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Since the Newberry Library's founding in 1887 we have provided programs in the humanities for people throughout the Chicago metropolitan region. Today, through series of public lectures, meet the author events, exhibits, concerts, seminars, and other programs, you can explore history, literature, music and the arts. Topics include books arts and history of the book, Native American history and literature, genealogy, early music, African American history, poetry, and Chicago history, among others.

In the twenty-fourth annual Bughouse Square Festival at Washington Park in the Near North Side of Chicago, participants follow a tradition of public speaking at this location that dates back to World War I. The 2008 festival is sponsored by the Newberry Library, the McCormick Tribune Freedom Museum and the Poetry Foundation. This year's event is Saturday, July 26, 2008 from noon - 4 pm. Admission is free and is located at 901 N. Clark (across the street from the Newberry).