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Events Sun Jun 25 2006
Booked in Chicago: 6/26-7/2
Running through the entire summer, the University of Chicago's Regenstein Library is holding a book sale, offering their used volumes for insanely cheap prices. Head down to Hyde Park and start your personal academic library today.
As always, more information on these events can be found in the lovely and amazing Slowdown. Click on the provided links to get there.
Tuesday: 6/27
Richard Brookhiser @ Harold Washington Library
Brookhiser discusses and signs his latest book What Would the Founders Do?: Our Questions, Their Answers. Free and open to the public at 6pm in the Cindy Pritzker Auditorium. [Slowdown]
Julius Rosenwald Biographer @ Newberry Library
Peter M. Ascoli, Rosenwald's grandson, discusses his new biography profiling one of the major architects and philanthropists in Chicago history. Free at 6pm at the Newberry Library. [Slowdown]
Wednesday: 6/28
Lori Andrews @ Chicago Public Library
Combining thrillers with biotechnology, Lori Andrews reads and signs her latest novel, Sequence, at 5:30pm at the Harold Washington Library. Free. [Slowdown]
Thursday: 6/29
Field Guide to Gay and Lesbian Chicago @ Women & Children First
The authors of this latest Chicago guide will be at Women & Children First to celebrate and read from their new release. Join them for the wine and cheese and question and answer sessions. Free from 7:30-9pm. [Slowdown]
Audrey Niffenegger & Sam Weller @ Book Cellar
Not only do we love us some Book Cellar, but we're also pretty big fans of past Book Club author Audrey Niffenegger and Ray Bradbury biographer Sam Weller. Head to our meeting spot to listen to the two discuss their works, both past and future. Free at 7:30pm. [Slowdown]
Saturday: 7/1
Drinking & Writing III @ Edgewater Lounge
Got a little Hemmingway in ya? Join Neo-Futurist alums for the latest version of Drinking and Writing, a look at how the two practices help each other. $10 at Edgewater Lounge, 7pm. [Slowdown]
