Chicago is losing another indie bookshop. Kate the Great's is closing July 25. Right now they are having a going out of business sale. All used books are 50 percent off. Visit Kate the Great's while you still can at 5550 N. Broadway.
- Alice Maggio
Lena Younger's husband has passed away, and as Lena and her family wait for a $10,000 life insurance check, they dream of leaving their tiny Chicago apartment and starting new lives. This groundbreaking play won a New York Drama Critics Circle Award when it was first produced in 1959.
Join us at The Book Cellar at 4736-38 N. Lincoln Ave. (map) to discuss the book. We'll meet on Monday, January 12, at 7:30pm. New members are always welcome!
January 12
A Raisin in the Sun
by Lorraine Hansberry
February 9
A River Runs Through It
by Norman Maclean
March 9
The Book of Ralph
by John McNally
April 13
Then We Came to the End
by Joshua Ferris
May 11
Passing
by Nella Larsen
June 8
Cat's Cradle
by Kurt Vonnegut
July 13
Every Crooked Pot
by Renee Rosen
August 10
La Perdida
by Jessica Abel
September 14
The Echo Maker
by Richard Powers
October 12
Lords of the Levee
by Herman Kogan and Lloyd Wendt
November 9
Travel Writing
by Peter Ferry
The Gapers Block Book Club is a reading group dedicated to reading fiction by Chicago area authors and nonfiction works about our city. We read a new book every month, and new members are always welcome.
In Person
The book club meets on the second Monday of the month at The Book Cellar bookstore in Lincoln Square (map).
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Sign up for the book club mailing list to receive reminders about upcoming meetings and other special announcements.
To get in touch with Alice and Veronica, the book club moderators, email us at bookclub{at}gapersblock.com.
Thu Nov 20 2008
Neal Pollack @ Silver Tongue Reading Series
Thu Nov 20 2008
Holes from Page to Stage @ Book Cellar
Thu Nov 20 2008
Green Christmas @ Women & Children First
Fri Nov 21 2008
Sefi Atta & Mary Schmich @ Center on Halsted
Fri Nov 21 2008
Randa Jarrar @ Book Cellar
Sat Nov 22 2008
Neo-Futurist Christmas Carol opening @ Neo-Futurarium
Sat Nov 22 2008
StoryStudio Chicago Write-a-Thon
Mon Nov 24 2008
NaNoWriMo Good Old-Fashioned Wordstorming Write-In