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Upcoming Events View Calendar Event—Public Programming Indigenous Archival Activism: Mohican Interventions in Public History and Memory May 19, 2024 12:00pm–12:40pm Off-site – Chicago Public Library’s Harold Washington Center Event—Public Programming When the News Broke: Chicago 1968 and the Polarizing of America May 19, 2024 3:00pm–3:40pm Off-site – Chicago Public Library’s Harold Washington Center Event—Public Programming Newberry 101: An Introduction to Research at the Newberry Jun 01, 2024 9:30am–10:30am At the Newberry – Rettinger Hall Event—Public Programming A Comedy of Errors: A Theatrical Reading with the Shakespeare Project of Chicago Jun 15, 2024 10:00am–12:30pm At the Newberry – Ruggles Hall Event—Public Programming Make Music Chicago 2024 in Washington Square Park Marshall Vente Trio with Greta Pope, and Mississippi Heat Jun 21, 2024 12:00pm–2:00pm Off-site – Washington Square Park Open to All The Newberry’s collections, programs, and exhibitions have been free and open to all since 1887. Curious people from all over visit to research topics of interest, discover their family history, take classes, or learn something new and unexpected. About the Newberry Adult Education Classes All Classes Event—Adult Education Sherlock Holmes: Iconic Figure of the Great Detective Taught by Elzbieta Foeller-Pituch Weekly on Tuesdays, Jul 16–Aug 06, 2024 2:00pm–3:30pm At the Newberry Event—Adult Education Keep on Pushing: Jesse Jackson and the Transformation of Chicago and the Democratic Party Taught by David Masciotra Weekly on Thursdays, Jul 11–Aug 15, 2024 6:00pm–7:30pm Online Event—Adult Education The House of Caesar: The Roman Emperors from Augustus to Nero Taught by Frank Biletz Weekly on Wednesdays, Jul 10–Aug 07, 2024 2:00pm–4:00pm At the Newberry Event—Adult Education Regency Fashion from Jane Austen to Bridgerton Taught by Emilie M. 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