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IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO VOLUNTEER FOR THIS EVENT, PLEASE CONTACT:
Brittney Hughes at 312.733-5850 ext. 564917
Brittney.Hughes@TCBINC.ORG

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Buy the Book Locally ...and Meet the Author!

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Running organization
with routes inspired by books

West Loop
Saturday, March 9, 2024
9am
LEARN MORE HERE

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Harold Washington Library Panel
Unleash Your Creativity:
Finding Inspiration in Archives R
esearch

Harold Washington Library, Chicago
Thursday, February 1, 2024
6 - 7pm
Author’s Room 7th Floor
Free and Open to the Public,  but must register in advance 

REGISTER HERE

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Nineteenth Century Charitable Association
Oak Park

LIVE EVENT

Monday, January 8, 2024

1:15pm presentation

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178 Forest Ave
Oak Park, IL 60301

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RESERVATIONS REQUIRED

for more information, please visit website

 
 
 
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Holiday Book Signing

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Wednesday, December 13
12 - 2pm

Outside the Museum Shop

The Museum is open and free to the public this day.

For more information, please visit chicagohistory.org

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West Loop: Then and Nohas connections to the “City on Fire” exhibit

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October 14 - 15, 2023

1- 3pm both days

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Meet Connie Fairbanks at Montauk Sofa

1229 W Lake Street
Chicago, IL  60622

 
 
 
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West Loop

in conjunction with Madison Row Fest

Saturday, September 9

11am - 1pm

Book Signing

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Chicago History Museum

Saturday, September 30

12 - 2pm

Book Signing

Mary Bartelme West Loop Farmer’s Market

Saturday, October 7

9:30am - 11am

Look for me at the Mary Bartleme park table

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Montauk Sofa

in conjunction with Open House Chicago
Saturday, October 14

1 – 3pm

Sunday, October 15
1 – 3pm

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Independant Bookstore Day
LIVE EVENT

Saturday, April 29, 2023
10:30am to 11:30am CST

Meet the author, Connie Fairbanks

 
 
 
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Madison Streen Books

LIVE EVENT

Thursday, April 13, 2023 at 7:00-8:00pm CST

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Connie Fairbanks in conversation with Susan Imus

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Our very own Connie Fairbanks will be talking with Susan Imus about Fairbanks’ book, Chicago’s West Loop, Then and Now: People, Businesses, and Buildings. There will be a short interview, questions, and book signing on Thursday, April 13 from 7 - 8pm at Madison Street Books at 1127 W. Madison Street.  

 

Come meet your neighbors and learn more about your historic neighborhood. More info about the book below.

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The Green Street Farmer's Market

West Loop

LIVE EVENT

Saturday, May 6, 2023
9:00-11:00am CST

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Connie Fairbanks book signing

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Connie Fairbanks will be signing copies of her new book, Chicago's West Loop, Then and Now, on the Opening Day of The Green Street Farmer's Market - West Loop.  She will be sitting with other volunteers and members of The Mary Bartelme Advisory Park Committee from 9 - 11 am, and signing her new book. 

 

Come meet your neighbors and learn more about your historic neighborhood. 

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TimeLine Theater's

biggest fundraising event

of the year!

Ritz Carlton - Chicago

Silent Auction and Cocktail Hour

March 25, 2023
6 - 7pm

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Auction item is signed Chicago's West Loop, Then and Now book and Lunch with the Author at Macello Restaurant.

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Donated by Connie Fairbanks and Kirk Twiss, long time supporters and subscribers at Timeline Theatre.

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Chicago’s West Loop Then and Now

ONLINE EVENT

Thursday, February 2, 2023 at 7:00pm CST

 

The transformation of Chicago’s West Loop over time has been nothing less than captivating. Vacant parking lots, once home to Vaudeville acts, became glossy 19-story apartments. Empty buildings that once housed cutlery stores, meat packing rooms, printing companies, and multi-level office buildings have been demolished- common brick by common brick.  Some of these bakery supply buildings (or other businesses) have been re-purposed into opulent condos, luxury sofa stores, or restaurants with owner-chefs calling upstairs home. 

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What once was a manufacturing and wholesale warehouse area in the late 1890s to the 1950s, a fashionable place to live on Ashland Avenue for the “movers and shakers “of Chicago, and later Skid Row on Madison Street, is again where people want to live, work, and play.

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Author Connie Fairbanks developed a special love of history reading the We Were There books, which led to her fascination with the history of Chicago’s West Loop. She is the author of the 2007 cookbook, Scratch That: Seasonal Menus and Perfect Pairs.

 

Purchase Chicago’s West Loop Then and Now here.

$12 per person / $10 for members
Purchase Tickets

Old St. Patrick’s Church Encore Group

Sunday, February 19, 2023
Presentation and book signing 

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Chicago History Museum
Member’s Only Event

Tuesday, February 21, 2023, 6:00 pm

 
Author Talk | Chicago’s West Loop: Then and Now

Delve into the history of Chicago’s West Loop with local author and
historian Connie Fairbanks in conversation with WTTW host Geoffrey Baer as they discuss Fairbanks’s new book, Chicago’s West Loop: Then and Now (2022).

 

What once was a manufacturing and wholesale warehouse area from the late 1890s to the 1950s, a fashionable place to live on Ashland Avenue for the “movers and shakers “of Chicago, and later Skid Row on Madison Street is again where we want to live, work, and play.

Hear engaging and timeless stories by Fairbanks in a new 246-page book complete with a collection of more than 150 photos that capture the essence of this area’s transformation and brings you back in time in this most dynamic part of the city.

We highly encourage you to visit the CHM Store to purchase your own copy of Chicago's West Loop: Then and Now.

 

Connie Fairbanks will be available to sign copies at the event. 

This event is FREE and exclusive to members.

RSVP is required.

Chicago History Museum and

University of Illinois at Chicago Metro History Fair
Saturday, March 4, 2023

Connie Fairbanks will be a judge at this event (more details to follow)

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