Friday 4/24: The Chicago Comic and Entertainment Expo (C2E2) opens at 11 a.m. and runs until Sunday at 5 p.m. You need to purchase tickets to attend the weekend-long event at McCormick Place.
While you’re at it, rage on at King Bone Press’s Indie Comix Expo after party. Reggie’s Rockclub, 6-11 p.m.
Kate Hannigan launches The Detective’s Assistant, a mystery for young readers. Seminary Co-op’s 57th Street Books, 3 p.m.
Reporter Peter Slevin discusses Michelle Obama: A Life at Women & Children First, 7:30 p.m.
Saturday 4/25: Internationally acclaimed poet, critic, and librettist Dana Gioia takes his Poetry Off the Shelf. The Poetry Foundation, 2 p.m.
David Lat talks Supreme Ambition with Professor William Birdthistle. Seminary Co-op, 3 p.m.
Sunday 4/26: It’s RICKIPEDIA! Rick Perlstein chats with Scott Saul about Saul’s most recently published book, Becoming Richard Pryor. Seminary Co-op, 4 p.m.
Eat, drink, and listen to readings of a few classics at Passages. Uncharted Books, 7 p.m.
Wednesday 4/29: Daniel Clowes signs his new collection, The Complete Eightball 1-18. Quimby’s Bookstore, 7 p.m.
Join Natania Rosenfeld, Aviya Kushner, and Dina Elenbogen for An Evening of Poetry. Women & Children First, 7:30 p.m.