Film Screening: H.C. Westermann Documentary

The documentary *Westermann: Memorial to the Idea of Man If He Was an Idea* screens at Harold Washington Library Center on Saturday afternoon, October 17, from 2:00 to 4:00 PM, with a post-film Q&A featuring members of the National Veterans Art Museum. The film traces the life and work of H.C. Westermann, a Chicago-born artist and veteran of two wars whose meticulous wood sculptures blend dark humor with precise craft. Archival footage and interviews with fellow artists fill out the portrait of his influence on 20th-century American art. Seating is first come, first served and limited; the library can arrange accessibility accommodations with two weeks' notice.