Read-Aloud Book Club

Want a Book Club where you don't have to read the book until the night of the Book Club?!? Check out Read-Aloud Book Club at Open Books West Loop on Wednesday, January 24 at 6:15 PM and join a reading of Dubliners by James Joyce.

Windy City Rollers Book Club Event

Open Books West Loop is excited to offer a special Book Club event for young adults and adults! Help us welcome Windy  City Rollers for a discussion of the graphic novel Roller Girl by Victoria Jamieson & the sport of Roller Derby on Friday, January 26 at 6:30 PM.  

Free

Windy City Rollers Book Club Event

Open Books West Loop is excited to offer a special Book Club event for young adults and adults! Help us welcome Windy  City Rollers for a discussion of the graphic novel Roller Girl by Victoria Jamieson & the sport of Roller Derby on Friday, January 26 at 6:30 PM.  

Free

Ink & Blood Writing Duels

Ink & Blood Writing Duels return to Open Books West Loop Saturday, January 27 from 6:30-9:00 pm. Dress up in masquerade and yell your edits at the screen to the two phantom writers hidden in the bookstore competing for your vote as they type improved stories based on your suggestions.

Free

Ink & Blood Writing Duels

Ink & Blood Writing Duels return to Open Books West Loop Saturday, January 27 from 6:30-9:00 pm. Dress up in masquerade and yell your edits at the screen to the two phantom writers hidden in the bookstore competing for your vote as they type improved stories based on your suggestions.

Free

Creative Writing Club at Open Books

Looking for writing prompts and games? Want to meet other writers? Itching to tell everyone about the fantasy world you’ve created? Just need somewhere to sit and write? The Creative Writing Club is the place for all that and more! The Creative Writing Club at Open Books is our new weekly program for young writers Read More

Creative Writing Club

Looking for writing prompts and games? Want to meet other writers? Itching to tell everyone about the fantasy world you’ve created? Just need somewhere to sit and write? The Creative Writing Club is the place for all that and more! The Creative Writing Club at Open Books is our new weekly program for young writers Read More

Free

Do Not Submit: Open Mic Storytelling

Do you have a story to share? Do Not Submit presents Personal Open Mic Storytelling opportunities in the neighborhoods of Chicago. Come to Do Not Submit West Loop on the first Wednesday of every month from 7:00-9:00 PM to listen or tell a personal story.

Free

Do Not Submit: Open Mic Storytelling

Do you have a story to share? Do Not Submit presents Personal Open Mic Storytelling opportunities in the neighborhoods of Chicago. Come to Do Not Submit West Loop on the first Wednesday of every month from 7:00-9:00 PM to listen or tell a personal story.

Free

Chicago Nerd Social Club: Book Club

Chicago Nerd Social Club will discuss Midnight Riot (The first book in the Peter Grant series) by Ben Aaronovitch for their Book Club on Monday, February 12 from 6:30-7:30 PM at Open Books West Loop.