Events Archive

Burning Fight Concert at the Metro May 2nd and 3rd

Brian Peterson is the author of Burning Fight: The Nineties Hardcore Revolution in Ethics, Politics, Spirit, and Sound is a book about 1990s hardcore music. This will be his book release show, and will benefit Rock for Reading!
www.myspace.com/90shardcore
www.burningfightbook.com
This book release show is about capturing the spirit of the 90s hardcore scene.
THIS SHOW IS COMPLETELY SOLD OUT!!

Massive book donation!

In February we received a shipment of 143,000 books to give to kids in the Chicagoland area! After sorting them, we started to give them to schools and organizations. In the month of March, we processed and delivered about 40,000 books to 14 different locations.

Schiller School

Marsh School

The Chicago Academy

Barack Obama Book Release

Nadiyah Tait and Keith Brodnak Shamari Wilson

Rock For Reading, Weigl Publishing, Bank of America and the Big Shoulders Fund came together to provide copies of “Barack Obama,” a new book for young people that traces the life and celebrates the historic election of President Barack Obama. The books were presented to 4th, 5th and 6th graders at an assembly at St. Malachy School, located at 2252 W. Washington Blvd. on Friday, January 16th. After the presentation of the books, several students from the 4th and 6th grades gave speeches talking about what President Obama means to them.

6,000 copies of the book were donated by Weigl Publishing and Bank of America to be distributed by Big Shoulders and Rock For Reading to students enrolled in 76 elementary schools across Chicago.