Tuesday October 13, 2026
HARVARD CONNECTION: Rebecca Chamian Ribaudo '93, Crossing Division Street—Book Launch Luncheon
HARVARD CONNECTION: Rebecca Chamian Ribaudo '93, Crossing Division Street—Book Launch Luncheon
Longtime HCC board member, former HAA Elected Director, and author Rebecca Chamian Ribaudo (AB ’93) will be discussing her forthcoming novel, Crossing Division Street,in a luncheon on Tuesday, October 13, 2026 with HCC and the Union League Club of Chicago. The book will be released by Skyhorse on 9/29/26.
Described as a “sweeping tour de force” by former ACLU president and Harvard alum Nadine Strossen (JD ’75, AB ‘72) and by esteemed Harvard Law School professor Randall Kennedy as “a revelatory venture” by “a skillful, creative, and intrepid literary adventurer,” Crossing Division Street is an epic, 100-year family saga of identity, loyalty, betrayal, and inheritance set in Chicago’s Little Sicily and Cabrini-Green.
For more information, visit the Crossing Division Street website. Pre-orders are available now, and books will also be available for purchase (and book signing) at the event from Sandmeyer’s Bookshop, supporting a local bookstore.
This event includes lunch, conversation with the author, book signing, and catching up with fellow alumni.
EVENT DETAILS:
Date: Tuesday October 13, 2026
Time: 11:30am-1:30pm
—11:30am: Pre-event book signing
—12pm-1:15pm Luncheon, conversation with author, Q&A
—1:15pm-1:30pm: Post-event book signing
Location: Union League Club of Chicago
65 W Jackson Blvd., Chicago 60607
Tickets: $25 for HCC members, alumni, and guests. Includes 2-course lunch (entrée and dessert)
Tickets available soon!