(GET TIX NOW)Chicago: City of Scandals (CFC Winter Lecture Series) #6 @Bad Apple
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6th Lecture in the series - OPERATION GREYLORD!
*NOTE THIS IS AT A NEW BIGGER VENUE! REGISTER NOW AS THESE SPOTS GO FAST If registration is full then join the waitlist on EventBrite as spots open as people cancel! Waitlist people do get in so don't get discouraged! Plus walk-ins are allowed too~*
Chicago for Chicagoans returns for their 9th winter speakeasy lecture series, designed to teach Chicago residents about the history of their own city! Hosted this year at the Bad Apple Lincoln Park (658 W Belden), these pay-what-you-can events are meant to provoke understanding and discussion of our city’s past, while exploring how that history impacts and influences our future. NOW ON TUESDAY EVENINGS!
This year's theme is SCANDALS — we'll be exploring some of the juiciest, most controversial stories of Chicago’s past, from criminal enterprises and society improprieties to corrupt politicians, civil unrest, greased palms, and other shady dealings that'll leave you clutching your pearls.
Each week features a different local Chicago historian & expert, for twelve one-of-a-kind evenings featuring lectures, discussions, and many tasty cocktails! Join us in person to become part of our friendly community of history nerds or catch the lecture recordings online after each event to take in our programming from the comfort of your own home.
Chicago Scandals (Lecture Series) • Operation Greylord, 2/11/25 @6;30 pm. It's the winter series live talks at a speakeasy venue in Lincoln Park. New Venue! The event is FREE but you must register first to attend the live in-person event & get your password to enter the venue. Registration opens 1/28/25 @ 9 am & space is limited so register ASAP:
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/211-chicago-scandals-lecture-series-operation-greylord-registration-1107582502079?aff=ebdsoporgprofile
THIS WEEK'S LECTURE • 02/11/25 • Learn how a major 1980s undercover FBI operation in the Chicago court system, involving agents in disguise as corrupt professionals, led to the indictment of 93 crooked city judges, court officials, and policemen. Lecture by historian, artist, and tour guide Sam Prestigiacomo.
SAM PRESTIGIACOMO | Sam Prestigiacomo is a Chicago native and an artist, folklorist, and armchair historian with a penchant for digging up the brutal and bizarre stories of Chicago. Also a tour guide specializing in Edgewater, queer & Jewish history, ghosts and pirates!
For more info about Chicago for Chicagoans, click here:
http://www.chicagoforchicagoans.org
For more info about Effing Chicago click here:
(http://effingchicago.com/
If unable to attend in person, you can watch the video that will be uploaded on the following Thursday on, YouTube, Facebook or Instagram. Links here:
**https://www.youtube.com/@ChicagoforChicagoans**
**https://www.facebook.com/chicagoforchicagoans/videos https://www.instagram.com/chicagoforchicagoans**
Many of you will recognize Patti Swanson and Chicago for Chicagoans from the neighborhood walking tours we have done in the warmer months with her & her other tour guides! She is a wealth of knowledge of Chicago history and architecture plus always entertaining!
Chicago for Chicagoans was started in 2016 by Patti Swanson. As a tour guide, historian, and preservation enthusiast, Patti likes researching her adoptive city and expressing to other Chicagoans just how cool it really is! The mission of Chicago for Chicagoans is simple: to educate residents about the places they inhabit, creating lifelong bonds and a deeper understanding between people and their spaces. Chicago for Chicagoans believes in the accessibility of information. Everyone deserves opportunities to learn about their surroundings.
http://www.chicagoforchicagoans.org/
Remember Chicago for Chicagoans is a non-profit 501c organization. If you like their lectures & wish to donate (tax-deductible), click here: http://www.chicagoforchicagoans.org/donate.html
Venue: find the group at the Bad Apple Lincoln Park (658 W Belden)! They’re thrilled to be welcomed by Bad Apple Lincoln Park at their historic (and handicap accessible!) venue with amazing food and drinks.
WE WILL BE ABLE TO ORDER FOOD DURING THE SHOW IN ADDITION TO COCKTAILS. MORE SEATING & THEY ALLOW SEPARATE CHECKS & FOOD IS GREAT!
https://www.badapplebar.com/the-bad-apple-lincoln-park
Timing: lectures will be held on TUESDAY evenings and in-person only (catch the recording a few days after on their socials!)
If you are taking public transportation, please check Google Maps for directions or use CTA trip planner. https://www.transitchicago.com/planatrip/
If you drive, there is metered street parking on Lincoln, Fullerton & Halsted. Some free parking on side streets Watch for no parking and permit-only signs. There is a parking lot across the street that comes up under SpotHero too as an option
PLEASE NOTE OUR CURRENT NO-SHOW POLICY:
- 3 no-shows without updating your rsvp and you will not be able to sign up for future events for 3 months
- cut-off time to update your rsvp is the start time of the event. If you miss the start time, then message the event host directly
- not checking in with the event host to notify them you have arrived (for walks, tours or festival-type of events)
- continual no-shows will result in removal from the group!