CHICAGO PUBLIC LIBRARY

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We are heartbroken over the death of a wonderful human being and great friend to CPL, author and film critic Roger Ebert. Rest in peace.

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Dennis Lehane

DATE: Wednesday, October 10th, 2012

TIME: 6:00 PM

LOCATION: Harold Washington Library - Winter Garden

ABOUT:  Join us as Dennis Lehane discusses and signs copies of his new book titled Live by Night.

Dennis Lehane is back with Live by Night, an epic, unflinching tale of the making and unmaking of a gangster in the Prohibition Era of the Roaring Twenties. Meticulously researched and artfully told, Live by Night is the riveting story of one man’s rise from Boston petty thief to the Gulf Coast’s most successful rum runner, and it proves again that the accolades New York Times bestseller Lehane consistently receives are well deserved.

Lehane is the best-selling author of nine novels. From Gone, Baby, Gone to Mystic River to Shutter Island to The Given Day, the phenomenal Dennis Lehane has proven himself to be one of the most versatile and exciting novelists working in America today—whether he’s breaking new ground with uniquely inventive psychological suspense, redefining the detective story, or bringing a bygone era to life with sweeping and masterful historical fiction. Lehane has also written Coronado, a collection of short stories and a play.

Lehane will appear in the Winter Garden, located on the 9th floor. Seating is limited and available first come, first served. Reservations are not required. Books are available for purchase at this event and Mr. Lehane will autograph books at the conclusion of the program.

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Chariots of Fire: Summer Reads Movie Night

DATE: Wednesday, July 25th

TIME: 6:00 PM

LOCATION: Harold Washington Library - Cindy Pritzker Auditorium

ABOUT: Chariots of Fire tells the fact-based story of two English runners that were both driven by different means to win the Olympics. One used his faith in God, and the other his hatred of Anti-Semitism. Acclaimed when released and winner of four Academy Awards including Best Picture and Best Original Score, the film is considered a modern classic. It tells the story of Eric Liddell and Harold Maurice Abrahams. This screening celebrates running and runners, and the opening of the 2012 Summer Olympics.

It features Ben Cross, Ian Charleson, Nigel Havers, Cheryl Campbell, Alice Krige and Lindsay Anderson. This film will be shown on the big screen in the Cindy Pritzker Auditorium. (1981, 124 min., dvd projection)

This program is a You Are What You Read: Summer Reads for Adults program, made possible with support from the Chicago Public Library Foundation.

Reservations are not required.

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