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  12:00 AM - 12:00 AM"Lethal Ladies: The Women of True Crime" Exhibit
  Library 624 South Michigan Avenue Chicago, IL 60605

  As both perpetrators and participants in our shared cultural fascination with the subject matter, women have made vast contributions to true crime-related art forms. From murders to heists, deceptions to general unruly behavior, we will explore the patriarchal structures and societal constraints/expectations that true crime, and its subject matter, subvert and transform. Further, this exihibition...Get the details
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  10:00 AM - 12:00 PMBibliomancy Session
  Columbia College Library 624 South Michigan Avenue Chicago, IL 60605

  CCC Library Artist-In-Residence, Julia Arredondo, will be hosting bibliomancy sessions from October 15th through December 1st. Utilizing books to foresee the future or to answer specific questions, Julia Arredondo will be hosting office hours and welcoming the public to partake in this age-old practice. Office hours are every Tuesday and Thursday from 10am until noon,...Get the details
• 12:00 PM - 4:00 PMLittle Indie Press Festival
  Library 624 South Michigan Avenue Chicago, IL 60605

  The Columbia College Chicago Library and the Aesthetics of Research project, which is dedicated to exploring the role that libraries play in the creative process, announces its fifth annual Little Indie Press Festival on Saturday, October 19, from 12 p.m.–4 p.m. Featuring many manifestations of independent publishing, including indie literature, comics, zines, and book arts,...Get the details
• 7:00 PM - 9:00 PMWicked Week: Domestic Goddess Gone Wrong |  Spooky Soaps and Bathory Bombs 
  Library 624 South Michigan Avenue Chicago, IL 60605

  Join the Library and the Aesthetics of Research (AoR) for an evening devoted to making spookily-shaped soaps and bloody bath bombs devoted to everyone's favorite Hungarian countess: Elizabeth of Bathory. We will also have resources on making your own molds and packaging. The workshop is part of the Library's "Lethal Ladies: The Women of True...Get the details