Since its days as a planned community, Pullman has been many things to different people. It’s been a place for work and opportunity in the railroad industry, a place to call home, and a touchpoint for the American labor movement. Together we’ll go through the area to talk about how it has changed in the…
Who Tells Your Story? Celebrating Chicago Community Media
When you see stories about Chicago on the news, do they ring true for you? Do you see your neighbors and experiences reflected in the media? Guests from local community media outlets discuss the importance of journalism, media, and culture that comes from and reflects communities. Panelists include Adeshina Emmanuel, Editor-in-Chief, Injustice Watch, Arionne Nettles…
One Book, One Chicago 2021 Announcement Reveal!
What is the 2021 One Book, One Chicago selection? Watch to find out!…
Eric Charles May on Crucial Questions in Bedrock Faith
Eric Charles May, author of Bedrock Faith, talks about what he calls the "crucial questions" of the book, and what he hopes readers take away from it. …
Neighborhood Tour: The Maxwell Street Experience
The Maxwell Street area has been a crossroads for small business owners for over 140 years and it remains the city’s most vital outdoor market. It is a small business incubator, a place to hear live music, and a place to sit down at communal tables and meet new people over food. Together we’ll take…
About Eric Charles May, Author of Bedrock Faith
A Chicago native, Eric May graduated with a BA in Writing/English from Columbia College Chicago in 1975 and the following year joined what was then Columbia's Writing/English Department as a part-time instructor. He moved to Washington D.C. in 1985 to attend graduate school at American University and began working at the Washington Post as a…
About Bedrock Faith by Eric Charles May, CPL’s 2021 One Book, One Chicago Selection
CPL is pleased to announce Bedrock Faith is the 2021 One Book, One Chicago selection. After fourteen years in prison, Gerald “Stew Pot” Reeves, age thirty-one, returns home to live with his mom in Parkland, a black middle-class neighborhood on Chicago’s South Side. A frightening delinquent before being sent away (his infamies included butchering a…
CHIRP Radio’s Listen While You Read Playlist
Thanks to our partners at CHIRP Radio for creating this playlist of songs inspired by Bedrock Faith.
Snacks in the Stacks: Fried Chicken and Thick Cut French Fries
Join library staff member Peter in his home kitchen as he makes Fried Chicken and Thick Cut French Fries from the book Matty Matheson by Matty Matheson.…
Controversy and Context: Chicago’s Public Art Contretemps
Mayor Harold Washington in lingerie? Claes Oldenburg takes on Mayor Richard J. Daley? A possibly phallic statue in Albany Park? Over the past decades, a number
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