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Events Wed Jun 23 2010
What To Do on Thursday Night: Literary-Style
I am torn: three exciting literary events, all on Thursday, June 24, between 6pm and 8pm:
*Anthony Bourdain and his sweet, dimpled chin (and not-so-sweet vocabulary) will be at Harold Washington Library at 6pm, talking about his new book, Medium Raw: A Bloody Valentine to the World of Food and the People Who Cook. For free.
*Jonathan Alter speaks at his alma mater, the Francis W. Parker School (330 W. Webster) as part of the Chicago Humanities Festival at 7pm. A senior editor at Newsweek, Alter will talk about his book The Promise: President Obama, Year One, which Chicago Magazine says, "is just as much a profile of Obama's behind-the-curtain personality as it is a recap of his triumphs, failures, and other pivotal moments thus far." Tickets are $5 for CHF members, $10 for the general public.
*Interior designer and founder of ApartmentTherapy.com Maxwell Gillingham-Ryan hosts a signing party for his new book, Apartment Therapy's Big Book of Small, Cool Spaces, which gives tips on how make small spaces feel bigger and more comfortable (this will definitely come in handy with my impending move into a new apartment). The party is at furniture and home-decor store Ligne Rose, 440 N. Wells, at 6pm.
Alas, because I can only go to one, I would love to hear from anyone who goes to any of these events. It'll be a game-time decision for me, I guess.
Alba Machado / June 24, 2010 1:52 PM
Being the fiction lover that I am, it's Evan Mandery, author of First Contact: Or, It's Later Than You Think, that I am looking forward to seeing. Funny, funny satirical science fiction in the tradition of Kurt Vonnegut. Mandery will be at the Book Cellar tonight at 7PM. For anyone who is interested, more information is available at www.bookcellarinc.com.