A 4-Mile Running Tour in Hyde Park followed by a panel with reproductive rights activists.

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Join Read & Run Chicago founder Allison Yates this summer for a series of three-mile, easy-paced runs inspired by books set in Chicago featuring or about our natural landscape. After the route, discuss the book back at the library branch.

Run a 3-mile route in historic and charming Oak Park inspired by Claire Lombardo’s novel, The Most Fun We Ever Had, followed by a virtual Q&A with the author.

Got books to swap? Join our monthly Move + Book Swap, a casual event for you to meet fellow book lovers, move your way, and get your next favorite read. RSVP required.

Join Read & Run Chicago at this month’s American Writers Museum Get Lit Happy Hour! The theme is SPORTS, and you’ll be able to test your knowledge, give a locker room pep talk, and sip on sports-themed cocktails.

Join Read & Run Chicago founder Allison Yates this summer for a series of three-mile, easy-paced runs inspired by books set in Chicago featuring or about our natural landscape. After the route, discuss the book back at the library branch.

Join Read & Run Chicago at the Chicago Public Library’s Go Green Fair at Harold Washington Library to learn more about jobs and volunteering options this summer!

Join Read & Run Chicago and Gerber/Hart for an easy-paced 4-mile running tour exploring Valerie Taylor’s groundbreaking 1950s lesbian pulp fiction novel The Girls in 3-B and post-run lecture at Vuori.

RSVP for June’s monthly Move + Book Swap!

Join Read & Run Chicago and Black Girls Read Book Club for trivia with Arionne Nettle inspired by her book, We Are the Culture: Black Chicago’s Influence on Everything, followed by a 3-mile running tour in the Loop.

Run a 3-mile route in Evanston inspired by Maxine Rae’s queer young adult novel, Cold Girls, followed by an in-person Q&A with the author.

Join Read & Run Chicago and Gerber/Hart for an evening exploring the largest LGBTQ archives in the Midwest!

Join Read & Run Chicago and Black Girls Read Book Club for a 5-mile Book Club Run in Bronzeville inspired by Toya Wolfe’s Last Summer on State Street.

Run a 3.5-mile literary-inspired route with author David Jay Collins, visiting several Boystown locations featured in his novel, Gaybash!

Join our weekly Monday night informal meetup, MOVE + BOOK SWAP!

Join Read & Run Chicago at the American Writers Museum free day this May!

Run a 3-mile literary-inspired route with author Kara Eng, visiting several Chinatown locations featured in her books!

Join Read & Run Chicago at the American Writers Museum May Get Lit Happy Hour, Grown-Up Book Fair!

Join our weekly Monday night informal meetup, MOVE + BOOK SWAP!

Run a 3-mile route (or walk a 1-mile route) with author Joseph Rulli to commemorate the 139th anniversary of the Haymarket Affair, which later became a symbol of the international struggle for workers' rights.

Photo credit: Chicago History Museum; ICHi-040013; Jay Crawford, photographer

Join our weekly Monday night informal meetup, MOVE + BOOK SWAP!

Join our weekly Monday night informal meetup, MOVE + BOOK SWAP!

Join one of our five Independent Bookstore Day Crawls across Chicago to support indie bookstores, get some miles, and celebrate Chicago’s small businesses!

Join our weekly Monday night informal meetup, MOVE + BOOK SWAP!

Join founder Allison Yates for a casual social evening of postcard writing and supporting a local, LGBTQ-owned business.

Join our weekly Monday night informal meetup, MOVE + BOOK SWAP!

Celebrate the end of Read & Run Chicago's Winter 2025 season with another SWEET fun run! Starting at Arc'Teryx Bucktown, we'll run a 4-mile route along the Bloomingdale Trail (606) to Roeser's Bakery and back, ending with some treats back at Arc'Teryx.

RSVP Required: RSVP Here.

Join Read & Run Chicago Programs Manager Fernanda Wetzel for a 4-mile, easy-paced (11:00 min/mile) guided running tour focused on women in West Loop's history in honor of International Women's Day and Women's History Month. The route and content are inspired by Connie Fairbanks's Chicago's West Loop Then and Now. After the route, enjoy social time with snacks and drinks.

Join Read & Run Chicago founder Allison Yates and Heyday Homes founder Meg Daday for a 5-mile, easy-paced (11:00 min/mile) guided running route inspired by Christie Tate's memoir, Bff: A Memoir of Friendship Lost and Found. After the route, we'll have an intimate author Q&A with Christie Tate, plus snacks, drinks, and a raffle.

Run a 4-mile route inspired by the young adult novel Clark and Division, followed by a panel with Japanese-Americans resettled in Chicago.