The film “Mulberry Child,” the story of the persecution and survival of a family during the Chinese Cultural Revolution, will be shown at 6 p.m. Tuesday, April 10, in Smith Hall at Old Main. After the documentary screening, the story’s main characters, Jian Ping and her daughter Lisa, will speak and answer questions.

North Central’s Cultural Events, Chinese language, and gender and women’s studies programs are event sponsors.

Cultural Events welcomes Larry Bennett, author of “The Third City: Chicago and American Urbanism,” at 7 p.m. Thursday, May 12, to discuss his book about 21st century Chicago and the ways the second Mayor Daley transformed the city’s image. His free talk will take place in Koten Chapel.

Following his retirement from 3M where he had worked for 30 years, Glen Ellyn resident Willie DiFabio embarked on a hike of more than 2,100 miles from Georgia to Maine along the Appalachian Trail. The trip took nearly seven months in 2008. He’ll describe the people and places he encountered and the exceptional challenges of the trail, including the trail’s geology, terrain and cultures along the way. DiFabio will share his adventures in a free talk, sponsored by the College's Cultural Events, at noon Tuesday, April 12, in Meiley-Swallow Hall.