Summer Hiatus 2025!
54 EVENTS THIS YEAR!! Nearly 4,000 books distributed to our partner schools, organizations, and attendees!
We’re proud to present programs that educate and inspire us to grow as curious, empathetic, and connected humans.
THANK YOU to the thousands of attendees who jpined us this year — your enthusiastic, loyal engagement fuels our work.
Missed a program? Visit our YouTube channel to catch up.
Support FAN’s work with a donation today!
Is your school or organization interested in becoming a FAN sponsor for our 2025-26 season? Our sponsor schools, nonprofits, and corporations enjoy special benefits, such as invitations to private gatherings and recognition on our promotional materials. Contact Executive Director Lonnie Stonitsch to explore options. Jump in!
Have a suggestion for a FAN program? Tell us!
We’ll see you in the fall — online and in person.
Now go have some fun, hit the beach, fire up the grill, smell the flowers, and read some books!
Upcoming Events
The New Perimenopause: An Evidence-Based Guide to Surviving the Zone of Chaos and Feeling Like Yourself Again
Mary Claire Haver, MD
Board-certified OB/GYN, founder of The 'Pause Wellness, and #1 New York Times bestselling author
Heidi Stevens
Chicago-based writer and Director of External Affairs for the University of Chicago’s TMW Center for Early Learning + Public Health
Regina Dominican High School, O'Shaughnessy Theater
Note: Event start time is Central Time (CT).
NO REGISTRATION REQUIRED.
How to Start: Discovering Your Life’s Work
Jodi Kantor
Pulitzer Prize-winning New York Times investigative reporter
Jennifer Breheny Wallace
Award-winning journalist and bestselling author
ON ZOOM
Backtalker: An American Memoir
Kimberlé Williams Crenshaw
Distinguished Professor of Law at the University of California, Los Angeles, the Isidor and Seville Sulzbacher Professor of Law at Columbia Law School, and the cofounder and Executive Director of the African American Policy Forum
Beth E. Richie, Ph.D.
Distinguished Professor of Criminology, Law, and Justice and Black Studies and the Inaugural Chair in Social Sciences and the Humanities at The University of Illinois at Chicago
Evanston Township High School Auditorium
Note: Event start time is Central Time (CT).
NO REGISTRATION REQUIRED.
