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  12:00 AMAn American Dream Reconsidered: Immigrant Rights Now!
  618 S. Michigan Ave. 618 South Michigan Avenue Chicago, IL 60605

  An American Dream Reconsidered: Immigrant Rights Now! is an exhibit/display of community-engaged paintings, mixed-media works, and photography focused on immigration rights and celebrating the literary work of Edwidge Danticat. It features artwork by Chicago youth and contemporary artists Maria de Los Angeles and Instituto de Nuestra Cultura (INC.). This exhibit display is co-supported the History, Humanities...Get the details
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  7:00 PM - 10:00 PMLibrary Zine Night
  Library 624 South Michigan Avenue Chicago, IL 60605

  Join Us for our monthly Zine Night, a chance for you to work alone or collaboratively on zines, comics, artist books, or other paper projects in the library. You Need: Ingenuity, creativity, and inspiration. A desire to show off or learn new techniques. A want to work and get to know other zinesters and artists? We Have: Staplers,...Get the details
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  5:00 PM - 8:00 PMPublic Domainia | Science Gone Wrong Double Feature
  Library 624 South Michigan Avenue Chicago, IL 60605

  Every Friday afternoon in April, we will be screening the best of the worst public domainia flicks featuring man's greatest scientific fails. Snacks & zine-making included! 4/5 Frankenstein & The Monster Maker 4/12 Invasion of the Bee Girls & The Wasp Woman 4/19 The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari & Curse of the Swamp People 4/26 Embryo &...Get the details
• 7:00 PM - 9:30 PM"Swan Soong": Staged Reading
  Library 624 South Michigan Avenue Chicago, IL 60605

  Swan Soong, Jyl Bonaguro's new play set in 1940s war-torn Shanghai, follows the lives of the famous Chinese Soong Sisters. Love and double-crossing abound as these one-time celebrities' stories are woven together to reveal the power of family and the beginnings of modern China. The sisters are seen thru the eyes of American and early...Get the details