Events Around Chicago
The I & M Canal National Heritage Corridor is crisscrossed by a multitude of railways that transport passengers and freight within the region and across the nation. Bill Molony examines the history of the “Railroads in the Heritage Corridor” Thursday, April 10 at the Gaylord Building Historic Site, 200 W. 8th Ave., Lockport. Molony is president of the Blackhawk Chapter of the National Railway Historical Society, and a board member of the Will County Historical Society. Molony is a U.S. Army retiree and a lifelong railroad enthusiast. Festivities begin at 6 p.m. with a cash-bar reception. followed by dinner at 6:30 p.m. The lecture at 7:30 p.m. The program fee, which includes dinner, is $31 for members of the Canal Corridor Association and National Trust for Historic Preservation, or $37 for non-members. Registration discounts are available for the entire spring series (April, May, and June). Reservations are required for all sessions. For reservations and additional information, including package information for all three spring sessions, call (815) 588-1100.
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The Chicago Public Library welcomes film scholar James Naremore, professor emeritus of film studies at Indiana University-Bloomington and author of More than Night: Film Noir in Its Contexts, as he explores how the work of authors such as Raymond Chandler, Dashiell Hammett and James Cain were adapted by Hollywood. The free program will be held at 6 p.m. Thursday, April 10 in the Cindy Pritzker Auditorium, lower level, of the Harold Washington Library Center, 400 S. State St. This program is part of the spring 2008 One Book, One Chicago celebration of Raymond Chandler’s The Long Goodbye. For more information, please visit the Web site at chicagopubliclibrary.org.
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American English, the Beatles tribute band, will perform at 8 p.m. Saturday, April 12 at the Rialto Square Theatre, 15 E. Van Buren St., Joliet. Tickets range from $30 to $45 and may be purchased at the Rialto Box Office, 102 N. Chicago St., Joliet. American English will play Beatles music from 1963 through their breakup in 1970. Tickets can also be obtained by calling (815) 725-6600.
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The Chicago Public Library welcomes author Judith Freeman in a discussion of her book, The Long Embrace: Raymond Chandler and the Woman He Loved. The free event will be held at 6 p.m. Monday, April 14 in the lower level of the Cindy Pritzker Auditorium of the Harold Washington Library Center, 400 S. State St. This program is part of the spring 2008 One Book, One Chicago celebration of Raymond Chandler’s The Long Goodbye. The Long Embrace is Judith Freeman’s biography of Raymond Chandler and his twice-divorced wife Cissy Pascal, who was 18 years his senior. Freeman searched archives, visited the numerous California residences where the Chandlers lived, interviewed people who knew the Chandlers, and even examined language in his mystery novels to offer readers a special insight into Raymond and Cissy’s mysterious relationship and unconventional marriage. For more information, visit the Web site at chicagopubliclibrary.org.
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Nobel Peace Prize winner Dr. Adil Najam, who speaks on global public policy, will deliver a lecture on “Democracy and the Muslim World” Sunday, April 13 at Elmhurst College, 190 Prospect Ave., Elmhurst. Najam’s talk will begin at 7 p.m. in the Founder’s Lounge of the College’s Frick Center. Admission is free. Najam directs Boston University’s Frederick Pardee Center for Study for the Longer-Range Future. He shared the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize with former Vice President Al Gore and with members of his Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. Najam served as a lead author for many of the IPCC’s findings. More information can be obtained by calling (630) 617-3033 or visit www.elmhurst.edu.