belmont Avenue

Sunday, October 14

• 1:30 p.m.
  Harold Washington Library Center
  Video Theater, Lower Level
  400 S. State Street
• 2:00 p.m.
  Sulzer Regional Library
  4455 N. Lincoln Avenue