Bridgeport's Man of Letters
Chicago's author Billy Lombardo will be the presenter of the March program.
2011 - 2012 Luncheon Programs
September 14, 2011
Fortnightly Club of Chicago
Current Events
Laura Washington, Political Journalist
October 12, 2011
Fortnightly Club of Chicago
The Literary Scene Today
Author Panel: Tom Montgomery Fate, Adam Schuitema, Zoe Zolbrod
November 9, 2011
Fortnightly Club of Chicago
Flamingoes & Famous Men: The Story of Chicago's Public Sculpture
Bill Hinchliff
December 14, 2011
Fortnightly Club of Chicago
The Thorne Rooms
Lindsey Morgan
A Holiday Tea follows the program
January 11, 2012
Fortnightly Club of Chicago
Elizabeth Taylor
Literary Editor of the Chicago Tribune on Richard J. Daley
February 8, 2012
Fortnightly Club of Chicago
Hollywood in the 1940’s
Richard Klein
March 14, 2012
Fortnightly Club of Chicago
Bridgeport Author Billy Lombardo
Billy Lombardo, Chicago Author
April 11, 2012
Fortnightly Club of Chicago
Hat and Coat
Jerry Tomaselli, Photo Journalist
May 11, 2012
Fortnightly Club of Chicago
ANNUAL AWARDS LUNCHEON
2010 - 2011 Luncheon Programs
September 8, 2010
Fortnightly Club of Chicago
Great Houses of Chicago, 1871-1921
Susan Benjamin and Stuart Cohen, authors
October 13, 2010
The Casino Club
The Real Al Capone
Jonathan Eig, author of GET CAPONE
November 10, 2010
Fortnightly Club of Chicago
Chicago’s Underground Railroad
Bruce Moffat, author of THE CHICAGO TUNNEL STORY
December 8, 2010
Fortnightly Club of Chicago
Chicago and the Big Screen
Carson Cunningham, DePaul University
January 12, 2011
Fortnightly Club of Chicago
The Dark Side of Fiction
Gillian Flynn, author of DARK PLACES and 2007 FAW Literary
Prize winner, SHARP OBJECTS
February 9, 2011
Fortnightly Club of Chicago
The Creation of Millennium Park
Timothy Gilfoyle, author of MILLENNIUM PARK: CREATING
A CHICAGO LANDMARK
March 9, 2011
Fortnightly Club of Chicago
America Goes Dry
John Russick, Curator at the Chicago History Museum
April 13, 2011
The Casino Club
Annual Awards Luncheon
May 18, 2011
The Casino Club
Book Review
Barbara Rinella, Book Reviewer and Dramatist
June 8, 2011
The Fortnightly Club of Chicago
Featuring The Fortnightly
2009 - 2010 Luncheon Programs
September 9, 2009
Fortnightly Club of Chicago
A Million Girls Would Die For This Job
Amalie Drury, CS Editor-At-Large
October 14, 2009
Fortnightly Club of Chicago
Poetry Today In and Around Chicago
Susan Moss, President of the Illinois State Poetry Society, Northern Chapter
November 11, 2009
Fortnightly Club of Chicago
Thank My Lucky Stars: Memoirs of Stanley Paul
Stanley Paul, Society Orchestra Leader and Author
December 9, 2009
Fortnightly Club of Chicago
Victory Gardens: A Chicago Sucess Story
Jan Kallish, Executive Director, Victory Gardens Biograph Theater
Visit The Victory Gardens Theater Online
January 13, 2010
Fortnightly Club of Chicago
Calligraphy in Chicago Design
Paul F. Gehl, Curator at the Newberry Library
Newberry Library
February 10, 2010
Fortnightly Club of Chicago
Chicago Mystery Writer
Marcus Sakey
March 10, 2010
Fortnightly Club of Chicago
Chicago Author
Sherrill Bodine
Read more about Sherrill Bodine
April 21, 2010
Union League Club
Annual Awards Luncheon
May 12, 2010
Fortnightly Club of Chicago at 11:00
Book Review
Barbara Rinella, Book Reviewer and Dramatist
2008 - 2009 Luncheon Programs
September 10, 2008
Fortnightly Club of Chicago
Desert Rose: The Gertrude Bell Story
Betsey Means, Dramatist and Historian
October 8, 2008
Fortnightly Club of Chicago
Artifacts of Childhood: 700 Years of Children's Books
Jenny Schwartzberg, Newberry Library
November 12, 2008
Fortnightly Club of Chicago
A Visit with Daniel Burnham
R.J. Lindsey, Chicago Actor
December 10, 2008
Fortnightly Club of Chicago
History of the Holidays in Chicago
Anna Carey, Chicago History Museum
January 14, 2009
Fortnightly Club of Chicago
Theater in Chicago
Michael Halberstam, Artistic Director
and co-founder of the Chicago Writers' Theatre
February 11, 2009
Fortnightly Club of Chicago
Keeping the House
Ellen Baker, Author
March 11, 2009
Fortnightly Club of Chicago
Meet Eleanor Roosevelt
Roberta Randall, Dramatist
April 15, 2009
Union League Club
Annual Awards Luncheon
May 13, 2009
Fortnightly Club of Chicago
Book Review
Barbara Rinella, Book Reviewer and Dramatist
