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TODAY
Wednesday, November 19
Slowdown
BY DAY
Wednesday, October 12 2011
Patricia Ann McNair @ Columbia College Library
Columbia College associate professor Patricia Ann McNair reads from her short story collection The Temple of Air tonight. Author John McNally says "The Temple of Air isn't just a story collection. It's a seance of dark secrets, a confesionall booth, a therapist's couch, a thin wall I press my ear up against. Often haunting, always beautiful. I can't wait to read more." Columbia College Library, 624 S. Michigan, Wednesday, at 6:30pm.
Rachel Shteir Presents The Steal @ Women & Children First
The author of Striptease: The Untold History of the Girlie Show talks about her latest, The Steal: A Cultural History of Shoplifting. 5233 N. Clark St., 7:30pm. Free!
CWA Silent Auction @ Cliff Dwellers Club
Tonight the Chicago Writers Association hosts a silent auction and cocktail party fundraiser for the Chicago Literary Hall of Fame. Hosted by ABC's Janet Davies, items for auction include vacations, artwork, writing workshops and more. Cliff Dwellers Club, 200 S. Michigan, penthous, 5:30-8pm. $20 admission includes open bar and appetizers 'til 6:30 and a Kovel whiskey tasting from 6:30-8pm.
Zola Jesus @ Lincoln Hall
It's not quite Halloween, but get ready to hear some haunting sounds. Zola Jesus plays Lincoln Hall tonight. 9pm (18+). Xanopticon opens. Tickets are $13 and are still available. Lincoln Hall is located at 2424 N. Lincoln Ave. Dancing shoes are optional, but recommended. See Transmission for our preview.
Food Deserts: A Call to Action
Community leaders, academic researchers, and activists will be meeting tonight from 5:30pm-7:30pm at K.L.E.O. Community Family Life Center (119 E. Garfield) to talk about the food desert crisis in Chicago and what is being done to combat it. Event is free, but RSVP encouraged. Event coordinated by the Chicago Area Schweitzer Fellows Program.
