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Chicago Public Library
Harold Washington Library Center
Out and Proud In Chicago with Tracy Baim
Wednesday, October 1, 6:00 p.m.
400 S. State St.
Cindy Pritzker Auditorium
(312) 747-4050
Tracy Baim, editor of Out and Proud in Chicago, which chronicles Chicago’s Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) history, leads a panel discussion that includes writers Marie J. Kuda and Jorjet Harper, co-editor William B. Kelley and activists Chuck Renslow and Pat McCombs.
Chicago Public Library
Harold Washington Library Center
Richard Russo
Thursday, October 2, 6:00 p.m.
400 S. State St.
Cindy Pritzker Auditorium
(312) 747-4050
Richard Russo, the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Empire Falls, will read from and sign his latest highly acclaimed novel, Bridge of Sighs.
The Newberry Library
Annette Gordon-Reed: The Hemingses of Monticello
Thursday, October 2, 6:00 p.m.
60 W. Walton St.
(312) 255-3700
www.newberry.org
Historian and legal scholar Annette Gordon-Reed (The Hemingses of Monticello: An American Family) traces the Hemings family from its origins in Virginia in the 1700s to the family's dispersal after Thomas Jefferson's death in 1826. She sets it against the backdrop of Revolutionary America, Paris on the eve of its own revolution, 1790s Philadelphia and plantation life at Monticello.
Borders Books and Music – Beverly
RM Johnson
Thursday, October 2, 7:30 p.m.
2210 W. 95th St.
(773) 445-5471
www.borders.com
The Million Dollar Deception is the sequel to Johnson's 2004 bestseller, The Million Dollar Divorce.
Annette Gordon-Reed
Columbia College Chicago Center for Book & Paper Arts
Experimental Literature and the Intersection with Artists' Books
Exhibit: October 3–November 30
1104 S. Wabash Ave., 2nd floor
(312) 369-6631
www.bookandpaper.org
Hear from Chicago poets whose work exemplifies contemporary experimental poetic practice in the tradition fostered by the small press and artists' books.
4th Annual
Cavalcade of Authors
Friday, October 3-18
(888) 854-8823
www.thecavalcadeofauthors.com
The Cavalcade of Authors hosted by national best-selling author Naleighna Kai, NAACP Image Award Nominee J. L. Woodson and Sesvalah showcases a range of literary and performance talents featuring: national bestselling authors: Suzetta Perkins, Marissa Monteilh, Jewell Parker Rhodes, Ken Brown, Sister Claudette Muhammad, Theresa Gonsalves, Gloria Franklin, Deborah Gregory, spoken word artist C.C. Carter and Eusonia recording artist Maiysha.
Various Events
Friday, October 3, 7:00-11:00 p.m.
South Shore Cultural Center
7059 S. Shore Dr.
Soft Sheen-Carson presents Live
Performances hosted by Sesvalah (THEATRE)
Author readings, spoken word by C.C. Carter and other artists; Maiysha performs hits from her debut album “This Much Is True.” Macro Marketing & Promotions Group presents a Steppers Set hosted by J. L. Woodson and DJ Chuck (DINING ROOM); AZIZI Books presents Come Out and Play with Naleighna Kai and Friends hosted by DJ Don (SOLARIUM). Guests meet the authors, get autographs, enjoy card games, board games, dance lessons, and much more. Steppers Set and Theatre events are FREE and open to the public. RSVP on www.naleighnakai.com to reserve your gift bag. VIP Tickets for Solarium include specifically reserved seating in all three events, premium Jump at the Sun gift bags and light refreshments; $15 in advance, available online at www.naleighnakai.com or at Azizi Books.
FREE
How to Win the Publishing Game Writer’s Seminar
Saturday, October 4, 11:30 a.m.-1:00 p.m.
Chicago Public Library, Avalon Branch
8148 S. Stony Island
Participating authors share their experiences and field questions from aspiring writers.
Book Lovers Brunch
Sunday, October 5, 10:30 a.m.-1:00 p.m.
Blu 47 Restaurant, 4655 S. Martin Luther Dr.
Participating authors read from and autograph their latest novels.
Da Book Joint presents: the Cavalcade of Authors Book Fair for Children & Teens.
Saturday, October 18, 11:00 a.m.-1:00 p.m.
South Shore Cultural Center, 7059 S. Shore Dr.
Jump at the Sun presents their latest books for children ages 5-17 and Deborah Gregory, author of Catwalk and The Cheetah Girls series, talks about her wildly successful Disney series and discusses and signs the first book in her new Random House “tween teen” series, Catwalk, for ages 10 and up. RSVP tobookfair@macrompg.com to reserve seating and autographed copies.
Women & Children First Bookstore
Molly McNett
October 3, 7:30 p.m.
5233 N. Clark St.
(773) 769-9299
www.womenandchildrenfirst.com
In her award-winning debut collection, One Dog Happy, Molly McNett couples laugh-out-loud dialogue and wry observation with disquieting strains of dashed hope, troubled sexuality and disillusionment.
Chicago Public Library
Bezazian Branch
Rick Kogan
Saturday, October 4, 3:00 p.m.
1226 W. Ainslie St.
(312) 744-0019
Join Rick Kogan, author of A Chicago Tavern: A Goat, a Curse, and the American Dream and Sidewalks: Portraits of Chicago as well as the Chicago Tribune Sunday Magazine column of the same name, as he discusses his books, column, WGN-a.m. Sunday radio show and his work-in-progress, A Drinking Man's Guide to a Vanished Chicago.
Gerber/Hart Library
Victor Banis
Saturday, October 4, 4:00 p.m.
1127 W. Granville Ave.
(773) 381-8030
www.gerberhart.org
In celebration of “Banned Books Week”, Victor Banis will discuss some of his most popular work. Mr. Banis began writing gay pulp novels in the 1960s. His best known work is The Man from C.A.M.P., which was recently re-released.
Pritzker Military Library
Liberty Gala and Literature Award for Lifetime Achievement in Military Writing
Saturday, October 4, 6:00 p.m.
The Drake Hotel, 140 E. Walton Pl.
(312) 587-0234
www.pmlgala.org
The 5th annual Gala to support the free, public programs of the Pritzker Military Library includes a presentation of the Pritzker Military Library Literature Award for Lifetime Achievement in Military Writing to author/ historian Allan R. Millett, and a performance by the Steppenwolf Theater Company of dialogues between Medal of Honor recipient Thomas Hudner and Jesse Brown, first African-American pilot in the U.S. Navy. For ticket pricing and more, call or email invite@pmlgala.net.
Chicago Public Library
Woodson Regional Library
Linda Nicola
Sunday, October 5, 2:00 - 4:00 p.m.
9525 S. Halsted St.
(312) 747-6924
Nicola, family herbalist and member of the American Herbalist Guild, discusses Shedding Cancer, which addresses the needs of individuals who are undergoing treatment and want to maintain good health or need a better quality of life.
Chicago Public Library
Woodson Regional Library
Sandra Hall
Sunday, October 5, 2:00 – 4:00 p.m.
9525 S. Halsted St.
(312) 747-6924
Hall discusses her latest book, I Miss My Time with You (A Memory Book), a special book to share memories and celebrate the life of a loved one.
Neighborhood Writing Alliance
Where Were You:Defining Our Place in History
Monday, October 6, 5:30- 7:30 p.m.
Chicago Public Library, Hall Branch
4801 S. Michigan
(773) 684-2742
www.jot.org
Join us at the release of the latest Journal of Ordinary Thought, published by the Neighborhood Writing Alliance. NWA writers will explore how their personal stories connect to historical moments.
Chicago Public Library
Bucktown-Wicker Park Branch
Bucktown Writers Group Reading
Tuesday, October 7, 7:00 p.m.
1701 N. Milwaukee Ave.
(312) 744-6022
groups.yahoo.com/group/BtWG
Bucktown Writers Group presents a program of original, unpublished writing by its members. Bucktown Writers are a group of published and amateur authors who meet monthly to share and critique each other’s work.
Columbia College Chicago
Film & Video Department
Josef Steiff
Wednesday, October 7, 7:00 p.m.
Film Row Cinema
1104 S. Wabash Ave., 8th floor
(312) 369-7383
www.colum.edu
The articles in Battlestar Galactica and Philosophy examine the meaning and themes of the popular television series. Join co-editor Josef Steiff and several contributors for an episode screening, discussion and signing.
The Poetry Foundation
Adam Zagajewski
Thursday, October 9, 6:00 p.m.
Fullerton Hall, The Art Institute of Chicago
111 S. Michigan Ave.
Call (312) 799-8014 for reservations
(free admission)
As part of the Art Beyond Borders season, the award-winning poet and professor on the Committee for Social Thought at the University of Chicago reads from his several collections of poems, including his most recent, Eternal Enemies. A book signing follows.
Pritzker Military Library
Lewis Sorley
Thursday, October 9, Presentation and live webcast 6:00 p.m.
610 N. Fairbanks Court, 2nd floor
(312) 587-0234
www.pritzkermilitarylibrary.org
Lewis Sorley is a third-generation graduate and former faculty member of the U.S. Military Academy at West Point. In this new book, Honor Bright: History and Origins of the West Point Honor Code and System, he explores the history and ethics of that institution.
B boutique
Lora Jo Foo
Thursday, October 9, 6:30 - 8:30 p.m.
1117 W. Armitage Ave.
(773) 665-1102
www.b-chicago.com
California author Lora Jo Foo shares explosive glimpses into her life as she reads excerpts from her new book Earth Passages: Journey Through Childhood, a book of Chinese American stories as told through narrative and color photography. Earth Passages tells the author's story, the story of a girl born and raised in a family of eight in the inner city of San Francisco's Chinatown. Followed by Q&A and book signing.
The Book Cellar
Porter Shreve
Thursday, October 9, 7:00 p.m.
4736-38 N. Lincoln Ave
(773) 293.BOOK (2665)
www.bookcellarinc.com
Join The Book Cellar in welcoming Porter Shreve as he shares his new novel, When the White House Was Ours.
Center on Halsted
Banned: In Celebration of National Coming Out Day
Friday, October 10, 12:00 – 8:00 p.m.
3656 N. Halsted
(773) 472-6469
www.CenteronHalsted.org
Come hear some of your favorite authors, spoken word artists and a variety of LGBTQ members of our community read excerpts from their favorite banned book for a reading marathon. Featuring Lambda Literary Nominee Gregg Shapiro as well as nationally acclaimed poets Lisa Alvarado, e. nina jay, Terri Boi and more.
The Book Cellar
Witty Women Writers: A Reading
Friday, October 10, 7:00 p.m.
4736-38 N. Lincoln Ave
(773) 293-BOOK (2665)
www.bookcellarinc.com
Come enjoy dinner and wine and the great company of a group of local ladies as they share their stories!
Columbia College Chicago
Poetry Reading: Joanne Kyger
Friday, October 10, 7:00 p.m.
Film Row Cinema
1104 S. Wabash Ave., 8th floor
(312) 369-8138
www.colum.edu/beatsymposium
Kyger, author of About Now: Collected Poems, 1957-2004 and Not Veracruz, among others, reads from her poetry. Kyger is known for her ties to the poets of Black Mountain College, the San Francisco Renaissance and the Beat Generation.
Chicago Public Library
Woodson Regional Library
Authors' Showcase 2008
Saturday, October 11, 10:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.
Saturday, October 25, 10:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.
9525 S. Halsted St.
(312) 747-6921
Books Ink and Woodson Regional Library will host these two one-day Author Showcases featuring panel discussions, workshops, and author signings. Featured authors will include Tony Lindsay (Pieces of a Hole), Karen White-Owens (The Way You Aren't), Regina Baiochhi (Indigo Sound) and Michelle Larks (The Legacies), as well as many others.
Chicago Public Library
Bezazian Branch
Ursula Bielski
Saturday, October 11, 11:00 a.m.
1226 W. Ainslie St.
(312) 744-0019
Ursula Bielski, renowned Chicago ghostlorist and author of Chicago Haunts: Ghostlore of the Windy City and Creepy Chicago: A Ghosthunter's Tales of the City's Scariest Sites will share stories from the supernatural side of Chicago in this all-ages program.
Books Ink Bookstore
Lora Jo Foo
Friday October 10, 6:30 p.m.
1835 W. 103rd St.
(773) 330-4115
www.booksinkonline.com
Lora Jo Foo, civil rights attorney and labor activist, will be reading and signing her memoir Earth Passages: Journeys Through Childhood, based on her experiences growing up in poverty in San Francisco's Chinatown.
Columbia College Chicago
Poetry Reading: Diane di Prima
Saturday, October 11, 7:00 p.m. (reception follows)
Film Row Cinema, 1104 S. Wabash Ave., 8th floor
(312) 369-8138
www.colum.edu/beatsymposium
Join this reading by the author of 43 books of poetry and prose, including Recollections of My Life as a Woman and an expanded edition of Revolutionary Letters. In 2006 di Prima received the Fred Cody Award for Lifetime Achievement and community service from the Northern California Book Critics Association.
The Book Cellar
Sleep Is For The Weak Authors
Saturday, October 11, 7:00 p.m.
4736-38 N. Lincoln Ave
(773) 293.BOOK (2665)
www.bookcellarinc.com
Join The Book Cellar as we celebrate with contributors of the parenting book Sleep Is For the Weak. Find a babysitter and come on out for some food, wine, and great stories about parenting!
The Poetry Center of Chicago
City Series: David Meltzer & Michael Rothenberg
Sunday, October 12, 7:00 p.m.
Myopic Books, 1564 N. Milwaukee Ave.
(312) 899-1229
www.poetrycenter.org
Beat poet David Meltzer performs with poet and songwriter Michael Rothenberg as part of City Series, a new program featuring collaborations with some of Chicago’s most recognized reading series and independent presses.
CPT. Jack H. Jacobs
Society of Midland Authors
James L. Merriner
Tuesday, October 14, 6:00 p.m.
Cliff Dwellers Club, 200 S. Michigan Ave.
(312) 922-8080
www.midlandauthors.com
James L. Merriner, political historian and former political editor of the Chicago Sun-Times, will discuss his new book about former governor George Ryan.
Columbia College Chicago
& Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs
Zack Furness: Bikes, Cars and the Limits of 'Automobility'
Wednesday, October 15, 6:00 p.m.
Chicago Cultural Center, Garland Room
78 E. Washington St.
(312) 744-6630
www.colum.edu
Columbia professor Zach Furness, author of the upcoming One Less Car: Bike Culture and the Politics of Cycling (Temple University Press), discusses the culture of transportation in the United States.
Pritzker Military Library
Medal of Honor with Ed Tracy: Jack H. Jacobs
Wednesday, October 15, Presentation and live webcast 6:00 p.m.
610 N. Fairbanks Court, 2nd floor
(312) 587-0234
www.pritzkermilitarylibrary.org
Ed Tracy interviews author, NBC/MSNBC military analyst, and Medal of Honor recipient Jack H. Jacobs about his life, service, and new book, If Not Now, When?: Duty and Sacrifice in America's Time of Need.
The Book Cellar
Local Author Night
Wednesday, October 15, 7:00 p.m.
4736-38 N. Lincoln Ave
(773) 293.BOOK (2665)
www.bookcellarinc.com
Come sip wine as you hear readings by some of Chicago’s finest.
The Newberry Library
Seth Lerer: A Reader’s History of Children’s Literature
Thursday, October 16, 6:00 p.m.
60 W. Walton St.
(312) 255-3700
www.newberry.org
Author Seth Lerer explores the iconic books, from Aesop’s fables to Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, to Peter Pan to Harry Potter, that have forged a lifelong love of literature in young readers during their formative years. Along the way, Lerer also looks at the changing environments of family life and human growth, schooling and scholarship, and publishing and politics in which children found themselves changed by the books they read. A book signing follows the talk.
The Book Cellar
John McNally
Thursday, October 16, 7:00 p.m.
4736-38 N. Lincoln Ave.
(773) 293-2665
www.bookofralph.com or www.bookcellarinc.com
Join The Book Cellar in welcoming John McNally, author of America's Report Card and The Book of Ralph, as he shares his latest novel, Ghosts of Chicago.
Borders Books and Music
Maureen McCormick
Thursday, October 16, 7:00 p.m.
830 N. Michigan Ave.
(312) 573-0564
www.borders.com
Hear the poignant memoir of the real woman who starred as the beloved Marcia Brady from the hit series The Brady Bunch.
The Book Cellar
Ursula Bielski
Friday, October 17, 7:00 p.m.
4736-38 N. Lincoln Ave.
(773) 293.BOOK (2665)
www.bookcellarinc.com
Ursula Bielski visits The Book Cellar to
share creepy tales of ghostlore and hauntings.
She'll be reading from her books Chicago Haunts
and More Chicago Haunts. Come if you dare!
3rd Annual Book It Black 2 Bronzeville Book Festival
Saturday, October 18, 12:00 – 6:00 p.m.
Verbs N Vibes
4655 S. King Drive, 2nd Floor
www.bookitblack2bronzeville.com or www.verbsnvibes.com
Join us as we celebrate the 3rd annual "Book It Black 2 Bronzeville" Book Festival. Presented by Black Issues Book Review, WVON Radio and Literacy Links, this daylong celebration of the written word hopes to feature Nikki Giovanni, Dr. Cornel West, Judge Greg Mathis, Sistah Souljah, and many Chicago authors as well.
Chicago Public Library
Woodson Regional Library
Josh Elder: Making Comics the Ninja Way
Saturday, October 18, 1:00 – 3:00 p.m.
9525 S. Halsted St.
(312) 747-6921
Learn how to be a comics ninja as award winning graphic novelist and nationallysyndicated cartoonist Josh Elder (Mail Order Ninja and Batman Strikes) reveals how comics are made and teaches you how to make your own. All ages are invited.
Chicago Public Library
Chicago Bee Branch
Crystal L. Winston
Saturday, October 18, 3:00 p.m.
3647 S. State St.
(312) 747-6872
Local author Crystal L. Winston reads from and discusses After I Met a Boy, a fictional tale of one girl's journey as she learns life’s lessons about love and sex. Ms. Winston has written a novel that both mothers and teen-aged daughters can enjoy together.
Spertus Institute of Jewish Studies
Nextbook at Spertus
Adam Kirsch – Benjamin Disraeli: The Imagination of Power
Sunday, October 19, 2:00 p.m.
610 S. Michigan Ave.
(312) 322-1773
www.spertus.edu
Benjamin Disraeli was the only Jew ever to serve as Prime Minister of England. Author Kirsch illustrates how Disraeli turned his Jewishness from a social handicap into his enduring political vision. Booksigning to follow.
Tickets are $20 for General Admission
$15 for Spertus Members
$10 for Students.
Old Town School of Folk Music
Worlds of Sound: The Story of Smithsonian Folkways
with author Richard Carlin
Saturday, October 18, 6:30 p.m.
4544 N. Lincoln Ave.
(773) 728-6000
www.oldtownschool.org
As part of Old Town School of Folk Music's pre-concert "Spin Night" series, author Richard Carlin will talk about his latest book, which documents the vibrant story of Moses Asch and his extensive music and sound preservation work with Smithsonian Folkways Records. Expect some record spinning in addition to the literary talk!
Gerber/Hart Library
Gregg Shapiro
Sunday, October 19, 4:00 p.m.
1127 W. Granville Ave.
(773) 381-8030
www.gerberhart.org
Gregg Shapiro reads from Protection, his debut poetry collection. Protection has been praised as a "blessedly open and refreshingly 'out' book of poems."
Chicago Public Radio
Nathaniel Rich
Sunday, October 19, 7:00 p.m.
(doors open at 6:00 p.m.)
Victory Gardens Biograph Theater,
2433 N. Lincoln Ave.
(312) 948-4600
www.chicagopublicradio.org/Events
Join Chicago Public Radio and Stop Smiling for a reading with Nathaniel Rich, senior editor of The Paris Review, as he reads from his celebrated first novel, The Mayor’s Tongue. A talkback with Jonathan Messinger, Book Review Editor for Time Out Chicago, will follow the reading along with a presentation of the Constance Eakins book jacket project.
Tickets: $15/general admission;
$12/Chicago Public Radio members.
Chicago Public Library
Harold Washington Library Center
Writers on the Record with Victoria Lautman presents Alaa al Aswany
Monday, October 20, 6:00 p.m.
400 S. State St., Cindy Pritzker Auditorium
(312)747-4050
Best-selling Egyptian author Alaa al Aswany talks with Victoria Lautman about Chicago, his highly-anticipated new novel of love, sex, hatred, and ambition, set right here, with a cast of American and Arab characters all sharing similar needs and desires.
The Poetry Center of Chicago
Li-Young Lee
Monday, October 20, 6:30 p.m.
School of the Art Institute Ballroom
112 S. Michigan Ave.
(312) 899-1229
www.poetrycenter.org
Critically acclaimed poet Li-Young Lee will read from his most recent collection, Behind My Eyes. A book signing directly follows.
Columbia College Chicago
Jonathan Kozol
Monday, October 20, 7:30 p.m.
Film Row Cinema
1104 S. Wabash Ave., 8th floor
(312) 369-8101
www.colum.edu
Activist, educator and author of the recent A New War on Poverty – Equality & Opportunity in America, Kozol speaks on education and equality in collaboration with Columbia’s Founders Lectures/Conversations in the Arts Series.
Instituto Cervantes
Juan Villoro: Chicago, D. F.,
A Narrative Passage – Readings about Urban Spaces
Tuesday, October 21, 6:00 p.m.
31 W. Ohio St.
(312) 335-1996
chicago.cervantes.es
Juan Villoro reads from his work, including the recent Accidental Safari and God is Round. Villoro obtained the Villaurrutia Award for his book La casa pierde, the Mazatlán Award for his essays Efectos personales and the Herralde Award for his novel El testigo.
The Poetry Foundation
Louise Glück
Tuesday, October 21, 6:00 p.m.
Chicago Public Library
Harold Washington Library Center
400 S. State St.
Cindy Pritzker Auditorium
Call (312) 799-8014 for reservations
(free admission)
The Pulitzer Prize winner and former U.S. Poet Laureate reads from her work in celebration of the 54th Annual Poetry Day. A book signing follows.
Museum of Contemporary Art
Reading Under the Influence presents RUI: Democracy
Tuesday, October 21, 6:30 p.m.
Museum of Contemporary Art
220 E. Chicago Ave.
www.readingundertheinfluence.com
RUI goes on the road as part of the MCA’s Lit Gangs of Chicago. Writers Julia Borcherts, Rob Duffer, Carly Huegelmann, Jesse Jordan and Amanda Snyder read original works in addition to short selections by well-known authors on the subject of DEMOCRACY. Includes trivia and book giveaways.
Columbia College Chicago
Creative Nonfiction Week
Julia Keller
Tuesday, October 21, 7:00 p.m.
Film Row Cinema
1104 S. Wabash Ave., 8th floor
(312) 369-8101
www.colum.edu
Pulitzer Prize winning journalist and Tribune cultural critic Keller discusses and signs her new book, Mr. Gatling’s Terrible Marvel: The Gun That Changed Everything and the Misunderstood Genius Who Invented It, that “anchors [Gatling’s] remarkable life firmly in the landscape of 19th century America.” (Publishers Weekly).
National-Louis University Library
Katherine S. McKnight and Mary Scruggs: The Second City Guide to Improv in the Classroom
Wednesday, October 22, 4:00 p.m.
122 S. Michigan Ave., Room 5012
(224) 233-2520
libevents@nl.edu
The ready-to-use exercises in this book are used to teach a variety of subjects – including literacy, math, science, and social studies – and builds classroom community and develops cooperative learning skills.
Borders Books and Music
Isaac Mizrahi
Tuesday, October 21, 7:00 p.m.
830 N. Michigan Ave.
(312) 572-0564
The king of real-world chic shares his tips and award-winning flair in a colorful guidebook designed to unleash every woman’s inner fashionista. A twenty-year veteran of the fashion industry, Mizrahi has become a unique icon in the world of style. How to Have Style showcases his singular approach to looking great.
Chicago Public Library
Harold Washington Library Center
David Macaulay, The Way We Work
Wednesday, October 22, 6:00 p.m.
400 S. State St.
Cindy Pritzker Auditorium
(312) 747-4050
Ages 8 and up. Get up close and personal with the human body as award-winning author and illustrator David Macaulay leads readers through a tour of the major systems inside the human body. Through astounding cross-sections and detailed anatomical drawings, Macaulay builds not only the human structure but our understanding of the complexity instead each of us. Macaulay is the recipient of numerous awards including the Caldecott Medal and Honor Awards and he was awarded a 2006 MacArthur Foundation Fellowship.
Columbia College Chicago
Creative Nonfiction Week
Mark Harris
Wednesday, October 22, 7:00 p.m.
Film Row Cinema
1104 S. Wabash Ave., 8th floor
(312) 369-8101
www.colum.edu
Environmental journalist Harris discusses his Grave Matters: A Journey Through the Funeral Industry to a Natural Way of Burial that takes ‘green’ to the next level by advocating for eco-friendly burial.
Chicago Public Library
North Austin Branch
Syreeta Williams, Ida Barnes
Patrice Morrison & Doreen Van Lee
Thursday, October 23, 6:00 p.m.
5724 W. North Ave.
(312) 746-4233
Calling all poets to the North Austin Branch Library for an Open Mic/Poetry Slam. Young adults and adults welcome. Free refreshments for all and free prize raffle for performers. Call to register.
Chicago Public Library
Harold Washington Library Center
Sarah Vowell
Thursday, October 23, 6:00 p.m.
400 S. State St., Cindy Pritzker Auditorium
(312) 747-4050
Sarah Vowell, writer, humorist and contributor to This American Life on Public Radio International, will discuss and sign her latest book, The Wordy Shipmates an examination of the Puritans, their culture and their myriad oddities. Presented with Borders Book and Music.
Isaac Mizrahi
Instituto Cervantes
Ana María Shua: Being a Writer–Technique and Mysteries
Thursday, October 23, 6:00 p.m.
31 W. Ohio St.
(312) 335-1996
chicago.cervantes.es
Born in Buenos Aires in 1951, Ana María Shuahas received national and international honors, among them Venezuela’s Banco del Libro and Germany’s White Raven. Her work has been published in Brazil, Spain, Italy, Germany, Korea and the United States.
Loyola University Chicago, University Libraries
Alan Gitelson–The 2008 Elections: The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly
Crown Center Auditorium,
Lake Shore Campus, 6525 N. Sheridan Rd.
(773) 508-2641
libraries.luc.edu/find.htm
Dr. Alan Gitelson, frequent guest commentator on radio and television for political and election issues, faculty author, and Professor of Political Science at Loyola University, will provide a timely overview and analysis of the 2008 elections. He will focus on the nomination process, campaign financing, campaign strategy, tactics, polling and the role of the media in the campaign.
Pritzker Military Library
Steve Coll
Thursday, October 23, Presentation and live webcast 6:00 p.m.
610 N. Fairbanks Court, 2nd floor
(312) 587-0234
www.pritzkermilitarylibrary.org
Steve Coll, author of Ghost Wars, discusses his
new book, The Bin Ladens: An Arabian Family in the American Century in a special event to celebrate the 5th anniversary of the Pritzker Military Library.
Columbia College Chicago
Creative Nonfiction Week
Phillip Lopate
Thursday, October 23, 7:00 p.m.
Film Row Cinema
1104 S. Wabash Ave., 8th floor
(312) 369-8101
www.colum.edu
Essayist, memoirist, novelist, poet, and critic Lopate discusses the craft of creative nonfiction.
The Book Cellar
Jeremy Greenberg
Thursday, October 23, 7:00 p.m.
4736-38 N. Lincoln Ave.
(773) 293.BOOK (2665)
www.bookcellarinc.com
The internationally known stand-up comedian and joke writer comes to The Book Cellar to share his new book, Relative Discomfort.
The Uptown Writers Space
Monthly Reading Series "Chicago, why??"
Thursday, October 23, 7:30 p.m.
The Wilde Pug, 4808 N. Broadway Ave.
(773) 275-1000
www.uptownwritersspace.com
Musings on our fair city by Uptown Writers Space members and special guests.
Borders Books and Music
John Grogan
Friday, October 24, 7:00 p.m.
830 N. Michigan Ave.
(312) 573-0564
www.borders.com
In the same way that Marley & Me was not “just a dog book,” Growing up Grogan is more than just another coming-of-age tale, more than another father-son story, more than a boy-meets-girl-and-the-rest-is history romance. At its heart, it is the universal story of growing up, outgrowing home, and making peace with the past before it’s too late.
Chicago Public Library
Bezazian Branch
Marilyn Pocius: Talk and Tour
Saturday, October 25, 1:00 p.m.
1226 W. Ainslie St.
(312) 744-0019
Registration Required: Limited to 20
Marilyn Pocius, author of A Cook's Guide To Chicago (Where to Find Everything You Need and Lots of Things You Didn't Know You Did), will talk about the wonderful and exotic foods available in Chicago and the Argyle Street neighborhood, followed by a walk to a neighborhood grocery for a closer look at fresh octopus, rice noodles, durian and more kinds of soy sauce than you knew existed. Time permitting we will also stop at Ba Le Vietnamese French Bakery where you can purchase a Banh Mi Sandwich. Bring an open mind, an open mouth and a shopping bag!
The Book Cellar
John Green
Saturday, October 25, 7:00 p.m.
4736-38 N. Lincoln Ave
(773) 293.BOOK (2665)
www.sparksflyup.com or www.bookcellarinc.com
John Green, author of young adult novels Looking for Alaska and An Abundance of Katherines, will be at The Book Cellar reading his newest novel, Paper Towns.
Chicago Public Library
Harold Washington Library Center
Kevin Brooks
Monday, October 27, 10:00-11:30 a.m.
400 S. State St.
(312) 745-3941
Author Kevin Brooks writes moving, dark, mysterious, compelling and awesome young adult novels. Come hear him speak to learn more about how his writing process works and what inspires his page-turning plots. Book sales by Sandmeyer’s Bookstore.
National-Louis University Library
Joanne B. Koch – Shared Stages: Ten American Dramas of Blacks and Jews
Monday, October 27, 4:00 p.m.
122 S. Michigan Ave., Room 5012
(224) 233-2520
libevents@nl.edu
Joanne Koch, co-editor of the new anthology Shared Stages: Ten American Dramas of Blacks and Jews, which includes Koch and Sarah Cohen’s own multicultural musical “Soul Sisters,” will talk about finding authentic common ground between Blacks and Jews, about using music to tell the story of two singers who forge a friendship despite racism and anti-Semitism in the turbulent sixties and seventies. “Soul Sisters” has toured to 30 universities including NLU. Dr. Koch will show a few scenes-songs from “Soul Sisters” and give interested students a chance to read from that play.
Chicago Public Library
Sulzer Regional Library
Kevin Brooks
Monday, October 27, 6:00-7:30 p.m.
4455 N. Lincoln Ave.
(312) 744-7616, ext. 2
Author Kevin Brooks writes moving, dark, mysterious, compelling and awesome young adult novels. Come hear him speak to learn more about how his writing process works and what inspires his page-turning plots. Book sales by The Book Cellar.
*Please note: This program will feature a special Reader’s Theater performance of Brooks’ works. Reader’s Theatre is a series of teen programs featuring dramatic readings by teens from Teen Volume books for teens. For more information, please contact the Department of Children and Young Adult Services at (312) 747-4780.
Chicago Public Library
Woodson Regional Library
Kevin Brooks
Tuesday, October 28, 10:00-11:30 a.m.
9525 S. Halsted St.
(312) 747-6900, Ex. 2
Author Kevin Brooks writes moving, dark, mysterious, compelling and awesome young adult novels. Come hear him speak to learn more about how his writing process works and what inspires his page-turning plots. Book sales by 57th Street Books.
The Newberry Library
Leslie S. Klinger: The New Annotated Dracula
Tuesday, October 28, 6:00 p.m.
60 W. Walton St.
(312) 255-3700
www.newberry.org
In his first work since The New Annotated Sherlock Holmes, Klinger returns with this illustrated homage to Bram Stoker's Dracula. Most surprisingly, Klinger accepts Stoker's contention that the Dracula tale is based on historical fact. Klinger's edition includes a detailed examination of the original typescript of Dracula, with its strikingly different ending, previously unavailable to scholars. A book signing follows the talk.
Chicago Humanities Festival
Lisa Randall: The Universe’s Hidden Dimensions
Wednesday, October 29, 6:00 p.m.
Northwestern Law School Thorne Auditorium,
375 E. Chicago
(312) 494-9509
www.chfestival.org
Might space itself enfold a myriad of hidden dimensions? Randall, a leading theoretical physicist and professor at Harvard, author of Warped Passages, will demonstrate how the existence of such dimensions could help solve some of the major mysteries in the relationship between particle physics and cosmology, and in the process unfurl a dynamic new way of understanding the nature of the universe.
Columbia College Chicago
Library Signature Series
Stephen T. Asma: Buddhism and the Beats
Wednesday, October 29, 6:00 p.m.
600 S. Michigan Ave., Ferguson Hall, 1st Flr.
(312) 369-8062
www.colum.edu/library
Asma, author of The Gods Drink Whiskey: Stumbling Toward Enlightenment in the Land of the Tattered Buddha and Buddha for Beginners, discusses the influence of Buddhism on Kerouac, et al.
Chicago Public Library
Austin-Irving Branch
Ted Okuda and Mark Yurkiw
Wednesday, October 29, 7:00 p.m.
6100 W. Irving Park Rd.
(312) 744-6222
Join authors Ted Okuda and Mark Yurkiw as they discuss their book Chicago TV Horror Movie Shows: from Shock Theatre to Svengoolie. Their presentation promises to be a "frightenly" good time for baby boomers and all horror fans.
Women & Children First Bookstore
Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore: So Many Ways to Sleep Badly
Wednesday, October 29, 7:30 p.m.
5233 N. Clark St.
(773) 769-9299
www.womenandchildrenfirst.com
Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore is a writer, editor, activist, critic and troublemaker. Most recently, she is the editor of Nobody Passes: Rejecting the Rules of Gender and Conformity and a second edition of That's Revolting! Queer Strategies for Resisting Assimilation. This is her second novel.
Chicago Humanities Festival
Jeffrey Sachs: Franke Lecture in Economic History
Thursday, October 30, 6:00 p.m.
Northwestern Law School Thorne Auditorium
375 E. Chicago
(312) 494-9509
www.chfestival.org
One of the world’s leading international economists and crusaders against the scourge of global poverty, Jeffrey Sachs is professor of Sustainable Development and of Health Policy and Management at Columbia University and director of its Earth Institute. Sachs has provided counsel to government and international agencies worldwide for more than 20 years, and is the author of The End of Poverty and Common Wealth.
Chicago Humanities Festival
Lawrence Lessig: Ending Political Corruption
Thursday, October 30, 7:30 p.m.
Museum of Contemporary Art
220 E. Chicago Ave.
(312) 494-9509
www.chfestival.org
The highly respected professor at Stanford Law School and founder of the school's Center for Internet Technology has been a leading voice against overly narrow interpretations of copyright and trademark that stifle innovation and discourse both on- and offline. Recently though, Lessig has changed missions, focusing his considerable energies on a new web-based project, “Change Congress,” which intends to reduce the pervasive influence of money on politics and give voters the tools needed to hold their representatives accountable.
Women & Children First Bookstore
Marti Kheel – Nature Ethics: An Ecofeminist Perspective
Thursday, October 30, 7:30 p.m.
5233 N. Clark St.
(773) 769-9299
www.womenandchildrenfirst.com
In her new book Nature Ethics: An Ecofeminist Perspective, Kheel seeks to heal the divisions among the seemingly disparate movements and philosophies of feminism, animal advocacy, environmental ethics and holistic health.
The Book Cellar
Fixx Reading Series
Thursday, October 30, 8:00 p.m.
4736-38 N. Lincoln Ave.
(773) 293-2665
www.bookcellarinc.com
The Fixx Reading Series welcomes guests Robert Duffer (A Place To Call Home), Tim Hall (Full Of It) and Ben Tanzer (Most Likely You'll Go Your Way And I'll Go Mine) to its new home at The Book Cellar, with host author Amy Guth.
Northwestern University
One Book One Northwestern – Lectures on Charles Darwin
Sean Carroll - October 7 (Endless Forms Most Beautiful) on “The Making of the Fittest: DNA and the Ultimate Forensic Record of Evolution"
Janet Browne - October 23 (Darwin’s Origin of Species: A Biography) Date Subject to change.
Daniel C. Dennett - October 30 (Darwin's Dangerous Idea: Evolution and the Meanings of Life) on “Darwin and the Evolution of Reasons"
All lectures at 7:00-8:30 p.m.
(Further events ongoing through February 12, 2009)
Ryan Family Auditorium,
2145 Sheridan Rd., Evanston, IL 60208
www.northwestern.edu/onebook
2009 is the 200th anniversary of the birth of Charles Darwin and the 150th anniversary of the publication of On the Origin of Species, therefore the One Book, One Northwestern project has chosen to read The Reluctant Mr. Darwin: An Intimate Portrait of Charles Darwin and the Making of His Theory of Evolution, by David Quammen. Reading of the book will be accompanied by four public lectures and other events to facilitate conversations about Darwin, the theory of evolution, and its enduring impact on science and society.
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