Upcoming Appearances
with
Christine Wolf
Tuesday
April 23, 2024
3:30p
Book Talk: Politics, Partnerships, & Power
Speaking to Members of Junior State of America
Naperville North High School
Naperville, Illinois
Friday
April 19, 2024
Evanston, IL
Book Talk: Politics, Partnerships, & Power
Private Event
The Mather Life Plan Community
Evanston, Illinois
Saturday
March 23, 2024
8:00p Central
Moth GrandSLAM Championship
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The ultimate storytelling competition, The Moth GrandSLAM invites winners from our open-mic StorySLAMs back to the stage for the Chicago storytelling championship. The theme for the night is… A POINT OF BEAUTY.
“When the noise and ugliness got so loud, I focused in on a point of beauty.” –Maniza Naqvi
Each ticket purchase includes a copy of The Moth’s new book, A Point of Beauty: True Stories of Holding On and Letting Go coming out on March 19, 2024! The Moth’s fourth anthology is an inspiring and entertaining collection of unforgettable true stories about finding unexpected beauty in life’s transitions. Storytellers in A Point of Beauty include Elizabeth Gilbert and Quiara Alegría Hudes alongside tales of an international rescue mission for Paddington Bear, a family matriarch running numbers in Detroit, an epic Lucha libre showdown in Mexico City, and more. The book will be distributed to ticket holders the night of the GrandSLAM.
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Sunday
March 10, 2024
3:30p Central
Book Launch and Presentation by Christine Wolf
Politics, Partnerships, & Power: The Lives of Ralph E. and Marguerite Stitt Church
The Evanston History Center
Evanston, Illinois
Open to the Public — Register Here
This Women’s History Month event is presented in partnership with the League of Women Voters of Evanston.
Sunday, March 10, 2024, 3:30 – 4:45 PM
In-person event
At the Evanston History Center
225 Greenwood St, Evanston, IL
Free & Open to All
RSVP Required, scroll down to RSVP
It is through our community’s generosity that we can offer these free programs! Please consider donating $10 to support our ongoing free public programming.
About the event:
Join co-author Christine Wolf for “Politics, Partnerships, & Power: The lives of Ralph E. and Marguerite Stitt Church,” the first biography of the twentieth-century powerhouse couple who, with prescient and persistent methodologies and hearts, gave four decades of legislative service, and established much of Illinois’ dedicated political tradition. Spanning everything from the awkward dance of prohibition in Evanston to Marguerite Stitt Church’s involvement in the creation of the Peace Corps, with a particular focus on her remarkable legacy as a pioneer for women in government, this historical nonfiction is both a resource and a gripping delight.
The League of Women Voters of Evanston will share voter information and insights into its work at the event. You can find more information about Marguerite Stitt Church on the Evanston Women’s History Project website.
Books will be available for purchase and signing.
If you don’t receive a confirmation email, please email Erin Hughes at ehughes@evanstonhistorycenter.org.