Experiences to Surprise and Delight

    • September 25, 2025
    • 4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
    • Woman's Athletic Club
    • 13
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    Join us in welcoming IWF Chicago's newest members. We will get to know our new friends and reconnect with others over high tea service at the Woman's Athletic Club. 

    Woman's Athletic Club
    626 N. Michigan Ave | The Drawing Room
    Thursday, September 25 | 4-6 PM CT

    Admission is complimentary for new members who joined after 6/30/24. Contact info@iwfchicago.org for your registration code.

    • October 06, 2025
    • 5:30 PM - 7:30 PM
    • American Writers Museum
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    What’s it like to be a writer in 2025?

    With the captivating American Writers Museum as backdrop, we will explore the modern writer’s journey, the fast-shifting publishing world, and opportunities and challenges facing authors and publishers.

    Museum President Carey Cranston will brief us on AWM’s history and mission, highlighting women authors featured among permanent and current exhibits.

    Join us for a special two-hour program at one of Chicago's gem museums. Guests will enjoy light refreshments and have exclusive access to explore the museum's inspiring exhibits during the event.

    The American Writers Museum 
    180 North Michigan Avenue, Chicago
    Monday, October 6 | 5:30 - 7:30 p.m. 

    Open to Members and Guests

    The evening will begin with a welcome and brief overview from Carey Cranston, President of the American Writers Museum, who will share insights into the museum’s mission and history—highlighting some of the American women authors featured throughout the museum’s exhibits. Following the introduction, enjoy a dynamic panel discussion moderated by Edith Falk, IWF-Chicago member, and museum board member. 

    Edith Falk, IWF Chicago member and AWM board member, will moderate a discussion among these panelists:

    • Angela Corpus, Marketing Director at Sourcebooks

    • Rita Dragonette, author ofThe Fourteenth of September: A Novel

    • Khalilah Lyons, IWF Chicago member and author of Prioritize Your Purpose Every Day