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 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.

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

Join Read & Run Chicago and Street Fight author Anne Morrisy for a 5-mile running route inspired by her gripping account of the 1920s Chicago taxi wars.

A 3-mile guided running tour in the Loop about the 1968 DNC and the infamous trial of the “Chicago 7.”

An easy-paced (11:00 min/mile) guided running tour inspired by Alison Mariella Désir's memoir, Running While Black.

A 4-mile, easy-paced running tour all about the history of Chicago's infamous Union Stockyards.

A 4-Mile Running Tour in Hyde Park followed by a panel with reproductive rights activists past and present. Cover photo credit: AP

Join Read & Run Chicago and CRR19 for a 5-mile running tour in Bronzeville to commemorate the 1919 Chicago Race Riots. Register here.

Join Read & Run Chicago and Gerber/Hart for an easy-paced 3-mile running tour and post-run lecture at Vuori.

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Join Read & Run Chicago and Lemont Downtown for the second run in our series inspired by local author Pat Camalliere’s Cora Tozzi Historical Mystery Series.

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Join Read & Run Chicago for three running tours in Lemont inspired by Pat Camalliere's historical mystery series!

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Join Read & Run Chicago for an easy-paced running tour of the West Loop neighborhood!

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Join Read & Run Chicago for an easy-paced running tour of Hegewisch followed by pizza and beer!

A mouthwatering tour through Chicago's Little Italy to run and indulge in the delicious history of some of its oldest bakeries!

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Run three easy miles to Lutz Bakery and add on cookie decorating at acclaimed Bon Vivant Cakes in Albany Park.

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A 3-Mile Running Tour + In-Person Q&A with Author Rebecca Makkai Featuring Chicago's best LGBTQ Elders & Activists.

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Join Read & Run Chicago and UIC Professor Rachel Weber for a 3-mile point-to-point running tour of her book From Boom to Bubble.

Read & Run Chicago is partnering with the The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 Commemoration Project (CRR19), A Few Red Drops author Claire Hartfield, and Lookingglass Theater for a special, one-of-a-kind running tour commemorating the 1919 Chicago Race Riot on the same day and in the same place the multi-day riots began over 100 years ago.

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Join Read & Run Chicago and author Greg Borzo for an easy-paced, 6-mile run in Lincoln Park and Old Town visiting 14 of Chicago’s most beautiful fountains!

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Join Read & Run Chicago guide Quinn Sluzenski for an easy-paced 3-mile run inspired by the 1959 lesbian pulp fiction novel The Girls in 3-B by Valerie Taylor!

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A 4-mile, easy-paced running tour of the Chicago River from Downtown to Ping Tom Park!

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A ~3.5-mile, easy-paced running tour of the Chicago River from Lathrop Homes to Goose Island!

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Join Arc'teryx and Read & Run Chicago for an easy-paced 4-mile bakery run!

Join Read & Run Chicago Guide Chelsey Grassfield for 4 easy miles along the North Branch of the Chicago River!

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Join Read & Run Chicago for an easy-paced, 4-mile run in Bridgeview inspired by Sahar Mustafah’s coming-of-age novel set in fictitious Tempest, Illinois, The Beauty of Your Face!

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Discover Chicago history spots on this Chicago Scavenger-inspired running tour with Read & Run Chicago and author Jessica Mlinaric. Event registration here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/chicago-scavenger-running-tour-with-author-jessica-mlinaric-tickets-511055630147

For the 6th and final edition of this series, we'll see two of the historic canals, the Illinois & Michigan Canal (I&M) and the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal (CSSC).

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