Name: Debate without Hate
Start: 2026-05-21T18:00:00-05:00
Location: Trinity Episcopal Church

Trinity Episcopal Church

A civil debate between national political figures. Sponsored by The Highland Park Art Center. Free admission.

Local Event: Debate without Hate

Lake County

Rachel Barnes

Chicago Metropolitan Area

Highland Park

Illinois

Debate without Hate

A civil debate between national political figures. Sponsored by The Highland Park Art Center. Free admission. 

The Schmidt-Burnham Log House is open Sundays, May 3–November 15, from 2–4 PM.
Visit the Schmidt-Burnham Log House (c.1837) and travel back in time to explore the captivating history of this home. Delve into the lives of the Schmidt &amp; Burnham families through engaging exhibits, fascinating artifacts and much more. Use intriguing clues to complete a scavenger hunt!
Learn more about the Log House <a href="https://www.winnetkahistory.org/visit-museum-schmidt-burham-log-house/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">HERE</a>!

Local Event: Schmidt-Burnham Log House Open to Public

Cook County

Winnetka-Glencoe

Schmidt-Burnham Log House Open to Public

The Schmidt-Burnham Log House is open Sundays, May 3–November 15, from 2–4 PM.
Visit the Schmidt-Burnham Log House (c.1837) and...

The Skokie School

The Book Stall welcomes bestselling author Kathryn Stockett to The Skokie School Auditorium for a discussion featrung her new book, The Calamity Club. The multimillion-copy-selling author of The Help returns with a bold, big-hearted novel about a group of unbreakable women, fighting for what’s rightfully theirs—and the power of friendship to change everything.
The ticket price is $38 and includes a copy of the book. All books will be pre-signed, attendees will be invited to take photos with Ms. Stockett following the talk!
The Calamity Club will make you laugh, cry, and cheer—an epic testament to underestimated women who know that calamity can be the spark of new beginnings. This is Kathryn Stockett at her most confident, heartfelt, and hilarious—the triumphant return of one of the most beloved storytellers of our time.
Kathryn Stockett was born and raised in Jackson, Mississippi. She lives in New York City and Mississippi.

Local Event: The Calamity Club: An Evening with Kathryn Stockett

The Calamity Club: An Evening with Kathryn...

The Book Stall welcomes bestselling author Kathryn Stockett to The Skokie School Auditorium for a discussion featrung her new...

The Calamity Club: An Evening with Kathryn Stockett

The Book Stall

The Book Stall is thrilled to host #1 New York Times bestselling author Christina Baker Kline for a discussion featuring her new book, The Foursome, a boldly original reimagining of the astonishing true story of two sisters in nineteenth-century North Carolina — Kline’s own distant relatives — who married world-famous conjoined twins from Siam.
The ticket price is $32.70 and includes a copy of the book. Ms. Kline will be happy to sign her work!
Spanning five decades and unfolding against the backdrop of a fractured nation hurtling toward war, The Foursome is both intimate and epic: a story of love and constraint, identity and reinvention. With piercing insight and emotional precision, Kline brings to life a forgotten chapter of American history and the complex, boundary-defying marriages at its center.
Christina Baker Kline is the award-winning author of ten novels, including the New York Times bestsellers Orphan Train, The Exiles, and A Piece of the World. Her novels have received the New England Society Book Award for Fiction, the Maine Literary Award, and several bookseller awards, among other prizes. Born in England, she was raised in the American South and Maine. She lives in New York City and in Southwest Harbor, Maine.

Local Event: The Foursome: An Evening with Christina Baker Kline at The Book Stall

The Foursome: An Evening with Christina Baker...

The Book Stall is thrilled to host #1 New York Times bestselling author Christina Baker Kline for a discussion featuring her...

The Foursome: An Evening with Christina Baker Kline at The Book Stall

Join The Book Stall for a special Saturday Storytime with Sally Lou Loveman featuring her new picture book, Livy Lou Lovely Loves to Speak! Follow along with Livy Lou Lovely as she discovers her voice when she accepts an invitation from her mother to attend a television show. Livy Lou is a shining example of all the good that can come from opening our world up by saying "yes" to new things. Livy Lou hopes her story will inspire young readers to discover their own story.
Former Oprah Show producer and life of the pre-show party, Sally Lou Loveman announces her first children’s picture book with Livy Lou Lovely Loves to Speak, based on her own story of finding her inner voice and the confidence to speak up at a young age.&nbsp; As the former audience producer for The Oprah Winfrey Show and the founder of lovespeaks, Sally Lou has entertained more than half a million people from The Oprah Show stage to her lovespeaks platform. Today Sally Lou coaches clients to speak without fear by connecting them to their power through exploring their story.

Local Event: Livy Lou Lovely Loves to Speak: Saturday Storytime with Sally Lou Loveman

Livy Lou Lovely Loves to Speak: Saturday...

Join The Book Stall for a special Saturday Storytime with Sally Lou Loveman featuring her new picture book, Livy Lou Lovely...

Livy Lou Lovely Loves to Speak: Saturday Storytime with Sally Lou Loveman

The Book Stall welcomes a poetry reading with Carrie Olivia Adams, Teresa&nbsp;Dzieglewicz, and Naoko Fujimoto, in honor of Ms. Fujimoto's release of her new book of Women: 20 Japanese Female Poets. Of Women is a collection of translations of Japanese waka-poems from the seventh century to the twelfth century, featuring twenty female poets from this period, when Japanese women’s literature flourished. This book includes poems by famous writers from the era, such as Sei Shonagon (The Pillow Book) and Murasaki Shikibu (The Tale of Genji), and introduces some lesser-known female poets as well.&nbsp;Carrie Olivia Adams will share poems from her newest book of poetry, The Book of Marys and Glaciers. Teresa Dzieglewicz will read from her book of poetry, Something Small of How to See a River.
Naoko Fujimoto was born and raised in Nagoya, Japan. She is a poet and translator. Her poetry collections are We Face The Tremendous Meat On The Teppan, winner of C&amp;R Press Summer Tide Pool Chapbook Award, Where I Was Born, winner of the Willow Books Editor's Choice, Glyph: Graphic Poetry=Trans. Sensory, and five chapbooks. She is a RHINO Poetry and Tupelo Quarterly translation editor. She is a Bread Loaf Translation full scholarship recipient and the 2023 Visiting Teaching Artist at the Poetry Foundation.&nbsp;
Carrie Olivia Adams lives in Chicago, where she is the executive editor for the nonprofit press Black Ocean and the promotions and marketing communications director for the University of Chicago Press. Her books include&nbsp;The Book of Marys and Glaciers,&nbsp;Be the thing of memory,&nbsp;Operating Theater,&nbsp;Forty-One Jane Doe’s, and&nbsp;Intervening Absence in addition to the chapbooks “Proficiency Badges,” “Grapple,” “Overture in the Key of F,” and “A Useless Window.” She writes the&nbsp;<a href="https://poetryandbiscuits.substack.com/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">“Poetry &amp; Biscuits” newsletter&nbsp;</a>on Substack and curates a house reading series by the same name. When she’s not making poems, she’s making biscuits.
Teresa Dzieglewicz is a Pushcart-winning poet, Black Earth Institute Fellow, a Poet-in-Residence at the Chicago Poetry Center, and part of the founding team of Mni Wichoni Nakicizin Wounspe (Defenders of the Water School). Her first book of poetry, Something Small of How to See a River was selected by Tyehimba Jess for Tupelo Press’s Dorset Prize. Her first children's book, Belonging, (co-written with Kimimila Locke), is forthcoming from Chronicle Books. She has received prizes or fellowships from Best New Poets, the Gingko Prize, the Auburn Witness Prize, the Palette Poetry Prize and the Elizabeth George Foundation.

Local Event: Poetry Reading with Carrie Olivia Adams, Teresa Dzieglewicz, & Naoko Fujimoto at The Book Stall

Poetry Reading with Carrie Olivia Adams, Teresa...

The Book Stall welcomes a poetry reading with Carrie Olivia Adams, Teresa Dzieglewicz, and Naoko Fujimoto, in honor of Ms....

Poetry Reading with Carrie Olivia Adams, Teresa Dzieglewicz, & Naoko Fujimoto at The Book Stall

Wilmette-Kenilworth

Eric DeGrechie

Glenview

Northbrook

Skokie

Evanston

Niles-Morton Grove

Deerfield

Park Ridge

Des Plaines

PEER Services, Inc.

PEER Services is a 501(c) (3) non-profit organization. PEER Services provides community-based substance use prevention and treatment services to teens, adults and families in Northern Cook County, including Evanston, Maine, New Trier, Niles and Northfield Townships, and the north side of Chicago. PEER Services reduces the harms of substance use, addiction and stigma by engaging youth and adults with innovative prevention programming and by supporting people on their path to recovery through holistic, evidence-based treatment. We provide affirming services to all in need, regardless of their ability to pay. Our Programs: Adult Treatment: •	Individual &amp; Group Counseling •	Intensive Outpatient Program •	Medication-Assisted Recovery for Heroin, Opioid Use or Alcohol Use Disorders •	Case Management •	DUI Risk Education &amp; Aftercare •	Alcohol and Other Drug Evaluations •	Recovery Support Specialists •	Recovery Oriented Systems of Care Coalition •	Substance Use Crisis Support at The Living Room (Evanston) •	Partnerships with the United States Probation Office and the Cook County Skokie Court House through our Second Chances Program Adolescent Treatment: •	Early intervention education •	Individual counseling •	Family Support Prevention Services: PEER Services prevention department partners with schools, local non-profit organizations, businesses, local coalitions, and others to help support the community to act as a united front in substance use prevention (SUP) and mental health support. We provide presentations, trainings, and resources for youth, parents, community members, local organizations, and other community entities on topics such as Alcohol, Cannabis, Current substance trends, Fentanyl, Life Skills Training, Decision Making, Peer Pressure, Mental Health First Aid (MHFA), Opioid Overdose, Prescription Medications, Tobacco, and Vaping

PEER Services is a 501(c) (3) non-profit organization. PEER Services provides community-based substance use prevention and treatment services to...

Katie's Creature Care LLC

Katie's Creature Care LLC is a woman-owned business focused on pet care services, education and rescue efforts. It is headquartered in Winnetka and serves the surrounding areas within the North Shore of Illinois. 

Katie's Creature Care LLC is a woman-owned business focused on pet care services, education and rescue efforts. It is headquartered in Winnetka and...

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