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Tuesday, March 14 2006
StoryWeek: Edward P. Jones @ Harold Washington Library
Edward P. Jones, author of the Pulitzer Prize winning The Known World, sits down with Writers on the Record host Victoria Lautman for a reading and discussion at the Harold Washington Library. A book signing will follow. 400 S. State St. in the Cindy Pritzker Auditorium at 6pm. Free and open to the public. Call 312-747-4050 for more information. Part of Columbia College's StoryWeek.
Cathleen Falsani & Studs Terkel @ Borders
In The God Factor: Inside the Spiritual Lives of Public People Sun-Times columnist Cathleen Falsani interviewed a number of influential figures including Senator Barack Obama, author Laura Esquivel and the infamous Hugh Hefner. Falsani stops by Border Michigan Ave. tonight with one interviewee - the renowned Studs Terkel - to discuss spirituality and her book. A signing will follow. 7pm at 830 N. Michigan Ave. Call 312-573-0564 for more information.
Seminar on Transit-Oriented Development @ Chicago Center for Green Technology
This seminar discusses how neighborhood layouts can encourage transit use and discourage automobile use. Free, but advance registration is required. 6 to 8 PM, 445 N. Sacramento Blvd. For more information, and to pre-register, call 312-746-9642, email greentech [at] cityofchicago [dot] org, or visit the website.
Sara Paretsky @ Newberry Library
The bestselling mystery novelist discusses growing up Jewish and becoming a writer as part of the Nextbook Writers Series. $6 to $8, 60 W Walton. For more information and to buy tickets, visit the website.
