Don Heinrich will share his book on Illinois German Heritage this afternoon.

Start time: Sunday, November 02, 2008 At 02:00 PM
Url: http://donheinrichtolzmann.net/books.html

Join The Book Cellar's Book Group in discussion of Thad Carhart's memoir, Piano Shop on the Left Bank: Discovering a Forgotten Passion in a Paris Atelier.

This intimate and idiosyncratic history of the piano and a view into the secret heart of Paris life is written by an American expatriate, who details his attempts to gain entry into a piano shop where locals gathered to discuss music, love, and life.

Enjoy half priced wines during The Book Cellar's Book Club night.

Pick up your copy at The Book Cellar today!

Start time: Monday, November 03, 2008 At 07:00 PM

The DESI LIT BOOK GROUP will discuss their title for this month.

Check back for the title; we'll post it as soon as we know!

Start time: Monday, November 03, 2008 At 07:30 PM

The BOOK CELLAR BOOK GROUP, open to anyone who wishes to participate, will meet this evening to discuss Crashing Through by Robert Kurson.

Stop in the store to pick up your copy today, and we'll see you at the book group!

Start time: Wednesday, November 05, 2008 At 07:00 PM

Michael Greenberg reads from Hurry Down Sunshine, his new memoir about coming
to terms with his 15-year-old daughter’s sudden mental illness.

Greenberg, a columnist for London's Times Literary Supplement, was living in Greenwich Village in 1996 when his 15-year-old daughter, Sally, suddenly became manic, importuning strangers and ranting in the streets about her newfound cosmic wisdom. She was a danger to herself and others, so her father and stepmother had her committed to a psychiatric facility.

Greenberg was no stranger to mental illness; he'd been caring for his dysfunctional brother most of their adult lives. Still, Sally was so brilliant, so caring, he couldnt bear the thought of her ending up like his brother.

During the 24 long days Sally spent in the hospital, Greenberg learned to cope. He watched a Hasidic family visiting with their mentally ill young man. He pondered his ex-wife going to cuddle with Sally, as if she were still a little girl....

Start time: Thursday, November 06, 2008 At 07:00 PM

Win McCormack joins us at The Book Cellar with a reading and signing of his exhaustively researched You Don't Know Me: A Citizen's Guide to Republican Family Values.

Stop by the store to catch some elephants with their pants down!

"Editor-in-chief of Tin House magazine, McCormack catalogues over 100 cases of sexual misconduct and criminality committed by Republican officials and supporters in an entertaining effort to expose the hypocrisy of America's self-professed "family values" party.

"Readers hungry for a helping of schadenfreude will relish the A-Z illustrated collection of misdeeds featuring prominent GOP personalities involved in bestiality, pedophilia, incest, autoerotic asphyxiation and lengthier musings on the exploits of Republican heavyweights including Newt Gingrich, Bill O'Reilly and George W. Bush.

"Along the way, the author raises unintended questions; his crime blotter seems to speak less about GOP fai...

Start time: Friday, November 07, 2008 At 07:00 PM
Url: http://www.youdontknowmebook.com/

GAPER’S BLOCK BOOK GROUP gathers in discussion of Karen
Abbott’s Sin in the Second City.

Swing into the store and pick up your copy today!


Start time: Monday, November 10, 2008 At 07:30 PM

The SIERRA CLUB BOOK GROUP
meets
in discussion of
Garbage Land: On the Secret Trail of Trash
by
Elizabeth Royte

Pick up your copy at The Book Cellar today!

Book Clubs are open to all who are interested, so feel free to join us on November 12th at 7pm!

Start time: Wednesday, November 12, 2008 At 07:00 PM

The Book Cellar presents a special
YOUNG ADULT LITERATURE NIGHT!

More details to come!

Start time: Thursday, November 13, 2008 At 08:00 PM
Url: http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendID=196408755

We're sweetening the holidays by hosting an ice cream and sorbet tasting on Saturday, November 15 from 2-4 pm. Stop by the Book Cellar cafe to try a variety of flavors from local company Ruth and Phil's Gourmet Ice Cream. Among the flavors featured for Thanksgiving: Kir Royal Sorbet, Mimosa Sorbet, Chocolate Caramel Ice Cream, and Sour Cream Cinnamon Ice Cream. 'Tis the season for eating!

Start time: Saturday, November 15, 2008 At 02:00 AM
Url: http://www.ruthandphils.com

The Kettle Moraine String Band returns to the Book Cellar to perform traditional bluegrass and American roots music. Join us for a toe-tapping good time from 3 - 4 pm!

Start time: Saturday, November 15, 2008 At 03:00 PM

Chicago-based writer and teacher Carol LaChapelle reads and discusses her latest book, Finding Your Voice, Telling Your Stories: 167 Ways to Tell Your Life Stories, recently released by Marion Street Books.

Ms. LaChapelle has hosted writing and journal writing workshops for a variety of adult audiences, including therapists, educators, clergy, support groups, and book groups.

Start time: Sunday, November 16, 2008 At 02:00 PM
Url: http://www.carollachapelle.com/

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL BOOK GROUP meets to chat about this month’s pick.

Keep checking back for the title, TBA.


Start time: Monday, November 17, 2008 At 07:00 PM

Celebrate Chicago's talent
at our monthly LOCAL AUTHORS NIGHT!

The lineup:
June Skinner Sawyers with The Civilized Shopper's Guide to Edinburgh & Glasgow
Julie James with Just the Sexiest Man Alive
and
Lesley Kagen with Land of a Hundred Wonders

Join us for wine, dinner, and great stories by locals!

Start time: Wednesday, November 19, 2008 At 07:00 PM

HOLES from PAGE to STAGE!

Join Stanley, Zero, and all our other favorite characters as they perform selected scenes from Adventure Stage Chicago's upcoming staging of HOLES.

Parcipate in a Q&A session with the director and cast, and enter to win free tickets to the full production of HOLES at Adventure Stage.

Start time: Thursday, November 20, 2008 At 07:00 PM
Url: http://adventurestage.org/

Author Randa Jarrar joins us at The Book Cellar to share her funny, charming, and heartbreaking book, A Map of Home.

Come on out for the reading and signing!

Nidali, the rebellious daughter of an Egyptian-Greek mother and a Palestinian father, narrates her story from her childhood in Kuwait, her early teenage years in Egypt (to where she and her family fled the 1990 Iraqi invasion), to her family's last flight to Texas. Nidali mixes humor with a loving and vibrant celebration of an eccentric middle-class family in the Arab world, and this perspective keeps her buoyant through the hardships she encounters: the humiliation of going through a checkpoint on a visit to her father's home on the West Bank; the fights with her father, who wants her to become a famous professor and stay away from boys; the end of her childhood as Iraq invades Kuwait on her thirteenth birthday; and the scare she gives her family when she runs away from home.

Start time: Friday, November 21, 2008 At 07:00 PM

DATE and DASH!

Come out to The Book Cellar to find somebody to keep you warm before Fall rolls in!

Looking for love in all the wrong places? Not too crazy about Internet dating? DATE & DASH is a Chicago-based dating service designed for people just like you. The race is on!

At Date and Dash events, girls sit at the tables, and guys move from one girl to the next as soon as a whistle blows. After each "date," participants circle yes or no on their cards to indicate if they'd be interested in seeing their "date" again. A few days later, participants receive an e-mail connecting them with their yes-matches...

Sign up for your space today by calling 1-800-957-DASH or go to www.dateanddash.com. Spaces are limited.

Start time: Saturday, November 22, 2008 At 05:00 PM
Url: http://www.dateanddash.com

Local Pulitzer-Prize winner DEBORAH NELSON comes to The Book Cellar to share her latest work of nonfiction, The War Behind Me.

A Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist
and a historian join forces to investigate a declassified Vietnam War archive. Most of the war crimes they discover have gone unpunished. This shocking exposé includes interviews with the men accused of committing atrocities, the witnesses who reported them, and the higher-ups who covered them up.

“The War Behind Me establishes, sadly, the terrible fear that emerged from the horrors of My Lai—that its easy cover up suggested that deliberate killing of civilians was widespread in heavily contested areas of south Vietnam. Yes, this book says, it did happen, and yes, as at My Lai, many of those GIs who did the killing were as much victims as those they fired upon.”
—Seymour Hersh, author of Chain of Command: The Road from 9/11 to Abu Ghraib


“Young Americans went to Vietnam imbue...

Start time: Saturday, November 22, 2008 At 08:00 PM

PULITZER PRIZE BOOK GROUP meets today in discussion of their
book, TBA.


Start time: Sunday, November 23, 2008 At 03:00 PM

THE BOOK CELLAR will CLOSE at 5pm for the holiday!

Gobble Gobble!

Start time: Wednesday, November 26, 2008 At 05:00 PM

Happy Turkey!

Gobble Gobble!

Start time: Thursday, November 27, 2008 At 01:00 AM

Come to The Book Cellar to check out The Best Christmas Decorations in Chicago, a fun holiday guidebook by local Mary Edsey.

A unique holiday guidebook filled with outdoor decorating ideas! The Best Christmas Decorations in Chicagoland takes visitors on a holiday tour of the midwest city abundant with yuletide cheer. This fun-filled book guides readers to over 200 sites from the exclusive shops of Michigan Avenue sparkling with white lights to the dazzling frontyards of creative homeowners.

Readers will discover the beauty of this lovely lakefront city while enjoying the warmth of its holiday glow. A walking tour of downtown takes visitors to the famous animated windows of Macy's (formerly Marshall Field's) and the hidden lobbies of offices filled with rideable trains and three-story Christmas trees. Neighborhood tours of front yard displays and elaborate parks will introduce readers to Chicago's diverse communities, while stories about the best-decorated res...

Start time: Sunday, November 30, 2008 At 02:00 PM
Url: http://www.christmashouses.com/index.html