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AppearancesPublic Appearances, Lectures, Media Interviews & ReadingsMay 2, 2006 Tuesday, 7:00 p.m. at the Deerfield Public Library,
920 Waukegan Road, Deerfield, IL. "Total White Sox," a look at the
team, a slide presentation and a preview of the new book. April 20, 2006 Thursday, 7:00 p.m. at the Batavia Public
Library, 10 S. Batavia, Ave., Batavia, IL. A Chicago Crime Tour.
April 13, 2006 Thursday, 1:00 - 1:30 p.m. to the Rotary
Club of Arlington Heights, meeting at the Wellington of Arlington,
2121 S. Arlington Heights Road, Arlington Heights, IL. "Total White
Sox," a look at the team and a preview of the new book. April 2, 2006 Sunday, 2:00 p.m. at the Tinley Park Library,
7851 Timber Drive, Tinley Park, IL. "Total White Sox," a look at
the team, a slide presentation and a preview of the new book. March 22, 2006 Wednesday, 7:00 p.m. at the Itasca Community
Library, 500 W. Irving Park Road, Itasca, IL. "Total White Sox,"
a look at the team, a slide presentation and a preview of the new
book. March 20, 2006 Monday, 7:00 p.m. at the Eisenhower Public
Library, 4652 Olcott Ave., Harwood Heightts, IL. "Total White Sox,"
a look at the team, a slide presentation, and a preview of the new
book. March 14, 2006 Tuesday, 7:00 p.m. "An Evening With Rich Lindberg," at Northeastern Illinois University, Bryn Mawr & St. Louis Ave., Chicago, IL. This is a very special Alumni Association cocktail reception and presentation; spotlighting Rich's work as a former NEIU graduate. Contact: Damaris Gonzalez, at 773.442.4207. E-mail: D-gonzalez@neiu.edu March 6, 2006 Monday, 7:00 p.m. at the Villa Park Library,
305 S. Ardmore. The 2006 White Sox baseball lecture tour, previewing
"Total White Sox," winds through Villa Park. March 1, 2006 Wednesday, 10:30 - 12:00 p.m. Institute for
Continued Learning at Roosevelt University, 1400 N. Roosevelt Boulevard,
Schaumburg, IL. Rich will present a non-credit seminar, "Historic
Crime Scenes," to Institute members and guests. February 16, 2006 Thursday, 7:00 p.m. at the Niles Public
Library, 6960 W. Oakton Street. A baseball preview of the World
Series Champs -- the Chicago White Sox (Can you believe it?), the
forthcoming release of Rich's updated "Total White Sox" from Triumph
Books and another debate with Cub afficiando George Castle kicks
off the 2006 baseball lecture tour. November 10, 2005 Thursday, 7:00 p.m. at the Huntley Library, 11000 Ruth Road, Huntley, IL. The next stop on the "Chicago Crime Tour" circuit is a presentation in Norhtwest Suburban Huntley. Contact Meghan Bowe, 847.669.5386, extension 25. E-mail: mbowe@huntleylibrary.com October 12, 2005 Wednesday, 7:00 p.m. at the Ela Library, 275 Mohawk Trail in Lake Zurich, IL. Rich will present his "Chicago Crime Tour" to library patrons and guests. Contact Terri Meyer, 847.438.3433, extension 171 September 29, 2005 Thursday at 7:00 p.m. Will the Sox hang on and advance to the 2005 World Series? Or can they still even make the A.L. Playoffs? Lindberg and George Castle discuss the matter in a presentation to the Indian Prairie Library in South Suburban Darien, 401 Plainfield Road, Darien, IL. Contact Cindy Kline, Adult Services Reference Librarian at 630-887-8760, extension 230 for details. Free to the public. September 27, 2005 Tuesday, at 7:00 p.m. Dinner presentation to Torists International S.S., a Scion chapter of the Baker Street Irregulars at Hackney's Restaurant, 1514 East Lake Ave., Glenview, IL. The Dinner will be followed by Rich's presentation "Crime in Chicago." For dinner reservations call: 847.297.0547. September 20, 2005 Tuesday, 7:00 p.m. at the Barrington Area Library, 505 N. Northwest Highway, Barrington, IL. Rich will present his "Chicago Crime Tour" to library patrons and guests. Contact Helen Stewart at 847-382-1300, extension 258. March 28, 2005 Monday at 7:00 p.m. Lindberg and Castle travel to Lake County to resume their baseball deliberations, this time at the Algonquin Area Public Library, 2600 Harnish, Algonquin, IL, as both authors preview the season ahead in a program titled "Baseball Warmups." Contact Marie Zahnle, Adult Services Reference Librarian at 847-458-6060, ex. 115 for details. Free to the public.March 4-5, 2005 Illinois Authors Literary Weekend in Springfield, IL, sponsored by the Illinois Center for the Book and Secretary of State Jesse White. Author signings and presentations at the Illinois State Library, Monroe Street and Capitol Avenue on Saturday, March 5th, beginning at 9:00 a.m. February 24, 2005 Thursday, at 6:00 p.m. President's Night, the annual recognition dinner sponsored by the Illinois Academy of Criminology, will be held at the Cliff Dweller's Club, 200 S. Michigan Ave. Rob Warden, award-winning journalist now spearheading the Center For Wrongful Convictions at Northwestern University is the keynote speaker. The dinner is $40 per person and reservations can be made by sending a check to the Academy at P.O. Box 134, Lemont, IL 60439. Please visit the Academy website at www.illacad.org for information about programs and membership. Television guest appearance:
DVD appearance: February 9, 2005 Wednesday at 7:00 p.m. Rich and George Castle kick off another baseball season at the Woodridge Public Library, 3 Plaza Drive, Woodridge, IL, as both authors preview the season ahead. Contact Betty Ann Voute, Reference Librarian at 630-964-7986 for details. Free to the public. February 8, 2005 Tuesday at 1:00 p.m. Oakton Community College, Ray Hartstein Campus, 7701 N. Lincoln Ave., Skokie, IL. Rich will be appearing as a guest speaker at Oakton College, participating in their "Passages Program" lecture series presented to the school's Emeritus audience. For program details call Patsy Harms at 847.635.1415. Television guest appearance:
October 19,
2004 Tuesday, at 7:00 p.m. The "Return to the Scene of the Crime"
program will be presented to the patrons of the Highland Park Library,
494 Laurel Avenue, Highland Park, IL. September 22, 2004 Tuesday, at 6:00 p.m. The first regularly scheduled meeting of the Illinois Academy of Criminology for the 2004-2005 year begins with a controversial panel discussion on gun control in the auditorium of the Chicago Police Department, 19th District, Area 3 Headquarters, 2452 W. Belmont Avenue in Chicago. The program is still in development, but Dr. John Lott, Jr., a John M. Olin Fellow at the University of Chicago Law School is tentatively scheduled to defend his controversial theory that "More Guns Mean Less Crime" with a representative of the Illinois Council Against Handgun Violence. The program kicks off Rich's year-long term as president of ILACD. The event is free to all. Please visit the Academy website at www.illacad.org for information about programs and membership. September 14, 2004 Tuesday at 7:30 p.m. No baseball this time. Rich will be presenting his "Return to the Scene of the Crime" program to the Scotland Yarders, a scion chapter of the Baker Street Irregulars during their regular meeting at the Scotland Yard Bookstore, 556 Greenbay Road in Winnetka. Contact Marshall Blankenship via e-mail at MLB1555@aol.com for program details and cost. August 19, 2004 Thursday, at 7:00 p.m. Rich and George Castle will be appearing at the Indian Trails Public Library, 355 S. Schoenbeck Road, in Wheeling for "Take Me Out to the Ballgame." Contact Michelle Shapiro, Program and Special Events Coordinator at 847-459-4102 for details. Free to the public.
July 8, 2004 Thursday, at 12:00 p.m. Chicago Crime Commission, luncheon meeting of members and guests at the Palmer House, Chicago. Rich teams with Arthur Bilek, veteran law enforcement officer, criminologist and author to present a program about famous Chicago crimes including the St. Valentine's Day Massacre. Bilek was attached to the Cook County Sheriff's Police in the early 1960s, and later the famed Northwestern Traffic Institute. Rich has been a Commission member for ten years. The public is invited. Please call Jeanette Callaway at 312-372-0101 for luncheon reservations. June 28, 2004 Monday, at 7:00 p.m. Next up, the Palatine Library, 700 N. North Court, Palatine, IL, for "Point/Counterpoint: Cubs vs. Sox." Contact Lynn Andrew or Mary Beth Camp, Adult Programming Coordinator at 847-358-5881, ex. 106 for further details. Free to the public. June 21, 2004 Monday, at 7:00 p.m. Rich and George will be appearing at the Morton Grove Public Library, 6140 Lincoln Ave., in Morton Grove for another baseball go-around, titled "The Cubs, the Sox and the 2004 Baseball Season." Contact Nancy Brothers, Coordinator of Programming at 847-965-4220 for details. Free to the public. June 12, 2004 Saturday, an all day event. Rich will be appearing on a panel of true-crime writers at the 2004 "Of Dark and Stormy Nights" writer's conference, sponsored by Borders Books and the Mystery Writers of America; hosted by the Schaumburg Illinois Hyatt Regency Hotel. E-mail Darren Callahan at superspy5@juno.com, for program details and costs. June 11, 2004 Friday, at 7:30 p.m. Rich and sportswriter George Castle, reprise their popular Sox-Cubs debate at Luther Village, 1250 Village Drive, Arlington Heights, IL. For more information about the program, "Take Me Out to the Ballgame," contact Pattie Bidinger, Activities Director at 847-670-7200, ex. 234 for further program details. April 18, 2004 Sunday, at noon, The Garden Clubs of Illinois President's Banquet at the Hilton Naperville-Lisle, IL, 3003 Corporate West Drive, Naperville (off of Warrenville Road). Discussion and slide show titled "Legends and Lowbrows," focusing on various aspects of Chicago history, not necessarily all crime-related. The overall theme of the two-day state meeting is "Celebrating Our Heritage," and Rich will address about 70 people at the regional dinner banquet. Additional details to follow. March 31, 2004 Wednesday, at 7:00 p.m. Rich and sportswriter George Castle, take their baseball banter on the road again, this time to the Arlington Heights Memorial Library, 500 N. Dunton, Arlington Heights, IL. For more information about the "Great Baseball Debate of 2004," contact Linda Mulford, Programming Specialist at 847-506-2628 for further program details. Free admission, can you beat it? February 21, 2004 Saturday, at 2:00 p.m. Coinciding with the 74th anniversary of the St. Valentine's Day Massacre, Rich will present a slide show and presentation about this and other infamous events to the Harwood Heights Historical Society, meeting at the Eisenhower Public Library, 7300 Wilson, Harwood Heights in the old Cooper-Bussman Factory off of Harlem Avenue. Contact Gail Burkhart at her e-mail address: gailburkhart@juno.com, for additional details. February 7, 2004 Saturday, at 1:30 p.m. It's February, but baseball Spring Training is about to begin, and the Lake Villa District Library has invited Rich to appear with sportswriter George Castle, host of the radio program Diamond Gems and author of a half-a-dozen books about the Cubs, in a spirited discussion and preview of the upcoming season at 1001 E. Grand Avenue, Lake Villa, IL. During their respective writing careers, Castle and Lindberg both wrote for the Lerner Newspapers. George is as passionate about his love for the Cubs as Rich is for his beloved White Sox. The fur is likely to fly in Lake Villa.To find out more about the coming contretemps, please contact Nina Kenney at 847-356-7711 for further program details. January 29, 2004 Thursday, at 7:00 p.m. Slide show and presentation about the Schuessler-Peterson Murders and the 50-year quest for justice to members of the Illinois Academy of Criminology, meeting on the second floor at the Chicago Police Department Training Academy, 1300 West Jackson Boulevard, Chicago. Both the presentation and the parking are free. Contact Pattie Banas at 630-257-6843, or visit the Academy's website at www.illacad.org January 13, 2004 Tuesday, at 7:00 p.m. Rich and Steve Monroe, the erstwhile "real estate novelist" and friend and colleague from Grubb & Ellis, will present a program on "Chicago Crime in Fact and Fiction" to the Society of Midland Authors, at the Chicago Athletic Association, 12 S. Michigan Ave., Chicago, IL. Cocktail hour at 6:00, program at 7:00. Admission is $15.00 for non-members, $10.00 for members. Call Matt Smolek at the CAA for room location, 312-236-7500.
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November 5, 2003 Wednesday, at 7:00 p.m. Slide show and presentation to the Deerfield Historical Society, at the Deerfield Public Library, 920 Waukegan Road, Deerfield. Call Sally Brickman at 847- 945-3311, for additional details. October 23, 2003 Thursday. Buffet dinner at 7:00 p.m., program at eight. Slide show and presentation to the Glenview Historical Society, at The Cafe, located in the Glenview Park District, 800 Shermer Road, Glenview, IL. The dinner cost is $25.00. Public welcome. Call Beverly Dawson, society president, at 847-724-2235, for additional details. October 19, 2003 Sunday, at noon, Park Ridge Country Club, 636 N. Prospect Ave., Park Ridge, IL. Discussion and slide show presentation following the annual luncheon meeting of the Park Ridge Historical Society. Rich will discuss aspects of Chicago's notorious history. Contact Paul Hansen at the Park Ridge Historical Society at 847-318-9400 for further details about the social hour and luncheon program. September 10, 2003 Wednesday, at 6:30 p.m., Chicago Athletic Association, 12 S. Michigan Avenue, Chicago. (Re-scheduled from March). Slide show presentation to the Midwest Chapter of the Mystery Writers of America. Rich will discuss the 1955 Schuessler-Peterson murders, and the October debut of his new book "Shattered Sense of Innocence: The Child Murders That Changed the Way America Looked at Itself." Contact David Walker via e-mail at dvdjwklr@aol.com for further details about the social hour and dinner program. September 7, 2003 Sunday, at 2:30 p.m. "Super Sunday" at the Niles Public Library, 6960 Oakton St., Niles. featuring a number of area authors and special events marking the kick-off of the Fall library season. Rich will talk for an hour on a potpourri of subject matter; crime scenes, writing books, "Shattered Sense of Innocence," etc. Call Mary Edsey, events coordinator and publicist at 847-663-6462, for additional program events, author information and details. August 13, 2003 Wednesday, at 7:00 p.m. Slide show presentation at the Green Hills Library, 8611 W. 103rd Street, Palos Hills. Rich makes his second appearance at Green Hills in the South Suburbs, this time to discuss the Schuessler-Peterson murders, and the forthcoming "Shattered Sense of Innocence: The Child Murders That Changed the Way America Looked at Itself." Call Norma Norton at 708-598-8446, ex 20, for additional details. July 14, 2003 Monday, at 7:00 p.m. Slide show presentation at the Indian Trails Public Library, 355 South Schoenbeck Road, Wheeling, Illinois. Rich will discuss the 1955 Schuessler-Peterson murders, and the debut of his new book "Shattered Sense of Innocence: The Child Murders That Changed the Way America Looked at Itself." Call Michelle Shapiro at 847-459-4100 for additional details. March 12, 2003 Wednesday, at 7:00 p.m., Chicago Ahtletic Association, 12 S. Michigan Avenue, Chicago. Slide show presentation to the Midwest Chapter of the Mystery Writers of America . Rich will discuss famous crime scenes in Chicago with an emphasis on the 1955 Schuessler-Peterson murders, and the debut of his new book "Shattered Sense of Innocence: The Child Murders That Changed the Way America Looked at Itself." Contact David Walker via e-mail at dvdjwklr@aol.com for further details. February 27, 2003 Thursday, 6:00 p.m. Gioco's Restaurant, 1312 S. Wabash Avenue, Chicago. Owner Jerry Kleiner and his team have invited Rich back for another presentation of "Chicago by Gaslight." For further information contact John McCartney at 312-455-9612. Cost of the dinner event to be determined Television guest appearance:
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