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Brick of Chicago book talk

Nov 18, 2026 7:00 PM | Ends Nov 18, 2026 8:30 PM | Oak Park River Forest Museum, 129 Lake St., Oak Park
About this event

Look around and you’ll see how bricks played an important part in building Chicago and the suburbs.

Learn more about bricks when Oak Parker Will Quam, an architecture historian who has led walking tours around Chicago to share his love of bricks, will talk at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 18, at Oak Park River Forest Museum, 129 Lake St.

Quam’s recently released book, “Fire and Clay, How Bricks Reveal the Hidden History of Chicago,” will be available for purchase and signing by the author.
Read more about Quam and all about bricks at brickofchicago.com.

Registration is not required but you can reserve a seat at oprfmuseum.org/contact. Regular admission rates apply.
 

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7 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 18

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Wednesday, November 18, 2026
7:00 PM
Oak Park River Forest Museum, 129 Lake St., Oak Park
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Cheri Bentrup
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