The Villa Park Public Library is pleased to present An Evening with Author Alex Kotlowitz virtually on Thursday, May 6 at 7 p.m. Alex Kotlowitz is a journalist, author and filmmaker. His most notable books are An American Summer: Love and Death in Chicago and the award-winning national bestseller There Are No Children Here. He also won an Emmy for the 2011 documentary The Interrupters.

The fireside chat will be moderated by Pulitzer Prize-winning Chicago Tribune columnist Mary Schmich. Alex and Mary will have a forty-five minute wide-ranging discussion, followed by fifteen minutes to answer questions.

This program will be held online via Zoom, and registration is required. Registrants will be sent the program details via email. For more information, visit the Library’s website or call 630-834-1164.

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