These 256 activities are worth leaving the house for.
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November 3 at 6pm
American Writers Museum · Chicago Loop
How does a small bookstore survive big-box chains and Amazon? Roberta Rubin spent 30 years finding out. She shares publishing gossip and bookselling tales from her memoir, with a signing after.
November 5 at 6pm
Institute for the Study of Ancient Cultures · Hyde Park
Artists, activists, and scholars gather at Breasted Hall for the inaugural America@250 town hall, debating the meaning of theatrical classics alongside directors and critics before exploring how current season productions respond to contemporary conditions.
November 5 at 7:30pm
Rubloff Auditorium · Chicago Loop • Tickets are $77 to $97, including fees.
Actress and activist Sophia Bush takes the stage at Rubloff Auditorium for a live conversation spanning her Los Angeles childhood, a decade on One Tree Hill, and the Chicago years that taught her the power of walking away.
November 5 at 3:30pm
Block Museum of Art, Northwestern University · Evanston • $0
Ever wonder how artists captured a city learning to move at full speed? Block curator Corinne Granof unpacks prints and photographs of 20th-century urban life, spotlighting Chicago artists who turned everyday streets into something extraordinary.
November 5 at 6pm
American Writers Museum · Chicago Loop • $0
Go behind the scenes of Mexodus, the award-winning musical fusing hip-hop, R&B, jazz, and bolero into a live-looped soundscape. Co-creators Brian Quijada and Nygel D. Robinson unpack the craft and the hidden history behind it.
November 6 at 12:30pm
Logan Center for the Arts · Woodlawn
Mark Thomas Gibson, Natasha Egan, Kevin Iega Jeff, and Maria Gaspar examine how artists respond to the nation's 250th anniversary at the Logan Center for the Arts, in a conversation moderated by New York Times correspondent Katie Benner.
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Mon, Nov 2 · 6:30 PM
Evanston Public Library · Evanston
Mon, Nov 2 · 5:00 PM
Alderman Andre Vasquez · Arcadia Terrace
Mon, Nov 2 · 6:30 PM
Downtown Evanston · Evanston
Mon, Nov 2 · 7:00 PM
Women & Children First · Andersonville
Mon, Nov 2 · 5:00 PM
Kresge Hall · Evanston
Free
Tue, Nov 3 · 9:00 AM
Ford Motor Company Engineering Design Center · Evanston
Tue, Nov 3 · 4:30 PM
Technological Institute · Evanston
Tue, Nov 3 · 10:00 AM
Simpson Querrey Biomedical Research Center · Streeterville
Tue, Nov 3 · 11:00 AM
Technological Institute · Evanston
Free
Tue, Nov 3 · 4:00 PM
Kellogg Global Hub · Evanston
Tue, Nov 3 · 4:00 PM
Lunt Hall · Evanston
Tue, Nov 3 · 2:30 PM
Kellogg Global Hub · Evanston
Tue, Nov 3 · 3:00 PM
Technological Institute · Evanston
Wed, Nov 4 · 12:00 PM
Simpson Querrey Biomedical Research Center · Streeterville
Wed, Nov 4 · 11:00 AM
Field Museum · Near South Side
Wed, Nov 4 · 6:00 PM
Chambers Hall · Evanston
Free
Wed, Nov 4 · 10:00 AM
Community Recreation Center · Schaumburg
Free
Wed, Nov 4 · 3:45 PM
Technological Institute · Evanston
Wed, Nov 4 · 4:30 PM
mHUB · Near West Side
Wed, Nov 4 · 12:00 PM
Chambers Hall · Evanston
Free
Wed, Nov 4 · 2:00 PM
NITMB · Streeterville
Wed, Nov 4 · 12:00 PM
Northwestern Memorial Hospital Feinberg Pavilion · Streeterville
Wed, Nov 4 · 12:00 PM
Field Museum · Near South Side
Wed, Nov 4 · 1:30 PM
Evanston Public Library Robert Crown Branch · Evanston
Free
Wed, Nov 4 · 6:00 PM
Sheil Catholic Center · Evanston
Free
Wed, Nov 4 · 4:00 PM
Kresge Hall · Evanston
Wed, Nov 4 · 4:00 PM
DePaul Center · Chicago Loop
Wed, Nov 4 · 12:00 PM
Kellogg Global Hub · Evanston
Wed, Nov 4 · 3:00 PM
Technological Institute · Evanston
Wed, Nov 4 · 8:00 PM
Sheil Catholic Center · Evanston
Free
Wed, Nov 4 · 6:00 PM
Garfield Park · Garfield Park
Free
Wed, Nov 4 · 4:00 PM
University Library · Evanston
Free
Wed, Nov 4 · 11:00 AM
Technological Institute · Evanston
Wed, Nov 4 · 5:30 PM
Chicago History Museum · Lincoln Park
Free
Wed, Nov 4 · 12:00 PM
Ward Building · Streeterville
Wed, Nov 4 · 11:30 AM
Crowe Hall · Evanston
Free
Thu, Nov 5 · 4:00 PM
Lunt Hall · Evanston
Thu, Nov 5 · 12:00 PM
Evanston Public Library · Evanston
Free
Thu, Nov 5 · 5:00 PM
SunCloud Health Outpatient Treatment Center · Lincoln Park
Thu, Nov 5 · 8:00 PM
Deering Library · Evanston
Free
Thu, Nov 5 · 5:00 PM
Evanston Public Library · Evanston
Thu, Nov 5 · 10:00 AM
Field Museum · Near South Side
Included with admission
Thu, Nov 5 · 4:30 PM
Scott Hall · Evanston
Thu, Nov 5 · 12:00 PM
Robert H. Lurie Medical Research Center · Streeterville
Free
Thu, Nov 5 · 11:30 AM
Kresge Hall · Evanston
Thu, Nov 5 · 6:00 PM
Prairie Moon Restaurant · Evanston
$$
Thu, Nov 5 · 3:30 PM
mHUB · Near West Side
Thu, Nov 5 · 12:15 PM
Harris Hall · Evanston
Thu, Nov 5 · 12:00 PM
University Hall · Evanston
Thu, Nov 5 · 2:00 PM
Northwestern University Technological Institute · Evanston
Thu, Nov 5 · 3:00 PM
Patrick G. and Shirley W. Ryan Center for the Musical Arts · Evanston
Free
Thu, Nov 5 · 12:00 PM
Ward Building · Streeterville
Thu, Nov 5 · 10:00 AM
Simpson Querrey Biomedical Research Center · Streeterville
Thu, Nov 5 · 3:30 PM
Kresge Hall · Evanston
Thu, Nov 5 · 12:00 PM
Simpson Querrey Biomedical Research Center · Streeterville
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