The latest book by Rick Kogan and Charles Osgood includes a story about The Nineteenth Century Club. Sidewalks Volume II:  Reflections on Chicago is another amazing portrait of real Chicago (and the Club).
 
Check out the story about the "Oak Park Sisterhood" on pages 170 and 171. Both Kogan and Osgood were warmly received at our Literature program in January 2008. Kogan is a Member of the Chicago Journalism Hall of Fame and Osgood is adjunct professor of photojournalism at Columbia College.

At April 26, 2010 meeting Gary Moore gave a presentation about his father's odessey. This riveting story of his father, a depression-era youth and his brush with destiny through World War II and the hardships of minor league baseball intriqued us all. The author only learned the day before his father died about his father's remarkable life, when he broke decades of silence and relieved himself of the heavy burden he had carried. The stunning news sent the author on his own odyssey as he researched his father's life. 
 
Book:  Playing with the Enemy: A Baseball Prodigy, WWII and the Long Road Home.
 
www.playingwiththeenemy.com

Marcus Dunleavy, a classical guitarist who presented a program last year at the Club, is performing in the final concert for the 2009 Latino Music Festival. The concert will take place at 6:30 pm on Wed. Dec. 16 at the Chicago Cultural Center. (see link below) The concert is called "from Villa Lobos to Jobim" and consists of all music from Brazil. He is playing the opening numbers and then again toward the end. The concert is free and open to the public.
 
www.explorechicago.org

Last year we had a program featuring a cello/piano duo, Marina Hoover and Patricia Tao. Well, they also have a trio called Trio Voce, which includes Jasmine Lin on violin. We remember that their performance at the Club was so exciting and engaging that we all wanted them back. The trio is associated with several local musical organizations, one of which is http://mostlymusicchicago.com, which features individual North Shore residences as hosts for several intimate concerts. They are also playing January 30, 2010, as part of Unity Temple's Art and Architecture series.
 
More info at:  http://triovoce.com

Robert Goldsborough, who continued the Nero Wolf, Rex Stout mysteries, before beginning his Snap Malek series, based in Chicago and suburbs, has a new book out, the fourth in his  series. A President in Peril centers on the 1948 presidential campaign as covered by Chicago Tribune reporter, Malek. A Malek short story, A Call from Rockford, is in a collection of stories entitled Missing. 

http://www.robertgoldsborough.com/
http://crimespace.ning.com/profile/goldsborough

What do.... Lemon Lace, a Judas quilt, strolling on the veranda, a diamond shoe clip, and an unregistered bed and breakfast guest have in common? You are cordially invited to discover the answer at "Tea on the Veranda" with Luisa Buehler, author of the acclaimed Grace Marsden Murder Mystery series at Under the Ginkgo Tree Bed and Breakfast, 300 N. Kenilworth Avenue in Oak Park on Sunday, July 26, 2009.
 
Afternoon tea begins at 1 o'clock. Bring your favorite teacup! The favor of a reply is requested: RSVP to Gloria Onischuk, Proprietor, at 708-524-2327.
 
Her books will be available for purchase and signing. Drawing at 3 o'clock for delightful gifts. More at:  http://www.luisabuehler.com/

For everyone who enjoyed Steve Gibons and Nicolae Ferau, the Romanian Duo on February 2, 2009, here is a link to their website: www.stevegibons.com

If you enjoy Shaw Chicago as much as we do, click on this link for upcoming Chicago performances:
Shaw Chicago.

Rick Kogan - Sidewalks story about Nineteenth Century Club
In his Sidewalks story:  Oak Park sisterhood:  Wrought by Frank Lloyd Wright's mother, a historic club carries on, on August 3, 2008, Rick Kogan (Chicago Tribune Reporter) recounts his appearance at the Club.

Kogan and Charles Osgood appeared at the Club on January 28, 2008 to discuss their adventures while compiling their Chicago Tribune Magazine Sidewalks feature that morphed into a book of the same name.

Donna Seaman, book reviewer, author, editor and radio show host, appeared last year at the Club. Due to the generous support of the Leo S. Guthman Fund and the Illinois Arts Council, a state agency, she can offer free downloadable audio files of select editions of Open Books, her Chicago Public Radio show.  Click on Interviews: Every conversation is a story, every book a cosmos.

http://www.openbooksradio.org/

http://www.donnaseaman.com/

Steven Harper, attorney and author, has published a second book, a very different memoir: STRADDLING WORLDS: The Jewish-American Journey of Professor Richard W. Leopold (Northwestern University Press, January 2008)
 
http://www.stevenjharper.com/

Rick Kogan and Charles Osgood, present the Sidewalks feature in the Chicago Tribune Magazine every week. Rick Kogan also hosts a WGN radio show Sunday mornings:  Sunday Papers, 6:30-9:00 A.M.

Mary F. McVicker, local author, has another new book out:  Women Adventurers, 1750-1900.

Luisa Buehler has appeared several times at the Club, both individually and as a part of the Mystery Mavens. Her book, The Rosary Bride was set here in neighboring River Forest. She now has 5 Grace Marsden mysteries.  
 
http://www.luisabuehler.com/

Dennis Temple 
Illinois Humanities Council Recording
Chicago Public Radio
WBEZ 91.5
 
Fundamentalism & Religious Violence
with Dennis Temple

Fundamentalism first appeared in early 20th century America as an offshoot of conservative Protestantism but has become a mainstay of international politics as the century progressed. This presentation begins with the platform of early Christian fundamentalism and offers an assessment of how it fared over the past 100 years. The program continues with an examination of other religious expressions of fundamentalism, particularly Judaism, Hinduism, and Islam. The program ends with an open, but guided, discussion of fundamentalism as a rejection of modernity and how that can lead to radicalism and violence.

Recorded Monday, October 16, 2006 at The Nineteenth Century Club
http://www.chicagopublicradio.org/Program_AMP_Segment.aspx?segmentID=7884

Illinois Humanities Council Recording
 
Sisters of the Road...Travel Writing by Women Throughout History
with Beatriz Badikian-Gartler

Listen to excerpts from the travel writings of women throughout history, focusing on American and British women of the 18th, 19th, and 20th centuries. The dramatically presented readings are interspersed with brief explanations on the nature of this genre, discussions on what makes the female writers distinct from their male counterparts, and observations on historical and societal changes to the genre.

Recorded March 27, 2006, at The Nineteenth Century Club.
http://www.bbgartler.com/Travelaudio.html