THE BOOK CELLAR BOOK CLUB—open to all! Pick up your copy of Special Topics in Calamity Physics and enjoy ½ price wine while you share your take on Marisha Pessl'sdebut novel.

Start time: Wednesday, July 02, 2008 At 07:00 PM

THE DESI LIT BOOK CLUB meets to discuss Reluctant Fundamentalist . Pick up your copy at Book Cellar today!

Start time: Monday, July 07, 2008 At 07:30 PM

Steve Kluger, author of Last Days of Summer, now in it’s 20th anniversary edition, joins Book Cellar in a reading and discussion of his latest novel, My Most Excellent Year

Start time: Wednesday, July 09, 2008 At 07:00 PM

Shimer College hosts a GREAT BOOKS TRIVIA NIGHT!

Come test your wits with other fans of great books.

Start time: Thursday, July 10, 2008 At 08:30 PM
Url: http://www.shimer.edu

SIERRA CLUB BOOK GROUP discusses The Control of Nature. Pick up your copyat The Book Cellar!

Start time: Thursday, July 10, 2008 At 07:00 PM

Rick Lax shares his humorous memoir, Lawyer Boy: A Case Study on Growing Up.

Then, it's time for a magic show (by the author)!

Voila!

Start time: Friday, July 11, 2008 At 07:00 PM
Url: http://ricklax.com/

Author of NY Times bestselling novel, Where the Heart Is, Billie Letts, visits Book Cellar to read from her new book, Made in the USA. Free and open to the public!

Start time: Sunday, July 13, 2008 At 03:00 PM

CLASSICS BOOK GROUP meets to talk about Oscar Wilde's Picture of Dorian Gray. Pick up yours at The Book Cellar.

Start time: Sunday, July 13, 2008 At 12:00 PM

GAPER’S BLOCK discusses Free Burning. Pick up your copy at Book Cellar.

Start time: Monday, July 14, 2008 At 07:30 PM

Local Author Night! Join mystery author Libby Hellman as she reads from her thrilling book, Easy Innocence. Margot Justes reads her picturesque mystery, A Hotel in Paris. Francine Friedman shares her “midlife journey through dating, MatchDotBomb, and Author Jess Riley reads her humurous and heartfelt Driving Sideways.

Start time: Wednesday, July 16, 2008 At 07:00 PM

Bestselling author Ethan Canin comes to Book Cellar to share his latest novel, America, America

Start time: Thursday, July 17, 2008 At 07:00 PM

Ann O’Farrell, writerof Norah’s Children and her newest novel, Michael , joins Book Cellar in this free event open to the public

Start time: Friday, July 18, 2008 At 07:00 PM

Lincoln Square's premier outdoor market. Enjoy live music, entertainment, arts and crafts vendors, specialty items, food, refreshments and fantastic sales in Lincoln Avenue shops.

Sat. 10-5pm
Sun. 11-5pm

Start time: Saturday, July 19, 2008 At 10:00 AM
Contact Info : 773-728-3890
Email : www.lincolnsquare.org

Lincoln Square's premier outdoor market. Enjoy live music, entertainment, arts and crafts vendors, specialty items, food, refreshments and fantastic sales in Lincoln Avenue shops.

Sat. 10-5pm
Sun. 11-5pm

Start time: Saturday, July 19, 2008 At 10:00 AM
Contact Info : 773-728-3890
Email : www.lincolnsquare.org

The AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL BOOK GROUP meets to discuss and consider Stolen Lives. Pick up your copy at Book Cellar.

Start time: Wednesday, July 23, 2008 At 07:00 PM

Michael Harvey, author of The Chicago Way, will conduct a Crime Writing class at The Book Cellar. Anyone interested in learning how to write great crime fiction from a pro is invited to the class.

Pick up your copy today at The Book Cellar!

This free event corresponds with Time Out Chicago's short crime fiction writing contest, which runs from July 10 until September 8. See their website for details on the contest.

Start time: Wednesday, July 23, 2008 At 07:00 PM
Email : shortstory@timeoutchicago.com
Url: http://www.timeout.com/chicago/articles/books/11954/contest

Join Book Cellar poets for an evening of readings by
Kathleen Rooney,
Cheri Taylor,
Gregg Shapiro,
and Kate Dougherty

Start time: Thursday, July 24, 2008 At 07:00 PM

Author event with Christian Lander and the mildly controversial yet highly popular new book Stuff White People Like, based on his blog, Stuff White People Like

Start time: Friday, July 25, 2008 At 07:00 PM

Join The Book Cellar in welcoming Charles Strouse, composer of Broadway hits Annie, Bye Bye Birdie, Applause and others, to an evening of music, books and wine.

Strouse will play some show tunes in celebration of his new memoir, Put On A Happy Face. A reading and book signing will follow.

The music of Charles Strouse has touched the life of almost every American in the last half century. There may be no other living composer from America’s popular songbook whose work is as integrated into the popular culture as that of Charles Strouse.

His music has attracted top recording artists from the last half-century with covers of his songs recorded by such diverse pop artists as Barbra Streisand, Frank Sinatra, Tony Bennett, Bobby Darin, Harry Connick, Jr., Bobby Rydell, Jay Z, Vic Damone, Louis Armstrong, Nina Simone, Grace Jones and Duke Ellington and his Orchestra.

Strouse has written the score to over 30 stage musicals, 14 scores for Broadway, four Holl...

Start time: Sunday, July 27, 2008 At 02:00 PM
Url: http://www.charlesstrouse.com/

Novels and Comics and Zines, Oh My! Story in Graphics Night with Josh Elder, Chris Burnham, Tim Broderick, and Jeffrey Brown.

Check out their websites!
http://www.joshelder.com/
http://www.chrisburnham.com/
http://www.margomitchell.com/thc/jb.htm
http://www.timbroderick.net/

Start time: Wednesday, July 30, 2008 At 07:00 PM

Join us for an evening soiree with editors of Daily Candy Lexicon: Words That Don't Exist But Should.

The experts on all things cool and of-the-moment offer a glossary of the cleverest words most people have never heard--a round-up of the latest in hip expressions.

You’ll laugh. (Hopefully.) You’ll cry. (Okay, probably not.) But your life will definitely be sweeter because of it.


Start time: Thursday, July 31, 2008 At 07:00 PM