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Adults- Registration is required for this event.
- Registration will open on May 10, 2026 @ 12:00am.
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Register and join UIC professor emeritus Dr. John Binder in person to explore Chicago's Prohibition Era bootlegging gangs and gang wars, and discover how the Capone gang came to dominate Chicago organized crime. Dr. Binder is the author of Al Capone's Beer Wars, The Chicago Outfit, and The Chicago Outfit during the 1960s.
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