Ryan Chester on Chicago Rebuilt: Seeing Yesterday’s City Today
Ryan Chester on Chicago Rebuilt: Seeing Yesterday’s City Today Introduced by William J. Bowe The Cliff Dwellers · Chicago · September 15, 2026 Contents Summary Bill Bowe Welcomes the Audience 00:00 Thanks, [...]
Bill Bowe Interviews Richard Reeder on His Novel “Sarasota”
Bill Bowe Interviews Richard Reeder about His New Novel Sarasota The Cliff Dwellers · Chicago · August 25, 2026 Q & A Transcript William J. Bowe · wbowe.com Summary Bill Bowe Editor’s Note: On [...]
Hamlin Garland & The Cliff Dwellers
William J. Bowe · wbowe.com Remarks of William J. Bowe Representing The Cliff Dwellers at the Induction of Hamlin Garland into the Chicago Literary Hall of Fame Chicago History Museum April 16, 2024 Editor’s Note: Not long [...]
The Fascinating Life of Bill Bowe
Shortly after the publication on Amazon of my memoir Riots & Rockets, the distinguished Chicago Tribune columnist Rick Kogan asked me to join him in talking about the book on his WGN-720 AM radio show.
Aristotle, Mortimer Adler, Charles Van Doren & Bill Bowe on Happiness
Aristotle, Mortimer Adler, Charles Van Doren, & Bill Bowe on Happiness William J. Bowe · wbowe.com Editor's Note: Recently at The Cliff Dwellers family, friends, and a number of Club members helped me celebrate the publication on [...]
Annals of a Bygone Era
Annals of a Bygone Era William J. Bowe · wbowe.com Editor’s Note: Bill Bowe, retired Executive Vice President of Encyclopaedia Britannica and a former Club President, gave a short talk about the history of The Cliff Dwellers [...]
Diet Troubles
Diet Troubles Though a delicate subject for me, I spoke directly about my diet troubles. [Automatically generated subtitles in both English and French can be read or turned off by clicking on the CC (Closed Captions) button on [...]
Turning 80
Turning 80 At my last birthday party, I had a chance to tell family and friends why Turning 80 was no bed of roses. [Automatically generated subtitles in both English and French can be read or turned off [...]
A Half Century of Ballistic Missile & Satellite Defense
Bill Bowe, a former President of The Cliff Dwellers and Executive Vice President of Encyclopaedia Britannica, begins with a lighthearted look at a subject he’s been following since the 1950’s. Though hard to believe today, Nike missiles with nuclear warheads were once ready to be launched from 22 sites around Chicago, including Belmont Harbor and Jackson Park on the lakefront.
