Events
Oculus Beer Garden
World Trade CenterCome experience the Oculus Beer Garden and enjoy breathtaking city views while relaxing and unwinding in a unique, outdoor setting. Located at 2 World Trade Center Plaza, the Oculus Beer […]
Star Light Star Bright
Interactive art experience. Attach your wish to a vibrant, star-shaped structure. Today from noon to 2pm, enjoy live music from New York Collective featuring Gina Soto and free refreshments from […]
BPC Holiday Blood Drive
Give the “Gift of Life” by helping to replenish dwindling supplies in the tri-state area. It takes less than an hour and one donation can save multiple lives! Sign up […]
What Role Does Soft Power Play in these Hard Geopolitical Times
Conversation with Joseph Nye, acclaimed author of Soft Power: The Means to Success in World Politics and one of the foremost thinkers on international relations. In today’s era of escalating […]
Women and Money Roundtable: How to Make Sense of Today’s Financial Markets
Financial literacy program designed to educate women of any age about the financial matters that affect their lives. The program provides information, resources and learning activities to educate and create […]
Downtown Beats Chorus
Directed by Church Street School of Music, the Downtown Beats adult chorus is open to all who love to sing! Learn contemporary and classic songs and perform at community events […]
Artists Talk: Art and the Changing Environment
Join artists Davina Hsu and Michelle Weinberg, from Open Call: Environmental Resiliency and Care, for a presentation about new, temporary public artwork installed on 1100 ft of construction shed along […]
Book Club: The World of Yesterday (1942) by Stefan Zweig
Join us to analyze and discuss this early 20th century memoir that speaks so well to our contemporary socio-political malaise like no other.
Intersections: Jazz and 9/11
World Trade CenterFormer students, musicians, and scholars talk about the impact of 9/11 on college students and the jazz community.
Chukwudi Iwuji on James Baldwin at 100
Join Chukwudi Iwuji, acclaimed stage and screen actor, for a reading to mark the centenary of James Baldwin. Iwuji, who has been immersed in Baldwin’s work as part of a […]
“Our Nazi: An American Suburb’s Encounter with Evil”
Reinhold Kulle seemed like the perfect school employee. But in 1982, as his retirement neared, his long-concealed secret came to light. The chief custodian at Oak Park and River Forest […]