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The Chicago Cubs: Is This the Year?
2026-07-18 10:30:00 2026-07-18 11:30:00 America/Chicago The Chicago Cubs: Is This the Year? Sports historian Charles N. Billington, author of Wrigley Field’s Last World Series, discusses all things Cubs – past and present – from both an on-field and off-field perspective. Please register. Main Library - Elgin Room

Saturday, July 18
10:30am - 11:30am

Add to Calendar 2026-07-18 10:30:00 2026-07-18 11:30:00 America/Chicago The Chicago Cubs: Is This the Year? Sports historian Charles N. Billington, author of Wrigley Field’s Last World Series, discusses all things Cubs – past and present – from both an on-field and off-field perspective. Please register. Main Library - Elgin Room

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Elgin Room

Sports historian Charles N. Billington, author of Wrigley Field’s Last World Series, discusses all things Cubs – past and present – from both an on-field and off-field perspective. Please register.

Join the Cubs discussion and find out - Is This the Year? Theories on team building, skill development, and management are rapidly changing, and Billington looks at the current Cub characteristics, how they compare to the past, and the mistakes they unfortunately seem to repeat.

Sports historian Charles N. Billington is author of Wrigley Field's Last World Series, Comiskey Park's Last World Series, and The 1963 Chicago Bears.  Charles was a commentator on the late John Calloway's PBS Eddie Waitkus documentary in the award-winning Chicago Stories series and on Fox Sports Net's Baseball's Golden Age.  He has appeared on Comcast, NPR, C-Span, and WTTW television.  After the Cubs won the World Series in 2016, US News & World Report invited Billington to pen an op-ed on the historic event. 

AGE GROUP: | High School | Adults |

EVENT TYPE: | Older Adult Interest | History | Adult Programs |

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