Sponsored by The Caxton Club May Midday Program Now we take search for granted, asking Alexa or Siri to race through the Internet to find (though not always on the first try) exactly what we’re looking for. But it hasn’t always been so. People used to be faced with a […]
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Sponsored by The Caxton Club April Evening Program Join us in welcoming Caxtonian Bruce Kennett as he discusses W.A. Dwiggins and his Athalinthia via Zoom. Produced entirely in New England, Athalinthia is filled with delights. It comes straight from the imagination and heart of W.A. Dwiggins (WAD), one of the great visual artists of […]
Sponsored by The Caxton Club When/Where: 4/14/2023 12:00 PM CT Zoom presentation is free and open to all. Preregistration required via website. If specially equipped Deloreans like the one in Back to the Future were available at car dealerships, an awful lot of test drives would probably take potential buyers to 1893 … the […]
Sponsored by The Caxton Club POSTPONED: A scheduling conflict arose and we’re hopeful that we can deliver this program during our 2023–2024 season. Online and open to all. Quick. What are the two flattest U.S. states? Here’s a hint, neither correct response starts with “Kansas.” First place honors belong to […]
Sponsored by The Caxton Society and the American Antiquarian Society Preregistration required via website. Would you like to attend? Click here to register. EVENT DETAILS: March Evening Program This presentation explores the appropriation, adaptation, and translation of the picture book Michaelmas Day or The Fate of Poor Molly Goosey. Originally issued […]
Sponsored by The Caxton Club When/Where: 3/21/2023 6:30 PM CT Zoom presentation is free and open to all. Preregistration required via website. Would you like to attend? Click here to register. EVENT DETAILS: March Evening Program Three Caxtonians will give short presentations of interest to bibliophiles, followed by live Q&A session. […]
Sponsored by The Caxton Club March 10, 12:00pm Central Time Join us as Sara Schliep draws back the curtains to reveal the intriguing story of the Folger Shakespeare Library’s past and future. You may already know about its founders, Henry and Emily, but Sara will introduce you to more characters, […]
Sponsored by The Caxton Club Saddle up as we ride along with a couple of Berkeley grads who became two of the most prolific and successful writers of popular fiction during the first half of the twentieth century. They flooded bookshelves, produced plays, filled the radio and television airwaves with […]
Sponsored by The Caxton Club and Chicago Collections Consortium When/Where: 1/19/2023 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM CST via Zoom. January Daytime Program Join Librarian and Archivist Erin Bell as she shares an overview of Gerber Hart Library and Archives. Founded in 1981, Gerber/Hart’s collections focus on the culture and history […]
Sponsored by The Caxton Club and the Chicago Art Deco Society Feb 7, 6:30pm Central Time A central aspect of the culture and lifestyle of the 1920s and ’30s was the creation and consumption of food. You could exist in an Art Deco world where everything from the soup to […]