Join us, the bibliophile members of the long-standing Midwest Chesterton Society at our new meeting location, namely, the Forest Park Public Library. Formerly, for many years we met at the Centuries and Sleuths Bookstore in Forest Park. We thank Augie Alesky, Proprietor, for his years of hosting and dedication to our group. |
Midwest Chesterton Society
meets monthly to discuss written works now at Forest Park Public Library 7555 Jackson Blvd., Forest Park, IL 60130 Topic for meeting this month:
The Club of Queer Trades Saturday, February 8, 2025, 2:00 p. m. Midwest Chesterton Society reading list for 2023-24:
Oct 12: Barbarism of Berlin / The Appetite of Tyranny Nov 9: Phantastes Dec 14: Orthodoxy Jan 11: Greybeards at Play Feb 8: The Club of Queer Trades Mar 8: The Mind of the Maker Apr 12: Charles Dickens May 10: The Crimes of England June 14: Seasoned Speech July 12: War in Heaven Aug 9: The Paradoxes of Mr. Pond Sept 13: The Incredulity of Father Brown |
GKC's Life and TimesExplore the life of G. K. Chesterton through the
American Chesterton Society, available at the button. If you'd like to explore other sources of Chestertonian items, click (below) at the button.
If books and websites don't satisfy your pursuit of GKC, you can also subscribe to Gilbert, the magazine of Chesterton from the ACS.
He's pithy, witty, and wise!
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GKC's WritingsNot only get to know the man, but sample for yourself a few of his many and varied written works, available at the button.
If you'd like to listen to Gilbert, do so with audio books from various outlets (below) at these buttons (but note they're not free).
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GKC's contemporariesChesterton knew and kept company with some of the finer literary minds of his day. Get to know them at the button.
If you'd like to find a map of your own contemporaries interested in Gilbert, click the button (below).
Read how today GKC is still being discovered by those who never knew him but now can only hope to be his contemporary.
See and hear the man himself!
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Greetings to fellow fans of G. K. Chesterton!
We of the Midwest Chesterton Society welcome our fellow members and your visit to our web page. For now, we'll alight here and use this perch from which to observe, muse, and comment on the writings of one of our favorite authors. Scroll down this column every month for summaries of monthly meetings.
We meet monthly on designated Saturday afternoons at the Forest Park Public Library. At these Saturday sessions we present and discuss not only the works of Chesterton but those of his literary contemporaries. It's free-wheeling literary fun, guided and goaded by the good Dr. Arthur Livingston, the founder of this group with the late and great Frank Petta and Ann Stull Petta. In this online space, we'll keep you up-to-date with our reading list for our monthly discussions.
Bookmark this page and come back often. Or, visit us in person!
We meet monthly on designated Saturday afternoons at the Forest Park Public Library. At these Saturday sessions we present and discuss not only the works of Chesterton but those of his literary contemporaries. It's free-wheeling literary fun, guided and goaded by the good Dr. Arthur Livingston, the founder of this group with the late and great Frank Petta and Ann Stull Petta. In this online space, we'll keep you up-to-date with our reading list for our monthly discussions.
Bookmark this page and come back often. Or, visit us in person!
Thank you for visiting !
I have dedicated this web page to author, essayist, poet, apologist, and playwright Gilbert Keith Chesterton. Like fellow members of the Midwest Chesterton Society, I am also an avid bibliophile and like to explore the writings of a number of authors, including Chesterton and his noted contemporaries. I hope you do as well.
This web page is part of the home website of science teacher, astronomy enthusiast, and pencil artist, Roy Kaelin. Please take time to look around, and, to explore the other pages here that highlight my interests in astronomy and other natural sciences.
Not only teaching and stargazing, but drawing holds my interest as well. Please visit the companion site, here, at artwork.roykaelin.com for my portraits in pencil and my digital imagery, hosted by Fine Art America.
This web page is part of the home website of science teacher, astronomy enthusiast, and pencil artist, Roy Kaelin. Please take time to look around, and, to explore the other pages here that highlight my interests in astronomy and other natural sciences.
Not only teaching and stargazing, but drawing holds my interest as well. Please visit the companion site, here, at artwork.roykaelin.com for my portraits in pencil and my digital imagery, hosted by Fine Art America.
Wait! Before you leave. . . .
In addition to drawing and digital photography, I have an interest in writing, which is featured at this current website. You can explore it by clicking on the menu tabs at the top of this page, or, click here, at books.roykaelin.com to read summaries on a couple of my books: one of science fiction, and, another on an innovative telescope design. Both books you can purchase at this website.
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