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Illinois Libraries Present: Matthew Desmond

In-person watch party at the main library

2025-05-13 19:00:00 2025-05-13 20:00:00 America/Chicago Illinois Libraries Present: Matthew Desmond Join us to close out our fourth season with bestselling author Matthew Desmond in conversation with award-winning journalist, Natalie Moore. R Main Library - Lake Room

Tuesday, May 13
7:00pm - 8:00pm

Add to Calendar 2025-05-13 19:00:00 2025-05-13 20:00:00 America/Chicago Illinois Libraries Present: Matthew Desmond Join us to close out our fourth season with bestselling author Matthew Desmond in conversation with award-winning journalist, Natalie Moore. R Main Library - Lake Room

Main Library

Lake Room

Join us to close out our fourth season with bestselling author Matthew Desmond in conversation with award-winning journalist, Natalie Moore. R

Virtual program offered at libraries across Illinois. These programs are always available virtually. Two ways to participate: In-person watch party with a virtual speaker or Zoom.

Desmond is a professor of sociology at Princeton University and author of the award-winning book, Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City. The recipient of a MacArthur “Genius” Fellowship, Desmond was named one of “fifty people across the country who are most influencing the national political debate” by Politico 50 in 2016. His research focuses on poverty in the United States, city life, housing insecurity, public policy, racial inequality, and ethnography.

Natalie Moore is an award-winning journalist based in Chicago, whose reporting tackles race, housing, economic development, food injustice and violence. She is the author of the acclaimed The South Side: A Portrait of Chicago and American Segregation and co-author of The Almighty Black P Stone Nation: The Rise, Fall and Resurgence of an American Gang. Moore is the recipient of Chicago Library Foundation’s 21st Century Award and a Studs Terkel Community Media Award among many others. Her work has helped shift the way Chicagoans today think about segregation in the region.

This event is made possible by Illinois Libraries Present (ILP), a statewide collaboration among public libraries offering premier events. ILP is funded in part by a grant awarded by the Illinois State Library, a department of the Office of Secretary of State, using funds provided by the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services, under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA). ILP is committed to inclusion and accessibility. To request accommodations, please email illinoislibrariespresent@gmail.com

R = Registration required.

AGE GROUP: | Adult |

EVENT TYPE: | Adult |

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Main Library

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Hours

Today's hours

We're open 9:00AM to 9:00PM

We're closed Friday July 04 due to Library closed for Independence Day.
Mon, Jun 30 9:00AM to 9:00PM
Tue, Jul 01 9:00AM to 9:00PM
Wed, Jul 02 9:00AM to 9:00PM
Thu, Jul 03 9:00AM to 9:00PM
Fri, Jul 04 Closed
(Library closed for Independence Day.)
Sat, Jul 05 9:00AM to 5:00PM
Sun, Jul 06 12:00PM to 5:00PM

Upcoming Events

Tue, Jul 01, 9:00am - 9:00pm
Enjoy a customized subscription bag that includes 2 books and themed goodies. Our theme will focus on Adventure books. R
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Tue, Jul 01, 3:00pm - 3:45pm
Training Lab
Have a basic question about your mobile device or computer? We can help. ¿Tiene alguna pregunta básica sobre su teléfono móvil o computadora? Podemos ayudarlo. R
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Tue, Jul 01, 4:00pm - 4:45pm
Training Lab
Have a basic question about your mobile device or computer? We can help. ¿Tiene alguna pregunta básica sobre su teléfono móvil o computadora? Podemos ayudarlo. R
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Tue, Jul 01, 6:30pm - 8:45pm
Lake Room
Ages 18 and older. Share your work with others in a supportive atmosphere at this monthly community writers group led by author Ginnie Foley. NR

Tue, Jul 01, 7:00pm - 8:00pm
Cook Room
Watch anime, vote on what to watch next time and make new friends. R
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Wed, Jul 02, 10:00am - 11:00am
Youth Activity Room
Bring the family and help us tend and weed our flourishing garden and make a craft. Dress to work in the dirt. TR

Wed, Jul 02, 4:00pm - 4:30pm
Lake Cook Room
Have the slime of your life creating your own slime to take home. Dress to get messy. Please choose one 30-minute session to attend. TR

Wed, Jul 02, 4:30pm - 5:00pm
Lake Cook Room
Have the slime of your life creating your own slime to take home. Dress to get messy. Please choose one 30-minute session to attend. TR

Wed, Jul 02, 5:00pm - 5:30pm
Lake Cook Room
Have the slime of your life creating your own slime to take home. Dress to get messy. Please choose one 30-minute session to attend. TR

Wed, Jul 02, 5:30pm - 6:00pm
Lake Cook Room
Have the slime of your life creating your own slime to take home. Dress to get messy. Please choose one 30-minute session to attend. TR

Rescheduled
Thu, Jul 03, 10:00am - 2:00pm
New date Thursday, July 10, 10:00am - 2:00pm
A social worker from the Village of Wheeling will be present on the second floor for private meetings with members on the first Thursday of the month in a designated study room. NR

Thu, Jul 03, 2:00pm - 3:00pm
Lake Cook Room
Laura Keyes will perform as Laura Ingalls Wilder in the spring of 1894. R

Thu, Jul 03, 7:00pm - 8:00pm
Lake Room
Get ready for a night filled with messy games. Dress to get messy. R