Looking to meet someone special? Start the new year off on the right foot: Dash to the Book Cellar for Date & Dash!

Date and Dash is a Chicago-based dating service designed for people just like you.

At Date and Dash events, ladies sit at the tables, and guys move from one woman 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...



Start time: Saturday, January 03, 2009 At 05:00 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

The BOOK CELLAR BOOK CLUB, open to anyone who wishes to participate, will meet this evening to discuss The Abstinence Teacher by Tom Perrotta.

Stop in the store to pick up your copy today.

Remember: Glasses of wine are half off on Book Club night!


Start time: Wednesday, January 07, 2009 At 07:00 PM
Contact Info : 9780312358334

The SIERRA CLUB BOOK GROUP meets to discuss The Future of Life by Edward O. Wilson.

Pick up your copy at The Book Cellar today!

Book clubs are open to all who are interested.

Start time: Thursday, January 08, 2009 At 07:00 PM

The Gapers Block Book Group meets to discuss the book A Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine Hansberry.

When it was first produced in 1959, A Raisin in the Sun was awarded the New York Drama Critics Circle Award for that season and hailed as a watershed in American drama. A pioneering work by an African-American playwright, the play was a radically new representation of black life. "A play that changed American theater forever." --The New York Times.

Start time: Monday, January 12, 2009 At 07:00 PM
Contact Info : 9780679601722

The AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL BOOK GROUP meets to chat about this month’s pick, What is the What, by Dave Eggers.

Based closely on true experiences of the Lost Boys of Sudan, who fled their war-ravaged country to come to the United States in the mid-1980s, this novel is heartbreaking and arresting, filled with adventure, suspense, tragedy, and, finally, triumph.



Start time: Wednesday, January 14, 2009 At 07:00 PM
Contact Info : 9780307385901

Author Caprice Crane visits to discuss her book Family Affair, which tells the fresh, funny story of a woman facing divorce who refuses to break up—with her in-laws.

Start time: Friday, January 16, 2009 At 07:00 PM
Url: http://www.capricecrane.com/

Appetite Theatre and The Book Cellar present an APPETIZING READING SERIES.

Check out the plays that Appetite Theater is considering for their upcoming season! Come early to browse the books, get a glass of wine, and settle in for a sit-down reading series featuring some of Chicago's hottest emerging talent.

Tonight is the first reading in the series. It features Ross Maxwell's Blind, Bleeding, Drugged and Drunk, a satirical comedy about Terry Douglas, a young up-and-coming playwright of color, who wins a grant for her compassionate play about AIDS. But she can only receive the award if she is a gay white man! Desperate to keep the grant money, she finds Ogden Brier, the worst gay man in the world with the worst gay secret in the world to be her co-author. As Ogden's dark plans unravel, jeopardizing Terry's success, she's pushed to see how much she'll put up with for her one big break. This play is a black comedy abo...

Start time: Saturday, January 17, 2009 At 04:00 PM

Don't miss this month's Local Author Night, now a Book Cellar institution!

Tonight's readers include:

James Kennedy, author of the young adult novel The Order of Odd-Fish,

Laura Benedict, author of the tense mystery Calling Mr. Lonely Hearts,

Bryan W. Alaspa, author of the terrifying mystery Rig,

and

Joe Kilgore, author of the modern cautionary tale The Blunder.

Should be a terrifyingly good time!

Start time: Wednesday, January 21, 2009 At 07:00 AM

Join CAASE Book Group as they discuss Karen Abbot's book, Sin in the Second City.

Pick up your copy from The Book Cellar today!

Start time: Wednesday, January 28, 2009 At 06:00 PM
Contact Info : ISBN: 9780812975994

Come celebrate the release of Kyle Beachy's debut novel, Slide.

"Part love letter to the American Midwest, part ghost story, and part heartbreaking tale of one young man's struggle to find forgiveness as well as himself, this is a book that you won't want to miss." --Cristina Henriquez, author of Come Together, Fall Apart.

Start time: Thursday, January 29, 2009 At 07:00 PM
Contact Info : 9780385341851

The kates have taken the name of their first home (Kate the Great's Book Emporium) and moved to our store where they continue to boast uproarious solo performance pieces, side-splitting monologues, and absurdly entertianing characters. If you are looking for an intimate night of comedic storytelling, different from anything you'll see at a typical comedy club or late night bar, the hilarious kates are for you!

Performers include: Sarah Clark, Jennifer Ann Coffeen, Jillian Erickson, Kelsie Huff, Jant Kane, Tamale Sepp, Kendra Stevens, and Amy Sumpter.

Start time: Saturday, January 31, 2009 At 07:00 PM