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Toledo Adult Entertainment: Best of the fests
August 15, 2009 | | Leave a Comment
Thursday 23 Newberry Library Book Fair and Bughouse Square DebatesLet’s start with a little history lesson: From the 1900s up to the 1930s, the square in front of the Newberry Library was an active area for many radicals, socialists and communists. “They’d come to the park, stand on their soapboxes and give speeches and debates,” says Newberry Library communications director Heather Malec. A century later, you can re-create the bohemian rabble-rousing scenes by heckling debaters who are tackling a range of subjects. Topics range from Chicago’s parking-meter lease to religious repression in Burma. Before you hit the soapbox, sift through 110,000 cheap, used reads at the book fair; hopefully one of them helps you bone up for the debates. Washington Square Park, 901 N Clark St (newberry.org). Thu 23, Fri 24 noon–8pm; Sat 25, Sun 26 10am–6pm; debate Sat 25, noon–4pm.
Saturday 25
Venetian Night
Since 1958, lucky yacht owners have been pimping-out their boats and casting off on a boat parade modeled after those of Venice. Back in the day …
See the full article from “Time Out Chicago”