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Friday, October 09, 2026, 11:30 a.m.
The Sioux Chef: Reclaiming Indigenous Food Systems and Promoting Food Sovereignty
"Where are all the Native American restaurants?" It's a question Sean Sherman addressed during a viral TEDx Talk. Despite a diverse national food scene, it is not common to see the cuisine of the people whose land we are currently...
Wednesday, September 16, 2026, 11:45 a.m.
City Club Book Club Meet Up - The Hollow Half: A Memoir of Bodies and Borders
As part of our celebration of the 91st Anisfield Wolf Book Awards, we will be holding a book club for Sarah Aziza's The Hollow Half: A Memoir of Bodies and Borders. If you'd like to join City Club CEO Dan Moulthrop...
Friday, August 07, 2026, 11:30 a.m.
Liberated Mind: Clarity, Identity, and the Conditions That Shape Us
In a moment where more people than ever are feeling the weight of “the system,” or even losing faith in individual self-determination, how do we reclaim agency within this system? In Liberated Mind: A Guide to Black Clarity, author Dr. Timothy...
Thursday, July 23, 2026, 11:30 a.m.
Human Raised: Nurturing Connection, Curiosity & Lifelong Learning in the Age of AI
There was a time when the premise of nanny robots and artificial intelligence raising our children was merely the subject of Steven Spielberg's futuristic sci-fi films. The future, it seems, is now. As AI enters nurseries, playrooms, and classrooms, parents are...
Monday, June 08, 2026, 11:30 a.m.
We are no doubt navigating an incredible age of disruption. Technology, algorithms, politics, and societal pressures have changed the way we both think and work. But how do we break free from a system that was created to manipulate independent...
Thursday, April 30, 2026, 11:30 a.m.
The Power of Food, Memory, and the Joy of Being Present
“Bite by Bite is a beautiful, meditative book, one that allows us to examine family and legacy through an original lens as well as encouraging us to question what we know about the foods we love.” - Roxane Gay, The...
Friday, March 20, 2026, 11:30 a.m.
A Conversation with 'Five Bullets' Author Elliot Williams
“Wow, what a ride back to New York in the 1980s, and the case that captivated the country! Elliot Williams’s Five Bullets is an amazing story, well told.” —Anderson Cooper ---- On Dec. 22, 1984, Bernard "Bernie" Goetz, a white man, shot...
Thursday, March 19, 2026, 11:30 a.m.
This is the newly rescheduled date! All tickets from the original date in February will be transferred to the new date, Thursday, March 19th. For more information regarding ticketing/registration, contact Stacy Rogers at (216) 621-0082. ---- What if our loyalty is not...
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