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We are excited to announce that the Newberry's 2024 exhibition "Indigenous Chicago" has gotten a second life and is now open at Gichigamiin Indigenous Nations Museum in Evanston (3001 Central Street)! Plan your visit gichigamiin-museum.org/plan-…
Does your congregation, community org, or activist group have boxes of photos, newsletters, meeting minutes, flyers, or other records tucked away? Those materials may be worth preserving! Join us for a free training:
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Are you curious about how archives could take your research to the next level? Learn the fundamentals of using archives, what kinds of materials you can expect to find, and develop confidence in research strategies. Taught by our Manuscripts and Archives Librarian!
Here's video of Poetry Slam founder Marc Kelly Smith and poet Cin Salach on WGN yesterday. Join us this Saturday, 2pm, for World Poetry Slam Day! @WGNTV
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Thanks to WGN for previewing Saturday's World Poetry Slam Day with Slam founder Marc Kelly Smith and performance poet Cin Salach. Reserve your seat for our event Saturday at 2pm! It's a day of Slam Poetry celebrations in at least nine countries. #slampoetry
Now it can be told! The sci-fi series "Dark Matter" filmed at the Newberry in March 2025 and we appeared in a scene in the new season, episode 2.
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Saturday we were pleased to honor Dominic Pacyga and Gayle Wald for Clout City: The Rise and Fall of the Chicago Political Machine and This Is Rhythm: Ella Jenkins, Children’s Music, and the Long Civil Rights Movement. The Pattis Award recognizes transformative books on Chicago.
With Election Day on the horizon, we're throwing it back to 1909 when the idea of women voting was a small domestic disaster. Our suffragette digital resource collects letters, diaries, postcards from the Newberry's collection from 1867 to 1931. Visit collections.newberry.org.
From 18th-century Brazil to 1970s Chicago experimental dance, check out what our newest fellows are studying this year! newberry.org/blog/2026-27-fe…
We are thrilled to share that Collecting Stories: New Acquisitions at the Newberry is open! The exhibition introduces pairings that say something about the Newberry’s past, present, and future. Each acquisition is displayed with a longstanding item. Open through 12/30.
Join us for the presentation of The Pattis Family Foundation Chicago Book Award 9/19! Appearing in conversation will be award-winning authors Dominic A. Pacyga and Gayle Wald. A book signing and reception will take place after a panel discussion. newberry.org/calendar/writin…
Saturday we welcomed noted historian Charles Balesi as part of a French Heritage Society event. Charles was curator of a 1989 exhibition at the Newberry, "Pen and Press in Revolutionary France." Lisa Kahn, chair of the FHS chapter, joined to view an array of Francophone items.
Explore themes of resilience, agency, and hope during a free panel discussion titled "Gardens of Resilience" at the Newberry in partnership with Chicago Botanic Garden on August 27. newberry.org/calendar/garden…
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Based. I spent a day reading thru the archive at the Newberry a few years ago. Many of the figures in the Dill Pickle Scene remind me of certain TPOT personalities. The scene had surprising ideological diversity, despite being associated with the Wobblies (IWW)
Director/writer Roman Coppola visited today to view materials related to the Dill Pickle Club, the 1920s-era Bohemian nightclub and free speech forum. We had a chance to visit the original entrance to the club, now a brick wall in an alley that extends east from Dearborn.
On our blog, longtime Chicago naturalist and author Joel Greenberg takes a look at the birding life of Nathan Leopold (of the infamous Leopold & Loeb case) and his work with the rare Kirtland's warbler in Michigan.
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Thank you Chicago Tribune and @rickkogan for this wonderful story - ! #slampoetry
Column: Marc Kelly Smith’s personal Poetry Slam collection goes to Newberry Library chicagotribune.com/2026/08/1…
