Exhibition Events in Chicago
In partnership with the American Library Association
The Pulitzer on the Road Traveling Exhibition: Prize-Winning Works That Inform, Empower & Inspire started a nationwide tour in October 2026. Developed in partnership with the American Library Association, its first stops are the public libraries in Chicago, Illinois and Dallas, Texas.
The Harold Washington Center of the Chicago Public Library will host a number of free events in conjunction with the Pulitzer exhibition. These include:
- Wednesday October 14: Exhibition launch event on Storytelling and America, featuring prize winners in conversation: 2026 Fiction winner Daniel Kraus; 2025 Fiction winner Percival Everett; 2026 Biography winner Amanda Vaill; and 2022 Breaking News Photography winner Jon Cherry of Getty Images. They'll be speaking with Pulitzer Board member Jelani Cobb, dean of the Columbia Journalism School and a 2018 Commentary finalist.
- Saturday November 7: "Can You Imagine?" with 2021 Music winner Tania León, composer of "Stride."
- Saturday November 14: A conversation event with historian Mark Larson on the eminent Chicagoan Studs Terkel, a lodestar of 20th century American culture who received the 1985 General Nonfiction Prize for "The Good War: An Oral History of World War Two."
- Tuesday December 1: The Stories Behind Our Stories. A live storytelling event with prize-winning journalists on local stories they've covered and the impact these have had on their lives and communities, featuring 2024 Audio Reporting staff contributor Yohance Lacour of The Invisible Institute; 2012 Commentary winner Mary Schmich, formerly of the Chicago Tribune; 2026 Local Reporting staff contributor Laura Rodruigez Presa from the Chicago Tribune; 2021 Breaking News Reporting contributor Liz Sawyer of The Minnesota Star Tribune; and 2018 Commentary & 2023 Local Reporting winner John Archibald, a Pulitzer Board member. The event will be co-hosted by Pulitzer Board member, Nicole Carroll and Charles Whitaker, Dean of the Medill Journalism School at Northwestern University.
All events and exhibition tours are free and open to the public. Visit the Chicago Public Library's website for details.
Click here to learn more about the Pulitzer on the Road traveling exhibition.
For the full exhibition tour schedule, visit the ALA's website.