University of Illinois Press Events Calendar

Friday, August 1, 2025

• • 6:00 - 7:00 pm   CST
  • Bookends & Beginnings, 1620 Orrington Avenue, Evanston, IL 60201-3829

  Lindsay Fullerton at Bookends & Beginnings

  On Friday, August 1, author Lindsay Fullerton will discuss her new book "Ephemeral City: A People’s History of Chicago’s Century of Progress World’s Fair" at Bookends & Beginnings.

  • Lecture

Saturday, August 2, 2025

• • 3:00 - 4:00 pm   CDT

  Virtual Celebration and Visual Art Event by Marlee Bunch

  Marlee Bunch hosts a virtual celebration for her upcoming book, "Unlearning the Hush: Oral Histories of Black Female Educators in Mississippi in the Civil Rights Era", featuring a poetry reading and an art talk.

  • Ceremony/Service