Join us for a rock-solid night of great writers!

Joe Meno reads his latest collection of stories, Demons in the Spring.

Chris Connelly reads from his memoir as a singer for the Revolting Cocks, Concrete Bulletproof Invisible and Fried: My Life as a Revolting Cock.

Stephanie Kuehnert reads her new novel about growing up punk, I Wanna Be Your Joey Ramone.

Jolene Siana reads from her published teenage letters to Ogre, the singer from Skinny Puppy, Go Ask Ogre: Letters from a Deathrock Cutter.

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Chris Connelly
Stephanie Kuehnert
Jolene Siana and her Facebook Photos
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Start time: Monday, December 01, 2008 At 07:00 PM

The TALLGRASS WRITERS GUILD
will be at The Book Cellar presenting a themed reading, HOME FOR THE HOLIDAYS, consisting of submissions from the Guild Authors.

If you are interested in the Tallgrass Writers Guild, find out more at their website, http://www.outriderpress.com/guildinfo.html

Start time: Friday, December 05, 2008 At 07:00 PM
Contact Info : FOR DETAILS: 219-322-7270, outriderpress@sbcglobal.net , or tallgrassguild@sbcglobal.net
Url: http://www.outriderpress.com/guildinfo.html

Come to the Book Cellar for a LAUNCH PARTY to celebrate the publication of the new nonfiction photo book, Who We Were: A Snapshot History of America.

Richard Cahan, Michael Williams, and Nicholas Osborn will be here sharing their book and signing copies.

Since the first snapshots were taken in 1888, Americans have used simple, inexpensive cameras to record their life stories. In the process, they have left behind millions of snapshots that document the story of America. Now, for the first time, these personal photographs have been gathered together to tell the nation's history. From sod houses in South Dakota to the skyscrapers of New York City, these personal photographs form the first people's photo history of America. The snapshots capture nearly a century of American life-telling our story through our own eyes. The Wright Brothers, the World Wars, Woodstock. They are all here, creating a crazy quilt of steamships and biplanes, migrants and flappers, seal clubber...

Start time: Saturday, December 06, 2008 At 05:00 PM
Contact Info : ISBN: 097854501X
Url: http://gapersblock.com/ac/2008/12/01/an-interview-with-richard-caha/

Denice Joyce and Nancy Watkins come to The Book Cellar to share their hilarious collection of photos of kids who are screaming while seated on Santa's lap.

SCARED OF SANTA: SCENES OF TERROR IN TOYLAND

He's huge and hairy and hulking.
He dresses in strange furry clothing.
He sneaks into people's homes at night.
Who wouldn't be afraid of . . . Santa Claus?!?

Nothing says Christmas quite like innocent children shrieking with terror as a stranger dressed in red drags them kicking and screaming onto his lap.

Now this time-honored rite of passage is celebrated with a hilarious collection of more than two hundred and fifty priceless photos of kids' traumatic trips to Santa's workshop.

Scared of Santa offers a cornucopia of photographic funnies--from sixty-year-old family heirlooms to last year's howlers--along with delightful commentary on those unforgettable childhood visits to scary ol' Saint Nick.

A great stocking suffer!


Start time: Sunday, December 07, 2008 At 02:00 PM
Contact Info : ISBN: 0061490997
Url: http://www.harpercollins.com/author/microsite/About.aspx?authorid=33591

Get into the spirit on our holiday movie night!

Come to The Book Cellar and enjoy a screening of Christmas films.

Start time: Monday, December 08, 2008 At 07:00 PM

Join us for a GOOSE ISLAND Beer & Cheese Tasting!

Please call The Book Cellar to reserve your spot! 773-293-2665
Space is limited.

Start time: Wednesday, December 10, 2008 At 07:00 PM

Come to the Book Cellar and enjoy A Cook's Journey: Slow Food In The Heartland by
Chef Kurt Michael Friese

We will be raffling off gift certificates to Bistro Campagne and Chopping Block, both GREAT local spots featured in the book!

Check them out:
Chopping Block
Bistro Champagne


Start time: Thursday, December 11, 2008 At 07:00 PM
Url: http://www.icecubepress.com/html/cook_s_journey.html

Roosevelt University writing students will be reading their original work.

Stop out to The Book Cellar and enjoy a beer or coffee and some dinner from our cafe as you enjoy this fresh new prose!

Start time: Friday, December 12, 2008 At 07:00 PM

Come out to The Book Cellar to find somebody to keep you warm through the winter!

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, December 13, 2008 At 05:30 PM
Contact Info : Sign up for your space today by calling 1-800-957-DASH or go to www.dateanddash.com. Spaces are limited.
Url: http://www.dateanddash.com

Enjoy some live music while you do your holiday shopping (or sit down and take a break!) From 2 to 4 pm, local musician Carey Farrell performs holiday songs in our cafe.

Start time: Saturday, December 13, 2008 At 02:00 PM
Email : http://www.myspace.com/careyfarrell

Hey Kiddies!

Santa Claus will be at The Book Cellar
from 11am-1pm
Come tell him what you want for Christmas!

HO HO HO!

Start time: Saturday, December 13, 2008 At 11:00 AM

NOTICE! The book for December has been changed! See below.

Read Three Cups of Tea: One Man's Mission to Promote Peace ... One School at a Time by Greg Mortenson & Oliver Relin and discuss it with the DESI LIT BOOK GROUP!

Pick up your copy at Book Cellar today!

Start time: Monday, December 15, 2008 At 07:30 PM
Contact Info : ISBN: 0143038257
Url: http://www.gregmortenson.com/

Come discover how big America's appetite really is when Joel Berg comes to Book Cellar to share his social/political book All You Can Eat: How Hungry is America?

With the biting wit of "Super Size Me" and the passion of a lifelong activist, Berg draws attention to the growing number of people who are forced to wait in lines at food pantries across the nation.

The author challenges the new president to confront the result of U.S. poverty--hunger--and offers a simple and affordable plan to end it for good.

Start time: Thursday, December 18, 2008 At 07:00 PM
Contact Info : ISBN: 1583228543
Url: http://joelberg.net/

Discover what goes on while you're sleeping in the City That Never Sleeps.

Russell Leigh Sharman, PHD, and Cheryl Harris Sharman, MA come to The Book Cellar to share their new book, Nightshift NYC.

New York is the city that never sleeps. This luminous book peels back the cover of darkness over the city as it hums along in the night, revealing a hidden world populated by the thousands of women and men who work and live the nightshift. Written with beauty and grace, "Nightshift NYC "weaves together cultural critique, vivid reportage, and arresting photographs to trace the inverted logic of the city at night. Russell Leigh Sharman and Cheryl Harris Sharman spent a year interviewing and shadowing fry cooks and coffee jockeys, train conductors, cab hacks, and dozens of others who keep the city running when the sun goes down. Investigating familiar places such diners and delis, they explore some less familiar ones as well--taking us on a walking tour of h...

Start time: Friday, December 19, 2008 At 07:00 PM
Contact Info : ISBN: 0520252713 http://www.cherylharrissharman.com/ http://www.russellsharman.com/
Url: http://www.cherylharrissharman.com/