Discussion Groups

These programs took place in 2011.

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Chicago Public Library Discussion Groups

Attend a discussion of Neverwhere at your local Chicago Public Library location. Discussions are listed chronologically and are free and open to the public. No reservations required.

• Saturday, April 2, 3:00 p.m.
  Rogers Park Branch
  6907 N. Clark Street
  (312) 744-0156
• Monday, April 4, 6:30 p.m.
  McKinley Park Branch
  1915 W. 35th Street
  (312) 747-6082
• Wednesday, April 6, 5:00 p.m.
  West Pullman Branch
  830 W. 119th Street
  (312) 747-1425
• Wednesday, April 6, 6:00 p.m.
  Humboldt Park Branch
  1605 N. Troy Street
  (312) 744-2244
• Wednesday, April 6, 6:30 p.m.
  Roosevelt Branch
  1101 W. Taylor Street
  (312) 746-5656
• Thursday, April 7, 6:00 p.m.
  Walker Branch
  11071 S. Hoyne Avenue
  (312) 747-1920
• Thursday, April 7, 6:30 p.m.
  Albany Park Branch
  5150 N. Kimball Avenue
  (312) 744-1933
• Saturday, April 9, 11:00 a.m.
  Brainerd Branch
  1350 W. 89th Avenue
  (312) 747-6291
• Saturday, April 9, 11:00 a.m.
  Near North Branch
  310 W. Division Street
  (312) 744-0991
• Saturday, April 9, 1:00 p.m.
  South Shore Branch
  2505 E. 73rd Street
  (312) 747-5281
• Monday, April 11, 11:00 a.m.
  Mount Greenwood Branch
  11010 S. Kedzie Avenue
  (312) 747-2805
• Monday, April 11, 1:00 p.m.
  Near North Branch
  310 W. Division Street
  (312) 744-0991
• Monday, April 11, 6:30 p.m.
  Clearing Branch
  6423 W. 63rd Place
  (312) 747-5657
• Monday, April 11, 6:30 p.m.
  Portage-Cragin Branch
  5108 W. Belmont Avenue
  (312) 744-0152
• Monday, April 11, 6:45 p.m.
  Oriole Park Branch
  7454 W. Balmoral Avenue
  (312) 744-1965
• Tuesday, April 12, 6:30 p.m.
  Lincoln Belmont Branch
  1659 W. Melrose Street
  (312) 744-0166
• Wednesday, April 13, 2:00 p.m.
  Beverly Branch
  1962 W. 95th Street
  (312) 747-9673
• Wednesday, April 13, 6:00 p.m.
  Avalon Branch
  8148 S. Stony Island Avenue
  (312) 747-5234
• Wednesday April 13, 6:00 p.m.
  Sherman Park Branch
  5440 S. Racine Avenue
  (312) 747-0477
• Wednesday, April 13, 6:00 p.m.
  Wrightwood-Ashburn Branch
  8530 S. Kedzie Avenue
  (312) 747-2696
• Wednesday, April 13, 6:30 p.m.
  Archer Heights Branch
  5055 S. Archer Avenue
  (312) 747-9241
• Wednesday, April 13, 6:30 p.m.
  Chicago Bee Branch
  3647 S. State Street
  (312) 747-6872
• Thursday, April 14, 6:30 p.m.
  Lincoln Park Branch
  1150 W. Fullerton Avenue
  (312) 744-1926
• Thursday, April 14, 7:00 p.m.
  Hegewisch Branch
  3048 E. 130th Street
  (312) 747-0046
• Friday, April 15, 10:00 a.m.
  Brighton Park Branch
  4314 S. Archer Avenue
  (312) 747-0666
• Saturday, April 16, 11:00 a.m.
  Bucktown-Wicker Park Branch
  1701 N. Milwaukee Avenue
  (312) 744-6022
• Saturday, April 16, 11:00 a.m.
  Budlong Woods Branch
  5630 N. Lincoln Avenue
  (312) 742-9590
• Saturday, April 16, 11:00 a.m.
  Harold Washington Library Center
  Third Floor, Room 3N-6
  400 S. State Street
  (312) 747-4700
• Saturday, April 16, 1:00 p.m.
  Blackstone Branch
  4904 S. Lake Park Avenue
  (312) 747-0511
• Saturday, April 16, 1:00 p.m.
  Uptown Branch
  929 W. Buena Avenue
  (312) 744-8400
• Saturday, April 16, 1:30 p.m.
  Mayfair Branch
  4400 W. Lawrence Avenue
  (312) 744-1254
• Saturday, April 16, 2:00 p.m.
  Legler Branch
  115 S. Pulaski Road
  (312) 746-7730
• Saturday, April 16, 3:00 p.m.
  Merlo Branch
  644 W. Belmont Avenue
  (312) 744-1139
• Monday, April 18, 1:00 p.m.
  Vodak-East Side Branch
  3710 E. 106th Street
  (312) 747-5500
• Monday, April 18, 3:00 p.m.
  Jeffery Manor Branch
  2401 E. 100th Street
  (312) 747-6479
• Monday, April 18, 6:30 p.m.
  North Austin Branch
  5724 W. North Avenue
  (312) 746-4233
• Monday, April 18, 6:45 p.m.
  West Pullman Branch
  830 W. 119th Street
  (312) 747-1425
• Tuesday, April 19, 6:00 p.m.
  Back of the Yards Branch
  4650 S. Damen Avenue
  (312) 747-8367
• Tuesday, April 19, 6:00 p.m.
  West Chicago Avenue Branch
  4856 W. Chicago Avenue
  (312) 743-0260
• Tuesday, April 19, 6:30 p.m.
  Jefferson Park Branch
  5363 W. Lawrence Avenue
  (312) 744-1998
• Wednesday, April 20, 2:00 p.m.
  Northtown Branch
  6435 N. California Avenue
  (312) 744-2292
• Wednesday, April 20, 6:30 p.m.
  Mabel Manning Branch
  6 S. Hoyne Avenue
  (312) 746-6800
• Thursday, April 21, 2:00 p.m.
  Garfield Ridge Branch
  6348 S. Archer Avenue
  (312) 747-6094
• Saturday, April 23, 10:30 a.m.
  King Branch
  3436 S. King Drive
  (312) 747-7543
• Saturday, April 23, 10:30 a.m.
  Thurgood Marshall Branch
  7506 S. Racine Avenue
  (312) 747-5927
• Saturday, April 23, 11:00 a.m.
  Whitney M. Young, Jr. Branch
  7901 S. King Drive
  (312) 747-0039
• Monday, April 25, 6:30 p.m.
  Canaryville Branch
  632 W. 43rd Street
  (312) 747-0644
• Tuesday, April 26, 6:00 p.m.
  Hall Branch
  4801 S. Michigan Avenue
  (312) 747-2541
• Tuesday, April 26, 6:00 p.m.
  Lozano Branch
  1805 S. Loomis Avenue
  (312) 746-4329
• Tuesday, April 26, 6:30 p.m.
  Roden Branch
  6083 N. Northwest Highway
  (312) 744-1478
• Tuesday, April 26, 6:30 p.m.
  West Belmont Branch
  3104 N. Narragansett Avenue
  (312) 746-5142
• Wednesday, April 27, 6:30 p.m.
  Edgebrook Branch
  5331 W. Devon Avenue
  (312) 744-8313
• Wednesday, April 27, 7:00 p.m.
  Woodson Regional Library
  9525 S. Halsted Street
  (312) 747-6921
• Thursday, April 28, 12:00 p.m.
  Harold Washington Library Center, Talking Book Center
  Seventh Floor, Room 7N-5
  400 S. State Street
  (312) 747-4001
• Thursday, April 28, 4:00 p.m.
  Pullman Branch
  11001 S. Indiana Avenue
  (312) 747-2033
• Thursday, April 28, 6:00 p.m.
  Kelly Branch
  6151 S. Normal Boulevard
  (312) 747-8418
• Saturday, April 30, 1:30 p.m.
  Austin Branch
  5615 W. Race Avenue
  (312) 746-5038

Book Club in a Bag

Use your Chicago Public Library card to check out a tote bag filled with eight copies of Neverwhere, resource guides and tips for your book club. Book Club in a Bag: Neverwhere is available by placing a hold online or at the following locations:

• Beverly Branch, 1962 W. 95th Street
• Blackstone Branch, 4904 S. Lake Park Avenue
• Harold Washington Library Center, Popular Library, First Floor, 400 S. State Street
• Rogers Park Branch, 6907 N. Clark Street
• Sulzer Regional Library, 4455 N. Lincoln Avenue
• West Chicago Avenue Branch, 4856 W. Chicago Avenue
• Woodson Regional Library, 9525 S. Halsted Street

For details, please call (312) 747-8191.

Book Discussions Outside CPL

Join a discussion group outside of the Chicago Public Library at the following locations. Reservations are not required. CPL thanks these participating organizations!

• Thursday, April 7, 2:00 p.m. – 3:30 p.m.
  Loyola University Chicago – Water Tower Campus
  Corboy Law Center, Conference Room 713 
  25 E. Pearson Street
  (773) 508-2674
• Thursday, April 7, 7:00 p.m.
  The Book Cellar
  Presented by the Great Books Foundation
  4736-38 N. Lincoln Avenue
  (773) 293-BOOK
• Thursday, April 14, 7:00 p.m.
  Wright College, Library Lounge
  4300 N. Narragansett Avenue
  (773) 481-8400
• Wednesday, April 20, 1:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.
  Literacy Chicago
  17 N. State Street, Ste. 1010
  (312) 870-1100
• Tuesday, April 26, 7:00 p.m.
  Barnes & Noble Old Orchard
  Presented by the Great Books Foundation
  55 Old Orchard Center, Skokie
  (847) 676-2230
• Thursday, April 28, 2:00 p.m.
  Harold Washington College
  30 E. Lake Street, Room 203
  (312) 553-5883

Teen Volume Book Discussions of Neverwhere

Join us at one of these book discussions for teens ages 14 and older, and learn more about what your peers think of London Below!

• Wednesday, March 16, 4:30 p.m.
  Harold Washington Library Center, YOUmedia
  First Floor
  400 S. State Street
  (312) 747-5260
• Tuesday, April 5, 5:00 p.m.
  Lozano Branch
  1805 S. Loomis Avenue
  (312) 746-4329
• Thursday, April 7, 4:00 p.m.
  Chinatown Branch
  2353 S. Wentworth Avenue
  (312) 747-8013
• Thursday, April 7, 6:30 p.m.
  Lincoln Park Branch
  1150 W. Fullerton Avenue
  (312) 744-1926
• Monday, April 11, 4:30 p.m.
  Thurgood Marshall Branch
  7506 S. Racine Avenue
  (312) 747-5927
• Thursday, April 14, 6:00 p.m.
  Albany Park Branch
  5150 N. Kimball Avenue
  (312) 744-1933
• Wednesday, April 20, 4:30 p.m.
  Woodson Regional Library
  9525 S. Halsted Street
  (312) 747-6921