Friday 7/30 – Thursday 8/5
31 SATURDAY Eugene Pincham and Studs Terkel may speak eloquently on the soapbox, but the prizes at the Newberry Library’s annual Bughouse Square Debates will go to the best hecklers in the audience. The free debates take place today from 1 to 5 at Washington Square Park at Walton and Dearborn. On Friday at 6 Clarence Darrow and Ida B. Wells, among various departed souls, return to speak at “The Ghosts of Bughouse Past.” Call 312-943-9090.
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Mary McDowell, who organized female stockyard workers, and Louise de Koven Bowen, who helped finance Hull-House, are two of the sung and unsung Illinois heroes and heroines University of Illinois at Chicago professor emeritus William Adelman will talk about in his free lecture today at 3 at the Historic Pullman Foundation Visitor Center, 11141 S. Cottage Grove. At 12:30 and 1:30 the center offers guided walking tours of the district, which boasts a rich labor history. Admission to the tours is $4, $2.50 for students. Call 773-785-3828 for more.
5 THURSDAY Everyone has plans for Cabrini-Green–and that includes those who live there. Residents will discuss their thoughts at an event called Vision 2000: The Future Is Now. It’s sponsored by the Cabrini-Green Local Advisory Council and starts at 6:30 at the Chicago Public Library’s Near North branch, 310 W. Division. Call 312-791-8968 to RSVP.
